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Microsoft has done some back peddling with the "no headset" rule with purchases of the Xbox One outside of the limited edition Day One console. Microsoft confirmed the news that every Xbox One will come with a headset in a blog post on Xbox Wire that included the unboxing of a Day One edition Xbox 360. Also confirmed is that every Xbox One will come with a 4K HDMI cable. "When we say 4K HDMI cable, we mean it. The HDMI cable we’re including is an actual Category 2 HDMI cable, rated for 1080P, 3D and 4K, according to the HDMI 1.4 spec." For those of you that were wondering if the Xbox One console in the video is the newly announced 853mhz GPU, it is and it also happens to be one of the first production units. FYI...there are less than 20 of those that exist. Click here to view the article

Our friends that live in the UK who waited until the last minute to pre-order Sony's PS4 are not going to be happy with the news of pre-orders no longer being guaranteed for a day one release, although if you waited until now to order the console then you have nobody to blame but yourself. ShopTo, a UK online store confirmed the news by stating, "Sony have confirmed all PlayStation 4 pre-orders placed from 6th August will now not be guaranteed for launch. You can still pre-order PS4 with us in case we receive cancellations and can fulfil your order for launch." Shortly after this announcement, Amazon stated the same thing to their UK market; "Please note - due to high demand, orders placed for the PlayStation 4 console from 6th August may be received after release date. We will ship orders as soon as we receive sufficient inventory.". Also releasing a statement was Asda who said, "Any customer who has placed a Pre-Order with Asda for a Sony PlayStation 4 console before 5th August will have their console delivered on day of launch. These amended Terms & Conditions are for all Pre-order placed on or after the 5th August now that Sony have suspended Guaranteed Day 1 Pre-Ordering". via CVG Click here to view the article

Valve might be rethinking their touring strategies after a photo appeared online perhaps confirming Left 4 Dead 3. During a recent tour of the Valve Bellevue offices, a Dota 2 player spied and took a photo of an internal changelog that was left open for all to see. The message in the changelog states, "Restored L4D3's devtest unit. Ran locally 6 times without an assert...". Also caught in the photograph is the Source 2 engine which Half Life 3 is rumored to be using. Valve has yet to comment on the leaked photo and whether L4D3 is officially in development. Rumors have been running rampant that L4D3 is indeed in development after an internal Valve document was discovered by Valvetime in June that named 791 projects including Half Life 3, L4D3, Source 2 engine, and F-Stop; a Portal followup. via Crave Online Click here to view the article

Back in February,developers Overkill Software announced that a sequel 2011's PayDay: The Heist was in development. The followup, PayDay 2 finally received it's release date and surprise! It's next week. Overkill Software announced that the Steam version of the game will be releasing on August 13th, while the PS3 and Xbox 360 will get their version of the unique first person shooter between the dates of August 13th and August 16th in a blog post to the Steam community. Also confirmed back in early May was that both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of PayDay 2 will be releasing digitally and in retail stores, however Overkill has yet to make an announcement regarding pricing on the digital download of the game. The retail version of PayDay 2 is priced at $39.99. via PayDay 2 blog post Click here to view the article

Former Rooster Teeth contributer David Dreger aka "Knuckles Dawson" who went missing on May 27th has been found dead. His sister Danielle Dreger confirmed the sad news on the "Find David Dreger" Facebook pagethat Dreger's body was discovered on June 20th in Ambleside Park in West Vancouver, British Columbia."We are thankful that the prayers for discovery made by everyone during this time have been answered. It is with deep sadness that we must let you all know that David's body was discovered on June 20 near Ambleside Park. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their prayers, support and compassion. David was an exceptional, bright, caring and loving young man. We consider ourselves blessed to have had him in our lives, and are comforted knowing that he is now embraced in the arms of our Lord. Love, Daryl, LeeAnn and Danielle.", stated Danielle Dreger in an open post to the 1,631 members of the supportive Facebook page that was started when Dreger went missing on May 27th. Dreger was legally declared missing after both his wallet and his phone were discovered at his home and his bike and helmet were found at Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia. The day before Dreger went missing, he deleted his Xbox Live and Twitter accounts. On his website, he also posted this strange message. David "Knuckles Dawson" Dreger was 28. Click here to view the article

Microsoft revealed the price that you will be paying for first party games on the Xbox One. The good news is you don't have to break your piggy bank for first party games. The bad news is, the price of third party games is still unknown.A representative for Microsoft confirmed the $59.99 price tag of Xbox One first party games to Polygon. "I can confirm that Microsoft Studios games on Xbox One will be $59.99 (MSRP)," stated the representative to Polygon. While Sony has yet to release the prices of what PS4 games will be selling for, Sony's CEO Jack Tretton hinted to CNBC back in February that they planned on selling games for $60. "We're going to welcome free-to-play models, games from $.99 up to those $60 games," Tretton told CNBC. Despite Sony not confirming their prices for PS4 first party or third party games, Amazon and Gamestop pre-orders have both Xbox One and PS4 first party games listed for $59.99. Click here to view the article

