E3 2015: Highlights from Microsoft’s Press Conference

During their E3 2015 press conference yesterday, Microsoft dropped a bombshell – the Xbox One will be backwards compatible with select Xbox 360 games. While the list only features 100 games (both disc-based and XBLA), that number is sure to expand in the coming months as developers and publishers simply need to approve which games […]

Microsoft top brass wants Gates out

Don’t bite the hand that feeds you, goes the old mantra. Of course, that and really any common sense gets tossed out the window once money is involved. The guys at the top are greedy, what’s the difference between $1.1 million and $1.5? Really, though. So, in the latest instance of a company turning on […]

Don Mattrick breaks up with Xbox, enters an affair with Zynga

Talk about jumping from one sinking ship to another, former Microsoft President of the Interactive Business Don Mattrick recently was named the CEO for internet gaming company, Zynga. Mattrick’s departure from Microsoft comes immediately after the scrutiny that faced the Xbox One, resulting in the company backtracking from all of the proposed, pro-DRM/anti-consumer features the […]

Microsoft Reveals New Xbox Entitled “Xbox One”

Microsoft recently unveiled their new console system, Xbox One. Described as a console “where all of your entertainment comes live in one place,” Xbox One is shown to be a huge next step for Microsoft in the next generation of console gaming. Kinect functionality has been streamlined with almost 1:1 voice command recognition. The presenter […]