Xbox head Phil Spencer has said he "doesn't feel an imperative" to release a mid-cycle Xbox console upgrade, three years after the release of the Xbox Series X/S consoles. In an interview with Bloomberg, Spencer said of mid-cycle upgrades in the Xbox Series lineup of game consoles: "That's not the …
Read More »Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, and Other Major Subreddits Go Dark
Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, Star Wars, Cyberpunk 2077, and other major subreddits are going dark in protest against Reddit's API price changes affecting third-party apps. While visiting these subreddits previously would allow users to peruse all the usual conversations surrounding new reveals, highly contested topics, and so on, the Xbox, Nintendo, …
Read More »Xbox Cloud Gaming to Let You Stream Games You Own, Even If They're Not in Game Pass
Xbox's game streaming services have so far been limited to titles inside the Xbox Game Pass line-up – but that will change later this year. No release date has been announced as yet, but Xbox says that Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will soon gain the ability to stream select games …
Read More »Xbox To Buy Activision Blizzard
Xbox has announced a deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the company behind Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and many other major gaming franchises – coming in at a stupefying $68.7 billion. Announced on Xbox Wire, the deal means Xbox will soon own the likes of Call of Duty, Warcraft, …
Read More »How Xbox Is Advancing Gaming Accessibility on Its Platforms, And, Hopefully, Throughout the Industry
October marks the one-year anniversary of Microsoft and Sony releasing the current generation of consoles. The Xbox Series X/S and PS5 bring with them powerful new hardware, as well as libraries of titles that benefit from faster loading speeds and special features like Quick Resume or the haptics of the …
Read More »Xbox Series X Review
The Xbox Series X sneaks up on you. It’s a minimalist block with precisely one curve on the entire thing. And when you turn it on, the dashboard looks almost identical to the one that Xbox One gamers have been using for years. Even the power button makes the same …
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