It looks like employees of Microsoft are getting an extra special [amazon_link id=”B00CMQTVMI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Xbox One[/amazon_link] as a thank you from their paycheck overlords. An all white console and controller with a black Kinect, because f*** your OCD, and a list of other goodies sweeten the pot for being a loyal worker.
This has not been confirmed by Microsoft. If anyone working there wants to verify this, feel free…unless it will get you fired in which case, nevermind.
Another week, another list of games to spend your hard earned money on. This week continues the “year of Luigi”, Madden is back for the 25th time and the Ninja Turtles are back raising shell. Also, Lost Planet 3 is apparently still a thing because it is coming out this week. I know, I am just as amazed as you.
August 25th, 2013
-[amazon_link id=”B00CQ7CIMS” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Super Luigi U[/amazon_link] (Wii U)
August 26, 2013
-PixelJunk Monsters Ultimate HD (PC)
August 27, 2013
-[amazon_link id=”B002BRZ79E” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn[/amazon_link] (PS3, PC)
Bungie has released a new developer diary for Destiny that shows how the player will be fully-involved in the world they have created. Everything from single-player story to co-op events and even multiplayer deathmatches are integrated seamlessly into the game. You will have a three-weapon loadout as well as a special ability to control like a Earth shattering punch or fireball called the nova bomb.
I am loving the direction Destiny is taking when it comes to choice. Sometimes I want to go off and do my own thing with a single-player story and yet, if the need hit me, I could join up with my friends playing the game and take on a bigger co-op event all without changing discs or games modes. It is one of the reasons I like playing Defiance right now.
[amazon_link id=”B00BGA9Y3W” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Destiny [/amazon_link]releases in 2014.
Are you hoping for an Xbox One bundled without the Kinect to save yourself a bit of money? Well, keep hoping because according to Microsoft that is not going to happen.
Xbox Executive Phil Spencer, in a recent interview with CVG, said that the Kinect sensor and the Xbox One, while being two separate pieces, are part of a whole that will not be broken up.
“Correct. Xbox One is Kinect. They are not separate systems. An Xbox One has chips, it has memory, it has Blu-ray, it has Kinect, it has a controller. These are all part of the platform ecosystem.
What we have shown really well at Gamescom is the magic of games that use Kinect. We have shown the power of voice control. I’m probably going to piss off your readers unintentionally when I say this; I have an Xbox One at home, and being able to walk in and say “Xbox on”, and for the system to recognise me, launch and load my profile, and put my choices of content on the font page is a very magical experience. It makes you think about your relationship with technology in a slightly different way. It’s personal. It makes you think, I wish more devices would do this.”
It is easy to see why Microsoft wants to keep the Kinect such an integral part of the [amazon_link id=”B00CMQTVMI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Xbox One[/amazon_link], although I have to think if the Xbox One does not start off as well as Microsoft wants if the story won’t change sometime next year.
Ryse: Son of Rome showed off its new Gladiator mode at this weeks Gamescom. You and a friend will join forces to take on waves of enemies inside an ever changing arena that puts different backdrops and enemy types in your way. You must keep the crowd entertained as you try and survive and fight for glory.
People have been putting down this game since E3 when it looked like a QTE-fest, but reports out of Gamescom are that the new demo showed off much deeper hack and slash gameplay that has brought new excitement to the title. It is certainly one of the games I am picking up on launch day for the [amazon_link id=”B00CMQTVMI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Xbox One[/amazon_link].
Watch the trailer below.
[amazon_link id=”B00CMQTU74″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Ryse: Son of Rome[/amazon_link] releases this fall.
The Elder Scrolls Online will not be free-to-play as many had hoped. It will take the monthly subscription route and charge users $14.99 a month for the ability to wander through the MMO’s landscape. ZeniMax general manager Matt Firor had this to say about their decision to go with a monthly charge:
“Going with any other model meant that we would have to make sacrifices and changes we weren’t willing to make.We’ll talk about further discounts, etc. later, but for now, we are very happy to finally announce our model. It’s very simple – you pay once per month after the first 30 days and the entire game is available to you.”
I was genuinely excited when it was announced that The Elder Scrolls Online would be making its way to consoles. I thought that would mean a free-to-play game with microtransactions that would be easy for console gamers to deal with. Now that it is going to a monthly charge I will just have to pop in my copy of Skyrim…from 2011…that I can still find quests and missions I have not completed yet, even after 100+ hours in the game.
Titanfall already blew everyone away at E3 winning the majority of the “best of show” awards there were to give out. I don’t even play multiplayer shooters that much and it had me trying to figure out how much I could get for a kidney to buy an [amazon_link id=”B00CMQTVMI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Xbox One[/amazon_link].
Now we have a new gameplay trailer for Gamescom showing what Respawn is calling Attrition mode featuring more jetpack wall jumps and mech action than you can shake $500 dollars at. And guess what? $500 is what you are gonna have to shake because [amazon_link id=”B00DB9JYFY” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Titanfall[/amazon_link] is an Xbox One exclusive.
Now that Sony has given us the official date of November 15th for the release of the [amazon_link id=”B00CMQTVQO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Playstation 4[/amazon_link], all we need now is to know just exactly what will be available on day one for you to slide into your sleek new machine.
Ask and ye shall receive (I am assuming someone asked).
WB Games has released a new trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins at Gamescom featuring the newest assassin, Firefly. Don’t be fooled though, this is not a Firefly-centric trailer. You get plenty of the entire cast of characters like Alfred, Gordon, Black Mask and, of course, The Joker.
With every new trailer I become more and more confident that WB Montreal can match Rocksteady’s first two offerings in scale and depth. That is saying a lot for me who was very pessimistic when the game was first announced earlier this year.
[amazon_link id=”B00C7103DO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins[/amazon_link] releases on October 25th.
If black is not your style then Sony is giving you two other options for your Playstation 4 controller. The “Magma Red” and “Wave Blue” controllers will be available in Europe on the Playstation 4’s launch day of November 29th and in North America later this year (i.e. before Christmas). They will cost $60 each.
What do you think of the new colors? To me they make the sleek controller look a little…third party. That is my nice way of saying cheap.
