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7:00 PM on 06.20.2013

More indie woes when working with Microsoft

“I personally would like to go back in time and kick myself in the balls. I'd just like to have that year and a half of my life back,” said Skulls of the Shogun developer Borut Pfeifer, in a recent inter...

Wesley Ruscher

8:00 AM on 06.20.2013

An industry that needs Xbox One DRM is a failed industry

It looks like we're going to do this dance again. So soon. In the wake of Microsoft reversing its Xbox One DRM policies, brave corporate warrior Cliff Bleszinski wasted little time in telling us how this would be a bad thing ...

Jim Sterling

6:00 PM on 06.19.2013

Day-one patch needed for Xbox One DRM policy changes

Sony went in a different direction than Microsoft with respect to always-on requirements and used games, and the latter company didn't hear the end of it. We certainly weren't buying the explanations. But that's in the past, ...

Jordan Devore

5:00 PM on 06.19.2013

Microsoft, please stop desecrating Killer Instinct

Dear Microsoft, Please stop making Killer Instinct look like, as our own Jonathan Holmes put it, “a mash-to-win, noob-friendly combo fest.” I've played your game -- even had a proper lesson from Double Helix to he...

Wesley Ruscher

3:37 PM on 06.19.2013

Microsoft to drop Xbox One DRM, region locking

[Update: It's true. Microsoft has reversed its policies. There's only a one-time system setup that requires an Internet connection -- no daily check-ins. Discs work like they have in the past -- they'll need to be in your con...

Jordan Devore

10:30 AM on 06.19.2013

Xbox One is terrible on Google, amazing on Bing

If you type "The Xbox One is" on Google, autocomplete will helpfully offer suggestions based on what the world is saying about it. Right now those suggestions are less than flattering. "The Xbox One is terrible," reads the fi...

Jim Sterling

2:30 PM on 06.18.2013

Microsoft: Crackdown might return when the time is right

Microsoft's E3 came and went without any mention of Crackdown, a franchise that many thought might return to help bolster the Xbox One's software lineup. It looks somewhat likely that there may be some hope for future install...

Brett Makedonski

5:00 PM on 06.17.2013

Microsoft confirms price points of Xbox One games

Following confirmation via a company spokesperson, Microsoft has confirmed that first-party Xbox One games will retail for the previous generational standard of $59.99. It's worth taking note though, third-party publishers ca...

Abel Girmay

3:30 PM on 06.17.2013

Microsoft: Xbox One 'overdelivers value'

Microsoft's Don Mattrick is at it again, defending Xbox One in such a way that ensure I'll never get a vacation if he keeps it up. This time, Lil' Donny claims the Xbox One is cheap at $499, with Microsoft being way too gener...

Jim Sterling

1:30 PM on 06.17.2013

Sunset Overdrive's Xbox One exclusivity explained

In retrospect, if there was one game I would've liked to hear more about at E3, it was Insomniac's Sunset Overdrive. The vibrant open-world shooter was a standout title at Microsoft's press conference early last week and, unf...

Jordan Devore

10:30 AM on 06.17.2013

Forza Motorsport 5 is set to lead the next-gen pack

We'll start by saying that what we were able to see of Forza Motorsport 5 was not nearly enough. Though Turn 10's next game is slated to be a launch title for the Xbox One this fall, they were only offering a sneak peek at E3 2013. Still, what we saw was enough to know that we're in for something bigger and better with Forza 5. 

Dale North

10:00 AM on 06.17.2013

Xbox One has 'single handedly alienated the military'

Regular gamers have expressed quite a bit of upset at Xbox One's ridiculous DRM policies, but nowhere is the disdain more keenly felt -- nor more justified -- than that coming from America's armed services. Considering the tr...

Jim Sterling

8:00 AM on 06.17.2013

Xbox Live bans won't kill your Xbox One game library

As if to further demonstrate how Microsoft lacks any sort of unity in its Xbox One message, the company's online support recently led everybody to believe that the Xbox One's DRM strategy could strip gamers of their purchases...

Jim Sterling

11:30 AM on 06.14.2013

Abe's Oddysee: New N' Tasty won't 'sell out' for Xbox One

Abe's Oddysee: New N' Tasty is coming to the Wii U and PlayStation 4, but neither the Xbox 360 nor the Xbox One will get a lick of Abe's meat. Lorne Lanning's reasoning is simple -- Oddworld doesn't sell out, and an indie has...

Jim Sterling

11:52 PM on 06.13.2013

Get your own Dew n' Doritos Xbox One package yeah!

Microsoft has revealed the fruits of its disgusting sex with PepsiCo, announcing its special "Dew n' Doritos" Xbox One cross-promotion will let you win a special box of vaguely edible items. Major Nelson is giving some of the...

Jim Sterling

6:30 PM on 06.13.2013

Game Debate to the Death! If you only get one E3 console?

First, a reminder that the debate format has changed to a PollDaddy voting system, followed by a massive thank you for making last week's Half-Life debate the largest Game Debate Destructoid has ever had since I started this ...

Tom Fronczak