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Another game has been confirmed as running at sub-1080p on Xbox One. This time it’s the console’s upcoming flagship title Titanfall, which arrives in the UK on March 14th. Eurogamer spotted that the game outputs at just 792p in a tech analysis – a figure that Respawn has since gone …
Read More »Hip-hop star Nas to feature in Microsoft TV series
Microsoft’s Xbox Entertainment Studios is making a TV series about the life of rapper Nas. Deadline reports that the Electric City Entertainment produced show is called Street Dreams and is being written and directed by Jonathan Levine. It’s set in Long Island, New York and will last half an hour. …
Read More »Xbox One March update tweaks multiplayer social features; Official stereo headset and adapter revealed
This week sees the arrival of Xbox One’s first software update but Microsoft has already detailed what will be included in the March update. Here’s what it will include, as detailed by Microsoft chief product officer Marc Whitten: Get to your friends list faster. The friends list will be front …
Read More »Next Call of Duty is leading on next-gen
PS4 and Xbox One are the lead platforms for this year’s as-of-yet unannounced Call of Duty. Sledgehammer is approaching this as a next-gen-first development,” Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg told IGN. Obviously in the console-transition year, anyone who developed a cross-generational game last year had to deal with the fact …
Read More »The evolution of Turtle Rock Studios
Executive producer Matt O’Driscoll discusses the Evolve developer post-THQ, and how it's taking advantage of powerful new console hardware
Read More »Rebellion says Microsoft can fix Xbox One’s 1080p struggle
Xbox One’s eSRAM is the cause of Xbox One’s struggle to output games at 1080p. That’s according to Rebellion Games’ Jean-Baptiste Bolcato, who told GamingBolt that his team faced a real struggle getting in-development Sniper Elite 3 to hit full HD on the machine. It was clearly a bit more …
Read More »From indie to in-house: Press Play’s journey to becoming a first-party Microsoft studio
Co-founder Mikkel Thorsted tells Develop how three students went from forming their own indie outfit to becoming a first-party Microsoft studio
Read More »Strider release date confirmed
Capcom’s Strider reboot will be with us very shortly. The digital-only sci-fi ninja romp will arrive on February 19th across PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. It’s made by Double Helix, the studio behind Xbox One exclusive Killer Instinct that was this morning acquired by Amazon as part …
Read More »Amazon acquires Killer Instinct dev Double Helix
Double Helix, the developer of Microsoft’s free-to-play Xbox One battler Killer Instinct, has been acquired by Amazon. The news follows claims last week that Amazon is on the cusp of announcing a games-focused under-the-TV Kindle machine. Amazon told TechCrunch that Double Helix’s current lineup of games and other future developments …
Read More »EA’s Origin a requirement for Titanfall PC
Only those with an EA Origin account will be able to play Titanfall on PC, Respawn Entertainment has confirmed. Company co-founder Vince Zampella revealed the requirement on his Twitter account – unsurprisingly, to a chorus of negativity from fans. "I’ll also ask that you give origin a try for the …
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