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CultureAll These Studios Are Making Xbox Series X Games
During today’s Inside Xbox broadcast, Microsoft revealed a whole host of studios making games for Xbox Series X. Some of the bigger names featured include Crystal Dynamics, Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Bethesda, Capcom, Epic, From Software, Sega, Square Enix, and WB Games. Sarah Bond, head of Xbox partnerships, said that players can look forward to “hundreds”…
By Ian Walker Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureThis Is What Xbox Series X Graphics Look Like
Here’s what Playism’s Bright Memory: Infinite looks like running on the Xbox Series X, or at least in-game footage representative of Xbox Series X performance. Not too shabby. The first game shown during Microsoft’s Xbox Series X gameplay reveal event was this first-person shooter from developer FYQD-Studio. Note that the official stream version carried a…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureWatch The Xbox Series X Gameplay Reveal Live Right Here
This morning Microsoft is giving us our first look at next-generation gameplay on the Xbox Series X, including Assassin’s Creed Valhalla in action. Let’s watch. It should be an interesting show, full of footage from games looking slightly to significantly better than they would on standard Xbox One hardware. Many of the games coming to…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Family Edition
It’s Thursday! Time for an Xbox briefing, as well as our daily open thread. Last night, my sister told me my oldest niece wants to become a vegetarian. I stopped eating meat around her age and stuck with it for about 16 years, eventually giving it up when some folks I was staying with out…
By Riley MacLeod Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureHyperX And Ducky Made A Keyboard Baby Together
Taiwanese keyboard maker Ducky and Kingston gaming division HyperX have joined forces to create the HyperX x Ducky One 2 Mini mechanical gaming keyboard, a limited-edition version of one of the most popular mechs on the market. Ducky’s 60 percent One 2 Mini is a ridiculously popular keyboard. Online keyboard shops in the U.S. were…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureIn Nintendo’s most recent financial statement, the company listed “TBA” for the release of Bayonetta 3, Metroid Prime 4 and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel. This shouldn’t be too surprising, but just in case you were wondering, now you know!
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 7, 2020 -
UncategorizedHow Coronavirus Might Impact Nintendo’s Game Development
As the world deals with the coronavirus pandemic, Nintendo released its most recent financial statement. In it, the Kyoto-based game maker discussed how the virus has impacted the company, as well as possible forecasts for the future. According to Nintendo, covid-19 caused delays in production and shipments of the Switch, Ring Fit Adventure, Joy-Cons and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureOver 11 Million Units Of Animal Crossing: New Horizons Sold In Just 11 Days
On March 20, Animal Crossing: New Horizons went on sale. The game moved 1.88 million copies in Japan at launch, surpassing the country’s previous biggest-selling Switch hit at launch, Pokémon Sword and Shield. Worldwide, the game was also a smash—a massive one. According to Nintendo, there have been 11.77 million units of Animal Crossing: New…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 7, 2020 -
CultureTotal RecallI Still Can’t Believe We Got Tony Hawk (And Jet Set Radio) On The Game Boy Advance, And They Ruled
These days we’re used to ports on weaker systems featuring a few trimmed edges, maybe some muddier textures, some longer loading times. Like, say, The Witcher 3 on Switch. But in the Game Boy Advance days, when games could get nowhere near GameCube (or even N64) visuals, ports had to get inventive. And few got…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 6, 2020 -
UncategorizedNine-Year-Old Fortnite Player Banned For Four Years
Zenon, a very good Fortnite player from Brazil who also happens to be just nine years old, has received a four-year competitive ban from Epic after the company found out he was playing in paid tournaments while under the game’s minimum age limit. Only this week Zenon had entered, and placed, in a round of…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 6, 2020 -
CultureMario Bros. Masters Set New Arcade High Score While Stuck At Home
Steven Kleisath and Stephen Boyer are no slouches when it comes to Nintendo’s original Mario Bros. platformer. Recently they achieved something truly spectacular, reaching a high score of 1,280,550 while playing the game cooperatively over long distance. Unlike its linear and better known successor Super Mario Bros., 1983’s Mario Bros. is an arcade game where…
By Ethan Gach Published May 6, 2020 - Uncategorized
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By G/O Media Published May 6, 2020 -
EsportsTop Overwatch Team Loses Entire Player Roster Amidst Allegations Of Mismanagement [UPDATE]
Between covid-19 and countless other difficulties, Overwatch League’s make-or-break third season has gone as far off the rails as anyone could have imagined. Now, after losing a star player to Valorant last week, the league has lost one of its top teams. At least, temporarily. Today, the Vancouver Titans, last year’s second-place team behind championship…
By Nathan Grayson Published May 6, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Walk In Front Of The TV When Someone Else Is Gaming
The social contract, in its purest form, is simple: We agree to stay out of each other’s way as much as possible. That goes for riding the subway, shopping for groceries, and anything else that brings us within arm’s distance of another soul. But this goes doubly—nay, quadruply—when it comes to navigating a room where…
By Ari Notis Published May 6, 2020 -
CultureThat Prince Of Persia Redemption Footage Came From A Real, Canceled Game
A video surfaced online this morning purporting to show footage of an unreleased Prince of Persia game. Bearing the subtitle Redemption, the game appears to feature all the hallmarks of the series’ modern installments, like time-warping shenanigans and creepy sand enemies. Kotaku has learned that Prince of Persia Redemption was indeed a real project at…
By Ian Walker Published May 6, 2020 -
UncategorizedOverpowering My Way Through Fire Emblem: Three Houses Is Just What I Need Right Now
I’ve had a difficult two months. I don’t know when I’m teaching again. I’m concerned for my family’s safety. But I’ve gotten some respite by playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses, sometimes late into the night. I have a backlog of games to play, but I can’t put Fire Emblem down, in large part because I’ve…
By Kevin Wong Published May 6, 2020 -
CultureStadia’s Wireless Controllers Can Finally Connect To PC Wirelessly
Google Stadia launched back in November with a wireless controller that could only connect wirelessly to a Chromecast Ultra. Playing on a PC or laptop required a USB connection. An update to the controllers rolled out this week, allowing them to connect wirelessly to any browser-based Stadia client. The Stadia controller is an odd beast.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 6, 2020 -
CultureHow’s It Going?: Spring Edition
We’re halfway to Friday! Welcome back to our daily open thread. I got ramps in my CSA yesterday. Ramps are a much-hyped vegetable that have a really short spring season. I’d only heard about them being a big deal at the farmer’s market, but I’d never actually seen them, much less eaten them—despite my deepest…
By Riley MacLeod Published May 6, 2020
