Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us.
OXM's 100th anniversary issue is now on sale, and in a very pleasant coincidence, the cover star is Microsoft's next generation console, Xbox One. Sprawled across pages 25 to 31 is our guide to the new machine and its capabilities, followed by 14 pages of previews spanning key next gen titles like Watch Dogs, Forza Motorsport 5, Need for Speed: Rivals and Call of Duty: Ghosts.
"When everything collapses, your mission begins.".
During Ubisoft's E3 press conference last night, Tom Clancy's The Division was revealed, with developers calling it "an online, open-world RPG experience where exploration and player-progression are essential."
Bane, Deadshot, Deathstroke and Joker all feature.
I knew there was a reason I stayed up until 4am last night. As part of some hardware conference or other, Warner Bros debuted the first gameplay trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins, and it looks rather good.
Bethesda to launch MMO on consoles too.
So there I was, watching an event about some next generation console or other that isn't Xbox One, when lo and behold the manufacturer responsible goes and announces a game that's relevant to my platform. Drum roll please - Bethesda's Tamriel-spanning MMO The Elder Scrolls Online is coming to Xbox One and PS4 early next year.
A new interactive TV show in partnership with Nickeoldeon.
Bwaaaaaahhh. Sorry, that wasn't my Rabbid impression, that was me yawning after hitting the 17 hour mark in the office. Speaking of Rabbids though, Ubisoft has just announced a new interactive TV show starring the barmy bunnies.
Witness Barbara fighting enemies like the Giant Boss Toad and the Ocean Red Dragon.
The loose-headed freak is back to save the world - or at least, the bit he likes. Yes sir, it's another Rayman Legends trailer. There's nothing all that new here, save for the sneak-peeks of multiplayer, but the sound effects make us happy, and it'll probably make you happy too.
Post-apocalyptic online RPG coming in 2014.
Ubisoft has just announced Tom Clancy's The Division for Xbox One and PS4, an RPG shooter set in the aftermath of a global meltdown brought about by a deadly virus outbreak. It's a massively multiplayer open world experience, in which teams of survivors compete for resources.
Trials Frontier also down for release on mobile.
Ubisoft has announced not one, but two new Trials games, Trials Fusion for Xbox One, PS4 and PC, accompanied by Trials Frontier for mobile phones, via a CG trailer.
Need for Speed gets serious competition, trailers right here.
Ubisoft has announced The Crew for next generation consoles and PC, a connected, customisation-heavy racing experience that offers "more variety in a videogame world" than ever that's ever been created.
Voice commands and Session Mode shown off.
Ubisoft has revealed Rocksmith 2014 at its E3 presser, a new version of the authenticity-first guitar tutorial sim which features voice commands and something known as Session Mode.
All the dragons unveiled at E3 conference.
Some technical hitches at the conference left everybody without sound for the duration of the trailer, but we can confirm that dragons will feature in former Xbox 360 release Crimson Dragon - which is being reborn exclusively on Xbox One.
Don't know Sabrewulf? You will.
The subheadline suggests I know who Sabrewulf is, but I don't. I've never played Killer Instinct, and as a consequence I'm not the best person to write about Microsoft's impending reboot, announced just this evening for Xbox One at E3. Still, everybody understands the appeal of pretty screenies, right?
Summer of Arcade headliner Charlie Murder revealed.
Microsoft announced Charlie Murder earlier today as a Summer of Arcade headliner. Here's some screens.
We go in search of scoops so you don't have to.
Price points and dropped audio aside, Microsoft's conference was, in our humble opinion, a rather strong one. EA had quite a tough act to follow, but the publisher has risen commendably to the occasion. Below you'll find all the latest news, and we're adding trailers and images as they emerge.
64-player destructible city stuns E3.
Battlefield 4 multiplayer is the "total package of emotion, immersion and being connected that really counts," according to Patrick Bach, executive producer at DICE. That's total tosh, but, by 'eck, the game looks nice. Next he used the word 'Levolution'. We can almost forgive that too.
Faith returns on next gen consoles and PC.
Dreams do come true. EA and DICE have revealed Mirror's Edge 2, stating that it'll release "when it's ready". I'm bouncing off the walls, really I am.
"Fighting was first sport ever," claims loud angry man on stage.
Sam's original news report for this reads simply - "instinctively violent men announce new UFC game from EA Sports". I'm not sure what to add to such a masterpiece of brevity, aside from the technical details.