Category: Microsoft
Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare Gameplay Trailer
Branching out from the previous Plants Vs. Zombies games, Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare will be a third-person shooter that with up to four player co-operative multiplayer missions, titled “Garden Ops”. It will also feature 12 vs. 12 competitive multiplayer madness across 10 different maps titled: “Garden & Graveyards” and “Team Vanquish”. In “Gardens & Graveyards”, […]
Killer Instinct Launch Trailer Has Arrived
Killer Instinct will launch on the Xbox One as a free-to-play downloadable digital game tonight. Quite a few gamers that were deemed worthy enough actually received the Season One characters for free for being a loyal customer. What those qualifications were, who knows? But it is pretty awesome that Microsoft did give this out for […]
Prepare To Ryse To Power
Continuing our coverage of the Xbox One launch videos, we have yet another exclusive Xbox One title to show you: Ryse: Son Of Rome. While I don’t want to go as far to say this game is one of the reasons people will buy the Xbox One at launch, I will say that this game is looking […]
See How Zoo Tycoon Has Been Re-Imagined
Harnessing the power of Microsoft’s Xbox One console, the developers Frontiers Development have released a new trailer where the programmers, art designers, and design directors of the launch title Zoo Tycoon talk about bringing this historic franchise to console gamers. Players will see all sorts of animals throughout their journey to create one of the best […]
Dead Rising 3’s Launch Trailer
What better way to kick on the Xbox One system release than to get a look at one the launch trailers for the exclusive Dead Rising 3? For continuum junkies, this game takes place almost 12 years after the events in Dead Rising 2. New added features is a “simpler” mode that won’t rush people […]
New Trailer For Dying Light Shows Off New Lighting System
It has been a while since we’ve covered Techland & Warner Bro’s upcoming zombie action title Dying Light. Yesterday the publisher released a brand new trailer showcasing a reworked lighting engine, based upon Techland’s Chrome Engine 6 this brief trailer shows off some really realistic lighting conditions in a highly detailed city-scape. According to Warner […]
Warner Bros Interactive Announces Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor
Warner Bros Interactive has announced a brand new Lord of the Rings videogame with the reveal of Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. A third person action game, Mordor casts the player as Talion a range whom is killed while battling the forces of Mordor. As he draws his final breath Talion is revived by the […]
Say Goodbye to Ubisoft’s UPlay ‘Service’
Whether you call them ‘online passes’ or ‘services’ initiatives like Electronic Art’s Project ten dollar and Ubisoft’s U-Play platform have been despised by some in the gaming community for gating off content from those who buy their games used. It looks like Ubisoft is following in the footsteps of EA and cancelling their U-Play passport […]
Surprise! You Can Battle Aliens In COD: Ghost’s Extinction Mode
It looks like copies of Call of Duty: Ghosts are already out in the wild. Considering the game is due out in a week’s time, this should come as a surprise to no one. What is a bit of a surprise, is the reveal of Extinction Mode, a sort of replacement for the ever popular […]
Pricing Details On Killer Instinct For Xbox One
Best Buy was hosting an event over the weekend to get to try the Xbox One. We showed up just at closing time and got to try out Killer Instinct before they wrapped up for the day. To my surprise the reps did know pricing for the characters. For those who don’t know, the new […]
LEGO Marvel Super Hereos Swings Into Retail
A collection of Marvel Super Heroes from a number of franchises, including the X-Men, the Avengers, Fantastic Four & more swing into action with the launch of Lego Marvel Super Heroes on Xbox 360, PS3, PC, 3DS and other platforms. Developed by long time LEGO videogame series veterans, Traveler’s Tales, this latest game pits the […]
Rumor: Alien Isolation In Development At Creative Assembly
The long running Aliens franchise is set to return to our living rooms next year in the form of a brand new video game being developed by the studio behind Total War, Creative Assembly. Titled Alien: Isolation, this new first person shooter has reportedly been in development for some time for both current gen (PS3 […]
How Swap Force Characters Are Used In Skylanders
You’ve already been to the stores, found all the Swap Force figures you’ve been looking for (hopefully) and set up your Skylanders army for the new game before their mighty portal of power! So what exactly do those new swapable figures do? I’m glad you asked. After the break I’ll go into detail what the […]
Microsoft Details DirectX 11.2
Microsoft released a blog post today urging Developers across the board to make use of their new Direct3D 11.2, which is set to ship with Windows 8.1 as well as have a superset that will feature on the Xbox One.
Microsoft’s Games With Gold Becomes Permanent
Microsoft’s apparent answer to Sony’s Playstation Plus service has been extended indefinitely, according to a blog post the company posted today. Microsoft also claimed users have spent over 120 million hours playing the games provided by the Games with Gold service, though made no indication as to whether or not these figures were captured in […]