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Overwatch's Lucio-Oh's Cereal Is Finally Official

Polish off your cereal spoons, Overwatch fans. Lucio-Oh’s are finally officially coming to a cereal aisle near you.

“Overwatch never tasted so good!” Blizzard tweeted today, confirming the cereal is in fact real and on the way. “Get into the daily groove and boost your breakfast with Lucio-Oh’s.”

The cereal started as an in-game Overwatch joke as a spray for the support character Lucio. It wasn’t long before Overwatch fans decided they wanted a real-life version of the cereal, and several online petitions for Blizzard to create one were started.

Just last month, it appeared likely that Blizzard would give its fans what they wanted when an online listing for a Kellog’s Lucio-Oh’s cereal. The details from that listing appear to have largely been accurate. Lucio-Oh’s will indeed have a “sonic vanilla” flavor and include an Overwatch Loot Boost.

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November 2, 2018
Diablo: Immortal Is a New Game Coming to Mobile Devices – BlizzCon 2018

Blizzard has announced a new action-RPG Diablo game coming to mobile devices, called Diablo: Immortal.

The massively multiplayer spin-off will allow a number of players to fight together with 6 familiar classes: Barbarian, Monk, Wizard, Crusader, Demon Hunter, and Necromancer.

Diablo: Immortal takes place after the events of Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction and before Diablo 3, introducing new abilities, new zones, new enemies, and new dungeons to the Diablo Universe.

You can pre-register to be involved in beta tests and receive exclusive in-game rewards by visiting the official site.

Blizzard banished the hope of a Diablo 4 announcement last month, stating new Diablo projects will be announced “when the time is right.”

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November 2, 2018
This Week on Xbox: November 2, 2018

We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you can feast your eyes on our weekly video show above. Be sure to come back every Friday to find out what’s happening This Week on Xbox!

The Abyss Seasonal Update is Now Available for No Man’s Sky on Xbox One
Hello, everyone! We wanted to share with you our seasonal update, The Abyss, releasing free for all No Man’s Sky players. We wanted to focus on improving underwater, and also on some of the eerier elements of the game. Oceans are now a huge part of our gameplay, and a new story, The Dreams of the Deep, brings context to the depths… Read more

A Letter from Chris Charla: ID@Xbox Celebrates Release of 1,000 Titles Through the Program
Before we announced the ID@Xbox program, we did a listening tour in 2012 with more than 50 developers to help us shape a program that really worked for developers. At the time, it felt like a lot of people! It’s almost surreal that we’re now looking at thousands of talented people working at more than 3,000 studios… Read more

New Games with Gold for November 2018
Welcome to another Games with Gold reveal for Xbox One and Xbox 360! In November on Xbox One, engage your enemies in the critically acclaimed shooter Battlefield 1, then test your nerves and dexterity in Race the Sun. On Xbox 360 and Xbox One via Backward Compatibility, relive the game that started it all in Assassin’s Creed… Read more

Your Nightclub Bouncer Job Just Got Real in Out of the Box on Xbox One
Our club is finally open, so get in line and prepare to enjoy Out of The Box on Xbox One! So, what is Out of The Box? Well, it’s a quirky, cartoonish bouncer simulator. Players not only get to do a bouncer’s job, meeting all sorts of strange characters and getting physical with some of them, they also get to experience a bloody… Read more

1,000 ID@Xbox Titles, Infinite Memories
We’ve made so many memories since the launch of the ID@Xbox program in 2013, and we’re still floored that we’ve seen over 1,000 titles release through the program. From the 1930s inspired, hand-drawn run-and-gun Cuphead to the brain-bending puzzle-platformer Inside, these uniquely crafted experiences… Read more

Scary Games to Play on Xbox One This Halloween
So, you drew the short straw and got placed on candy duty, leaving you at home waiting for trick-or-treaters to arrive looking for a sweet treat — what a perfect time for you to visit some of our favorite and scariest games to play on Xbox One! From survival horror to post-apocalyptic wastelands, there’s a little something… Read more

