The Impossible Made Possible by Microsoft & Xbox By Tim Dog

I don’t know of many times in my lifetime that I had the experience of seeing something that I was told time and time again was impossible, only to have it become possible and take place right before my eyes. Sitting 5 feet away from Phil Spencer hearing him talk to the crowd of Xbox diehards, I had my eyes on the teleprompter.  I’m always insatiable about news so I needed to see it first, and instead of watching one of the best speakers in the Industry, I was consumed with getting as fast as I could and at that point I see the impossible become possible.  As the lines scrolled I see the announcement of Backward Compatibility for 360 to work on Xbox One and myself with a few others reading have a smattering and a few wows, and a couple of holy shits.  Phil can actually hear all of this as he later described on his Giant Bomb interview and it was somewhat distracting.   Phil the professional that he is continued with his lines and backward compatibility is announced. He is met with one of the loudest ovations ever heard at an Xbox E3 conference to date. It was so loud that I couldn’t hear the announcement, instead I just heard a stacked full house at the Galen Center going crazy about what they just heard.   Up to this point backward compatibility was something that was laughed at if you brought up as a possibility.  Even being the most voted feature on xbox feedback site, the idea that this would come to Xbox One was a pipedream at best.  We all knew that the Xbox software team was amazing delivering 100+ features to the Xbox in the previous year, but even this feat was a little much to expect from them. The architecture for Xbox One is x86, Xbox 360 uses a completely different architecture, prompting people to throw around that word ” impossible”.  Sure enough the team at Microsoft wasn’t phased by any of that talk, they set to take on the task, and at times came to points where they didn’t know if they could get it to work.   They endured and kept at it and delivered it. How do I know this?  read on….   The next day I walked to the west hall.   I walked a straight line and had no idea where I was going other than I wanted to see what xbox had on its floor at e3.   As I approached the west Hall I ran into Ray, the #1 gamer for Xbox with the highest gamerscore at a heavy 1.2 million give or take a few achievements. He directed me to the broadcast booth and said something was wrong with the air conditioning.  It was hot but I didn’t care, I headed into that direction and I saw Aaron Greenberg perched above the floor in the broadcasting area doing an interview.   I head in that direction I see probably the realest guy at Microsoft I have met during the whole E3 trip, Albert Penello.   I see him look at up me but I don’t press him or bother him.  At that time I tell Jeremy Conrad where I am in a DM and where to meet up.  At that point Albert comes up to me and shakes my hand.  We talk a little bit about Sony’s conference and little bit of NeoGAF.  We have a few laughs and then Jeremy comes down and I introduce him to Albert. We start talking about the impossible, backward compatibility and how it works.  Jeremy is asking Albert how the process is being done.  He talks about how the 360 is emulated as opposed to how they did backward compatibility with the 360 in regards to the original Xbox.  As we go back and forth on all of this a gentleman comes by and Albert quickly says this is the “guy”.  The guy who made Backward compatibility a reality.   He introduces me to him and his other friend who is apart of the dev team and I quickly thank him and shake his hand and his coworkers hand.   We start talking about backward compatibility and he starts to tell Albert how the amount of preview requests grew 24% since the E3 announcement.  He then talked about other stats that show a huge boost in numbers internally.   I then ask him, “How does it feel to make something possible that people said was impossible”?   He responds it responds “feels good” and laughs.   As with all the my interactions with Microsoft/Xbox employees at E3, a sense of feeling that fans mattered was central to all the conversations I had, so I kept on with the conversation seeing how much info I could get.  The  convo goes on and they mention that they have been doing this for 2 years, and they were at a point where they were about to scrap it, but as the gentleman engineer said, ” I wanted it for the fans, but, I also wanted it for myself ”  He then explains to me Albert and techy Jeremy Conrad the ins and outs and at that time I took the the chance to thank him and his team from all the fans on this great achievement.  I wanted him to know that he truly did something great and the fans genuinely are grateful.  I think I left an impression, but that was my intention…     So we are two weeks past and looks like backward compatibility is still a hot topic. 1 million plus votes on the xbox feedback site for games, countless questions by fans on twitter to Xbox executives, and per Aaron Greenberg on Major Nelson Radio, sales significantly up since E3.   For Xbox, it sure did have its missteps along the way, but it finally seems to find its footing with Xbox one.  Xbox finally has a bullet point for its console and Xbox One is poised to sell

