Ubisoft "call in some reinforcements" via their Facebook page.
Well folks, the big week is finally here. Excitement! Announcements! Games! All eyes are on Los Angeles for the big conferences later today, and rumours have already begun flying thick and fast via teh internets.
First look at the game's levels, Infinity Ward chat and more.
Like a champagne bottle thrown out of a Formula One car into a bouncy castle, Call of Duty: Ghosts is about to explode all over your, my and everybody on the internet's face. At 7pm UK time (that's 11am PT or 2pm ET), Activision will screen 30 minutes of "all-access" pre-E3 footage, revealing new gameplay and interviews with Top Men at developer Infinity Ward.
Will still see release on Xbox 360.
Remember Twisted Pixel's LocoCycle? That's right, the Xbox Live Arcade game with the talking bike that knows kung fu. Microsoft has announced that it's now an Xbox One launch title, releasing on Xbox 360 at a later date.
Crystal Dynamics not involved with project - more details post-E3.
If I were to tattoo a game's name on myself, that game might be The Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, a wondrously flawed gothic action-adventure from 1999. Fans have been badgering Square Enix for a new Legacy of Kain title for yonks, and according to the publisher's community manager George Kelion (via a VG247 report) there's actually one on the boil. It's called Nosgoth. Let the drums sound and the trumpets blow.
#163;39.99 for literally no end of dragons and bears.
On the off-chance you haven't bought Skyrim yet - where have you been, etc - it may interest you to know that there's a Skyrim Legendary Edition in European stores now. It contains the 1.9 version of Bethesda's acclaimed open world RPG, plus all three DLC packs - Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn.
Run Forrest, run!.
I casually likened Techland's Dying Light to Mirror's Edge while tweeting about the announcement release last month. The game's first CGI trailer is here, and there's nothing "casual" about the likeness this time. Hit play for a disarmingly slick montage of flipping, scrambling and rolling, interspersed with close-ups of angry dead people. Shoo, zombies, shoo! Daddy can't play with you tonight - he's busy practising his chimney kick.
We "definitely have an announce that no one has guessed," says Spencer.
Microsoft's Phil Spencer is talking about Xbox One and Xbox 360 exclusives again. The man's incorrigible, isn't he? According to Spencer, Microsoft has an Xbox 360 game to announce at E3 that "no one has guessed", and the company will reveal additional Xbox exclusives after the show.
But not on Xbox Live Arcade.
New DLC for Telltale's The Walking Dead series appears to be in the offing, following the discovery of a listing for "The Walking Dead: 400 Days" on Steam's database. The number "400" also features in one of the teaser videos released by the developer this week. Seems fairly cut and dried, then.
"In the months ahead, we will continue to listen to your feedback.".
So, the more wakeful or North America-based of you may have noticed that Microsoft attempted to clarify its game licensing policies last night, over on Xbox Newswire. Let's have a quick run-through, shall we?
Developer also "hopes to add co-op".
As you'll know if you caught our State of Decay review and associated video, XBLA's grandest zombie survival escapade isn't without its technical gremlins. Undead Labs is fully cognisant of this, however, and is already planning a title update, with co-op "hopefully" coming down the road.
Microsoft needs to win back core gamer, argues Creutz.
Cowen & Company's Doug Creutz has said he's not expecting either Microsoft or Sony to reveal price points or details of their pre-owned policies at E3. I know, I know - who died and made Doug the King of FutureLand? Still, let's hear the man out before deploying the usual cynicism.
Out September, boxart and preorder goodies revealed.
Did you forget that Diablo 3's coming to Xbox 360? Because I did, shamefully. Blizzard's just sent over the boxart, a screenshot and release details - apparently, we can expect "major content and design updates" from the PC version as part of the initial package, along with some nifty multiplayer options.
Massive robots and people with guns spotted on latest GI cover.
Respawn Entertainment's new game is Titanfall, an Xbox console exclusive that proffers "a bold vision for next-gen multiplayer", published by EA. Hey, Activision! Looks like Destiny's got competition in the online/sci-fi category.
Anything to do with those 15 Xbox One exclusives, perchance?.
Well here's a thing: Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition outfit 4J Studios will be in attendance at E3 next week, and the developer's being all coy and arch about it on Twitter. Something's in the wind, clearly.
"He would have lived if he hadn't said the B-word.".
Gearbox Software has walked a pretty uneven line in recent months, to put it mildly. The developer has been widely lambasted for its handling of Aliens: Colonial Marines, a game created in potentially litigable circumstances that's a passable corridor shooter at best, a technically shoddy waste of a great IP at worst.
"This is going to be the quality that everybody expects.".
In a new video documentary, Turn 10 has promised that Forza Motorsport 5 won't suffer for being one of the first games to appear on Xbox One. Apparently, the Forza team have learned a lot from the experience of releasing Forza Motorsport 2 early in the life of the Xbox 360.
Manufacturer allegedly in talks with cable TV provider.
Xbox One's claim to being your one-stop shop for all living room entertainment may be about to get a hefty boost. According to MCV, the company is in talks with Sky, the UK's biggest cable TV supplier, to sell the new Xbox with a cable TV subscription at an enormously reduced upfront cost.
Appears to be current generation and PC-specific.
EA has released a new FIFA 14 gameplay trailer, which takes us through a number of the infinitesimal variations that, doubtless, add up to something completely and utterly distinct from literally every FIFA game ever coded. If you look closely, you can see grass, footballs and men kicking footballs.
Meanwhile, a third character is teased via Vine.
With E3 mere days away, it's almost as though Telltale is gearing up for an announcement of some kind. The first episode of The Walking Dead is currently free to download for Xbox Live Gold members, so if you haven't yet had the pleasure of making Lee and Clem's acquaintance, do so right now.
Publisher expects "enormous consumer demand" despite current gen status.
In news that will surprise few, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick doesn't think sales of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 5 will be especially dented by the absence of Xbox One and PS4 versions.