Microsoft has maintained that the Xbox Series S, its most affordable console, offers adequate performance for the most demanding titles of the current generation. However, developers have frequently raised concerns about the console’s lower specifications, particularly its limited RAM, which contrasts with the higher performance capabilities of the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. These…
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2024 Recap: Xbox Launches its Best Games, Xbox Gets out of the Race Against Sony, Astro GotY, and More!
This (2024), has been an interesting year for me. I have dedicated the entire year to hunting down N64 cartridges that are still missing in my collection, all while playing some of the newest games around. My year ends with a Sega Saturn purchase, and a general 1990s vibe. But what was the year in…
Fable Reboot: Development in Trouble?
If you have read my work on this site, you will know that I like the Fable series, and that its reboot is one of my most anticipated titles on the Xbox Series X. Microsoft, so far, has had nothing to compete against Sony’s Ghost of Tsushima and Horizon series in the open world role…
A Mid 2022 PlayStation 5 vs Xbox Series X Comparison
So, I finally found a PlayStation 5 at Walmart this week. It wasn’t on shelves, for some reason Walmart refuses to stock up the PlayStation shelves (more on that below), but alas, I finally have it. It took me 1 year and 8 months after the console’s launch to find it on stores. It took…
Phil Spencer On Elder Scrolls VI Xbox Exclusivity: “Not About Punishing” Sony
Microsoft’s historic (7.5 Billion Dollars) acquisition of Bethesda, last year, changed the gaming landscape. The Xbox brand went from having ‘Few exclusives’ to owning franchises like Doom, Dishonored, Fallout and The Elder Scrolls, among others. The buyout was good news for Xbox owners, but scary news for PlayStation loyalists who feared that the long awaited…
Starfield Arrives Next Year as an Xbox/PC/Game Pass Exclusive
Bethesda’s next big AAA RPG is not the long awaited Elder Scrolls 6, but Starfield. The game is a futuristic RPG set in the vastness of space. That’s not to say that most of us are not excited about the game. On the contrary, Starfield looks like one of the most promising Bethesda undertakings (outside…
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age coming to Xbox Game Pass
The list of Final Fantasy games on Xbox Game Pass is increasing. Notably, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is coming first. It’ll be out on February 12, 2021. Microsoft promised Game Pass users that there would be ten Final Fantasy games coming to the Xbox Game Pass in 2020. Obviously, it’s 2021 now. So…
Every Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S Launch Title Part 5
This is the final part of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S launch title list. This list includes a lot of firsts, from the first action RPG to take place in the Warhammer Fantasy Battles world to the first-ever turn-based style Yakuza game. Warhammer: Chaosbane Slayer Edition The new system offers Warhammer: Chaosbane Slayer…
AC: Valhalla: Screen Tearing on Xbox, and Other Issues on PS4
* Update: 11/26/2020: Ubisoft announced patch 1.0.4 for Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, and it is scheduled to arrive today (conveniently, just before black Friday). Here are the download sizes, and patch arrival times for each system: Xbox Series X|S: ~5.3 GB @ 1pm CET | 7am EDT | 4am PDT | 11pm AEDT Xbox One: ~4.9…
Every Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S Launch Title Part 4
Today I’m covering five more Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S launch titles. From customizing your own theme park to living the pirate’s life on the seven seas, these titles optimized for the new Xbox consoles provide a variety of entertainment. Planet Coaster From the same developer that brought us RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 and…