But "when you start looking at bandwith and game size, it does create issues.".
One of the big questions in the run-up to the Xbox One's announcement was whether Microsoft would drop the disc drive. Back in March 2012, for instance, Epic's Tim Sweeney suggested that a disc-less Xbox One that runs all games on solid state media would have "a dramatic advantage", though he qualified that this is "a completely separate question" from how games are distributed.
"I feel that it's something I must do".
During an interview with 4Gamer (via Siliconera), Tekken producer and all-around dude Katsuhiro Harada hinted towards company Namco Bandai's big plans for 2014, which may or may not involve announcing brand new Tekken titles.
Why don't you have a pork bun in your hand?.
Salutations and best New Year wishes, friends - hope you had an excellent festive break and that 2014 is thus far treating you well. Here's one last gift before it's back to the grind - Sleeping Dogs is currently free to download for Xbox Live gold subscribers.
Age rating board lists free-to-play sci-fi shooter for release.
Happy new year all! And a very happy new year in particular to the folk of Digital Extremes, who appear to be porting their PS4 and PC shooter Warframe to Xbox One. So sayeth the sages of PEGI, anyway.
GTA 5, Hitman, SSX, Fight Night and more up to 75% off.
Christmas! It's a time of giving. And also, indulging yourself. But mainly giving. With a substantial side order of indulging yourself. Fortunately, Microsoft has taken steps to ensure that you can indulge yourself without burning through all the Santa money - well, not unless you buy literally every one of the Games on Demand and Xbox Live Arcade titles that are now on offer till 31st December.
Respawn hints at aerial encounters in upcoming Microsoft exclusive.
I'd like to propose a new variation on rock-paper-scissors - rock-jetplane-Titan. It's not quite as finely balanced as the classic version, because in practice a Titan is equal to anything a jetplane can throw at it, up to and including air-to-ground missiles. I suppose the rock could prevail providing it's a very large rock, positioned at the top of a sharp incline, and providing the Titan doesn't see it coming.
Top-down endeavour hits the next gen platform early.
343 and Microsoft's Halo: Spartan Assault has gone live on Xbox One a day early, as noted by NeoGAF. The console port costs #163;11.99 or $15.99, though you can get it for a fraction of the price if you picked up the Windows 8 version prior to 15th December.
Get your footballing fix on the cheap.
Like bouncing balls around, providing you don't have to actually make use of your thigh muscles and feet? The latest Countdown to 2014 Xbox Live sale is for you - Microsoft has slashed the prices of four Arcade and Games on Demand sports titles. The stand-out is probably 3 on 3 NHL Arcade, which now costs slightly more than a bar of chocolate, though Metacritic suggests that you won't have overmuch fun with it.
Zenimax Online's Brian Wheeler spills many an Elder bean.
Were you planning to spend this week bonding with loved ones in a pungent haze of rum and tinsel? Nonsense, you're going to spend it reading about The Elder Scrolls Online. Hot on the heels of an OXM chat with Bethesda's Pete Hines about the game's subscription model, the Elitist Jerks forum has conducted a Q&A with Lead PvP designer Brian Wheeler.
Still not quite on top of it all? We can help.
By now, you should be the absolute and tyrannical master of your Xbox One - ruling its many functions and features with an iron fist (and/or a grating cackle, if you're a fan of Kinect commands). On the off-chance that certain of the bits and pieces have slipped your notice, however, here's a shortlist of things to do.
"Ambitious. Beautiful. Fresh but recognizable.".
Like many, we're almost ready to wind down for the Christmas break. However, some of the lucky folk working at Bioware have wrapped up for Christmas by playing the latest build of the mysterious new Mass Effect game, currently in development. Some people get all the luck.
"We want to deliver a full game, the full experience, to fans who purchase the package from day one.".
Bad news for any of you hoping that Dark Souls 2 might see an Artorias of the Abyss style expansion somewhere along the line, as producer Takeshi Miyazoe has revealed that additional downloadable content for the upcoming RPG isn't something on From Software's mind.
"The Dark Knight Before Christmas".
T'was the last link round up before Christmas, and all through the OXM house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Down in the study, Ed was a-snoring, but there was good reason, he was squishing bugs all morning. Then Log arrived with his new slender frame, and awoke Ed by saying "Let's play a game!"
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown and Mortal Kombat Arcade also have their prices pummeled.
The penultimate day of the Xbox Wintermas sale today, and after the relative scarcity of yesterday's bargains it seems today brings along a few more great reductions on some of the finest beat-em-ups as of late to see a release on XBLA. Aoife's going to be very pleased for the new vict... I mean challengers.
Is this a bit of a long shot?.
Cast your mind back, if you will, all the way back to March. Before your Bioshock Infinites, before your Grand Theft Auto Vs and when the Xbox One was just a thing of rumour and speculation. It was also the time when Sniper Elite 3 was announced.
"The amount of extra work has pushed the boundaries beyond just TressFX and upgraded textures.".
Some new details have been trickling through about next month's Definitive Edition of the very popular Tomb Raider reboot, due for release at the end of January for Xbox One. Crystal Dynamics is keen to stress that the upgrades are more than just porting over the higher resolution textures and TressFX hair tech from the PC version of Lara's adventures.
Give your game footage that extra sparkle this Winter.
If you're the proud owner of an Xbox One, you've probably been playing around with the GameDVR and Upload Studio to make your own clips to show the world your gaming prowess. If that's the case, you may be interested to hear an update has recently gone live for the app.
Featuring "deep fried nibblet hairballs." Apparently.
The regular Final Fantasy formula is getting something of a shake-up in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13, it seems. So to help those of us who have no idea what's going on or just want an idea of what to expect when the game launches on Xbox 360 this February, Square Enix have offered a guided tour via a new trailer.
Steal yourself a copy of Starbreeze's heist-em-up for #163;14.99.
It's another day of the ongoing Xbox Live end-of-year price cutting extravaganza, so that means it's time for another daily deal offering you the chance to snap up another bargain from the Xbox Games on Demand vault of goodness.
First screens of Minecraft's Mightiest Heroes (and villains).
We fear someone may have developed some sort of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition dream-listening device out of redstone as of late. In the last few months we've seen things ticked off our skin-pack wishlist at an alarming rate with Mash-Up packs for both Mass Effect and Skyrim. Now there's a new skin pack featuring the heroes and villains of Marvel's Avengers.
