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New-Gen Grand Theft Auto V Will Be Out In November, With More Stuff

The improved version of Grand Theft Auto V for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will be out on November 18, according to the game’s developer, Rockstar. The PC version will follow on January 27, 2015. The company says the new edition of the massively popular game will contain new weapons, vehicles, activities, wildlife, and other…

Leaked Video Shows Kinect-Controlled Gears of War Strategy Game

Rumors of a Kinect-centric Gears of War game had been circulating for years after Microsoft introduced the motion-control sensor to the world. One game called Gears of War: Exile was confirmed as cancelled two years ago. But, what looks like footage of another gesture-based Gears game has surfaced. It… it doesn’t look good. Embedded in…

Resident Evil Revelations 2 Gets First Trailer, Will Be Episodic

Capcom has announced that Resident Evil Revelations 2 will come in the form of four weekly episodes, debuting early next year. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK There’s also a first trailer, which you can watch here: The episodes will cost $5.99 each in the US (no European pricing has been confirmed). Capcom will…

The Xbox One’s First Week Sales in Japan Are Pretty Bad

People did buy the Xbox One in Japan. Not very many people, mind you. For a new console’s first week on sale, these numbers are, well, not good. According to Famitsu, the Xbox One sold 23,562 units in Japan in its first week on sale, which dates from September 4 to September 7. In comparison,…

October Xbox One Update Will Make Gamerscore A Bigger Deal

The October system software update for Microsoft’s frequently-evolving Xbox One console will add a Gamerscore leaderboard that will rank Xbox One owners and their friends by the amount of Gamerscore they’ve attained in the last 30 days. Microsoft showed the new Gamerscore ranking system last night in a video highlighting several October firmware system software…

Microsoft Says They’re Replacing Abnormally Noisy Xbox Ones

Is your Xbox One making too much noise? Send it to Microsoft and they’ll give you a new one. The folks behind the Xbox say they’re offering replacements for the “small number of customers” affected by a noise issue that seems to have grown more prevalentafter the Xbox One launched in a number of new…

A Good Game for Griefing

Playing IDARB made me feel a tiny, tiny little bit like a NBA player at the free throw line when fans are trying to mess with his focus. Except, in this case, what they did gave me diarrhea. On its face, IDARB—short for It Draws a Red Box—is a super-simple action/sports/platforming hybrid where up to…

Returning to Middle-earth is going to take a little longer for Xbox 360 and PS3 owners. It’s just been announced that the release date for last-gen versions of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor has shifted to November 18 (November 21 for Europe). PS4 and Xbox One versions will still be coming out on September 30 (October…

In Japan, Xbox One Loses Another Game to the PS4

Earlier this year, Batman Arkham Knight was announced for the PS4 and the Xbox One in Japan. Things have, you see, changed. Xbox.com is hosting a Batman Arkham Knight‘s Japanese language site for the game’s Xbox One release. Sorry, was hosting. If you scrolled down just a teeny bit, you could see the game’s box…

Batman: Arkham Knight Will Be Out On June 2

The new-gen-only Batman game Arkham Knight will be released on June 2, 2105 after having been delayed out of a fall 2014 release, according to a source privy to announcements being made at a GameStop conference today. The game’s publisherjust confirmed on Twitter, too. Batman Arkham Knight is meant to be development studio Rocksteady’s final…

U.S. Military Using Xbox 360 Controller For New Laser Gun

Controlling military hardware with video game input devices isn’t new. Drones, bomb defusal robots and other battlefield equipment have steered by Xbox 360 gamepads for a while now. But the newest weapon using a Microsoft-made controller might be one of the most powerful ones yet. It’s a laser on top of a truck that shoots…

The Unusual Excellence Of Halo‘s Most Iconic Level

You’re playing a shooter. Some Marine stands in front of you, barking out commands. Whatever he’s saying doesn’t really matter—it translates to little more than “shoot the bad guys!” Eventually, he steps out of the way, you run forward, and you dash through narrow corridors, using a host of weapons that more or less function…

Netherrealm Studios’ Mortal Kombat X releases worldwide on April 14, 2015. Goro has also been revealed as a pre-order exclusive character for the game, with the teaser shot above accompanying the press release. MKX is planned to hit Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC simultaneously.

Snarky New Xbox Ad Says They’re Not Allowed To Advertise Destiny [UPDATE]

You might have seen commercials for Destiny, the upcoming sci-fi shooter that will be out for multiple platforms next week. You might have noticed that all of these commercials talk about the PlayStation version of the game. This is because Activision and Sony are getting all buddy-buddy on the marketing campaign, with the folks behind…

The Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Teaser is Full of Hidden Spoilers

Confirmed on September 1st’s Sony pre-TGS press conference was Resident Evil: Revelations 2. From what can be seen in the teaser, it’s about a little girl running through a crowd of green wristband-wearing party-goers into a crowd of red wristband-wearing zombies. But there’s a lot more hidden in plain view. “That video was a ‘concept…

Japan’s Xbox One Launch Looks Sad As You’d Expect

Today, the Xbox One finally went on sale in Japan. The launch looked rather depressing. But maybe you saw that coming, right? Granted, these days, it’s really hard to tell how hardware does. People can order stuff online, so there isn’t the same emphasis on launch lines, like as in the past. That being said,…

Report: A Merger Might Cause an Xbox-PlayStation Monopoly in China

Media reports are coming in that Chinese media companies BesTV and Shanghai Oriental Pearl Group are merging. The two companies are respective joint venture partners of Microsoft and Sony for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in China. Sina.com, a major Chinese news portal, published an article early today confirming month-long rumours that the two…

Xbox One China, Right On Schedule

Chinese media is reporting that Microsoft’s Xbox One console is right on schedule for its September 23 release in the middle kingdom. Shanghai-based Dragon TV reports that the Xbox One has already gone through and was approved by the customs process in Shanghai and is now being packed onto trucks for shipment across the country.…

Argghhhh. I want to be able to transfer my Diablo III save from Xbox One to PS4 and back but can’t. So frustrating, given all the other transfers Blizzard allows.

Destiny Really Needs Beards

Destiny is big on its customisation, but there’s one thing missing – beards. This came to the fore when I asked Jonty Barnes, director of production at Bungie, what the team had learned after Destiny’s beta. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK “Here’s a funny one for you – this was a surprise –…