Microsoft didn't do anything other than say yes when Sony said no to the service.

Hear hear. I guess it's too much in these times, when I regularly get called things like "fucking retard" online because I bought an Xbox One instead of a PS4, to expect gaming journalists to be more fair or objective than the forum rats.

Ah, I see you went with the "version of a word game that would never make sense" route too, haha - nice

Dumbest entry idea ever. Hopefully the good kind of dumb.

The name Vikings doesn't conjure up the best images about Scandinavian folks either

I'm getting the strong sense that this is what Sony actually need to charge to run this service and make it profitable. Bandwidth and servers are expensive, and all the processing power for these games are being done in the cloud due to the system architecture differences between PS4 and its priors. If I'm right…

I think the first 2:00 or so of the video took me 40 minutes in a cab in real life

I've been getting into it slowly myself, trying to find a groove to keep leveling and earning cash - Survival mode battles seems to be the way to go, but man are they tough... 10 rounds, rules and structure similar to Mass Effect 3 MP... you get $20K cash and a ton of RP if you make it all the way

Maybe we can at least agree that last year's Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag was pretty refreshing? All that piracy stuff was good! And the game was beautiful.

All valid questions about how much to "trust" Microsoft and the Xbox after all the big 180, but just take a look at the things the brand has done in working to rebuild it with gamers under Phil Spencer's leadership.

STAR WARS & MASS EFFECT

Can't wait to play as Michael Vick on the New York Rockets... I wonder how we'll fare this season against Atlantic Football Conference rivals such as the New England Minutemen and the Pittsburgh Welders.

These things are so fucking hard. I can never figure them out.

Obviously this is a review of a game and not its marketing campaign, but I just gotta pipe in and gush about how wonderfully minimal and ominous the logo, cover art, and ad designs are for this game

This. The endless dick measuring contest over horsepower 1080p this and that will be eclipsed by games, and much how fun they are, how much fun are they to play with friends, how much replayability are in them.

Approaching IGN commenters' level of cuntishness

Layaway - Not instant gratification, but a way to spread it out if you need to

Not a Good Match For: Those hoping for a game with a meaningful story, and those who really and truly aren't good at first-person shooters. While Titanfall is definitely more welcoming than your average online FPS, it's still a competitive skill-based game and the best players still come out on top.

A meta-joke, I guess