Now includes the option to join a broadcaster's party.
As of 11th March, the Xbox One's Twitch app will finally support livestreaming. What's more, it'll allow you to join a broadcaster's Xbox Live party while watching their stream.
Pre-order now for the ridiculously low price of #163;369.97.
Naughty, naughty GameStop. The same price drop as everyone else not enough for you, eh? Got to go one further, eh? Not that we're complaining, mind; we're the ones who get to pay less for a wicked sweet Xbox One Titanfall console bundle after all.
The console's power can't be reduced to "pixels and polygon counts".
The following is best enjoyed while listening to this little number from the Forza Horizon soundtrack. Yep, it's another Microsoft exec quote about Power. The Xbox One is swimming in this nebulously defined substance, would you believe, and as ever, this comes down to more than choice of frame rate and resolution.
If you're not on the list, you're not going in.
Battlefield 4 is to receive Platoons "very soon," DICE has announced - but before it gets fully rolled out to Joe Public, the developer is looking for dedicated fans to test out the system and provide crucial feedback to the team, ensuring a full release goes nice and smoothly. Well, smoother, we imagine.
Includes a chainsaw motorcycle.
The third of four planned DLC chapters for Dead Rising 3 goes on sale tomorrow (Feb 25 in the US and UK, Feb 26 in Australia), and that mean-looking motorcycle hints that the chapter involves the leader of a bikie gang, Hunter Thibodeaux.
Current reduction only for the soggy subjects of Her Majesty.
The Xbox One price cut just announced by Microsoft will only apply to the UK at present, Microsoft has confirmed, with no imminent updates planned for the US or beyond.
Permanent discount on all new consoles.
Microsoft is permanently reducing the Xbox One price to #163;399.99 in the UK, and simultanously announcing a new bundle that includes Titanfall as a free game.
Patch for set-top box problem coming in upcoming update, no BBC iPlayer news yet.
Microsoft's Xbox Marketing Director, Harvey Eagle, has said that that Xbox One's problem of a juddering image when watching TV from Sky, Virgin and Freeview boxes will "get adjusted in the very near future, in a matter of weeks".
Custom console includes digital copy and a month of Xbox Live Gold for #163;399.
Microsoft has announced a new free game offer for Xbox One, bundling a digital copy of Respawn's much-anticipated shooter Titanfall with an Xbox One console available on the game's day of launch.
Would also love to push franchise in the direction of GTA.
Hideo Kojima has reiterated that he doesn't want to make Metal Gear Solid games for the rest of his life, as part of a thoughtful chat with Game Informer. As a matter of fact, Kojima doesn't want to make games for the rest of his life full stop.
Pick it up for #163;30 off without a game.
You can now pick up a standard edition Xbox One in the UK for #163;399.99, but you may wish to exercise caution - the retailer in question is Simply Games, via Play.com, which provoked outrage last November by obliging those who'd pre-ordered the PS4 to upgrade to a more expensive bundle.
"We're actively trying to work out any bugs now".
It's been almost a week since the Titanfall beta ended - are you getting giant robot withdrawals yet? I know I had to stare at my Masterpiece Grimlock figure for a full twenty minutes before I could muster the courage to get out of bed this morning.
Available March 13, includes Xbox One, digital copy of the game and more for AU$599.
Titanfall will get its own Xbox One console bundle on March 13, the same day the game launches, and will include an Xbox One, Kinect sensor, standard wireless controller, headset, one month Live Gold membership and a download code for a copy of the game.
Oblivion, Puzzle Quest 2 and more on sale too.
Hold your wallets close as it's the final day of this week-long sales extravaganza on Xbox Live, with nine more games going for four-fifths of not much at all. Anyone feel like Oblivion for $3.74 / #163;2.99 / AU$4.98?
Plus - NiGHTS, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Pool Nation.
What will you be doing on this, gloriously overcast and depressing English Sunday? I may spend it playing Sega's NiGHTS reboot for Xbox Live Arcade - it's up to 75% off today and today only, as part of the on-going Ultimate Games Sale.
Plus Sonic Generations, Assassin's Creed: Revelations and The Cave.
Microsoft has discounted another wodge of Xbox Live Marketplace content as part of the on-going Ultimate Games Sale. As ever, these deals apply today and today only, so if you're halfway interested, don't delay.
Publisher's stock jumps off the back of Irrational Games closure.
Take-Two Interactive has assured the world at large that there's plenty of life left in the Bioshock franchise, despite the closure of Irrational Games earlier this week.
Will focus on free updates and paid add-ons, instead.
If you dream of running your own virtual gladiatorial arena, best put those bloodthirsty hopes to bed. Microsoft has announced that the promised Ryse: Son of Rome challenge editor won't be released after all, following "careful consideration" of the game's digital strategy.
Max and the Curse of Brotherhood developer on how indies can make it big.
It's an intimidating time to be an indie developer. Sure, you have better access to a wider range of platforms and tools than ever before, but you've also got a hell of a lot of competition, and standing out from the crowd is seldom easy.
"In Microsoft's defence, it didn't pass on it at first.".
Yesterday, when someone quizzed Microsoft Games Studios boss Phil Spencer over leaked documents that suggested Microsoft passed on the now-PS4 exclusive Rime, he admitted that letting some things slip through your fingers was just the "nature of the beast," and that part of his job is "living with the mistakes." Clearly, Spencer is a little bit bummed over the Xbox One exclusive that could have been.
