When I first laid eyes on Game Dev Tycoon, I thought it was nothing more than a cheap knock-off of Kairosoft’s Game Dev Story on iOS. While Game Dev Tycoon may not be an exact rip-off of Kairosoft’s offering, it isn’t exactly new faire and will have difficulty breaking ground with non-gamers, but will be an addictive casual sim for gamers that want to try their hand at game development with the few clicks of a mouse.
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The Xbox One seems to have polarized gamers around the world. There seems to be a strong voice that loves the changes and potential it represents. The other group appears to be up in arms over the potential erasure of used games and a console that requires an internet connection.
I fall somewhere in the middle. I’m not being indecisive; far from it. Actually, I saw a lot to love and a bit to loath all within the span about about an hour because of a single box: the Xbox One.
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If you thought that Microsoft’s press conference for the Xbox One was light on games, you’re not alone. Gamers still have to wait until E3 in a couple weeks to soak in some Xbox One games with apparently Microsoft having 15 exclusive games in development, 8 of which are new franchises.
However, that hasn’t stopped several already announced games from letting gamers know that they’ll be on Microsoft’s next-gen console.
A complete list of games is after the break and will be updated throughout the day.
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Well it’s not exactly surprising, Microsoft’s next-gen offering, the Xbox One, will be released before the end of the year.
There were no pricing details or exact dates set, but gamers should be in for one helluva holiday season with the PS4 and Xbox One this winter.
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“Forza Motorsport 5” Is Your First Xbox One Launch Game
Turn 10 has been making the stellar Forza series for a decade now, so it seems only natural that it gets a highlight spot at the launch of Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox One.
In the announcement trailer above, gamers get just a taste of the incredible “car-porn” that awaits them later this year when Forza 5 launches exclusively on the Xbox One.
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“Call of Duty: Ghosts” World Premiere Trailer
Eric Hirschberg, CEO of Activision, was live onstage to introduce the first Call of Duty game on the next-gen Xbox One. The final portion of the show was saved to show off the Infinity Ward offering, which follows the remnants of the U.S. Special Forces after the country has been devastated and defeated in war. These forces have banded together to form the “Ghosts.”
Among the high fidelity graphics and lighting, it was revealed that players will be joined by a dog. Players will seem to also have to contend with a number of environmental hazards, including earthquakes and floods.
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It seems that Microsoft is going for broke on Xbox One entertainment. Steven Spielberg appeared in a video at the Xbox One reveal to announce that he would be involved in bringing the Halo universe to television. 343 Industries will also be heavily involved. No further details are known currently.
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Remedy, developers of Max Payne and Alan Wake, had their new game revealed at the Xbox One press conference. There aren’t any details about the plot yet, but there are many screens of some beautiful looking destruction.
EDIT: Trailer added after the break.
More screens after the break.
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Microsoft unveiled that the new Xbox One will simultaneously use 3 operating systems to function. It also utilizes a new Kinect sensor that is much faster and processes 2 gigabits of data per second.
The console will be powered by 8 GBs of RAM, a new Blu-ray drive, an 8 core CPU, USB 3.0, and a 500 GB harddrive.
The new Xbox Live will be supported heavily by Cloud. Apparently, Xbox Live now uses 15,000 servers to power the current online experience. That number is said to jump to more than 300,000 to allow gamers to access their account from anywhere instantly.
More details as they come available.
[Image via Polygon]
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During Microsoft’s video presentation, the new Xbox One controller was briefly shown. It appears to share many of the same functionalities of the Xbox 360 controller, but seems to be wider and more similar in shape to the first Xbox controller.
The new controller is said to have dynamic impulse triggers and have been redesigned to ergonomically fit more gamers’ hands.
More pictures after the break.
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Microsoft unveiled their new Xbox console today in Redmond, Washington. Don Mattrick was live onstage to show off our first look at the next-gen console.
Mattrick described the console as “the ultimate all-in-one device” and that it would be “simple, instant, and complete.”
EDIT: Unveil video added after the break.
More pictures after the break.
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Microsoft will be “making entertainment history” today by unveiling the new Xbox live in Washington beginning at 10am PST. We will be live blogging the news about the next Xbox and its games as it comes out, so stay tuned and don’t miss anything!
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Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (3DS): This week of re-releases is highlighted by the big ape himself: Donkey Kong. Previously released on Wii, Retro Games’ revitalization of Donkey Kong Country is brought to the 3DS with new power-ups, levels, a local multiplayer mode, and 3D, of course.
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Probably the most interesting news piece to come out of this morning’s Nintendo Direct is that Nintendo will be partnering with Best Buy to provide gamers with the opportunity to try out some of their unreleased Wii U games at over 100 locations in the United States and Canada.
It isn’t yet clear what stores will be supporting the promotion, but it’s an interesting tactic to allow gamers that never get to attend E3 to try out new games well in advance of their release dates.
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The first significant piece of DLC Nintendo has ever created will be coming very soon. Nintendo said during their Nintendo Direct broadcast that New Super Luigi U, downloadable content for New Super Mario Bros. U that adds 82 new stages and removes Mario as a hero, will be available on the Wii U eShop beginning on June 20 for $19.99 and in boxed standalone version on August 25th for $29.99.
More after the break.
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