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Welcome to a new era of entertainment. Time to sit down, strap in, and battle other would-be opponents in the greatest mash-up of sports and automotive gladiatorial combat in human history.

The most deranged vehicles! The most brutal weapons! The biggest crowds!

Run your own workshop, craft your own juggernauts of destruction, and track your own carnage-filled career. Live from the Maze Bank Arena, this is Arena War.

7 Arena Events

You signed up for glory, and it’s showtime. Step into destruction derbies, rain fire from strategically placed artillery and wreak havoc from the Spectator Box with EMP Drones, self-destructing RC Cars and much, much more.

Arena Workshop and Career

While the Arena War Series is open to anyone with a dream and a death wish, those that are serious about a career in automotive violence can invest in an Arena Workshop to begin customizing their own fleet of death machines.

After purchasing your Workshop from the new ArenaWar.tv website, an onsite mechanized warfare specialist can help you strip down and supe up an assortment of vehicles. From fitting steel-shredding Buzz Saws to pelvis-shattering Ram Bars, create a chariot fit for battle and lay waste to any unfortunate bastard foolish enough to get in your way.

Head to the Career Wall in the Arena Workshop office to keep track of your progress. In addition to cash & RP, every Arena event you complete awards Arena Points based on your performance. The more AP you earn, the more rewards you’ll unlock such as discounts on specialty attire & Outfits, upgrades, modifications and more. You’ll also earn awards and trophies to adorn your trophy case as you progress through your career.

Introducing the Arena Contenders

Head to the ArenaWar.tv website in-game to browse listings for all 12 new Arena Contender Vehicles, each available in Future Shock, Apocalypse and Nightmare styles. Some are ready to go as soon as they’re delivered; some start life as humble road cars, with arena workshop upgrade options that’ll have them ready to burn in no time.

For more information on all the latest GTA Online bonuses and coming Arena War events, head to the Social Club Events page.

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Calling all Ghosts!

In Special Operation 3, Silent Spade, veteran Ghost Scott Mitchell is calling on Nomad to help rookie John Kozak investigate a plot that links the Santa Blanca Cartel a nuclear threat. Uncover this action-packed plot and complete the mission to get the Cloaking Device Backpack, which will boost your stealth. Experience this free new content and much more as part of Ghost Recon: Wildlands Year 2.

Free Mission: Silent Spade

Ghost Leader Scott Mitchell is calling on Nomad and his team to help rookie John Kozak investigate a plot that links the Santa Blanca Cartel a nuclear threat. Uncover this action-packed plot and complete the mission to get the Cloaking Device Backpack, which will boost your stealth.

Photo Mode

Capture your favorite moments from Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands with our new Photo Mode.

PvP Events

Events are gameplay modifiers voted on by players that are applied to all Quickplay matches while the Event is active. Be sure to catch them while they’re live; each Event is only up for 60 hours!

• Open to Player Vote: Players have two weeks to vote between two possible events. They can only vote once
• Time-Limited: Events happen once every two weeks and last 24 hours
• Restricted Gameplay: Quickplay rules are altered (example: shotguns only, thermal goggles always on, etc.)
• Rewarded with Prestige: Players get 200 Prestige Credits each time they vote and 50 for every win

New Classes: Vanguard and Sharpshooter

Vanguard uncovers hidden enemies by using his Sensor Grenades, highlighting hostiles for his team. Sharpshooter charges his shots by using his Long Range Specialist ability. At full charge, his next shot negates the effects of sway and bullet drop.

New Maps: Lithium Mine and Outskirts

This map is set on a Lithium Mine on the Western edge of Koani in northern Bolivia. Featuring wide-open spaces mixed with closed and tightly packed warehouses; Lithium Mind offers opportunities for the Marksman class and close quarters combat teams to excel.

The Outskirts map is located on the edge of a Santa Blanca compound near the La Cruz refugee camp. The forest offers many opportunities for flanking, while close quarters combat rages in the nearby base. Tall buildings in Outskirts are the perfect spot to set up a sniper to pick off enemy opponents out of cover.

Year 2 Pass

Year 2 Pass holders will get the Infantry Pack free with Special Operation 3. Year 2 Pass holders will also get one week early access and an instant unlock for to the two new Ghost War classes, starting on December 11th.

Updated Prestige Economy

We will be introducing an update to the Prestige Economy in Special Operation 3, including all Battle Crate items will have a chance to drop in Prestige Crates, improved odds for Legendary and Epic item drops, increased duplicate compensation, and increased Prestige rewards for completing Challenges

To learn more about Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands, please keep an eye on ghostrecon.com and visit our official forums. We also invite you to join the discussion on Twitter by tagging @GhostRecon or by using #GhostRecon. To keep track of your stats and find other Ghosts to join your taskforce, log in to the Ghost Recon Network and download the Ghost Recon HQ App.

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Winter wonderland is upon us and the Xbox Game Pass team is traveling to Breckenridge, CO to bring the magic of over 100 great games to snowboarding and winter sports enthusiasts attending the Dew Tour snowboarding competition. Between December 13-17, attendees can join in on the Xbox Game Pass fun and games in the VIP lounge and beyond, including gameplay, free Xbox Game Pass trial codes, and a hot cocoa station.

