James Paladino
Now that the flood gates are open and the Xbox One has been priced, dated, and shown, a steady trickle of accessories for Microsoft's next-generation console have begun to crawl from the darkness cast by a legion of non-disclosure agreements. Next in line is the new official voice chat headset, which appears quite similar to its Xbox 360 brethren, but with a more angular mouth piece. The gadget was revealed alongside an updated play and charge kit which takes "under four hours" to fully fill up, according to a Gamespot report.
E3 2013 was a battleground. As Nintendo's Wii U waited silently in the wings, Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PS4 struggled violently for players' attention, While the majority of press outlets and preorder sales indicate that Sony won a decisive victory with their impressive press conference, the war is far from over. Let's take a look at the top five most important stories of the event.
The Last of Us, Naughty Dog's critically-acclaimed swan song for the PS3, launched today to the delight of worldwide fans, but players may want to disconnect their consoles from the internet before inserting their freshly bought disc into the system. A game breaking auto-save glitch which disables the ability to preserve progress in the campaign mode has reportedly afflicted numerous copies of the title through the 1.01 patch.
Going into E3, the Final Fantasy franchise was on a quest for redemption. Following the failed launch of Final Fantasy XIV, a suffocating sense of franchise fatigue set in as fans clambered about in search of any hope. Well, your hope has arrived in the form of Final Fantasy XV, previously known as Versus XIII. Tetsuya Nomura, the creative director of the project, recently spilled to Famitsu that the action-oriented RPG is just the first in a series of games which will advance the storyline.
Now that Mirror's Edge 2 is a reality, as unlikely as it may have seemed, fans are hungry for new information on the first-person parkour simulator. The freshman outing of the franchise resounded with gamers and fared well on the review circuit, but unfortunately did not sell enough to warrant an immediate follow-up. While the free-running aspect of the gameplay was widely lauded, the combat was viewed as the weakest part of the package.
Injustice: Gods Among Us welcomed its latest barrage of DLC today with the arrival of Mortal Kombat alum Scorpion, the Blackest Night 1 character skin pack, the Red Son 2 pack, and the Batman Arkham City pack. Season Pass owners are granted free access to the content, but anyone else can purchase Scorpion for 400 Microsoft Points ($5), or any of the packs for 240 points each. NetherRealm's latest update is available on both the Xbox Live Marketplace and the Playstation Network.
Nintendo has a lot to prove this year at E3. In the wake of lackluster sales and a paltry software lineup, the company needs to bring its big guns, otherwise known as Mario, Zelda, and Smash Bros., to salvage its reputation among gamers. Thankfully, the Big N reportedly plans to do just that. Tune in at e3.nintendo.com for an official live stream at 10 AM (EST) as we bring you up to the minute coverage in Latinos Post's live blog.
The Xbox One's controller may not be a revolution, but Microsoft promises several important enhancements under the hood in an effort to preserve the identity of its Xbox 360 ancestor and provide developers with the tools to create tactile experiences. In Microsoft's official Xbox Wire blog, the company discusses new-fangled "impulse triggers," enhanced audio quality, an improved DPad, and more responsive thumbsticks, among other things.
The fate of Final Fantasy Versus XIII and XV has remained a closely guarded secret within the walls of Square-Enix's headquarters, but on June 11 at 9 AM, the company will lift the veil. Destructoid reports that the company has sent out invites to a "Future of Final Fantasy" conference, where they will likely show off the promised Playstation 4 sequel.
Naughty Dog is gearing up to launch its post-apocalyptic game The Last of Us, one of the most anticipated experiences of the year, later this month, and has just released the first ever screenshots of its mysterious multiplayer mode on its official Facebook page.
A combination of solar energetic particles and galactic cosmic rays bombard space-faring craft persistently, and a recent study published in the journal Science indicates that this danger presents a number of obstacles for research based on the Red Planet: Mars.
On the Siberian Lyakhovsky Islands, a team of scientists from the Russian province of Yakutsk witnessed a specimen of the extinct mammoth species bleed, and believe that the well-preserved tissue may contain living cells.
After a four-hundred year slumber, plants recovered from the remains of a receding glacier have awakened in a lab.
The Xbox One reveal showcased several new television-centric features, but when it comes to the day-to-day functions of the hardware and its accessories, how will Microsoft's next generation console tweak the 360's design?
As Emperor Justinian's soldiers put their enemies to the sword in an aggressive campaign to recapture lost Roman territories, a devastating plague cut a swath through the Mediterranean population and claimed the lives of over 100 million people.
