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Xbox One game retail case design revealed with 'Forza Motorsport 5'

John Callaham — Fri, 24 May 2013 04:26:09 +0100

Microsoft has revealed what the basic retail case design will look like for its Xbox One game titles with an image of the box for the racing sim Forza Motorsport 5. Read more...

Grand Theft Auto V Special Edition and Collector's Edition announced

John Callaham — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:07:36 +0100

Rockstar Games has announced plans to release both a Special Edition and a Collector's Edition of its upcoming open world action game Grand Theft Auto V with lots of real and in-game exclusive content Read more...

Atari looking to sell off all of its assets in July

John Callaham — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:07 +0100

Atari will try to sell off all of its assets, including the Atari brand name, in a number of separate auctions that will commence sometime in July. Atari is hoping to raise at least $22.2 million. Read more...

Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition coming to PC in July

John Callaham — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:02:06 +0100

High Voltage Software will port the 2011 PS3-Xbox 360 fighting game Mortal Kombat over to the PC, including its post-release DLC content, as the Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition in July. Read more...

Microsoft: Xbox One will include small game and app teams

John Callaham — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:17:09 +0100

Microsoft's Larry Hryb said today in an online chat that the company is "working on a plan" that will allow small game and app developers "to be a part of the future of" the Xbox One console. Read more...

Xbox One to ditch Xbox Live Arcade and Xbox Live Indie Games branding

John Callaham — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:28:43 +0100

Microsoft has confirmed that games made for the Xbox One will simply be labeled as Games on the console's dashboard and that the Xbox Live Arcade and Xbox Live Indie Games labels won't be used. Read more...

Microsoft: We don't think people will be confused by Xbox One's name

John Callaham — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:06:38 +0100

Microsoft Xbox exec Jeff Henshaw says he doesn't think people will be confused by the decision to call the next Xbox console the Xbox One, even though some might think it is a first generation console Read more...

More Xbox One games confirmed, including Ryse

John Callaham — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:38:26 +0100

More games have now been confirmed to be coming to Microsoft's Xbox One game console, including Ryse, a game that was first announced for the Xbox 360 console three years ago. Read more...

Microsoft isn't talking yet about its plans for used games on Xbox One

John Callaham — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:19:01 +0100

Microsoft says it has a plan to allow Xbox One game owners "to trade in and resell games" for the upcoming console - but at the moment, the company isn't ready to dish out any details. Read more...

Xbox One video goes behind the scenes at Microsoft's testing lab

John Callaham — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:49:01 +0100

A new video from Microsoft goes behind the doors of "Studio B" on the Microsoft campus where the Xbox team members worked to create the upcoming Xbox One game console. Read more...

Microsoft reveals more about Xbox One architecture during Twitch.tv panel

John Callaham — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:49:01 +0100

Team members from Microsoft's Xbox team went into more detail on the hardware and software that will be a part of the upcoming Xbox One game console in a post-reveal panel today. Read more...

Call of Duty: Ghosts gets first two trailers

John Callaham — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:41:18 +0100

Activision has released the first gameplay trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts, along with a second trailer that shows some behind-the-scenes development of the upcoming first person shooter. Read more...

Microsoft Xbox One to get Quantum Break and Forza Motorsport 5

John Callaham — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:49:01 +0100

Microsoft has officially announced Forza Motorsport 5 from its in-house developer Turn 10 Studios, along with a sneak peak of Quantum Break from Remedy, developer of Max Payne and Alan Wake. Read more...

Unity game engine goes free for iOS and Android developers, Windows Phone to follow soon

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:25:03 +0100

The Unity game engine, used by many popular apps across different platform, has now become free of charge for Android and iOS developers. Windows Phone 8 and Blackberry 10 will follow soon. Read more...

CastleStorm storms the Xbox 360 on May 29th

John Callaham — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:43:10 +0100

CastleStorm, the long-in-development town defense game from Zen Studios, will finally be released as an Xbox Live Arcade game for the Xbox 360 console on May 29th. Read more...

#XboxMemories currently trending on Twitter ahead of Xbox reveal

John Callaham — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:21:49 +0100

People have been using the hashtag #XboxMemories this morning to share their recollections on Microsoft's outgoing console, with the hashtag briefly trending in some regions. Read more...

Rumor: Some parts suppliers for next Xbox revealed

John Callaham — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:27:55 +0100

A new rumor claims to have identified some of the parts suppliers for Microsoft's next Xbox game console, along with word that mass shipments of the device should start in the third quarter of 2013. Read more...

More game teases pop up ahead of next Xbox reveal Tuesday

John Callaham — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:28:01 +0100

A couple of other announcements have popped up on the Internet today that tease possible new games that could be revealed Tuesday at Microsoft's next Xbox reveal event. Read more...

EA confirms FIFA 14 to be shown during next Xbox reveal

John Callaham — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:58:35 +0100

Electronic Arts has confirmed it will show FIFA 14, the next version of its FIFA pro soccer game series, during Microsoft's next Xbox reveal event on Tuesday, May 21st. Read more...

Sony tries to take some of next Xbox reveal's thunder with PS4 design teaser

John Callaham — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:58:40 +0100

One day before the next Xbox reveal, Sony released a new teaser trailer that shows glimpses of the design for the PlayStation 4 console, with the promise of its full reveal on June 10th at E3 2013 Read more...