Microsoft announced yesterday that Xbox Live Gold members can download Insomniac Games’ Sunset Overdrive for Xbox One at 40% off the standard price, for a limited time. This discount drops the $60 tag to roughly $36 – not a bad deal for one of the better Xbox One exclusives of 2014. Three new “Buck National” Achievements have … Read more
2K Games announced yesterday that the open multiplayer beta for its upcoming shooter Evolve has gone live – exclusively on Xbox One. Participants in the open beta can play the standard “Hunt” mode; new Monsters and Hunters can be unlocked and carried over to the full version of Evolve when it launches on February 10th. On January 17th, the open … Read more
Now that the holidays are over and we have officially kicked off a new calendar year, all the buzz from the crazy shopping season and annual end-of-the-year reflection is beginning to quiet down. The first few months of any new year are generally slow for new game releases, but January 2015 looks to continue right along with the most … Read more
The multiplayer beta for Halo 5: Guardians received an update Friday, adding a new game mode, maps, weapons and more. The two previous maps in Slayer mode, “Truth” and “Empire,” are being rotated out – “Regret” and “Eden” are being introduced, with all players starting each round with a Battle Rifle. The primary power weapon … Read more
Bungie revealed some absolutely ridiculous stats about Destiny players and the amount of time spent in the game since its release. According to Bungie and Activision, there are almost 13 million Destiny players collectively on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network – more specifically, PSN IDs or Gamertags that have “jumped on and played Destiny.” Get ready for some even bigger … Read more
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
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
To reflect on the past year in video games, 2014 has been…to put it lightly, kind of a disappointment. As the first full year for the “new-gen” PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, I feel like both Sony and Microsoft could have come out a bit stronger. Nintendo’s hardware sales are still nothing to brag about … 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
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
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
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
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
Yesterday Bandai Namco Games revealed its “last-gen” blockbuster hit, Dark Souls II, is getting an enhanced “new-gen” version – Scholar of the First Sin. It was only a matter of time, right? The updated game will arrive on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One early next year – April 7, 2015 to be exact. Dark Souls II arrived earlier … Read more
To celebrate the Xbox One’s first birthday, Microsoft has announced that Xbox Live Gold members will be able to download Sunset Overdrive on Xbox One for free starting tomorrow, November 22. Insomniac Games’ rambunctious action game will be free for all Gold members on the 22nd, but only for one day, so don’t forget to queue up the download … Read more
