"I suppose this aspect of Dorian will make him controversial in some corners.".
BioWare has unveiled new Dragon Age: Inquisition companion character Dorian, an outcast mage from the Tevinter Imperium and the first "fully gay" character from series writer David Gaider.
Archive game DVR clips, use Achievements as Gamerpic backgrounds and more.
A next generation console deserves a next generation website. Well, apart from us, obviously. This week, Microsoft will update Xbox.com profiles to feature Xbox One user data, including game DVR clips, Achievement progress and followers.
Compulsion discusses how it feels to give your project away on Xbox Live and PSN.
Giving a game away for free as part of a monthly scheme like Xbox Games with Gold has its pros and cons, according to Compulsion, developer of the noir platformer Contrast. It's a great way to raise your profile, apparently, but some of the reactions are a trifle... bizarre.
"We wanted to try and capture that same feeling in this game.".
Remember how you felt, the first time you played Call of Duty: Modern Warfare? The game that - well, "closed the book on World War 2 shooters" is probably too strong, but it certainly turned the page. Or doodled chinooks and F16s in the margins. Whatever. Sledgehammer wants you to feel the same way about Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, the first Call of Duty in recent history to be developed in three years rather than two.
A new generation must die for the Emperor. Form an orderly queue.
Cyanide Games and Focus Home Interactive have confirmed that Space Hulk: Deathwing, Streum On Studio's Unreal Engine-powered adaptation of the Space Hulk boardgame, will release on Xbox One. A Warhammer 40k game that's also a first-person shooter? I know, I know - such disgusting heresy. Were I in charge of a squad of the Imperium's finest, it would be my unpleasant yet gratifying duty to have those responsible incarcerated and tortured. But seeing as I'm not, and seeing as there are Genestealers on the prowl, you might as well watch the latest trailer.
Christmas disputes come earlier every year.
Christmas is designed to make us better people, a season in which you're forced into a small space with your loved ones, play multiplayer games and overeat. It's brilliant, obviously. For businesses, however, the time of jingles brings only the jangles of nerves, as well-planned release schedules come to fruition. Microsoft wants to make sure its Christmas is as merry as possible.
But developer has nothing to say right now about future games.
Now that Titanfall is an established franchise, is a "proper" single player campaign on the cards for the (unannounced, but probably inevitable) sequel? Seemingly not. Speaking to CVG, studio co-founder Vince Zampella and game director Steve Fukuda have expressed misgivings about a return to "straight-up" campaign shooting.
"Resize Save" option is in the works.
Not only will Xbox 360-based crafters of mines be able to transfer their savegames to the Xbox One version - 4J Studios is also working on a "Resize Save" option, allowing importers to take advantage of the new version's larger world sizes without starting from scratch.
Sales stand at 54 million across all platforms.
Just imagine, for a moment, the number of crudely-built constructions that have been made across all the different platform variations of Minecraft. The number of games sold, according to a tweet from Mojang's Patrick Geuder Saga yesterday, currently stands at 54 million. That's a lot of blocks. And that's before the game launches its next gen edition which, in case you've forgotten, will allow players to import both their Xbox 360 and PS3 saves onto Xbox One.
It's all about those ancillary features.
Be of good heart, pixel-counters. When you are having your head bitten off by a slimy, eyeless space-dinosaur this October, you will not be taken "out of the moment" by the sight of a texture that differs conspicuously from a texture you may have glimpsed in your best friend's version of the same experience. Creative Assembly's Gary Napper has assured OXM that Alien: Isolation looks pretty much the same on all platforms. Well, on PS4 and Xbox One at least.
"It's definitely part of our roadmap".
In an interview with Gamertag Radio Podcast, Xbox head Phil Spencer has said that he still isn't done with the idea of family sharing on Xbox One, a feature that was abandoned after the console's radical online policy changes last year.
"Nothing personal. It's just revenge.".
The gods are kind: a new Afro Samurai game is on the way to "next gen consoles" and PC, care of Redacted Studios and Versus Evil, publisher of bonkers orbital house-building sim Habitat. New to Afro Samurai? It's an anime franchise in which a sword-wielding Clint Eastwood-alike fights demon cowboys, cyborgs and warrior monks. Both the main character and his mysterious ninja accomplice are voiced by Samuel L. Jackson. Now that I have your complete and full attention, let's talk specifics.
Download new ID@Xbox titles today.
Microsoft does like to surprise us. Recently it seems as though every day we wake up and there's another ID@Xbox title popping up on the Xbox Marketplace, waiting to be unwrapped/downloaded. Today's new games are indie platformer Contrast, and retro side-scroller Another World.
The Legend of Korra is on its way this year.
Guess what kind of game Platinum's newest project is. Go on, we'll give you a min- oh, you already guessed third-person action game? Well done. OK, next question: what makes this Platinum's weirdest project yet? No, it's not an even nuder, hair-controlling witch. It's not another Greg Proops-narrated faux-TV gore-brawler. It's a licensed game. You weren't expecting that, eh?
Could the wait finally be over?.
YouTuber DomIsLive, who is credited with leaking the recent GTA Online Hipster update along with a number of other features, has apparently hit the jackpot today with details on a number of supposed missons for GTA Online's long-awaited multiplayer heists. Despite his decent track record, these should definitely be treated as rumour for now, so bear that in mind before reading on.
Na na na na na na na na na re-release?.
Well now. If you can't wait until Arkham Knight's purported launch date of 24th February, it would seem Batman: Arkham Origins, the Arkhamverse prequel developed by Warner Bros Montreal, is getting a Complete Edition. And it'll be released in just a few short months.
Featured Game Modes only available for a short time.
Respawn has listed a whole heap of bug fixes and reminders that they are going to release two new game modes - Marked For Death and Wingman Last Titan Standing - very soon. Which is good, but the new modes are part of a new playlist rotation, listed as Featured Game Modes are only temporary.
Microsoft has "nothing to announce about the future of the franchise at this time".
A sequel to Xbox One launch game Ryse: Son of Rome has been cancelled due to a disagreement between Microsoft and Crytek about ownership rights, according to a Kotaku investigation. Crytek has also, we're told, shuttered an original IP that was on the verge of entering pre-production.
PC modders strike again.
...well, providing you ignore the way bits of Franklin's face appear in mid-air. Thanks to Edge's Michael Gapper for passing it on.
"I am not in Metal Gear V. In any way. At all.".
David Hayter, who has voiced Metal Gear's protagonist Snake since before dinosaurs walked the earth, has taken to Twitter to insist he has precisely zero involvement with The Phantom Pain. True facts, or do we think the lady doth protest too much?