Play Just Cause 3 for Free This Weekend with Xbox Live Gold
Need more Just Cause in your life? Who doesn’t?! To celebrate the imminent launch of Just Cause 4 on December 4, we’re spoiling you this week with more Just Cause mayhem than ever before. It’s time to wingsuit back into Medici! Starting at 5:00 p.m. PDT on Tuesday, October 30 and running until 9:00 a.m. PDT on Monday, November 5… Read more

Halloween Comes to Kingdom: New Lands
Things are about to get spookier in Kingdom: New Lands as Halloween descends upon us. In the spirit of trick or treat, you might notice an evil grin on the moon during night time and haunted mansions in the far distance across the islands of Kingdom. Even the greedy creatures are dressed up in pumpkin masks… Read more

Welcome to Season 2
Today, our friends at Mixer announced Mixer Season 2, the next major evolution of Microsoft’s interactive livestreaming platform. At its core, Mixer is a place where community comes first so Season 2 covers new investments in innovation that ensure the community has a more active and engaging experience. Building upon… Read more

San Francisco 49ers’ Richard Sherman Takes on Forza Horizon 4 Live on Mixer, Nov. 5
Forza, football, and 49ers fans, get ready to grab your favorite cup of tea and headsets because NFL cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers, Richard Sherman, will take on Great Britain and the open world driving of Forza Horizon 4 in our next Xbox Live Sessions episode! Tune in for all the fun on the Mixer Xbox Channel… Read more

Xbox and Fallout 76 Partnering with the Philadelphia 76ers
Xbox is pleased to announce a partnership with publisher Bethesda Softworks and the Philadelphia 76ers during the month of November to celebrate the upcoming launch of Fallout 76 on Xbox One. As part of the partnership, Xbox and Fallout 76 will be taking over an upcoming home game between the 76ers… Read more

Celebrate Día de los Muertos with Forza Horizon 4
Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a global holiday that originated in Mexico where friends and family gather to celebrate the lives of their loved ones and to support their spiritual journeys. To pay tribute to the holiday, the Forza Horizon 4 team partnered with three artists, Sam Rodriguez, Juan Puente, and Axis… Read more

A Soldier’s Guide to the Maps of Battlefield V: Holland and North Africa
We’re starting our world tour of the eight maps available in Battlefield V at launch with a detailed look at the first four. From close-quarters urban warfare to expansive vehicle-focused combat, the maps set in Holland (Rotterdam and Devastation) and North Africa (Hamada and Aerodrome) offer players… Read more

Celebrate the Release of “Incredibles 2” in 4K Ultra HD on Xbox One
To celebrate the release of “Incredibles 2,” Disney/Pixar and Xbox are excited to announce the Xbox One X Incredibles 2 Custom Console Sweepstakes. In “Incredibles 2,” Helen is called on to lead a campaign to bring Supers back, while Bob navigates the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life at home with… Read more

Next Week on Xbox: New Games for November 6 – 9
Welcome to Next Week on Xbox, where we cover all the new games coming soon to Xbox One! Every week the team at Xbox aims to deliver quality gaming content for you to enjoy on your favorite gaming console. To find out what’s coming soon to Xbox One, read on below and click on each of the game profiles for pre-order details (dates are subject to… Read more

Team Xbox Looks Back on Their Favorite ID@Xbox and Indie Game Memories
All of us here on Team Xbox are tremendous fans of the talent involved in the creation of games, especially those that come into the ID@Xbox program. From cartoon platformers to adventure games to strategy simulators, there’s a robust catalog of titles that deliver countless memories from those gaming worlds… Read more

See the rest of the story on Xbox Wire

Related:
Next Week on Xbox: New Games for November 6 – 9
Team Xbox Looks Back on Their Favorite ID@Xbox and Indie Game Memories
Celebrate the Release of “Incredibles 2” in 4K Ultra HD on Xbox One

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November 2, 2018
This Week on Xbox: Nevember 2, 2018

We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you can feast your eyes on our weekly video show above. Be sure to come back every Friday to find out what’s happening This Week on Xbox!

