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What is the Xbox One? If you're a video-game aficionado, you know the answer: It's Microsoft's latest game console, and it arrives in North America and Europe on Friday. To gamers, Xbox means cutting-edge adventures such as "Halo" and "Gears of War," and well as the brand that brought online competition to the masses through Xbox Live. But Microsoft wants you to think of Xbox One as more than a game machine. You can use it to watch movies on Netflix and Hulu Plus. You can hook it up to your cable box to watch live TV. You can Skype your grandma and share family photos through the SkyDrive storage service. Still, if you're considering buying an Xbox One this week, you probably have one thing in mind: games. The Xbox One is a chunky black box that's a little larger than its predecessor, the Xbox 360. It arrives with a respectable library of 22 titles, all sold separately. By and large, they look just as pr...

Gamers waiting to don the PC avatar of Connor, the lead protagonist in Assassin's Creed III, will have to wait till November 23. While the console version is set for a release on October 31, Ubisoft has confirmed that the PC version of the game will be delayed by about a month. The open-world game will hit store shelves in the US on November 20 while UK gamers can expect the game on November 23. A Wii U version for the game is also expected, following the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions. Ubisoft has been known for delaying Assassin's Creed games in the past. The first game was delayed by 5 months post its launch for consoles. Assassin's Creed 2 and Brotherhood arrived four months later, while last year's Revelations launched just a month after. Ubisoft Montreal and six collaborating studios are building Assassin's Creed III on a new engine called Ubisoft-AnvilNext. Assassin's creed III is set in colonial America with the Assassin-T...

Before we delve into the analysis of Max Payne 3, it would be important to understand that both Max Payne and its sequel were products of Remedy Entertainment. Remedy then sold the rights over to Rockstar Vancouver and continued on with Alan Wake. No one would have expected a company like Rockstar to serve another episode in the series, since it was never really thought to be associated with the arcade type action that was Max Payne. But it has definitely proved all critics wrong by successfully revamping a nine-year old franchise in style. The Story So Far A re-imagination of the classic franchise that enslaved millions, dragged us in to the frost ridden depths of New York City and the heart of the protagonist, the name Max Payne is well known in both hardcore and casual gamer circles. With its breakthroughs in graphic detailing, Max Payne was an early millennia marvel. The most engrossing part was the storyline and its narration by Max himself. The monologues were eno...