Microsoft release guidelines on how to resolve 2006-2008 console model issues.
Reports are coming in from owners of older Xbox 360 consoles, who say that playing Grand Theft Auto 5 causes their machine to crash.
The wind, it's nice.
If, like me, you're ever so slightly miffed that a certain HD upgrade of Final Fantasy X won't be making its way to the Xbox 360, take comfort in the fact that one of its major characters will. Well, sort of; Yuna's summoner costume will be available in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 when it releases in February next year.
"It's tough to be one of the first ones out of the gate.".
You and I might lament that Respawn Entertainment's glorious-seeming Titanfall won't grace the Xbox One's launch line-up, but the developer's community manager Abbie Heppe couldn't be happier. Releasing the game in 2014 will give Microsoft time to lock down any teething troubles the Xbox One might encounter, she told X360a in a new interview.
Bat-fans beware, there be spoilers inside.
The full achievements list for Batman: Arkham Origins has appeared online ahead of the game's release, courtesy of Exophase, and they reveal a couple of interesting additions to the game's rogue roster. Fair warning, some spoilers follow below.
Latest Grand Theft Auto moves over twice as many copies at launch as GTA 4.
Crime does pay. Buoyed by glowing reviews, Grand Theft Auto 5 has become the 11th best-selling game on Xbox 360 after a mere five days on sale, shifting more copies in its launch week than all the previous GTA games combined - 2.4 times the launch week sales of Grand Theft Auto 4.
Create your own missions, Battlelog "fully integrated" with Xbox One version.
Nearly the end of the weekend, just enough time to tell you about EA's plans for their Battlelog system in the upcoming Battlefield 4 as detailed on the Battlefield Blog. (If we get Log commenting on this wearing a uniform would it be "Battle Log's Battlelog Battlefield Blog"?) Ahem.
Lightning's not the only one returning for this Fantasy.
Blimey, there's been a few trailers for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 at this point haven't there? Hope you're ready for one more, because Square-Enix have released another coming out of this year's TGS festivities.
Our weekly haul of interesting links from around the web.
Hello there, dear readers of OXM. How are you? Had a good week? With the reports of GTA V being the biggest selling game ever, chances are you've been spending it - as we have: driving around with the windows down while singing along to Mis-Teeq and taking selfies of ourselves in unusual locations. And in the game.
See Hideo Kojima sneak through night and day portions of the Ground Zeros prologue.
It probably hasn't escaped your attention that Metal Gear Solid V is coming to Xbox One, and while the game has certainly courted controversy for it's character design and themes, many are eager to know how the game itself plays, so creator Hideo Kojima has taken to the Tokyo Game Show to show just that.
Prepare to praise the sun on March 14, 2014.
If you've been salivating at the prospect of dying repeatedly and exploring a world that's about as welcoming as a butcher's slaughterhouse, you've probably been on tenterhooks for the release date of Dark Souls 2. Namco Bandai have finally obliged, and they've also detailed the special editions of the game you'll be able to get your hands on next year.
Microsoft found "80%" of 360 owners use their consoles horizontally.
If it's not too personal a question, how is your console positioned? Do you stand your Xbox 360 proud and tall like a monolith or do you prefer your machine sleek and low, sitting discreetly yet sternly under your telly?
Yo dawg, we heard you like combo weapons...
Capcom Vancouver have been showing off more of Dead Rising 3 over at the Tokyo Game Show this weekend, including revealing how combo weapons - first introduced to the series in Dead Rising 2 - are about to get a whole lot more... deadlier.
"When I saw the Kinect hardware, I knew it was the missing piece to my puzzle".
Deadly Premonition creator Swery65 has been talking at this year's Tokyo Game Show about his new creation D4 (AKA Dark Dreams Don't Die) coming exclusively to Xbox One
55 minutes of hot dragon action from Microsoft Studios Xbox One livestream.
As we get closer and closer to the launch of the Xbox One more attention is being paid to the things that really matter outside the hardware posturing - the games. The folks over at Microsoft Studios have been keen to show off the range of downloadable offerings coming from their neck of the woods.
Plus the return of Orchid teased.
Double Helix are continuing their drip-feed of reveals confirming characters that will be appearing in Killer Instinct with a trailer for the first all-new addition to the series set to debut in the Xbox One title.
Also sorts out lighting issues and Zombie AI.
Is your Minecraft Xbox 360 world beset with chickens and cats who appear to have been possessed by the forces of darkness? Chickens and cats whose heads swivel unnaturally, as though to keep their very own bottoms under careful surveillance? Fear not, for the crack ghost-busters at 4J Studios have submitted the game's latest update to Microsoft for certification.
Now you see them - now there's an axe in your pec.
Ubisoft has showcased Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag's multiplayer via a new gameplay video, in which loudly dressed catwalk models swing on ropes, shoot each other out of the air and get all rowdy with bits of elaborate metal. There's only one thing more violent than those execution moves, boys and girls - the wigs. Check out the chap who resembles a melting trifle - is that your idea of "dressed to kill"?
Free games slate may "evolve" into something else after December.
Speaking to OXM at our reader-exclusive Xbox One hands-on event last night, Xbox Live product manager Pav Bhardwaj has discussed the future of Microsoft's Games with Gold program, whereby Gold subscribers are handed two free downloadable Xbox 360 titles a month. There's still no definite word as to whether the program will continue past the end of 2013, but Bhardwaj suggested that it could "evolve" along lines drawn by Microsoft's free-to-play strategy on Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
"If you wanted to be playing Ryse and Killzone at the same time, you could snap that.".
Romans! Brothers! Frenemies! Why fall we to strife and discord over whether to buy a PS4 or an Xbox One, when the consoles themselves make such wonderful bedfellows? I refer, of course, to the brand-splicing possibilities represented by the Xbox One's HDMI pass-through port, which allows you to pipe a video feed into the console's dashboard.
"The game design comes first," says publishing producer.
From Software is walking a careful line between publisher input and fan feedback with Dark Souls 2, Namco Bandai's publishing producer Takeshi Miyazoe has told OXM. As regards the game's difficulty - generally the major bone of contention 'twixt Dark Souls advocates and detractors - Dark Souls 2 will be "as challenging as it needs to be".
