Leaked image pins release for 14th October.
Respected GTA alternative and Hong Kong-based head-kicking sim Sleeping Dogs is coming to Xbox One, according to a leaked Amazon listing picked up by GamingEverything. "Rebuilt" for next generation consoles, the game's Definitive Edition apparently includes all DLC released for the Xbox 360 game, worth $85.
Latest instalment of veteran user rewards.
Microsoft appears to be doing another of its "thanks for being such a loyal Xbox Live user" goodybag rollouts - as reported by OXM contributor Ben Borthwick, "valued" subscribers are receiving a free download code for the first episode of Telltale's The Walking Dead: Season 2.
Latest ID@Xbox title has a bone to pick with the fabric of reality.
Derby-based Deco Digital and Bevel Studios have announced Pneuma: Breath of Life, an Unreal Engine-powered "ontological mystery" for Xbox One in which you play as a god "wrestling with the nature of reality". To be a little more specific, it's "a first person puzzler that will challenge not only your mind, but your own sense of self". It burns! It burns!
Day one patch bumps port up from 900p.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my great pleasure to confirm that there will, in fact, be a full complement of 1080 peas in Diablo 3: Ultimate Evil Edition for Xbox One. Well, providing you download the day one patch - there are only 900 peas on the disc. Yes, this is a really tired joke about resolution. Let's move on quickly before it gets too depressing.
And EA's committed to doing so all the way up to FIFA 19.
EA has extended its existing agreement with the Premier League until the end of the 2018/19 season (and as a byproduct implies that FIFA 16, 17, 18 and 19 are all but confirmed), including the use of the League's Goal Decision System. It's all in an effort to "showcase the Barclays Premier League as the most authentic league in EA SPORTS FIFA 15" according to a press release.
But reminds fans that it's still independent.
Insomniac's Ted Price has pronounced himself delighted with the studio's relationship with Microsoft, explaining to GameRevolution that the robustness of Xbox One's online offering is partly why the game is a platform exclusive.
How it changes the tune after Black Flag.
Assassin's Creed: Rogue is the first Assassin's Creed game in which you can reenact the sinking of the Titanic, over a hundred years in advance. Were icebergs on your wishlist? Because they're among the hazards you'll face while sailing around the game's North Atlantic region. On land, meanwhile, new character Shay must contend with polar bears and his former friends at the Assassin Brotherhood.
No head-to-head or co-op planned for this year's Xbox 360 release.
Continuing today's run of news that makes me sad, it transpires that the last-gen-only Assassin's Creed 4 prequel Assassin's Creed: Rogue won't support multiplayer of any kind.
"Bungie is now making tweaks to optimise the game", though.
Gazillions of additional guns, planets, missions, unlocks and the like aside, the final version of Bungie's Destiny won't differ drastically from last month's beta. The developer is now making minute adjustments to the mixture, rather than redoing anything from scratch.
Choose your weapon with GAME.
It is, of course, impossible for a major game to come out without a Limited Edition variant these days. Much like the classed carriages on steam trains of old, it's a way for us to both find others befitting of our time, and to physically differentiate ourselves from those unworthy of our attentions. And, like those trains, the more classes you have, the more important you are - which is why Halo: The Master Chief Colelction just got two more, presumably.
"It's not a meaningful amount of time," says Take-Two exec.
Looks like you won't be hunting down and exterminating extra-terrestrial vermin till after Christmas, ladies - well, not unless you have a couple of xenomorph eggs in the attic. Take-Two Interactive has delayed Turtle Rock's Evolve to February 2015, to "allow the team enough time to fully realize their creative vision".
Set in New York, stars a Templar, restores AC4's sailing mechanics.
Ubisoft has finally announced Assassin's Creed: Rogue - an Xbox 360 and PS3-only escapade that takes place between the events of Assassin's Creed 3 and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag.
The god of thunder's various fighting styles explained.
It's easy to gloss Mortal Kombat as a game of senseless violence, because that's exactly what it is - a game of senseless violence... and strategy. In the forthcoming Mortal Kombat X for Xbox One, each character has three different variations that pile their own distinct abilities on top of shared moves and combos. Here's a new video from NetherRealm which explores the consequences for one of the franchise's best-known kombatants, Raiden.
Next Xbox 360 instalment to arrive in November, according to covert snaps.
A Chilean Assassin's Creed Facebook fan page has posted what appear to be trailer grabs for the recently rumoured Assassin's Creed: Rogue, which is supposedly due to release on Xbox 360 on 11th November.
Also coming to Xbox 360.
Capcom is set to remaster the original Resident Evil yet again for Xbox 360 and Xbox One. A ground-up overhaul that sports 1080p visuals on the new consoles, the game will be available via digital platforms in early 2015.
Console experience desired for FX artist position.
Erstwhile Gears of War developer Epic appears to have a number of new games on the way to several platforms, at least one of which is a new IP. Job listings posted to the company's Careers page make mention of an "unannounced project" or projects, seemingly for console. Is this the hotly rumoured Xbox port of Fortnite, the developer's zombie survival/build 'em up for PC? One of those Unreal Engine-powered sequels Mike Gamble teased in January? Or something else entirely?
Plus, the world's least tempting Xbox One deal.
This week's Deal of the Week combines the delight of shooting people with the delight of digging. Call of Duty: Ghosts and Terraria: Xbox 360 Edition are 50% and 67% off respectively till 11th August, for Gold subscribers only.
With just a touch of Borderlands.
It'll be a while till Gears of War makes landfall on Xbox One - years, even - but you may play a game like Gears of War on Xbox One in the near future - well, providing you live in the newly console-friendly realm of China, where Xbox One is due to launch in September. Say hello to Mercury, a third-person shooter in development at the studio formerly known as Epic Games China, Yingpei Games.
Severely swanky new video sharing features detailed.
Say what you like about the Xbox One's dashboard at launch day, you can't deny that it has come a long way since. (I quite liked it at launch, myself, but let's not reignite old arguments.) The console's next update adds and revises a number of Friends and Activity features, including the ability to like, share, view and comment on videos without switching to Upload Studio.
