Traveller's Tales is looking for someone to share in an adventure...
LEGO The Hobbit is, indeed, a Real Thing that will at some point be playable on a console near you. Publisher Warner Bros has announced the game for current and next generation release in spring 2014, following a rumour to this effect over the weekend. Care for a few screenshots?
Remedy calls on Dimensional Imaging's DI4D face-scanning tech.
Xbox One exclusive Quantum Break will make use of a nifty piece of face-scanning technology known as DI4D, created by Scottish middleware company Dimensional Imaging. As explained by the latter's CEO Colin Urquhart in the latest issue of OXM, DI4D allows developers to scan actors in three dimensions while they perform, and thus represents "the highest fidelity of facial motion capture that's available on the market".
Take a look at retro Orchid, Jago, and Sabrewulf.
You guys, my thumb really hurts. Like, REALLY hurts. I played Killer Instinct pretty much all of yesterday, and I'd forgot how much quarter circles on D-pads punish the fleshy pads on your fingers. Perhaps the sight of new character art for killer cyborg Fulgore (via the official Killer Instinct Prima art book) will help ease my pain.
Offer applies till 30th January, requires 2014-bound headset-adapter.
What are you doing right now - staring disconsolately at your Xbox 360 Turtle Beach headset, pondering its distinct want of next generationness? Two things: one, I can only assume somebody's reading this aloud to you, while you glare mournfully at a bit of out-moded tech; and two, don't worry, Turtle Beach will send you an Xbox One adapter for your headset free of charge.
Forza Motorsport 5 is the most popular Xbox One exclusive.
Listen carefully and you can actually hear a million bank balances cry out in terror - for a lot of us, that had to be one of the most expensive weekends in recent memory. Hot on the heels of the news that the Xbox One sold over a million consoles in less than 24 hours comes the news that the new console is outselling its predecessor, the Xbox 360, at a rate of 2 to 1.
US trademark for "Bully" last updated July 2013.
Which long-awaited Rockstar sequel can you least bear to wait for at this point? Red Dead Redemption 2? Max Payne 4? Bully 2? Seemingly, the latter of these is next on the menu. The studio's parent company Take-Two Interactive has filed a new trademark with the European Union trademarks and designs office for the emblem of Bully's decrepit educational institution, Bullworth Academy, in a clear indication that the IP has some sort of future.
Anything that you want to know, from just a beginner to a pro...
Lets finish this very Xbox One flavoured launch weekend with a look to the future, shall we? Microsoft have unveiled -care of their Xbox Wire blog- a teaser trailer of some of the games coming to the Xbox in the near future.
"This isn't the comeback story we were hoping for this year".
We may be a nation more famous for a kickabout, but folks who prefer basketball were reasonably well served with the launch of Xbox One with two games based around the sport. Sadly, it seems one of them - namely EA's NBA Live 14 - has not gone down well with fans.
The links of a new generation.
Here we are then, in our brave new post-Xbox One release world, with a new spruced up home no less. We've all been admiring our surroundings and getting used to our new suit - I'm still slightly terrified I'm going to press one of the new buttons back here that gives the site self-awareness. Eep.
"It feels to me that we have passed that dreaded uncanny valley in many ways".
Remedy's latest action adventure Quantum Break is slowly starting to come into focus, with more and more details trickling in about the mysterious adventure. During the Xbox One launch we caught a brief glimpse of gameplay, and now Sam Lake, head honcho and former face of Max Payne, has been talking about the game's cross-media approach.
"Machinima sequence" showcases cast of Lightning's latest adventure.
Lightning Returns, the latest instalment of the Final Fantasy 13 series, has just launched in Japan. Sadly, we're going to have to wait a little bit longer before it's out over this side of the globe, but to tide us over, Square Enix have produced a teaser trailer of sorts in the meantime.
Microsoft working to get replacement consoles out to those affected as soon as possible.
"The course of true love never did run smooth" wrote ol' Billy Shakespeare. The same, it seems, can be said for new console launches as although a lot of Xbox One consoles have been sold, a number of people are reporting issues with their Blu-Ray disk drives.
Super and Ultra combos showcased by Capcom.
In the whirlwind of Xbox One related excitement this weekend, let's not forget there's still plenty to come for Xbox 360 - including a return to the world of street fighting fisticuffs in Ultra Street Fighter 4.
"Player Appreciation Week" announced to reward players for their patience.
Launching a game on a new generation of consoles is never easy - and being the developer of an incredibly popular multiplayer game that crosses two of them must be harder still. Spare a thought then for the folks of EA DICE who are currently trying to address reports of issues appearing on the shiny new upgraded versions of Battlefield 4.
Microsoft celebrates "Biggest launch in Xbox history".
As the dust clears on the hullabaloo that was the worldwide launch of Xbox One this past Friday it transpires that over a million Xbox One consoles have been sold in the last 24 hours, Microsoft has announced. They'll be popping the champagne this weekend, then.
Lego addicts won't be bricking this Hobbit yet.
Good news for fans of magic rings and and Hobbits, because it appears next year we'll be taking a return trip back into Lego's block interpretation of Middle Earth, if an advert included in recent Lego playsets is anything to go by.
The games industry's finest words and pictures, going for a song.
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EA to fix problems with day one update.
The Xbox One version of FIFA 14 isn't quite match-fit just yet, it seems. EA is working on an Xbox Live update for a number of problems, including a crashing bug that's related to the usage of two controllers at once, and an online bug that may happen when you resume play after suspending the console.
And what to do if your console freezes.
Every console launch has its teething troubles, and the Xbox One's release is no exception. We've been contacted by a number of buyers who say they can't get their Xbox One games to install. Here are a few tips to help you circumnavigate that particular wobble, as derived from various Xbox Support Twitter updates.
"Humour is very personal. Some people love it, some people hate it.".
Another day, another inconclusive discussion with DICE about the future of Battlefield's Bad Company spin-offs. Speaking to OXM at the BAFTAs last month, Battlefield 4's executive producer Patrick Bach insisted once again that the subfranchise hasn't gone away, but cautioned that Bad Company's idiosyncratic sense of humour makes it a harder sell.
