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Xbox Live Gold Members Can Play The Elder Scrolls Online Free This Weekend on Xbox One

All Xbox Live Gold members can play The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited for free as part of Xbox Live Gold’s Free Plays this weekend. Beginning at 9AM PT on Thursday, December 10 and running through 11:59PM PT on Sunday, December 13, Gold members on Xbox One can explore all of Tamriel, from the icy reaches of Skyrim to the depths of the Black Marsh. You and your friends can team up together to discover new regions, Embark on hours of quests from series staples such as the Fighters and Mage’s guild, battle dangerous world bosses, or simply admire the many beautiful vistas throughout Tamriel. Your time spent playing will make you eligible to win $1 million (and other prizes) in Bethesda’s #MillionReasonsToPlay giveaway. The game will also be on sale all week, so if you decide to purchase the game, you will be able to start again right where you left off. For more information (including complete rules and regulations) on the #MillionReasonsToPlay giveaway visit http://millionreasons.elderscrollsonline.com Once the weekend starts you can download Elder Scrolls Online by clicking on the Gold Member area on the home dashboard or by downloading directly from the Xbox store. During the week, you’ll have the option to purchase the game online from the Xbox Store at a discount and continue playing. You will also get to keep your character and all progression, Gamerscore, and achievements earned while playing. I know that I’m going to play and I hope to see you there 😀 Source

Gone Home Xbox One and PS4 release date announced

The Fullbright Company announced today that Gone Home will be making its PlayStation 4 and Xbox One debut on January 12, 2016. This new version has been developed by Fullbright in-house and will utilize the Unity 5 engine, an upgrade from Unity 4, which was used for the original PC version. Also, Gone Home on consoles will feature 90 minutes of behind the scenes developer commentary. Gone Home will still be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in partnership with Midnight City.

Minecraft arrives on Wii U December 17th.

Mojang’s video game phenomenon  Minecraftl aunches worldwide on Nintendo’s  Wii U home console on Dec. 17.  Minecraft: Wii U Edition comes with multiple add-on content packs, and will be available in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U in North America for $29.99. Nintendo and Mojang are also collaborating on new content for Nintendo fans to be released at a future date. More details about this content will be released at a later time. The game will feature off-TV play, so players can keep their games going on the screen of the Wii U GamePad controller if another family member wants to watch something else on TV. The game also comes with some of the most popular current Minecraft add-on content packs: Battle & Beasts Skin Pack Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack Natural Texture Pack City Texture Pack Fantasy Texture Pack Festive Mash-up Pack   In addition to the content that comes with the game, players will also be able to expand their experience with 16 additional add-on packs available for purchase within the Nintendo eShop at launch:   Festive Skin Pack The Simpsons Skin Pack Doctor Who Skins Volume 1 Doctor Who Skins Volume 2 Star Wars Classic Skin Pack Star Wars Rebels Skin Pack Star Wars Prequel Skin Pack Mass Effect Mash-up Pack Skyrim Mash-up Pack Plastic Texture Pack Candy Texture Pack Cartoon Texture Pack Steampunk Texture Pack Pattern Texture Pack Greek Mythology Mash-up Pack Halloween 2015 Mash-up Pack  

Rock Band 4’s new Brutal Mode is absolutely insane

Harmonix has announced a new mode for Rock Band 4 which will be available beginning tomorrow, December 8th, with the newest update. The new Brutal Mode will be a progressive mode intended for expert players as it adjusts on the fly. The better you play the harder it gets. If you mess up, the game tones it down a bit for you until you get back on track. For those who think they can rock out with the best of them, the better you play the higher the note bar raises until they are practically at the top of the screen leaving you hardly any time at all for error. Three new metal songs have also been added to the list of available tracks and they are Between the Buried and Me – The Coma Machine Opeth – Heir Apparent Dante’s Inferno – Nevermore Each song will cost the standard DLC price of $1.99 from the in game store and will also be available tomorrow on both Xbox One and PS4.

DiRT Rally coming to consoles April 5th 2016

Following a highly successful Steam Early Access programme and unprecedented community demand, Codemasters is bringing DiRT Rally’s enticing blend of authentic, uncompromising realism and edge-of-control thrills to console players in April. “The launch on Steam early access has been a resounding success. We want to thank the community for their valuable feedback and support which has guided our development for the past eight months, resulting in a 92% positive user score. We are now ready to launch the final version of the game on PC.” said Frank Sagnier, CEO Codemasters “Following this success on PC and a vocal demand from consumers, we are delighted to announce that Dirt Rally will be available on consoles on April 5th 2016. ” Today’s Steam launch brings with it the Winter Wonderland update, which delivers a new rally set in the snow and ice of the Varmland region of Sweden to the game. They haven’t released much details on what is coming to the consoles but we assume that everything on the PC version will be on the console version.

