Microsoft’s Xbox One console will be launched later this year. However, the console will be launched much later, in 2014, in most European markets. To console the European gamers, Microsoft has now reiterated that the console will not be region-locked.
It would seem that given the rather huge social media backlash over Microsoft’s Xbox One console after its launch, the company is ready to make many concessions. Although Microsoft initially announced that Xbox One game developers will have to get their games approved by a publisher first, the company has now allowed developers to self-publish.
Before Microsoft unveiled Xbox One, gamers had been waiting for it eagerly. But once the company unveiled the game console, it was quite disappointing because it came with many limitations. As the gamer community lashed back at the company over such limitations, Microsoft has decided to change the DRM and used games policies in Xbox One.
You might have the notion that hours of gaming in front of the console are a complete waste of time. But a study at the Duke University reveals that video gaming “train the brain to make better and faster” decisions from visual inputs.
When Microsoft first unveiled Xbox One, it stated that the new console will not play original Xbox games. Gamers were concerned as to whether or not the Microsoft will allow used games on Xbox One. The company has now dispelled these concerns by affirming that used games will work on Xbox One.
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Here comes our long running poll result. This time our question to the reader was “Where do you play games usually?”. Astonishingly its not handheld device, Desktop still tops with 37% vote. Here we have detail analysis.
The good news for the thousands of KickStarters users who decided to back the popular Android game console, Ouya, are that the console will finally be shipped to them on March 28. This has now been announced by the Ouya team.
Japanese video game developer Sega is back in the hardware business! The company is going to release Retro Console Styled laptops in Japan. Find out more about the selection of laptops below.