Category Archives: Xbox Live

Wed, Jun 19, 2013 | 17:25 BST

Spartacus Legends out next week on XBLA, new trailer released

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Spartacus Legends, the free-to-play brawler from Ubisoft, has a new trailer available below. The XBLA versions of the game released on June 26 with the PSN release “coming soon.”

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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 | 12:05 BST

Killer Instinct: Xbox One season pass confirmed, paid fight roster discussed

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Killer Instinct has received a bit of flack since it was announced for Xbox One, mainly because it’s now a free-to-play game that charges players for additional character. Everyone gets Jago for free, but developer Double Helix Games has argued that the game’s fight roster has been kept small because gamers don’t want a lot of fighters.

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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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Mon, Jun 17, 2013 | 14:48 BST

Crackdown: Spencer wants to see series return when both time and team are right

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Crackdown 3 was rumoured for an E3 showing after an Agility Orb logo was spotted during Microsoft’s Xbox One reveal even in May, but it never showed up. Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer has said given the right time and team, he wants to see the series return.

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Mon, Jun 17, 2013 | 10:07 BST

Microsoft will “absolutely not” block Xbox One games if your Live account is banned, says Nelson

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Microsoft’s community figure Major Nelson has stated that the company will not block your library of Xbox One games should your Xbox Live account become banned. The statement was given at E3 last week and comes as confusion clouds the matter.

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Mon, Jun 17, 2013 | 09:51 BST

Minecraft Xbox One: Microsoft now discussing 360 save transfers with studio

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Minecraft Xbox One studio 4J Studios is now in talks with Microsoft over the possibility of save transfers between the Xbox 360 game and incoming next-gen edition. Last week it was both confirmed and denied that the saves would work, which confused a lot of people. We’ve got some clarity here.

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Sat, Jun 15, 2013 | 17:23 BST

Wargaming accepting applications for World of Tanks Xbox 360 beta

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World of Tanks will be going into beta for Xbox 360, and Wargaming is accepting applications. An Xbox Live Gold account is required to participate in it. The game will be free-to-play with an XBL Gold memberships when it launches this summer, but Silver members will be able to try out a demo to see if it warrants a Gold membership for them. A video for the beta is below.

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Fri, Jun 14, 2013 | 19:34 BST

Splinter Cell: Blacklist director on terrorism, patriotism

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At E3 2013, Catherine Cai sat down with Splinter Cell: Blacklist creative director Maxime Béland to discuss the game. Eventually, she broached a subject she’d been curious about for a long time.

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Fri, Jun 14, 2013 | 16:59 BST

Storm now available for Xbox Live, out next week on PSN

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indiePub Entertainment and Namco Bandai has announced the release of Storm for Xbox Live.

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Fri, Jun 14, 2013 | 12:41 BST

Xbox One game libraries can be shared with non-family members, says Spencer

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Xbox One may not be as heavy-handed with content restriction as it first appears, according to some new chatter from Microsoft’s Phil Spencer. He has said in a new interview that players will be able to share their game library with people outside their household.

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Fri, Jun 14, 2013 | 08:34 BST

“Oddworld wasn’t built on selling out”, Lanning explains why New ‘N Tasty won’t hit Xbox One & 360

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Oddworld co-creator Lorne Lanning has explained why his ‘New ‘N Tasty’ remake of Abe’s Oddysee will not hit Xbox 360 or Xbox One in a new interview. In short; Microsoft still isn’t letting developers self-publish on its platforms, so he’s not buckling.

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Thu, Jun 13, 2013 | 19:33 BST

Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death in development for XBLA

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Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death has leaked, apparently. The game first popped up in January through a trademark listing. Shots of the leaked images can be found on NeoGAF which lists it as an XBLA title. Sadly, all we know about it at the moment can be found through the leaked images. Once we know more we will let you know.

Thu, Jun 13, 2013 | 09:36 BST

Xbox Live Achievements changing – new Challenges, rewards and more

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Microsoft has overhauled the Achievements system, adding a second tier of non-Gamerscore affective challenges among other changes.

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