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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,…

Sure looks like the Avengers are finally coming to Disney Infinity This new teaser features Steve Rogers’ iconic shield ricocheting through the environs of Disney’s collectible toy game. People have been wondering when Marvel characters would be showing up in Disney Infinity and this clip seems to hint that some news will probably come very…

Here’s How You’ll Be Killing Nazis in the New Wolfenstein Game

× Man, alternate reality Nazis play soccer much differently than we do here. The newest teaser for Wolfenstein: The New Order shows even more of just how terrible life would be if the Nazis won World War II. We get glimpses of the torture and detention camps that the Reich employs and a good look…

“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.

​Microsoft’s Big Plans for Xbox TV

Remember the Xbox One reveal? There was a lot of talk about TV, wasn’t there? Now Microsoft’s new console is out and all that TV-centric chatter has died down. But there’s a lot of work happening to produce and deliver original shows directly to Xbox users. Microsoft clearly wants Xbox Live to become the next…

AirMech Arena is Like DOTA For People Who Love Robots

If you’ve always wanted to have more automatons in your DOTA experience, then I may have just the thing for you. AirMech Arena is a fast-paced free-to-play MOBA that puts you control of giant killer mechs that can transform into vehicles like a military jet or helicopter. And it’s coming out for the Xbox 360…

It’s Looking Bad For Peter Parker In The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Game

As if three movie villains weren’t enough, Electro and the Green Goblin are are joined by the ugliest Kingpin ever, bad-hair-lighting Black Cat and… is that Carnage? Yeah, Parker is screwed. Activision tried to sneak a little Carnage into the trailer, but I can smell a Cleetus a mile away. It helps that I was…

Meet The Mystery Fighter of EA Sports UFC: Bruce Lee

Lee joins the impressive roster of UFC fighters in EA’s mixed martial arts game. The character is the product of a partnership between EA Sports and Bruce Lee Enterprises, who agreed to support Lee’s inclusion with plenty of background material which, according to EA Sports, allowed them to create a highly authentic digital representation of…

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…

How The Batmobile Works In Arkham Knight

I really wish Warner Bros. had released footage of their next Batman game, Arkham Knight, because I’d like you all to see what they’re doing with the Batmobile. It’s not quite what you’d expect, I don’t think. You can drive it, of course, which is a first for the Arkham series, screaming down the streets…

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…

This Fall’s Lord Of The Rings Game Comes Out October 7

The next Lord of the Rings game, Shadows of Mordor, is out on October 7, and there’s a brand new angst-ridden trailer for you to watch. XGN got ahold of the trailer already, which you can watch above. While many previous LOTR games have stuck closely to the source material (or at least Peter Jackson’s…

​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…

What’s Really Fun About Dark Souls II

It’s not just that it’s “difficult.” It’s not that it beats you down, over and over again, sometimes pushing you to the brink of frustration and frustration’s cousin: rage quitting. Dark Souls II is enjoyable because you can overcome that. Because you can be better—tougher, wiser—than the challenges it throws your way. Imagine that: tougher…

It’s Getting Pretty Intense Up In The Wolf Among Us Episode Three

Telltale Games has released the spoiler-filled trailer for A Crooked Mile, episode three of The Wolf Among Us adventure game, and man does it make me want to stop writing this and play episode two. Not only has the series done a great job of capturing the spirit of the comic book series it’s based…

Titanfall Pilots Look Even Cooler In Real Life

The parkour elements in Titanfall make movement really fun, but we all know a Titan pilot wouldn’t be able to do most of that in real life. This video from xboxuk shows the behind-the-scenes of how they got as close as possible.

Meet The Gaming Guy Who Is Now Running All Of Xbox

“I look at gaming as a first-class citizen inside this company,” the new head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, just told me on the phone on this the day it was announced that he’s taking over all things Xbox at Microsoft. “And that’s how [Microsoft CEO] Satya [Nadella] has shared it with me.” Ten months since…

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.”

Eight Indie Games Coming To Xbox One That I’m Excited About

There are few experiences I cherish more as a games reporter than walking into a room full of new, unfinished video games, each one of them ready for me to play. It makes it so easy to be excited about the future of gaming. Every time. I don’t tell you this to gloat, but instead…

Xbox One Troll Tricks People Into Using Skype

With Xbox One trolling becoming such a thing, you’d think that people populating Call of Duty lobbies would have caught on by now—but sometimes, sheer rage just gets the better of us all. In that case, yelling out the gamertag of the person that’s angering you makes sense—it just so happens that when the person…