Gears of War 1-3, Halo: Reach, Alan Wake and Battleblock Theater hit the chopping block.
A decidedly decent Xbox Live Marketplace sale is now underway till 14th April, with up to 90% off such classics as Gears of War 3, Halo Wars, Castle Crashers and Alan Wake. Care to strain your hard drive to breaking point? Point that credit card at the below.
"Parity across all versions" the aim.
Ubisoft's The Crew has joined the illustrious ranks of Games That Display In 1080p On Xbox One, aka Da Real Next Gen Gamez - a list that now includes Need for Speed: Rivals, Forza Motorsport 5 and Wolfenstein: The New Order. Co-developed by Ivory Tower and Ubisoft Reflections, the open world racer is ostensibly the same across all platforms, save for a few auxiliary features. It'll run at 30 frames a second.
New weapons, missions and more.
In a case of life imitating art imitating life, it seems like nothing stays a secret on the internet for long. A listing for a Watch Dogs season pass has been leaked over at US retailer Gamestop, and though it's since been pulled, the screenshots shall forever live in infamy. Or until Ubisoft officially announce it.
One step closer to flushing out Ultratech.
Months after release, Killer Instinct is finally starting to feel like a complete game, as a 6.8 GB patch begins rolling out today that adds an eighth character, new eight player lobbies, and an all-important arcade/story mode.
Would have been for Xbox 360, PC, PS3 and Wii U.
Star Wars: Force Unleashed 2 co-developer Red Fly Studio once worked on a Star Wars game featuring Darth Maul, the nobbly-headed Sith Lord from the Phantom Menace movie. There's a video, passed on by Eurogamer, which shows Mr Maul mauling a man who looks suspiciously like Boba Fett. Have a gander.
'Two Swords' free to stream on Xbox Video for a limited time only.
Well this is a bit of alright, isn't it? If you don't have Sky or the HBO Go app, Microsoft has announced that you can still watch the season premiere of Game of Thrones on your Xbox 360 or Xbox One for free through the Xbox Video service. Better cancel your evening plans, however; apparently the offer stands for a few days, until Monday 14th.
"Accelerating our country rollout is really, really important to us".
You've got to love how straight-shooting Microsoft's new Head of Xbox is. Whereas some top-level execs would resolutely skim over any constructive criticism with their fingers jammed in their ears, Phil Spencer is more than happy to tackle things head on, and talk about how the company can make things better. Most recently, he's been speaking out about the Xbox One's launch delay in 8 of its 21 regional markets.
Also, the Batmobile is "a tank meets a jet fighter meets a very serious sports car".
Rocksteady's art director David Hego has the rather unenviable task of recreating not only one of pop culture's most iconic cities, but also one of its most recognisable cars. At a recent studio visit, I spoke to Hego briefly about the pressures of building Gotham City from the ground up.
Rare's Danny Isaac very optimistic about strength of digital support.
Microsoft's "unique" array of online services will be crucial to Xbox One's long term success, Rare's executive producer Danny Isaac has told OXM. Games like Kinect Sports Rivals will benefit from on-going refinements, new content and community engagement thanks to that platform's supposedly unparalleled online support, he explained.
A silent reboot after update feature will also be added.
Seems like not that long ago that we had the last Xbox One system update, and yet here we are again, us lucky things, with another one just over the horizon.
Hop in your Golem for a bout of Attrition.
A mod called Ironfall is now available for the insanely popular crafting game Minecraft, and it's a very clever copy of Titanfall. One catch: it's only on PC.
Ubisoft teams up with Final Fantasy concept artist for a one-off collaboration.
Here's a lovely light little news piece to round out the day. Ubisoft has just released a trailer featuring legendary artist Yoshitaka Amano - best known for his jaw-dropping work on the Final Fantasy series - to produce a one-off piece of concept art for Ubisoft Montreal's upcoming 2D RPG, Child of Light.
GoPro also launching on Xbox 360, Microsoft announces.
I'm a big fan of the ability to capture and share game footage via your console, but the one thing that stopped me from really committing to building up a bank of regular video content on the Xbox One was the slightly awkward way that footage was collated in the absence of some all-important YouTube integration.
"I was amazed at how fast the team had Strike Suit Zero up and running".
As part of a Q&A on Xbox Wire, Born Ready Games CEO James Brooksby has chatted at length about the studio's experiences with getting its space flight combat game - one of the first titles to be released as part of the ID@Xbox program - ported onto the Xbox One. Admittedly, this is a little later that the program's director Chris Charla was originally anticipating, but we'll let it slide.
"The fates know what you need, and your fortunes will favour the brave.".
A modest collection of Destiny images have surfaced care of Bungie's various social media feeds, alongside a brand new Community Mailsack - in which the Elect among Bungenthusiasts get to cram their anxious questions into developer forebrains.
Takes place on the moon, apparently.
2K Australia is working on a Borderlands "pre-sequel" for Xbox 360 and PS3, according to a report over at online retailer GamePointsNow. It takes place on Pandora's moon, Elpis, and features four new lead characters - Athena The Gladiator, Wilhelm The Enforcer, Nisha The Lawbringer and Fragtrap.
Siri-killer Cortana runs on Kinect code, reveals general manager of Xbox apps.
The technology that comprises Xbox One's Kinect may ultimately come to smartphones, according to Microsoft's general manager of Xbox applications and developer relations Michael Mott. In fact, it's already here.
Screenshots and videos appear online ahead of launch.
Despite the Xbox 360 version of Titanfall due for release this week, EA and developer Bluepoint Games have kept rather quiet about it. In fact, not until just last night did footage of the game in action see the light of day in public.
On sale June 17 in the States.
Legendary martial artist Bruce Lee will be a playable character in the upcoming EA Sports UFC, according to marketing material.
Mix-up with Turn 10 results in chequered flags and red faces.
A bit of lighthearted fun to close this weekend's news. If you're a games development studio well known for your racing games, it's nice to be recognised, right? This week officials from BAFTA were left red-faced after a mix-up meant a certificate meant for Forza 5 developers Turn 10 studios accidentally turned up on the doorstep of GRID 2 and F1 2014 developers Codemasters. D'oh.
