Retailer Target has launched a nice new deal on Xbox One hardware.
Now through October 10, you can get a new Xbox One Gears of War: Ultimate Edition console bundle for $297 or possibly less. This is possible by way of a 15 percent off code through the store's Cartwheel service. Note that you'll need to visit a physical store to score the savings.
Deals site Slickdeals has a rundown of how it works. Follow the instructions below and you'll be good to go. Also note that if you have Target's "Redcard," you can save an addition 5 percent, bringing the price of this bundle down to $280 before taxes.
Ahead of its release later this month, 343 Industries has revealed new details about some of the Covenant vehicles players will find in Halo 5: Guardians. In its latest Canon Fodder blog post, 343 shared renders of the enemy ships and explained some of their new features and functionality.
There's a reason these trademark Halo vehicles, such as the Banshee and Wraith, look and perform differently than the last time we saw them.
343 explains: "During Halo 5: Guardians, the Sangheili are embroiled in a massive civil war that tears apart their homeworld of Sanghelios. In these tumultuous times both the Covenant and Swords of Sanghelios have reopened long-dormant manufacturing facilities and turned to allied colonies to provide much-needed vehicles and munitions."
The Banshee, for example, now has an energy shield, while the update Ghost will offer a "greater level of protection and higher performance." The Wraith, meanwhile, is smaller and more agile. To get a closer look at the updated vehicles, click through the images in the gallery above.
Microsoft likes the idea of a background music feature for Xbox One, but right now, it's not at the top of the company's priority list. That's according to Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who talked a bit about it on Twitter.
Asked if Microsoft had any news to share regarding when the feature might come to Xbox One, Spencer said, "This one is just a prioritization thing with other work. We like the feature."
He added: "It's in the list of things we want to do, just behind other work we are doing right now."
This isn't the first time the subject of background music on Xbox One has come up. At the end of May 2015, Spencer said it won't be delivered until after Windows 10 integration comes to Xbox One. That's currently scheduled for "post-summer," meaning background music is coming this fall at the earliest.
Xbox One owners can currently use the Xbox Music app to listen to music while playing a game, but only with Snap. This takes up a portion of the screen, making it a less-than-ideal solution.
There is clearly demand for a better alternative. On the Xbox Feedback site, more than 20,000 people have voted for "Play Music From Apps Without Snap (Background Music)."
As the holiday season approaches, Microsoft is adding a great amount of variety to its Xbox One bundles.
Last week, the company announced six new bundles, each of which will launch this year featuring some nice pack-in games like Fallout 4 and Rise of the Tomb Raider, among others. Now we've collected them into one roundup so you can see them at a glance. Scroll below the image to see them all.
New Xbox One Bundles:
Rise of the Tomb Raider Bundle ($399/November)
This 1 TB bundle will be available in the US exclusively through Microsoft stores and Best Buy. It comes with copies of Rise of the Tomb Raider and the 2013 reboot, as well as in-game DLC [read more].
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Bundle ($350, November)
This Walmart-exclusive bundle comes with a 500 GB white console, with matching controller, as well as a free copy of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition [read more].
The Lego Movie Video Game Bundle ($350, October)
This bundle comes with a 500 GB system and copy of The Lego Movie Video Game, which itself is based on the 2014 film. It is not exclusive to any retailer [read more].
Fallout 4 Bundle ($399, November)
Comes with a 1 TB system and copies of Fallout 4 and Fallout 3, the latter of which will be playable on Xbox One through backwards compatibility. It is not exclusive to any retailer [read more].
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, Rare Replay, Ori and the Blind Forest Bundle ($399, October)
The League of Legends World Championships kicked off earlier this week in Paris, raking in nearly one million concurrent viewers on Twitch. And that doesn't account for viewers using other streaming platforms like YouTube, Douyu, and Longzhu, the latter of which has estimates of over 8 million concurrent viewers.
Bringing in the 16 strongest teams from China, Korea, North America, Europe, Brazil, Thailand, and Taiwan--fans have gathered to watch their favorite players duke it out on stage until one League of Legends team is left standing.
The tournament is a multi-city event, with the round robin stage taking place in Paris. Following that, the bracket stage will take place on October 15 in Wembley Arena in London, and will continue in the Brussels Expo in Brussels. The tournament grand final will conclude on October 31 in the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin.
You can check out more of our Worlds Coverage here on GameSpot.
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