Jago, Saberwulf, Orchid and Sadira treated to an overhaul.
Are you the worst sort of human being, the kind who disconnects halfway through a Killer Instinct match for the sake of your win/lose sheet? Double Helix is coming for you, sunshine.
10 cars for $10, out on 4th February.
Microsoft has unveiled the Forza 5 Smoking Tire Car Pack, a DLC collection of 10 cars that'll be yours for $10 from 4th February. The highlight is the 1968 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale - the other cars are are also "available for a la carte purchase in the marketplace and accessible using in-game credits or tokens once unlocked".
Fan feedback is key.
Namco appears to be reconsidering its decision not to develop any Dark Souls 2 DLC, if comments by producer Takeshi Miyazoe are any indication. It wants fans to make the first moves, however.
File sizes were deliberately reduced for Xbox One alpha.
Respawn has once again insisted that textures from the recent Titanfall alpha on Xbox One aren't final. This follows an outbreak of rumours overnight.
From 23rd January till 2nd March 2014.
Well that's one way to overcome a price gap. For a limited time only, Microsoft will give you $100 of store credit when you trade in your PS3 or Xbox 360. The offer - which is listed on the Microsoft Store - runs from 23rd January till 2nd March 2014, or while supplies last, and is exclusive to the US (including Puerto Rico) and Canada for the moment.
Twin stick blaster completes its conquest of the Xbox consoles.
343's top-down shooter spin-off Halo: Spartan Assault hits Xbox 360 tomorrow, 31st January. It'll cost you $14.99, or $4.99 if you bought the original version of the game for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 before 15th December 2013. Visit Halo Waypoint for formation on that count.
Runners-up have to make do with silver.
Kinect Sports Rivals will see release at some point this spring. In anticipation of that hallowed day, Microsoft and Rare are throwing a little contest to determine the world's fastest virtual wake racer.
Tweaks for DMRs, shotguns, carbines.
DICE plans to nerf, boost or otherwise fiddle with various Battlefield 4 guns in the game's next title update, which doesn't have a release date as yet. It'll be for Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
Skelly Spinal swings onto screens soon.
Following a bit of a delay, Killer Instinct's first DLC character Spinal is finally due for a full reveal in the next few hours. Skeletons, eh? Late in every sense of the word.
Will focus on tuning up party chat, social features and general Xbox Live performance.
Leaks! Leaks everywhere! The latest pertains to the release of the Xbox One's first major dashboard update - according to sources close to The Verge, it'll make landfall in March, and will nobble problems with Xbox Live party functions, the "usability and placement of social features" and Xbox Live performance at large.
CVG sources back up NeoGAF report.
An Xbox One version of Halo 2 is happening, according to reports, and you'll get to grips with it this November. Load the glitter cannons!
Huge mass of Xbox One rumours faceplants NeoGAF.
There is a NeoGAF member, ntkrnl, and if half the things he or she is claiming are true, we live in exciting times indeed. In a flurry of posts last night, ntkrnl has dropped countless rumour-bombs as regards Microsoft's plans for the console across 2015 and beyond. Among the likelier eventualities is the release of a Titanfall-themed Xbox One console, pictured below. Any takers?
Fable 2 and Fable 3 go cheap in February to celebrate launch.
Let us gird our loins, brethren. Soon, very soon, 'twill be time to venture once more unto the eldritch realm of Albion, otherwise known as medieval England with knobs on. Chickens shall be kicked! Resolutions, upped! Draw distances, lengthened! Textures, bump-mapped! And all the rest of that technical stuff I don't really understand.
Undead Labs remains tight-lipped on multiple unannounced Microsoft exclusives.
Should it ever come into existence, State of Decay 2 would "clearly" release on Xbox One, Undead Labs co-founder Jeff Strain told the world in June last year. Alas, it appears the same isn't true of the original State of Decay - a port would be "a pretty big technical challenge", and the developer has other, unannounced fish to fry.
Exclusive DLC, statue, artbook, the works.
Bethesda has revealed The Elder Scrolls Online Imperial Edition, along with a fairly epic eight minute CGI trailer. If you're partial to plate armour, scroll (hah) down.
It's "the action FPS refined to its purest form", apparently.
New game ahoy! And it's an Xbox 360 console exclusive. Plastic Piranha's Rekoil: Liberator is now yours for the taking, providing you're willing to part with $14.99 or #163;11.99. The file weighs in at 654.39 MB, and can be found here.
More Battlefield 4 updates on the way, too.
Next month is Player Appreciation Month in the world of Battlefield 4, which means free activities and goodies for fans of the game's multiplayer. Log into a multiplayer match any day in February, and you'll receive a Bronze or Silver Battlepack - chock full of bonus XP, soldier camos and the like.
But "Black Flag is definitely a crossfade between the old series and a new one.".
That Abstergo Entertainment email thread buried in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, the one that seemingly makes mention of future Assassin's Creed settings? That was the game's lead writer Darby McDevitt "parodying" fan wishes, apparently. Stand down, ladies and gentlemen.
Plus a guy who's got stuck behind a door.
Just in case we needed any reminding that 2014 is a very good year for sci-fi and fantasy, Bungie has loosed two new Destiny artworks via its Facebook and Twitter feeds. Will you hark at them, gambolling around our feet like massive, beautiful puppies.
New shooter can "coexist" with Battlefield 4.
EA has a few plans in place for Titanfall's digital content strategy, according to EA's CEO and director Andrew Wilson, but is keeping its options open till it has more data on the extent of the game's appeal. As the old saying goes, you don't count all your Titans until they've all dropped from orbit.
