At E3 the official announcement finally came out. Kingdom Hearts III was in production. And now, 4 months later, we have an official trailer with gameplay. And yes, that looks like one of the Titans from Hercules being fought from a magical train.
So if you have been near a radio in the past month of so you may have heard the song Royals by Lorde. Well someone thought it would make a pretty good Zelda parody song. And they were right. Thanks to Bryan Basham for creating this.
It has been a long time since I played a Pokémon game. We are talking the Red version of the game and maybe the Yellow version. Since I last played they have added 498 Pokémon to the game. And that is not counting the ones added in this new game. With this I have decided to get back into it. I will have no clue what I am doing at first, but lets look at what I can expect.
The thing about us gamers, is that we are an impatient bunch. Most often when a new game comes out we want to play it immediately. But we also have new consoles coming out, and we want to make sure that we have something to play on these new consoles. Too bad some of the most anticipated games of the season will come out before the new consoles are released. Sony is well aware of this and has come up with a compromise for us.
They are offering a program with four games, Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghost, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, and Watch_Dogs. Now Watch_Dogs is a bad example of this as it comes out on the PS4 before it comes out for anything else. But Black Flag and Battlefield 4 come out on 10/29/2013 while Ghost comes out on 11/05/2013. So if you buy any of these 4 games for the PS3, you will get a digital copy for your PS4. You don't even need a PS4 to get it setup. Instructions for this can be found at Playstation 3 to Playstation 4 Digital Upgrade Program site.
Today Nintendo dropped an unexpected bomb. Instead of another iteration of the 3DS (like a 3DS Lite) they announced the 2DS. Yes, they have decided to go back to not hurting your eyes when trying to watch your friend play a game. No big surprise there, but what is odd is they have gone back to the slate design of gameboys past. The system is also going to be cheaper than the normal 3DS by $40. This lands it at $129.99 when it launches on 10/12/2013. So what does this tell us?
It tells us that it is made for a younger audience. The lack of hinge makes it a bit hardier and since it is only a 2D unit Nintendo can remove that warning label about eyesight for kids 6 and younger. The price also makes it more affordable for a families that may have been on the fence for a near $200 system.
This leaves one final question: is this system needed? Honestly, no it is not. But in all honestly, video games are not needed, but we want them. There are there going to be people that want this system. They may not be the core audience, but Nintendo has done OK looking beyond that core. And while I most likely will not purchase one, I do look forward to getting my hands on one of these, just out of curiosity.
Another change in Microsoft’s policies, Microsoft has just announced that the Kinect will no longer need to be connected in order for the Xbox One to work. In a recent Ask Microsoft Anything, Xbox Corporate Vice President Marc Whitten revealed that Xbox One owners will be able to use all of the console's core functions regardless of whether the new Kinect sensor is connected. (Reported by IGN)
Looks like Microsoft has blessed us with a little early Christmas gift. Larry Hryb (Major Nelson) gave us a sneak peak at the New Xbox One, in an unboxing video. Couple of very interesting things where shown a Chat Headset in box and also a 4K Resolution ready HDMI cable.
Since E3, Microsoft and the Xbox One has been talked about a lot; not about how amazing their console was but how the power compared to the PS4 was not up to par. People have been saying that the PS4 is 50% more powerful when it comes to raw graphics. Well today gamers and put a little simile on their faces because it was announced that Microsoft, was able to increase their GPU clock speed as they get closer to launch. Let’s Talk...
Looking for something to do this weekend? Want to get out and feel social in real life instead of just through a microphone? Then have I got news for you! CutthroatCon 2013 sponsored by Colorado Cutthroat Connection and NVGA (National Video Game Association) is back for its third year. Located at the Tivoli in Downtown Denver (across from the Pepsi Center). It runs from August 2nd at 7:00 PM to August 3rd until around 11:00 PM. Head over here to see a full schedule of what they having going this weekend.
Microsoft has just confirmed that Xbox One owners will be able to use their current generation headset and third party headsets with the new console; this will be possible with an adapter that Microsoft will be working on.
