Every little piece of information we learn about video games can’t be classified as a story in itself. While we’d love to talk more about everything, the fact is that resources don’t permit us to discuss titles beyond ones we feel will resonate with our readers. Keeping that in mind, the stories still deserve attention so we’ve invented the daily briefing to get you up to speed.
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network revealed two new games coming to consoles. Save the Light is an original story crafted with Steven Universe series creator Rebecca Sugar. This role-playing console game is a sequel to the 2015 hit mobile title Attack the Light. OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes is from the creative mind of artist Ian Jones-Quartey and developed by award-winning Capybara Games. This action brawler with role-playing elements is set in the outrageous world of the upcoming Cartoon Network Studios animated series OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes. Both of these games should hit Xbox One this year.
Coffee Stain
Coffee Stain, the creators of Goat Simulator, are showcasing two new titles they will publish in 2017. The first game is Deep Rock Galactic which is No Man’s Cave with co-op. The second is Huntdown which is a hybrid of Terminator and Robocop.
Dark Arcana
Dark Arcana, a hidden objects game from Artifex Mundi, is coming to Xbox One on March 17.
Everspace
Everspace Update 0.4 comes with improved gunship balancing, alternative ship loadouts, ship customization, and derelict Colonial space stations to explore. Update 0.3, which introduced the Colonial gunship, is included in 0.4 for all players on Xbox One and Windows 10.
For Honor
For Honor got a new patch on Xbox One which should address many of the bugs and connectivity issues.
Gears of War 4
Tai Kaliso is back in Gears of War 4 as their latest returning legacy character! The iconic and well-loved character from Gears of War 2 has been brought up to modern graphical fidelity with new voice over dialogue to support all the new features and modes. Apart from that, Kantus returns in April to Gears of War 4 too!
Guardians of the Galaxy
Award-winning developer and publisher of digital entertainment, Telltale Games, along with Marvel Entertainment, today shared the world-first screenshots and cast details for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, set to premiere digitally this spring on consoles, PC, and mobile devices.
The series will feature a star-studded cast of voice talent, including Scott Porter (Friday Night Lights, The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series) as Star-Lord, Emily O’Brien (The Young and the Restless, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor) as Gamora, Nolan North (Uncharted series, Pretty Little Liars) as Rocket, Brandon Paul Eells (Watch Dogs) as Drax, and Adam Harrington (The Wolf Among Us, League of Legends) as Groot.
Hello Games
Hello Games messed up No Man’s Sky but they’ve now become publishers. I don’t know why I find that odd. Shouldn’t they be focused on fixing No Man’s Sky which is still quite terrible? You be the judge.
ID@Xbox
Xbox Game Preview hits are on sale during ID@Xbox Game Fest. Titles like Ark: Survival Evolved, Pit People, Slime Rancher and Subnautica are discounted currently. You can read all about it here.
Micro Machines: World Series
Micro Machines: World Series has been delayed to June.
NPD
PlayStation 4 won NPD for February 2017. Microsoft said global Xbox One game hours in February jumped 11% year-over-year, while global unique multiplayer users reached 35% growth compared to last year. Xbox marketing boss Mike Nichols called out Halo Wars 2, For Honor, and Grand Theft Auto 4 as helping drive engagement on Xbox One during the month.
OneDrive
OneDrive went universal on Xbox One and now supports Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.
Rocket League
Vice President Jeremy Dunham told Kinda Funny Games that Rocket Leage has now hit 10.5 million copies, with the total number of registered players hitting almost 29 million. That figure includes free copies of the game given to PlayStation Plus subscribers on PlayStation 4 at launch in July 2015, as well as split-screen players.
Subnautica
Subnautica got an Infected update which makes it into an even more intense survival game.
Titanfall 2
Capture the Flag is now the featured mode in Titanfall 2 with double experience running all weekend! It’s available on all platforms so if you own Titanfall 2, be sure to take advantage of this bonus.
Xbox Game Pass
BioShock, BioShock 2, BioShock Infinite and Borderlands were added to Xbox Game Pass. Halo 5 and some other games were removed. They’ll return when the service launches later this year.
Xbox One Preview
Microsoft is expanding Insiders who have the latest Xbox One build on Monday.
Xian was a regular ICXM contributor between 2015–2017, publishing 162 articles across game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news. Their work focused on hands-on reviews, platform commentary, and breaking-news reporting during the Xbox One X launch year and Microsoft’s wider Play Anywhere / UWP gaming initiative.