Multi-platform beta will also hit prior to launch in early 2015.
Battlefield Hardline's executive producer Steve Papoutsis recently took to Twitter to answer a variety of fan questions about the upcoming cops and crims shooter. Among the topics addressed was the multiplayer rank cap, the possibility of another beta, and the number of multiplayer modes on offer.
"We explored several options to populate the world for reviewers".
Usually, it'd be a cause for panic: Destiny launches tonight at midnight, and yet we don't yet have a review of it live on our site. That isn't because Ed is kicking his heels (although of course he is as usual, the slacker), but because Activision and Bungie have chosen not to make the game and its servers available to reviewers ahead of time. And for good reason, they say.
Lock S-foils in attack position - Bungie's first post-Halo game is almost here.
That unholy rumbling in the depths of the earth? That isn't Sunday night's ill-advised vindaloo dinner making a surprise encore. It's the sound of Destiny nearing release. The game's servers go live today, Monday 8th September, at 12 noon GMT, 7am EDT and 4am PDT. If you're not planning to get involved, you may wish to spend the next 72 hours lying beneath a wet blanket with your fingers in your ears.
Pin the game to your Home screen right now.
Thanks to the folks over on NeoGAF, it appears that Forza Horizon 2 is now viewable on the Xbox One Marketplace, suggesting that pre-loading the game might be a Thing That Happens Soon.
Ire by way of Eire.
Ignoring the fact that new Templar bad-boy, Shay, sounds like a drunk Jason Statham trying to do a Colin Farrell impression, we're really rather impressed by Rogue. What should be the sickly sibling of the grandiloquent Unity is increasingly looking like a rougher, tougher equivalent.
"The sequel didn't work out at this point.".
No, Remedy hasn't given up on the Alan Wake franchise, and no, the developer doesn't appear to be working on a sequel for the moment - its hands are full with Xbox One's Quantum Break, out next year. You may deflate with disappointment at your leisure.
Comes up with smelly workaround.
Well this is... unusual. Microsoft has come up with an inventive way to promote Bungie's Destiny, out next week, after being denied "permission to run adverts for the game". That's according to a new website, Destiny Fragrance, tweeted and posted to Facebook by Xbox UK earlier this morning.
Base customisation, War Table and trial mechanics explained.
Will you rule with the velvet glove, or the iron fist? The question of despot handwear has always seemed far too black-and-white to me. Don't know about you, but when I assume the role of Inquisitor in Dragon Age: Inquisition, I'm going to rule with a novelty over-sized foam hand. Or possibly with a set of boxing mitts. It's all about expressing yourself.
But "there were some lessons learned and there are probably still lessons to learn.".
Crytek employees now feel "excited", "supported" and "focused", in the words of publisher producer David Bowman, despite delayed wages, job losses, studio walkouts and the sale of flagship project Homefront: The Revolution to Deep Silver earlier this year.
Mojang's blockbuster finally migrates to the new Xbox.
To quote an Old Testament prophet that I've just made up: "And lo, I saw a great mountain spring up from the earth, abundant in gold-veined cubes and coal and passageways filled with zombie pigs." Your prayers have been answered, O brothers and sisters of the Unsheathed Pickaxe - the Xbox One edition of Mojang AB's Minecraft is now on sale, care of the long-suffering 4J Studios.
Microsoft gives away a selection of titles across 7th-13th September.
Another Xbox One bundle deal? Don't mind if we do. It's almost like the industry's trying to counteract all the yelling and screaming on Twitter, or something. Either that, or there's a Big Game out next week and Microsoft wants you to play it on an Xbox console.
I can resist everything except temptation and two of this year's hottest shooters.
Can't get enough of Bungie? So utterly in love with the studio that you'd like to cram every waking moment with their games from now till, oh, the end of 2015? Haven't bought an Xbox One yet? Friend, this UK-only GAME bundle could be for you.
Plus - win an all-expenses-paid trip to some hotshot driving school in Arizona.
Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be able to download and play Forza Motorsport 5 on Xbox One for free this weekend, as Microsoft "gears up" (did you see what they did there, etc) for the launch of Forza Horizon 2.
Below creator Capybara sticks up for one of the industry's largest studios.
Confirmed: lions do lie down with lambs and vice versa. Below developer and Capybara co-founder Nathan Vella has spoken up in support of the vast and terrifying edifice that is Ubisoft (specifically, Ubisoft Montreal), applauding the company's commitment to less obviously commercial games like Child of Light in addition to blockbusters like Watch Dogs.
"Something is coming.".
A disturbing thought: Space is full of massive asteroids, and at any given moment, one of those asteroids could smash right into our planet. That's kind of how I feel about Bungie's latest Destiny teaser video, posted mere days ahead of the game's release next week.
First screens and details.
Had you stopped watching the Watch Dogs? Because it turns out they have another card to play. Ubisoft has announced the Bad Blood DLC, a single player and co-op expansion that will release on 23rd September for Watch Dogs season pass holders and 30th September for everybody else.
It's not what you wear, it's the ethereal statistical advantages that come with it.
You may have stumbled on them already - the Q&A in question was released during the typo-begetting madness of Gamescom in August - but just in case, here's a collection of details about clothing in Assassin's Creed: Unity.
Plus: six hours with FIFA 15 and NHL 15 pre-release.
EA's recently launched Access game subscription service will get another round of content in September, including subscriber access to the excellent Need for Speed: Rivals for Xbox One.
You can upgrade for US$4.99.
Finally. Mojang's smash hit Minecraft will be released for Xbox One on the Xbox Store this Friday, and next-gen customers can buy the new version from as little as US$4.99.
New Pilot Skirmish mode ups player count, dumps Titans.
STAND BY FOR TI- on second thoughts, don't. Titanfall's sixth game update hits Xbox One today, and it's all about Pilots. The biggest addition is the new Pilot Skirmish mode, an eight versus eight affair with no AI Grunts or Spectres and absolutely zero Titans. Perhaps they should have named it "Fall".