For those that can’t attend in person, you can still get in on the fun. We’re partnering with snowboarder Marcus Kleveland to reach fans outside of the event.  Hailing from Dombäs, Norway, at 19 years of age Marcus already has 5 X Games medals and was the first ever snowboarder to land a quad cork in competition.  In his free time, Marcus stays competitive by playing Xbox with friends and jumped at the chance to help us create the custom Xbox Game Pass snowboard design you can check out below.  Because the design is so cool, we’re working together to give away five of these boards on Marcus’s Twitter handle: @MarcusKleveland. Want one? All you have to do to enter for a chance to win is RT the sweepstakes tweet that is going live on December 14 and follow @XboxGamePass. Click here for official rules.

Between competition runs, Marcus will be helping us promote our Dew Tour sponsorship by taking over the Xbox Snapchat account on December 14, giving viewers an inside look at our onsite VIP lounge and show off our Xbox Game Pass demo area.  Not only that, he’ll even be taking viewers down the mountain with him! Check out the Xbox Snapchat account on December 15 to see it live.

If you’re interested in checking out the rest of the competition, Dew Tour has a ton of content to offer.  It is an innovative contest series featuring the world’s best snowboarders and skiers competing in the Team Challenge and Pro Competition events. Dew Tour’s unique course layout is designed to test creativity, style, and diversity to see who emerges as the most well-rounded, all-terrain contest destroyers.  You can watch the events in Breckenridge live on Dew Tour Facebook Live starting December 13 at 8:45 a.m. MST.

Xbox Game Pass gives you access to over 100 Xbox One and Xbox 360 games including Xbox Exclusives, for one low monthly price. Xbox Game Pass members can play new games like Forza Horizon 4 and Crackdown 3 the day they’re released, plus, discover and download titles you’ve always wanted to play or revisit favorites that you’ve been missing. With new games added all the time, Xbox Game Pass is your ticket to endless play.  Not a member? Get your first month for just $1 if you sign up today!

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Many of gaming’s most compelling stories come from those who’ve helped to create our favorite Xbox One games. In our Inside Xbox One X Enhanced series, these creators will share the behind-the-scenes accounts of the work involved in enhancing these epic games for Xbox One X, how they’ve helped chart the course of the world’s most powerful console, and what that means for the future of gaming. Today, we’ll be chatting with Character & Animation Lead Simon Dasan and Lead Designer Mike Vermeulen on Ashen at A44 about enhancing Ashen for Xbox One X.

What specifically is your development team doing to enhance Ashen for Xbox One X

The A44 team aimed to create a deeply immersive world for players to get sucked into. The Xbox One X’s ability to render at 4k, allowed us to truly realize this vision for Ashen.

How do these enhancements impact the gaming experience?

Our stylized world is one where the 4k enhancement really draws you in and breathes an entirely new layer of fidelity onto the world. Developing Ashen for Xbox One X meant that we didn’t need to make any compromises to the original vision and really enhance the overall experience.

Why did your development team choose to focus on these enhancement areas?

At A44 we strive in every way to excel when it comes to quality. Getting access to the Xbox One X hardware allowed us to push forward on enhanced particle effects, view distances and of course, 4k.

How do you expect fans of Ashen will respond to seeing/playing it on Xbox One X with these enhancements?

We hope they’re as excited to play Ashen on Xbox One X as we were to develop for it. We have worked incredibly hard on every aspect of the game, so we can’t wait to see it in the hands of players everywhere.

How has the process been to get the game up and running on Xbox One X?

To put it simply; it was incredibly easy. We had the game running on the hardware the first week we received it, so we could see early on in development what the console is capable of. Because of this, we were able to start utilizing the power and potential very quickly to ensure players would experience Ashen at its best.

What enhancement were you most excited about to explore leveraging for Ashen on Xbox One X?

Definitely the ability to render in true 4k. It’s one of those ‘you need to see it to believe it’ things, and Ashen’s painterly art-style translates over to 4k in a stunning way.

What does 4K for your game, games in the future and development at your studio?

With the stylized nature of Ashen, we’re super excited to be able to double down on our ability to render beautiful art in true 4k. Whenever someone is playing the build on an Xbox One X, a crowd forms. We’ve already got ideas percolating for the future, so watch this space!

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Rise and shine, Glaives!

New and exciting features have been added to Final Fantasy XV multiplayer: Comrades! Xbox One owners can now enjoy the game separately from Final Fantasy XV and if you already own the Season Pass DLC, we have great news for you: You can download this new experience for free!

For anyone who might be new to the series, Comrades puts you in the boots of a Glaive, a special unit soldier who once served under the Kingdom of Lucis. It is now up to you to help prevent further damage from happening in an apocalyptic event known as the Starscourge.

How your character looks is completely up to you! Here are a few tips to help you jump right in:

• There are secret missions located all over the world map, we encourage you to challenge them! They are activated once you’re matched with other players. It’s as simple as following and checking if the player who was chosen at camp completes and finishes the assigned quest.
• Acquire electricity (something that’s very important to the story), AP, Gil, and other bonuses once you complete your mission! Keep matching with other players for a whole new Comrades experience.

• Simply strengthening your weapons is not enough. Evolve them to significantly increase the parameters. It will give you a head start in the beginning. Meet the required conditions and speak with Cid to strengthen and evolve your weapons.
• Master all the extra quests! Meet the required conditions and you’ll be able to challenge the extra quests from the base of operations known as Lestallum. You can battle multiple bosses within the extra quests. Unlock all the extra quests to receive the ultimate reward!
• There is now an item exchange feature in the game where you will now be able to exchange items for rare treasure and gear!

We are excited to release this all-new content to you. Be sure to show us your Glaives on social media and let us know if you manage to take down some of these new boss challenges!

 

Final Fantasy XV Comrades is now available for Xbox One via the Microsoft Store. It is free for owners of the Final Fantasy XV Season Pass DLC.

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