Previously it has been announced by Microsoft that the new Xbox One controller will be compatible with PC systems next year, together with a few details about the Xbox One controllers design and functionality.

However now Microsoft has released a 5 minute promotional video providing more details on the design of their new Xbox One controller that will be shipping with their next generation Xbox One games console later this year.

In the video below Quintin Morris, a senior product designer for Microsoft, takes gamers on a guided tour of the features you can expect to enjoy using the new Xbox One controller.

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This week Roccat have launched a new addition to their range of gaming headsets with the launch of the new Roccat Kave XTD 5.1 which builds on their previous gaming headset the Kave 5.1.

The latest Roccat Kave XTD 5.1 comes equipped with its own desktop remote fitted with its own dedicated premium 5.1 sound card.

Other new features on the Roccat Kave XTD 5.1 include a handy patented technology called Smart Link that allows users to pair their smartphone device to the Roccat Kave XTD 5.1 remote via Bluetooth. Once this is done gamers can then answer and make calls without the need to remove their heads ... Read more »

Valve has rolled out a new update to its Counter-Strike : GO first-person shooter (FPS) video game, which has brought with it a wealth of new stock weapons, over 100 unique weapon finishes and weapon case exclusives.

Rare weapon cases have been created for the discerning weapons collector and purchasing an eSports Case Key will help support the CS:GO competitive gaming community.

The new Arms Deal update is shipping ten themed weapon collections two of which are pictured below, the rest can be seen over on the Counter-Strike : GO website and a portion of all sales from the eSports Weapon Case will be redirected to fund prize purses at up ... Read more »

Sony has this week announced via their PlayStation Blog the launch of a new PlayStation 3 Live Events App which brings with it a number of great viewing features such as pay-per-view streaming as well as other events that will be completely free.

Sony has designed the Live Events Viewer PS3 app to serve as a hub for your favourite sports, concerts, and other entertainment events which can now be viewed directly from your PlayStation 3 games console, with new events being added weekly.

"John Cena will take on Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship this Sunday, August 18th at 4:00pm Pacific Time — and you’ll be able to watch directly from your PS3! You can watch WWE SummerSlam and ma ... Read more »

Double Fine used to be known for two things: CEO Tim Schafer and his ridiculously great games made at LucasArts and amazing ball of amazingness Psychonauts. Nowadays, Double Fine is home to a lot more games after a change of direction following the troubled development of Brutal Legend saw the studio quickly release multiple smaller games instead of one huge one.

 
Stacking, Costume Quest and Iron Brigade came out of that turbulent time, but unfortunately the rights for most of these games are still with their original publishers, one of whuch was the now defunct THQ. ”We’re still trying to get the rights to Costume Quest and Stacking,” Tim Schafer said. "We can still make more of those games. We still have the IP, but we’d love to have all of the IP and distribution rights in house ... Read more »

EVE Online Diablo 3 ain’t. While players of the Icelandic MMO giant’s opus are all but encouraged to try and wreck the game’s economy and exploiters keep their loot after loopholes are plugged, Blizzard is nowhere near as forgiving. The recent Auction House exploit that allowed players to make out like bandits has been closed and the 415 cheaters dealt with.

 
"The bug was the result of a coding error that was exposed when we increased the gold stack size from 1 million to 10 million,” according to John Hight, Diablo III production director. ”This resulted in an overflow on cancelled auctions that yielded a greater amount of gold in return. Only a relatively small number of players had the billions of gold necessary to exploit the bug, and only 415 of those players chose to use this ... Read more »

A custom Batman Tumbler has been constructed replicating the Batman Tumbler from the Chris Nolan Batman trilogy, and has been burned through a budget of $1.6 million in the process.

Now the same awesome custom Batman Tumbler vehicle is being entered in the famous Gumball 3000 rally. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.

The custom Batman Tumbler was commissioned by a team from Saudi Arabia and is equipped with a 400hp engine that can propel the huge vehicle up to 100 mph.

"The Gumball 3000 is an annual British 3,000-mile (4,800 km) international road rally which takes place on public roads, with a different route around the world each year. Founded in 1999 by Maximillion Cooper, it sees an ... Read more »

Those of you enjoying SimCity 3.0 will be pleased to learn that EA will be releasing a new CimCity 3.0 update that will hopefully correct traffic issues, as well as enhance and tweak a number of other areas.

The new SimCity 3.0 update is expected to roll out later thuds week and brings a wealth of new additions and tweaks which can be viewed after the jump.

SimCity 3.0 Update notes :

- New: Added more Hotel models to increase hotel variety.
– Traffic: Updated routing system to improve traffic. Routing system now understands more information about u-turns, required vehicle stops, and vehicle behavior on certain road types. This should make traffic smarter.
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We had previously heard that Plants vs Zombies 2 would launch some time this summer, and now the developers behind the game, PopCap have announced that the Plants vs Zombies 2 release date will be July.

PopCap did not reveal any information about Plants vs Zombies 2, they also did not ay which platforms it would be available on, although we suspect it will be headed to the same platforms as the original game which will include iOS, Android and more.

As soon as we get some more information about Plants vs Zombies 2 we will let you guys know, in the meantime have a look at this teaser video they released below.