This Week in Xbox One News - Killer Instinct's ARIA, Xbox One 1TB SKU, Gears of War remake revealed and more! (May 10th 2022)

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We'll yet be posting major Xbox announcements in the main feed, merely I'll be collecting some of the more nuanced news, rumours and talking points into one handy post every weekend!

So without farther ado, here's our latest edition of This Calendar week in Xbox One News.

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition passes through Brazilian classification board

I'd take this as confirmation that Gears of War is indeed preparing an Xbox One outing. The Brazilian classification lath has revealed the game, dubbed Gears of War: Ultimate Edition.

The listing touts Microsoft Studios as the publisher and Splash Impairment as the developer. Splash Damage has a large "Unannounced Projection" on their games folio, and has been hiring for a "triple A" franchise for some time.

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is widely expected just to feature the first game, but if successful at that place'southward no reason Splash Damage can't move on to Gears 2 and 3 (get out Judgement out though, please).

Fallout four will be at E3 claims an 'insider', with a 30-minute gameplay reveal

Have this rumour with a pinch of common salt. I find that 'insider' leaks tend just to be best guesses, but from what we know near Bethesda's E3 conference so far this one could turn out to be true. The German site PCGames has reported that Bethesda will be showcasing 20-30 minutes of Fallout 4 footage

For Bethesda to commit to their own conference at E3 (which carries an expense) must indicate they have something big to show off. Only a new Elder Scrolls or Fallout fits the pecker in my heed and like many fans of the internet, my bottle caps are on Fallout.

Groovy fans noticed that the recent Wolfenstein: The Old Blood has vending machines serving Fallout branded beverages pictured above (via GamingBolt). Are those sly dogs at Bethesda teasing us with hints of things to come? We'll find out the truth in just over a month.

Killer Instinct'south flavour two closes with ARIA, the cybernetic CEO of Ultratech

Flavour two of Killer Instinct has seen Fe Galaxy go in a higher place and across to diversify the roster. We've had Aganos and his unique stone resource mechanic, Hisako and her extended chapters for counters, in addition to the render of classics like Cinder.

Season ii volition close featuring ARIA, the robotic CEO of Ultratech. ARIA was originally an AI designed to seek out and eliminate humanities biggest problems, such equally illness, famine, poverty, etc. Later her creator died, his will included instructions to permit ARIA to continue her runtime unabated. To observe out what happened side by side, KI fans will need to get hands on with Season 2's story mode, which will arrive with ARIA this June.

Equally you tin see in the concept fine art, ARIA is equanimous of 3 parts which are transferable during a friction match. Each drone you assume control of volition provide ARIA with unique punch specials and other additional backdrop. The official KI forums offered some detail:

Booster Drone builds a torso capable of incredible air manoeuvrability and has an air / basis rush attack move. You can meet Booster Body in the teaser, as this Drone looks similar wings and uses prototype sonic applied science to help ARIA hover.
Bract Drone builds a body with a sword arm that uses image sonic vibration tech. It is capable of rushing slashes, an invulnerable uppercut, a grounded overhead, chip damage normals, and increased poke range.
Bass Drone builds a body with a prototype sonic cannon in the chest and tin deliver high, low, and anti-air multi-striking projectiles that travel at sonic speeds.

The drones not being controlled bladder freely backside ARIA, and are available for take over via sure combo enders, idle commands and fifty-fifty when downed. They tin as well be used for assists, which is rather insane. At least it would be insane, if ARIA'due south hp wasn't divided between them. Players using ARIA will take to protect the drone cores, and exist wary when it comes to their employ. Each cadre has a third of a total player's wellness bar, and do not recover as easily. Additionally, yous cannot 'down' ARIA, yous must simply destroy all of her drones to win. In one case killed, a drone doesn't recover for the remainder of the fight.

For more particular be sure to check out the Ultra Combo forums here. I am looking forward to that story mode!

Metallic Gear Solid V nonetheless exists, Konami US employee speaks out

If you follow the constant drama encircling Konami like a whirlwind you'd be forgiven for worrying almost Metallic Gear Solid V. Konami has killed Silent Hills, Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro's have on the iconic horror franchise; the publisher is reportedly axing Kojima'southward contract in one case MGSV is out of the door and in that location's all sorts of weird rumours almost mistreatment of Kojima Productions staff at the hands of Konami.

