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Analyst IHS has concluded that Xbox Live remains the best online console network on the market. Xbox Live was a pioneer in the field and was for a long time considered one of the main differentiators between the two console giants. Now in an extensive report, IHS has, using a …
Read More »Nesbox emulator claims to be going live on Xbox One shortly
Xbox One owners may soon be able to play emulated versions of SNES, Mega Drive, Game Boy, GBA and NES games. That’s if claims from the team behind the Nesbox emulator are correct. As spotted by Videogamer, Nesbox has said that its app has been certified in the Windows Store …
Read More »Xbox One outsells PS4 for second successive month in the US
Has Xbox One finally turned the tide against PS4 in the North American market? It’s far too early to say, and there are all sorts of factors at play, but NPD numbers have shown that Microsoft’s console outsold its rival for the second successive month in August. Previous to these …
Read More »Microsoft goes to town on Scorpio’s tech advantage over PS4 Pro
That PS4 Pro costs only 350 and is out this year is certainly a surprise. That Xbox Scorpio will be so much more powerful is equally so. And Microsoft has not been shy in boasting about the comparisons. As well as tweets from both the Xbox Twitter account and Aaron …
Read More »H1Z1 development ‘paused’ on PS4 and Xbox One
Daybreak has announced that the arrival of zombie hit H1Z1: King of the Kill on consoles will now be later than originally planned. The game, which is currently available on PC via Steam Early Access, had been scheduled for launch on consoles this summer. However, while King of the Kill …
Read More »Xbox One S, Windows 10 and FIFA: Microsoft’s battle for Europe
Aaron Greenberg, head of Xbox Games Marketing, talks new hardware, FIFA 17, eSports and Pokmon Go. Xbox One S 2TB has sold out in most markets now. Can we read much into this? We had a massive briefing at E3 where we revealed two new consoles, a lot of games …
Read More »Penello dismisses idea that Xbox releases on PC diminish consoles
Microsoft’s decision to bring Xbox exclusives to PC does not diminish the role of Xbox. That’s according to Xbox planning executive, who told the Inner Circle podcast, as reported by GameSpot, that the arguments some have made in regard to the strategy online are not reflective of how actual consumers …
Read More »Xbox One beats PS4 in US in July, but 3DS is the overall monthly champ
For the first time since October 2015, Xbox One has beat PS4 in the monthly US sales race. This comes on the back of some heavy discounting to the console as Microsoft cleared stock ahead of the launch of the Xbox One S earlier this month. Sales of the machine …
Read More »Destiny content faces further Xbox One lockout
PlayStation-exclusive content that had been expected to arrive on Xbox One this autumn will now not hit the console until autumn 2017 at the earliest. Polygon reports that a range of exclusive PlayStation content that arrived alongside last year’s Destiny: The Taken King had previously been marked down as being …
Read More »Below delayed again, studio ‘going dark’ to finish project
Indie title Below is now without a release date. The game was revealed way back in 2013 as part of Microsoft’s E3 2013 Xbox One showcase. However, developer Capy has now said that it doesn’t have a planned release date and now plans to retreat from the limelight to get …
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