Xbox One

The newest member of the Microsoft gaming family was announced yesterday, and it has been dubbed Xbox One. The announcement was full of news and functionality presentations, such as Xbox Ones improved use of the cloud, its Skype functionality (presumably with its own app extension), the High definition video, and it's ability to multitask and behave as a media and entertainment center, rather than a simple console. They also highlighted Xbox Ones "advanced new look" (honestly it reminds me of the original Xbox) and it's compatibility for current gold members. The presentation glazed over a few points, however; stating that it will work with Xbox live gold along with the xbox 360, but leaving out that the Xbox One will not feature backwards compatibility, in other-words, the One will not play 360 or original xbox games, so hang on to your old consoles if you would like to continue playing them. The Xbox One also features the ability to play used games, as we have been told, BUT playing a used game will cost you an unlock fee, in addition to what you paid for the used game. Xbox One will have security features to back this up, by only allowing you to play games after they have been downloaded (either through the marketplace, or off the disk) to the Ones hard drive. Xbox One does require an internet connection, unlike its predecessor, even when not using online features, the console does not need a constant connection however, but it does need to "check-in" at least once a day. This means that someone without internet would not be able to play a single player game, or use offline functionalities of the console, without connecting to the internet daily.

Call Of Duty: Ghosts

The next Call of Duty has been announced. Titled "Ghosts", this tenth Call of Duty game will be made by Infinity Ward, but it will not be a part of the "Modern Warfare" titles that IW has produced. "Ghosts" will follow a new and unique storyline, with a new and diverse group of characters. "Ghosts" is scheduled for release on both the current and "next-gen" systems, using the console release as an opportunity to start a new chapter for the Call of Duty franchise. As of now, Only the "masked warriors" trailer has been released,but a game play reveal containing more information has been scheduled to coincide with the new Xbox reveal, May 21st.




Is Call of Duty (Activision) rushing the release and development of their new game in order to compete with Battlefield 4 (EA), or will "Ghosts" be the fresh story and redesigned game-play that so many of the series fans have been begging for? What's your opinion?

The Future of Gaming

All X-box players and fans alike have seen the ads for the "future of gaming" to be announced on May 21st. This is undoubtedly the reveal date of the long anticipated next generation console from Microsoft. While it has been given many names by bloggers like myself, no official name has been given to the console, nor have any details of its hardware or software functionality. The few developer comments relating to the new generation of systems only reference the fact that it's a huge leap forward.






Following the announcement of SONY's PS4, the gaming world was waiting for Microsoft to reveal their next-gen competitor, On May 21st, we'll have just that. X-box or Playstation? Comment and check back in May 21st to see how the two consoles stack up.