Head of Xbox Phil Spencer revealed on Twitter that a screenshot function is coming to Xbox One.
“Nice to finally be doing this on my Xbox One dev kit,” Spencer tweeted, accompanied by the image below.
He later added that screenshot functionality was one of the top user requests on feedback.xbox.com. The Xbox team will properly introduce the feature and share more when they’re ready, which Spencer said will be “soon.”
Activision has released a press statement stating that they now have over 16 million users logging in for at least 3 hours a day which makes it one of the most played games of this year and last.
“Destiny now has over 16 million registered users with a massive audience of active players still averaging over 3 hours of game play per day, a figure that has stayed remarkably stable since launch.”
He then added:
“Destiny also performed the rarely seen console gaming feat of growing active players from November to December, driven by the release of the new expansion pack, the Dark Below. And it was the #1 played game in North America on a PS4 in December.”
Activision President Bobby Kotick noted that combined with Hearthstone which has more than 25 million registered players – the pair have generated more than $850 million in non-GAAP revenue.
“Last year, we launched two of the most successful new entertainment brands, Destiny and Blizzard’s Hearthstone. Combined, they attracted over 40 million registered players worldwide and generated more than $850 million in non-GAAP revenue, a testament to our team’s proven abilities to capture the imaginations of millions of people around the world time and time again,”
explained Kotick.
Microsoft today outlined the Xbox One February system update heading to Xbox One users today, the first update for this year.
Previously revealed for preview members last month, the update features a new tile transparency option that enables users to decide just how much of their console’s custom backgrounds they can see.
The update introduces Game Hubs, new pages where users progression stats, achievements, DLC details, leaderboards and Twitch videos for a given title are collated from their friends and the wider gaming community.
Updates to controller, party chat, TV and more.
Microsoft today outlined the Xbox One February system update heading to Xbox One users today, the first update for this year.
Previously revealed for preview members last month, the update features a new tile transparency option that enables users to decide just how much of their console’s custom backgrounds they can see.
The update introduces Game Hubs, new pages where users progression stats, achievements, DLC details, leaderboards and Twitch videos for a given title are collated from their friends and the wider gaming community.
It also adds Xbox One controller enhancements with Quick Connect. The new feature shaves controller connections to an Xbox One down to approximately two seconds from the previous time of 4 to 5 seconds when powering on a controller.
Check out the full list of Party Chat and TV updates heading to Xbox One below:
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Destiny is set to get a “major content release” later this year according to an Activision exec.
Eric Hirshberg revealed during an investor call last night that, while the last solid expansion we know about is House of Wolves sometime between April and June, there’s more stuff to come too.
“In Q2, we expect to launch the game’s second expansion pack, House of Wolves, and later this year, we will announce a major content release for the fall, so stay tuned,”he said. “And a very robust pipeline planned after that.”
Earlier this year, a leak suggested a much more feature-rich offering called Comet: Plague of Darkness would be coming with new subclasses, weapon types, PvP maps, story missions, and locations — and might be large enough to be available on a disc as well.
Could we be seeing a shift to a different expansion/DLC model than the one Activision has employed thus far? As we learned last night that Destiny has over 16 million registered players, it’s likely there’s a lot of people keen to know more. Sadly for now, we’ll have to settle for House of Wolves. Earlier this week, a Reddit user suggested we’d be seeing that expansion on May 19 after he datamined some files.
BioWare’s decision to focus development of Mass Effect 4 on new-gen consoles and PC will bring big benefits to the gameplay, BioWare exec Aaryn Flynn has explained in a post on NeoGAF. Flynn was posting in relation to concerns that the new Mass Effect would be based on a template set out by Dragon Age Inquisition.
“I’ve seen a few thoughts like this recently, and thought I’d weigh in as much as I can right now,” he explained. “I have a good idea where it’s coming from. All of our games are using Frostbite now. We’ve said the next Mass Effect (and our new IP, but I won’t expand on that yet) uses some of the technology from DAI. We’ve been enjoying building larger areas that you can explore with less friction, so that’ll be there as well.
“But after that, the next Mass Effect will be (and should be) drawing on its own rich and successful past more than what DAI would say it should do.”
Flynn adds: “Take the Mako, something we’ve already shown in prototype form. We had that in ME1, and bringing it back is more related to a feeling that we can do it much better than we did before and fulfil the original promise of that gameplay. That has nothing to do with DAI. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that dropping the older consoles has had more impact on the overall gameplay goals of the next Mass Effect game than what DAI successfully accomplished.”
Batman: Arkham Knight was the most pre-ordered game on Amazon.co.uk in January, the retailer has revealed. Dying Light came in second, no doubt as players prepared for its original January 28 release, with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in third. Tom Clancy’s The Division and Halo 5: Guardians followed in fourth and fifth, with The Order: 1886, GTA 5 PC, Battlefield Hardline, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain and Uncharted 4 rounding out the top 10.
