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We all know that Microsoft has big plans for its consoles. Specifically, they want the 360 and Xbox One to be the center of your living room- not just as gaming devices, but media players. To that end, the Xbox One and Xbox 360 are about to get a whole boatload (warthog-load?) of new entertainment apps. Its a hefty list, and the entirety will be listed below, but the standouts (at least for the Xbox One) are Comedy Central, Vevo, NBA, NHL, MLG and iHeartRadio. Apparently, MTV and VH1 still exist and are also going to be available as well. Who knew?
Full list, including country and system availability:
Antena 3. Xbox One: ES ChiliTV. Xbox One: IT Comedy Central. Xbox One: US Crunchyroll. Xbox One: AU, AT, BR, CA, DE, ES, FR, IE, IT, MX, NZ, UK, US ENCORE Play. Xbox One: US EPIX. Xbox One: US Filmbox Live. Xbox 360: AR, AU, AT, BE, BR, CA, CL, CO, CZ, DK, FI, FR, DE, GR, HK, HU, IN, IE, IL, IT, JP, MX, NL, NZ, NO, PL, PT, RU, SA, SG, SK, ZA, KR, ES, SE, CH, TW, TR, AE, UK, US Fox Play. Xbox One: MX, BR. Xbox 360: MX, BR, AR, CO, CH Frightflix. Xbox One: US FXNOW. Xbox 360: US Gol TV. Xbox One: ES GoPro. Xbox One: US, CA, MX, UK, FR, DE, IT, ES, AU, BR, AT, NZ, IR HBO GO. Xbox One: US: Xbox 360: MX, BR, AR, CO, CH iHeartRadio. Xbox One: US Infinity. Xbox One: IT IVI. Xbox 360: RU KDrama. Xbox One: AU, AT, BR, CA, DE, ES, FR, IE, IT, MX, NZ, UK, US. Xbox 360: AR, AU, AT, BE, BR, CA, CL, CO, CZ, DK, FI, FR, DE, GR, HK, HU, IN, IE, IL, IT, MX, NL, NZ, NO, PL, PT, RU, SA, SG, SK, ZA, ES, SE, CH, TW, TR, AE, UK, US maxdome. Xbox One: AT, DE MLG. Xbox One: US, UK, CA, AU MOVIEPLEX Play. Xbox One: US MTV. Xbox One: US NBA. Xbox One: AT, AU, BR, CA, FR, DE, IE, IT, MX, ES, NZ, UK, US NHL. Xbox One: US, CA, MX, UK, FR, DE, IT, ES, AU, BR, AT, NZ, IR. Xbox 360: US, CA, MX, UK, FR, DE, IT, ES, JP, AU, BR, NL, SE, RU, TW, PL, IN, HK, TR, BE, AT, NZ, SA, AR, NO, CH, SG, ZA, IR, DK, CO, CL, FI, CZ, HU, IL, GR, PT, SK Now TV. Xbox One: UK Picturebox. Xbox 360: UK Popcornflix. Xbox One: US ShowTime Anytime. Xbox 360: US Sky News. Xbox One: UK, IE, US, CA. Xbox 360: UK, IE, US, CA Sky Online. Xbox One: IT STARZ Play. Xbox One: US STV. Xbox 360: UK Syfy Now. Xbox One: US Target Ticket. Xbox One: US TuneIn. Xbox One: US, CA, MX, UK, FR, DE, IT, ES, AU, BR, AT, NZ, IR TV2. Xbox 360: DK Twitter. Xbox One: US USA Now. Xbox One: US VEO. Xbox One: MX. Xbox 360: MX Vevo. Xbox One: CA, US, AU, FR, DE, IR, BR,ES, IT, UK, NZ VH1. Xbox One: US Vine. Xbox One: US WATCH ABC. Xbox 360: US WATCH Disney Channel. Xbox 360: US WATCH Disney Junior. Xbox 360: US WATCH Disney XD. Xbox 360: US Watchever. Xbox One: DE
Planning on using any of these apps? Lets us know in the comments below!
