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Kinect is listening… and obeying the commands of Breaking Bad’s Jesse Pinkman. A UK TV ad for Xbox One has reportedly been causing some users’ Xbox One consoles to turn on by themselves. It seems to happen at the moment Aaron Paul says ‘Xbox On’ to turn on his machine. …
Read More »The Last of Us: Remastered for PS4 is real
A now removed banner ad on the Sony Entertainment Network site has confirmed that The Last of Us IS heading to PS4. A NeoGaf user spotted an ad for The Last of Us: Remastered, which quoted an RRP of $59.99. It also carried a ‘day one digital release’ logo. Just …
Read More »VIDEO: Dark Souls II TV ad is… musical
Namco Bandai has released its TV and cinema ad for upcoming action RPG Dark Souls II. The one minute short is set to the recognisable track Where Is My Mind by Pixies. As you might expect, the live action trailer involves lots of death in the face of insurmountable odds. …
Read More »Microsoft explains Xbox One TV ad ‘glitch’
A glitch that had appeared in the UK TV ad for Xbox One at the end of last month has been revealed as a competition. A one-second disruption was apparently inserted into the ‘Invitation’ TV short in January. That one second contained 25 frames, in which were hidden a series …
Read More »PS4 hijacks The Sun’s page 3
Sony has paid to take over the page three spread in today’s issue of UK newspaper The Sun. Readers opening the paper today are presented with a two-page ad for the PS4 and the following message: Apologies to Rosie, 22, from Middlesex. Today’s page 3 is for the players”. Here’s …
Read More »VIDEO: See EA’s next-gen FIFA 14 TV ad
EA is aware you may have already bought FIFA 14 once, but the arrival of Xbox One and PS4 is a good reason to upgrade. Its new TV ad for the next-gen version of the game sees a gamer undergo a living room transformation, becoming a CGI version of Barcelona …
Read More »VIDEO: Here’s GAME’s 2013 UK Christmas TV ad
This is the GAME Christmas TV ad that UK folk are going to be seeing on their sets this year. It revolves around the idea of a mum being asked for a Christmas present from her son. However, everything he says is completely indecipherable to her. She then wonders into …
Read More »VIDEO: Steven Gerrard and Zachary Quinto star in Xbox One ad
Liverpool FC captain Steven Gerrard and Zachary ‘Spock’ Quinto are the stars of Microsoft’s global Xbox One TV ad campaign. The short is called ‘Invitation’ and sees Gerrard inviting a fan onto the pitch and Spock inviting a woman… well, we’re not sure, onto the Holodeck or something. Oh no, …
Read More »VIDEO: New trailers for Dead Rising 3 and Fighter Within
Two of Xbox One’s launch titles have just received brand new trailers. The first is Capcom’s 30-second TV ad for Dead Rising 3, which uses popular tune Happy Together by The Turtles, which works very well when contrast with the zombie-carnage seen in the video. The second is for Ubisoft’s …
Read More »VIDEO: This is the Battlefield 4 TV ad
EA has gone live with its big TV ad for upcoming shooter Battlefield 4. It fuses gameplay footage with a narrator and is suitably loud and explosive. Yesterday MCV posted a load of short TV ads for Battlefield 4’s big rival Call of Duty: Ghosts – in fact, there’s another …
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