Rectify Gaming Update – What’s Going On

Hey guys, it has been a while since I’ve done one of these. A lot has changed since the month of March 2015 and a lot of positive changes have been made for Rectify Gaming’s future. Ever since welcoming in MikeXbo and MrTerdFergason we’ve moved even further in our staff, we welcomed Ward, Scoobaruu, RcCrispy, Narb, Draenen, Darth Quackers, BlueImpuls3, Temporal Enigma, Daniel, Adam, Tim, BelleBunny, Moose, Robert, Chambo, Berserk, SOVTH, and Mordor. Now that is a big list of people, we want to create the best possible coverage for you whether its Playstation, Xbox, PC, Nintendo etc.  We live tweeted every conference for E3 and did over 50 articles just for you and also Gamescom and we also went to RTX, PAX, and New York Comic Con. I’d like to reflect on our first 2 tournaments, our first one was our Halo 2: Classic Tournament where we had 10  teams all active teams and also a wild card match. For our first tournament we thought it was a success and competitive but we’ve learned some stuff from doing it. Congrats to High Society on being the first ever RCG champs. Our 2nd tournament gained even more attention with an awesome donation from Forge Channel bringing in $40 for the grand prize. We not only had returning teams but new teams that were excited to compete. We’ve taken in some advice from everyone and our tournament team has been planning plenty of Halo 5 tournaments and some other tourneys. So during the summer some of us were at RTX, PAX Prime and recently New York Comic Con 2015. We will have an awesome video recap for all of you and you will not wanna miss out on it! In 2016 Rectify Gaming plans on taking over a few cons in particular, we won’t say anything else. Also, our logo has changed again and it looks better than ever! Thanks to TwiztedShotzTV who puts so much work into his awesome designs he does for us. You’ll start to see even more stuff change throughout the months such as the site, the site could be going into some changes based on its designed and layout nothing major at all. Now, when it comes to streaming we are working our best to make sure you are always getting action on our Twitch. We’ve recently brought on Berserk and Sovth to help out with our streaming schedule and you can expect a fresh new one very soon. Especially when Halo 5 is out, we will be giving you so much content that you will explode. Whether its achievements, streaming, funny videos, news, etc we have you covered right here. Also, we could possibly have a surprise for you regarding our Twitch. Also regarding our forums we could possibly revamp it out but at this time we are still questioning getting active on it but if you guys want to get it going feel free to now! This month is all about Breast Cancer support so Rectify Gaming will be participating in 2 different charity events! TwiztedShotzTV will be live streaming this weekend on the 17th at 5 AM EST. BelleBunny and the Dames will be doing some streaming time as well for Aim Assist Gaming. The next week Me (Tyboy) and BelleBunny will be doing some time for the FOG breast cancer charity event on the 23rd from 9 PM-12 AM EST. Lately our Youtube has been pretty active as well as our podcast. We’ve done awesome podcasts with Mike Mika and Tom Russo and Tim Dog and Techno Fabulous and we plan on bringing even more entertainment to our podcast. For our Youtube we are making several series for you all to enjoy and we can’t wait for your reactions. We’ve recently closed our applications because we have capped out our team, so this is what we are going to roll with and unless something awesome comes up we will be sure to let you guys know! But there were so many great applications but you have to pick the one that stands out more. This team we have right now is the funnest team and funniest team I’ve been with since day one, yes at times we get serious with stuff but in the end it’s starting to become fun and it’s a positive environment. This past summer was busy between coverage, events, and building one of the best teams. We are just warming up. Our community management team of Darth and Belle are working to make an awesome schedule for Streaming and Game Nights. We are most likely starting our game-nights out with Halo 5, yes you will start to see more halo than usual due to the fact it’s the hottest thing this holiday season. We will continue to support every console and every game for everyone we also have some fun stuff planned for everyone and we are working on ways where you can have Rectify on the go. As we prepare for the launch of Halo 5 we will keep you up to date with the latest news in the gaming world, have more streaming and more Youtube content. We are about 2 months away until RCG turns 2 years old and we’ve got some awesome stuff planned, I’ve been brainstorming some ideas such as a 24 hour stream? More details will come out once we get closer! I’ll just leave this here…  

