A triple whammy of Lucas licenses, plus some Spring savings.
Will I end this article with an Indiana Jones quote, or a Star Wars quote? Eek, the indecision is killing me. Hilarious movie references are smashing together in my head, like two warring armies in the Lord of the Rings. Oh dang, now I've introduced Tolkien to the mix. Look, why don't you go ahead and ponder the latest Xbox Live Deals of the Week while I get my affairs in order.
"We're listening to your questions, and answering the ones we can.".
In a somewhat bizarre aside, Bungie has rebutted complaints that it hasn't paid enough attention to its fanbase on Xbox 360 and Xbox One. All gamers are equal in the face of Destiny, it seems.
What direction should the franchise take?.
It'll be a while, I suspect, before we see or hear anything of Gears of War on Xbox One, but don't let that stop you throwing questions at studio manager Rod "GearsViking" Fergusson via the official forums. The first of Rod's podcasts - aka "Rodcasts" - will go live on 15th May, and he wants your input. Always thought Gears should be a Japanese idol game? Now's your chance to inflict that horrendous concept on somebody in a position of authority.
Sparrow speeders available through GAME pre-orders.
GAME is offering an exclusive Sparrow-flavoured bonus on all its Destiny pre-orders - which is good news even if you're planning to hold off till release day, as it means we get a sneaky first look at vehicle gameplay via the pre-order trailer.
Peter Parker slips in through a back window while nobody's looking.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Xbox One no-show controversy train? Consider it well and truly derailed. The game is now available to download from Xbox Live, as noticed by Hardcore Gamer - it costs $59.99 in the US, and requires 9.89 GB of hard drive space.
Still looks utterly gorgeous.
Ubisoft Massive may have torn New York to shreds in its upcoming third-person MMO shooter, but it doesn't mean that The Big Apple is any less impressive or imposing.
Hints at number of chapters, rewards for multiplayer.
A full 1000G achievement list for Watch Dogs, Ubisoft's upcoming open-world hack-a-thon, has been uncovered. There some very mild spoilers here (which you'll see bracketed with the headlines 'spoilers follow' and 'spoilers over') so you've been warned.
Fresh insights on the game's classes, gear customisation and missions.
Greetings, fellow Guardians! It may interest you to know that there's an enormous Destiny hands-on in issue 113 of OXM, which goes on sale on 10th June. It contains many a Thought about far future space shenanigans. In the meantime, I thought you might like to peruse some brand new screenshots, plus some spicy intel on character customisation and mission types.
Come, let us dribble together over an especially ornate pair of astronaut's greaves.
Bungie's Destiny has never looked prettier or more awash with opportunity than in the below, brand new screenshots, which showcase new areas, exotic class load-outs and a few of the nastier species you'll fight on your tour of the solar system.
State of Decay and Age of Empires also up for consideration.
Which Hollywood actor would you cast as Marcus Fenix? Nick Nolte? Ron Perlman? The Rock? It's not an entirely hypothetical question: Microsoft is thinking about making a Gears of War TV show, as per its plans to expand the Xbox platform to embrace a range of original TV content.
First fruits of the Xbox TV programming project unveiled.
Microsoft has announced no less than 12 original TV shows or features for Xbox Live, all of which "will offer interactive capabilities, as well as unique interactive features customized on a per-show basis, making it a one-of-a-kind entertainment experience you won't find anywhere else."
"Now you have the choice to play your way".
From next week Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare will allow you to buy your way to new content and items more quickly, developer Popcap has announced.
Tailing, Racing, Decryption, Intrusion and more about Notoriety.
Were you left dazed and confused by last week's Watch Dogs info-dump, aka the "Doggening" and "Who Let The Dogs Out"? Allow us to clear the air. Ubisoft has penned a succinct little blog about the multiplayer, which comprises four modes, two of which see you slinking into another player's world and stealing "data" from their character's in-game smartphone.
Japanese sites say FF15 "created as an action game".
Some higher power is really going out of their way to annoy me today. First we get the confirmation that Zack Snyder will direct the Justice League movie, and now the latest official installment in the Final Fantasy franchise is being described as an "action game." I mean really.
"We've entered an exciting phase.".
At some point today, Bungie will take an axe to the ceiling-high, glass-fronted aquarium that is Destiny, drowning the internets in new details, footage and screenshots. In anticipation of this glorious event, please accept three blink-and-you'll-miss-them teaser videos, plus an update from the developer's blog on the project's status.
EA and BioWare to reap the rewards of a next gen remaster?.
The whole "...and it turns out our first next gen project is a last gen remaster" thing is fast becoming my least favourite bait and switch tactic - moar new gamez pls, publishers. Still, let's not judge the ostensibly forthcoming Mass Effect Trilogy out of hand.
The legend is true, though how many copies are actually buried?.
A project led by Microsoft has excavated E.T cartridges for the ancient Atari 2600 home console from the Alamogordo desert in New Mexico, confirming an urban legend that's persisted for 30 years.
This week's best articles from our brother and sister websites.
Now that the mighty Ben of Borthwick is no longer with us, it falls to me to regale you with this week's best picks from the exhilarating world of Future Publishing. Leading the charge, Total Film's productivity-killing round-up of the 50 most distracting movie gifs. The Jeff Bridges one belongs in every console war thread ever.
Don't cut him off - you probably won't live to regret it.
I've never been entirely clear on why Max is Mad. Relative to the gibbering scavengers who populate his post-apocalyptic world, he looks entirely sane - a man with a gun and a plan that involves pointing the gun at people who try to kill him. The Magnum Opus, Max's car in Avalanche's videogame version of the film, seems just as conceptually sound - it's covered with armour, spikes and weapon emplacements. If Max were truly a few isotopes short of an atomic bomb, shouldn't he be driving something like, say, a Segway?
Does whatever a Spider can. Except 1080p.
Some hero of the internet has uploaded the first 15 minutes of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on Xbox 360, in which Peter Parker transforms into the web-slinging arachnid, swears revenge for the death of his uncle, swings from large black rectangles I choose to believe are buildings, and kicks a guy so hard he falls through a wall.
