 Backlash over Xbox pre-owned gamesMicrosoft faces a backlash from some gamers after it emerges the company may charge a fee to play pre-owned games on its new Xbox One console. [BBC News]  Xbox One: Web reacts to new console Microsoft's new console stirs up passions on the net [BBC News] New Xbox readies for video games war Will Microsoft's new games machine win the next console war? [BBC News] Press Start: Indie games on PlayStation 4, Assassin's Creed creator "fired", and more Plus, the next Xbox really won't be always online, an indie dev explains why he makes games and an interesting horror experience from LudumDare
A selection of links, hand-picked by the Guardian games writers.Hohokum, Doki-Doki Universe and CounterSpy headed to PSN | VG247
Sony went a bit mad (...) [The Guardian] Microsoft: Next Xbox will work even when your Internet doesn't Good news by Ars' Peter Bright. "According to an internal Microsoft e-mail sent to all full-time employees working on the next Xbox, 'Durango [the codename for the next Xbox] is designed to deliver the future of entertainment while engineered to be tolerant of today's Internet.' It continues, (...) [OSNews] Press Start: a possible new name for the next Xbox, Microsoft's game-changing Illumiroom technology and more Plus, the problem of the uncanny valley, Lego Breaking Bad and how the 3DS helped someone to see 3D for the first time ever
A selection of links, hand-picked by the Guardian games writers.Next Xbox named Fusion? | Game Development | News by Develop
A possible name for the new Xbox is currently (...) [The Guardian] Dishonored: The Knife Of Dunwall – review Xbox 360, PS3, PC; Bethesda; £6.80-£7.99
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The first story-driven downloadable content for Dishonored is The Knife Of Dunwall, putting you in the stealthy boots of Daud the assassin, the man responsible for killing the empress, thereby starting the whole (...) [The Guardian] Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen – review PS3, Xbox 360; Capcom; £15-£19.99
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Not a true sequel, but far larger than mere downloadable content, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is an expansion pack that generously includes the entire original game in case you happened to miss it. As well as the (...) [The Guardian] Star Trek – review PC, PS3, Xbox 360; Namco Bandai; £34.99-£39.99
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Arriving in time to ride the wave of hype preceding the new film, Star Trek the game tells a side story about Kirk and Spock buddying up to save the galaxy from a doomsday device stolen by thieving lizard (...) [The Guardian] Terraria – review Xbox 360, 505 Games, cert: 12
Perhaps Terraria might simplistically be painted as "Minecraft in 2D, with cutesy pixel art". It's not necessarily the fairest description though, as each game's approach to world-building is very different. Terraria is a touch more focused. There are objectives – (...) [The Guardian] Defiance – review Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Namco, cert: 18
As a third-person "massively multiplayer online" (MMO) shooter from developer Trion Worlds, Defiance transcends both genre and narrative boundaries; the plot runs concurrently with a TV series of the same name broadcast on the Syfy channel. It's a broadly (...) [The Guardian] Press Start: Batman: Arkham Origins, Tearaway release date and more Plus, growth in the Japanese video games business, ThatGameCompany's 'industry-changing' next project, EA wins worst company in America award again...
A selection of gaming links hand-picked by the Guardian's games writers.Batman: Arkham Origins announced for PC, PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360 | (...) [The Guardian] Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 – review Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Namco, cert: 18
Moving forward from its original incarnation, this stealth shooter has skilfully adapted the CryEngine 3 technology developed for Crysis. Unsurprisingly, then, the environments, whether lush jungles or war-torn cities, look stunning. Weapons and ballistics are (...) [The Guardian] Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 – review Xbox 360, PS3, EA, cert: 3
With Tiger having recently reclaimed the world No1 spot, the timing could not be better for EA's latest in its long-running series but, as is the tendency with annually updated sport sims, this is evolution not revolution. A slight polish of the visuals, a few new (...) [The Guardian] No news on Xbox, but huge power of PlayStation 4 excites games fair fans While Microsoft kept schtum, Sony spilled more juicy beans on PS4 at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco
Last month, more than 23,000 games-makers gathered in San Francisco for the annual Game Developers Conference – GDC. It's an industry-focused event that has recently become the (...) [The Guardian]
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