BREAKING NEWS! HALO 5: GUARDIANS ACHIEVEMENTS POSTED

BREAKING NEWS! HALO 5: GUARDIANS ACHIEVEMENTS POSTED HaloWaypoint just posted a  complete list of achievements for Halo 5: Guardians. Below you’ll find the 65 achievements, worth 1000 gamerscore, that will be available at launch You’ve got your Achievement list, Spartan. Now let’s hunt them down day one together! GO GO GOOOO!!! Into the Fire Complete Mission 1. 10 Argent Moon Complete Mission 2. 10 Glasslands Complete Mission 3. 10 Roots of the Earth Complete Mission 4. 10 Stolen Gauntlet Complete Mission 5. 10 Escape Complete Mission 6. 10 Together Again Complete Mission 7. 10 Swords Complete Mission 8. 10 Old Bones Complete Mission 9. 10 Breakthrough Complete Mission 10. 10 Stormbound Complete Mission 11. 10 Civil War Complete Mission 12. 10 Reclamation Complete Mission 13. 10 A New Dawn Complete Mission 14. 10 Sentinels Complete Mission 15. 10 Legacy Complete every Mission of the game on Normal difficulty. 10 Heroes Rise Complete every Mission of the game on Heroic difficulty. 40 Forging a Legend Complete every Mission of the game on Legendary difficulty. 60 Lone Wolf Complete every Mission of the game on Legendary difficulty, by yourself. 100 My Rules Complete any Mission on Heroic with 3+ Skulls active. 20 One for All Complete any co-op Mission on Heroic difficulty. 10 All for One Complete every co-op Mission on Heroic difficulty. 40 Conspiracy Theory Find and claim one piece of Intel. 10 Hunt the Truth Find and claim all Intel. 40 Gravedigger Find and claim a Skull. 10 Gravelord Find and claim all Skulls. 40 Your Team is Your Weapon Command your team of Spartans in Osiris. 10 Enemy of my Enemy Help the Elite General charge the hill in Osiris on Heroic difficulty. 10 I Thought I’d Lost You Escape the Hunters in the lab and fight them in the hangar in Blue Team. 10 On My Mark Simultaneously Assassinate two Elites in Blue Team co-op. 10 Going the Distance Complete Glassed without entering a vehicle. 10 Shoot from the Hip Complete Glassed co-op without any players using Smart-Link. 10 Waiting on You Kill an enemy that’s had its armor repaired in Unconfirmed. 10 Maverick Team up in a vehicle to kill 30 enemies in Unconfirmed co-op. 10 Savior Keep 6 miners alive at the elevator in Evacuation on Heroic difficulty. 10 Fire Drill Finish Evacuation within 18:00 without dying on Heroic difficulty. 10 Take a Hike Traverse the canyon in Reunion without a Phaeton on Heroic difficulty. 10 No Witnesses Destroy the Phantom at the Covenant camp in Reunion on Heroic difficulty. 10 No Knock Raid Destroy 10 walls or floors in Swords of Sanghelios. 10 Preying Mantis Complete Swords of Sanghelios co-op with both Mantises on Heroic difficulty. 10 Kraken Lackin’ Complete Enemy Lines without destroying a Kraken turret. 10 Emergency Boarding Procedures Escape the doomed Kraken by jumping onto a Phaeton piloted by a Spartan. 10 Death from Above Kill a Grunt and smash a grate with a Ground Pound in Battle of Sunaion. 10 Worms Don’t Surf Knock two Hunters into the ocean during the Battle of Sunaion. 10 Tank Still Beats Everything Finish the 13th mission without losing the Scorpion on Legendary difficulty. 10 Rolling Thunder Operate four different vehicles at once in Mission 13 on Heroic difficulty. 10 Harbinger Complete The Breaking on Legendary difficulty without the entire fireteam dying. 10 Prison Break Simultaneously kill two Wardens in The Breaking on Heroic difficulty. 10 Icy Cool Ground Pound an exterior power core in Guardians on Heroic difficulty. 10 Double Stuff Simultaneously destroy 2 cores in Guardians on Heroic difficulty. 10 Cry Havoc Complete 3 Warzone matchmade games. 10 Bringing in the Big Guns Call in a REQ that costs 5 Energy or more. 10 Go for the Gold Open a Gold REQ Pack 10 Top of the Food Chain Kill a Warzone Legendary Boss. 30 Warlord Win a match on the three original Warzone maps. 20 Castle Crasher Complete 5 Stronghold matchmade games. 20 Off to the Races Complete 5 Breakout matchmade games. 20 Flag Monger Complete 5 Capture the Flag matchmade games. 20 Spartan Decimation Complete 5 Slayer matchmade games. 20 Valor Recognized Qualify for a Competitive Skill Rating. 20 Your Style Change your Spartan’s gear in the Spartan Hub. 10 Raise Your Banner Change your Emblem in the Spartan ID card. 10 Make Your Mark Change your Service Tag in the Spartan ID card. 10 Gamemaster Create and save a Custom Game Type in War Games. 10 Benchwarmer Spectate a game. 10

