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Month: June 2013

Is Microsoft Actually Listening to Consumers? *UPDATE* YES!!!!!

None of this has been confirmed by Microsoft yet but Giantbomb.com is reporting that there are big changes to the XBOX One’s game policies, essentially killing all DRM that was going to be imprinted to the console. Those changes are rumored as follows: No more always online requirement The console no longer has to check…
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June 19, 2013
What Does Gaming on the PS4 Look Like? Here’s a Video for You!

Sure, the music sucks, the main guy lives in a shitty apartment, and the acting is HORRIBLE, but if you can get passed that you will get a lot of information on how gaming on the PS4 works. For one; random friends can screech in your ear from a completely different game and you can…
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June 19, 2013
PS3 Beta Started: Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn

There isn’t a lot that can be said about the Beta at this time, due to T&C restrictions, but I can say that when I got my code on the 14th I was genuinely excited (and still am). Once the Beta goes Public in July, and the restrictions are lifted, I’ll post a good write-up…
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June 17, 2013
Bargain Bin Review: Sleeping Dogs

Sleeping Dogs Time to Beat: About 25 hours Difficulty played: Not Selectable Available on: Xbox 360, PS3, PC (played on PS3) Sleeping Dogs has had a rough ride getting to the public eye. After being canceled and picked up again and a name change it was hard to think that such a…
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June 15, 2013
PS4: Everything We Know

The PS4 will launch this Holiday season (before Thanksgiving most likely) for $399, €399, or £349. What do you get for that? Main processor Single-chip custom processor CPU: low power x86-64 AMD “Jaguar”, 8 cores GPU: 1.84 TFLOPS, AMD Radeon™ Graphics Core Next engine Memory GDDR5 8GB Hard Disk Drive Built-in Optical Drive (Read only)…
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June 13, 2013
XBOX One: Everything We Know *UPDATED*

IBeatItFirst.com was onsite for the official Microsoft E3 Press Event making us one of the lucky ones to learn all of the nitty gritty regarding the newest member of the XBOX family. First off, let’s get the nerdy stuff out of the way. Microsoft worked with AMD to develop a custom 8-core CPU/GPU to help…
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June 13, 2013
The Most Exciting Part of Sony’s Press Conference for Me Was…

I’m dead serious, Kingdom Hearts 3! I was watching the PS4 conference with Jason, talking about Final Fantasy Versus XIII Final Fantasy XV, when the above video came on and I proceeded to lose my shit! If you haven’t played Kingdom Hearts before, PS3 users will be able to pick up Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5…
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June 12, 2013
Sony Takes Further Potshots at XBOX One With a New Sharing Video!

I was going to post this last night but just didn’t have a chance. Shuhei Yoshida was relaxing around the during their PS4 Press Conference rehearsals and someone had the great idea to make a funny video, at Microsoft’s expense. Personally I think it’s freaking HILARIOUS! What do you think though?
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June 12, 2013
Who Wants to Watch Over 9 Minutes of Metal Gear Solid 5?

Oh c’mon, you know you want to. Be forewarned, this is the red band trailer so it can be a bit gory. A huge chunk of this is the portion that we saw at the Microsoft Press Event yesterday.
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June 11, 2013
Sony E3 Press Conferance Live Blog!

We’ll be live blogging the Sony E3 Press Conferance, so keep it locked to I Beat It First for all your E3 updates! We’re about to go live, what do we expect to see? What it looks like, what it costs (hopefully), and games, games, games, and MOAR games! So far it’s just reporters talking…
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June 10, 2013