Bundle contains console, two games and 12 month Gold Live Membership for under $700.
'Tis the season, they say. And with the dust settling on Black Friday -and Cyber Monday still to come - you may be forgiven for thinking if you haven't pre-ordered a Xbox One you might be out of luck. If you live in the US however, you might be able to get your hands on a money saving bundle from Microsoft themselves.
Dirtbike racer coming to Xbox 360 in Spring 2014.
There's plenty of ways to get yourself covered in mud: attending a music festival, participating in the Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake event. But those don't really translate well into the realm of games. Motorcross, however? That's a bit easier.
Yule deck the halls of Steelport on 11th December.
In case you hadn't noticed, it's almost December - which means a time for giving, seasonal goodwill and homicidal robot nutcrackers... wait, what was that last one?
Breakdown launches, Title Update 4 released for main game.
With the dust settling on Black Friday and now with both new generation consoles finally here, you'd expect this weekend to be somewhat quiet for news. But that hasn't stopped Undead Labs from releasing the Breakdown DLC for their XBLA zombie survival sim, State of Decay yesterday.
Sorts out spawn crashing and problems with lobby migration, plus other stuff.
Activision and Infinity Ward have released a new title update for Call of Duty: Ghosts on Xbox 360, which purports to fix a number of crash bugs and interface problems. Oh, and you'll be able to enjoy the spectacle of canine murder at somewhat greater length.
"Stay tuned for full patch notes.".
Be of good cheer and gladsome aspect, Battlefield 4 players on Xbox One - the cavalry is a-coming. DICE has announced that it will release a title update on Xbox Live next week, which will hopefully rectify some of the game's severe multiplayer issues. No, it won't add cavalry to the vehicle selection. That was me doing a joke.
"Honestly, the engine has been one of the smoothest parts of the whole project.".
Here's one way to spend your Friday lunch time: populate an imaginary high school prom with teenie movie incarnations of the Xbox One's launch games. Forza 5? Bit of a daddy's little girl, no doubt, but an impressive student. Killer Instinct? He'd be the bellowing jock on the table there, holding a keg of lager over his head. Dead Rising 3? The self-reliant goth who's often seen driving cars that don't belong to her. And Crytek's Ryse: Son of Rome? She's "the hot one", in the words of design director PJ Esteves.
Rare went "very broad and very wide" during the game's concept stage.
If you're worried you look a bit silly driving an invisible wake-racer in the Kinect Sports Rivals Preseason trial, consider this: you could be riding an invisible horse. According to Rare's Danny Isaac, horse-riding is one of a number of sports that haven't made it into the final version of the game, which launches in spring 2014.
Get Magic 2014 for #163;3.37, Edge of Time for #163;4.94.
Black Friday is upon us, or rather upon the US, and that can mean only one thing: Xbox Live savings. Take your credit card firmly by its least dog-eared corner, shrug on your Big Spender pants (the red velvet ones with all the sequins), and get involved.
Discounts on the hour every hour until 7pm tonight.
We may not celebrate Thanksgiving here in the UK, but that doesn't mean retailers are going to miss the chance to capitalise on potential Black Friday sales. GAME is the latest outlet to get in on the act, after Amazon hosted similar offers, and all day the chain will be offering big savings on select last gen titles.
Get over $200 off an Xbox 360 console.
Greetings, Americans! You appear to be having another of those "Black Friday" holidays, cue massive reductions on games at any number of retailers. Here's a taste of what's currently going cheap on the Microsoft Store - if you've yet to pick up an Xbox 360 for some, crazy reason, know that certain models are presently over $200 off.
"A five, six year gap is what I expect going forward.".
Riddle me this: how many years of use do you expect to get out of a console, for #163;400-odd? Eight? Ten? How about five or six? Because that's how long we've got till the next next generation Xbox arrives, according to EA Studios executive vice-president Patrick S#246;derlund.
"It will happen, eventually, but right now we are preparing for it.".
Eurogamer's latest Witcher 3 write-up veils an intriguing little snippet about the future of Xbox One, care of CD Projekt's lead engine programmer Bal#225;zs T#246;r#246;k. According to T#246;r#246;k, Microsoft gradually "opened up" ways of getting "more" out of the Xbox 360 across 2007 and 2008, and this may be the case with Xbox One, too.
"Should players expect base functionality for something they've purchased? Absolutely.".
Struggling to access Battlefield 4's online? You're not the only one. Speaking to the Guardian, EA Studios executive vice president Patrick S#246;derlund has confessed that the publisher needs to work harder to iron out bugs ahead of release - not just for Battlefield, but across its entire line-up.
Brad Welch wants your input on "future stuff".
343's design director Brad Welch is right in the middle of a fascinating Twitter exchange with various players and journalists (hello, Mike Gapper!) about Halo 4's multiplayer design, and (thus) where the franchise at large might head. None of it qualifies as granite-hard intel on the status of Halo for Xbox One, but it may be worth ruminating over. Or indeed, responding to. Welch is a fan of constructive feedback.
"I think as the new console generation develops, there's a lot of new stuff coming," says DR3 man.
Capcom's next generation is off to an admirable start with Dead Rising 3 - arguably the pick of the Xbox One launch exclusives, though hardly the prettiest - but the Japanese publisher has a lot of ground to make up, after a rather wobbly twilight showing on Xbox 360 and PS3.
But "there's nothing on the table for now.".
Yesterday's Shenmue 3 trademark filing may have proven a disgusting hoax, but Sega's clearly not unaware of demand for this and other long-neglected franchises. Perhaps the recently acquired Index Corporation, parent of role-playing games and retro specialist Atlus, can help with that. Speaking to Famitsu, Sega Sammy's chief operating officer Naoya Tsurum has revealed that the publisher is willing to let Atlus loose on the back catalogue.
"We're in the process of making some changes to the Forza Motorsport 5 economy".
Forza Motorsport 5 received a respectable score from us, and many other publications, but its come under fire for its questionable attitude towards microtransactions, its ludicrously priced DLC motors and the time it takes to earn the credits to pay for cars in-game. Developer Turn 10 is looking to make good, however, with some new changes that will begin to roll out almost immediately.
Rockstar throws open Black Friday sale from 28th November to 1st December.
Are you never happier than when you're driving a black car with black windows, wearing black jeans, sunglasses, a black polo shirt and black skate shoes? Firstly, you scare me profoundly, and secondly - you'll probably like Rockstar's Black Friday GTA Online sale, which applies exclusively to funeral wear. Oh, and you can pick up a hunting rifle on the cheap, too.
Microsoft Store preorder listing offers very brief breakdown of gameplay.
Apparently, EA and DICE's Star Wars: Battlefront is out this December. How do I know? The Microsoft Store told me so - it proffers a very obviously not-true release date of 31st December 2013, plus a brief blurb that I will now use as the basis for some very large assumptions.