The Abyss Seasonal Update is Now Available for No Man’s Sky on Xbox One
Hello, everyone! We wanted to share with you our seasonal update, The Abyss, releasing free for all No Man’s Sky players. We wanted to focus on improving underwater, and also on some of the eerier elements of the game. Oceans are now a huge part of our gameplay, and a new story, The Dreams of the Deep, brings context to the depths… Read more

A Letter from Chris Charla: ID@Xbox Celebrates Release of 1,000 Titles Through the Program
Before we announced the ID@Xbox program, we did a listening tour in 2012 with more than 50 developers to help us shape a program that really worked for developers. At the time, it felt like a lot of people! It’s almost surreal that we’re now looking at thousands of talented people working at more than 3,000 studios… Read more

New Games with Gold for November 2018
Welcome to another Games with Gold reveal for Xbox One and Xbox 360! In November on Xbox One, engage your enemies in the critically acclaimed shooter Battlefield 1, then test your nerves and dexterity in Race the Sun. On Xbox 360 and Xbox One via Backward Compatibility, relive the game that started it all in Assassin’s Creed… Read more

Your Nightclub Bouncer Job Just Got Real in Out of the Box on Xbox One
Our club is finally open, so get in line and prepare to enjoy Out of The Box on Xbox One! So, what is Out of The Box? Well, it’s a quirky, cartoonish bouncer simulator. Players not only get to do a bouncer’s job, meeting all sorts of strange characters and getting physical with some of them, they also get to experience a bloody… Read more

1,000 ID@Xbox Titles, Infinite Memories
We’ve made so many memories since the launch of the ID@Xbox program in 2013, and we’re still floored that we’ve seen over 1,000 titles release through the program. From the 1930s inspired, hand-drawn run-and-gun Cuphead to the brain-bending puzzle-platformer Inside, these uniquely crafted experiences… Read more

Scary Games to Play on Xbox One This Halloween
So, you drew the short straw and got placed on candy duty, leaving you at home waiting for trick-or-treaters to arrive looking for a sweet treat — what a perfect time for you to visit some of our favorite and scariest games to play on Xbox One! From survival horror to post-apocalyptic wastelands, there’s a little something… Read more

Play Just Cause 3 for Free This Weekend with Xbox Live Gold
Need more Just Cause in your life? Who doesn’t?! To celebrate the imminent launch of Just Cause 4 on December 4, we’re spoiling you this week with more Just Cause mayhem than ever before. It’s time to wingsuit back into Medici! Starting at 5:00 p.m. PDT on Tuesday, October 30 and running until 9:00 a.m. PDT on Monday, November 5… Read more

Halloween Comes to Kingdom: New Lands
Things are about to get spookier in Kingdom: New Lands as Halloween descends upon us. In the spirit of trick or treat, you might notice an evil grin on the moon during night time and haunted mansions in the far distance across the islands of Kingdom. Even the greedy creatures are dressed up in pumpkin masks… Read more

Welcome to Season 2
Today, our friends at Mixer announced Mixer Season 2, the next major evolution of Microsoft’s interactive livestreaming platform. At its core, Mixer is a place where community comes first so Season 2 covers new investments in innovation that ensure the community has a more active and engaging experience. Building upon… Read more

San Francisco 49ers’ Richard Sherman Takes on Forza Horizon 4 Live on Mixer, Nov. 5
Forza, football, and 49ers fans, get ready to grab your favorite cup of tea and headsets because NFL cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers, Richard Sherman, will take on Great Britain and the open world driving of Forza Horizon 4 in our next Xbox Live Sessions episode! Tune in for all the fun on the Mixer Xbox Channel… Read more

Xbox and Fallout 76 Partnering with the Philadelphia 76ers
Xbox is pleased to announce a partnership with publisher Bethesda Softworks and the Philadelphia 76ers during the month of November to celebrate the upcoming launch of Fallout 76 on Xbox One. As part of the partnership, Xbox and Fallout 76 will be taking over an upcoming home game between the 76ers… Read more

Celebrate Día de los Muertos with Forza Horizon 4
Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a global holiday that originated in Mexico where friends and family gather to celebrate the lives of their loved ones and to support their spiritual journeys. To pay tribute to the holiday, the Forza Horizon 4 team partnered with three artists, Sam Rodriguez, Juan Puente, and Axis… Read more

