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New Early Access-style system will enable PC devs to release pre-launch builds, starting with Rocketfish’s Everspace
Read More »Xbox One sales spike 75% during S launch week
The 2TB version of the new Xbox One S has already completely sold out in the UK, boosting sales of the console by more than 75 per cent last week. UK retailers told MCV that stock for the machine was tight, although Xbox will release more 2TB machines in the …
Read More »Greenshoots applications closes next week
Apply by 12pm Tuesday, Auguse 2nd to be in with a chance of up to £50,000 plus Xbox support
Read More »Xbox Play Anywhere: All devs need to know
Playground Games creative director Ralph Fulton and director of program management for Xbox Mike Ybarra answer the big questions about how devs can get their games running across Xbox One and PC
Read More »Xbox hardware sales down by a third
Are people holding out for the release of the Xbox One S and Xbox Scorpio? Quite possibly. Microsoft’s latest financials reveal that Xbox hardware revenue sales are down 33 per cent year-on-year for the three months ending June. There are lots of factors to consider here. For one, the discontinuation …
Read More »Microsoft says Windows 10 will miss 2018 1bn install base target
Last year, Microsoft said that it aimed to have Windows 10 on 1bn devices by 2018 – now the firm has tempered its expectations for the operating system. In a statement to ZDNet, the firm said that Windows 10 was off to the ‘hottest start in history’, citing high levels …
Read More »What does Xbox’s Project Scorpio mean for developers?
The biggest news out of this year’s E3 was almost certainly Microsoft’s reveal that it has been working on an improved Xbox One, which it claims will be the ‘most powerful console ever made’. But is better hardware actually a draw for devs? We ask a crowd of triple-A and indie studios for their thoughts
Read More »Not all Microsoft games will support Xbox Play Anywhere
Microsoft’s claim that all ofits future first-party line-up would be part of its Xbox Play Anywhere appears to not be entirely correct. The platform holderquietly edited its statement on the matter, now saying that every game shown on-stage at E3 will be part of the scheme, where before it said …
Read More »Nihilistic, Swingin’ Ape and Blizzard recall ‘identity crisis’ that doomed StarCraft: Ghost
First-person spin-off to PC RTS failed to find a comfortable middle ground between action and stealth, before being cancelled after five years of development
Read More »Wheelchair option coming to Xbox avatars
Microsoft has revealed that Xbox users will soon have the option to have their avatars use a wheelchair. The confirmation came first from Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who replied to a Twitter user to state that the company was working on the idea. Fellow Xbox exec Mike Ybarra then chipped …
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