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Console players are always keen on enhancing their gaming experience with the latest controller or the newest headset – and then brag about it on Reddit in an attempt to win the never-ending console war. Therefore, merchandise revolving around PlayStation 4 and Xbox One (and Wii U to a lesser …
Read More »Opinion: Guitar Hero and Rock Band struggles highlight PS4 and Xbox One’s biggest challenge
If you’re a fan of plastic instruments, the last week’s headlines haven’t made pleasant reading. First, Activision announced it would be ‘restructuring’ (read: making a lot of redundancies) its FreeStyleGames Studio – the makers of Guitar Hero Live. Then, yesterday, Harmonix’s crowd-funding effort for Rock Band 4 on PC failed. …
Read More »Spencer: ‘I’m not a big fan of Xbox 1.5’
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has poured cold water on talk of a mid-generation upgrade for the Xbox One. "I’m not a big fan of Xbox One and a half. If we’re going to move forward, I want to move forward in big numbers," Spencer said at the Microsoft’s Build 2016 …
Read More »Remedy ‘baffled’ by fanboy fury over Quantum Break PC release
The creative director of Quantum Break says gamer anger over console exclusives leaves him baffled. Remedy announced in February that its upcoming Xbox One title was no-longer exclusive to the platform, and would also be coming to PC. This resulted in a backlash amongst a section of fans who felt …
Read More »Remedy makes Quantum Break’s licensed music optional for YouTubers
Sites such as Twitch and YouTube have been criticised for blocking videos containing copyrighted songs
Read More »Unreal 4.11 brings Paragon tech, DirectX 12 on Xbox One, physics-based shading
Threading architecture improvements, cloth simulation, quicker garbage collection and animation tweaks among optimisations on show in upcoming PC and PS4 MOBA
Read More »Future Forza games will be on both Xbox and PC
Free-to-play PC title Forza Motorsport 6: Apex isn’t going to be the last game from the racing franchise to appear on the platform. That’s according Dan Greenawalt, Forza developer Turn 10’s creative director, who says in a video (below) that the Forza series will be appearing on both Xbox and …
Read More »Every Xbox One can now be used as a developer kit
A major feature of the Xbox One touted before the console’s launch in 2013 has come to fruition. Before Microsoft’s console was released, the company revealed that every retail machine would double as a dev kit, opening the doors for budding game creators to build for the platform. However, the …
Read More »Universal Windows Platform adds support for mods and Steamworks
Developer-approved alterations to game code permitted, with custom overlays, V-Sync and G-Sync also implemented
Read More »Microsoft (finally) turns every Xbox One into a dev kit today
Early preview build of Dev Mode out now, with full release arriving in summer
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