How did a hacker manage to get a pop-up message to appear in GTA Online for thousands of players? And was the hacker trying to accomplish anything beyond a cheap prank? The message started appearing a few days ago in GTA Online in the form of a pop-up that stated “Rockstar Message GTA VI Coming […]
Over one year ago (July 2015 to be precise), backwards compatibility on XBox One was a new concept, and one of the first games to be discussed for that feature was Burnout Paradise, originally released on the XBox 360. The racer’s developer, Criterion Games, announced back then it was working with Microsoft to get the […]
Today you can get a free racing game, as long as you already give away a chunk of your money every month to an online service (and you own the console the service is tied to). XBox Live Gold periodically gives out free games from its library to its members, and today one of those […]
If you didn’t spend all your time playing GTA, you would know Turkey recently suffered through an attempted military coup. If that wasn’t bad enough, the repercussions are even worse, with the shaken Turkish leader (still in power) doubling down on free speech and free will to curb the possibility of another invasion. Indeed, it […]
You really should have had the foresight to see this one coming. Immediately after Microsoft announced Red Dead Redemption would become fully compatible with XBox One consoles, all used copies of the game suddenly became much more valuable. Amazon.com reports that RDR’s Game of the Year Edition has shot up to #26 on the sales […]
It’s been a long time coming, but finally, unbelievably, the single most demanded title in the XBox 360 library will finally work on XBox One. In three days Red Dead Redemption enters the backwards compatibility list — for good, this time. Any version of the disc will work, says Microsoft. “Starting on Friday, every Red […]
Microsoft has been expanding the XBox One’s list of backwards compatible games at a rapid pace lately, adding several games each week. This week they’ve added Saints Row 4, originally released in 2013. SR4 follows the additions of Dead Space, Left 4 Dead 2 and Halo Wars, this week alone. The Saint’s Row series (and […]
Are those of you with XBox Ones and a library of 360 games enjoying the newly added backwards compatibility feature? Well….to put it another way, are those of you with games within the 104-game list (out of over 1000 released games) enjoying it? Curiously, a game called Ms. Splosion Man is fully compatible, yet Red […]
Earlier in the year (last July to be specific), a rumor started swirling that Criterion Games’ Burnout Paradise would be made backwards compatible with the XBox One. Criterion denied it at the time, but as of today they’ve admitted it: Yes there was, and yes it is… It’s in the pipe, five-by-five. Stay tuned for […]
Criterion Games, developers of the Burnout racing series, were recently asked by a fan on Twitter if there were any plans to repackage the past Burnout games and release them in a remastered collection, as is the current custom. It doesn’t look like it. Gareth Long @CriterionGames what about the Burnout Collection bundle for PS4/Xbox […]