The Xbox One currently costs $500 for a base model. How would you like to pay less for your console AND receive a major upgrade to storage space? Sounds good, right? Fortunately for you, Microsoft may be planning to do exactly that over the coming months. According to online rumors and unreliable sources, Microsoft will be releasing a cheaper model Xbox One for $399. That model could ditch t

We all knew that Grand Theft Auto V was likely to get a PC release. Most reports have pointed to that release date as being around March 2014 – which is just a few weeks away. Earlier today, footage from the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V appeared to leak onto YouTube. That footage was taken down incredibly fast by Take Two Interactive’s legal team, which claimed that it infringed on its

DayZ is one of the best mods ever made. As an ARMA II mod, DayZ was wildly successful. Despite its complicated installation and steep learning curve, thousands of gamers enjoyed fighting their way through the game’s zombie apocalypse nightmare world. That’s why the developer wanted to make a standalone version of the game. The first alpha version of standalone DayZ was released just a few w

Steam is the world’s most popular PC gaming platform. Every year, around December 21st and June 21st, Steam launches two massive sales. Well, it looks like a lot of gamers got new gaming PCs for Christmas because Steam has been buzzing in recent days. The platform has consistently reached close to a record number of users. Today, Steam finally broke its record when it hit a record 7.6 million

A lot of things are banned in China. Unrestricted Google searching, for example, is banned. As is Twitter, Facebook, and most other fun websites we take for granted in the developed world. But now the Chinese government has taken issue with something else: Battlefield 4. The country recently announced that it was banning the game from store shelves because it endangers national security. Tha

My Xbox Live Gold membership ran out at the same time Microsoft had its disastrous E3 Xbox One unveiling. Understandably, I wasn’t in any rush to renew it, since I’m pretty sure I’ll buy a PS4. Unfortunately, that also means I can’t enjoy some of the excellent Xbox Live Gold membership options, including online sports games and, more importantly, GTA Online. Well Microsoft, in a rare

Grand Theft Auto V was recently released for consoles. Unfortunately, PC gamers will have to wait a few months before the PC version is released. That means we’ll have to tide ourselves over with other excellent open world video games. Fortunately, PC gamers have a lot of them. We’ve collected some of the world’s best wide-open worlds and games into one easy list. In no particular orde