Category Archives: Microsoft

Sublime tracks will be available as part of the Sublime Pack 01 for Rock Band 3 next week. The tracks are: What I Got, Santeria and Wrong Way. Each features support for keyboard, and Santeria also features support for Pro Guitar. The tracks will be made available on PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360 on October 30 and UK users can download the tracks on PSN the following day, October 31. Each will run you the the usual price.

Borderlands 2 will receive a patch “as soon as possible” in order to combat hacking in the Xbox 360 version of the game.

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Guardians of Middle-earth has a new video available featuring Battle Profiles for Rohan’s favorite daughter Eowyn and the orc chief Mozgog. Watch it below. Game’s out December 4 in the US and on December 7 in the UK via PSN and XBLA.

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Hitman: Absolution has a new trailer floating around the interwebs, and we’ve posted it below. It was shown during the 2012 Golden Joystick Awards which occurred today. Watch it below. Hitman: Absolution is out on November 20 for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.Thanks, CVG.

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Need for Speed: Most Wanted on Vita, is “exactly the same game,” as the PS3 version apart from traffic density and number of players online, according to producer Matt Webster.

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Xbox SmartGlass has launched alongside Windows 8.The free Xbox app enables your PC, tablet and phone to connect to the 360 console to scan the daashboard, flip through content, or us your phone or tablet as a remote. Xbox Music, one of three pre-installed Xbox apps in Windows 8, has also launched, as has Xbox Video and the first wave of Xbox games in Windows 8. You can find out more on the new apps and services through Major Nelson or our post from earlier in the week. A video is below.

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Forza Horizon ‘showcase events’ re one of the definitive highlights of PlayGround Games’ racer. These events define the ‘festival atmosphere’ and are a great excuse for different events that are perhaps a little off the wall. See them in action below.

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Sleeping Dogs developer United Front Games has discussed with VG247 the feeling around the studio when the game – then called True Crime: Hong Kong – was dropped by Activision.

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Sleeping Dogs: ‘Nightmare in North Point’ DLC brings the occult to Hong Kong. VG247′s Dave Cook speaks with United Front Games about the expansion and the success of the game so far.

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Winners of the 2012 Golden Joystick Awards have been announced, and Skyrim walked away with three: Ultimate Game of the Year, Best Gaming Moment, and Best RPG.

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Need for Speed: Most Wanted’s launch trailer has been released by EA. The Criterion racer is out October 30 in North America, November 1 in Europe and Australia, and in the UK on November 2 for PC, PS3, Vita, and Xbox 360.

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Medal of Honor: Warfighter is out in the UK today. We’ve trawled the depths of the internet to find out where you can buy it cheapest. Check out the prices below.

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Max Payne 3 is taking part in the Halloween festivities by adding spooky masks into the multiplayer mix.

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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn is online now. The fourth chapter in the mega-budget live action series sees Master Chief fighting alongside the cadets to repel the Covenant. Shit just got real. Watch it below.

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Dance Central 3 is adding Gangnam Style DLC to its ever-growing repertoire of ass-shaking tunes, as well as Call Me Maybe and others. Get the DLC roster below.

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Square-Enix is watching the way you play its games, according to new reports that suggest the publisher’s end-user license agreement gives it permission to capture your playing trends. It’s not a massive conspiracy though, just a new trend in opinion-forming. The publisher has revealed all in a new interview.

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Microsoft’s policy to mature games on its Windows 8 digital store essentially forbode any games that fell into the ‘mature’ or 18+ age bracket. It seemed like a strange decision at the time, but earlier today we reported that Microsoft has announced that certain restrictions will be relaxed.

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Far Cry 3’s lead game designer, Jamie Keen, talks to Stace Harman about the rational thinking behind the title’s bat-crap crazy events and characters.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will do away with region-based, and favour matches made via latency and ping. Treyarch’s David Vonderhaar has shed light on the change.

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Medal of Honor: Warfighter is out across Europe from today, and reviews scores have been middling to low. Watch VG247′s Dave Cook play the first full mission, and talk about gameplay below.

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