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It's been a quiet period for new additions to the Xbox One's backwards compatibility library. Following a number of additions in November, Microsoft's BC team took a break for the holidays, leaving us without any new titles for several weeks. Now, the first new releases of the year have arrived...

A new version of Microsoft's expensive Xbox Elite controller appears to have been outed online. Photos showing the upgraded Xbox Elite pad first appeared on Chinese site Baidu and were then independently verified by The Verge, which also noted how the photos backed up Microsoft patents filed at...

If Yu Suzuki and his team at Ys Net get a decent tailwind, 2018 might just be the year we get to play Shenmue 3, and if our latest look at it is anything to go by it could have been worth the wait. Three new screenshots emerged as a precursor to Suzuki's appearance at next month's Magic...

bisoft has laid out its full timetable of expansions for Assassin's Creed Origins, which are due to launch over the next few months. First up is The Hidden Ones, a 10-years-later story epilogue to Origins' main campaign set in a new region, the Roman-occupied Sinai. It arrives next Tuesday...

It has been almost two years since Microsoft shut down Lionhead Studios, the creators of Fable. While Lionhead might be gone, it looks like Microsoft isn’t giving up on the Fable franchise, with sources this week reporting that a new game in the series is currently in the works. This week...

This year marks the silver anniversary of 1993's seminal NBA Jam and it appears Tim Kitzrow - the much-loved voice behind the series - is working with Microsoft on reviving the series to mark the occasion. The news comes courtesy of ESPN, where Kitzrow mentions as part of a wider conversation...

The open beta for Bandai Namco's latest brawler, Dragon Ball FighterZ launched on Saturday and is scheduled to run until Tuesday, January 16 - but with many players unable to log in and Bandai Namco's admission that there are "network issues" currently affecting gameplay, there's a possibility...

Nintendo has reconfirmed there are currently no plans for the company to explore virtual reality or 4K support, citing the relatively small market for those technologies as a main reason behind its reluctance to invest. In a French interview (translated by NintendoLife), Managing Director of...

Netflix is still "exploring the opportunity" to bring its streaming app to Nintendo Switch. The news comes by way of Polygon, who was told by a Netflix representative, "We are still exploring the opportunity with Nintendo, but don’t have definitive plans to share at this time" Over the...

House of the Dead, Sega's outstanding campy on-rails shooter, is returning to the arcades after an absence of over a decade with this year's Scarlet Dawn. The cabinet - a gloriously large number - is heading to Akihabara's Club Sega later this month for a location test. We're currently...

Assassin's Creed Origins will get its big January patch tomorrow, which will pave the way for its upcoming expansion The Hidden Ones. Xbox One and PlayStation 4 owners get a 3GB download. On Uplay the game weighs in at 2.6GB. On Steam, it's 1.2GB. The Hidden Ones, Ubisoft's upcoming...

Star Wars Battlefront 2 has been patched - the game's first update of 2018. The headline features are a new map for Blast mode - on the eye-catching red/salt planet of Crait - and a new Hero ship for Starfighter Assault in the form of Iden Versio's modified TIE fighter. Battlefront 2's...

The new Hyundai Veloster just made its debut on the NAIAS 2018 show floor, but the first time we'll be able to drive one is in Forza Motorsport 7. Following a string of cars debuting in videogames (BMW M4 Coupe, Porsche 911 GT2 RS), the Veloster Turbo and Veloster N will come to Forza players...

In March 6, Square Enix is releasing Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition for Xbox One and PS4. It’s filled with new features, including a new dungeon, a first-person mode and the ability to control the game’s royal boat. Via the game’s official site, here is what the Royal Edition...

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds is the big dog in the battle royale fight, but Fortnite is quickly making up ground. Epic Games reported today that the game now has 40 million players, and that its peak concurrent user count recently broke the two million mark. It's not as easy keeping up with...

It was always going to happen, but I didn't think it would happen quite this quickly. The team behind popular 3DS emulator Citra have announced an emulator for the Nintendo Switch called Yuzu, just 10 months after the console first hit stores. The biggest game on the Switch, The Legend of...

Coming this summer to PlayStation 4 and Switch, SNK Heroines Tag-Team Battle assembles a “generous roster of female heroines from the SNK universe,” pitting them against one another in glitter-filled two-on-two brawls and some light dress-up. Hooray! Up to four players will be able to...

Yesterday, President Donald Trump announced a delivery of F-52 fighter jets to Norway as a gesture to bolster defense in Northern Europe. There’s only one problem: the F-52 is a fictional plane from Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. President Trump made the announcement on Wednesday during a...

Given the impact that Dark Souls has had on gaming since its 2011 debut, it was just a matter of time before we’d see the title remastered. It seems that it only took one generation for that decision to be made, as Dark Souls Remastered has been officially announced. FromSoftware’s Dark...

In recent years, Square Enix has made an impeccable effort in officially bringing each game in its Final Fantasy series to Microsoft Windows. Initially, fans were met with disappointment upon learning that Final Fantasy XII’s The Zodiac Age remaster was a PS4 exclusive, but fans need not wait...