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‘Xbox Music’ Brings a Music Store and Subscription Music Streaming to Your Xbox 360
Today at their E3 press conference, Microsoft announced a new music app for the Xbox 360 called “Xbox Music,” which will allow users to buy and stream music on their Xbox 360, which can be accessed from any screen. Users can download music from a new music store, or subscribe to streaming channels or artist-based…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 4, 2012 -
Forza Horizon’s E3 Trailer Cruises Past Some Eyeballs
Forza is one of the few first-party franchises Microsoft bothers maintaining these days, at least for more serious gamers, so you can bet they were showing off a Forza Horizon trailer during the company’s E3 presentation. Here it is. Congratulations if you got past twenty seconds, because as soon as I hear someone say “throw…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
LocoCycle: The Road Rash Successor We’ve Been Waiting For?
Not much was shown for new Xbox 360 title LocoCycle at Microsoft’s E3 2012 media briefing but the short teaser above makes it seem like players will be controlling sentient motorcycles capable of speedy and stealthy assassinations. It might just be that the upcoming game from the makers of The Gunstringer and the ‘Splosion Man…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012 -
Nintendo to Reveal a New Model of the 3DS?
Ahead of Nintendo’s E3 press conference tomorrow, it appears some news of what they’ll be discussing has already spilled out in the Japanese press. The most important piece being that the company plans to launch a new model of the Nintendo 3DS. According to a report from Nikkei, this new model of the 3DS will…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Dance Central 3 Unveiled, Here’s the First Footage
Everybody’s favourite – or secretly favourite – Kinect game, Dance Central, just got its second sequel. The third game in the series sees players taken back in time, dancing to tracks from 70s right through to the present day. It also introduces a new game mode called “Crew Throwdown”, which “pits two teams of up…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Nintendo’s Wii U Smartphone Integration Won’t be Ready at Launch
One of the more intriguing things Nintendo showed off yesterday during its pre-E3 show was the ability for the Wii U to host some of its community features on devices like smartphones. Sadly, that’s a feature that won’t make the console’s launch. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said as much over Twitter earlier today, while adding…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
This Might be the Last E3 In Los Angeles
E3 hasn’t always been in LA, but in recent yers it’s certainly made the city its home, the exterior of the LA convention centre becoming the most iconic image of the world’s biggest video games trade show. Michael Gallagher, president of the Entertainment Software Association, tells the Los Angeles Times that if problems with the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Black Ops 2 Blows Up E3 and Los Angeles in New Gameplay Footage
The City of Angels goes to hell in the newest gameplay footage from Treyarch’s upcoming sequel to the hit Call of Duty: Black Ops. L.A.’s iconic freeways become a shattered battlefield when future America’s massive store unmanned war assets get turned against us. An escort mission where the player character safeguards the American president through…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012 -
Xbox Smart Glass Lets You Control Your Xbox With Your iPhone
Microsoft demonstrated their Xbox Smart Glass tech today at E3, linking consumers’ smartphones and tablets to their Xbox games and media. Not only does Smart Glass manage video playback across devices and add extra content to video, but it also makes your currently existing touch device into, essentially, a remote control for your console and…
By Kate Cox Published June 4, 2012 -
Jesus Will Appear and Farts Will Be Lighted in South Park: The Stick of Truth
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone introduced South Park: The Stick of Truth at Microsoft’s E3 keynote, and its trailer was just as hilarious, subversive and bleeped out as you expect the show to be. The story appears to center on a “new kid”—which will be you, the player—rather than introduce a new…
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2012 -
Resident Evil 6 Makes Leon Kennedy More Vicious than Ever
Just when you though Chris Redfield was the alpha male of Capcom’s zombie action franchise, the new gameplay demo for Resident Evil 6 makes Leon Kennedy look like more of a bad-ass than ever before. Head-stabbing, decapitations and zombie-luring grenades are just a few of the tricks that the floppy-haired agents has up his sleeve.…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012 -
The Next Tomb Raider Journeys into Uncharted Territory
Tomb Raider‘s reboot will offer its first downloadable content extension to the Xbox 360 as a timed exclusive, the game’s developer said on the stage of Microsoft’s E3 news conference. A long gameplay sequence from late in the game also was shown. Breathtaking action is the obvious goal here, as we saw Lara Croft thin…
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2012 -
Ascend: New Gods Looks Freakin’ Gory and Glorious
Forget about the plastic toys. The newest Xbox exclusive from Signal Studios puts players in the middle of bloody medieval combat in a game that will connect your 360 to a Windows 7 phone. Ascend: New Gods will hit the Xbox 360 and WP7 devices next year. Look for our impressions later this week.
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012 -
Xbox Smart Glass Makes Your Phone an Interactive Map of Westeros While You Watch Game of Thrones
Microsoft demonstrated their new Smart Glass tech today at E3. And sure, it’s cool that you can watch a video on your iPhone, iPad, Android phone, or computer, tell it to pause, and resume seamlessly on your Xbox later. But what’s really cool? Having an interactive map of Westeros pop up on your phone, tablet,…
By Kate Cox Published June 4, 2012 -
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Brings Glorious HD Headshots Galore on August 21
Valve’s announced that the next installment of the Counter-Strike global phenomenon will be a downloadable title for the PS3 Xbox 360 and PC/Mac. This August, CS: GO will feature new weapons, characters, maps alongside updated versions of classic Counter-Strike favorites. It’ll cost about $15 on all platforms. We’ll have more on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive this…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012 -
Audible to a Better Option with Voice Commands in Madden NFL 13
After showing what voice support in FIFA 13 entails, EA Sports then brought NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana on stage to demonstrate voice support in Madden NFL 13 EA Sports label head Andrew Wilson handed Montana a controller and put him back on his old home field with the San Francisco 49ers. Montana flipped…
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2012 -
Damn, Gears of War: Judgment Makes It Looks Like Humans are Losing the War
As previously reported, Epic’s hit shooter series will return with different Delta Squad members in the spotlight. The trailer shown today at the Xbox press conference today showed a smirking Baird taking the fight to the Locust as the war on Sera continues. We’ll have more on Gears of War: Judgment this week.
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012 -
FIFA 13 Will Know if You’re Cursing the Ref, Thanks to Kinect [Corrected]
Kinect support for FIFA 13 won’t just mean calling for formation changes or ordering substitutes in. You can even swear at the officiating. Correction: Though swearing appeared to draw a booking for dissent, EA Sports tells Kotaku that cussin’ at the screen will only trigger commentary from the booth that acknowledges the ref isn’t happy…
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2012