Sledgehammer Games and Activision held their Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Multiplayer Premiere at Gamescon 2014 in Cologne, Germany earlier today to showcase what’s new in multiplayer … Read more…
Deep Silver has released the first Dead Island 2 gameplay trailer. As the title suggests, it’s all sunshine & slaughter! The follow up to 2011’s successful Dead … Read more…
Welcome to Playlist! This is the weekly column, out every Friday, that lets you know what video games the MOARGeek staff is playing. If a title … Read more…
Microsoft’s Xbox Live has long been one of the most popular social gaming services available on consoles. In June 2013, the Games with Gold program … Read more…
Take-Two Interactive announced today that the upcoming 2K and Turtle Rock shooter Evolve has been delayed until February 10, 2015. The announcement came via Take-Two Interactive’s results … Read more…
IGN just released some exclusive gameplay video with Bungie regarding their upcoming game Destiny. Over the past couple of weeks, Destiny has been in Beta … Read more…
In what many gamers will consider a huge surprise, Electronic Arts and Microsoft have announced a gaming subscription service on XBox One called EA Access. … Read more…
Last week, Playstation users got a leg up on their Xbox counterparts with early access to Destiny in Beta. After a 2 day shut down (technically … Read more…
Xbox has announced the Xbox One August Update Preview 1408 will start rolling out soon to Xbox users in the preview program. Last month, Xbox launched … Read more…
If Brandon Winfrey’s recent Sunset TV episode is to believed, Xbox One digital pre-orders are coming soon. This is great news for Xbox One fans … Read more…
Microsoft has announced that Project Spark will release in North America on October 7th (October 9th in Asia, October 10th in Europe) and carry a … Read more…
I remember years ago when I bought an XBox strictly for access to Halo: Combat Evolved. I was an avid Playstation and Nintendo fan and … Read more…
As we covered earlier, one of the elements missing from the Xbox One launch was inclusion of Xbox One profiles and achievements on the Xbox.com … Read more…
Turn 10 Studios has released the Forza Motorsport 5 Hot Wheels Car Pack for July. This pack will be the final car pack included with the Forza … Read more…
Each month, Xbox releases two games for the Xbox 360 and two for the Xbox One as part of it’s Games with Gold program for gamers with an Xbox Live Gold subscription. Major Nelson recently announced the Xbox One and Xbox 360 games for July.
Hot off of E3, Respawn Entertainment has provided more details on the upcoming Titanfall Game Update Four. Respawn has announced new features for all platforms and additional achievements for the Xbox One.
It’s looking like July is Xbox Achievements Update month for Microsoft. Last week we took a look at the July Update Preview – part of which focuses on increasing the accessibility to Achievements while in-game.
Ever since the launch of the Xbox One last November, gamers have had to rely on the Xbox One SmartGlass app in order to view their achievement progress when not at their console as the achievements on the Xbox Live website are limited to Xbox 360 and Windows achievements – something that was somewhat puzzling to say the least.
In case you missed the annual Electronics Entertainment Expo, we have an “E3 2014 in review” series for you! First up, we take a look at what Microsoft had to offer for the Xbox One and 360 going forward.
Microsoft led the E3 press conferences on Monday morning with a few expected announcements, a couple of surprise announcements, and a focus on games. Microsoft’s strategy was completely different from E3 2013 which focused more on the entertainment side of Xbox Live and the (then) upcoming Xbox One.
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) of 2014 has come and gone and I thought it would be a good idea to get some reactions from the staff here at Techaeris. There were a lot things announced, and this will allow us to talk about some of our favorites. Keep reading for our lists of a few games to watch.
Over the past few months, Microsoft has been updating the Xbox One on a monthly basis. It looks like July will be no exception as Xbox’s Larry Hryb, a.k.a. Major Nelson, recently previewed the Xbox One July Update. Each of these updates has proven to enhance the user experience and shows that Microsoft has been listening to its user base. With the July update, users can expect to see some interesting updates.
On Friday, June 6th Turtle Beach announced an Elite membership program, to coincide with a new line of Elite headsets. The headsets are to be officially unveiled during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) taking place from June 10th – 12th in Los Angeles. The Elite headsets have advanced features for professional and competitive gamers. Today, details of the new headsets and the Elite membership program have started to emerge. More info can be found after the break.
We’re no strangers to video games here at Techaeris HQ. Some of us are casual gamers and others are a little more hardcore. Whatever level gamer you are there is one thing we all have in common. We are geeks. And as geeks, we love to understand and see how the things we love work and how they came into being. Check out the video after the break and see how developers made Assassin’s Creed Unity. There is some amazing technology and amazing talent at work in this video.
Ars Technica is reporting that multiple sources at Microsoft have been told of a plan to make a few adjustments to the Xbox Live Gold streaming video offerings. Most notably, popular video streaming services Netflix and Hulu may no longer require Xbox Live Gold access. Up until now, Xbox users would need to pay for an Xbox Live Gold account – in addition to paying for Netflix or Hulu subscriptions – just to stream these services from the Xbox.
Playstation 4 and Xbox One owners will have to wait a little bit longer to explore the sprawling world of The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) on their TV screens. Zenimax Online confirmed rumors today in a blog post that the console release of their popular massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) has been delayed for 6 months.
I’ve certainly complained about Facebook in the past, and my feelings have largely remained the same. It’s no secret that Facebook doesn’t seem to respect your privacy, and really wants to pry open and inspect all aspects of your life. For the most part we seem to let them. They roll out changes to their privacy settings, making you opt-out of updates that increasingly open up your data – if you can even find where to opt-out in their giant mess of settings.
Wal-Mart is jumping into the world of video game trade-in’s starting next week. CNBC is reporting the retail giant will start accepting used video games … Read more…
Microsoft wants to use their popular Xbox Live platform as well as Skype and MSN to run political ads targeted at their users based on the data collected from those services. The Washington Post is reporting that Microsoft was handing out promo materials at CPAC that outlined and presented the idea. There’s no question that there’s money to be had in political advertising, on both sides of the aisle, and the political season is upon us.
Microsoft is experience some high level management shake ups this morning. First Julie Larson-Green has been moved to the position of Chief Experience Officer and now ex Nokia man Stephen Elop is taking the helm at the devices and studios division. This division includes Xbox and the Surface lineup. Larson-Green sent out a memo explaining the moves to her team (find that below). One things for certain, Microsoft’s new CEO Satya Nadella, seems to be working fast to restructure and place people where he feels they’ll be of best use. It remains to be seen if these choices are good or bad but at least there seems to be a battle plan. Not quiet sure what Elop has to offer in the gaming sector of Microsoft but I’m sure he has some good ideas for the Surface products. Elop has worked for Microsoft in the past as President of the Business division so he has insight and experience into Microsoft culture. What do you guys think of the upper management shake up at Microsoft? Let us know in the comments below! Read Larson-Green’s full memo after the break.
