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Analyst DFC has issued a damning post-E3 verdict on Microsoft’s handling of the Xbox Scorpio reveal. The most immediate problem is Microsoft effectively killed the Xbox One Slim right out of the gate,” it said in an investor update. If there were many Xbox 360, Wii U and even PlayStation …
Read More »Microsoft names first 12 Xbox Play Anywhere titles
The first batch of games confirmed for Microsoft’s Xbox Play Anywhere initiative have been named. All of Microsoft’s big E3 first party titles are included – Crackdown 3, Gears of War 4, Forza Horizon 3, Sea of Thieves, Scalebound, Recore and Halo Wars 2. Also incoming are the E3 show-stealing …
Read More »Dead Rising 4 is a Microsoft exclusive for one year
The latest Dead Rising game will likely make its way onto PlayStation. Eurogamer reports that Capcom’s official stance on Dead Rising 4 is as follows: "You’ll be able to play it first on Xbox One and Windows 10." ‘First’. It now seems that Capcom reps have been telling journalists that …
Read More »Hang on, 1080p TV owners SHOULD buy Scorpio, Microsoft now says
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has revisited comments made earlier this week in which he said 1080p TV owners shouldn’t bother upgrading to Xbox Scorpio. Yesterday the exec claimed that 4K was the central purpose of Scorpio, so those without a 4K set should get an Xbox One S instead. These …
Read More »Microsoft: We will ship games on Steam again
The locking off of Microsoft’s first party PC games from Steam may only be a temporary measure. Speaking on Giant Bomb’s E3 livestream, as reported by GameSpot, Xbox boss Phil Spencer recognised the importance of Vale’s platform to the PC games market. "I look at Steam today, it’s on an …
Read More »We Happy Few generated most interest at E3, says internet research firm ListenFirst
Compulsion Games’ We Happy Few, shown on stage at Xbox’s conference, was the most popular game at E3. That’s according to internet tracking company ListenFirst, which – as reported by GamesBeat – worked out the number of organic searches on Wikipedia for all titles at E3. The thinking here is …
Read More »Xbox One S 2TB launching on August 2nd in the UK, 500GB and 1TB versions to follow
Multiple sources have confirmed to MCV the UK launch date for the 2TB edition of the Xbox One S. The new hardware will be released on Tuesday, August 2nd. Furthermore, the 1TB and 500GB editions will not be launching on this date. Sources have told MCV that the S range …
Read More »Mouse and keyboard support headed to Xbox One in coming months
Xbox One players may have a new means of controlling games in the very near future. When asked by PCGamesN about the need to close the gap between PC and Microsoft’s consoles thanks to its Play Anywhere cross-buy scheme, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said that mouse and keyboard support on …
Read More »4K won’t be mandatory for Xbox Scorpio games
It seems that while Xbox Scorpio has been built specifically for 4K gaming, developers will not be forced to make their titles output in 4K. Scorpio is a 6 teraflop gaming machine, which will be a great gaming machine for true 4K gaming, giving you a native 4K frame buffer …
Read More »Microsoft nearly shipped upgraded Xbox One this year
A new Xbox Scorpio type console was at one stage on the cards to release in 2016, Microsoft has admitted. The platform holder has this week revealed not only a 4K orientated 6 teraflop Xbox One successor, named Xbox Scorpio, but also a slimmed down Xbox One called the Xbox …
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