10 years ago today, on Feb 20, 2014, Microsoft started a program to let select Xbox One owners test new features for the console before they were released. It evolved into the Xbox Insider Program.
2014 Sucked For Video Games
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If most of the last decade was relatively positive for video games, then 2014 was the brown note.
It was the year Irrational Games, the makers of
BioShock, closed down. EA shut down servers for more than 50 games. A ton of long awaited games launched in incredibly buggy, sometimes outright broken states.
Remember the launch of
Destiny, playing the biggest of AAA shooters only to discover all the game’s lore through a mobile app? Or one of the most shockingly phoned in voice over performances? Or realising that major games like