Police still do not know who is responsible for this swatting incident or why they did it.

http://youtu.be/rn-U9S7aV6M

via Polygon

Kitana, one of the more popular female characters in the franchise is shown slicing and dicing with her fans in her usual scantily blue clad attire. Perhaps what is more interesting about this announcement is that in the previous Mortal Kombat game, Kortana died along with Kung Lao who is also a returning character.

As many know in the world of Mortal Kombat, characters that have died and returned is not exactly unusual, however it was previously stated that Mortal Kombat X intends to pickup immediately following the events of 2011's reboot Mortal Kombat which included Sindel's rage that killed Kortana and others.

With the announcement of Kitana's return this is leading to speculation that any past characters who have been killed off in the world of Mortal Kombat may be returning including Liu Kang who also died in the reboot.

http://youtu.be/1EROmqidZQc

via Den of Geek

Microsoft's Alex Kipman spoke about their new adventure into AR with what they are calling the Microsoft Hololens.

"We’re not talking about putting you into virtual worlds. Virtual reality might not be for everyone, we’re dreaming beyond virtual worlds," explained Kipman who also detailed that video games will be playing a key role in the use of the Microsoft Hololens.

A video showcasing the Microsoft Hololens shows the user playing Minecraft with the Microsoft Hololens in his living room using 3D holograms.

The Microsoft Hololens does not appear to be strictly for gaming. The video also showcases users using the technology for conference calls, help with work or in the case of the video plumbing, assisting each other with designs, and more.

http://youtu.be/QRQv74J7oSk

Video via IGN

via VR Focus

As far as numbers go in the sales department, Microsoft has sold more than 10 million Xbox One consoles to retailers since launch, while Sony's PS4 has sold 13.5 million to consumers world wide with 10 million of those consoles being sold from it's launch through August.

If you are looking to pick up one of these consoles this holiday season, Sony is offering a Black Friday PS4 bundle for $400 that includes GTA V and The Last of Us. For $330, Microsoft will be offering an Xbox One bundle that includes Assassin's Creed Unity and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

via Gamespot

Among the fixes in the update; stability issues resolved when connecting to Destiny's servers, improvements in logging when there are connectivity issues, server security fixes, quick scoping on weapons, and a fix to server performance.

For a complete list of the fixes that are being applied in this update, check out Bungie's Hot Fix.

Since the announcement, fans have been calling out the developer over Twitter calling them "lazy" and basically accusing them of being stupid. Whether or not you agree with the high school name calling, at least we can all agree on one thing. Our underwear gets to live on another day without being in fear of another Fatal Frame game entering into our lives.

via Twitter

http://youtu.be/DgNncKLKavw

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"People, including nice people with kids and families and stuff, work super hard on this stuff and wake up in the morning to find some of their effort blown up. It's not fun, and for what? So you can have a mildly interesting surprise 8 hours early and lacking context? Or get hyped or disappointed disproportionately? Or get someone fired or someone innocent yelled at?

"Ok. But it isn't prophecy, nor ultimately even important. It's annoying."

This statement from Frank O'Connor comes one week after The Master Chief Collection containing HD remakes of Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo 4 for the Xbox One was supposedly leaked with a release date of sometime this year.

via IGN and NeoGAF

1. Arc System Works
   
2. Artdink
   
3. Access Games
   
4. Acquire
   
5. Altus
   
6. Intergrow
   
7. Experience
   
8. SNK Playmore
   
9. Electronic Arts
   
10. Kadokawa Games
    
11. Capcom
    
12. Gung Ho Online Entertainment
    
13. Qute
    
14. Grounding
    
15. G.rev
    
16. Klon
    
17. Cave
    
18. Genki
    
19. Tecmo Koei
    
20. Codemasters
    
21. Konami
    
22. CyberConnect2
    
23. CyberStep
    
24. Silicon Studio
    
25. Zoo
    
26. Square Enix
    
27. Spike Chunsoft (Publishing The Witcher 3 in Japan)
    
28. SEGA
    
29. Tango Gameworks
    
30. 2K Games
    
31. Take 2
    
32. D3 Publisher
    
33. Triangle Service
    
34. Nippon Ichi Software
    
35. Hamster
    
36. Bandai Namco Games
    
37. BusinessPartner
    
38. From Software
    
39. Bethesda Softworks
    
40. Marvelous AQL
    
41. MAGES.
    
42. Moss
    
43. Yukes
    
44. Ubisoft
    
45. Land Ho!
    
46. LEVEL-5
    
47. Warner Bros. Entertainment
    

Keep in mind that as DualShockers has pointed out, 32 of those studios have yet to announce a game title, so that leaves 32 unannounced games if each studio only produces one title for the Xbox One.

via DualShockers

According to DC's All Access panel at Wondercon, DC showed a trailer for Batman: Arkham Knight that featured Bruce Wayne and Two-Face and afterwards told those in the audience that the game will now be seeing a a release date sometime in 2015.

