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Tomorrow officially kicks of this years Gamescom where it will be held across six days, August 12th-17th where game developers and publishers will be showing off their upcoming projects to the gaming world. Here are some of the press conferences that can be watched live this week. On Tuesday, 12th at 1 p.m. BST / 5 a.m. PDT Microsoft will be up first with their press conference providing news and updates on their latest games and projects such as Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Quantum Break and more. The conference can be watched on xbox.com, Xbox Live via the twitch app on the Xbox 360 and Xbox one and Youtube. Later at 6 p.m. BST / 10 a.m. PDT Sony will hold their conference giving news on upcoming titles like Destiny along with possible appearances such as The Order: 1886, Driveclub, Little Big Planet 3 and more. Their press conference can be watched via Playstation Home, the Playstation Facebook page, Sony's Gamescom Hub and Twitch. On Wednesday, 13th at 9 a.m. BST / 1 a.m. PDT EA will be showing off content from some of their new titles such as Battlefield Hardline, Drangon Age: Inquisition, Dawngate and more. Their event can be watched here. Later at 7 p.m. BST / 11 a.m. PDT Konami will hold an hour long event for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain which can be watched on their Twitch channel. So, are you excited to hear the latest gaming news this week? What event are you looking forward to the most? Leave a comment below. If your time zone wasn't included in the article please check your times accordingly for you local time zone for the press conferences. Update If you didn't watch the Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare live stream reveal earlier then check it out here Sources: Gamescom, Xbox, Playstation, EA, Konami View full article

Xbox Live Gold Subscribers can now download free games from the Xbox Live marketplace for the Xbox One and the Xbox 360 for the month of August. Games with Gold this month offers Crimson Dragon and Strike Suit Zero for the Xbox One while Motocross Madness and Dishonored will be available for the Xbox 360. Crimson Dragon and Strike Suit Zero are both available to download now for the Xbox One until August 31st. All images are from majornelson.com. Motocross Madness is currently available to download for the Xbox 360 until August 16th then Dishonored will take over and will be available to download for the remainder of the month. So there is what Games with Gold will be offering for August 2014, will you be downloading any of them if you haven't already? Source: majornelson.com View full article

343 Industries revealed at their San Diego Comic-Con panel that Agent Jameson Locke will be a playable character in Halo 5: Guardians. The main topic 343 will be discussing with the community today is Halo: Nightfall a digital series produced by Ridley Scott and starring Mike Colter who will play the lead role as Agent Locke who 343 confirmed to be a playable in Halo 5: Guardians. Agent Locke made his first appearance in the Halo: The Master Chief Collection announcement trailer at E3 last month. He is a Spartan that was sent by ONI to find Master Chief and was seen speaking with the Arbiter in the trailer to gain information on Chiefs whereabouts. 343 Industries will be showing a preview of the show at today's panel which will be available to watch at a later time. Halo: Night fall will be released as a part of the Master Chief Collection package on November 11th and Halo 5: Guardians will be released towards the end of 2015. Are you excited to hear that Agent Locke will playable in Halo 5: Guardians, are you looking forward to seeing Halo: Nightfall? Source: IGN View full article

Senior PR for Halo and Forza Motorsports Rob Semsey has revealed a Halo: The Master Chief Collection Xbox One console. Rob Semsey revealed the console on his Twitter page yesterday but only those attending this years San Diego Comic-Con can get their hands on it by entering in a competition for a chance to win it. According to nerdist.com Microsoft will be giving away 20 custom edition Xbox One consoles (Halo: The Master Chief Collection console will be among them). For a chance to win one of them, attendees at Comic-Con will have to take a picture of their favorite one, follow Xbox on twitter and post their image on Xbox's Twitter page they will then randomly select the winners. Here are the 20 customs Xbox One consoles that are up for grabs. Image from nerdist. Which one console do you think looks the best? Source: Rob Semsey View full article

San Diego Comic Con 2014 is just under 2 weeks away and when it kicks off more Halo news is expected to surface. 343 will be attending Comic Con hosting two panels to discuss and share more information on Halo: The Master Chief Collection and we will also get our first look at Ridley Scott's live action digital series Halo: Night fall. On July 24th 11:45 A.M. PDT 343's Frank O'Connor (franchise development director) Kiki Wolfkill (executive producer) and the cast and crew from Halo: Nightfall will be joining together to discuss and share information about the live action series and will show a first look preview of the show. Those who purchase Halo: The Master Chief Collection will have access to view the entire show when it launches. On July 25th 10:15 A.M. PTD 343's Dan Ayoub (executive producer) Dennis Ries (senior producer) and Frank O'Connor (franchise director) along with Max Hoberman (Certain Affinity founder and president and original Halo 2 multiplayer designer) will also be joining together for a panel to discuss more about The Master Chief Collection. Are you looking forward to getting your first look at Halo: Night fall? What would you like to know or see next about The Master Chief, more on the new ranking system, remastered maps, forge? Leave your hopes and expectations on the upcoming panels below. Source: Comic-Con View full article

