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Xbox One needs to step up its game

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Its no secret that PlayStation 4 is currently ahead in the next gen console war, whats important is what comes next for Xbox One? Speaking openly; I prefer the Xbox or PlayStation but I must give credit and respect for Sony for making PlayStation 4 the system it is. Sure the online store is not that great and PS network gets hacked and goes down frequently but the console is nicely designed and the joy pad is a major upgrade from the PS3.

Xbox One is not far behind and I still believe that should Microsoft haven’t made the mistakes they did when announcing it scaring the people away, more gamers would have picked it up but enough with that; What can Microsoft do to win this war? A few things:

Keep offering great Bundles

Bundle important AAA games with a system. Not only will this increase the chances of peps buying the console as they will be getting a great game along with a purchase, this will also push the brand of the game. Generate enough popularity and you can easily make a 2nd part of the game as people already played and liked the first bundled one.

Keep the price down

Microsoft did the right thing by lowering Xbox Ones price tag and won over more gamers and buys. With the current price of $349 many will consider this when buying their next Gen.

Unlock all CPU cores dropping kinect

Microsoft marketed the hell out Kinext and although its not the future, some enjoy voice commands features. What Microsoft should do is unlock the final core and give the option to the developer to include or drop kinext features. Drop some OS features as well in the name of games improvements. Make the core focus of the system on games and games only. TV and Facebook can step aside.

Push Direct X 12 

Educate and market DX 12 to developers in order to take the maximum advantage of the consoles capabilities and end the resolution war for ever. Any help counts during games development.

Have great Arcade Store deals

Self explanatory. Make great deals regularly and watch sales grow. Steam!

Gears of War 4

Gears of War made Xbox 360, and with the game rights in Microsoft’s hands I cant believe we still haven’t seen anything official! Its the most iconic game in Xbox’s history, use it as a weapon!

Exclusives 

Do what you can to own exclusives and push the system sales forward using them. Sony realised this earlier and is hard at work. Street Fighter 5.

Keep going forward

This last point is kinda obvious; Dont give up and push forward. Microsoft has the cash and man power to do the job. Microsoft did allot of things right and can iron out the mistakes with constant improvements and that what Microsoft should be doing.

Feel free to share and add your own ideas in the comments.

 

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Batman Arkham Knight PS4 bundle

Batman PS4Great news Arkham Fans, for only $449.99 you will be able to own a Batman shaped PS4 along with the game Batman Arkham Knight coming  June 23rd. In addition and for a limited time; this bundle will allot the user to download extra missions and skins before they go public on other platforms.

I am not surprised as Arkham Asylum for PS3 had the Joker as an extra missions character. The Batman logo shape looks great on the console and for once I am excited for a bundle.

Regardless of all, I will still be getting this on the PC followed on Xbnox One and maybe down the line get it on the PS4 once I get that system.

Great news never the less for Batman and Ps4 fans. Finally, a Bundle that one can be proud owning (With respect to other bundle).

16794978849_263b52f407_kA small note, there will also be a normal non limited edition Arkham Knight bundle for $399.99.

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GTA V PS4 patch downgrades graphics for preformance

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Well well well, looks like PS4 gamers are getting PCed if thats a word. Latest reports claim that the latest GTA V makes the game look little worse in return for performance boost. Not the kind of patch I expected but here is the thing;

Consoles are not PCs, never were never will. When you initially program the game, take in mind the most important thing; Performance. Should the developers optimized the game from the start this whole thing wouldn’t have had to happen and we wouldn’t know the difference to begin with.

Now that this magic patch was released this will forever hunt the game, platform and some gamers. I understand that both side make an argument but this whole thing could have been avoided from the start, considering we are talking about last gen game.

I cant help but feel I’m gaming on 1999 PC where I have to balance out the graphics and performance, this shouldn’t happen on consoles as all PS4s are the same and developers should have thought about this before releasing or should I say re releasing GTA 5.

On the other hand, where is the PC version? PC gamers are told to wait for better optimization so the devz better deliver or we will have another pointless wait.

Overall, I find this new practice little strange and don’t belong in console gaming. Gone are the days where developers put in allot of time and effort releasing their games on PlayStation one and Sega Saturn without any patch or fix and games worked fine. New days, we have lazy developer releasing half made games with micro transactions and DLCs to milk you of every dollar.

I understand games are harder to make and cost more but stuff like this should not happen regardless. At least give us the option to on off this.

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Batman Arkham Knight gets M rated, not surprised

baknm_arkham_knightSo Batman Arkham Knight is now getting the M rating for the supposedly increase violence and for some reason people are surprised! The way I see it; Arkham games were always intended for adults with deep and somehow emotional story along with the in game deaths.

The first game set the mood for the insane taking over the island killing the guards and hijacking everything. Arkham City followed with a more dangerous feel as no one is safe in the no law land. It is only natural that the next and the final game will end with more violence and death considering the power of the next gen. And with the rumors flying around that Batman himself might end up dying I am not surprised of the rating at all.

I for one wish that the next game will force Batman to be more brutal facing someone like the Arkham Knight. Regardless of all, Arkham Knight got this rating for a reason and although this may rob the developers a few thousand dollars, the story will be told the way it was meant and that’s why I am happy.