We all know there are alot of unknowns, rumors, and confusing responses on Microsoft's behalf when it comes to the future of their newest console, Xbox One. One of those new rumors that recently came to life is that the latest version of Kinect that will be shipping with Xbox One may have it's own voice technology.IGN claims that there is a rumor running around the internet that the next version of Kinect, Kinect 2 may have it's very own voice that interacts with several people including welcoming a new individual who just entered into a room to asking a person to identify himself or herself. Another aspect of the Kinect 2 that is still hanging out in the "rumor/tried to to be explained, but miserably failed stage" is whether or not the Kinect will always be viewing and hearing what you do which has become a concern of many gamers in regards to their privacy. Harvey Eagle; Microsoft's UK Marketing Director stated, "Kinect does require to be connected to Xbox One in all cases, yes". However Microsoft quickly retracted that statement and said, "It is not always watching or always listening... you can turn the system completely off. This would use no power and turn everything off. We’ll share more details about how it all works later." Those details are expected to be made known at this year's E3. The amazingly creepy Kinect 2 sensor will have a 1080p camera and a motion control camera that captures 2 gigabits of data per second. Click here to view the article

Former Rooster Teeth personality and community member David Dreger aka KnucklesDawson has gone missing from the Vancouver, British Columbia area and police have upgraded the investigation to a missing persons case.According to information posted by RoosterTeeth's SailorTweek, Dreger tweeted about deleting his Xbox Live and Twitter accounts and then sent out his last tweet out on May 26th. SailorTweek stated, "Those of us who know David understand what a big deal the deletion of his accounts are". Both of his accounts were later deleted. Dreger left behind his wallet, computer, and cell phone. His bike was later found at Stanley Park. Police and volunteer search units are actively searching Lions Gate Bridge and Stanley Park in the Vancouver, BC area by means of foot, helicopter, horseback, ATV, bikes, and also any waterways. If you are in the Vancouver, BC area and want to help, there is a search beginning at 10 am today. If you do not live in Canada and still want to help, as RoosterTeeth mentioned repost, tweet, and share any news you find as much as possible. For more information and to stay updated on the missing person's case of David Dreger you can follow the facebook page set up for finding Dreger called Find David Dreger and stay tuned to SailorTweek's blog on RoosterTeeth. We will also keep you informed as news develops. From all of us here at Gamercide, David we hope that you are found safe and sound. Click here to view the article

That was a great review. Say thanks to your little one Spawn and tell him that he will always have a job here with us our "Jr. Reviewer" I agree with the others. I think this is something that we should do more of with child reviews of children games. This is something we should look into for those of us that have kids.......you know for in the future. Like Fap said above, a child's opinion is completely unbiased.

My family owns 4 But it's mainly after helping a couple friends out who needed some money and needed to get rid of them. I just don't see the big deal, but that's just me. I think it's because our gaming dynamic with my family shifted and we all kind of do our own thing now. Like Jason mainly plays WoW, I use the main 360 and the other 3 are spread out for dvd players and hulu/Netflix players. Maybe if this came out 5 years ago I would have been all rawr, but I'm excited. For this and the PS4 and also just the technology advances of these consoles. It's quite incredible if you think about it once you get past everything else.

While speaking directly to Eurogamer, Phil Harrison attempted to clear up some ugly rumors and conflicting reports that surfaced since Microsoft's reveal of Xbox One.One of those conflicting reports that Harrison was quick to dispel was the report that the Xbox One will require a constant connection to the internet. "Some bits of the system will work offline. I think the key point to make is that Xbox One requires an internet connection, but it does not need to be connected all the time..." Just to repeat that, THE XBOX ONE DOES NOT REQUIRE A CONSTANT INTERNET CONNECTION MMMKAY? Another rumor that Harrison attempted to clear up was used games and digital permissions. "So, think about how you use a disc that you own of an Xbox 360 game. If I buy the disc from a store, I use that disc in my machine, I can give that disc to my son and he can play it on his 360 in his room. We both can't play at the same time, but the disc is the key to playing. I can go round to your house and give you that disc and you can play on that game as well.What we're doing with the digital permissions that we have for Xbox One is no different to that. If I am playing on that disc, which is installed to the hard drive on my Xbox One, everybody in my household who has permission to use my Xbox One can use that piece of content. [so] I can give that piece of content to my son and he can play it on the same system." Take note; no extra fees if you play it on the same system. Harrison went on to explain what happens if you go to a friend's house and take a game disc with you that you own. "I can come to your house and I can put the disc into your machine and I can sign in as me and we can play the game. The bits are on your hard drive. At the end of the play session, when I take my disc home - or even if I leave it with you - if you want to continue to play that game [on your profile] then you have to pay for it. The bits are already on your hard drive, so it's just a question of going to our [online] store and buying the game, and then it's instantly available to play. The bits that are on the disc, I can give to anybody else, but if we both want to play it at the same time, we both have to own it. That's no different to how discs operate today." Does everyone understand now? If you are a one console family or person, you are fine. However if you are a multiple console family and bounce game discs around, you will need to either a.) buy multiple discs if you game together or b.) purchase the game through whatever Microsoft has in store which will probably be announced at E3, but it sounds like they partnered with Gamestop, Amazon, or some other gaming retail giant in order to do this type of service for instant gaming access. via Eurogamer Click here to view the article

Halo fans hold on to your collectibles and get ready to squeal with joy. Microsoft announced a live action television series based on their flagship series, Halo with Steven Spielberg at the helm.Steven Spielberg took the big screen to announce his joy in working with this original Xbox television series project based on the ever so popular sci fi series, Halo. The Halo series has already seen success with the mini series Forward Unto Dawn that released prior to Master Chief's return in Halo 4. Click here to view the article

After a year's worth of rumors, Microsoft finally unveiled the future of gaming, Xbox One. The breakdown of the new "all in one entertainment" system includes: 8GB of RAMBlu-Ray Drive8 Core CPUHDMI In and Out PortsUSB 3.0802.11n Wireless500 GB Hard DriveKinect 2.0 - Captures 1080p at 30FPS Click here to view the article