That said, a Konami game programmer recently penned a couple of tweets that may reassure fans. The tweets emphasise that Kojima is all the same hands on at the studio, and that the studio is doubling downward working extra hours to ensure MGSV hits its September launch appointment.

In improver, Tora Shiro who works at Konami U.s.a. recently took to NeoGAF to reassure fans that the company is listening, but because a lot of the drama is taking identify between the suits at Konami HQ in Nippon, I wouldn't be particularly optimistic nearly this one.

"...Totally fine, I take no offense and ever encourage fans to let us know where nosotros are royally screwing upward as to find out where we should be improving..."

It seems unlikely to me that any amount of bad blood between Kojima and whoever else could stem the tide of millions of dollars worth of Metal Gear. We'll just accept to go along to be patient.

1TB Xbox I SKU on the manner?

Spanish outlet LameeSoftware has listed a new ane terabyte Xbox 1 SKU, apparently ready to arrive on June 23rd. Information technology seems likely that something like this could be on the way, especially considering 1TB Xbox I'south already exist in limited edition form.

The limited storage available in the base SKU has many of us running external hard drives, and the problem will simply get worse as time goes on. The Witcher 3 sports a whopping 50GB installation cost on both Xbox One and PS4, and I dread to think how much a potential Fallout 4 could swallow.

Xbox 360 gamers fix to make the plunge on next-gen might find this future-proof solution more than attractive, but considering external HDDs can often boost load speeds with faster RPM and USB 3.0, they might in theory be worse off. Fourth dimension will tell.

Oculus Rift for Xbox One?

We all know about HoloLens, Microsoft's augmented reality headset, but what about VR gaming? Gamespot has reported that Oculus vice president Nate Mitchell has spoken to both Sony and Microsoft on supporting Oculus Rift for their respective consoles.

"...At that place's a lot of people right now interested in the VR space. And we've said many times that we're interested in bringing the Rift to equally many consoles or platforms equally possible. Ultimately, we oasis't announced any sort of partnerships to appointment. But it'southward something we're always exploring..."

Considering the rumour that Sony's Project Morpheus will share a launch window with the Oculus Rift, and that HoloLens doesn't compete directly with the stereoscopic VR offered past Oculus, information technology seems that an Xbox partnership could be a adept fit for the device.

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New Xbox One game releases for the week ending May 3rd, 2022

Slice Zombies - Kinect Slasher - Made GmbH

"Slice Zombies for Kinect is the ultimate Kinect experience for your Xbox One. Well, so the zombie apocalypse is long over and at that place are still thousands of zombies left. So what exercise nosotros do with them at present? It'due south easy! Step in front of your Kinect and utilise your hands to cutting, catch and shoot zombies into piffling pieces."

Ultratron - Twin Stick Shooter - Carbon

"Experience the addictive gameplay of old-schoolhouse arcade favourites, updated for the 21st century, with unique upgrades, player responsive difficulty, and a subtle system of tactics combined with classic gameplay."

Shadow of Mordor: GOTY Edition - Action Run a risk - Monolith

"Winner of over 50 "Best of 2022" Awards including Game of the Twelvemonth, All-time Action Game and Most Innovative Game. Experience the definitive version of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor which includes The Lord of the Hunt and The Vivid Lord story missions, the Trials of War challenge series plus additional Warband Missions, Runes, & Skins."

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood - FPS - Machine Games

"Wolfenstein: The Sometime Blood is a standalone prequel to the critically acclaimed start-person action-adventure shooter, Wolfenstein: The New Social club. The adventure, which spans eight chapters and two interconnected stories, features the hallmarks of MachineGames – thrilling action, immersive story and intense showtime-person gainsay."

And that's a wrap!

What have y'all guys been playing this week? I've been crafting some mines and blastin' some Nazis in Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. I recollect information technology'd exist quite cool if the Wolfenstein reboot took place in the aforementioned universe as Fallout... hmm. Whatsoever Fallout buffs around here? Would information technology conflict with whatever existing lore? Hitting the comments!

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