Xav de Matos
Feature Content Director -
Xav de Matos serves as Feature Content Director for Joystiq. Responsible for the management, acquisition, and creation of feature-length content and previews.
Xav holds a degree in Public Relations. In his the nearly seven years he has worked in the industry, Xav has contributed to GamePro Magazine during the 'Davison Era' and previously held a Senior Editor position at Shacknews, and is a regular guest of Weekend Confirmed.
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Call of Duty: Ghosts announced; next-gen powered by new engine
Confirming rumors, Activision has revealed the next game in its billion-dollar shooter franchise, titled Call of Duty: Ghosts. The military-based FPS will arrive on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 5, and on "next-generation platforms" on an unspecified date. No Wii U version was ...
Seven-day FPS challenger Receiver now out on Steam
Receiver, a detailed first-person shooter developed as part of a seven-day challenge for PC and Mac, has found its way on Steam. In the game players explore a minimalist world in search of clues to unravel a conspiracy. Well, if you survive an onslaught of deadly turrets and drones, that ...
Kentucky Route Zero 'Act 2' delayed to mid-May
"Our goal for Act 2 has been to release it by the end of April," a monthly newsletter sent to Kentucky Route Zero players notes, before announcing the second episode of the five-part series has been pushed to mid-May. No exact release date has been specified. Developer Cardboard Computer says ...
Hackers claim to have developed Wii U mod chip, Nintendo aware and prepared
A hacker group claims they have designed a modification chip that circumvents security measures on Nintendo's Wii U. In a post on the group's website – which Joystiq has decided against linking to – the modders say they have "completely reversed the Wii U drive authentication, disk ...
Wii U system update 3.0 released, adds automatic background installing and more
Nintendo has launched a system software update for the Wii U, adding a new standby function to "download and install software while the system is powered off" and automatic background installation of eShop downloads. The new software – bringing the Wii U to version 3.0 – also makes ...
Super Joystiq Podcast 047 Live: Star Trek, Monaco, ANNE [Update: Watch the replay!]
Update: The live show has ended, watch the replay above. In this week's live segment of the Super Joystiq Podcast, the crew boldly goes where no gamer should: the world of the Digital Extremes-developed movie tie-in game Star Trek. In more comforting excursions, we're exploring the world of ANNE ...
Flixster comes to Xbox 360 with Ultraviolet Collection support
The Warner Bros.-owned movie destination app Flixster has come to Xbox 360 with a new Kinect-enabled application available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Flixster on Xbox allows users to buy and rent films, access "the latest" film review scores from the critic aggregator source Rotten Tomatoes and ...
Ubisoft Montpellier artist challenges dismissal over caricatures of management
After being dismissed for illustrating caricatures of his Ubisoft Montpellier managers, artist Alain 'Gaston' Rémy has decided to challenge the terms of the December 2012 decision. In a report filed by France 3's news desk, the former Ubisoft employee says that the illustrations were done ...
Decaying Dark Souls and an interest killed with kindness
Welcome to The Level Grind, a column that asks questions about game design and industry culture from the perspective of a game player. A few weeks ago I wrote about Dark Souls and how my initial impression of the game was, for the lack of a better term, "wrong." I'd given the game another shot ...
Black Ops 2 'Uprising' DLC adds new maps, 'zombie adventure' on April 16
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is about to deal with an uprising. The next DLC pack for the shooter – dubbed 'Uprising' if you didn't catch it – lands on April 16 on the Xbox 360 and includes five maps and one new "zombie adventure." New maps for the content pack include Magma, Encore, ...