Furi announced for PS4 and PC

The Game Bakers, a French Indie studio, has revealed their newest hack and slash game for PS4 and PC – Furi. In Furi, you will fight endless boss battles one after another in an effort to escape a deadly prison. Furi feeds on the tension of one-on-one fights against deadly adversaries. It’s an intense, ultra-responsive hack-and-slash with a unique mix of fast-paced sword fighting and dual-stick shooting. Each of the formidable guardians—designed by Afro Samurai creator Takashi Okazaki—has a unique and surprising combat style that requires focus and skill to defeat. Defeat one boss after another to escape this surreal prison and discover what’s waiting behind the last gate. The high-energy action gets a boost from an explosive soundtrack composed by up-and-coming electro musicians including Carpenter Brut, who created the trailer’s theme. “I have long dreamed of making a game of pure boss fights, with a focus on dueling and besting enemies who rival your own skill and strength,” says Creative Director Emeric Thoa. “Furi is designed with Japanese action games in mind — games that reward skills and reflexes, with a character that reacts immediately, like Devil May Cry, any game from Platinum, or even the Super Punch Out series.” The game has no exact release date yet but only a 2016 launch window for both platforms; PS4 and PC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjStAZblwi4

DOOM Alpha Registration Now Live

The good old FPS has returned in DOOM, recently announced that you can now sign up for the DOOM alpha for PS4, PC and Xbox One. The DOOM MP Closed Alpha is a series of development-driven tests designed to stress test the game’s dedicated server infrastructure in a real-world consumer environment. It is not the Beta (offered with Wolfenstein®: The New Order™ pre-order), a demo, or representative of the final game. *While the Beta and the full game will be available in multiple languages, the Closed Alpha is an English-only test. Register Here CLOSED ALPHA GAMEPLAY FEATURES ONE MAP: HEATWAVE The Alpha will feature 1 multiplayer map: Heatwave. This industrial-themed map will place players in an arena setting featuring plenty of armor, ammo, and health pickups. Narrow corridors, walkways and small chambers all link to a central, open area of the map, providing players with a variety of environments that suit varying playstyles, as well as the focus point for fighting over key power-ups. ONE MODE: 6V6 TEAM DEATHMATCH Welcome to the core of DOOM’s arena-style multiplayer combat. In this mode, two teams of 6 players will try to dominate each other by fighting over the Revenant and Gauss Rifle power-ups, which provide devastating firepower that can turn the tide or ensure victory. ONE DEMON: REVENANT Being the first player to the Demon Rune will transform you into the powerful Revenant. Use your jetpack and dual rocket launchers to hunt down the other team for a limited time to either secure your team’s lead or mount a comeback. ONE POWER WEAPON: GAUSS CANNON Available as a counter to the Revenant, this high-powered weapon destroys opponents in one blast. Use the alternate fire to see your targets through walls, but be warned, there is a limited number of shots, so use it to take down the demon rather than enemy players. Once you’re out of ammo, you have to wait for it to appear on the map again. 6 WEAPONS, 2 EQUIPMENT ITEMS The Closed Alpha will feature a limited arsenal of weapons and items featured in the complete game. They can be used both in standard and customizable loadouts. WEAPONS Vortex Rifle Super Shotgun Repeater Rocket Launcher Static Cannon Plasma Rifle EQUIPMENT ITEMS Personal Teleporter Frag Grenade How to get it on Xbox One: If you bought a retail copy, redeem the DOOM Beta code you received with your copy of Wolfenstein: The New Order. If you bought digitally, your DOOM Beta access is tied to your Xbox Live user account.  

New Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2 details emerge

Popcap has released some new info about PVZ:GW2 and both its multi player and brand new single player mode. In a faq on their site, the studio revealed that there will be a single player mode for the first time in the series. Not much info was shown initially but more was promised to come. As far as multi player goes, there will be 24 player online game play or 4 player co-op. One of the more interesting things is that you can now play split screen with a friend not just in co-op, but online and even if you are on opposite teams! Of course, Gold or PS Plus will not be needed unless you want to play online.  You can see the full faq here. What’s your favorite character?  Sunflower  FTW here.

