Kevin Spacey! Exoskeletons! Hover bikes!.
Well. As soon as we posted that Kevin Spacey will star in this year's Call of Duty, we find out that early footage has been leaked, showing off some of the finer details. Its full title is Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
Teaser trailer hints House of Cards star is the bad guy.
Renowned actor Kevin Spacey - he from House of Cards, The Usual Suspects, American Beauty and tonnes of other really great films and shows - appears to be in 2014's Call of Duty.
Said disgraced L.A. Clippers owner "is a victim".
Community manager for 2K and Turtle Rock's upcoming shooter Evolve, Josh Olin, has been fired from the developer after publishing several Twitter posts regarding racist remarks from L.A. Clippers owner, Donald Sterling.
Specifics are still being discussed, though.
Trion Worlds plans to make its MMO shooter Defiance free-to-play on Xbox 360, though dates and details are still under discussion. The PC version will be free-to-play from 4th June.
"A new era arrives".
This year's Call of Duty game will be revealed on 4th May, according to a page tantalisingly subtitled "a new era arrives" over on the the official site.
Zenimax claims Carmack pinched ideas from id Software.
This isn't directly related to Xbox, but I thought you might like to read about it regardless. ZeniMax Media - parent company of ZeniMax Online, id Software and Bethesda Softworks, creator of the Elder Scrolls series - has accused former id Software programmer John Carmack of handing its intellectual property and technology over to Oculus, developer of the Rift virtual reality headset.
"While we don't have anything to officially announce, it's clearly an area people are excited about.".
Microsoft's acquisition of patents for augmented reality technology set tongues a-wagging last month - see the gallery below for concept artworks. Could this be evidence that the long-rumoured Xbox VR/AR headset project is approaching fruition, fans wondered? If recent comments by Head of Xbox Phil Spencer to CNN are any indication, the answer is a definite... maybe.
Head of Xbox on ID@Xbox, E3, new IP and beyond.
Speaking to CNN's Fortune, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer dropped further hints on the big plans Microsoft has for this year's E3, and pledged his ongoing support for all Xbox exclusive games, from the indie titles coming out of the ID@Xbox program to the blockbuster behemoths like Titanfall.
"They're usually oblivious to what's going on.".
Dragon Age: Inquisition is now "on the road to Alpha, also known as 'Content Complete'", according to a blog post from BioWare writer David Gaider. There's plenty of work to be done, however, before the game hits shelves worldwide on 7th October.
"All I can say right now is that yes, we want this feature as well.".
There's nothing worse than buying a game, then waiting 12 hours for it to download and install. Well, except for things like the bubonic plague and asteroids on a collision course with Earth, but let's not split hairs.
"This is why we can't have nice things".
Disney has announced a sequel to Disney Infinity, and - joy - it's superhero themed. Starring all the biggest Marvel characters, Disney Infinity 2.0 Edition is coming to current and next gen platforms, but fear not: the figures and power discs you've already bought for the original version will all be fully compatible.
Open world stunner and indie darling take us into the summer.
May's free Xbox games with Gold are Dust: An Elysian Tail, available from the 1st to the 15th, and Saints Row 3, available from the 16th to the end of the month. How do you like those apples, internet?
Dead Island mode evolves into full-blown current gen release.
Techland's Hellraid - a first-person fantasy action game that began life as a Dead Island mode - will now release on Xbox One in 2015. Announced in April last year, the game has apparently "expanded and evolved thanks to the developers' experience and players' feedback", and will take advantage of the Chrome Engine 6 employed by its stablemate Dying Light.
Closer to the Ratchet and Clank series than Fuse, then?.
As the wind whistles across the face of yet another Slow News Day - Slow, that is, if you're a resident of Xbox Land - allow me to bring you a few updates from Insomniac Games, developer of the Xbox One exclusive Sunset Overdrive. It's not much, but it might keep you upright as we begin the long, slow march to 5pm.
Adds swappable backgrounds, colours schemes, see-through tiles and more.
Have you got time in your life for some thumping rock music and a range of charming transparency effects? Then gaze in awe and consternation at this "Ultimate Xbox One UI" video mock-up from PrimeGhost Gaming.
"For the first time ever, Xbox One is coming to China with a full games and entertainment system".
The Xbox One will launch in China later this year, alongside its release in a host of other countries and not long after China's ban on the sale of games consoles was officially lifted after the Shanghai Free Trade Zone expansion in September last year.
Could the latest Halo be with us as soon as October?.
Halo 5, or Halo for Xbox One if you want to go by what Microsoft and 343 Industries are insisting upon calling it, could be up for release this year, despite what Master Chief voice actor Steve Downes is claiming. When exactly this year is still subject to debate, but Walmart appear to be making a couple of (possibly educated) guesses.
JSR composer Hideki Naganuma will co-write the soundtrack.
Bathed in high-contrast hues with trimmings of neon, Hover: Revolt of Gamers already has plenty of style - good thing it's also boasting substance, as it's blasted past its initial Kickstarter goal of US$38,000 with three weeks to go.
Get access to everything at a discount via the Season Pass.
Ubisoft has a released a trailer for the Watch Dogs Season Pass, which grants access to a new single player campaign starring Aiden Pearce's acquaintance T-Bone, a loopy additional game mode and a bunch of extra weapons, outfits and missions, for 25 per cent off what you'd pay if you bought each piece of content by itself.
Auf wiedersehen!.
Stealth and action gaming are like disagreeable teenage brothers, each determined to ruin the other's fun. That age-old rivalry is at its hottest in Wolfenstein: The New Order, as this new gameplay video demonstrates. You'll definitely want to plug in those headphones - the soundtrack is spot on.