E3 is next week and we’ll be bringing you all the news as it happens. With any luck we’ll also be able to stream all of the conferences live on the site, although if not you still won’t miss anything as we’ll post the major news, round up each conference and also bring you a round up of all the trailers.
To ensure you can keep track of all that’s happening we have listed the times of each conference below, along with the Twitch TV schedule which is planning to stream lots of games throughout the week.
MONDAY JUNE 9th
5:30pm – Microsoft Media Briefing (Watch Here) or via Xbox LIVE 9pm – EA World Premiere (Watch Here) 11pm – Ubisoft Media Briefing (Watch Here)
Monday 9th June (Times shown in Pacific Time, +8 hours for GMT (5.30pm start in GMT))
9:30am – Xbox E3 2014 Media Briefing 11:00am – Xbox E3 2014 Media Briefing Post show 11:30pm – Hotline Miami 2 (Dennaton Games/Devolver Digital) 12:00pm – EA World Premiere: E3 2014 Preview 1:00pm – EA Special Event 2:00pm – EA World Premiere: E3 2014 Post show 2:30pm – Bethesda (Unannounced title) 3:00pm – Ubisoft 2014 E3 Media Briefing 4:00pm – Ubisoft 2014 E3 Media Briefing Post show 4:30pm – Witcher 3 (CD Projekt RED) 5:00pm – Dying Light (Techland) 5:30pm – Final thoughts 6:00pm – PlayStation E3 2014 Press Conference
Tuesday 10th June
9:00am – Nintendo Digital Event 10:00am – Deep Silver (Unannounced title) 10:15am – Deep Silver (Unannounced title) 10:30am – Dragon Age: Inquisition (EA) 11:00am – Ubisoft (Unannounced title) 11:20am – The Division (Ubisoft) 11:40am – Farcry 4 (Ubisoft) 12:00pm – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
12:20pm – Microsoft Studios (Unannounced title) 12:40pm – Microsoft Studios (Unannounced title) 1:00pm – DRIVECLUB (SCEA) 1:20pm – Evil Within (Bethesda) 1:40pm – Lords of the Fallen (NAMCO) 2:00pm – Destiny (Activision/BUNGIE) 2:20pm – The Order: 1886 (Sony Computer Entertainment) 2:40pm – Nintendo (Unannounced title) 3:00pm – Evolve Special Tournament (2K) 4:00pm – Super Smash Bros. Invitational (Nintendo)
Wednesday 11th June
10:00am – Alienware 10:30am – Twitch Time 11:00am – Sunset Overdrive (Insomniac Games/Microsoft Studios) 11:20am – Microsoft Studios (Unannounced title) 11:40am – Killer Instinct: Season Two (Iron Galaxy/Microsoft Studios) 12:00pm – Square Enix (Unannounced title)
12:20pm – Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade (Square Enix) 12:40pm – H1Z1 (Sony Online Entertainment) 1:00pm – EA (Unannounced title) 1:20pm – Batman: Arkham Knight (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) 1:40pm – Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) 2:10pm – Nintendo (Unannounced title) 2:30pm – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Unannounced title) 2:50pm – Crytek (Unannounced title) 3:00pm – Sony Computer Entertainment (Unannounced PS4/PS3 title) 3:15pm – Sony Computer Entertainment (Unannounced PS4/PS Vita Digital title) 3:30pm – Hohokum (Honeyslug, SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment) 3:45pm – Helldivers (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment) 4:00pm – Alien Isolation (The Creative Assembly/SEGA) 4:20pm – Civilization: Beyond Earth (2K) 4:40pm – Diablo III: Reaper of Souls – Ultimate Evil Edition on PS4 (Blizzard) 5:00pm – Evolve Special Tournament (2K)
Thursday 12th June
10:00am – Tetris w/creator Alexey Pajitnov 10:15am – Zombies Monsters Robots (Ying Pei Games) 10:30am – Guinness World Records – certificate presentation 11:00am – Fable Legends (Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Studios) 11:20am – Microsoft Studios (TBD) 11:40am – Project Spark (Team Dakota/Microsoft Studios) 12:00pm – Nintendo (Unannounced title) 12:20am – Square Enix (Unannounced title) 12:40pm – PlanetSide 2 PS4 Edition (Sony Online Entertainment) 1:00pm – 505 Games (TBD) 1:20pm – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Unannounced title) 1:40pm – Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (Gearbox/2K) 2:00pm – Ubisoft (Unannounced title) 2:20pm – The Crew (Ubisoft) 2:40pm – Nintendo (Unannounced title) 3:00pm – Tecmo Koei (Unannounced title) 3:20pm – Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes (Disney Interactive) 3:40pm – SEGA Sonic BOOM! (SEGA) 4:00pm – Evolve Special Tournament (2K)
Let us know what you’re looking forward to in the schedule!
