Category: Microsoft
Inside the Square: New Documentary Behind the Scenes of a Final Fantasy Title
Have you ever wanted to get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a game? How about a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a Final Fantasy game at Square Enix? In 25 years the team at Square Enix have never had a behind-the-scenes look at how the games in the franchise are created. That […]
Need For Speed Franchise Now In The Hands of EA Ghost
EA’s premier racing franchise has had a bit of an identity crisis the past few years, switching from recent developer Criterion to other studios under the EA umbrella. It looks like a little bit of continuity will be coming to the franchise in future installments starting with the upcoming Need For Speed: Rivals thanks to […]
Rockstar Opens the Airwaves and Details GTA V Radio Stations
After yesterday’s release of the Grand Theft Auto V official trailer, Rockstar Games released a preview of the radio stations and music that will be found within the game when it is released in just a few weeks. The song heard in the trailer was also revealed after the company had a lot of requests […]
Rainbow Six: Vegas & MTG 2013 Free on Xbox This September
Free games make the world go ‘round, okay maybe not but they make even the most bitter days just a little bit sweeter. The next two free games in Microsoft’s ‘game with gold’ program have been announced as Ubisoft’s 2006 tactical shooter Rainbow Six: Vegas and the 2013 edition of Magic The Gathering. MTG will […]
Grand Theft Auto V Official Trailer Reveal
Rockstar Games released the official trailer for upcoming Grand Theft Auto V just a few minutes ago. The trailer doesn’t really reveal anything new that we don’t already know about the game, but does look beautiful. GTA V will be released on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 on September 17th. Take a look […]
Microsoft Retires Microsoft Points Today
Today is the day. Microsoft has now officially switched from using Microsoft Points for purchasing downloadable games and content to real world currency. The switch will happen across all Xbox Live regions and will automatically convert any existing balance or newly-entered Points card into your local currency. The Xbox Live Marketplace now lists all prices […]
Skylander Figures Top Sales in 2013
Activision announced last week that Skylanders figures outsold all action-figure properties in the U.S. and Europe so far in 2013. The property outpaced all toy properties overall in the U.K. year-to-date as of June 30, 2013 according to a release from Activision. The Skylanders franchise has generated more than $1.5 billion in worldwide retail sales […]
Rockstar Shares New GTA V Screens
With the game getting closer and closer to release, Rockstar Games continues to release new screens from the upcoming game. Take a look at eight new screen shots from the game. Also newly added to the Rockstar blog about the game are a few new details about content within the game. The Los Santos & […]
Konami to Update 3DS Castlevania in HD
Konami announced today that they will be updating Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate in HD for release on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. The game was originally released for the Nintendo 3DS earlier this year. In the game, it is the end of days and ungodly powers isolate the Earth. The […]
Skylanders: SWAP Force Easy Going On Collectors
The info below comes from an E3 2013 interview with Gamespot. It is assumed information from this interview alone as well as confirming that older characters do indeed work in SWAP Force as the official site notes in their FAQ. Skylanders collectors probably won’t have any issue with picking up new SWAP Force figures when […]
Thief Gets out in February
Square Enix and Eidos-Montréal have announced that Thief will be released for Windows PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360 on February 25th, 2014 in North America and February 28, 2014 in Europe and PAL territories. The game centres around Garrett the Master Thief who is entangled in the growing layers of […]
Grand Theft Auto 5 Online Revealed
Rockstar Games took the cover off the online mode for Grand Theft Auto V this morning, including a demo video detailing some of the finer points of the features. Take a look at the rundown below as well as the video release. Grand Theft Auto Online is a dynamic and persistent online world for 16 […]
Microsoft Changes Course On Kinect For Xbox One
You need not worry about the mandatory Kinect policy Microsoft announced earlier in the year. It was only a little while after E3 that Microsoft reversed their DRM policies for the Xbox One and now the company has changed tone once again, stating the users will be able to turn off the motion sensor in […]
Saint’s Row IV Million Dollar Wad Wad Edition Announced
Multiple special editions of new games are nothing new but can we interest you in a one-off collector’s edition that will cost one million dollars? What first seemed like a joke, Saint’s Row IV: The Super Dangerous Wad Wad Edition appears on UK retailer GAME’s official website. For a cold million dollars The Super Dangerous […]
Xbox Live Family Plan No More As of Aug 27th
We’ve known for a while now that the Xbox Live Family Plan was going to be no more sometime starting this summer and now subscribers have received notice that the axe will fall on their plan on August 27th. Xbox Live Family Plan allowed up to four accounts (one parent, three child) to share an […]