Ryse: Son of Rome is finally joining the list of free Games with Gold titles.
]]>Apparently the minimum and required PC specs posted on Steam the other day for Ryse: Son of Rome were for 4K gameplay.
]]>Time to polish your lorica segmentata, or whatever type of armor it is Marius Titus wears in Ryse: Son of Rome.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome received quite a lot of DLC pieces as part of its Season Pass, and if a listing from a Belgian retailer is to believed, Microsoft is about to release an edition with all the DLC included.
]]>A sequel to Xbox One launch title Ryse: Son of Rome isn't impossible, but developer Crytek is waiting for sales of the console to pick up before anything can be confirmed.
]]>Xbox One launch title Ryse: Son of Rome, is coming to PC this fall through a publishing deal with Deep Silver for the boxed version and Crytek handling the digital distribution.
]]>Xbox One will launch in Japan on September 9, and Microsoft has unveiled the consoles 29-strong launch line-up. It's pretty good as launches go, but will it be enough to penetrate the Nintendo and Sony dominated market?
]]>PS4 and Xbox One may boast a leap in technology over their predecessors, but Crytek's US engine business development manager Sean Tracy has warned that the jump isn't that big, and that the 8GB of RAM within both machines can now be filled easily.
]]>Microsoft has revealed its first free Xbox One games that will start the console's Games With Gold incentive in June, while 360 owners can look forward to a free download of Dark Souls and other titles.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome has a third downloadable content package available called Duel of Fates. It features two new arena mode "round-to-round maps" and a survival map titled "Island." Players will also be able to access two new gladiator skins: Glott the barbarian chief, and the game's protagonist Marius Titus. The DLC is available through the Season Pass or à la carte for $8.99. Shots are below.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome development was discussed by Crytek in great detail at GDC last week, and the information keeps on coming. This time a batch of screens have been revealed that show the game with and without various effects, along with a huge list of fresh technical details.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome received a technical tear-down during a GDC panel session last week, which revealed a reduction in polygon counts due to optimisation. The biggest change was in lead character Marius, whose model went from 130,000 polys down to 85,000 before launch.
]]>Microsoft's £399.99 Xbox One console bundle is looking all the more enticing. UK retailer Zavvi is offering you the choice of any of the launch games when you buy the Titanfall bundle.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome's Challenge Editor, which was to be implemented using the SmartGlass app, will no longer be released for the gladiator game, Microsoft has confirmed.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome developer Crytek has announced a new DLC pack titled, Mars' Chosen Pack. The DLC is part of the game's season pass and will bring with it a new co-op survival game mode.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome's middling review scores have been discussed by Microsoft Studios head Mike Ybarra, who suggests that despite the numbers, plenty of people still enjoyed Crytek's skull-crushing Roman epic.
]]>Talent burnout, hospitalisation and a culture of fear - is this what you sign up for when you enter games development? VG247's Dave Cook continues his investigation into crunch.
]]>Is development crunch an evil born from poor management or is it a necessary facet of game production? VG247's Dave Cook asks over 20 developers for their view, revealing stories of sacrifice, compromise and thoughts of suicide.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome has received a few pieces of free and paid multiplayer DLC, Microsoft has confirmed.
]]>Select Microsoft-published Xbox One games are now all £5 more expensive on Xbox Live than when the console launched in the UK.
]]>Microsoft has announced some multiplayer stats for Xbox One exclusive titles.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome developer Crytek has nothing but praise for the Xbox One, both in terms of its power and ease of development.
]]>Xbox One's presence has dominated the UK charts this week, with ten games on Microsoft's console entering the top 40. FIFA 14 has risen to the top once more.
]]>Xbox One has now come out of its pre-release state and is fully online. VG247's Dave Cook recounts his experience with the console's first 24-hours since launch.
]]>Xbox One is out now, and to celebrate the occasion, VG247's Dave Cook has compiled a ton of essential facts, figures, specs, game details and console features to get you up to speed.
]]>Xbox One has launched in 13 territories, and we're collecting all of the essential links, photos, and juicy reports from the big events as they come.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome reviews have been kicked into the news pit like that poor sod from 300. As always, we're collecting them here for your convenience. THIS. IS. ROUND-UP!
]]>Xbox One's cinematic, gore-splattered historical brawler isn't as brain dead as it's been made out to be. Brenna takes it out to dinner, but is it marriage material?
]]>Xbox One's store isn't all fully there yet, but prices for some games have started to trickle down the news-pipe ahead of tomorrow's big launch. Ryse: Son of Rome and Killer Instinct are among the first to get a price-tag.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome releases this Friday alongside Xbox One, and today, Crytek has released the launch trailer for the action game where you play as a Roman solider out for revenge. Watch it below.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome is out November 22 and Microsoft's Graeme Boyd has visited Crytek to ask them some eleventh-hour questions about the game.
