A major new feature with the Xbox One controller has to be the addition of haptic feedback in the new impulse triggers.
MajorNelson has recently spoken to Forza 5’s Dan Greenawalt about what you can expect to see in Forza 5, and how it will possibly help make you a better racer once it is released.
Have a watch below, it’s rather interesting.
Xbox have put out a direct feed gameplay video showing Xbox One’s Forza 5 in action.
In it, you get to witness the gorgeous Pagani Huayra take on the equally stunning snowcapped Bernese Alps.
The new footage showcases the brand new gameplay engine running at 1080p resolution and 60 frames per second and looks to be a huge improvement over its predecessor.
Check out the video below:
In a new video covering Kinect 2.0, Microsoft’s Phil Harrison has stated that the new Kinect, (Kinect 2.0), will be powerful enough to understand two different voices at once, and  that it will also be able to read your lips whilst playing in the dark.
It will also be a million times better than the current iteration when it comes to recognising the gamers face. Kinect 2.0 will layer 1400 points to create a 3d image of the players face, which in turn will be used to good effect on the players in-game avatar.
Pretty close to witchcraft if you ask me!
The official Forza site has recently dropped details of 21 new cars which will be hitting Forza 5 on it’s Xbox One launch day release.
To go alongside the 26 already announced vehicles, they are promising to release further cars each and every week until we finally get our hands on what is looking like the greatest racer ever produced.
The new cars are as follows:
Following on from the massive success of the two previous Batman Arkham games, Arkham Origins is due to be with us shortly…….25th October to be exact.
A new trailer showing the new playable character Deathstroke’s gameplay, has now hit these shores. Showcasing the new ‘No Money Down’ predator challenge, the rather exciting ‘100-to-1’ combat challenge gameplay mode and a few gorgeous skins, Batman fans and gamers alike will want to get in on a bit of this action.
Check out the Deathstroke trailer below
Two fighters are released today, but only one will cost you money! How’s that for a bargain.
If you’re a Borderlands, Bioshock or XCOM fan, then the next 7 days are looking very promising. For the next week, the following DLC items are available with 50% of the usual price:
Just announced by Microsoft, the first part of October’s Games With Gold promotion will see Might & Magic Clash of Heroes available for free.
Splinter Cell Blacklist has just been treated to a fair bit of downloadable content.
Retailing at £4.69, the Homeland Pack brings you a couple of new Co-op maps, some equipment, suits and a load more.
The following are all included in the small download:
IGN have been running a series of rather superb Xbox One ‘Ask Microsoft Anything’ articles over the last few weeks.
Today’s question and answers are now out, and with it come a sneak peek at some of the latest Xbox One Gamerpics. 300 in all will be available at launch and they look very nice indeed. A marked improvement over our current console pics, these new ones seem to show a large variety of info including how many followers you have, your gamerscore, your rep and how long you’ve been an Xbox Live member.
This week’s Friday release sees Marlow Briggs and the Mask of the Death hit the Xbox Live Arcade
Another year, another dollar.
FIFA 14 is out on the 24th September (27th in the UK), but as always, EA are giving early access to those with their Season Ticket.
Subscribe to the pass today for only £16.99, and you’ll get yourself a whole years worth of goodies, most noticeably an early access download for FIFA 14.
There’s no other word for it, the latest Forza 5 video is absolutely stunning.
I could sit here and waffle on how Forza 5 is hitting the Xbox One on launch day and how it’s going to be one of the biggest titles to grace our console in the next year, but I won’t, because you already know that.
You MUST however watch the video below…….IT IS AMAZING!
EA Sports have released the first gameplay trailer for Xbox One launch game, NBA Live 14.
Take a look at it below, and then maybe you can make a decision on whether you’ll be getting involved when the full game goes on sale at the end of November.
Side scrolling brawler time! Foul Play is this weeks XBLA title, weighing in at £9.99, if you can mange to drag yourself away from that GTA V then this could be a decent little alternative.
Game description:
Play as the daemon hunter Baron Dashforth in a side-scrolling brawler set ENTIRELY on a theatre stage. Perform shattering takedowns and reversals! Electrify spectators with linked attacks, have a friend join as sidekick Scampwick and use every stage-trick you know to bring the house down! Play out the most spectacular moments of the Baron’s life; improbable beasts, astonishing villainy and, at the heart of it all, the mysterious Foul Play.
We all know that Rockstar have recommended NOT installing the ‘play’ disk of GTA V to the Xbox 360 hard drive, due to texture and frame rate issues, but the guys over at Digital Foundry have discovered that if you install that same disc to a USB drive, then things are remarkably improved.
A 16GB drive seems to be the one of choice and cuts out alot of the popup which occurs when streaming straight from the disk itself.
Have a watch of the video below to see the difference.
The official Battlefield Blog proudly states that the Battlefield 4 beta is ‘coming soon’!
In it, you can expect all the usual Battlefield goodies plus additional new elements such as Levolution, Amphibious Assault, and much more. It all sounds very promising but what we really want to know is when will we be able to get our hands on the beta.
Well, beta dates are as follows:
Poking more than a little fun at today’s big GTA V release, Deep Silver have now released a trailer detailing the upcoming GAT V DLC pack for Saints Row IV.
Out today in the States and tomorrow on consoles worldwide, the GAT V pack is ‘what gamers have been waiting years to experience’……apparently!
Consisting of new weapons, new hair and new clothes, anyone wishing to enhance their Saints Row IV experience will want to be picking up the GAT V and Wild West packs from the Xbox Games Store or check out the trailer below
It’s not even officially out yet, but if you already can’t get enough of GTA V then this is maybe what you’ll need.
Rockstar have now released the iFruit phone app to enhance your GTA V experience. Allowing you to customise your cars and play games with your dog, any actions you make in the iFruit app will be ready and waiting for you the next time you load up GTA V.
It’s time for the second part of Septembers Games With Gold promotion to kick in.
As of now, and running until the end of the month, Rainbow Six Vegas will be free to download for all Xbox Live Gold members. Yes, it’s a fairly old game, but it’s one that received great reviews back in the day and is most definitely one you need to have a look at.
A post over on OXM has detailed an upcoming promotion available from UK retailer, GAME.
Involving FIFA14, Call Of Duty: Ghosts and Battlefield 4, GAME will be giving you £40 worth of credit if you trade in any of the above Xbox 360 games and replace them with the same on Xbox One.
The offer will run only until Christmas Eve, but for anyone wanting to jump on said games early, and then get themselves over into the next gen party shortly after, these upgrades are looking like a pretty decent deal.
Codemasters have just released an all-new Formula One 2013 trailer.
Showing off the best of the new and old cars, the trailer gives a great impression of how the classic cars will run in the new game and what is available in the Classic Edition of the game.
Watch the full trailer below.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few months, you will know that Lionhead Studios have been reworking and remastering the original Fable game with HD visuals and audio, and had planned to release soon on the Xbox 360.
Bagpuss, Dangermouse, He-Man, King Rollo, Muppet Babies. Ah the 80’s.
A time of fun, crazy clothes and superb cartoons. Video games were rather innocent affairs, still pretty much in their infancy and the platformer was what the first person shooter is to us nowadays, the big seller! And so it was always a good idea to try and combine the cartoons with this games genre. Nintendo led the way (as they did most of the time back then) and in 1989 they released DuckTales, firstly on the Nintendo Entertainment System and then latterly on the much loved, much sold Gameboy. It was a hit and alongside the cartoon, Scrooge McDuck and his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie were known worldwide…..oh and there was the little matter of a rather catchy theme tune.
