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Xbox Live's Games with Gold for December 2015 have been announced. Check out to see what you can get for free next month. For the final installment of Games with Gold for 2015 there will be five games in total that Xbox Live Gold members can download for free, two for Xbox One and three for Xbox 360. For Xbox One, Gold members will have the chance to download The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing and Thief. Van Helsing will be available for all of December. Thief will then be available to download for free from December 16th through til January 15th All images are from majornelson.com For Xbox 360, Gold members can download Castlestorm, Sacred 3, and Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. Castlestorm will be free to download from December 1st through December 15th. Then on December 16th, Sacred 3 will be available to download until December 31st. Finally, Operation Flaspoint will be free to download from December 16th until December 31st. So that's what Xbox Live Gold members can get for free for the month of December. What are your thoughts on next months free titles? Source: majornelson.com

Microsoft will be announcing the first 100 Xbox 360 games that will be compatible on the Xbox One next week. Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, announced on Twitter that Microsoft will be revealing the first 100 Xbox 360 titles that will feature in Xbox One's backward compatibility feature next week on Nov 9th. Microsoft first announced backward compatibility on Xbox One at this years E3 back in June. It came as a big and an unexpected announcement for Xbox fans and got many of them excited about it. A number titles have already been confirmed to be brought over to Xbox One, and many others have been included in promotional images so it maybe safe to assume they will be included too. But another big question that has been lingering is which one's will be up first? Well the wait is almost over as we will get the answer next week. Microsoft did confirm that not every title will make the crossover, but they have given the fans the chance to vote for which titles they'd like to be playable on the Xbox One through their voting page. So get voting. What 360 titles would you like to see compatible on Xbox One? Have you voted for any? Let us know what you'd like to see. Source: IGN

Novembers Games with Gold have been revealed. Check and see what's for free for both Xbox One and Xbox 360 next month. For Xbox One, the two free titles for November will be Pneuma: Breath of Life and Knight Squad. Pneuma will be the first free title for Xbox One and it will be available for the entirety of the month. Knight Squad will be the second and it will also be free for an entire month. Though it won't be free to download until November 16th but it will be up until December 15th. For Xbox 360, November's Games with Gold will include Dirt 3 and Dungeon Siege III. Dirt 3 will be the first to download for free, and it will be available November 1st-15th. Dungeon Siege III will then follow and will up from November 16th and will be available for free until the end of the month, November 30th. Images are from majornelson.com So those are Novembers free titles with the Games with Gold program. What are your thoughts on these freebies? Source: majornelson.com

GameRadar sat down with 343's franchise director Frank O'Connor to discuss topics relating to Halo 5: Guardians for a live stream interview. During the interview a question was raised regarding the possibility of Halo 5 being brought over to PC which O'Connor states that "There is plenty of chance Halo 5 could appear on the PC". He went on to say "Nothing to announce at this point, but it’s absolutely within the bounds of reason." Many PC gaming enthusiast Halo fans have asked for PC releases since the announcement of Halo 3 as Halo 2 was the last major title to release on PC Since then the only Halo titles that have released world wide on PC have been Spartan Assault and Spartan Strike. But there is Halo Online, however Halo Online seems it will only available in Russia, but it's unknown if it will stay in Russia. In the interview Frank O'Connor stated "We developed the game on an Intel platform. It wouldn’t be the hardest thing in the world to move it to PC and take advantage of PC stuff. But nothing to announce today." The next title confirmed for PC is Halo Wars 2, which was announced in August and is set for a 2016 release. In the interview Frank O'Connor stated "We developed the game on an Intel platform. It wouldn’t be the hardest thing in the world to move it to PC and take advantage of PC stuff. But nothing to announce today." The next title confirmed for PC is Halo Wars 2, which was announced in August and is set for a 2016 release. Any PC gamers out there feeling optimistic for a PC release of Halo 5? Leave a comment and let us know your thoughts on this news. Source: IGN

343 has announced a feature for Halo 5: Guardians called "Spartan Companies" that will allow players to play and communicate together in an interesting way. Image from Halowaypoint.com Spartan Companies acts like a clan system, a feature that is familiar in a wide amount of videos games. Players can create and name their own Company and can allow maximum amount of 100 players to join it. These companies will also get their own forum on 343's and Halo's official website Halowaypoint.com. In these forums players can check other members stats, profiles and simply communicate with fellow players of the same Company. Players can start creating their own Companies right now and it will be added to the site. Leaders of each Company can also put together their own emblem to give it's own indentity. What do you think of the Spartan Companies feature? Will you start your own? Leave and comment and let us know.

