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Tag: DVR

  • VGA’s Are Tonight In Case You Forgot

    Has it really been ten years since Spike started their own video game awards show? Time really flies when the awards mean nothing and the show is mainly used as a hub for new game previews and not to celebrate the winners. Sarcasm aside, tonight is the tenth VGA’s and I fully intend to watch it because…well that’s what we do. It’s video games. There will be awards for game, studio, soundtrack and downloadable game of the year among others.

    New previews will be shown for Tomb Raider, Gears of War: Judgment, The Last of Us, Bioshock Infinite as well as a few surprises which always seem to happen at the show (please let Rocksteady announce their next game).

    So set your DVR’s accordingly and in case you miss it we will have a full rundown of the winners and game previews up after the show airs.

     

  • Will Next Xbox Have Two Very Different Versions?

    More Than Hard Drives Could Seperate The Two.

    Rumors abound that Microsoft is planning on releasing two vastly different console experiences next year in order to get into more living rooms of casual gamers.

    When the Xbox 360 released in November 2005 the console was released in two versions (Pro and Core) in which the main difference was an attached hard drive on the Pro but it appears that when the new console is released next year one will be the true next generation console experience with all the bells and whistles that Microsoft decides to put inside while the other sku would be more of an set-top box experience that will run on Windows 8 and run as as DVR and be able to play more casual games and run apps.

    While that sounds all well and good for Microsoft in their plan of getting into more casual gaming houses I can already see the headache of brick and mortar store employees having to explain to parents in the holiday season the differences in the two consoles. Not to mention the look on kids faces if they end up getting what will basically be a Microsoft TV box for Christmas.