Rocksteady Studios has yet to comment on whether or not Batman: Arkham Knight has indeed been delayed. Batman: Arkham Knight is still scheduled for a worldwide release on October 14th, 2014.

via Bleeding Cool

Owen Hill from Mojang made the announcement stating, "The plan is to enable users to transfer from PS3 to PS4. We're still working out how it'll work with the Vita version."

Minecraft is expected to release on the PS4 and Vita between the the second and third quarters.

Unfortunately for gamers on the Xbox 360 there is still no news on whether your worlds will transfer over to the Xbox One. Microsoft's Phil Spencer was caught stating that the saves will not transfer over from the Xbox 360 to the Xbox One, but has since said that they are currently speaking with 4J Studios regarding this issue.

via Eurogamer

• Fifa 14 $59.99 $39.99
  
• Call of Duty: Ghosts $59.99 $39.99
  
• Battlefied 4 $59.99 $39.99
  
• Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition $59.99 $39.99
  
• Skylanders: Swap Force Starter Pack $64.99 $37.49
  
• NBA Live 14 $59.99 $26.96
  

The discounts are also for the Xbox One versions of these games, however the percentage of the discount is lower with some games. For example, the NBA Live 14 discount on the Xbox One is only $24.35 compared to the PS4's discount of $33.03.

via Video Game Specials

The Elder Scrolls Online forum has lit up with angry gamers who were surprised to find out that Zenimax is placing a hold on their bank accounts for a full 30 days with the $14.99 a month subscription, despite having free 30 day access to the game. In order to play the Elder Scrolls MMO, gamers have to store their debit or credit card information first. Unfortunately if you do not store your card information, you cannot play the game that you just purchased. Some gamers have also claimed that Zenimax has already taken the payment out of their accounts which they did not authorize.

Gamers who planned on using prepaid game time cards are also having issues, because the prepaid game time cards are not available at many retailers yet.

Zenimax did release a statement regarding the pre-authorize subscription issue stating; "We want everyone who purchased ESO to have immediate access to the included 30 days of ESO game time. In the event that you enter your payment information for authorization and the transaction cancels due to lack of funds in your account, please contact our Support Team. We'll work with you to ensure you have access to your included 30 days of game time."

via Kotaku and The Elder Scrolls Online forum

Telltale also said that characters that are familiar to the series will return in Tales From The Borderlands, however the game will not be set around those characters. It is rumored that Handsome Jack and Marcus Kincaid will be two of those characters returning after their names appeared on the character list on the wikia page for Tales From The Borderlands.

Telltale's co-founder Kevin Bruner spoke about Tales From The Borderlands stating, "You never really play what actually happened, you're playing this Big Fish version of what happened."

Tales From The Borderlands first episode is set to release in 2014 to eager hands who are anxiously awaiting to revisit Pandora.

via Gamespot and IGN

Next you will want to plug the USB cord into both your wireless controller and the Xbox One. According to IGN, the update should begin right away, however if not you will have to select the menu button on the controller and choose Settings. Once Settings has been chosen, select the System menu and choose Controller Update. The update should only take a few minutes depending on your connection speed.

In case you were curious, the Xbox One Stereo Headset Adapter will cost you $24.99. This headset allows gamers to use their own headset instead of the one that comes with the Xbox One.

via IGN

Currently, Bioware is working on another installment to the Mass Effect franchise. In a previous comment posted on Bioware's forum by Chris Priestly, it was stated that this will not be Mass Effect 4 as they are done telling Commander Shepherd's story.

"To call the next game Mass Effect 4 or ME4 is doing it a disservice and seems to cause a lot of confusion here. We have already said that the Commander Shepard trilogy is over and that the next game will not feature him/her. That is the only detail you have on the game. I see people saying 'well, they'll have to pick a canon ending'. No, because the game does not have to come after. Or before. Or off to the side. Or with characters you know. Or yaddayaddayadda. Wherever, whenever, whoever, etc will all be revealed years down the road when we actually start talking about it.

"I do not call the game ME4 when I talk about it ever, because [sic] that makes people think of it more as 'what happens after Mass Effect 3' rather than 'what game happens next set in the Mass Effect Universe', which is far more accurate at this point. Obviously fans are going to speculate content, character and story until we actually reveal details in the years or months to come as you have almost no actual details, just don't get bogged down in 'well how are they going to continue ME3...'."

via IGN and Eurogamer

What do you think?

http://youtu.be/IxMf5lMWqto

Keep in mind that Blockade Entertainment is also working on the Ratchet & Clank movie.

Video via IGN

In a series of Tweets, Nguyen says "I am sorry 'Flappy Bird' users, 22 hours from now, I will take 'Flappy Bird' down. I cannot take this anymore.", followed by "I can call 'Flappy Bird' is a success of mine. But it also ruins my simple life. So now I hate it.".

Flappy Bird has been pulled out of the Apple store and Google Play, however if you already downloaded the game, you can still play it.

