Consoles

  • Back Where It All Began

    In late 2013, when the PS4 & Xbox One launched, the first game I played on my brand new PS4 was not Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. It was the second game I played but it is the one I want to talk about for reasons which should become...
  • My Hopes For Dragon Ball Games In The Next Generation

    Dragon Ball is a series with a long list of video game titles stretching back all the way to 1986. They’ve had their ups and downs but the most recent ones have been truly transformative in my eyes. DB XenoVerse 2, my favourite, is excellent while DB FighterZ is...
  • Will Live replace Xbox?

    Microsoft are taking Xbox, and their 1st party studios, in an interesting direction. At E3 2016 most of their games were not exclusive to Xbox One anymore, they still won’t be on your PS4 obviously but they are coming to Windows 10. This initiative was introduced as “Play Anywhere”...
  • The Post E3 Future of Consoles

    So with E3 done and dusted we have a lot more information and confirmations than we did before. I hosted an Out of Lives Special Discussion on the future of consoles and postulated why E3 2016 was more important than anyone seemed to realise. So was I right? How...
  • Steam Might Love The Neo

    As many of you will know, especially if you listen to the Out of the Xfire podcast, I am firmly against the idea of “Upgradable Consoles”. The rumours surrounding Sony and the PS4.5/PS4K/PS4 Neo are a worrying sign for me as a console gamer. I’m sure you are all...
  • Out of the Xfire – Episode 8 – Discussing the One Console Future

    On this week’s episode of the PlayStation podcast that’s #ByThePlayers4ThePlayers, the group discuss February’s PlayStation Plus line-up (kind of) and whether the ‘one console’ future could still happen. Out of the Xfire – Episode 8 – Discussing the One Console Future...