December Update For Xbox One

December Update for Xbox One will improve performance by offering greater control of eSRAM, that's according to Dying Light developer, Maciej Binkowski.
" In terms of advantages, the main thing is just how much the ESRAM control has improved," Maciej said."The new API allows you to do a lot more with the ESRAM, things devs have always wanted to do but were not easily accessible. This together with better tools allowed us to really improve performance and tweak ESRAM usage."

Windows 10 Getting Brand New Browser

Reports are that Windows 10 will not be getting Internet Explorer instead it will be getting a new browser. According to a report by Mary J. Foley Microsoft insider at 'Zdnet' says Microsoft is developing a brand new browser for Windows 10, similar in look and feel to Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox. She says the new browser is codenamed "Spartan". It is described overall as a "new, light-weight browser."
Windows 10 will be shipped with both Spartan and Internet Explorer for backward compatibility.

Boyd Multerer Quits Microsoft

Xbox One designer and Xbox Live founder quits Microsoft, to start something new. He also helped to create Xbox 360. He had worked at Microsoft for nearly two decades. He announced the news via Twitter- " Goodbye Microsoft. It was a good run. Xbox was Great! Time to do something new."

Destiny Users Facing Connection Issues

Destiny users are facing connectivity issues on all platforms. According to a post on the Bungie blog, players may experience disconnects until the problem is resolved. " We are aware of issues impacting players' ability to sign in to Destiny on all platforms", " Until resolved, players may experience disconnects or be unable to sign in."
The services began experiencing issues on Christmas Eve.

Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta

Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta is now available for Xbox One. The beta is currently available to the customers who purchased Halo: The Master Chief Collection. 343 Industries has announced Limited and Collector's Editions of Halo 5.
According to IGN, the Halo 5: Limited Edition ships in a steel book and contains a number of in-game items.The Collector's Edition will contain everything in the Limited Edition, as well as a Halo 5 statue.

Destiny Extends Weekend Activities

Due to the periods of downtime on PSN and Xbox Live the Destiny has extended its weekend activities. The online services started experiencing issues on Christmas Eve.
Hackers are claiming responsibility for DDoS attacks on both systems.

PlayStation Coming To Non-Sony Devices

Sony's game-streaming service PlayStation Now is available only for Sony's PlayStation consoles and Bravia TVs. But this is going to change in 2015 when Sony will make PlayStation Now available on third party devices beginning with Samsung Smart TVs. PlayStation Now will be available as an app that can be downloaded through the Samsung Smart Hub.

PlayStation Network Is Back Online

The following message has been posted on the PlayStation blog:
" PlayStation Network is back online. As you probably know, PlayStation Network and some other gaming services were attacked over the holidays with artificially high levels of traffic designed to disrupt connectivity and online gameplay. This may have prevented you access to the network and its services over the last few days. Thanks again for your support and patience. We'll provide any further updates here."

EA Origin's Game Sale

Electronic Arts has launched its promotion for PC games through Origin. They are offering huge discounts on its Battlefield, Need for Speed, Dragon Age etc. till January 6.
You can go to Origin's website to have a look at everything.

Some of the Deals are:

1. Battlefield 3                        $1

2. Battlefield 4                        $15

3. Need for Speed: Rivals      $15

4. SimCity                              $10

5. Titanfall                              $10

6. Metro Last Light                 $20

7. Dragon Age: Inquisition     $40

8. FIFA 15                               $40

GTA 5 Christmas Gifts Extended

Grand Theft Auto 5 christmas gifts has been extended to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network due to DDoS attacks.
" Due to issues with PSN and XBL connectivity, we're extending the GTA Online Festive Surprise Christmas Day inventory gifts for the time being", said Rockstar via Twitter.

Nintendo Wins Wii Patent Disputes

Nintendo has prevailed in multiple patent lawsuits from two different companies concerning technology behind the game giant's Wii system, a massively popular console.
On december 19, a federal appeals court upheld Nintendo's victory in a patent infringement case brought to the International Trade Commission by Creative Kingdoms. The court confirmed earlier rulings, saying Creative Kingdoms' patents " are invalid and should not have been issued ", Nintendo said.

