XBOX One news this week includes GTA 5's update for the holidays, Black Ops 3 Zombies expansion and an Xbox Live warning for December 25.
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| The GTA 5 Festive update has gone live from Rockstar |
UPDATE ONE: The new Festive update for GTA Online has been released by Rockstar, minus some of the addtional content reported to be part of the new pack.
It had been claimed a new car and several other changes would be part of the Holiday Update but has instead includes more outfits and events.
The new content is for PS4, Xbox One and PC online and includes: New Santa outfits and Pajamas, Masks featuring Mr. and Mrs. Claus, Bad Elf, Crazy Gingerbread, Festive Luchador, 3 Christmas themed Car Horns, Christmas Trees at Legion Square and in all owned Apartments, Stilt Houses and Yachts.
A statement from Rockstar confirms: " All festive attire from years past will be available during the holiday period for all platforms including original Masks and Clothes from both last year's Festive Surprise and the original 2013 Holiday Gifts.
"Plus keep an eye out for special gifts on all platforms during the holidays, including the chance for a few snowball fights during the rare phenomenon of Los Santos snowfall in the forecast as well as some special additions to the growing collection of fun Adversary Modes on PS4, Xbox One and PC."
The Festive update is now live and will run until January 5, Rockstar has confirmed.
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| A GTA 5 update for the holidays is set to be released by Rockstar |
GTA 5 fans can expect yet more content to hit Online this month, following the release of the Executive and Other Criminals DLC.
It's expected to be chock full of festive items, including Christmas trees for Apartments and some slightly mad new mask designs.
It will mean that Rockstar will have followed the example set down for their past Lowriders update, where they hid fresh Halloween content that went live at a later date.
However, in an unexpected twist, fans can also look forward to at least one new vehicle.
The Tampa muscle car is set to make its debut in the GTA 5 update, having been featured in the GTA: San Andreas and the GTA IV Gay Tony DLC expansion on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
It's currently unclear if the snow mechanics will be making a return this year, fans will remember being pegged by a few lethal snowballs in 2014 which usually ended in a full out fight.
For those hoping to afford some of the new goodies heading to GTA Online later this month, Rockstar helpfully put on the Executives and Other Criminals Event Weekend.
The event has now ended in the UK but contained multiple ways to earn Double GTA$ as well as RP boosts and significant discounts on items such as armour and ammo.
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| A new GTA 5 update is coming to Online |
Activision recently revealed a new teaser trailer for the official Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 expansion - Awakening, which will include a brand new chapter in the Zombies saga.
Awakening is set to arrive first on PS4 and will include four new multiplayer maps—Skyjacked, Rise, Splash, and Gauntlet, as well as the next chapter in the Black Ops 3 Zombies saga, Der Eisendrache.
The Iron Dragon map will be set around the Hohenwerfen Castle in Austria and will be launched first on the PlayStation 4, due to Sony's existing DLC content deal with Activision.
The teaser trailer was released today, which failed to provide any new information for what fans could expect from the next installment but instead set the scene for another dark outing
Xbox Live fans have been warned that their holiday season could well be disrupted again by another DDOS attack.
Last year saw a widespread outage affect both consoles which was implemented by an online group calling themselves Lizard Squad.
And 2015 could see a similar DDOS attack hit fans after a new group appeared to threaten both Microsoft and Sony with the same outcome for their online gaming infrastructures.
Called Phantom Squad, the group recently took credit for an outage affecting the Xbox Live network late on Thursday evening.
Many users were unable to access core services for several hours and will likely be anxious to avoid a repeat of last year's December 25 and 26 outages.
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| Xbox Live could be hit by another DDOS attack on December 25 |
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