Improvements to made to grenades, hand flares, helis and more.
So there's this rule I like to follow, to keep me on the social media straight and narrow. It's that saying anything on Twitter is like bellowing out an open window - you never know who might be listening. That hasn't stopped two DICE designers throwing around some ideas via the platform and giving away some tasty hints as to what future BF4 updates might include. Or perhaps that was their intention all along.
Infinity Ward also plan to issue fixes affecting all players, like spawns.
Infinity Ward has announced some incoming updates to Call of Duty: Ghosts, designed specifically to improve the professional competitive side of the game.
"The feedback we've gotten is pretty valid," says Whitten.
We're still none the wiser as to when the next Xbox One OS update will release, but if Marc Whitten's willingness to talk shop is any indicator, it can't be far off. Fingers crossed.
All eyes on 12th January.
Dus Roh Fah! Dus Foh Rah! Sorry, how does it go again? Bethesda's Xbox 360, PC and PS3 hit The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim appears to be on its way to Xbox One and PS4, according to a database entry on the game's official site, spotted by OnlySP and passed on by Eurogamer.
Sega shoots down errant Xbox.com listing.
If you're among those fearfully expecting Creative Assembly to declare "OH AND IT HAS HORDE MODE LOL", a month or so on from Alien: Isolation's unveiling, put your fears to bed. Sega hasn't bowed to received wisdom about the importance of multiplayer modes, whatever certain online placeholders might suggest.
Downloadable title to feature extra content, spare pair of trousers not included.
Squeeee. If the Slender Man had a face, I'd probably kiss it. Publisher Midnight City today announced that first-person indie horror Slender: The Arrival, previously a PC-only title, is finally coming to Xbox Live this spring.
"I also think there is a great future for a console being as versatile as the Xbox One.".
Press Play's Mikkel Thorsted isn't worried that the Xbox One will ultimately be eclipsed by monster gaming PCs - according to he, the console's ease of access for developers, graphical grunt and unique features will stand the test of time.
Digital has "saved" the mid-tier game, adds Spencer.
"The middle class game is dead," former Epic Games man Cliff Bleszinski observed back in March 2011, referring to the way under-funded, relatively generic retail titles from mid-tier publishers have lost ground to more adventurous, low-cost indie efforts, released on digital stores.
Out 2015, mixes online and solo play.
Have you ever "accidentally" changed the TV source while a friend's playing Call of Duty, or "accidentally" brushed the Xbox 360 power button as you cross the room? If the answer's yes, The Farm 51's latest, troll-friendly shooter could be for you. Titled Get Even, it allows online players to sneak into each other's single player games as enemy characters, and put a firm stop to any fun they may be having.
We're going back, back to the island.
You know what the definition of insanity is? It's passing up the chance to play not one but several rather good games when the opportunity presents itself. At least I think that's how the quote goes, my memory tends to be a little fuzzy until I've had my third coffee of the morning. Anyway. If you haven't yet gotten your mitts on Far Cry 3 (or any of the other Far Cry titles), a new console compilation confirmed by Ubisoft yesterday might just be enough to tempt you.
2K Games releases the box art, too.
OK, so 2K's decision to reveal its giant space monster game at the same time as Alien: Isolation may not have been especially wise, but Evolve from Turtle Rock does seem rather decent. Here's a host of intel on the Xbox One and 2014-bound shooter, scooped out of the new issue of Game Informer by our partners in notoriety at CVG. Oi, Tamoor! Your boy Shaun done good, mate.
Witness developer has "interesting work" for somebody who "can make things happen".
Methinks I sense a change in the wind. Jonathan Blow, creator of XBLA classic Braid, is in the market for a programmer who "can make things happen" on both PS4 and Xbox One.
"We had it higher at points in testing - this felt best".
Respawn Entertainment boss Vince Zampella has confirmed via his personal Twitter feed that Titanfall's maximum player count is 6v6 - spurring many internet commenters to declare that the Titanfall hype train has finally lost some of its steam.
Four alien hunters take on a single, massive monster.
Take-Two Interactive has finally announced Evolve, a new co-op shooter from Turtle Rock Studios, developer of the original Left 4 Dead. Acquired from now-dead THQ to the tune of $10.8 million, the game will release on Xbox One and PS4 late this year.
It's behind you! And now you're a pool of meaty paste.
Hot on the heels of the first Alien: Isolation details and screenshots, Sega has released a gameplay trailer and developer diary. Watch the pair of 'em below, if you dare.
Creative Assembly's hugely promising horror title goes public.
As the goodly Hudson once put it, "there's something moving around down here and it ain't us". Sega has announced the much-leaked Alien: Isolation, a first-person survival horror game from Total War developer Creative Assembly, which takes its artistic cues exclusively from Ridley Scott's original Alien. It's coming to Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4 and PC in late 2014.
Take a gander at Creative Assembly's cross gen horror title.
Sega has announced the much-rumoured Alien: Isolation, a first-person survival horror game from Creative Assembly for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4 and PC. The game's first screenshots and artworks are below, for your amusement and edification.
Latest round of reductions deserves Rapturous applause.
They do say January is the month for penny-pinching, but with quite a few Xbox Live sales going on at the moment, can you really afford to? In addition to the Far Cry series currently being reduced in price, those thrify so-and-so's on NeoGAF have noticed that quite a few 2K titles are also now goign cheap, so get in while you still can.
"We're going to do it the right way, and we're going to do it because we think it really matters.".
The forthcoming Halo TV series from Microsoft's Los Angeles production studio isn't just a cynical knock-off, Studios boss Phil Spencer has promised - it'll be a meaningful contribution to a franchise that still has tonnes of potential, over a decade on from Halo: Combat Evolved.
Latest Deal of the Week takes a machete to open world FPSdom.
Have you ever driven a car off a cliff, barrel-rolled, leapt out into the midst of an enemy base, loosed a leopard from its cage, set the leopard on fire and watched it eat a bunch of pirates? No? Then you probably haven't played Far Cry 3, perhaps 2012's finest shooter. As luck would have it, the Games on Demand version of Ubisoft's open world insane 'em up is now on sale.
