Archive for the ‘Xbox360’ Category

Responding to Xbox One and PS4, Capcom investing $80 million to create two R&D labs in Japan

Resident Evil and Dead Rising publisher Capcom announced today that it has begun construction on two R&D buildings to be erected near the company’s Osaka headquarters. Capcom will spend a total of $80 million to build the offices and they come in response to the release of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Capcom says […]

Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Mario Kart 7 dropping to $30

Nintendo announced today that it is cutting the price for five of its biggest 3DS games. Starting April 22, Mario Kart 7, Super Mario 3D Land, New Super Mario Bros. 2, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D will fall to $30. They were previously sold for $35-$40. That price is good […]

Report: Steam Controller goes on sale this fall, 500 games natively playable on SteamOS by the end of the year

Valve’s new and innovative Steam Controller will officially go on sale this fall, a “trusted hardware source” told PC Gamer at PAX East this weekend. The controller will release in October or November of 2014, the source specified. Pricing details were not mentioned. The latest version of the prototype Steam Controller was shown off in […]

In Japan, you can now buy spare PS4 parts, but will the service come West?

As part of a new service offered only in Japan for now, Sony has begun selling individual PlayStation 4 parts for local gamers, DualShockers reports. The service won’t let you build a PS4 from scratch, of course, but you can pick up spare parts like an HDD bay cover (¥1000/$10), HDD bay bracket (¥500/$5), screw […]

UK Titanfall sales spike 220 percent after Xbox 360 launch

Titanfall has leapt back to the top of the UK games chart following the launch of the Xbox 360 version last week. The well-received last-gen version accounted for 71 percent of sales for the game, with 27 percent going to Xbox One and a single percent of sales on PC. All in all, Titanfall’s sales […]

High Strangeness: Bridging RPG Eras – PAX East 2014 Dev Commentary

Lead developer Ben Shostak explains what makes High Strangeness a modern gem of nostalgic indie RPG action.

Microsoft admits it was "definitely a challenge" to get the Xbox One message across early on

Today during a PAX East panel called Console Launches: A Post Mortem, Microsoft’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb acknowledged that it was a real challenge getting the Xbox One message across last summer when the console was originally announced. The Xbox One was “very complex to explain” to consumers, Hryb said. He went on to explain […]

Dawngate: Reshaping the MOBA – PAX East 2014 Dev Commentary

Shaun sits down with Hunter Howe, creative director of Dawngate, to see what exactly makes this MOBA stand out among the genre’s heavy-hitters.

Apocalyptic Cats Confirmed

Not A Hero from OlliOlli developer is an action packed shooter featuring a range of power-ups including explosive cats.

If Titanfall had virtual reality support you might barf everywhere

Don’t expect Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC multiplayer shooter Titanfall to add a virtual reality mode anytime soon. Speaking with GameSpot today at PAX East, producer Drew McCoy said he’s enthusiastic about virtual reality headsets like Oculus Rift and Sony’s Project Morpheus, but stressed that the results for a very vertical-oriented game like Titanfall […]