]]>Xbox One launch game reviews have just started, and Microsoft's UK marketing boss Harvey Eagle has claimed that while the console has the "right" launch line-up, it's also important to keep the releases flowing strong over the next six months.
]]>Xbox One's launch line-up is being reviewed now. Get an overview of all the scores for each game as they drop, right here.
]]>Xbox One achievements have a new lay-out,as revealed by a pair of images posted by partner studio manager at Microsoft Studios Mike Ybarra.
]]>Xbox One first and third-party developers are featured in a video discussing launch titles such as Ryse: Son of Rome, Killer Instinct, Forza Motorsport 5, Dead Rising 3 and Battlefield 4 and how each takes advantage of Xbox Live's cloud-based services. Watch below. Xbox One is out November 22.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome - The Fall has ended with episode four, and you can watch it here ahead of the game's November 22 launch.
]]>Xbox is out next week and you will need every bit of that 500GB hard-drive if you are getting a number of launch games. Get all the install sizes of the games through here.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome live-action series 'The Fall' has received its second episode. Watch it here.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome is set to launch alongside Xbox One on November 22, and today, Crytek has released a new batch of screenshots as well as another look at the box art. Gaze upon the lot below.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome will ship without the game's online 'Challenge Editor' component, associate producer Michael Smart has confirmed.
]]>Microsoft Studios VP Phil Spencer is of the opinion people shouldn't be so focused on the 1080/720p and 30/60 fps debates going on at the moment in regards to next-gen, in fact, he has defended Xbox One, saying the focus shouldn't be on the numbers in the first place.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome was on-hand during Microsoft's Xbox One media event, a few websites have posted previews which we've listed below. There's also a new video and screenshots to look upon as well.
]]>Xbox One will land in a mere matter of weeks, and Microsoft has hosted a showcase event in London featuring an eclectic mix of software titles. Stace Harman went along to see how the next gen is shaping up.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome - 'The Fall' Episode One is now live, courtesy of Microsoft and Machinima. Episode one is petty bloody and sets up the rest of the series.
]]>Microsoft and a certain soft drinks company are running a competition that gives gamers a chance to win a branded Xbox One. Images of Forza Motorsport 5, Dead Rising 3 and Ryse: Son of Rome consoles have appeared online. Check them out here.
]]>Yes, Crytek's Xbox One-Exclusive Ryse: Son of Rome will have a season pass for four post-launch downloadable content packs. It will cost $20, and the packs will combine for 14 new co-op Gladiator Mode maps, some new mode and new skins, weapons, and so on. Some math after the break.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome is getting a live-action series called 'The Fall', confirming recent rumours. It's heading to Machinima on November 5.
]]>If you're coming down on the Xbox One side of the new console war, at least for this month, you'll be happy to learn that Ryse is filled with cool (to Americans) accents and dramatic dialogue, and also there's a part where a giant rock lands on some guys. You can see all that in this new trailer.
]]>Xbox One and TV go hand-in-hand, according to Microsoft, so it's unsurprising that the company's flagship studio is hiring a creative producer to help forge transmedia content for all of its first-party and exclusive IP moving forward. It follows the leak of a Ryse: Son of Rome live-action TV drama.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome has received a live-action TV spot ahead of its November 22 launch. It shows Marius battling barbarians and taking to the coliseum. Watch it here.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome has received a new trailer out of Crytek, this time showing off weapons and armour of the Roman empire, and how the team recreated it with authenticity in the game. Watch it here.
]]>Xbox One is out November 22 in several territories, and Microsoft has launched its marketing blitz with an expensive trailer starring Steven Gerrard, Zachary Quinto and such games as Titanfall, Dead Rising 3, Forza 5 and FIFA 14.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome could be getting the live-action web series treatment courtesy of Crytek and Microsoft. The show was reportedly teased over on the game's homepage on Xbox.com, but the image seems to have been pulled. See it here.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome videos which were posted yesterday on Gamespot have been released to the masses. You can now watch them here, on the site, below. One details the game’s story, and gives you an idea of what caused Marius Titus to become so stab-happy, while the other tells the tale of Damocles and how he learned that virtue is its own reward for living a happy life and all that nonsense. He apparently didn't know much regarding the strength of horse hair. Some screenshots are below as well. Ryse is a Microsoft-published Xbox One launch title due in November.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome has a couple new videos available over on Gamespot. We won't embed those here, so you will have to click the link to watch. One details a bit of the game's story, telling why Marius Titus became such a vengeful man while the other tells the story of Damocles, a figure featured in a legendary moral anecdote called "the Sword of Damocles". The latter is toldf through animation. Ryse is a Microsoft-published Xbox One launch title due in November.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome is at the centre of a social media storm today thanks to a flippant tweet about development crunch.
