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CultureHere’s How Fast Games Load On The Xbox Series X And S
Much ado has been made about the guts of the Xbox Series X and S, two new next-gen consoles Microsoft will release next week. It’s all “velocity architecture” this and “teraflops” that—technical stuff Microsoft says will cut loading times dramatically. But lingo and lofty promises are secondary to the one thing that matters most: how…
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CultureA Year Later, Google Stadia Is Finally Getting Family Sharing
Family Sharing, a Stadia feature that was announced a long, long time ago, is finally beginning to roll out on the eve of the video game streaming platform’s one-year anniversary. The feature lets anyone in a Google Family group easily share Stadia games with one another, regardless of who originally bought it or is currently…
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CultureDestiny 2 Players Are Once Again Trying To Solve A Mysterious Alternate Reality Game
It’s less than a week before the launch of Destiny 2‘s next big expansion, Beyond Light, and Bungie has decided to pass the time by inviting players to participate in another elaborate ARG puzzle. It all began a couple weeks ago when some folks started to receive their collector’s edition of Destiny 2: Beyond Light.…
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CultureOdds and EndsXbox Series X Has Too Many Horrifying Holes
As reviews for the Xbox Series X arrive, I’m here to talk about one aspect of the console that could impact your desire to buy one, as it has mine. I am a trypophobe, and I cannot own an Xbox Series X because of all its damn holes. [Since this post discusses a phobia, we…
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CultureAsk Us Anything About Xbox Series X And S [Update: All Done]
It’s Thursday, November 5, our Xbox Series X and S review is up, and the embargo has fallen. It’s time to ask us anything you want to know about the new Xboxen, and we’ll answer as best we can. Three of us here at Kotaku have spent the past couple of weeks playing with Microsoft’s…
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Tips & GuidesHow The Xbox Series X’s ‘Quick Resume’ Feature Works (And Doesn’t Work)
Among all of the next-gen features touted for the Xbox Series X (and S), few are more promising than Quick Resume. On paper, Quick Resume grants you the ability to juggle several games in a suspended state at a system level, at which point you can load them in seconds, picking up exactly where you…
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CultureWarframe Is Getting Upgraded For PS5 Later This Year
Warframe was there for the launch of the PS4 generation and will return in an upgraded form on PS5 sometime before the end of the year, developer Digital Extremes announced today. The studio shared some impressive comparison shots between the current and next-gen versions of the free-to-play loot shooter over on the PlayStation Blog today,…
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Tips & GuidesYou Can Only Use 364GB Of The Xbox Series S’s 512GB Storage
When the Xbox Series S was first (officially) revealed in September, the general consensus could be summed up as such: “Aww!!” That’s not just a remark on the next-gen console’s diminutive physical size (and cheaper price, $300 compared with the Xbox Series X’s $500). That could have also been commentary on the internal storage, which…
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CultureDemon’s Souls Characters No Longer Look Like Creepy Shells Of Humanity
Sony revealed Demon’s Souls Remake’s character creator today and it looks like you can now play the game as an actual person. “With this new character creator, you will be able to customize your appearance with up to 16 million permutations,” writes Sony Worldwide Studios’ creative director Gavin Moore over on the PlayStation Blog. “We’ve…
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