The hunt for a specific Easter Egg in Halo 3 began in 2012 when a bungie.net user that goes by the name of "Its A Mirage" asked a question for Bungie's mail sack. The user asked a question to the participating employees of the mail sack regarding Easter Eggs. One of the employees, Jon Cable, replied to the question confirming there are undiscovered Easter Eggs still out there. "Its A Mirage - Are there any Easter eggs from your past games that surprised you at how quickly they were found or any that surprised you at how long they took to find?" "Definitely the IWHBYD skull in H3. But you cheated. There is one Easter egg in Halo 3 that I don't think anyone has found - I stumbled across it in code a while back. It only happens on a specific day...so good luck. Jon Cable" After seeing that response members from the Bungie/Halo community tried to find the Easter Egg but had no luck tracking it down. In a later mail sack (no link available) another bungie.net user asked a question for the Q&A. "What is your proudest moment in your time at Bungie?" "Showing my wife the Easter egg I put in the halo 3 loading screen for her - the one that nobody has found yet. Adrian Perez" This time there was a hint to where players may find it, on the loading screen in Halo 3 on a specific date. For two years nobody had found until yesterday when a video was uploaded to Youtube by user "Lord Zedd" The date when the Easter Egg would appear is December 25th and on the Halo ring in the loading screen had a message along the side of it saying "Happy Birthday Lauren!", Lauren is Adrian Perez's wife. Lord Zedd was able to find it by changing the date while offline on his Xbox to the required date. So there you have it, the hunt for famous Halo 3 loading screen Easter Egg is now over and can now be added to the long list of Halo 3's discovered Easter Eggs and Halo overall. Leave your thoughts on this discovery below. View full article

Great post Ardent can't wait for Halo 2!

Today is Bungie Day and to celebrate it Bungie brought the community an announcement regarding beta details for their game Destiny. Earlier today Bungie finally announced the date the beta will launch for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 and that date is July 23rd. Xbox users who obtained a beta code can jump in from 10AM PDT. The beta comes six days after the launch date for the PS3 & PS4 (July 17th) and it will close on July 26th at the end of the day for all platforms. Bungie is also giving beta testers a special emblem to use in the final release of the game, but in order to obtain the emblem they have instructed players to be on from 8PM PDT on July 26th. "Yup! Play the Destiny Beta on Saturday, July 26th, beginning at 8PM PDT, to earn an exclusive emblem for the retail version of Destiny. We’ll also be delivering some fun and unexpected surprises throughout the Beta!". Sated in their FAQ. Note: the beta will be offline for maintenance on July 21st and July 22nd PDT for the PS3 and PS4. Will you be taking part in the Beta, if so what platform? Source: bungie.net View full article

That could work

It's not going to be anymore destructive than the warthog, in fact it won't be as destructive as the warthog. It's only going to be able to shoot in a straight line, you'd have to turn the vehicle if the target is just a little to the left or to the right and the passenger isn't going to make up for any for much because it's quite hard to shoot and stay on a target in a moving vehicle unless you're on turret like on the warthog.

The stats won't carryover everyone will start afresh

We can play Halo 1, 2, 3 and 4 completely separate from each other without cross-game playlists and map voting. I think Halo 2 will be most popular.

Next week as we enter the month of July Xbox Like Gold members can download Gotham City Imposters and Battle Block Theater for the Xbox 360 and Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition for the Xbox One with the Games with Gold program. The other free game for the Xbox One will still be Max: The Curse of Brotherhood and that will continue to be available for free until the end of July. Up first for the Xbox 360 in July is Gotham City Imposters, it is available for free from July 1st - 15th. From July 16th - 31st Battle Block Theater will then be free to download. Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is still currently available to download for the Xbox One and it will remain free until July 31st. Guacamelee! will be available for free on the Xbox One from July 2nd. So there you have it, those are the games for July will you be downloading any of them? Source: majornelson.com View full article