Writer/consultant with 15 years of published work; including GameFan, Gamers' Republic, Play, Electronic Gaming Monthly, official strategy guides, Gamasutra (!), and direct input on numerous hit software titles across several platforms.
A core group of IO founders and devs already bailed out years ago. r nSeveral are doing the 'Heroes Generals ' hybrid shooter/strategy online title. r nIO has been losing bits and pieces of good talent for some time now, including people who spearheaded their IP. r nPerhaps this accumulated ...
Begs the question: How soon before your Xbox One hard disk is completely overloaded with full, AAA game installations r n r nA base 499 model with a 500 GB hard drive XB1 games now coming on Blu-ray means Xbox 360-like DVD storage maximums of 8GB are a thing of ...
Base price, 499. r n r nThe Kinect 2 hardware makes up about 80-100 of that. r n r nBut there 's important cost in there for out-of-the-box cross-functionality with key TV service providers, globally, to enable compatibility with the providers ' proprietary guide overlays and program encoding. r n ...
Conversely, the power offered by advanced consoles can sometimes assist the indie dev. r n r nI recall an interview with Jon Blow re: The Witness where he talks about being able to program in a slightly looser way because the console offers him so much overhead in computing power ...
But hey, the Xbone will have an Achievements system for TV watching really . r nI wonder what else non-gaming related they 'll reward you for, and how they use the Kinect to monitor it. r n r n Media Slave achievement unlocked r n Big Brother Lover achievement unlocked ...
