Also makes it easier to access friend lists.
The first Xbox One update may have been delayed - but we can still expect the second one to arrive on time in March, a new post over on Xbox Wire has confirmed.
Out worldwide in "early March". Prepare for Titanfall?.
Microsoft has announced and detailed the Xbox One's official stereo headset, which will release worldwide in early March alongside an Xbox One adapter for existing headphones. Just in time for Titanfall, then.
"The team is working on finalizing," says Major Nelson.
Stand down, marines - it appears that today's Xbox One system update won't actually be releasing today. The console's new dashboard has been pushed back to later this week, as revealed by Major Nelson.
11 new gameplay shots reveal Goliath battles and character loadouts.
Here are the first proper screenshots for Turtle Rock's Evolve, a ferocious, finely balanced co-op shooter for Xbox One. They reveal one of the game's maps, four Hunter class variations and their big, ugly quarry, the monstrous Goliath - the first of several playable alien predators. Here be dragons? Friend, if all we have to worry about are dragons, we'll be doing very well indeed.
But Turtle Rock is "still working" on 60 frames a second.
Rejoice, people who don't have any patience for wrangling about graphical discrepancies! It appears that Turtle Rock's Evolve will look pretty much the same whether you tackle it on Xbox One, PS4 or PC.
Seven minutes of stabby action within.
Hands up who wants seven minutes of footage from a brand new next gen IP. Yeah? Then feast your eye sockets on this new demo for Lords of the Fallen. We've had a CG trailer for this game before, but this is our first proper look at its slicey dicey combat and gameplay. There's even a cheeky boss fight thrown in - the First Warden, the game's very first boss encounter.
You spin me right round.
Finally, a game that actually mirrors the way I drive in real-life. Introducing Roundabout, a bizarre Xbox One title due to launch some time this year.
$9.99 or #163;7.99 for an open world classic.
Far Cry Classic, "the ultimate console version of the very first Far Cry game", is now available to download from Xbox Live Marketplace for Xbox 360. It costs $9.99 or #163;7.99, and weighs in at 1.96GB. Care to take a stroll through a not-so-paradisical tropical paradise?
Valid till 17th February.
This week's Deal of the Week isn't a particularly big deal. I'm not sure it even deserves the capital "D", actually. Still, anyone for a small bag of imaginary basketball bling? It'll only cost you eight and a half pounds.
AC4 ships 10 million copies, Ubisoft CEO expects to reach 11 million by March.
Ubisoft has announced that its open-world crime saga, Watch Dogs, will be released between April and June this year during a conference call with investors. Ubisoft head boss man Yves Guillemot wouldn't give a firm date, but this announcement completely squashes any rumours of the Watch Dogs trademark expiring.
Yours for $54/99, out in March.
Microsoft has announced two new flavours of Xbox One controller - Chrome Purple and Chrome Black. They'll hit shelves in March, and will cost $54.99. Care to run your eyes lasciviously over the screenshots?
Download all future Xbox One updates in the background.
The next Xbox One system update will introduce the ability to download all future dashboard updates in the background, Microsoft has announced. Providing you enable background updates, of course.
Plus: you'll be able to capture gameplay footage.
Here's a smidgeon of Titanfall info to keep you warm on this cold, melancholy, Titanfall-free February morning. Alas, it appears that the Xbox One beta release details won't be with us today, though you can still expect them "early this week".
Fart jokes and Breaking Bad references? Pinch me.
What an age we live in. We can watch our favourite TV shows on the internet, we can have pizza delivered to our door at any time of the day or night, and video games offer us achievements for farting on a dog whilst dressed as a garden gnome.
Nutjitsu and new Worms game confirmed for Microsoft's console.
Microsoft Studios boss has outed two of the first games planned for self-publication on Xbox One under the ID@Xbox program. They are: a new Worms game of which not much is known, and Nutjitsu, a lush-looking Pac-Man meets Mini Ninjas game from Ninjabee, creator of the Kefling games for Xbox Live Arcade.
Come meet key players of the IMC and Militia factions.
Mondays, amirite? Here's something that might just cheer you up, however - several new pieces of character art have appeared over on Titanfall's official website, ahead of the game's launch next month. Next month!
Team currently has "no plans" to fix minor bugs, instead focusing on story DLC.
Warner Bros. has stated that fans shouldn't expect another patch for Batman: Arkham Origins, informally dubbed patch 1.06, to mend what it calls "minor glitches".
On its forums, a WB community named Mercury wrote that Warner Bros.
Elizabeth's side of the Rapture-set story lands March 25th.
It's been some three months since we returned to Rapture in the first part of Bioshock Infinite's Burial at Sea DLC, and the action ended on an intriguing note. Don't worry, we're not going to spoil anything here, but it should please people to note that Irrational has finally given a release date for the second part this week.
Driver & The Crew studio also reveals they've worked on Watch Dogs.
Ubisoft Reflections are well established as a studio that knows their driving pretty well - being most famous for the Driver series and working on upcoming open world Xbox One racer The Crew. However, it seems that as of late, the studio is diversifying a little.
Slaloming our way through another week's worth of links.
With the Winter Olympics under way in Sochi, you can forgive us this week if we get into the spirit by brushing up on our snowboarding lingo, strapping up a pair of skis while the Ski Sunday theme plays in the background. Or taking a spot on the couch and watching Cool Runnings.
