VIII for the PC. Hey guys, I'm Jess, and this is the Curse Weekly Roundup!

Well, how 'bout that Xbox One? Microsoft's next console opened to...a mixed audience.

Sure, we've got the die hard Xbox fans preaching "just wait until they announce more games,

you'll all RUE the day you insulted the Xbox One!" and then we've got the larger, more

vocal group, saying "welp, I guess PS4's the way to go!"

Well, we now know MORE deets about this next-gen console - first, if you missed the announcement,

go ahead and check out our butthurt-inducing video recap which we'll link the description.

Go ahead, pause this video for a minute and go watch it. K are we all caught up? Well,

NOW we know that the Xbox One is NOT backwards compatible, AND after initial installation,

Microsoft will be charging a fee to link that same game disc to a second Xbox Live account,

meaning it's definitely limiting the market for used games. It's also going to be HDTV-compatible

only, so you can't use it with a standard def TV, and Microsoft's Azure cloud services

will allow developers to make games that can't be played offline, but the always-on thing

isn't a requirement yet.

I'm not even gonna touch any of that, I'll just leave you with this fun fact: Nintendo

and Sony's stock prices BOTH rose directly after the Xbox One announcement - Nintendo

saw an increase of about 2.2 percent that day, but Sony's stock rose by 9.3 percent.

I think we all know that's PROBABLY not a coincidence, but what do you guys think? Leave

me a comment and lemme know - is Microsoft on their way out? Did Sony just win the next-gen

console war?

Moving on from the Xbox One...Final Fantasy VIII is coming to the PC. Square Enix announced

this week that the PC version will have hi-res graphics, but no news on whether there'll

be any new features. It'll also make the Chocobo World mini-game easier to access since with

the PS2 version you needed the PocketStation, which was only sold in Japan or sometimes

at anime conventions. This news is actually garnering some mixed opinions - on the one

hand, those who never played VIII can now do so, but on the other hand, this doesn't

seem have add much in the way of replay value so it's not really bringing anything to the

table for prior Final Fantasy VIII fans. What do you think? Pick it up or skip it? Lemme

know in the comments.

Finally, flying under the radar of many, Dust 514 was released last week....on 5/14. Get

it? Well, if you're not aware, Dust 514 is an FPS that takes place in the EVE universe

- it's a PS3 exclusive that actually integrates with EVE Online - things you do in Dust can

affect EVE's world, and vice-versa. One of the coolest features of the game is how customizable

it is - choose your skills, weapons, even what kind of vehicle you wanna use to take

the enemies down. Oh, and did I mention it's free-to-play? If you wanna know more about

Dust 514, check out our full game write-up, we'll link to that in the video description.

And before I let you go, I just wanted to remind you to check out our latest IRL video

if you haven't already. This one features me and James learning moves from a pro MMA

fighter - thanks to Alienware, we got to meet Amir Sadollah and have the workout of a lifetime

learning to punch, kick, and put each other in a choke hold. And it turns out, I'm stronger

than I look - watch teh video and you'll see what I mean. A huge thankyou to Alienware

for making that happen!

And that wraps up the Roundup! Be sure to subscribe if you haven't already, and give

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