Update 2: The Sling TV app is now officially live for Xbox One users with a one month free trial, or three months if you purchase a new Xbox One console from the Microsoft Store website or the company's retail stores in the US from now until March 22. Update: Well that's weird. It looks like someone at Sling TV may have hit the "post" button a little prematurely. The blog post has...
This is probably the biggest week we've seen so far this year when it comes to big names especially from already established brands. Of course the most significant titles for us this week is Fruit Ninja Kinect 2 and Battlefield Hardline. As always, there are other games headed to the Xbox One this week but we'll let you continue reading to figure those out. Fruit Ninja Kinect 2...
Visceral Games (Dead Space, Dante's Inferno) seek to put their mark on a beloved franchise with Battlefield: Hardline. Dropping the large-scale destruction and military themes of previous games, Battlefield: Hardline segues into high octane urban battles between cops and robbers. Thanks to EA Access' Xbox One exclusive trial period, we've been able to go hands on with Battlefield's...
People who have been trying out the Battlefield Hardline trial on EA Access on their Xbox One console have found that the first person shooter has a drivable couch called The American Dream on one of its multiplayer maps. No, we are not kidding. The couch spawns on the Dust Bowl map when playing Hotwire Mode. According to a video on the Jackfrags YouTube channel, the couch can seat...
Zombie Army Trilogy began life as Sniper Elite: Zombie Army - a standalone expansion for Rebellion's popular third person stealth games. As a console gaming fan of Sniper Elite and zombie games in general, I was hyped to hear Rebellion were bringing Zombie Army 1, 2 and the previously unreleased third installment to Xbox One, PC and PS4 in a single gory bundle. Rebellion are an...
To save spamming up the feed with every shred of Xbox One news that happens (and there's a lot), we're going to start compiling some of the week's smaller announcements into a single handy thread at the end of every week. So, here's the best of this week's Xbox One news! And if you guys like the format or have any suggestions, do let us know in the comments. Have a great weekend!...
Every weekend, Windows Central streams an Xbox One game or two on Twitch for 1-2 hours and gives out free games to the cool people who join us during the stream. It's like a live podcast only you also get to watch a game while chatting with our awesome readers and viewers! Tonight at 8pm Central (9pm Eastern, 6pm Pacific, 1am GMT), we'll be playing Forza Horizon 2 from Playground Games...
Indie games can drive consumers to buy consoles nearly as much as AAA releases. What else are you going to play in between the big retail releases, and where else would you find more creative and experimental game designs? With this in mind, Team17, creators of the Worms series have started an indie initiative in which they help fund a publish indie games. LA Cops comes to Xbox One...
One of the oddest game success stories of recent years, Goat Simulator, will make its console debut in April on Microsoft's Xbox One and Xbox 360. The game was first announced as coming to the Xbox platform in August 2014. Microsoft, and the game's developer Coffee Stain Studios, announced the April launch date today with a rather interesting live action trailer. So far, there's no...
Dead or Alive 5: Last Round is the latest evolution of Dead or Alive 5, with all the characters, stages, and modes from the previous versions of DOA5 plus some new characters and features. Fighting fans can buy the whole game outright for $40 (a steal), try a free demo with four characters, or grab the Core Pack of eight fighters for $10.
The worst kept secret in recent history has been officially outed by Vince Zampella, CEO of Respawn Entertainment. Titanfall 2 is now confirmed, and the franchise sheds its Microsoft exclusivity in the process. Speaking with IGN, Vince Zampella said: "I guess EA announced a sequel, so I could play coy and pretend I don't know anything about it, or… yeah. So we're working on a sequel...
Here at Windows Central, we want to be your number one source for all news pertaining to the Microsoft ecosystem. This includes the Xbox One as it is Microsoft's presence in your living room. We have a few ideas of new content on the site, but we don't want to throw it out there and to hope for the best. Instead, we decided to let you guys vote on what you want to see since in many...
Techland's open world survival horror game Dying Light continues to be a success. The game holds firm at the No. 1 spot in the UK charts, and today received Patch 1.5 - which includes a ton of fresh content. Dying Light players can test their skill (and patience) in the game's new hard mode. Rather than just increasing zombie strength, hard mode brings various other tweaks to create a...
Many gamers would agree that the Xbox One has a strong lineup of exclusive games, especially now that Halo: the Master Chief Collection's multiplayer matchmaking finally works. However, Microsoft doesn't have a lot of new retail exclusives lined up for the first half of this year other than the already-released ScreamRide. Thus, it falls on downloadable exclusive titles like Ori and the...
This is my first review for Windows Central, and frankly it's a tough one. Evolve has been the subject of much controversy. Many gaming outlets have run articles examining DLC and 'value for money' as a result of the game's business model. Evolve features a prolific amount of paid DLC out of the box, in addition to being a full priced title. For a game that focussed almost exclusively...
Today marks the anniversary of the launch of Titanfall. Respawn Entertainment's wildly successful sci-fi FPS launched to widespread critical acclaim following months of intense hype. To commemorate Titanfall's first birthday, EA has marked down the price of Titanfall's season pass and all associated DLC to $0.00. Titanfall's season pass contains three map packs, normally priced at $...
The Xbox app on Windows 10 is going to keep on improving as we progress through the year and the latest update adds some pretty important 'new' features. They're new to this app, but not to anyone who's been using SmartGlass on Windows 8.1. With the bump to version 3.3, the new Xbox app is starting to fold in some of the SmartGlass functionality ahead of an anticipated replacement by...
Critically acclaimed RPG Dragon Age Inquisition is currently (and exclusively) free to play on Xbox One for Xbox Live Gold members. Xbox made the announcement via their twitter account, stating that Bioware's latest and greatest is 'unlocked' between March 10th and March 16th, so get in there while you can party people! Dragon Age Inquisition puts players in the role of a reluctant...
Bethesda have just announced that The Evil Within: The Assignment is now available for purchase on Xbox One. The Assignment is the first in a two-part, story-driven DLC for Bethesda's acclaimed survival horror title, headed by none other than Shinji Mikami, the father of Resident Evil. The DLC is concurrent with the events of the main game, putting players in the role of detective...
Starting today a new game play mode, Heists, will be available for Grand Theft Auto Online users. The update will arrive as a free download for users on the Xbox 360, Xbox One as well as on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, but unfortunately for those who play on the computer the update won't come until April 14. Heists are a new type of gameplay experience inside GTA Online –...