After months and months of speculation, the next Xbox, the Xbox One, was revealed today at a special event held at Microsoft’s Redmond campus. While they didn’t reveal every specific detail of the new console, Microsoft did show enough to get a good idea of what it’s all about. Here’s the console that will power the next generation of games and entertainment when it launches later this year.
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Listen up, Vault Hunters! The latest character DLC for Gearbox’s Borderlands 2, ‘Krieg the Psycho’, is available for purchase.
Krieg focuses on melee attacks with a heavy reliance on the fire element. His Action Skill, the ‘Buzz Axe Rampage’, increases melee damage and movement speed. Killing an enemy with the Buzz Axe Rampage will instantly increase your health.
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Mega-publisher Electronic Arts introduced an ‘Online Pass’ system back in June, 2010 with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11. This continued with their following games, including Battlefield 3, MoH: Warfighter, NFS: Hot Pursuit, and the FIFA and NHL series of titles.
The Online Pass – an obvious attempt by the publisher at monetizing the used game market – gave people who bought a brand-new EA-published game access to all of its online features. Those who purchased a game second-hand or borrowed a game, however, would need to buy a $10 Online Pass for the title in order to access the online aspects of the game, including multiplayer.
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At today’s Google I/O conference, the search giant announced and launched ‘Google Play Game Services’, allowing game developers to easily add multiplayer gaming, achievements, leaderboards, and cloud save capabilities to their games, whether on Android, iOS, web, or any other online platform.
Microsoft Points, the currency system that is currently used to purchase digital content across the firms various marketplaces (including Xbox LIVE), is about to become a thing of the past when they switch it out in favor of a real currency, credit, debit and gift card-based system.
The next game in what is arguably the most popular driving video game franchise has been announced today and the first details released.
Coming to a PlayStation 3 near you this holiday season, Gran Turismo 6 is set to up the anti when it comes to new content, according to GT creator Kazunori Yamauchi speaking at an event held today at the iconic British racetrack Silverstone to celebrate 15 years of the 70-million-selling series.
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Watch Dogs is an information warfare-based, open-world sandbox game from Ubisoft that will feature a full-blown multiplayer mode set in the mean streets of Chicago, though final details on the mutiplayer part of the game are being kept under lock and key for now. Actually, we know very little about Watch Dogs’ multiplayer so far.
However, in a recent interview conducted by IGN with Dominic Guay, a producer at Ubisoft, the developer revealed the first few details as to how Watch Dogs’ multiplayer will work and what part Mr Aiden Pierce, the games main protagonist will play.
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“We do our DLC‘s a bit differently with Defiance,” said Nathan Richardsson, executive producer on Defiance, in a recent community update blog post.
The massive, multi-platform third-person shooter is to receive five DLC packs over the next twelve months.
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Developers Deep Silver and Volition have let rip with a new Saints Row 4 trailer showcasing all-new in-game footage for the upcoming, over-the-top, open-world shooter. As the President of the United States of America, you are a presidential ass-kicker delivering justice Saints-style to the invading alien empire, the Zin. Your out of this world powers are second-to-none, as is your ability to deliver the perfect nut-shot.
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Ubisoft released the Spies Vs. Mercs announcment trailer last week, confirming that the multiplayer game mode would be making a return with Splinter Cell: Blacklist when it launches later this year on August 20th. Today, the team have released some more Spies Vs. Mercs gameplay. This time around though, the dev team take you through what’s going down in the gameplay with a running commentary.
