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Reminder: The Division Beta Pre-load Is Now Available

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

The Division

Just a gentle reminder that if you have guaranteed access to the Tom Clancy’s The Division beta that runs this weekend that your pre-load is probably available. Redemption varies between platforms and if you didn’t get guaranteed access through pre-ordering the game and you are on the “wait list” then these might not apply to you just yet. For those on the wait list, keep checking your email inbox.

On PC:  Log into U-Play, select “Games”, then select “The Division Beta”
On Xbox One: Check your download histories if your email for instructions on redeem instructions
On PlayStation 4: After redeeming your beta code on the official website it should show up in your download history / PS4 library after today’s PSN Update

We’re already pre-loading the beta on Windows PC so we can bring you coverage this weekend. On PC the beta clocks in at 26.3GB, so you should probably start your downloads soon!

Tom Clancy’s The Division beta will allow players to access early content set in Manhattan in this new persistent world always online RPG set after a massive virus sends the United State’s economy into ruin. As a member of “The Division” it is your job to help remain order and re-estblish democracy.

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New Games Added To Xbox One Backwards Compatibility

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Xbox One

Major Nelson announced on his blog that 11 games have been added to the Xbox One backwards list. He also made readers aware of a policy change that will enable MS to push Xbox 360 emulators as soon as they pass certification rather than on a monthly roll out.  More information on the Xbox Backwards compatibility is available through the Xbox F.A.Q.

Interestingly players have logged over 21 million hours playing older software on their Xbox One consoles.

Here’s the full list of titles that have been added:

  • Aegis Wings
  • Age of Booty
  • Counter-Strike: GO
  • Jeremy McGrath Offroad
  • Sam & Max Save The World
  • Skullgirls
  • Smallgirls
  • Small Arms
  • Soulcalibur
  • Space Giraffe
  • The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings

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Ubisoft Launches Viral Ad Campaign “Cash Contagion” For The Division

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

The Division

First spotted on the Ubisoft YouTube channel, the publisher has launched what appears to be an attempt at a viral marketing campaign for the upcoming Tom Clancy’s The Division.

If you live in Europe you can take a photograph of a British Pound of EURO bank note and input the serial number into the Cash Contagion website to supposedly see how far the bill has traveled around the world and the amount of bacteria present in the banknote.

In Tom Clancy’s The Division a contagion has spread throughout the United States of America that has caused the collapse of all vital services within the span of 5 days. As part of the Strategic Homeland Division (or the division) players must help stop the effects of the contagion and maintain order within society.

What do you think of this attempt at an (almost literal) viral marketing campaign? Currently the site only supports European currencies so we couldn’t try it out for ourselves.

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New Dying Light The Following Story Trailer

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Techland, the developers behind Dying Light, have given fans another glimpse into the story for the upcoming expansion in a brand new trailer titled “A Prophecy Incarnated”. This trailer also gives viewers a brief glimpse at some of the new characters to be introduced in this expansion as well as its’ new environments.

Dying Light: The Following is a major expansion for the original 2015 game. Following the original game’s protagonist The Following drops players into a new area known as Harran’s Outback. Game-play balance is adjusted in The Following with a focus on wider open rural areas, drivable vehicles and the usage of firearms.

There are multiple ways that players can gain access to the following – it will be included in the re-release of the original game with several improvements as Dying Light: Enhanced Edition, it will be included for Season’s Pass holders or separately as ala carte DLC for $19.99 USD.

Here is the brand new trailer:

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Rock Band 4 Rings In The New Year With Six New Tracks

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Harmonix has revealed the last batch of downloadable content heading to your living room in 2015. If you’re staying in this New Year’s Eve perhaps you should pull out the drum kit or microphone before counting down because artists like Weezer, Ellie Goulding, Cold Play, Sam Hunt & more will have new tracks available on the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network.

To be honest the other two acts featured in the last content drop for 2015 are Justin Bieber and One Direction, however I can’t advise playing either of their songs at your New Year’s gathering unless you want all of your guests to leave before the clock strikes midnight.

