With the latest update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Microsoft and 343 Industries have improved the matchmaking component and other functions – also included was Halo 4’s unique Spartan Ops Mode. The cooperative multiplayer mode featured an episodic mission structure and plot progression, and supported up to four players. Master Chief Collection’s enhanced version includes all 10 episodes from the … Read more
Insomniac Games’ Sunset Overdrive just got its first expansion, Mystery of the Mooil Rig, which launched today on Xbox Live for Xbox One. For $9.99, the expansion offers new story missions, side-quests, “Amp” upgrades, weapons, and more. According to Joystiq, Mystery of the Mooil Rig introduces two new forms of movement – the Water Dive and Water Slam Bounce. Water Dive allows … Read more
Walmart is really stepping up its “sell PlayStation 4’s” game this holiday season. The retailer is slashing $70 from the MSRP of Sony’s console with a special in-store pickup offer. Specifically, customers who order their PS4 system online with the intention of picking it up at a physical location will enjoy the discounted price of … Read more
The next batch of free downloads available through Xbox Live’s “Games With Gold” promotion has been announced. For the full month of January, Gold members can download the Live Arcade title D4 from Access Games. For the first half of the month, the free Xbox 360 game is Rainbow Studios’ MX vs. ATV Alive. The second half of … Read more
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto recently discussed some of the present and future plans for Nintendo with the Associated Press; including Wii U software, development of new hardware, and the company’s all-new line of interactive figures – Amiibo. As you may already know, the Amiibo toys have been in such high demand that some of them are nearly … Read more
After all the launch and post-launch woes that were experienced by online players of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Microsoft has announced it will be bringing another installment of the series to the re-made collection – Halo 3: ODST. Bonnie Ross of 343 Industries was pretty straightforward about the issues with Master Chief Collection: The satisfaction and joy of … Read more
Late-season shoppers, take note: Best Buy announced this week that it will be discounting certain PlayStation 4 or Xbox One bundles between now and the end of the year. More specifically, the retailer will provide a $50 gift card to anyone picking up the Assassin’s Creed: Unity Xbox One bundle (which dropped to $350 last month) or the Destiny PlayStation … Read more
Mojang announced that it is bringing an episodic, plot-driven Story Mode – developed by Telltale Games – to its massively successful Minecraft. Minecraft: Story Mode will begin rolling out in 2015, according to the publisher. The episodes will be based in the Minecraft universe, introducing “new characters and familiar themes.” Developer Telltale Games is thrilled about the opportunity to use Minecraft as the … Read more
Renegade Kid’s Jools Watsham has revealed that the Nintendo DS cult hit Dementium: The Ward will be coming to the Nintendo 3DS eShop in “Q2 2015.” Dementium wouldn’t be the first handheld shooter that Renegade Kid put on the 3DS eShop; it brought the NDS game Moon to the digital service in 2013, with the intention to release additional “episodes.” … Read more
Capcom will be bringing enhanced versions of DmC: Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 4 to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in 2015. The first re-release, DmC: Devil May Cry – Definitive Edition, will be an upgraded, re-tooled version of Ninja Theory’s 2013 reboot. The launch date is set for March 17, 2015. Definitive Edition includes all of the downloadable content … Read more
Sony’s premium subscription service, PlayStation Plus, launched a few years ago; ever since it has been one of the best deals in video games. Subscribers are given early access to certain content, including exclusive betas, game demos, and PlayStation Network downloads. Each month, they can also choose to download the full version of several different … Read more
After ten months of trailing Sony’s PlayStation 4 in total units sold, Microsoft’s Xbox One can claim a “victory” – NPD reports for November show that the XB1 ultimately outsold the PS4 during this year’s holiday shopping rush. This actually breaks a ten-month streak that completely favored Sony, dating all the way back to December … Read more
Atlus looks to continue its dedicated support for the Nintendo 3DS, as it revealed earlier this week that its next 3DS release is coming in early 2015. The game in question happens to be Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker, which is a re-make of the Nintendo DS game Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor. Atlus promises almost twice … Read more
Although it currently sits at the top of the NPD sales chart, Activision’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is just not selling as well as its predecessors. According to NPD reports and Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Olson, the Call of Duty series has witnessed a slide in sales – 27 percent over the past three years. To compare, Advanced Warfare sold less than half of … Read more
Today Nintendo of America confirmed that four of its upcoming first-party games will be headed to the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS in early 2015. According to an official press release, “More great games are coming for Nintendo systems in the first part of 2015, including Splatoon, Yoshi’s Wooly World and Kirby and the Rainbow Curse … Read more
The sales of Nintendo’s Amiibo figures are surprising, to say the least – according to Nintendo of America, there is roughly a 1:1 ratio and “attach rate” of Amiibo toys to copies of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. To be more specific, that’s over 710,000 figures – and copies of Super Smash Bros. There are 12 … Read more
Renegade Kid’s Xeodrifter finally arrives on the Nintendo 3DS eShop this week – more specifically, December 11. You may remember Renegade Kid as the developer of Mutant Mudds, one of the handheld’s earliest eShop gems. Xeodrifter looks even bigger and better, with Metroid-inspired action and exploration. The game takes the lone space explorer to several unique planets, and looks to include upgrades … Read more
As slick as the Halo: Master Chief Collection remasters have proven to be, the multiplayer experience on Xbox Live has been anything but smooth since the collection’s November 11 launch. Just a few short days after the last multiplayer patch, 343 Industries issued yet another patch this afternoon, attempting to correct some of the matchmaking issues that … Read more
