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The rumours were true. Microsoft used its E3 2016 press conference to announce two new consoles, including Xbox One’s successor Project Scorpio. Project Scorpio will indeed pack a whopping 6 teraflops of computing power which, if reports are to be believed, is way ahead of PS4 Neo… which could of …
Read More »E3 2016: Microsoft’s Project Scorpio has 8 CPU cores and 6 TFLOPS of power
New system currently in development to help studios ‘deliver true 4K gaming and high-fidelity VR’
Read More »E3 2016: More than 1,000 games in development for ID@Xbox
Microsoft’s indie gaming initiative shows no signs of losing momentum
Read More »Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2bn
Business-orientated social network site LinkedIn has landed an acquisition deal with Microsoft worth a staggering $26.2bn. The all-cash transaction values LinkedIn’s shares at $196 each. Currently they trade at around $131 having fallen by around 40 per cent this year. Microsoft previously paid $8.5bn for Skype in 2011 and $7.2bn …
Read More »Watch Xbox’s E3 press conference here at 5:30pm UK time
Microsoft’s E3 press event is taking place at its usual 9:30am PST slot in America (5:30pm for those of us in the UK). The platform holder has promised that this year’s show will be a ‘very special E3′. The press event is set to last 90 minutes – expect to …
Read More »Microsoft revokes accidental free Fallout 4 downloads
A number of Xbox One owners thought they’d got lucky last week when they had seemed to grab themselves a free copy of Bethesda’s Fallout 4. The game’s price, and that of its Season Pass, was mistakenly dropped to absolutely nothing for a brief period, and word quickly spread online …
Read More »White Xbox One Slim leaked – 40% smaller and outputs in 4K
Another big E3 reveal has slipped out before the show officially begins. A compact version of the Xbox One has appeared on popular games forum Neogaf. The product is called Xbox One S, it will be 40 per cent smaller than the current Xbox One, it boasts a 2TB hard-drive, …
Read More »Microsoft: ‘We expect this to be a special E3’
Promises, promises. Microsoft has in its official statement on May’s NPD stats on the North American games market suggested that its E3 press conference on Monday night will be one not to miss. "In May 2016, gaming hours on Xbox One more than doubled compared to last year, driven by …
Read More »Xbox One abandons DVR plans
TV digital video recording is no longer coming to Xbox One. The Verge reports that Microsoft has scrapped its DVR plans, which were first announced back in May 2015, at which point it was due to roll out before the end of the year. "After careful consideration, we’ve decided to …
Read More »Quantum Break developer Remedy working on two new games
Remedy, the Finnish studio behind Max Payne, Alan Wake and Quantum Break, is currently working on two projects, but neither of them are Alan Wake titles. As reported by Polygon, the studio says that one of these titles is a brand new triple-A IP. Furthermore, it is not being published …
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