Good morning. It’s the day of the week that really matters. Chewsday. No. Not getting old. Microsoft is not likely to offer a cloud-based backward compatibility option for the Xbox One. Xbox’s Albert Penello reckons “it’s really cool and really problematic, all at the same time,” but did say that Microsoft will be watching how Sony’s Gaikai service works. [More on Polygon]…
Good morning and welcome to the weekend. Almost. The DualShock 4 controller has dropped pressure sensitive face buttons for digital buttons. The pressure sensitive analogue buttons were found on the DualShock 3 and allowed game designers to assign multiple functions to a button depending on the pressure applied by the player. These were rarely used by designers. [More on VentureBeat] The…
Saying farewell is never easy. Especially to a dear old friend that has served you well. For around the last year Black Ops 2 has been the catalyst for a rebirth of console LANs in South Africa that has seen more tournaments than ever before. To a small degree, this revolution even saw players move platforms from the PS3 to…
Good morning. How about we help you get this week off to a positive start with these tasty treats. Rockstar is giving you all half a million dollars. That’s for GTA Online and only if you have played the game in October 2013. You will get the money as two deposits so you “don’t spend it all in one place!”…
Good morning. It’s the Chewsday (we told you it would never get old) edition of the Gaming News Wrap. The only wrap that matters. Maybe. Rockstar is working on a fix for users who have lost characters, items, apartments, cars and in-game money in GTA Online. Other issues are being investigated according to the game’s support page. GTA V is the PS3’s…
Good morning. If you’re a football fan, today is your day. FIFA 14 is out now. A new Call of Duty Ghosts multiplayer map has been revealed. The map is called Stonehaven and features a castle, and looks – according to OXM – “bloody enormous”. The map appears to be geared for snipers. Infinity Ward thinks “it’s pretty cool” that…