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Why Everyone Spent The Week Losing It Over The ‘PS5 Pro’ And ‘Next Xbox’
27.5.2022
It feels like the current console generation is only just getting started, and yet, a corner of the internet spent a good part of this week obsessing over the next iteration, the presumed mid-generation hardware refreshes for Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X/S. The commotion...
Xbox’s Rep Takes A Hit Following Major Delays
18.5.2022
Riding the bus of video game fandom should come with a seatbelt warning. To wit: Last month, it seemed like everyone was losing their minds over Microsoft gobbling up half the industry. Now, in the wake of some major delays, it’s all “Dead console!!!” this and “Xbox has no exclusives!!!” that. Hope...
Cook Serve Forever's announcement splash, deconstructed
27.4.2022
Also: Xbox's latest financials & lots more
Game Pass Hidden Gem Mixes XCOM, Worms, And Comic Book Vibes
27.4.2022
What happens if the world gets too stupid, too overrun with people who don’t trust science or educators? Well, according to the recently released Research and Destroy, once folks stop trusting science and start believing in every wild theory they find online, the world is actually taken over...
The Next Generation Of Video Game Graphics Is Looking Pretty Good
5.4.2022
We’ve seen an eye-popping gorgeous tech demo for a not-real game that I totally wish was real. We’ve seen Keanu Reeves (‘90s edition) alongside Keanu Reeves (modern-day edition). We’ve seen…a beard. But today, Epic Games presented by far the biggest look into its Unreal 5 3D creation engine, which...
Xbox’s Best Low-Key Feature Just Got Better
10.3.2022
The Xbox Series X and S have lots of quality-of-life touches that look small on paper but vastly improve the experience of playing games in practice. One of those is Quick Resume, which makes it easy to swap between several games at once, and a new update makes it even more robust.Read more
Report: Xbox's Last-Second Intel Switcheroo Left AMD Engineers Heartbroken
13.10.2021
When the first Xbox console was revealed on stage back in 2001, it was announced that it was packing an Intel CPU. This had been a last-minute decision on Microsoft’s part; so last-minute, in fact, that according to the “Father of the Xbox” Seamus Blackley AMD engineers were sitting in the front...
Xbox’s Cloud Streaming Upgrade Means You Might Not Need A Series X
7.10.2021
Xbox’s cloud-gaming service just got the hardware upgrade you’ve been trying to nail down for months. Speaking to The Verge, representatives for Microsoft confirmed that Xbox cloud gaming now runs entirely on Xbox Series X hardware, wrapping up a backend upgrade that quietly kicked off over...
Xbox’s Quick Resume Might Mess Up Your Games’ Playtime Count
19.5.2021
Last fall, while playing through Mass Effect 2 for the first time ever, I noticed that my endgame hour count tallied more than 87 hours. Weird, but whatever. Moving on. Turns out, Xbox’s ballyhooed next-gen Quick Resume feature appears to keep running the clock on some games.Read more
Xbox’s Quick Resume Will Finally Show You What Games Are Suspended
11.5.2021
This month’s Xbox update will bring changes to Quick Resume, including, at long last, an ability to see what games you currently have suspended on your Xbox Series X or S.Read more
Xbox’s New ‘FPS Boost’ Feature Is The Real Deal
18.2.2021
Yesterday Microsoft released FPS Boost, a new backward-compatibility feature for the Xbox Series X and S. FPS Boost will…well boost the framerate dramatically in specific, older games when you play them on a next-gen Xbox. After playing around with FPS Boost a bit I’m excited and impressed. This...
Xbox's Gold pricing flipflop & what it means for Game Pass
25.1.2021
The turbocharge button has been backed away from
Hivebusters Is A Great Gears DLC And A Fantastic Xbox Series X Showcase
18.12.2020
Hivebusters is a new single-player DLC campaign released for Gears 5. It’s also one of the best-looking games on Xbox Series X and feels like a full Gears game compressed into a bite-size experience that has me excited for the future of Gears of War. Read more