Category Archives: Xbox 360

Wed, Jun 19, 2013 | 10:51 BST

Rayman Legends Wii U was delayed over poor sales projections

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Rayman Legends suffered a well-documented delay earlier this year, and Ubisoft has come forward to say that the Wii U build was postponed following poor sales projections of the title.

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Wed, Jun 19, 2013 | 10:44 BST

Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina DLC weapons revealed, mad fantasy names included

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Borderlands 2 developer Gearbox Software has released a gallery of weapon images from the game’s fourth DLC pack, Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon’s Keep. They all have mad fantasy RPG names like ‘Casual SWORDSPLOSION!!!’ and look quite lethal.

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Wed, Jun 19, 2013 | 09:54 BST

Murdered: Soul Suspect gameplay footage shows cases, powers and Dusk realm

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Murdered: Soul Suspect developer Airtight Games has showcased raw footage of the game running in a 15-minute video.

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Wed, Jun 19, 2013 | 08:57 BST

Molyneux and Walking Dead writer head-to-head interview talks stories, emotion & more

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The Walking Dead lead writer Sean Vanaman and 22 Cans founder Peter Molyneux have interviewed each other on topics such as writing, character, story and emotion.

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Wed, Jun 19, 2013 | 08:27 BST

Destiny: match-making, public areas and social interaction discussed by Bungie

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Destiny’s persistent world is full of online features running constantly in the background, but Bungie doesn’t necessarily see it as an MMO. Lead engineer Chris Butcher has discussed how the game’s match-making, public areas, dynamic events and social features work within its ambitious world.

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Wed, Jun 19, 2013 | 02:59 BST

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z isn’t just Ninja Gaiden meets Dead Rising

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Creator Keiji Inafune feels zombie-slicing ninja title Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z is more than just a natural blend of two established titles.

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Wed, Jun 19, 2013 | 01:52 BST

Deadpool also includes an appearance from Rogue

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Activision has detailed another guest character appearing in the upcoming Deadpool – everyone’s favourite X-men star, Rogue.

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Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 20:57 BST

Dragon Age: Inquisition’s open-world is “pretty ambitious,” says BioWare GM

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Dragon Age: Inquisition’s open-world is “pretty ambitious,” according to BioWare general manager Aaryn Flynn.

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Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 18:26 BST

Black Ops 2: Vengeance Map Pack out in July, teaser video released

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Activision has released a preview video for Vengeance, the third DLC Map Pack available for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Rumored earlier this week, the map pack includes four new multiplayer maps: Cove, Detour, Rush, and Uplink, a reimagining of the classic map Summit. Also included is the brand new Zombies adventure Buried, which features the new bonus Zombies weapon, the Ray Gun Mark II. Vengeance arrives first on Xbox Live July 2, with other platforms to follow.
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Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 17:27 BST

Mad Max wasn’t the project God of War 2 lead Cory Barlog worked on at Avalanche

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Mad Max was not the Avalanche Studios project God of War 2 lead Cory Barlog worked on, according to the firm’s CEO Christofer Sundberg.

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Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 15:09 BST

Saints Row 4: future tools of destruction

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Saints Row 4 is the stupidest game you’ll play this year. Phil Owen spent some of E3 punching haters in the dick and speaking to Volition’s creative director. As you do.

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Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 15:18 BST

Fallout 4 shown behind-closed-doors at E3 – rumor

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Fallout 4 is the rumor du jour today, with Bubblenews reporting that Bethesda showed the game behind-closed-doors to select press at E3 last week. Follow through the break for more on this, along with your daily dose of salt.

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Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 14:35 BST

Coming soon to XBL Marketplace: Chronicles of Mystara, Doodle Jimp Kinect, more

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Microsoft has updated it offerings coming to XBL Marketplace, and it kicks off today with deals on PopCap games, a Sega Publisher Sale, and a Black Ops Sale and more. Full update below.

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Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 14:21 BST

Mars: War Logs update fixes English localization issue, is 33% off on Steam today

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Mars: War Logs was released in late April on PC and the console versions were to follow soon, however, developer Spider Studio held off onthe release in order to fix English localization issues which plagued the PC release.

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Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 14:07 BST

GAME to open Xbox store in London on June 20

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GAME has announced it will open an Xbox specific store in London in order to showcase Xbox related products.

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Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 14:00 BST

Fable 3 will be free until June 30, not part of Microsoft’s Games with Gold incentive

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Microsoft has said Fable 3 will be free until June 30 through Xbox Live Gold, and it is not part of its Games with Gold incentive which was announced during Mircosoft’s E3 briefing last week. Come July 1, Gold subs will get two free games as per the announcement: Assassin’s Creed 2 and Halo 3. Microsoft hasn’t said whether both games will be released in tangent or not, but upon availability, the digital download will be the players to keep as long as they wish “no matter what.” Via Gamespot.

Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 11:49 BST

State of Decay: survival sandbox mode & Steam version in the works

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State of Decay is the monstrously fast-selling XBLA title from Undead Labs, and although they’ve done gangbusters already, the team isn’t stopping just yet. The studio has confirmed it is working on a pure sandbox survival mode and a Steam edition as well.

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Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 18:36 BST

Xbox One: 10x more powerful than 360, more with cloud

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Xbox One was showcased on Jimmy Fallon recently, and during the show Microsoft’s Phil Spencer said the console was three times as powerful as Xbox 360. Given the leap of 512MB RAM to 8GB those maths simply don’t stack up. Spencer has now taken to Twitter to correct what he said.

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Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 18:34 BST

Black Ops 2: Vengeance DLC spotted, map names revealed

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2′s third DLC pack is rumoured to be called ‘Vengeance’, as suggested by a piece of promotional art spotted online.

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Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 10:25 BST

Titanfall: Xbox One’s cloud computing helped Respawn think differently, says Zampella

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Titanfall developer Respawn Entertainment is using Xbox One and Windows 8′s cloud computing technology to enhance its debut shooter. Announced at E3, the game is heavily interwoven with online aspects, and studio founder Vince Zampella has discussed the power of the cloud in a new interview.

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