Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has maintained his confidence in the Series X launch (both in meeting the deadlines, and its forthcoming success) throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic situation. An interview with BBC.com confirms that Spence, and Microsoft are ready for what promises to be a very interesting Next-Generation console launch for both Microsoft and hardware rival Sony….
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PS5 Dev Kit Patent Shows/Confirms “V” Shaped Design
For the greater part of a year, photos of V Shaped PS5 units have floated around the internet. The design gained popular as “leaked” photos of Development kits made it to the web last year. It seems that now we can for the most part safely assume that unit will look something like the concept…
Nintendo’s Switch is the Biggest Winner of the Pandemic’s Video Game Sales Boom
While the effects of the Pandemic and the subsequent worldwide lockdowns hurt world economies and many industries a few have seen growth, in some cases exponentially. The Video Games Industry had one of the biggest surges in sales ever recorded for a month of March in it history. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One sales grew…
Sony Cancels June 4th’s Event Joins Other Gaming Giants in Solidarity With the Protests
Sony’s much anticipated Thursday event has been cancelled. No date has been offered for the postponement. Sony’s cancellation comes in the wake of Nationwide protests for the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police officers. Sony released the following statement on the company’s Twitter feed: “While we understand gamers worldwide are excited…
PlayStation CEO Hopes For The Last of Us Part II To Be A Defining Game
In a CNET.com Interview, Sony PlayStation’s President and CEO Jim Ryan discussed a variety of topics including the Last of Us Part II, and PlayStation’s pricing. As the company prepares for its PS5 games reveal this week Ryan seems confident on Sony’s ability to carry out a perfect launch for its next generation system. “We…
EA Secures NFL Exclusivity Dashing Hopes of an NFL 2K Revival
According to ESPN, Madden will remain the sole NFL licensed football game for at least the next 6 years, as Electronic Arts managed to secure a deal with NFL Owners, and the NFL Players association that gives them sole ownership of the license until 2026. Because the NFL had given 2K license to make Football…
Xbox Series X: Backwards Compatibility Will Add HDR, Higher Resolutions and More to Original Xbox, and Xbox 360 Games
As if we needed more reasons to be excited about the Xbox Series X. Xbox partner director of program management Jason Ronald wrote about backwards compatibility support for the system in an Xbox Wire Blog post. The system will support games from every Xbox console generation at launch, but it doesn’t end there for said…
According to Sources: PS5 Event Scheduled for June 3
Rumors about a big Playstation 5 event taking place on the summer months have been circling around the web for a while. It would only make sense for Sony to make some noise about their upcoming PS5 console, as Micr0soft seems to be all alone in their steady promotion of the Xbox Series X which…
Devs More Excited About Next Gen Load Times Than Graphics
The first thing that the majority of people think – and ask – when a new generation of consoles is announced is: “How good will game graphics look on the new systems?” It is a normal question to ask, after all, the difference between console generations has always been marked by improvements in visual fidelity….
Phil Spencer Says Gaming is Having a “Global Moment” But Not Under the Circumstances He Would Have Wanted To
The COVID-19 Pandemic has rampaged the world, and it has had an impact on the gaming industry. Millions of people forced indoors for prolonged periods of time has elevated video games sales to absurdly high numbers for the time period. Xbox’s head, the charismatic Phil Spencer in an interview with Business Insider couldn’t help but…