FIFA 16 leads latest UK Games Chart

Just Cause 3 and Rainbow Six Siege just recently came out and they weren’t able to FIFA 16 but also were not able to go above Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and Star Wars Battlefront. Just Cause 3 is ahead of Rainbow six at 4th place and Rainbow Six sits behind Fallout 4 at 6th place. Are you surprised by these results? POS.  TITLE  PUBLISHER  LAST WEEK  1 – FIFA 16 EA SPORTS 1 2 – CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III ACTIVISION 2 3 – STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT EA GAMES 3 4 JUST CAUSE 3 SQUARE ENIX – 5 FALLOUT 4 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS 4 6 TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW 6: SIEGE UBISOFT – 7 – MINECRAFT: STORY MODE TELLTALE GAMES 7 8 GRAND THEFT AUTO V ROCKSTAR 6 9 UNCHARTED: THE NATHAN DRAKE COLLECTION SONY COMPUTER ENT. 5 10 WWE 2K16 2K 14 11 HALO 5: GUARDIANS MICROSOFT 8 12 ASSASSIN’S CREED: SYNDICATE UBISOFT 11 13 – LEGO DIMENSIONS LEGO DIMENSIONS 13 14 RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER SQUARE ENIX 9 15 DISNEY INFINITY 3.0 DISNEY INFINITY 12 16 FORZA MOTORSPORT 6 MICROSOFT 10 17 MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION MICROSOFT 19 18 LEGO JURASSIC WORLD WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE 17 19 JUST DANCE 2016 UBISOFT 18 20 NEED FOR SPEED EA GAMES 10

PlayStation Now gets $99/one year subscription

Sony has announced a temporary addition to the PlayStation Now subscription service with a new pricing level of $99 for a 1 year membership. It comes in at 44.5% price reduction to the next cheapest plan of 3 months for $45. According to Sony, it will only be a temporary plan but they have not elaborated on a specific time frame. The service, which allows you to stream your PS3 games to another device on the same network, has also gotten some added games as well from Warner Bros. A total of nine games including Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham Origins, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Mortal Kombat, FEAR, Lego Movie Videogame, Lego Harry Potter Year 1-4, Lego Harry Potter: Year 5-7, Lego Batman: The Videogame and Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes are all available beginning tomorrow, December 8th, when the new plan goes live. Although temporary, it will be nice to see Sony add this as a permanent option. With such a high discount it will most likely attract a number of new customers to the program which has been lacking of late. If the numbers maintain a steady stream, hopefully Sony will continue to offer the pricing option in the future. What are your thoughts on this new level? Has it convinced you to try it out?

Final Fantasy 7 Remake is going to be an episodic release

Final Fantasy 7 Remake was further revealed at The PlayStation Experience this past weekend with a new trailer as well as being officially confirmed for Xbox One – There were just leaks previously. Some new details have come out afterwards thanks to an interview with Dengaki Online/Gematsu over the weekend as well. According to the interview, Final Fantasy 7 Remake is going to be split up into multiple parts. Producer Yoshinori Kitase and Director Tetsuya Nomura elaborated by saying Kitase: “The idea that a remake of Final Fantasy VII would not fit into a single release was there from the very beginning. We still can’t share more information about its multiple parts, but please look forward to future announcements.” Nomura: “If we dedicated our time to a single release, parts of it would become summarized. We’d have to cut some parts, and additional parts would come in few, so rather than remake the game as a full volume, we decided to do multiple parts.” Both also revealed that the game would utilize an active battle system rather than the classic turn based system many are used to. Now, on first glance, this seems acceptable as many games are much larger nowadays then their original over a decade ago. On the other hand, Final Fantasy 7 original could fit on a single disc so why can’t PS4, in all its power, not hold Final Fantasy 7 Remake on a single disc? If a game that has been clamored for for such a long time is changed to the point that it needs this much more space, you run the risk of altering what players love most about the game itself. We’ll have to see more as details are released but for now, it seems the emotion of finally getting the remake may wear off very quickly due to these modern day changes Square Enix is infusing into the game. Guess we’ll have to wait and see.