Despite last month’s beta, however, Evolve failed to crack the top 10, placing just outside at No.11.
“It’s clear to see customers are remaining loyal to their favourite franchises with Batman: Arkham Knight, The Witcher 3, Grand Theft Auto V and the redesigned Battlefield Hardline,” said Xavier Garambois, Vice President of EU Retail at Amazon. “It’s also great to see customers putting their faith into innovative new games like monster-hunter Evolve or crowd-funded Project CARS, which are set to do very well this year.”
Arkham Knight’s success is likely due to Amazon opening pre-orders for its exclusive Limited Edition last month. Take a look below for the top 20 pre-ordered games on Amazon in January 2015.
1. BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT
2. DYING LIGHT
3. THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT
4. TOM CLANCY’S THE DIVISION
5. HALO 5: GUARDIANS
6. THE ORDER: 1886
7. GRAND THEFT AUTO 5 (PC)
8. BATTLEFIELD HARDLINE
9. METAL GEAR SOLID 5: THE PHANTOM PAIN
10. UNCHARTED 4: A THIEF’S END
11. EVOLVE
12. THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE
13. FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD
14. PROJECT CARS
15. BLOODBORNE
16. MORTAL KOMBAT X
17. DEAD ISLAND 2
18. DRAGONBALL XENOVERSE 2
19. HOMEWORLD REMASTERED COLLECTOR’S EDITION
20. THE LEGEND OF ZELDA (WII U)
Dead Or Alive 5: Last Round, the new version of the successful fighting game developed by Team Ninja, has received its launch Japanese trailer today.
The new trailer, which can be watched by going at the end of this post, showcases all the older playable characters of the game as well as the new fighters who were unavailable in previous versions of the game.
Last week Tecmo Koei confirmed that the PC version of Dead Or Alive 5: Last Round is going to be delayed in all regions. The game will be released on Steam in North America and Europe on March 30th and the following day in Japan. The publisher also confirmed that the 2013 Halloween Costume set is going to be made available for free for the PC version of the game and that the online mode of the game will be unavailable at launch, with a patch adding it to the game coming within three months from launch.
Dead or Alive 5: Last Round launches in North America on February 17th, in Japan on February 19th and in Europe on February 20th on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One. The PC version will be released in late March.
Bungie is finally preparing to squash one of Destiny’s most-complained-about bugs.
The frequently-reported issue causes players’ coveted heavy weapon ammunition to disappear upon death, returning to orbit, or when encountering one of Destiny’s delightful unskippable cut-scenes.
Heavy weapon ammo is rare, and if you’ve played Destiny for a while you will have probably spent a decent amount of in-game currency on stocking it up.
Which is why its continued disappearance has been a bit of a bug-bear – and why Bungie is finally (almost) ready to deploy a fix.
“For some time now, we’ve been tracking this one,” Bungie explained via the developer’s latest Weekly Update.
“To date, the best we’ve been able to do is to admit that we were aware of the issue. This week, we can give you some additional information.”
The issue boils down to the effect in-game perks have on the amount of heavy ammo players can hold, and Destiny incorrectly applying the value.
A solution has now been found, but the fix won’t be fully deployed until nearer the end of February.
Another year, another slew of LEGO video games to be released. Warner Bros., working with TT Games and The LEGO Group, has revealed the entire line-up of LEGO titles to be launched in 2015. Overall, there are five new LEGO games to be released in 2015. Some of them are staples, like LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin, a title taking advantage of LEGO’s Ninjago brand, and The LEGO Movie Videogame and LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham coming to iOS and Android devices.
Two titles are fun surprises, however. The first isn’t necessarily a huge surprise, as Warner Bros. has been working with Marvel for some time now. Nevertheless, LEGO Marvel’s Avengers will be released in 2015. It’s notable that this isn’t The Avengers or The Avengers 2 in name, but also a bit contradictory because this game is in fact licensed off of the Avengers movie property. Yes, it will be based off both the original Avengers movie and its upcoming sequel, Age of Ultron.
The other big new LEGO game to come in 2015, however, is an awesome surprise. LEGO Jurassic World will be based on the upcoming blockbuster Jurassic Park sequel. It won’t just cover the new movie, however, as Warner Bros. confirmed the content of the game will go through all four Jurassic Park films. I hope it covers that one scene where the dream raptor screams, “Alan.”
LEGO Jurassic World and LEGO Marvel’s Avengers will both be coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PS Vita, 3DS and PC. LEGO Ninjago will be a strictly handheld affair, coming to PS Vita and Nintendo 3DS. The the two other 2013 ports, LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham and The LEGO Movie Videogame are going to be arriving on iOS and Android devices. Expect to hear more on all five LEGO games planned for 2015 in the months to come.
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