Not many would sacrifice extra sales for quality and in today’s unfinished games era I am glad to hopefully witness a master peace done right and the way it was intended.

All this however should not give you an idea that Batman will start killing thugs left and right although he had done so accidentally if you played any of the Arkham games, instead a more violent Batman will do what he can to save the city while even if it meant dying in the process.

I expect Batman to make an exception and take Arkham Knight with him as he goes down but that may be crazy talk and Batman end up trying to save Arkham Knight after beating him or puting in him in danger but nothing is certain.

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Steam chat blocks Torrent links

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STEAM Chat is now blocking most Torrent links shared. What surprises me is that why would any one share pirated software links while on legit download service?!

I understand that they may have Steam running with no games but that would be an over kill for a chat client, but then again there is no good client for desktop anyway.

Of course not all links get blocked and that is natural as the blocking falters get updated over time. My question is; Why bother? I know that Valve is trying to reduce piracy but wouldn’t it be better to spend the time and resource on something more useful, like a recording option?

Let me know what you all think.

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Assassin’s Creed Rogue PC specs reviled

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The Last Gen Assassin’s Creed will be available on march with the following PC specs requirements:

Supported OS:
Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8/8.1 (64bit versions only)
Processor:
Minimum & Recommended: Intel Core2Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6
Recommended: Intel Core2Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6
RAM:
Minimum: 2GB
Recommended: 2GB
Video Card:
Minimum: nVidia GeForce GTS450 or AMD Radeon HD5670 (1024MB VRAM)
Recommended: nVidia GeForce GTS450 or AMD Radeon HD5670 (1024MB VRAM)
DirectX:
DirectX June 2010 Redistributable
Sound Card:
DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest driver
DVD-ROM Drive:
Only required for the Disk installation ( 1 Dual Layer DVD )
Hard Drive Space:
11.4 GB available space
Peripherals Supported:
Xbox 360 controller, Tobii EyeX controller
Multiplayer:
Not Available
*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 or better, GeForce 500, 600, 700, 900 series;
AMD Radeon HD 5670 or better, Radeon HD 6000, 7000, R7, R9 series;
Intel HD4600, HD5200

Keep in mind that it is not yet clear if these are the minimum or the recommended but judging by what we have it should be no big deal to almost everyone that has a PC from the last 10 years.

The game is not exactly graphically impressive but not bad either. PC players will have the option to play the last Gen installment along with the new Unity and more options is always a good thing. I may pick this up for the right price as I’m not a huge fan yet but it is available for the ones that want it.

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Mortal Kombat X System Requirements

mortal-kombat-xThe PC System Requirement were announced and I have a mixed feeling. Lets look at the requirements before going any further:

MINIMUM:
    • OS: 64-bit: Vista, Win 7, Win 8
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz | AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz
    • Memory: 3 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 | AMD Radeon HD 5850
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Hard Drive: 25 GB available space
RECOMMENDED:
    • OS: 64-bit: Win 7, Win 8
    • Processor: Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz | AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | AMD Radeon HD 7950
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Hard Drive: 40 GB available space

As seen, the minimum requirements aren’t that bad or high except maybe for the i5 CPU but overall are more than manageable for anyone with a PC from 3-8 years ago. I do think though that the recommended are a bit over the top. i7 and 8 GB Ram? The standard amount of Ram these days is 4-6 so giving 8 GB is a bit over. I also think that i7 is unnecessary and with a good optimization the game should require less.

Now I know that this is the next gen and so on but even then, this is bit over. Of course I will need to test the game to confirm as this may turn out to be another The Evil Within where they recommended insane specs only for the game to run max at much lower specs. Guess we will have to wait and see.

Regardless of all, the game uses a new engine and looks great. Judging from the videos we saw, it also plays great and smooth so I’m not surprised the recommended specs are high. Im still unsure if I will be picking this up on the PC or Xbox One but I am glad that another Mortal Kombat is making its way to the PC thanks to Steam.

You can preorder the game on Steam and get the free DLC with it for $59.99.

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Rumored Slim PS4 coming this year?

ps4-slimRumors of a new slimmer PS4 version started coming in stronger than ever and with a good reason. Sony had updated versions across all the Play Stations released starting from the very first and ending with a PS3.

And while I’m not shocked, I am little surprised and happy that a new cheaper model is coming out. Just in time for me to grab on as I spend the money on upgrading my old PC which I will have to upgrade again due to an error on my side. All in all, this is a great news for both Sony and the consumer as upgrades and discounts are always welcomed.

I expect the new model to have hard buttons as opposite to the touch to save cost as well as cheaper plastic feel but you cant complain when buying a reengineered cheaper model especially if they lower the price to a reasonable level.

I’m closely following this news as I’m excited to finally grab a next gen Play Station system after totally skipping PS3 (I used my brother’s console). More news as they come.

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Simpsons skins are coming to Minecraft

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I think we are starting to see how Microsoft will start benefiting from the huge Minecraft purchase and the first downloadable skins are here. For only $1.99 you will receive The Simpsons skin pack on Xbox One with Xbox 360 around feb. The rest of the platforms will surly follow although I am surprised this isn’t on the PC yet.

While this is in no way a big thing, I honestly like it as it gives some colors to an already great game. Lets just hope they wont overdo it.