Today I decided to take a look at the game T.E.C. 3001. While this game has been on Xbox Live Indie Games for quite a few years, it recently came out on Steam. T.E.C. 3001 is an endless runner game where you play a robot that needs to collect leftover energy for humanity.
There are a few ways to play this game. There is both Singleplayer and Multiplayer modes. Unfortunately Multiplayer is only Local. So there is no playing with friends unless they are in the same room as you. Anyway, in Singleplayer, you can either do the Campaign Mode or the Endless Mode. The Campaign Mode consists of 41 levels which vary between 3 different race types: Speed Run, Drag Race, and Free Run.
The first mode, Speed Run, is a mode where you are set to 3 lanes on a track and you dodge obstacles by just movie left or right. You can also can jump and slide under obstacles as well.
The second mode, Drag Race, has you stuck to the middle of the track, you can’t move left or right. You need to reach the end within a certain time. To do this you need to activate boosts as you run over them. Each time you hit it right you get an extra boost. If you activate it too early or too late you get slowed down. You are also required to jump or slide under obstacles as you run as well.
The third mode, Free Run, is probably the harder of the modes. This mode gives you free movement anywhere on the track. These levels usually have multiple paths you can go, a lot of times making you jump from one path too another to get around obstacles.
You will have to manage your speed on some rounds for if you are going too fast or too slow it can mean the death of you. For example if you are going too fast around a sharp bend you are most likely to go flying off the edge. If you end up being too slow at a certain jump you may not make it to the next platform.
Another way to play the game in Singleplayer is the Endless Mode. This is basically a Free Run mode where you try to last as long as you can. As you go, you end up getting faster and faster till almost everything is just a blur around you.
As I mentioned earlier there is also a Local Multiplayer mode where you can play split screen vs a friend. You can race on all three of the modes in game: Free Run, Drag Race, and Speed Run.
T.E.C 3001 is a good game to hop on and off if you are craving some high octane fun. This game can get frustrating at times when you can seem to beat a level. Some levels, especially the Free Run ones, can be really challenging at times, but when you finally beat them you can’t help but feel a sense of accomplishment. You would most likely find yourself going back to older levels to try to get better scores.
The gameplay, the music, and the general look of T.E.C 3001 make this an awesome game to have in your collection if you are looking for a challenging, high energy game. Also it is pretty cheap ;).
You can buy it on Steam, as well as on the Xbox 360 though the Xbox Live Store.
Minecraft on Xbox is sometimes considered a poor relation to the original PC version of the game, but there is certainly one thing that the console gamers get that the PC people don’t. Special packs with many well-done pre-made skins, texture packs and constructed locations. The latest one? A Halo pack.
The Halo Mash-Up pack comes with 40 new skins, including an updated version of the Master Chief skin that has been available in the game now for a while. It will also come with versions of some of the games’ various soundtracks which should be very popular and add greatly to the feel of ‘Halo in Minecraft’. The best part though should be the inclusion of many of the popular or more well-known maps re-created lovingly in blocky Minecraft form, and covered over with the pack’s included texture pack. These include Blood Gulch, Blackout, Valhalla and one with a constructed Scarab model (which sadly isn’t driveable).
A release date has yet to be announced, so keep your eyes peeled for that information coming at some point soon.