To Study Black Holes Scientist Stick 200 PS3s Together

Dr. Gaurav Khanna, a black hole physicist at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, has stick 200 PlayStation 3s together, to build a "supercomputer" that he's using to research and study vibrations in space-time called gravitational waves.

Halo: Master Chief Collection Patch

Microsoft continues to improve Xbox One game Halo: The Master Chief Collection, by releasing a new patch which adds Halo 4's Spartan ops mode. Microsoft also made it clear that if players cannot connect to the dedicated server, that doesn't mean they're not playing on a dedicated server.
" Please be aware that you may connect to the dedicated server quickly enough that you won't see the 'connecting to dedicated server' dialog.", " The absence of that dialog doesn't mean that you're not playing on a dedicated server."

Best Website For Cheat Codes

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Durante Has Been Hit With DMCA Copyright

Dark Souls Fix creator Durante has been hit with a DMCA copyright takedown demand from Bandai Namco, the Dark Souls publisher. Durante is the developer of the mod for original Dark Souls that provide

Grand Theft Auto V PC System Requirements Coming Next Week

Rockstar has confirmed that development of Grand Theft Auto V on PC is practically complete and full system requirements will be announced within the next week. Which means the game is in the final stages of testing

Europe Getting Short Supply Of PS4s

Sony has warned that some European Countries may be getting a shortage of PS4s. Due to impressive sales some retailers are soon sold out. Andrew House, Sony Computer Entertainment CEO, said " Europe- I think it is potentially, for the second year running, going to be quite inventory challenged", " I'm not going to say you won't be able to find a Playstation 4. I think it's going to be kind of hand to mouth in terms of that market."

343 Industry Announces Free Halo 3: ODST

2014 without doubt has become the year of the screwed up game launch. A lot of lessons can be learned from these gaming missteps. Microsoft is trying to make some amendment by offering up Halo 3: ODST next year in the Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

Future Titanfall Games Will Be On Steam

The massive-mech shooter from EA, Titanfall, CEO regrets not being able to release the game on more platforms. Zampella is more interested in Respawn's future projects for now: " At some point you look at it and you say is it even worth now this much later the effort to put it on Steam, when it would be a lot of work and kind of bifurcate the community?... You start looking to the future and I think we should not make that same decision again."

Assetto Corsa 1.0 Release On Steam

Kunos Simulazioni Studios' Assetto Corsa is ready to fire with a full 1.0 release on Steam. The studio has also promised continual long term updates to improve their game, with new tracks and cars. There will be various new features and contents also.

CoD: Advanced Zombies

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare will be receiving a DLC pack featuring Zombies. This have been done in the previous 3 titles also namely: World At War, Black Ops and Black Ops 2. This DLC pack also includes bonus weapons and is coming in 2015.

Developers Are Working On Lords Of Fallen 2

                                                   
According to the executive producer of the Lords Of Fallen Tomasz Gop , the team are "now working on vision and concepts for Lords 2". Lords Of Fallen has been released in october this year but was marred by performance issues.

Nvidia's Game Ready Geforce 347.09 Drivers Released

Nvidia has launched the latest game ready set of Geforce beta drivers. So that your systems can support the latest releases like Elite: Dangerous and Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. The version 347.09 also provides some improvement for Project Cars, Alien: Isolation and Far Cry 4. These will improve compatibility with stereoscopic 3D monitors and 3D vision performance.

Games Are Now Region Locked On Steam

With immediate effect Steam is now region- locked in many countries. This step has been taken because of low currency value exploits, where users are purchasing games from countries such as Russia and Brazil so to get a currency benefit in game price.

Hatred Returns To Steam Greenlight

Destructive Creations's Hatred returns to Steam Greenlight. According to Destructive Creations, the Valve boss Gabe Newell himself reversed Hatred's removal. Newell said in an e-mail to the developers :

Windows 10 No Clean Install Required

Users of the Technical Preview version of the upcoming Windows 10 Operating System will not have to clean their hard drive to update to the Final release, according to Gabriel Aul, the head of Microsoft's Insiders Program.

