Slender: The Arrival publisher bringing Double Fine sequel and BAFTA winner to console later this year.
Remember the happy news from back in January that indie horror darling Slender: The Arrival would be coming to the Xbox 360 this Spring? It seems publisher Midnight City aren't going to stop there, announcing this week that two die games will be console-bound later this year.
Who are you gonna call?.
If you're the sort of person who likes to call friends and family via your Xbox One, you may be pleased to note that an update has been released for the Skype application on Xbox One.
Industry insider claims version is "akin to how Battlefield is ported to last gen consoles".
Those of us yet to get an Xbox One are still holding our breath for some giant-robot-blasting action on Titanfall, with the Xbox 360 version not due for a couple of weeks time. Naturally, we're expecting the older hardware will mean a few sacrifices will have to be made, and one insider may be offering up some of the first clues as to how these might manifest.
Action RPG heading for a May 9th release on Xbox 360.
Would you like to be able to burn your enemies in unyielding flame for the price of your humanity? That's the choice you'll have to make in the upcoming Bound by Flame - a third person action-RPG from the makers of the more sci-fi focused XBLA title Mars: War Logs.
"We wanted to dig into a different area," says creative director.
Aiden Pearce is one cool cyber-cucumber, able to wirelessly dominate an innocent traffic light while zipping around aboard a motorbike, trenchcoat a-billow, but one thing he can't do is fly planes. Here's why.
"Because we had some ability to isolate where the changes were happening, it made it achievable.".
Speaking exclusively to OXM in the very next issue of our magazine, out 18th March, Xbox director of development Boyd Multerer has explained how the Xbox One's operating system design made last year's "One-80s" on policies like mandatory online checks "achievable". In brief: if you want to build to last, build for change.
Was it a real experiment, or just a quick cash-in?.
Microsoft has discreetly wound down its Xbox 360 subscription plan, whereby North American consumers would pay $99 upfront for an Xbox 360 console with a Kinect and Xbox Gold, followed by $14.99 a month over the following two years.
Gameseek unveils new group purchase plan.
Online retailer GameSeek will sell you an Xbox One with FIFA 14 for as little as #163;300 minus one penny, as part of its new "Co-Buy" scheme. As with services like Groupon, the idea is that the more people sign up to buy, the lower the price will be for everybody. Additionally, the customer who refers the deal to the largest number of buyers will receive their Xbox One for free.
"I'm not announcing any new Titans right now!".
Here's a dribble of additional insight about Titanfall's DLC strategy, from the mouth of the one and only Abbie Heppe, aka Respawn community manager, aka Militia commander Sarah. It seems that new Titan classes are a bit of a big ask - originally, the base game was only meant to include a single breed of Titan, the Atlas - but maps that feature certain of the alien wildlife you may have encountered in the official Titanfall artbook aren't impossible.
Both next gen consoles performing well, but Xbox One "led hardware sales on a dollar basis".
According to VentureBeat, a report from analyst firm The NPD Group reveals that American gamers spent $887 million on new games, hardware, and accessories at retail last month.
Microsoft's senior director of product management chimes in on upset.
No right-thinking human being should play games on anything that isn't an Xbox platform, but sometimes (sigh) exceptions can be made. It's not quite as blasphemous to play games on a PC, for instance, when you do it using an Xbox pad. But what's this, NeoGAF - you say the Xbox One controller won't ever be updated to work with a PC?
Much has changed since September 2013, cautions Capybara.
The long wait for new info about Capybara's enticing Xbox One roguelike Below may soon be over, though the game won't, alas, put in appearance at the Game Developers Conference next week.
Creative Assembly explains how it revamped the xenomorph.
You could class the Alien as one of those "things that go bump in the night", but you'd be guilty of grievous inaccuracy. The Alien doesn't go "bump". It goes "hsssssssssssssssssssssssss". And then, while your heart tries to clamber right up into your larynx - the drawn-out thud-thud-thud of its taloned feet, getting louder, coming closer. That nasal whine? That's you, taking it like a man.
"Being a fan of Xbox doesn't mean you can't be a fan of something else.".
South by Southwest 2014's Gaming Expo took place at the Long Center in Austin, Texas last week. Among those in attendance was our new favourite Twitter follow, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Game Studios Phil Spencer.
Taking a closer look at Zeboyd's new retro-styled, turn-based RPG.
Among the latest batch of games announced for Xbox One's ID@Xbox program is one title in particular that's piqued our interest - a new turn-based sci-fi RPG from two-man indie outfit Zeboyd Games, creators of the ridiculously fun Xbox Live indie title, Cthulhu Saves the World.
Abandoned projects can benefit other teams, says Phil Spencer.
Microsoft's Phil Spencer is proud of every game his company works on - including those that never see release. Speaking at the SXSW Gaming Expo 2014 in Austin, Texas, the Studios exec discussed how ideas from cancelled games may be adopted by other projects, adding that it's "important" for Microsoft to revisit some of its older IPs.
"It's better to just be direct and honest.".
Speaking at the SXSW Gaming Expo 2014 in Austin, Texas, Microsoft's Phil Spencer has conceded that Microsoft's Xbox One messaging across the May 2013 reveal event and E3 2013 could have been handled better. Spencer is adamant, however, that all of it came from a good place.
Wage watery war on your enemies from next week.
Battlefield 4's Naval Strike DLC will be available to Battlefield premium members from next week, but several sources have already leaked (no pun intended) the expansion's four water-themed maps ahead of time.
Fiddling with the fundamentals "is a huge deal for a tightly designed game like this.".
Respawn designer Drew McCoy has been discussing what will and won't be added to Titanfall via downloadable update in the weeks to come. Plans range from routine fixes to new features, most notably the release of a companion app for smartphones and tablets. The developer may also, as you know, raise the game's resolution on Xbox One, but McCoy says there are no guarantees for the moment.
Is that a sequel to Forza Horizon speeding down the track?.
Concept art for something called 'Forza Deep South' has appeared and promptly disappeared online, but not before the internet got a hold of some hard evidence. I believe what's referred to as the Streisand effect is in full swing here, people.
