Category: Microsoft

Halo 3 free for Xbox Live Gold

Bungie’s Halo 3 will be the free game available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers until 31/10/2013.

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Watch Dogs, The Crew, Held Back Until 2014

Hotly anticipated Ubisoft titles Watch Dogs as well as The Crew are being postponed until next year – Spring 2014 for Watch Dogs and an ambiguous fiscal year 2015, meaning it could release as early as April 2014. Ubisoft released a statement concerning the delay. “Our ambition from the start with Watch Dogs has been […]

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Saint’s Row IV New DLC Details

Saint’s Row IV new DLC will be releasing this October the 23rd, owners of the Season’s Pass will automatically receive the DLC, titled Enter the Dominatrix, a mockumentary style expansion that was originally going to be part of Saint’s Row: The Third, but was decided to be large enough to be its own standalone game.

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Thief Gets New Gameplay Footage

Some of the first new gameplay footage of the Thief reboot has surfaced at long last. For a game that still has just under 5 months until release, it’s looking quite sleek.

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Far Cry 4 confirmed by Composer

Following the news from Ubisoft’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and sales that Far Cry 3‘s success had ensured a sequel, it appears that prominent television and film composer Cliff Martinez has been tapped to create the score for the game.

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Assassin’s Creed IV Gets Season’s Pass

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag hasn’t even been released yet but Ubisoft is primed and ready to sell you additional content through the newly announced season’s pass. Available for $19.99 USD this pass entitles owners to a set of mini-missions, skins, weapons and other optional components. It will be available on next gen consoles including […]

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Injustice: Gods Among Us Version 1.06 Patch Notes

Probably a recurring question if you follow my Second Dimension: The Warriors Code interviews is the topic of patching fighters. On the 24th in the game’s official website, the notes for version 1.06 of Injustice: Gods Among Us was released and as usual, an inferno of praises and crying (mostly crying) soon followed. While usually […]

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MGS V “Tagging Demo” Is Absolutely Fantastic

Hideo Kojima’s next Metal Gear Solid title has had an enigmatic development cycle, originally revealed at  PAX 2012 and then followed up by a seemingly related mystery trailer at the Spike VGAs last year, fans have waited with baited breath for more information about the game. With the Tokyo Games Show coming to a close we’ve finally […]

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Rumor: GTA V Online To Feature Microtransactions

By exploiting a glitch that allows players to access the store section of Grand Theft Auto V players have gained access to some files stored on RockStar’s servers. These files include a text dump for an item called the  “Red Shark Cash Card”. Valued at $100,000 in-game currency, this virtual stack of cash is good […]

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Sega Purchases Index Corp, Owners of Atlus, For $141M

Index Corp, the troubled owner of third party publisher Atlus, has agreed to sell off their stake in the popular company to SEGA for the equivalent of $141 million dollars. Should everything go well the newly formed Sega Dream Corporation will take ownership of Index’s intellectual property and business operations no later than November 1st. […]

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Microsoft Says You Shouldn’t Place Xbox One Upright

Whenever we’ve seen the Xbox One on display, either in promotional shots or during major events, the console has always been positioned flat.       So if you’re looking to save some space in your entertainment center by standing your brand new Xbox upright you may be doing so at your own risk. In a brief quote […]

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Grand Theft Auto V – Just Wow!

Naturally, if you’re eager to just dive in and play the game, skip this and pick up a copy. Not many spoilers follow but there is some early game info here. I figured GTA V would impress me. That I’d be pleased how it was a bit more advanced than GTA IV. All I can […]

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WayForward Launches Kickstarter for HD Shantae Game

WayForward is the latest game developer to turn to Kickstarter looking to crowd fund their latest project. The game will be a new and original game in the Shantae series and will be in HD for home consoles. WayForward has developed more than 200 licensed titles over the last 23 years, the most recent being […]

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Xbox One Launches November 22nd 2013

Microsoft announced today that their next-gen console will be released on November 22nd. The system, which it seems is unable to be pre-ordered anywhere anymore, retails for $500. This launch includes the initial launch markets of Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, UK, and USA. More markets will follow […]

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Magicians And Looters Is An Xbox Indie Gem

I’m usually always poking around at various indie games on the Xbox Live Marketplace. While I really should write up about a lot more of my favourites, there’s definitely one recent addition that Metroidvania fans should check out. The demo takes place after the games intro which involves the three main characters, two siblings and […]

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