Halo 5's main theme has been revealed and it brings back the iconic Gregorian monk chant. Kojima Jinnouchi the composer of Halo 5: Guardians bring's the main theme of the game back to it's original roots by including the oh so familiar monk chant. The track titled "Halo Canticles" was uploaded by youtuber HALO Memes. Here's the track so have a listen. Halo 5: Guardians releases on October 27th where players will get to experience the rest of the soundtracks in game. The album will be released on October 30th which will probably include tracks such as bonus soundtracks as well as in the game tracks. What do you think of the Halo 5: Guardians main theme? Leave a comment and let us know. Source: IGN

Image from IGN IGN has released a number of gameplay videos from the upcoming Halo game Halo 5: Guardians. The videos show them taking on a pair of Hunters in a 4 player co-op battle, we get to see a Banshee battle between Fireteam leader Jameson Locke and Covenant Remnant forces. We also get to see almost 4 minutes of Locke taking on the new Remnant Covenant weapon "The Kraken" in the new Forerunner aerial vehicle "Phaeton". Here are the links to each gameplay video. 4v4 co-op Hunter battle Banshee battle Kraken battle IGN also released a video featuring a new cinematic of Blue Team. Click here to watch it. Halo 5: Guardians releases October 27th for the Xbox One. Leave a comment below and let us know what you think about the new gameplay.

We are now in the month of September and that means another four free games will be available to download for Xbox Live Gold members. Let's see what this month will be offering. For Xbox one, Gold members can get The Deer God and Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition this month. The Deer God will be available to download for free starting today September 1st until September 30th. Tomb Raider will be free to download from September 16th right through until October 15th. For Xbox 360, Gold members can get Battlestations Pacifc and Crysis 3 this month. Battlestations Pacific is available to download today and will be free until September 15th. Then on September 16th Crysis 3 takes over as the second free game for Xbox 360, which will be available to download until September 30th. So that wraps up this months Games with Gold, do you like what's on offer? What will you be downloading? Leave a comment and let us know. Source: majornelson.com

Game Rant spoke to Halo 5's creative director, Tom Longo, at Microsoft's X15 event and asked if fans will finally get to see Master Chiefs face in the upcoming Halo game, Halo 5: Guardians. Sadly for some, it won't be happening. Tom Longo confirmed that he will have his helmet on at all times in Halo 5. For now Halo 4's legendary ending will be the closest we will ever get to see what Mr. John 117 will look like. If you remember (and I'm sure you do) players only got to see the Chief's eyes before the screen abruptly goes to black, leaving fans teased and curious. Although we do know what John looked as a kid from other Halo media such as the Halo: Fall of Reach- Boot Camp graphic novel, where a kid John 117 posed on the front cover of the comic. We also seen him as a child in Halo 4's live action trailer . So for now Chief's helmet is going to be firmly on in Halo 5: Guardians and his face will be well hidden for another while. Do you think Master Chief's face will be shown at some point in the future? Would you like to finally see what he looks like once and for all, or do would want him to be kept as a faceless hero? Leave a comment below and tell us what you think.

As you all know Microsoft announced backwards compatibility for Xbox 360 games on the Xbox One at this years E3 event. Since then the number of 360 titles that have finally became playable has grown, but bear in mind non preview members cannot have access to this feature until the third quarter of the year. Here is the current list of all the Xbox 360 games that are playable on the Xbox One to date: • A Kingdom of Keflings • A World of Keflings • Alien Hominid • Banjo-Kazooie • Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts • Banjo-Tooie • BattleBlock Theater • Defense Grid: The Awakening • Gears of War • Hexic HD • Jetpac Refuelled • Kameo • Mass Effect • N+ • Perfect Dark • Perfect Dark Zero • Shadow Complex • Small Arms • Super Meat Boy • Toy Soldiers • Toy Soldiers Cold War • Viva Pinata • Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise​ Other titles such as Gears of War 2, 3 and Judgment and Fallout 3 are confirmed to be included later down the line. Also looking at the image above it is safe to assume those other titles will be added to the list. Again backwards compatibility is only accessible for preview members and will made available to everyone this fall. You can let Microsoft know what games you'd like to see on the list by heading over to xbox.uservoice.com. What 360 games would you like to see compatible with the Xbox One? Source: Gamespot