Here’s the full rundown of new tracks coming tomorrow, Each will be prices at $1.99 USD:

Coldplay            “Adventure of a Lifetime”
Ellie Goulding            “On My Mind”
Justin Bieber            “What Do You Mean?”
One Direction            “Drag Me Down”
Sam Hunt            “Leave The Night On”
Weezer            “Thank God for Girls”

Here is the trailer:

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Rare Releases Behind The Scenes Video For N64 Classic Perfect Dark

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Can you believe that it has been 15 years since Rare LTD and Nintendo released the N64 swansong Perfect Dark? Hell, it has been half a decade since Microsoft and Rare LTD released the HD remake on Xbox Live.

To help promote the re-release of the HD Perfect Dark remake as part of the Rare Replay collection on Xbox One Rare has posted a very in-depth video featuring several of the prominent developers from the PD team. This video not only covers the development process that Rare’s 90s team used – No regular meetings, no deadlines and folks just adding in brand new features without a light at the end of the tunnel.

Watching this video is really a nostalgia trip.

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Activision & Avenged Sevenfold Shred With New Live GHTV Content

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Activision has partnered with probably one of my favorite bands Avenged Sevenfold to bring some exclusive live content to Guitar Hero Live’s GHTV mode.  Fans can jam along with members of the band as they introduce and talk about some of their favorite classic rock songs including tracks from bands like Pantera, Weezer, AFI, Faith No More, Deftones and more.

These one hour live shows will be available at the following times according to Activision’s press release:

  • Tuesday, Dec. 22ndat 5:30pm Pacific (World Premiere)
  • Wednesday, Dec. 23rdat 1:30am, 9:30am and 6:00pm Pacific
  • Thursday, Dec. 24that 2:00am, 10:00am and 8:30pm Pacific
  • Friday, Dec. 25that 4:30am, 12:30pm, 5:30pm and 9:30pm Pacific
  • Saturday, Dec. 26that 5:30am, 9:30am, 7:30pm and 11:00pm Pacific
  • Sunday, Dec. 27that 7:30am, 11:00am and 7:00pm Pacific
  • Monday, Dec. 28that 3:00am, 11:00am and 5:30pm Pacific
  • Tuesday, Dec. 29that 1:30am and 9:30am Pacific

If you miss your chance to catch the first ever Guitar Hero Live TV shows featuring Avenged Sevenfold three of the bands tracks – One from their most recent release Hail To The King and two from 2010s Nightmare – will be available via Guitar Hero Live’s premium content feature.

Here is the list of tracks that will be featured on Guitar Hero premium. All of these tracks come from footage during Avenged’s headlining performance at England’s Download Festival from this past June.

  • Shepheard of Fire From Hail To The King
  • Buried Alive From Nightmare
  • Nightmare the titular track form the album Nightmare

Who is ready to rock out for the holidays? \m/ You can get more information on Activisions Blog as well.

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Nyko’s Data Bank Hard Drive for Xbox One Now Available

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Leading console accessories manufacturer Nyko today announced on twitter the release of the Data Bank for Xbox One, a sleek, streamlined hard drive enclosure that affixes to the top of the console and expands data storage with any 3.5” hard drive. Current enclosures on the market are less visually appealing and are detached from the console, leaving a cable trail and taking up unnecessary space. The Data Bank for Xbox One solves this problem with an enclosure that matches the materials and angles of the console, and simply attaches to the top. You can now purchase the Data Bank at GameStop,Amazon, or the Nyko online store today for MSRP $39.99.

The Data Bank

The fit is really quite pretty

This massive harddrive extension is built specifically to fit right on top of the Xbox One and Nyko’s head of sales and marketing Chris Arbogast offers this as the reason you need one:

“If gamers purchase at least one new game a month, they’d have to start deleting old games or upgrade storage within the first couple of years after purchasing the Xbox One, The Data Bank provides the most cost-effective method to make limited save space a thing of the past, in a way that maintains the clean look of the original console design.” If you are interested you can check out the video of the console addition here 

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Here Are The Free Xbox Live Gold Games For January 2016

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Xbox One

It might not even be 2016 yet but Xbox’s Major Nelson has taken the wraps off of the free games that Xbox Live subscribers will gain access to at the beginning of next year.

