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Microsoft showed off a number of its independent games currently in the works as part of its ID@Xbox programme. Taking to the stage, ID@Xbox boss Chris Charla introduced Aurora44’s Ashen, Tacome – from the developer of Gone Home – Tiger and Squid’s Beyond Eyes and Studio MDHR’s Cuphead. That was …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Rainbow Six Siege will include both Rainbow Six Vegas games
Microsoft certainly hasn’t waited around to take advantage of the Xbox One’s new backwards compatibility. Having already announced that every copy of Fallout 4 for the new console would include Fallout 3, the platform holder has also struck a deal with Ubisoft surrounding upcoming game Rainbow Six Siege. The tactical …
Read More »E3 2015: Indie PC dev Motiga debuts Gigantic for Xbox One and Windows 10
Free-to-play title arrives in beta form this August
Read More »MICROSOFT: Fallout 4 PC mods will also work on Xbox One, will be free
It seems that the days of mods being confined to the PC are about to be over. Betheda’s Todd Howard took to the stage during Microsoft’s E3 press conference to show off more of the upcoming title, which had been rapturously received just the night before at Bethesda’s own briefing. …
Read More »E3 2015: Fallout 4 brings mods to Xbox One
User-created content made via PC can be transferred to Microsoft’s console
Read More »MICROSOFT: Xbox details and dates Forza 6, lowers fancy car from the ceiling
Microsoft has provided some more details about the upcoming Forza Motorsport 6. The title features 24-car multiplayer, runs at 1080p and 60 frames per second and features 45 ‘Forzatastic’ cars. Developer Turn 10’s boss Dan Greenwalt claims it is: most beautiful, most technically advanced and biggest game turn 10 has …
Read More »E3 2015: Xbox One now offers Xbox 360 game backwards-compatibility
Developers need only approve their titles for download
Read More »MICROSOFT: New ‘Elite’ Xbox gamepad revealed
Microsoft has unveiled its brand new ‘Elite’ gamepad. The controller gives gamers a huge amount of customisatbility. In a trailer at the platform holder’s E3 media briefing, the firm said that fans will be able to swappable components and buttons and remap buttons as they please. That’s in addition to …
Read More »MICROSOFT: New Halo 5: Guardians gameplay shows multiplayer focus
Halo 5: Guardians looks set to be the Chief’s biggest adventure yet. Showing off the upcoming sci-fi shooter on-stage at its E3 press conference, Microsoft demonstrated Guardian’s heavy focus on multiplayer. The game features seamless drop-in, drop-out co-operative play. Players will be able to control two separate squads, one led …
Read More »MICROSOFT: New first party IP Recore unveiled
Microsoft has announced brand new first party IP, Recore. It’s being developed by Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune and his studio Comcept, alongside the ‘developer that made the Metroid Prime trilogy’, presumably Retro Studios. It’s set for a Spring 2016 release. Recore is a shooter where players appear to control …
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