The Games with Gold titles for August have been announced. You know the drill, next month there will be four new additions to the Games with Gold program for Xbox Live Gold members. Let's take a look at what's on offer. For Xbox One, the two free titles for August will be Metal Gear Sold V: Ground Zeroes and How to Survive: Storm Warning Addition. Metal Gear Solid V will be the first title for the Xbox One that will available to download for free, and it will be available from August 1st - 31st. Storm Warning will be available to download from August 16th - September 15th. For Xbox 360, August's free titles will be Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light. Gold members can download Metro 2033 from August 1st - 15th and Metro: Last Light from August 16th - 31st. Xbox One and Xbox 360 images are from majornelson.com That's what's coming in August for Xbox Live Gold Members. Like what you see? Leave a comment below and tell us what you think. Source: majornelson.com

New features for the Xbox on the new Windows 10 OS have been revealed. Earlier this year Microsoft announced their plans to integrate the Xbox One with their new operating system Windows 10. They announced a new experience with both Xbox One and Windows 10 by revealing new content such as streaming games to the PC and Windows 10 devices, cross platform features/gameplay and DVR. But they have just announced more features (focusing more on accessibility and activity) that will be rolling out this month. These features will focus on things such as accessing Xbox accounts, sharing content with friends and accessing games. Here is the official list containing the latest collection of features: My Games – As you install games from the Windows Store, they will appear in your My Games list. Additionally, you can manually add games to your collection by selecting My games > Add a game from your PC. Also, there is now a Featured games section on the home screen, below your Recently played list. Game hubs – You can now launch a local PC game from its game hub, view details about the game in the Windows Store, and find and follow People to Watch for a given game. Additionally, for Xbox One games, you can now choose Play from console to initiate a game streaming session from a game hub page. Share with your friends – You can share your achievements to your Activity feed and Showcase just like you do on Xbox One. You can also share your Xbox One Game clips or Screenshots listed under Game DVR > Shared to your Activity Feed and Showcase. Xbox avatars – We renamed the Avatars app on Windows 10 to Xbox Avatars and the layout and iconography have been updated to final designs. In this month’s preview, there is a “Take a photo” feature so you can pose your avatar and snap a photo. Xbox account – In preview, you can sign in to Xbox on Windows 10 with any account, and create a new Xbox account if you do not already have one. To access all the Xbox features on Windows 10 users will need to install Build 10158 of the operating system when it launches July 29th. Xbox on Windows 10 trailer revealed earlier this year. What's your thoughts of Microsoft's integration of Xbox and Windows 10? Source: majornelson.com

One of the things that got Xbox fans excited was the announcement of backwards compatibility for the Xbox One. Head of Xbox Phil Spenser made the announcement earlier today during Microsoft's E3 briefing. Microsoft’s Mike Ybarra then came on to the stage to announce that Xbox One users can access their digital library of Xbox 360 games, as well as being able to insert their disks into the drive of the Xbox One. But there seems to be some limitations to this, on the Xbox website it states that not all games will work with this feature. “The digital titles that you own and are part of the Back Compat game catalog will automatically show up in the “Ready to Install” section on your Xbox One. For disc-based games that are a part of the Back Compat game catalog, simply insert the disc and the console will begin downloading the game to your hard drive. After the game has finished downloading, you will still need to keep the game disc in the drive to play.” Mike announced that there will be around 100 titles available to play at the launch of the new service and more will come later down the line. This looks to be similar to the Xbox 360's backwards compatibility feature with original Xbox games where only selected titles were included and the rest were locked out. Mass Effect was used as an example of an Xbox 360 game that would be compatible on the Xbox One as they showed off a quick demo, so that was the first title to be confirmed that will be playable on the Xbox One. Mike also announced that those who are a member of the preview program will get early access to the feature starting today, and it will then become available to everyone else this holiday. Xbox.com provides the current list of the titles that are compatible with the Xbox One, more will be added at later times. Here is the announcement that was uploaded to YouTube by Kotaku What do you think of this new feature? Leave a comment below.