Snooker DLC pack for Pure Pool arriving next week

Ripstone Games and Voofoo studios have announced that the much anticipated add on DLC for Pure Pool, the Snooker Pack, will be releasing next week on both PS4 and Xbox One. The second in the Pure series, which also includes Pure Chess & Pure Hold’em, Pure Pool has entertained players worldwide since its launch in 2014 and fans have been eagerly awaiting the launch of the snooker add-on since its initial announcement. The pack will feature a full career mode for all difficulty levels; Amateur, Pro and Master, two new snooker challenge modes and DLC specific trophies, achievements and snooker accolades. The Snooker pack will be available on October 23rd, 2015 on both consoles as well as PC. Take a look at the trailer below

Need for Speed’s Full Soundtrack Revealed

EA has released the full soundtrack for Need for Speed which will be launching on Xbox One, PS4 this November and on PC in 2016. The 64-song soundtrack offers a big variety of genres such as rock, rap, etc. Here is the list: Aero Chord – “Break Them feat. Anna Yvette” Aero Chord – “Surface” Alison Wonderland – “U Don’t Know (feat. Wayne Coyne)” AVICII – “Pure Grinding” Battle Tapes – “Valkyrie” Botnek – “Here It Comes (N4S Mix)” Botnek & 3LAU – “Vikings” Clement Marfo & The Frontline – “Get Rowdy” Congorock & Daddy’s Groove – “Black Sun” CP feat. Danny Cainco – “Don’t Stop” Dimension – “Move Faster” Dirty South – “The Unknown feat. FMLYBND” Django Django – “Shake And Tremble” Doomtree – “Gray Duck” Drenge – “We Can Do What We Want” Fehrplay – “Pyara (Live Edit)” Flosstradamus – “Don’t Trip feat. Run The Jewels & Sizzy Rocket” Genetikk – “Wünsch Dir Was” Going Quantum – “Raw” GoMad! & Monster feat. Matt Rose – “Under Control” GotSome – “Vibe Out feat. Wiley” HEALTH – “NEW COKE” Hook N Sling – “Break Yourself feat. Far East Movement” Hudson Mohawke – “Brand New World” iSHi feat. Pusha T – “Push It” Joywave – “Destruction (KOPPS Remix)” June Miller – “Stormtrooper feat. Virus Syndicate” Junior Prom – “Stand!” Kill The Noise – “Lose Ya Love” Krakota – “Ice Hands” Lokate – “Flow (feat. Doctor & Bay C)” Louis Berry – “25 Reasons” Lynx – “Clap Track” Lynx – “Into The Light” Major Lazer – “Night Riders feat. Travis Scott, 2 Chainz, Pusha T & Mad Cobra” Michael Woods feat. Sam Obernik – “Get Around (Roni Size Remix)” Modestep – “Machines” Muzzy – “Insignia” Netsky – “Rio” No Wyld – “Odyssey” Phace – “Imbalanced” Raury – “Devil’s Whisper” Refused – “Elektra” Reso – “Callisto” Reso – “Move It” RiFF RAFF – “Kokayne (Video Games Clean Version)” Rogue – “Rattlesnake” Royalston – “Blight Mamba” Run The Jewels – “Blockbuster Night Pt. 1” Silversun Pickups – “Connection” Slaves – “Hey” Speaker Of The House – “Modern Slang” Swim Deep – “Fueiho Boogie” The Bots – “Won” The Chemical Brothers – “Go” The Glitch Mob – “Better Hide, Better Run (feat. Mark Johns)” The One And Only PPL MVR – “Let’s Take This Outside” The Prodigy – “Nasty (Spor Remix)” The Strypes – “Get Into It” Trentemøller – “Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go!!!” Tropkillaz – “Make The Crowd (NFS VIP Remix)” Vaults – “Lifespan (Spor Remix)” Wolfgang Gartner – “Turn Up Feat. Wiley & Trina” Zeds Dead – “Blink feat. Perry Farrell”

Minecraft: Story Mode – Episode 1: The Order of the Stone Now Available On Xbox One.

The Minecraft Story Mode is now out on Xbox One! As Jesse, you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond. You and your friends revere the legendary Order of the Stone: Warrior, Redstone Engineer, Griefer, and Architect; slayers of the Ender Dragon. While at EnderCon in hopes of meeting Gabriel the Warrior, you and your friends discover that something is wrong… something dreadful. Terror is unleashed, and you must set out on a quest to find The Order of the Stone if you are to save your world from oblivion. Episode 1: The Order of the Stone for Xbox One Episode 1-5 

Xbox One Controller’s Wireless PC Adapter Coming October 20th

The adapter that allows Xbox One controllers to be used wirelessly with PCs and tablets is coming October 20th. The listing has appeared on several different sites with different release dates, but Microsoft has confirmed that the release date is October 20th, 2015. We do not know where we can purchase it yet. “We can confirm the Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows, announced earlier this year, will release on Oct. 20 in most markets,” the company said in a statement today. “We look forward to sharing more details soon.” The $25 adapter was first revealed at this year’s GDC, and was then confirmed for a release this fall at E3. We will have more info on this soon! Stay Tuned!