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Xbox One and PS4 will be the last of their kind, Xbox’s US marketing boss Aaron Greenberg has predicted. Next year’s arrival of the iterative Xbox Scorpio and PS4 Neo upgrades – as well as Microsoft’s growing unification of the Xbox and Windows space – all point to a shift …
Read More »Xbox VR games likely to be Scorpio exclusive
Next year’s arrival of Xbox Scorpio won’t quite be the level playing field some had hoped for, at least when it comes to VR. Microsoft in its reveal of the new machine committed to cross-platform compatibility for both Xbox One and Xbox Scorpio for new titles. However, the extra processing …
Read More »No Man’s Sky could get premium DLC and Xbox release
Despite previous suggestions that future No Man’s Sky updates would be free, Hello Games has hinted at a possible change in plans. Studio boss Sean Murray told the Daily Star that such suggestions were "perhaps naive", adding: "Maybe in the future there’s some reason why we just couldn’t possibly afford …
Read More »Now Windows 10 gets an Early Access system
Microsoft is launching a rival to Steam’s Early Access on PC, based on the Xbox Game Preview system itdebuted last year. During this week’s Gamescom event in Cologne, the platform holder announced Xbox Game Preview will come to Windows 10 later this year. As with XGP and Early Access, this …
Read More »Microsoft bringing Xbox Game Preview to Windows 10
New Early Access-style system will enable PC devs to release pre-launch builds, starting with Rocketfish’s Everspace
Read More »1TB and 500GB Xbox One S UK dates confirmed
Microsoft will release the two remaining versions of the Xbox One S in the UK next month. Both the 299 1TB and 249 500GB SKUs will launch on September 22nd. Furthermore, both will include a free digital copy of FIFA 17 complete with a free one month trial of EA …
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 »Steam release confirmed for Quantum Break
Current Windows 10 exclusive Quantum Break will be released on Steam next month. The game, formerly believed to be an Xbox One exclusive, was announced for PC in February. Back then it was a Windows Store and Windows 10 exclusive. However, Xbox boss Phil Spencer did subsequently say that the …
Read More »No more 2TB Xbox Ones S for now, Microsoft confirms
Those who are yet to put their hands on a 2TB Xbox One S may be out of luck. Reports emerged earlier this week claiming that the launch supply of the hard to find machine may be all we’re getting. GameSpot has now had this confirmed directly from Microsoft. "The …
Read More »That’s it for the 2TB Xbox One S, report suggests
Microsoft won’t be releasing any more stock of the 2TB Xbox One S, it has been claimed. The high-capacity version of Microsoft’s slimmed-down console went on sale last week, but stock quickly dried up, leading to prices rocketing from third party sellers online. Now Eurogamer reports that Microsoft supposedly has …
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