On the Xbox One front – Owners of Mircrosoft’s Xbox One can go for broke in an all out brawl with Killer Instinct: Season 1 Ultra Edition. This season pass is normally $40 and gives Killer Instinct players access to all 9 fighters and extra costumes included in Season One. Also coming to Xbox One is Zheroes an Indies @ Xbox game – basically a stylized side scrolling beat’em-up.

For owners of Microsoft’s last generation console, Xbox 360, Microsoft will be giving away DIRT: Showndown and Square Enix’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Unfortunately this is the vanilla version and not the Director’s Cut re-release which includes New Game+, Improved Textures, Reworked Boss Fights and Developer Commentary.

As is the case with all Xbox 360 games released on Games With Gold – both DIRT: Showdown and Deus Ex are backwards compatible on Xbox One.

Here’s the full line-up with dates:

Xbox One
Killer Instinct Season One Ultimate – Jan 1st Thru 31st
Zheroes – Jan 16th Thru 15th

Xbox 360

DIRT Showdown – Jan 1st Thru 15th
Deus Ex Human Revolution – Jan 16th Thru 31st

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Xbox Boss: Killer Instinct & Gears Ultimate Coming To PC In Early 2016

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Earlier this year at E3 Microsoft announced that both Killer Instinct and Gears of War: Ultimate would be making the jump from the Xbox One to Windows PC. Since then PC gamers have been waiting to find out when they can dig into these currently Xbox One exclusive titles.

One fan in particular, @brycethatoneguy on twitter, took to the social media platform to ask Xbox Boss Phil Spencer exactly when we can expect these games on Windows 10. Spencer’s response? They haven’t announced dates but both games are expected “won’t be too far into 2016”.

Here’s the full tweet from Phil Spencer, which you can use to trace back to the full conversation:

Are you excited for either Gears of War: Ultimate or Killer Instinct on Windows 10? There have been 3 DLC “seasons” of Killer Instinct that have brought a total of 22 combatants into the arena – 9 from Season 1, 9 from Season 2 and currently 4 from Season 3. Gears of War: Ultimate is of course a remastered version of the Xbox 360 2006 original with enhanced graphics and new content.

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Comcept Unloads A Barrage of Mighty Number 9 Screenshots

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Mighty Number 9

Comcept the developer behind the Kickstarted Mega Man spiritual successor Mighty Number 9 has released a whole set of brand new screenshots for your viewing pleasure. We’ve got an entire gallery containing all of the high-rez colorful screnshots at the bottom of this post.

Mighty Number 9 was originally revealed back in September 2013 and reached its funding goal only after 2 days. With gameplay that is reminiscent of Keiji Inafune’s former Capcom creation, long time platform veterans and those familiar with his other works should have no problem jumping right into protagonist Beck’s shoes.  This past August the project was delayed from a September 2015 release into February of next year for most versions of Mighty Number 9. It will be released on Windows PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, OSX, Linux. Wii U and at a later date PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS.

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Cyberpunk 2077 To Go Silent As Witcher III Becomes The Focus For The Next Year

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Last week we brought you some news via a translated interview that CD Projekt’s ambitious role-playing game Cyberpunk 2077  was going to be even more ambitious than this year’s The Witcher III.  The game is in the news once again thanks to an interview the CEO of the CD Projekt RED gave to the Polish show Money.

It is not a surprise to anyone that The Witcher III has been an absolute success for the company – reaching sales of over 6 million units since the game’s launch this past May. It is so successful that the company’s CEO says that CD Projekt RED will focus on The Witcher brand for the next year.

Regarding their plans for The Witcher III Adam Kicinski said:

“This and the next year will be devoted to The Witcher. Apart from the second expansion we have some additional ideas. They should help us animate sales in 2016. The game is selling so well, that we are convinced there are still many people who will buy it if we promote it further.”

So where does this leave the ambitious Cyberpunk 2077, which the public hasn’t seen – aside from the off executive or producer quote – since the game’s initial reveal trailer?  In terms of marketing material and official demos we won’t be seeing things for quite some time. No doubt CD Projeckt RED has an entire internal team working hard on the game but it looks like they will be going radio silent until the game’s marketing machine is ready to rev-up to full speed.

Here’s exactly what Mr.Kicinski said about the company’s plans for Cyberpunk:

“We already have the release date for Cyberpunk 2077 planned, but we won’t announce it until we are ready to start the marketing campaign. At the moment we’re concentrating on The Witcher and don’t want to distract users from that product, which we are still monetizing.”

