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Titanfall Introducing New Game Mode With No Titans

Titanfall‘s latest update will add a new mode that gives players the option of fighting without those pesky giant robots getting in the way. The new mode, called Pilot Skirmish, will be included in the game’s sixth major update, as detailed at the official Titanfall site. It’ll be an 8 vs. 8 shootout with no…

Once Again, Atlus Doesn’t Want You to Spoil the New Persona

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is out in stores in Japan right now, and once again, Atlus is asking that people be considerate. If you access the Japanese Persona 4 Arena Ultimax homepage right now, you’ll be greeted by an image overlay of the character of Teddy – or rather the shadow version of Teddy –…

Stand-Alone Xbox One Kinect Will Cost $150

In June, Microsoft started selling the Xbox One without Kinect. In October, you’ll be able to buy the Kinect on its own—but it’ll cost you $150. Standalone versions of the Xbox One’s Kinect will go on sale October 7, Microsoft said today. The motion-sensing accessory will come with a digital copy of Harmonix’s Dance Central…

Microsoft Digs Up The Corpse Of Age Of Empires

And the grave wasn’t even cold yet! I figured last month that it was “tough seeing where Microsoft will find the will (or developers) to try making another game using the [Age of Empires] brand any time soon”. Silly me, limiting my considerations to actual Age of Empires games. I totally overlooked the potential for…

Microsoft Says Free Xbox Live Game Download Was An Error [UPDATE]

For a while there, it looked like Xbox One owners might soon be able to download and try out even more games from Microsoft free of charge. But Microsoft says that the screen teasing this possibility was an error. First spotted overnight by Reddit users who who’ve downloaded the latest XB1 firmware beta, a tile…

Microsoft’s Pretty New Platformer Is Looking Great So Far

I went into Ori and the Blind Forest… well, blind. I had seen a trailer for it back at E3, but other than that I hadn’t bothered with any information. Nothing against it, I just hadn’t bothered. [This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK] I came out of my demo session with it at Gamescom…

The Xbox One’s August update will start rolling out today, Microsoft says. Improvements include a better friends list, new activity feed updates, and a low-battery notification for the controller.

How Xbox is Changing its Dudebro Image

You know the strange thing about my eight years with the Xbox 360? Despite the fact that I played it most days, I often felt kind of alienated by it. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK The ads it was serving me, the language used on the dash and the games that Xbox always…

Xbox One Will Soon Let You Play Pirated Movies & TV Shows

It’s not the kind of news that makes the headlines during a press conference, but it is the kind of news that can help sell systems: the Xbox One is getting native, official support for .mkv, one of the world’s most popular video formats (well, containers). Let’s get real: while they have many technical benefits,…

Rise of the Tomb Raider Isn’t Really An ‘Xbox Exclusive’

Yesterday, Microsoft dropped the first bomb of Gamescom 2014: that Rise of the Tomb Raider will be an Xbox exclusive. Except, wait. It’s not. Turns out this was yet another a case of shady corporate double-speak, and this is actually a timed exclusive. “Yes, the deal has a duration,” Xbox boss Phil Spencer told Eurogamer.…

People Are Pissed That Tomb Raider Is An Xbox Exclusive

This morning’s biggest Gamescom news was that Rise of the Tomb Raider, the next big console installment in Lara Croft’s adventures, will be an Xbox exclusive. And people are pissed. Well, to be honest, it’s not really clear whether Rise of the Tomb Raider is a permanent Xbox exclusive. Game publishers like Microsoft and Sony…

Goat Simulator, Super Hot and lots of other indie games got a quick spotlight during the Xbox One press event at Gamescom today. Me, I can’t wait for Cuphead. What looks good to you, dear readers?

Microsoft Announces The ‘Halo Channel’

Microsoft just announced that it’s making a special channel for all things Halo related for the Xbox One. It’s known simply as “The Halo Channel,” and looks like it will have lots of stuff to make fans of the shooter happy. Microsoft described it as an “interactive digital network that provides unprecedented, personalized access to…

Come, check out the murderous robots of Sunset Overdrive’s Gamescom gameplay trailer. The game lands on Xbox One on October 28. Until then, enjoy “absent minded scientist” Floyd’s narration of the carnage.

Dark Souls veteran Vaati continues to amaze with his and detailed theories about the Souls games and their backstory. His latest one might be spoilerish if you haven’t finished Dark Souls II and its first DLC, but this might be the best source to speculate about the ending and what we’ll see in the two…

If you’ve been holding out for a white Xbox One, then you’ll be able to get one this fall. Just announced at Gamescom, a Sunset Overdrive bundle will be the first chance the general public gets to own a frosty version of Microsoft’s newest home console.

The Xbox One is getting several new features in the next few months. There’s a list of them here—notable ones include a Friends section, used to track what people on your friends are doing, including their played games and Gamerscores, and the Media Player app, which lets you play media files from USB devices.

Watch The Xbox One Press Conference Live, Right Here

Are you ready for some Xbox news? Microsoft’s got their top people in Germany today for the Gamescom trade show, and they’re starting things off with a press conference that you can watch here. What are we going to see today? Quantum Break? Some Halo 5? Sunset Overdrive? Other Xbox-y news nuggets? Microsoft’s presentation starts…

Destiny‘s Beta Characters Aren’t Transferring to the Final Version

Millions of players might have been hoping—assuming, even—that all the work they’d put in leveling up and customizing characters during the Destiny beta would continue on in the final version of the game. Nope. The characters built in this summer’s pre-launch test are being wiped and all players will be starting fresh. News of this…

Microsoft Korea has *finally* announced a release date for the Xbox One in the region: September 23. [Thanks, Sang!]