A Soldier’s Guide to the Maps of Battlefield V: Holland and North Africa
We’re starting our world tour of the eight maps available in Battlefield V at launch with a detailed look at the first four. From close-quarters urban warfare to expansive vehicle-focused combat, the maps set in Holland (Rotterdam and Devastation) and North Africa (Hamada and Aerodrome) offer players… Read more

Celebrate the Release of “Incredibles 2” in 4K Ultra HD on Xbox One
To celebrate the release of “Incredibles 2,” Disney/Pixar and Xbox are excited to announce the Xbox One X Incredibles 2 Custom Console Sweepstakes. In “Incredibles 2,” Helen is called on to lead a campaign to bring Supers back, while Bob navigates the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life at home with… Read more

Next Week on Xbox: New Games for November 6 – 9
Welcome to Next Week on Xbox, where we cover all the new games coming soon to Xbox One! Every week the team at Xbox aims to deliver quality gaming content for you to enjoy on your favorite gaming console. To find out what’s coming soon to Xbox One, read on below and click on each of the game profiles for pre-order details (dates are subject to… Read more

Team Xbox Looks Back on Their Favorite ID@Xbox and Indie Game Memories
All of us here on Team Xbox are tremendous fans of the talent involved in the creation of games, especially those that come into the ID@Xbox program. From cartoon platformers to adventure games to strategy simulators, there’s a robust catalog of titles that deliver countless memories from those gaming worlds… Read more

See the rest of the story on Xbox Wire

Related:
Next Week on Xbox: New Games for November 6 – 9
Team Xbox Looks Back on Their Favorite ID@Xbox and Indie Game Memories
Celebrate the Release of “Incredibles 2” in 4K Ultra HD on Xbox One

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November 2, 2018
ID@Xbox Delivers the Weird Games I Love

A thousand games have launched through the ID@Xbox program – hopefully, you’ve picked that up by now. My name’s Glenn and I’ve been doing marketing for the ID@Xbox program almost from day one, so I’ve been around for the launch of all but a couple of these. (And I have the grey hair to prove it. Seriously, I had no grey hair before I started working on ID.)

Other than my impeccable grammar and stunning fashion sense, one thing I pride myself in is playing (nearly) all the ID@Xbox games. So, when we got to the 1,000 game milestone I thought to myself, “Hey, Self, I should write an article celebrating all the amazing, landmark, award-winning games in the ID@Xbox program!” And then I thought: “Meh – that’s exactly what everybody would expect, and ID@Xbox is about embracing all kinds of games – including new, unique and different games – from independent publishers.” And what I enjoy as much as anything else about working on the ID team is finding strange and usual games that you’d never see anywhere else.

So, here we go – some of the most unusual, strangest, and even flat out weird games that you can find on Xbox One, courtesy of the ID@Xbox program.

Anarcute – It’s cute anarchy. Get it? Your goal is to assemble a group of cute animals to take on the evil corporations ruling and ruining the world. As you march through the city wreaking havoc you recruit cute companions to join your cause Mob rule has never been so cute! And man is it cute. They make civil disobedience unbelievably cute. Even the music’s cute!

Goat Simulator – In this paradigm of sublime brilliance from the geniuses at Coffee Stain you play (as you might have guessed) as a goat. And you destroy things. And lick things. And when you lick things your goat tongue sticks to things. And can steal Deadmau5’s head. And jump on trampolines (so many trampolines). And you can morph into a tall goat (giraffe), or fancy goat (penguin), etc. And you earn points for doing things. And I guess there are missions – I don’t know, I was too busy licking things.

Headlander – Don’t lose your head over this one! In this 2D puzzle game with some light combat, you fly around as a head on a jetpack thing and suck off the heads of robots, then stick your head on their bodies, thereby gaining control of each robot’s specific abilities. While the “head sucking” premise alone would earn this game a spot on this list, the groovy sci-fi spin on “Austin Powers” kicks it over the edge – we would expect nothing other than something this unique from our friends at Double Fine, creators of Psychonauts, Broken Age, and others.