Cyberpunk 2077 was originally revealed back in January 2013 – in fact we covered the game’s initial reveal trailer over two years ago. The game will allow players to customize their own avatar for use in game and will have a heavy emphasis on non-linear choice driven story.

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Sparrow Racing League Goes Live Today In Destiny: The Taken King

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Starting today guardians who visit the universe of Bungie’s Destiny can participate in a six-person death race on a brand new Sparrow. The next major patch – which goes live today – Destiny 2.1 – will add two new NPCs to the tower. By speaking to Tess Everis Guardians will have the option to purchase new in-game emotes, similar to the one’s that were made available during the Halloween event. By speaking to the second NPC, Amanda Holliday, players will be able to earn their Sparrow Racing League License and complete bounty for new gear.

The Sparrow Racing League will go live on all platforms starting today and will run until December 29th. Fans got their first chance to check out this brand new, time limited mode, at the PlayStation Experience this past weekend in San Francisco.

According to Bungie here’s everything you do when speaking to Amanda Holliday:

  • Obtain your SRL Licence Quest and SRL Bounties
  • Earn a new Sparrow as part of the SRL Quest
  • Upgrade your reputation by completing SRL Bounties
  • Each Race is a chance to earn SRL gear and Shaders
  • The higher your reputation, the better the post-game drops
  • Helmets and Class Items can drop with up to 320 Light
  • Helmets and Class Items with Light can be used for Infusion
  • All other SRL gear has no Light, but features racing perks

Here’s everything Tess has to offer:

  • New emotes to celebrate the thrill of speed and competition
  • ToolKits that include stylish (but equally fast) Sparrows
  • ToolKits that include Horns to let you signal your approach
  • A new Record Book to provide more challenge and reward

It’s important to note that a copy of The Taken King is required to participate in The Sparrow League.

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Activision Launches ‘Chivalry: Medieval Warfare’ for PS4 and Xbox One

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

First person medieval combat lands on Xbox One and PS4! Torn Banner studious medieval first person combat game was wildly successful on Steam, with mods galore. Now Activision is going to bring that first person combat experience to the PS4 and Xbox One. Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is out today in North America for $19.99 MSRP on the PlayStation4 via the PlayStationStore and Xbox One through the Xbox Games Store.

In addition, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Ultimate Edition which includes the Barbarian Character Pack, Marauding Arbiter Pack, Inquisitive Dreadnaught Bundle and Barbarian Weapon Pack is available on both platforms for $29.99 MSRP.

These cosmetic DLC sets may also be purchased separately for $7.99 MSRP each. The Barbarian Character Pack includes intimidating barbarian skins for each of the games four classes. The Marauding Arbiter Pack offers new skins and helmets for the Vanguard class. The Inquisitive Dreadnaught Bundle features new skins, helmets and special weapons for the Knight class. The Barbarian Weapon Pack holds a collection of five brutal weapons of war.

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare’s deep melee fighting system makes combat fast and visceral, delivering precision control with every strike in either first or third-person view. Choose one of four distinct classes â Knight, Vanguard, Man-at-Arms and Archer  to conquer or defend castles and villages in ruthless battles across a multitude of solo and team-based game modes. There are over 60 period-authentic swords, axes, maces, javelins, bows and more to use, as well as armors, helmets and siege weapons, including catapults, ballistae, boiling oil and battering rams.

 

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Rainbow Six Siege Launch Trailer Is GO GO GO

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Rainbow Six Siege

Ubisoft has given the GO command on both the Rainbow Six Siege open beta and the game’s launch trailer.  Titled ‘the breach’ this brand new one minute trailer – narrated by a British special forces member – outlining some of the emotions members of the Rainbow team might feel when participating in one of the game’s multiplayer-centric matches.

Rainbow Siege’s open multiplayer beta went live this weekend – featuring 14 different operators and three different maps – on all major platforms (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Windows PC).  The open beta was delayed by two hours on Friday and is scheduled to close tomorrow night before the final game becomes available via retail and digital distribution on December 1st.

For more Rainbow Siege coverage check out our full coverage of the game’s closed beta from earlier this fall.

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