Keep the Fists Flying for Another Year with Discounted Xbox Live Gold Subscription

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Typically, those looking to pick up a year of Xbox Live Gold directly from Microsoft can expect to spend $59.99. However, from now until February 28, they are offering a full year of their online service at a discounted $39.99.

This low-price access to Xbox Live Gold can be delivered to purchasers in the form of a digital code or, if preferred, Microsoft will ship a traditional time card for easy gifting or squirreling away somewhere secret until next year. There is, however, a three code limit per virtual shopping cart.

Whether your access to online brawls will soon expire, or if you just want to stock up for the future, be sure to check out this deal soon, as it comes to a close tomorrow.

Source: Microsoft Store via Polygon

Camelot Unchained: Ability Crafting Image Teased

Ability Crafting Image Teased

As part of last night’s update, the Camelot Unchained team has posted a new image that shows the ability crafting system the team is incorporating into the game. It’s largely unreadable, though some words can be made out such as recovery time, disruptive damage, preparation time, damage, stamina cost and a few other abilities. Check it out and let us know if you can get a handle on some of the blurrier abilities.

Faces New and Old Revealed in Mortal Kombat X Story Trailer

Over the past few years, NetherRealm Studios has made sure their fighters come packed with rich narratives to match the expansive competitive content, and Mortal Kombat X is set to follow that tradition. The developers released a brand new trailer this morning that touches on key moments in the upcoming title’s story, revealing quite a few characters along the way.

As you’ll see above, some of the most prominent include a new group led by Cassie Cage comprised entirely of the offspring of veteran fighters, including Jax Brigg’s daughter Jacqueline, Kenshi’s son Takashi Takeda, and Kung Lao descendant Kung Jin.

Along the way, however, we’re also given brief glimpses of Mileena, Shinnok, Baraka, Sindel, Rain, and newcomer Erron Black. Unfortunately, due to this trailer’s emphasis on story instead of gameplay, it’s hard to confirm everyone as playable.

Did we miss anyone? Give the video below a spin and drop us a line in the comments.

Source: NetherRealm Studios, special thanks to the folks over at Test Your Might for their expertise.

Cannes Winter Clash Day 1 Streaming Live from Cannes, France

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This weekend at the Palais Des Festivals in Cannes, France is Cannes Winter Clash (CWC). This tournament is the successor to the World Game Cup as well as last year’s International Video Game Cup. In addition, Cannes Winter Clash is the first event in the Capcom Pro Tour 2015, offering ranking points for top placers in the Ultra Street Fighter IV singles tournament.

Joining the event from overseas are sako of TEAM HORI, Tonpy and Abadango from Japan, Infiltration and Poongko from Korea (funded by r/Kappa), QANBA’s Xiaohai of China and Dieminion from the US. And of course Europe will be well represented at the event, with players such as MD|Luffy, GL|Valmaster, DIG|Ryan Hart (aka Prodigal Son), BX3 Phenom and many more.

If you want to check out the event live, Games Lines will be providing two streams of the event on Twitch, with English commentary. If you’re interested in French commentary, JeuxVideo will be providing a French language stream, viewable below.

Gameslines (Stream 1)

Watch live video from gameslines on www.twitch.tv

Gameslines2 (Stream 2)

Watch live video from gameslines2 on www.twitch.tv

JeuxVideo (Stream 1 French)

Watch live video from officiel_jvcom on www.twitch.tv

Tournament Games
  • Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-
  • The King of Fighters XIII
  • Super Smash Bros. Melee
  • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
  • Ultra Street Fighter IV
Schedule

All times in CET (UTC+1).

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Source: Games Lines

General: The Daily Quest: Does Story Matter?

The Daily Quest: Does Story Matter?

MMOs are based on their older sibling, the RPG. As a result, all contain lore that explains the universe, the background, even the reasons why we as players are even present in the world. Development teams hire legion writers to fill out the story behind the games we play but, in the end, does it matter to most players?