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You Can Smoke Pot In GTA V, According to Ratings Board

We had a hunch it was going to be possible, and, now, the people who rate video games are letting the cat out of the dimebag. You can smoke pot in GTA V, according to the Entertainment Software Ratings Board. That same group has offered a bunch of other mild spoilers for GTA V, if…

Ubisoft Clue Hints At a Late-November Xbox One Release Date

If you’re trying to figure out when Microsoft’s next console will come out in North America, today has provided a new clue. Note that the following post is all educated guesswork and observation. This is what we know: The Xbox One will be released in November. When in November? Microsoft hasn’t said yet. We also…

Battlefield 4 Is Doing Its Best To Impre–Watch Out For That Ship!

This is what competition gets you. It gets you a development studio, DICE, trying to convince you that they are making the best military first-person shooter of the year. Today, they’ve made their latest pitch while uttering the word someone in their studio or in the EA marketing team cooks up the word—”Levolution”—in order to…

The Battlefield 4 beta will kick off in early October, EA announced today. Platform details to come.

Minions! Moral Decisions! Dragon Age Inquisition Is Sounding Good.

Is the third time going to be the charm for BioWare’s Dragon Age franchise? If this dev diary is accurate to how the game is turning out, it just might! You’re an inquisitor. You run the place. You send minions on quests. You make moral decisions. And the game you’re in looks damn good. Inquisition…

Killer Instinct Characters Are $5 A Pop, But Wait — There’s More

How much would you pay for classic characters like Sabrewulf, Glacius and the newly-announced Thunder in the upcoming free-to-download Xbox One exclusive Killer Instinct? Microsoft has slapped a $4.99 price tag on each character’s head, but why buy piecemeal when you can get the whole shebang for $20? In case you missed it at E3,…

Here Are the Xbox One’s Launch Games

Microsoft confirmed the the Xbox One’s launch line-up. It’s over twenty games strong. If you were wondering what games you can pick up at launch, read on. Courtesy of Xbox.com and barring any last minute delays or surprises, this is the list of what they call “launch day” games: Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag (Ubisoft,…

Fighter Within Lets You Punch People in the Face

Ubisoft’s upcoming Kinect game Fighter Within for Xbox One puts you in a fighting game. Literally. It’s out this holiday. Check out the trailer above. The game is an Xbox exclusive, it seems. First the game is headed to Xbox One, and then Xbox 360. Fighter Within – Gamescom Trailer [PlayTheGame] To contact the author…

Now that’s dedication. Call of Duty Ghosts will have dedicated servers for Xbox One, Microsoft revealed. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft

Europeans Get FIFA 14 For Free if They Pre-Order Xbox One

Today, Microsoft announced that FIFA 14 would be bundled with the Xbox One at launch in Europe. For free! But wait, there’s a catch: You gotta pre-order. The game will hit the Xbox 360 this September and the Xbox One at a later date. European gamers who pre-order the Xbox One will get FIFA 14…

Like Peggle? Well Peggle 2 is an Xbox One launch title. And Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare is hitting the console next year. Both are coming to Xbox One first.

Cobalt is headed to Xbox One, Microsoft announced today. Cobalt is a platformer developed by Oxeye Game Studio in collaboration with Mojang of Minecraft fame. The game is currently in alpha and can be downloaded for PC and Mac. via @Graeme Selvan [Twitter] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find…

The Next Fable Is Called Fable Legends

There’s a new Fable! Lionhead Studios is working on an exclusive new entry in its action role-playing series. Called Fable Legends, the game is headed to Xbox One as an exclusive. You can play with up to three friends via co-op or alone with three A.I. companions. The game also lets you play as the…

Xbox One’s Indie Games Program Revealed At Last

After months of offering little more than variations of “don’t worry, we’ll have one,” Microsoft is using their kick-off of the big Gamescom event in Germany this week to detail something called ID@Xbox. That is their indie games program. It’ll roll out in stages. “When we talk to developers, what we hear is they want…

A Possibly-Drunk Ric Flair Made This WWE 2K14 Panel Extra-Entertaining

The best thing 2K Sports has done for pro wrestling games so far is assemble this incredible panel consisting of Jim Ross, Dolph Ziggler, Daniel Bryan (he was robbed last night!), Rey Mysterio, Steve Austin, Paul Heyman, Mick Foley and a seemingly intoxicated Ric Flair. Jump about 40 minutes in for the good stuff. 2K,…

Wow, 20% Of Americans Don’t Use The Internet

Some 60 million American adults don’t use the Internet on their computers or phones, says a New York Times report today. That’s 20% of the country. Insane! The Times cites economic difficulties, lack of interest, and lack of computer skills as reasons for this statistic. Some can’t afford to get plugged in, and others just…

How Sexy Is The Xbox One? So Flippin’ Sexy.

Mmmm…. video game hardware. It’s so sexy. It’s black and plastic, and smells like… plastic. It’s the sexiest. Touching video game hardware is literally as pleasurable as touching a human person. They should’ve called the Xbox One the Sexbox One. Or the Xxxboxxx One. Or just called it “Sex.” This humorous (and kinda shockingly racy!)…

Quick Q&A: ‘We have to stop underestimating gamers.’

Since she stepped away from producing Assassin’s Creed games at Ubisoft Montreal, Jade Raymond has had a lower profile in the gaming scene. This week, Raymond is back, having overseen development of the new Splinter Cell: Blacklist, the first major game from her new Ubisoft Toronto studio. She’s got four answers for us today…and one…

Xbox One Sizzle Trailer Gives Us Another Look At Next-Gen

Sizzle trailers sure are fun to watch, don’t you think? Often more fun than actually playing video games. Well, okay, that’s a stretch. Sometimes. To kick off this week’s huge GamesCom conference in Germany, here’s a look at Microsoft’s latest Xbox One sizzle trailer, which shows off games like Battlefield 4 and Dead Rising 3.…

I propose a new rule: no releasing “launch” trailers until the game has actually launched. Now I have to watch this over and over again until The Bureau: XCOM Declassified actually launches, which is tomorrow. Hmph.