According to IGN, Nguyen receives around $50,000 a day in ad revenue. Nguyen claims he will keep developing games despite how horrible he has it after the success of Flappy Bird.

The insider is also claiming Crackdown 3 will see a distant future release on the Xbox One sometime in 2016. Other games that are supposedly going to see a release on the Xbox One include:

• A new Forza Horizon title released this fall
  
• Quantum Break releasing this coming holiday season
  
• Sunset Overdrive releasing this year
  
• Fable Legends released sometime this summer
  
• Titanfall DLC out on the marketplace 45 days after the game releases, followed by another DLC release 120 days after the game's release
  

The insider is also claiming that Black Tusk Studios who Microsoft recently gave the Gears of War developing reigns to will need approximately 2.5 years to develop the next entry into the Gears of War series.

Besides the game titles, this person is also making claims that Microsoft plans on releasing a white edition of the Xbox One that has previously been exclusive to Microsoft employees, a limited edition Titanfall Xbox One model, and the insider is also claiming that Microsoft will be releasing more Xbox One consoles in the future.

Microsoft has not commented on the multiple claims made from the individual claiming to be a Microsoft insider.

via IGN

The Standard Edition is going for $59.99 and includes 5 Days Early Access, and 30 Days of Included Game Time.

The Imperial Edition is going for $79.99 and includes 5 Days Early Access, 30 Days of Included Game Time, and all of these additions:

Play as an Imperial

Become an Imperial and play in any Alliance. Gain unique bonuses, crafting styles, gear and more

Imperial White Horse

Summon this exclusive Imperial mount and journey through Tamriel with increased speed.

Craft Imperial Gear

Ability to craft Imperial style when crafting gear.

Transform Into Imperial Gear

Transform any gear you own into Imperial styled gear.

Rings of Mara

Complete the Ritual of Mara with a friend and receive an experience bonus when you play together.

Mudcrab Vanity Pet

Explore Tamriel with this exclusive vanity pet scuttling along by your side.

Both Pre-Orders Include:

• The ability to play any race in any alliance.
  
• Scuttler Vanity Pet
  
• Bonus Treasure Maps
  

After the initial 30 days of included game time your subscription will cost $14.99.

http://elderscrollsonline.com

Microsoft bought the rights to everything involving Gears of War and also took Rod Ferguson who was the executive producer and director of production for the first three titles in the series which were arguably the most successful releases in the Gears of War franchise.

Microsoft has also given a no-name studio the right to develop the next entry into the Gears of War series. Black Tusk Studios who is owned by Microsoft was suppose to start developing a series back in 2012 that would overthrow the Halo series. Two years later, that has yet to happen however Black Tusk Studios does have an unannounced game that has yet to be announced besides the next Gears of War title.

Microsoft's Phil Spencer said that Black Tusk Studios "has a passion for the shooter space".

"Black Tusk has assembled a world-class team with deep experience and passion for the shooter space, and specifically the Gears of War franchise."

Spencer was not the only one to release a statement regarding the purchase of Gears of War from Epic. Epic Games' Tim Sweeney said that they are "proud" the Gears of Wars franchise and are "happy" with reaching this agreement with Microsoft.

"Epic Games has reached an agreement to sell the Gears of War intellectual property rights to Microsoft. We’re very proud of the franchise we built in close partnership with Microsoft over the past decade and are happy that this agreement enables Microsoft to forge ahead with the Gears universe on their industry-leading platforms as Epic concentrates its efforts on new projects. Epic remains totally dedicated to supporting Xbox One and is licensing the Unreal Engine 4 technology to Microsoft in support of their future projects."

via IGN and Black Tusk Studios wiki

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"Deliverance promises no magic, high fantasy or mythical overtones - it draws its inspiration instead from historically authentic characters, themes, and warfare," claimed a press release that was sent to Eurogamer. "The team's ambition for Kingdom Come: Deliverance is growing this ever-maturing sandbox genre in a believable, real-world context and scope. To that end, we're harnessing CryEngine 3, non-linear narrative, varied freedom in character progression, and a consequence-laden living world in ways that have never been possible until now."

The only problem is, the Czech based studio; Warhorse Studios is facing rejection from companies such as an American company who Warhorse claims in a blog post told them that "they didn’t think the game would fly with Americans." Warhorse went on to explain, "We’ve faced rejection from other companies, too, of course, but that one was perhaps the most painful."

The rejection continued with "One investment banker from London told us in no uncertain terms that PC and consoles are dead, and if we're not making a free-to-play MMO for iPad, we've got no chance," claimed Warhorse in the same blog post.

The idea behind Kingdom Come: Deliverance did find some short success with a private investor; Zdenek Bakala who happens to be one of them richest men in the Czech Republic donating $3-$4 million dollars towards the project.

Warhorse Studios did release a teaser trailer for Kingdom Come: Deliverance, followed by a gameplay trailer which you can find on Eurogamer.

http://youtu.be/JdPyK1fI6Dw

via Eurogamer and Warhorse Studios