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Titanfall On Xbox 360 Seems To Run Pretty Darn Well

I’ll admit it: I assumed that the Xbox 360 version of Titanfall would be hot garbage, especially once we found out that Respawn—the studio behind the PC and Xbox One versions—hadn’t actually made it. And now I’m happy to admit I was wrong: Digital Foundry did one of their in-depth performance analyses on last-gen Titanfall,…

South Korea Unveils a Windows XP… Task Force

Microsoft is no longer supporting Windows XP. It’s being phased out worldwide. In China, folks are hanging on. In nearby South Korea, the government has set up a special task force. As reported by NewsY (via tipster Sang), South Korea’s Ministry of Security and Public Administration just set up a “Windows XP Response Total Situation…

“It feels like an unnecessary add-on… I’m sure they’re going to release an Xbox One without Kinect. It would be unthinkable that they wouldn’t.” Game designer and programmer Peter Molyneux, in an Edge interview with multiple industry personalitiesabout the Xbox One’s future.

Five-Year-Old Boy Exposes Xbox Security Flaw

Meet Microsoft’s newest security researcher: Kristoffer Von Hassel. He lives in San Diego. He loves video games. And he’s five years old. He’s also a better hacker than any of us. Von Hassel cracked into his dad’s Xbox One account by finding a backdoor in the password verification screen, as ABC 10 reports. He entered…

Take a Look at How Microsoft Claims the Cloud Will Change Gaming

Microsoft’s talked about how their next-gen cloud infrastructure is going to change things for video games. Today, they finally showed what that looks like. Back when Microsoft was revving up to launch the Xbox One last year, cloud computing access was one of the features they trumpeted as a big differentiator for their console. The…

​Heists Coming to GTA Online This Spring

Everyone’s been waiting for the heists—the signature criminal activities from Grand Theft Auto V‘s story mode—to come to the game’s online component. Rockstar says they’re coming this spring A post on the Rockstar Newswire lays out updates coming to the blockbuster open-world title over the next few months: Capture Creator: Coming next week, the Creator…

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer is now in charge of all things Xbox. “It’s been a remarkable year for Xbox and I am honored to lead the team at this incredible time for Microsoft and the games industry.”

Predator Confirmed for Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ Next DLC

Call of Duty: Ghosts’ developers teased quite the interesting cameo last week for the game’s second DLC, Devastation. Their new gameplay trailer now confirms that 80s intergalactic hunter Predator will indeed join the battle. The expansion will also feature a four new maps: Ruins, Behemoth, Collision and Unearthed (Predator needs its jungle environment!), a unique…

Microsoft’s Early Code Was Full Of F**ks, S**ts And Fart Jokes

Yesterday, the Computer History Museum and Microsoft released the source code for some of the earliest versions of MS-DOS and Word For Windows. And it turns out amongst all the history there’s some interesting stuff. Developer Leon Zandman has been combing through the code, and found some examples of Microsoft coders slipping jokes, f-bombs and…

​Titanfall Has A Special Kind Of Hell For Cheaters

If you’re a PC player who’s breaking the rules in Titanfall, you’ll still be able play the hit sci-fi FPS. But Respawn’s going to put you on a time-out with the other bad kids. Respawn’s been collecting data about people cheating in Titanfall ever since their hit game dropped, according to a post on the…

​Xbox Live Prepares to Warn and Punish Players With Bad Reputations

There are a lot of people on Xbox Live. Some of them are cool and do incredible things. Others are jerks who ruin the multiplayer experience for everybody else. New changes coming this month to Microsoft’s online service will soon be doling out penalties and rewards to the trolls or decent people you’re playing with.…

Xbox One Is $50 Off On Microsoft’s Store

The Xbox One Titanfall bundle is now $450 on Microsoft’s store—joining retailers like Walmart and Target in offering a $50 discount on the newest Xbox—but don’t call it a price cut. Microsoft says the deal isn’t permanent. Here’s Microsoft’s official statement to news outlets including Kotaku: This is not a price drop on Xbox One.…

​The Xbox One’s Media Remote Is Surprisingly Great

The Xbox One wasn’t supposed to need a remote control. That was the whole point, right? With its high-tech Kinect camera, we could just talk to it and tell it what to do. Remote controls were a thing of the past, a finally bygone relic of the 20th century! Except, well, not really. A few…

That’s One Way To Build Titanfall‘s Giant Mech

Though jumping in that titan would probably be a bad idea, one of the employees of an EB Games store in Melbourne, Australia came up with the best way to use up empty Xbox One and 360 boxes: he built an almost life-sized titan from Titanfall to guard the store. UPDATE – Kotaku Australia has…

Hey, did you know that Alucard is dual-wield spelled backwards? Ok, maybe not. But you can still get a look at how different the fan-favorite Son of Dracula plays from his dad in this trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2’s Revelations DLC.

​Latest Wolfenstein Trailer Shows a Pretty Messed-Up Nazi Card Game

Nazi coffee. Nazi robots. Nazi cigarettes. Nazi old ladies. Nazi psych tests. This new teaser for the upcoming alternate reality take on the Wolfenstein franchise doesn’t offer up any gunplay but it does give a glimpse into the messed-up psychology of a world where the Third Reich won out. Knowing what we now know about…

Here’s Dark Souls II with the chosen ones gathering around the bonfire, reimagined in glorious 16-bit by pixel-wizard Bandygrass. Pretty neat animation, and it reminds me of the superb character selection screen in Diablo II Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that…

The New Metal Gear Solid Game Was Censored for Japan [Updated]

Japan’s getting a slightly different version of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes than everyone else. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, the separately sold prologue to the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is out this week. The Western version will feature the vocal talents of actor Kiefer Sutherland as Big…

Microsoft Wants To Reward Good Behaviour On Xbox Live

Microsoft is currently “brainstorming” ideas on how to reward well-behaved Xbox Live players. In other words, after a decade of policing Xbox Live’s worst offenders, they’re going to see if the carrot works better than the stick. Microsoft’s Frank Savage said at a GDC panel earlier today that the company is going to try and…

The Xbox One arrives in Japan—and twenty-five other countries—in September this year. The full list of countries can be found over at Xbox Wire, with more details on the forthcoming September launch promised for April.