Rare just dropped a new Sea of Thieves trailer along with a new gameplay presentation, our first from the title. The gameplay looked like a lot of fun. Players were thrown in with no tutorial and left at their own. What we saw was players learning how to raise the anchors and lower the sails, setting sail to a far away island, and then having to maroon one of their own as they made their ship battle ready for the approaching attackers.
Microsoft just announced a follow up to the popular State of Decay, an Xbox 360 (and later Xbox One) open world zombie arcade survival game. It is slated for 2017, but no further details were announced. … Developing
Dead Rising 4 has been confirmed, after a lot of leaks in recent weeks. It will release on Windows 10 and Xbox One. It’ll get you in the Xmas Spirit. Again! … Developing
Tekken 7 will be coming to Xbox One and Windows 10 in early 2017, featuring an all new story mode that blends seamlessly with the fights of the game. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will also be free to download this week for Xbox Live Gold members. The game features an online pass, it’s unclear if that will be free or not as well.
Gwent, the extremely popular card game from The Witcher 3, is getting a standalone release on PCs and Consoles, coupled with Cross-Play. I don’t know about you, but I’ve played a lot of Gwent in The Witcher 3 already. This is absolutely a buy for me. There will be a beta on Xbox One and PC soon, and you can sign up at PlayGwent.com … Developing.
Microsoft has just announced some monumental cross play abilities for Minecraft. Minecraft Realms allows players on iPhone, iPad, Windows 10, Android, and Xbox One to play with each other in the same worlds. Xbox will allow users from any platform to host a realm on their own dedicated servers and share them to your friends.
Microsoft not only updated their Xbox One Controller (again), but now they will let you customize the colors in their “Design Lab”. Everything from the front to the back, buttons, and sticks. As for the controller itself? It looks like the new ones have Bluetooth inside, as well as a bump in the wifi-direct to allow longer connection distances. When we learn more about what exactly the bluetooth is going to be used for, we’ll let you know. … Developing
Microsoft just announced Background Music coming later this summer. Additionally, a new club community feature will be added to the Xbox, allowing you to find new players and make friends playing the games you play. This is also going to be coupled with a new “Looking for group” option, allowing you to seek out players for specific purposes. Think 360 beacons, only more robust. Finally, A new Xbox Arena area will be introduced in order to organize and execute...
We’ve just ben given our first look at Gears of War 4’s campaign, let’s break down what we’ve just seen. The first thing is the weather: sandstorms are playing a major roll in this piece of the games story, so it’s not unlikely we’ll be seeing other dynamic pieces of weather. The swarm are definitely some sort of descendant of the locusts, Cait called the second wave that we saw ‘Drones’. A few pieces of environment were able...
Microsoft just announced their next Installment in the Forza series – Forza Horizon 3. The game is again an open world driving simulator, with an emphasis on off road driving, set in Australia. … Developing.
