Exclusive to Xbox, release on 10th February.
Turtle Rock's Evolve will get its Xbox One-exclusive multiplayer beta in January, Microsoft has announced. More to follow.
Out 25th September.
Microsoft has announced a brand new Xbox One bundle that includes a copy of FIFA 15 and a controller, for #163;399.99 or 349.99 euros. It's out in September, and is exclusive to Europe.
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Frankly, we'd hoped that Aoife becoming part of this event's teaser trailer might have gotten us a sneak peek at what's coming from Xbox's Media Briefing at Gamescom today but no, she keeps talking about "The Dark Pact" and having to sign contracts in goat bile or something - so you'll just have to watch it with us.
Fighting variations alter the colour of his chest light to show you what murderous mood he's in.
Yet another series stalwart joins the fray in Netherrealm's upcoming Mortal Kombat X (and it's pronounced 'ex' by the way, as in 'extremely violent') with Kano, leader of the international crime syndicate The Black Dragon. He's looking a bit older, and is decked out with a stack of cybernetic upgrades.
6pm UK, 1pm Eastern, 10am Pacific, 3am Sydney.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Has it just blown your ankles off with a directed energy cannon while rocket-boosting through a window? It can only be Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, the latest and most futuristic instalment of Activision's trigger-happy franchise, developed by Sledgehammer Games.
Lots of zombies will die (again) in spring 2015.
Deep Silver has released the first proper in-game footage (or at least, a heavily edited montage) for Yager's Dead Island 2, in which the undead migrate to sunny, sweaty California, home of scary cab drivers and delicious, nourishing Hollywood movie actors.
Dontnod unveils an episodic narrative-driven adventure.
Square Enix has announced Life is Strange, an "episodic, digitally delivered, narrative driven adventure game" for Xbox 360 and Xbox One from Dontnod, the developer of flawed but fascinating Xbox 360 action-adventure Remember Me.
"We've got some very large open areas that are kind of cool.".
Amanda Ripley's search for clues as to her mother's disappearance won't take her to the surface of a planet, Creative Assembly has revealed - the entirety of Alien: Isolation takes place aboard the Sevastapol station, now home to the galaxy's least friendly phallic metaphor.
The game isn't in Xbox Live certification yet.
I do love the period just before a major industry expo. In news terms, and to quote Gandalf, it's the deep breath before the plunge. A less glamorous way of putting that is that there's sweet Fanny Adams to report on right now, save for the scrapings of the internet's barrel. For instance: did you know that Minecraft still isn't on Xbox One yet? Well, now you do.
Brace for media fallout.
If you've been wondering what a kicked-down version of New York looks like when it's fed through eight gigabytes of RAM and a custom eight core CPU setup, please return all tray tables and seatback accessories to their upright and locked position. Er - I mean, get ready for a video. Ubisoft Massive will roll footage of Tom Clancy's The Division running on Xbox One at Gamescom this week, according to a new teaser trailer.
Imported Guardians "would be confusing at best, broken at worst".
This morning I light a candle for the valiant Sir OXM of ETboy, Warlock First Class and the bane of Fallen Captains. Neither she (yes, she's a she - I like to mix things up a little, even when I'm obliged to use my Gamertag instead of a made-up name) nor your very own Guardian will make the trip from Destiny's beta to the final game, thanks to a number of small but significant tweaks.
Next gen version's visual enhancements unmasked.
Goodness gracious, these post-apocalyptic settings - they just keep getting prettier and prettier. Koch Media has released a new trailer for Metro Redux on Xbox One, showing how the already-beautiful Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light have been juiced up to take advantage of the new hardware.
It's all got a bit Mass Effect in there.
Those who prefer their sporadically sneaky non-linear stabbing to be free of statistical considerations might want to look away now. In Xbox One's Assassin's Creed: Unity, you can - eww! - assign points to make your Assassin a more effective acrobat, fighter or infiltrator, as personal preference dictates.
Catch up with original BBC programming on your console.
Good news, fans of nature documentaries and soap operas based in fictional East London boroughs - after a long silence, the BBC has confirmed that its iPlayer app will finally be coming to the Xbox One just in time (presumably) for the Doctor Who Christmas Special.
"We do what we want to do with the future of Ryse.".
Eurogamer's just published a barn-stormer of an interview with Crytek CEO and co-founder Cevat Yerli about the studio's recent cashflow problems, sale of the Homefront IP to Koch Media and experiments with free-to-play. It's worth reading in full, but you might be especially interested in Yerli's thoughts about what's next for Ryse, Xbox One's prettiest/bloodiest launch game.
"We treat the sky as another character in a game.".
Bungie has always been rather good at backdrops in videogames: it's the architect of perhaps the most instantly recognisable skybox in console gaming, Halo's tapering, starlit strip of plains and oceans. That's more important than ever in Destiny, the developer's first post-Halo project, which sees players shuttling back and forth between the planets of our solar system. Being able to look up and see worlds you've already explored or will later explore is quietly mesmerising.
"It's like Swiss cheese in there.".
Dear Fallout fans: the multiplayer emphasis notwithstanding, I think you'll enjoy tootling around in Tom Clancy's The Division. Speaking to The Examiner, executive producer Fredrik Rundqvist has shed a bit more light on the gobbets of noughts and ones that animate Ubisoft's post-epidemic survival sim.
Coming to the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Microsoft has announced that it will release a USB-powered HD TV tuner for the Xbox One, providing an alternative to plugging in an external set-top box through the console's HDMI in to watch terrestrial broadcasts. At this stage the tuner is only coming to the UK and parts of Europe from October onward, and will cost #163;24.99 or €29.99.
"Each game is different, so each game's trial will be, too.".
More details on Xbox One exclusive game subscription platform EA Access have surfaced by way of EA's support site. Among other things, the page explores how EA Access trials differ to regular game demos. In brief: you'll get to download the entire game ahead of release, rather than just a bitten-off, bleeding hunk of it.