Xbox Integration And Cortana Support Revealed By Leaked Windows 10 Build

Leaked Windows 10 build on Internet, reveals Xbox Integration and Cortana Support. Microsoft has planned for a full reveal on January 21 event in Seattle. But this leaked build reveals all surprises. It also reveals an Xbox app, providing full integration of a number of Xbox One services. Cortana Support is also shown allowing users to search in Windows 10 using voice commands just same as Windows Phones and there's also improved Task View animations

Call of Duty Sales Slide In US

Sales of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare were down 27 percent in november as compared to sales of Ghosts the year before. This is the third sales decline to hit the series in many years. But still, Advanced Warfare was still November's biggest selling videogame , as Call of Duty entries have been every november since Modern Warfare 2 in 2009

Steam Removed Controversial Mass Murder Game Hatred

Controversial Murder Game Hatred has been removed from Steam Greenlight. Hatred's argumentable approach to violence has proved too much for Valve's self-publishing service Greenlight. It was removed from Greenlight the same day it went live. Valve has also issued a statement to Destructive Creations, that it could not publish it on steam.
Polish developer Destructive Creations responded to the removal with a letter to fans confirming the release of the game in Q2 of 2015 as planned.

Assassins Creed: Unity Patch 4

Assassins Creed: Unity patch number 4 had been released, with an aim to fix more of the bugs in both single and multiplayer modes, as well as some performance related fixes are also included.
One of the biggest issue with the game was game crashes when loading a save. Ubisoft says the patch " will address issues with stability and performance as well as online matchmaking and connectivity ( among other fixes and improvements). The previous patch resolved over 300 issues that prevented players from completing quests and progressing through the story.

Elder Scroll Online Update 5

Update 5 for Zenimax Online Studios MMORPG introduces the Undaunted Pledges system.
One dungeon pledge can be completed per day, with optional side objectives for better loot, before you can return to the enclave to collect a key of bronze, silver or gold, depending on your performance.

New Screenshots Revealed For Just Cause 3

Avalanche Studios has revealed a bunch of new screenshots for their upcoming title Just Cause 3 showing various actions of the gameplay.

Screenshots :

Stage To Talk About Gaming On Windows 10

Microsoft is intended to host an event in January 2015 to show some features of Windows 10. Microsoft's head of Xbox, Phil Spencer tweeted  " I'll be focusing more on what we are doing on Win10 in January, It's time for us to talk about gaming on Windows." Early  titles that would be available to PC could be Forza Motorsport 5 which has already been shown and
Halo ; The Master Chief collection .

The Assignment DLC For The Evil Within

The first DLC pack is coming for The Evil Within in early 2015. The add-on's game director John Johanas says that playing as the enigmatic new detective in the DLC allows for a different angle when it comes to tackling the mysteries surrounding the world and characters of the main game. He also adds "She (Juli) is a character who seems rather aware of her situation, after all."

New Story Trailer For Dying Light

The new Intro Trailer provides Dying Light's opening cinematic. A newscast explaining that the cause of the infection is unknown, and a military plan to wipe out numbers of non-infected survivors from the city. But it is much not clear about the game yet. The new trailer is only a small light over the plot of Dying Light.

Creative Assembly May Be Working On Alien Isolation 2

Gary Napper, the lead game designer at Creative Assembly has implied that a sequel to Alien Isolation may be in the works.
"The plot for a sequel is a daily topic in the studio sometimes... People have their own Ideas for where it should go, our writers have some solid concepts and yes, we do have a great opportunity to continue her story."

Steam Winter Sale

Steam Winter Sale has already begun from 18 december. The Winter Sale is typically the largest of the year, and Paypal is once again responsible for the leaked information. This sale ends on january 2, 2015. So there are full 2 weeks  of various deals. So keep your eyes open and grab the best one.

Steam Holiday Auction

Valve has introduced a new initiative to change its currency to Steam Gems. These Gems can then be used to bid in auctions  on a range of more than 200,000 games.

Thousands of games will be going up for auction and a new badge of games will be available every 45 minutes until thursday december 18.

PlayStation Plus and Xbox Games for December 2014

Both Sony and Microsoft has given away some classic titles as part of their subscriber programs for december 2014. Sony's PlayStation Plus has always provided some knockout stuff and there is no difference

Ciri Will Be The Second Playable Character for The Witcher III

It has been revealed that the second playable character joining Geralt in The Witcher 3 will be Ciri, the silver-haired elf, the wild hunt are pursuing because of her ancient bloodline. Ciri is no protagonist. While she will be playable,