Level 22 – You’re late for work and you have to sneak to your desk without being seen by the boss or you’re fired! It’s a stealth game set in the world of work which sounds really simple, but it’s actually a pretty complex puzzle game with the addition of vents to crawl through, doughnuts to distract guards with, newspapers and coffee cups and all manner of office paraphernalia. And some of the achievements in this game are seriously meta. This was one of our earlier ID@Xbox releases and I played this thing into the ground. At work. While I should have been working. Don’t tell the boss!

Maize – I used to live in Iowa and I like corn. There I said it. I’m not sure if that’s why I was drawn to the game or if it was the incredible visuals and beautiful art portraying sentient corn exploring a farm and then a laboratory to unravel the mystery of why sentient corn exists in the first place. And along the way you pick up an obnoxious talking teddy bear robot companion who just simply cannot believe that he’s saddled with being a sidekick to a dumb corn stalk. I mean, can you blame him? If you like adventure games, and corn, and teddy bears, and hysterical writing, and corn, then this is the game for you. And if you don’t like all those things then you really need to put some time aside to reevaluate your life choices.

Roundabout – You’re a limo driver and for some reason your limousine is constantly spinning in circles. Sure, you probably could have stopped to get it fixed at any point – sounds like a transaxle (I have no idea what that means). But you just go with it. With your horribly broken car you pick people up, drop them off and undertake various missions. And it’s all intercut with full motion videos (FMV) of these wacky people you’re picking up being wacky. This one is worth playing for the FMV scenes alone, if not to simply try to find out why somebody would make a game like this.

Thomas Was Alone – Unlike a lot of the other games on this list, Thomas Was Alone isn’t a funny game. It’s a serious game about a group of characters, each with distinctive, well developed personalities and a sophisticated character arc that progresses throughout the story. And they’re blocks. Blocks of different colors and sizes, but basically squares are rectangles. But you really care about those squares and rectangles by the end of the story. You really do. It’s weirdly beautiful.

Soda Drinker Pro – This is the crème-de-la-crème of weird games. This is the Mt. Everest of strangeness. This is the Mona Lisa of bizarre-o land. To describe this game in writing is an affront to the majesty of its absurdity, but with apologies I’ll give it a try. You drink soda. And you’re really good at it. And you drink soda on the beach, in a park, in a city and in various other locations appropriate to the activity of drinking soda. If you have mad skillz you can locate some bonus sodas. Sounds amazing, right? But wait, that’s not the half of it – literally. If you manage to stumble through some texture on one wall in level two you are transported to a completely different game. And that game is… also quite unique. There are some turtles and clocks and… who am I kidding I can’t possible describe it. If you have the chops to be a Soda Drinker – and not an amateur soda drinker – then check it out. (And if you’re from the Midwest and you say “Pop” I guess you’re out of luck.)

And so, that’s my list. There are many, many more strange and weird games that you should check out. Honorable mentions include: I Am Bread, Manual Samuel, Stay, The Magic Circle, Three Fourths Home and so many more. Please, go check out some of the weirdness that the ID@Xbox program delivers!

See the rest of the story on Xbox Wire

Related:
ID@Xbox Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed
Next Week on Xbox: New Games for November 6 – 9
Team Xbox Looks Back on Their Favorite ID@Xbox and Indie Game Memories

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November 2, 2018
News: Deltarune, MediEvil, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate are your top gaming stories this week

Plus, Red Dead 2 does rather well

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November 2, 2018
News: Hitman: Absolution and Hitman: Blood Money may be heading to PS4 and Xbox One

According to PEGI listing

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November 2, 2018
News: Toby Fox confirms Deltarune isn't an Undertale sequel

And it make take a while to finish, too

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November 2, 2018
News: Hitman 2 launch trailer stars Sean Bean and a flamingo outfit

And rubber ducks

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November 2, 2018
News: Darksiders: Warmastered Edition & Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition receiving Xbox One X support

Just in time for Darksiders 3

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November 2, 2018