Category: Xbox

  • Cross-play on Sea of Thieves to be made optional

    Cross-play on Sea of Thieves to be made optional

    Gar! Listen up ye filthy landlubbers! Sea of Thieves, the online pirate adventure game, is to give players the ability to toggle cross-play on or off, developer Rare has confirmed. The news came by way of a developer update on YouTube, where the games executive producer Joe Neate explained that Rare have been “discussing this […]

  • The Green Cities expansion for Cities: Skylines is out now on the Xbox One and PS4

    The Green Cities expansion for Cities: Skylines is out now on the Xbox One and PS4

    The expansion has been out since last October for PC players, but Xbox One and PS4 players will finally be able to get their hands on the Green Cities expansion for Cities: Skylines today (January 31st). The Green Cities expansions comes packed with new content, including new visuals, buildings, parks, services, scenarios, policies, and more. The […]

  • Multiplayer games on the Xbox won’t require Xbox Live Gold this weekend

    Multiplayer games on the Xbox won’t require Xbox Live Gold this weekend

    Xbox Live Gold is probably the best online service of any of the top three consoles, and for this weekend only you can experience it for free. That means that even if you don’t have a subscription you can play online multiplayer games with friends (or random people) online from today until February 3rd. As […]

  • The Division 2’s beta details announced

    The Division 2’s beta details announced

    A couple of weeks ago I told you that Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 would be getting a private beta next month, but details were scarce. Now, Ubisoft has announced further details of the beta, which gives us a clearer picture of how the whole thing will pan out. The private beta will take place […]

  • Inside Xbox promises “exclusive announcements” and “new reveals” on Tuesday 5th February

    Inside Xbox promises “exclusive announcements” and “new reveals” on Tuesday 5th February

    Microsoft has released a teaser trailer for the upcoming first edition of Inside Xbox for 2019, and it promises “exclusive announcements”, “new reveals”, and a look at the highly-ancitipated Xbox exclusive Crackdown 3. The first edition of Inside Xbox will take place on Tuesday 5th February at 10pm GMT. As well as the promise of […]

  • Fortnite’s latest patch adds controller support for mobile and vaults the bolt-action rifle

    Fortnite’s latest patch adds controller support for mobile and vaults the bolt-action rifle

    Fortnite’s v7.30 patch is now live on all platforms and there are a number of changes, a couple of which are bound to cause some degree of controversy among players. The first of those changes is the vaulting of the bolt-action Sniper Rifle, which has been in the game for as long as I can […]

  • Rainbow Six: Siege’s next patch is aimed at balancing Operators

    Rainbow Six: Siege’s next patch is aimed at balancing Operators

    Rainbow Six: Siege’s next patch, which is called the Y3S4.2 Patch, will primarily be aimed at balancing several Operators when it launches on PC on Tuesday 5th February and consoles on Wednesday 6th February. Ubisoft has been looking at the pick rate of all Operators and their “Win Delta”, which is the average win ratio when […]

  • Warframe’s The Profit-Taker update launches on Xbox One and PS4

    Warframe’s The Profit-Taker update launches on Xbox One and PS4

    The Profit Taker, the recent update to Warframe’s huge open-world Fortuna expansion, has arrived on Xbox One and PS4 today following it’s debut on PC back in December. The headline addition from the update is the titular Profit-Taker, a massive mechanical spider boss who is also known as the Orb Mother. Players will have to […]

  • Bomberman R and Bloodstained headline February’s Games with Gold

    Bomberman R and Bloodstained headline February’s Games with Gold

    Microsoft has announced the Games with Gold lineup for February, and there’s some decent freebies on offer. The first of the Xbox One offerings is Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, the well received 8-bit metroidvania game led by Koji Igarashi, who is best known for his work on the Castlevania series during his time at Konami. […]

  • Wargroove will have cross-play

    Wargroove will have cross-play

    Wargroove, the turn-based tactics game by Chucklefish, will feature cross-play when it launches for PC, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on Friday 1st February, the developer has announced. Chucklefish announced the news via Twitter: Sometimes your friends aren’t in the same faction as you, and that’s okay! No need to start a war, keep your […]