Microsoft Updated on their Xbox News site a huge amount of information on how Xbox One used games and game licensing will work across consoles.

– Games will be stored on the cloud. We hope not all games will be stored on the cloud, many gamers have bandwidth limits on their high speed internet and local storage is always faster.

– While logged into any Xbox One with your own gamertag, you can access your games you purchased on any Xbox One. Of course an online connection is required to login and download the game to the Xbox One if not already installed.

– Any games on your OWN console will not require a login for guests of the house to play.

– You can setup up to 10 Gamertags (“Family Members”) on your HOME console, ONE Family Member may log into other Xbox One’s to play your entire library of games at a given time.

– It is up to publishers to decide if “used game” license transfer is allowed. Since discs are mass produced, sounds like there will be a key card sold with every game that allows this.

– Giving Games to Friends. This one is a little murky: It’s up to the publishers just like the “used game” license transfer, however it says that it can only be given once.

There will be more information during the Microsoft E3 2013 Press Conference for sure on Monday June 10th at 9:30AM. Watch it live on your Xbox 360 (just make sure you disconnect your Kinect) or on http://Xbox.com.

If you want to see all the annoucements about the above game licensing, head over to http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/license.

Donkey Kong Country Returns was originally released on the Wii back in 2010, and was a fairly fun platformer. Years later today, Monster Games wanted to do a port of the game to the Nintendo 3DS for gamers to play on the go. Were their efforts successful? Read on to see where this barrel of monkeys leads.

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Courtroom hero Phoenix Wright returns in the release of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies this Fall.

Previously announced for the West as Ace Attorney 5, the title will be available to purchase as a digital download exclusively via the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS.

The much loved gameplay and features from previous titles in the series are for the first time in stunning 3D, bringing the trials to life and putting players directly in the heart of the action.

E3 2013 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trailer:

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DuckTales: Remastered is a hand-crafted, beautiful reimagining of one of the most iconic Disney 8-bit titles. Go back to one of the golden ages of gaming, but now refined with a level of detail that will please the most hardened Disney or retro Capcom fan. Featuring hand-drawn animated sprites, original Disney Character Voices talent and richly painted level backgrounds from the classic cartoon TV series, Scrooge McDuck and family come to life like never before. The gameplay retains the authenticity of its 8-bit predecessor, simple and fun, with slight modifications to improve gameplay flow and design. Embark on an authentic DuckTales adventure, as Scrooge McDuck and his three nephews; Huey, Dewey and Louie travel to exotic locations throughout the world in their quest to retrieve the 5 Legendary Treasures.

Here’s the first E3 2013 Screenshots from DuckTales: Remastered due out Fall 2013 for digital purchase on Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, and Wii U this summer:

Square Enix today announced its broad spectrum of next-generation and current generation console, PC and mobile game products to be unveiled during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2013, June 11-13 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Booth #1647. The company’s portfolio features new games from signature franchises, a re-imagined classic along with compelling new properties.

FINAL FANTASY, one of the most successful game franchises of all time, will have a dominant presence in the publisher’s booth with both FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn, a stunning massively multiplayer online role playing game that will enable players to create their own FINAL FANTASY adventure, and LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII, the epic conclusion to the series. Square Enix will also unveil the first look at the next-generation of FINAL FANTASY.

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As Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows prepares to launch this summer for Xbox LIVE Arcade, the PlayStation Network, and PC via Steam, Activision Publishing, Inc. and Red Fly Studio are shining a light on each of the varied personas that make up this formidable team of heroes in a half-shell. Today’s trailer goes behind the purple bandana and the brains of the operation: Donatello.

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Like his younger brother, Michelangelo, Donatello isn’t particularly aggressive. More scholarly and contemplative than his Turtle brethren, Donnie prefers to think problems through rationally, looking for solutions that avoid unnecessary fighting.

Donatello is slower than his brothers on the battlefield – but also far more methodical. Donnie is a thinker, even in combat, with a knack for analyzing situations quickly, giving him the largest window for counters. The long reach of his heavy bo staff makes him adept at sweeping up multiple enemies with each swing, generating considerable knockdown strength that bowls enemies over.

Ever the engineer, Donatello’s tireless tinkering in his workshop allows him to produce some game-changing weapon upgrades unique to each Turtle. His own design – the Gravity Gauntlet – lets him bend the laws of science and send enemies skyward. Donnie’s technical prowess also affords him the ability him to hack computers and security systems – perfect for when Raph and Mikey’s “smash everything” approach to troubleshooting falls short.

Ever since Capcom decided to pass up the Vita in favor of the 3DS for its next release of the Japanese Action RPG megahit, Monster Hunter, people have been wondering how Sony would respond. And when Keiji Inafune, co-designer of Mega Man, left his position as Capcom’s Global Head of Production, many in the industry speculated about what his next move would be. In Soul Sacrifice for the Playstation Vita we have the final product of these two seemingly disparate events. The question is whether it will be enough to catch the eye of diehard fans of the genre who are a significant part of the market in Japan, and if it helps to fill the continuing gap of unique, standout AAA exclusives in the Vita’s library to appeal to the mass market in general.

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Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announced DEUS EX: THE FALL, the new installment of the award winning DEUS EX series, coming soon to mobile and tablet devices.

DEUS EX: THE FALL is set in 2027– a golden era for science, technology and human augmentation, but also a time of great social divide and global conspiracy. Powerful corporations have seized control from governments and command the drug supply needed by augmented humans to survive. In this chaos Ben Saxon, a former British SAS Mercenary who underwent physical augmentation, is desperate for the truth behind the drug conspiracy. Betrayed by his private military employers, the Tyrants, not only is his own life at risk, but for all augmented humans, time is running out…

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Call of Duty is bringing E3 to its fans early. Join hosts Geoff Keighley and Justine Ezarik this Sunday for Call of Duty: Ghosts – All-Access, a live, 30-minute broadcast featuring an exclusive first look at gameplay levels from the title, as well as exclusive behind the scenes footage, interviews with the Infinity Ward team, and more.

Tune into Callofduty.com and other online destinations across the web or watch it on Xbox’s Machinima app, available in 41 countries, on Sunday, June 9th, at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET. Additional broadcast outlets to be announced.

For further information visit www.callofduty.com/ghosts, www.facebook.com/CODGhosts or follow @CallofDuty.

MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach. A new take on the action/adventure genre, MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT challenges players to solve possibly the hardest case of all… their own murder.

MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT sees players take the role of Ronan O’Connor, a detective with a checkered past, whose life is brought to an untimely end by a brutal and relentless killer. Unable to move on and stuck in the limbo world of Dusk, he won’t find peace until he can bring his killer to justice from the afterlife.

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