]]>Xbox One will appear at many GAME stores across Britain weeks before Microsoft's console goes on sale. The company has sent us details of store lock-ins happening throughout the country starting October 14.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome's resolution was initially outed as 1080p by Microsoft, and then corrected at 900p. Crytek boss Cevat Yerli has taken to Twitter to add clarity to the matter.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome has been confirmed as running at native 900p on Xbox One, Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg has clarified, after yesterday stating that it ran at 1080p.
]]>Have you ever wondered what it would be like to name a finishing move in Ryse: Son of Rome?
]]>Microsoft's Albert Penello has stated that when it comes to Xbox One launch titles Forza 5 and Ryse: Son of Rome, he doesn't see anything better on competing platforms.
]]>The Eurogamer Expo is happening in just a few short weeks and today, it has been announced that Xbox One will be playable at the show along with console exclusives Forza Motorsport 5, Ryse: Son of Rome, Killer Instinct, Kinect Sports Rivals and Project Spark.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome was originally a first-person Kinect game, and after "toying with various ideas" how to blend the point-of-view "with the potential of Kinect," Crytek created three different prototypes, with the winner resulting in the game coming to Xbox One at launch. The firm has also released a video documentary and it is posted below.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome will contain co-op in which two gladiators can enter the Coliseum and battle an ever-changing rush of enemies. During gamescom, project manager Yannick Boucher showed VG247's Sam Clay just how deadly it can be. Video is below.
]]>Capcom, Crytek and Turn 10 have posted extra details regarding exclusive content and unlocks included in the Day One Editions of Dead Rising 3, Ryse: Son of Rome, and Forza Motorsport 5, respectively.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome will have microtransactions, but that doesn't mean players will be able to "pay to win" nor is there anything nefarious hidden within, according to Crytek.
]]>It been revealed that Ryse's newly revealed multiplayer mode will have microtransactions. It gives players the option to accelerate their progress. It all seems very un-gladiatorial to me.
]]>Microsoft showed off quite a few games this morning to the press during gamescom, and below, we have screenshots for World of Tanks coming to Xbox 360; Ryse: Son of Rome, Zoo Tycoon, Killer Instinct and some for Dead Rising 3 along with its box art. Enjoy.
]]>Xbox One was presented to the press at Microsoft's pre-gamescom press event in Cologne. VG247's Dave Cook goes hands on with the line-up and reports on the show.
]]>Xbox One's launch line-up, exclusives, free FIFA, indie publishing and more - Microsoft had plenty to say at its gamescom 2013 press conference. Get caught up on all the news through the break.
]]>A new trailer for Xbox One exclusive Ryse: Son of Rome shows off Gladiator Mode, a multiplayer mode where you have to rack spectacular kills to keep a baying audience entertained.
]]>Crytek has released a behind-the-scenes showing the work going into Ryse: Son of Rome, such as the motion capture techniques. The Xbox One exclusive is slated for release in November.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome is a revenge tale in which the player dons the armor of a legionnaire going to war against those who massacred his family. VG247's Sam Clay was given a first-hand account of the game at E3. Find out more below.
]]>Xbox One games will come with a £49.99 RRP tag in the UK, Microsoft has confirmed.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome developer Crytek has stressed that the game's final Xbox One release won't be quite the clear-cut QTE-fest that its E3 2013 showing painted it to be.
]]>Crytek USA, which is made up of Vigil team members Crytek picked up during the THQ auction, is working with the main development team of Ryse: Son of Rome. This is according to producer Mike Read, speaking with Siliconera. Crytek USA, which consists of around 30 staffers, is also working on its own "things," but Read wasn't able to offer up any information on to what it could be. Ryse: Son of Rome is an Xbox One exclusive slated for release in November.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome has received a new batch of character and gameplay shots, along with bios for its star cast. Find out who's-who here.
]]>Microsoft has released a free digital comic for upcoming Crytek title Ryse: Son of Rome. Called Son of Damocles, the comic will run to three issues, although only the first instalment - Claudius - is available at present. Produced by IDW, the comic is interactive, and according to the official Xbox Twitter viewing it will unlock "collectibles" for the Xbox One launch title. Somehow? I don't know, it's 31 pages long and Pat doesn't pay me to read comics. Unfortunately. Look for Ryse in November.
]]>Xbox One will appear at San Diego Comic-Con next week, along with a selection of next-gen games and new titles for Xbox 360. Microsoft has releases its schedule in full and we've got it here.
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome was shown running on Xbox One for the first time during Microsoft's E3 conference, and although it's still early days, Crytek boss Cevat Yerli has suggested that the game was never conceived as a one-off title.
]]>Patrick Garratt played an Xbox One game. Crytek talks about the challenges of Ryse: Son of Rome's development and letting you act as a "Roman badass".
]]>Ryse: Son of Rome was confirmed today for Xbox One, it's the game in the works at Crytek.
]]>During Microsoft's press conference, the company revealed a deal with Crytek to release a game exclusively for the Xbox 360. That game was codenamed Kingdom and you can catch the trailer after the break.
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