This week, Microsoft unveiled in a blog post, its solution to the question of whether or not the PS5’s faster solid-state drive (SSD) would be that much faster than Microsoft’s own slower drive when it comes to streaming game assets, and other features while in gameplay. A hardware accelerated decompression solution will bring the…
Tag: Xbox Series X
Phil Spencer: Next Gen Exclusives Are “Completely Counter to What Gaming is About”
The lack of ‘exclusive’ titles has haunted the Xbox brand for the past decade, and Microsoft, under the charismatic Phil Spencer, has made moves to secure studios over past the few years in order to change that fact. But perception is a very hard thing to change, especially when we are just a few months…
Next Gen Games Will Match Movie “Photo Realistic” Results in Terms of Graphics
We might finally have reached the point in history in which computer rendering technology blurs the line to deliver graphics that resemble ‘reality’, as Epic Games’ Chief Technology Officer, Kim Liberi mentioned in a statement with UK’s PlayStation Official Magazine. “For many years, the movie industry has been experimenting with Unreal Engine for previsualization…
NBA 2K21 Will Cost $69.99 on Next Gen Possibly Setting a Precedent
Video Game prices might increase from a standard $59.99 price point to a $69.99 price tag during the next generation as “NBA 2k21” will cost $70 for the PS5, and the Xbox Series X as opposed to the standard $60 price tag that will accompany the game for the current consoles. Visual Concepts President Greg…
Microsoft’s Big Xbox Series X Games Reveal is Rumored to be Scheduled for July 23rd
It has been reported by journalist Jeff Grub that Microsoft will hold another games reveal on July 23rd. This reveal, unlike the previous one, is expected to be huge in terms of both 3rd and more importantly first party games. One of the most awaited games (if not the most) is Halo Infinite, which reportedly…
Microsoft Is Likely to Have a Budget Version of its Series X Console Code Named Lockhart According to Tech Spec Leak
The long rumored, but unconfirmed Xbox console codenamed “Lockhart” seems to be a reality as specs have been leaked, as documents on a twitter post show. While this version of the console has long been rumored, and it would serve the Xbox Series X as a cheaper alternative to the system (much like the Xbox…
Is The End of the 30+ Plus Hour Single Player Games Near? A Former Sony Executive Claims Such Games Will Become “Unsustainable”
The ‘Death’ of the single player AAA game has long been preached by some industry insiders. From the moment that Call of Duty, and other multiplayer games became smash commercial hits many have wondered if those games will eventually replace the Triple AAA games that feature strong single player story driven campaigns like the Uncharted…
Obsidian Dev Talks About The Outer Worlds Switch Port, and Being An Xbox First Party Studio Going Forward
For a few years now, Microsoft has shifted gears (no pun intended) moving in a direction reminiscent of its early original Xbox, and Xbox 360 days. The company has been acquiring several studios to work under their Microsoft Studios (Now Xbox Game Studios) banner in order to boost their portfolio of exclusive games. Exclusive games…
Former Rockstar Dev Explains GTA VI’s Absence is due to GTA V
When Grand Theft Auto V was announced during the PS5’s game reveal it was a surprising thing to many who were left wondering if we had ever seen a Remaster of a Remaster before. At the same time, Rockstar’s move to bring its popular (some would say “Too” popular) game to, yet another generation of…
Will Fable 4 Make A July Appearance?
Fable, a Peter Molyneux’s creation that made its debut in 2004 on the original Xbox console. The game was well received though highly criticized in some circles because in true Molyneux fashion, some of the promised groundbreaking features did not make it to the final game. The action RPG series would produce two…