News by Lindsay M. The rumours of the Xbox One S’ release date have been running rampant these past few weeks, with retailers such as Amazon and GameStop having the release date set to the end of the month but nearly everyone assuming the updated Xbox One console would launch…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Microsoft has released its second attempt at an AI, after the spectacular failure of Tay, a social interaction bot unleashed on Twitter that was turned racist in a matter of hours. This new attempt can’t be racist, as it doesn’t learn in interacting with people, but…
Read MoreXbox One’s upcoming update is their best to date, promising an interface that makes sense and speedier access to information. The most interesting feature, though, is backwards compatibility with certain Xbox 360 games. Related reading: What to expect from Xbox One’s home screen post-update. The library of compatible games is…
Read MoreTelltale Games is very sneaky. A week after the launch of Minecraft: Story Mode’s first episode, it suddenly launches episode two with no warning. Not that I’m complaining, as I enjoyed the first episode but felt it was more of a prologue than an entire episode, and all of a…
Read MoreFrom the beginning, the idea of a Borderlands game as a narrative-heavy affair from Telltale Games struck me as a potentially weird mix. So here’s the thing: it worked. It worked so well in fact, that now we have the last episode accounted for, I can say that this was…
Read MoreI really wish Microsoft called the upcoming Xbox update something better than “New Xbox One Experience,” because then I wouldn’t feel so silly writing about it. Still, the label certainly boils it down: on November 12, Xbox One owners will be able to update their consoles to have a new…
Read MoreI was terrified when it was announced that Telltale was doing a narrative game season based on Minecraft. Minecraft, of all things! The most open-world game available, the game which I have easily sunk hundreds of hours into playing over the past five years, the game which I’ve seen grown…
Read MoreLike most boys who grew up watching films bulging with action heroes who wielded seismic pectorals to double-axe hammer arrogant aliens and mercenaries into an explosion of despair-submission, I received most of my formal education from Arnold Schwarzenegger. His lessons are numerous, large, and ubiquitous. And while Arnold’s most important…
Read MoreWelcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us! This Week in Apple TV…
Read MoreThere have been no shortage of remakes, remasters, and HD thingamabobs since the newest generation of consoles released, and it was only a matter of time until the original Gears of War got the updated treatment. Of the titles that deserved an Ultimate Edition of this nature from the last…
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