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 –...
Xbox One March update has commenced rollout, bringing with it the ability to take screenshots and set them as the background image. Screenshot functionality works in two ways: You can either double tap the Xbox button on the controller — which triggers a screenshot — and then press "Y" to save it, or use Kinect to say "Xbox, take a screenshot." Ability to change background images on...
When EA announced that Visceral Games were the developer for Battlefield Hardline, many gamers found themselves scratching their collective heads. Visceral is best known for Dead Space - arguably the strongest triple A horror franchise from the previous gen. Dead Space 3 had critics divided (and some fans disappointed) as a result of the switch to Gears of War-like cover mechanics,...
Windows Central streams a wide variety of Xbox One games throughout the week on Twitch. Watching us play a game on Twitch lets you see a lot more you could from a trailer or video review. You can even enjoy some highly entertaining narration while chatting with your fellow readers. It's like a live interactive podcast centered around video games! Tonight we have an exciting double...
Pinball FX2 is one of our favorite games on Xbox One and Windows 8. Last week at GDC 2015, Microsoft announced that it would be coming to Windows 10 devices. So we went to a show floor to play it for ourselves on Microsoft's new operating system. Pinball FX2 is developed by Zen Studios and has seen a wide release on multiple consoles. The game features tables from some of your...
Microsoft has brought in Kudo Tsunoda, who helped to launch the Kinect hardware for the Xbox 360, to take direct charge of many of the company's Xbox gaming studios and franchises. Most recently, Tsunoda had been working with the team behind the recently revealed Microsoft HoloLens virtual reality project Microsoft stated: "While the Halo, Gears of War, Forza and Minecraft...
A rundown of what's new this week The fun that was GDC is officially over, but gaming doesn't stop there. This week is once again dominated by two big indie games coming out this week for Xbox One as well as two pretty big AAA remakes. However, everyone will agree that Ori and the Blind Forest is the biggest release of the week. To find out what else is coming out this week, keep on...
People who have yet to buy the Xbox One have yet another option to consider. Microsoft will launch a version of the console later this month that will include a digital download code for the recent Halo: The Master Chief Collection. The console will be sold for its regular price of $349. Technically, that means buyers of this bundle will get four free games plus some additional...
Time Warner Cable has launched their TWC TV app for the Xbox One. The app lets you access on-demand movies and TV shows when signed in with your Time Warner Cable account. Unlike Time Warner Cable's app for Xbox 360, this app does not let you view live TV, at least not yet. The app's Featured section shows you what's popular, what's new and more. You can find shows to catch up on, as...
In addition to the Xbox One games included as part of this week's Games For Gold discount, you can also get price cuts on two more games for Microsoft's console. One of those games was just released today. The digital version of the fantasy RPG Lords of the Fallen from developer CI Games is now priced at just $30 from now until March 9th for all Xbox Live members. The game normally...
The Xbox app on Windows 10 is the foundation of Microsoft's vision to give consumers gaming wherever they desire. We just got an inside look at the March's preview edition of the Xbox app for Windows 10, and we're going to share our thoughts. Regular Updates and Phone First of all let's make this clear. Microsoft has been committed to updating the Xbox One monthly with either new...
Microsoft showed how the gaming experience will be like in Windows 10 with its Xbox app during the Game Developers Conference this week with the assistance of the PC version of Goat Simulator. The "Gaming Consumer Experience on Windows 10" panel from GDC 2015 was posted on Microsoft's Channel 9 developer website. The speaker, Bill Schiefelbein, goes over how the Xbox app in Windows...
Microsoft, as well as Sony, got hit with some major denial of service (DDoS) attacks on its Xbox Live and PlayStation Network services during the holiday person of 2014. In a new interview, Microsoft's Xbox head Phil Spencer says he has had talks with Sony, as well as Nintendo, on how to fight off similar attacks in the future. You might think that Spencer would be happy that PSN got...
Members of Electronic Arts' subscription game service for the Xbox One — EA Access — can now play the full version of Madden NFL 15. The game is the ninth to be to added to the service's game library. The full list of titles that are available for EA Access members now include EA Sports UFC, Battlefield 4, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare, Need For Speed Rivals, Madden NFL 25, FIFA...
Windows Central streams a wide variety of Xbox One games every Wednesday and Saturday on Twitch. Watching us play a game on Twitch lets you see a lot more you could from a trailer or video review. You can even enjoy some highly entertaining narration while chatting with your fellow readers. It's like a live interactive podcast centered around videogames! Tonight we'll be streaming...
Since Windows 8, Microsoft has had the vision of creating a unified Windows experience that reaches from your phone to your television. Part of that vision allowed consumers to take a game or app with them wherever they go. Back in January at the Windows 10 event, Microsoft teased this experience with Windows 10 coming to Xbox One. However, they left us wondering how exactly it would...
Microsoft's Phil Spencer just wrapped up their presentation on Xbox, gaming and the future with Windows 10. The stream is expected to be up later, but for now, here are the big things we learned. Certainly, more information will come out later today and tomorrow, but for now here is what we know. Microsoft doesn't count the sales in the Windows 8 store as a success (as in sales...
Billed as a spiritual successor to Roller Coaster Tycoon, ScreamRide is a roller coaster building and riding game with a focus on destruction. With three campaign modes and a full sandbox mode with coaster sharing, ScreamRide is surprisingly robust for a game about coasters. But those gameplay pieces don't always fit together as well as they should, threatening to derail the fun.