This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Image: Sam Pak/Unsplash)As if Microsoft hasn’t made enough headlines this week, it’s marked a new occasion by reaching 25 million subscribers on its Game Pass subscription service. The latest subscriber count was found buried in a Securities and Exchange Commission
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Audio player loading… The same day Microsoft unveiled its planned takeover of Activision-Blizzard, it also announced that over 25 million people have subscribed to Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft’s game subscription service is expected to entice even more players in the near future, too, with a surge likely to happen in anticipation of Activision-Blizzard’s catalog of
It seems Microsoft still plans to support Activision games on other platforms, according to comments made to Bloomberg. Regarding possible Xbox exclusivity for franchises such as Call of Duty, Xbox boss, and now CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer told Bloomberg that Microsoft doesn’t “intend” to fracture the community. “I’ll just say to players out
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Microsoft didn’t start out as a gaming company, but it’s been 20 years since it launched the first Xbox and it’s only becoming a bigger part of the industry. With its recent acquisition of ZeniMax complete, Microsoft is scooping up
Audio player loading… Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox, says it is “an inevitability” that PlayStation will produce its own version of Xbox Game Pass. Speaking to IGN, and responding to recent rumors surrounding the future of PlayStation Plus, Spencer says Game Pass-style services meet many player interests and provide a freedom of choice that
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. At CES this year Nvidia dropped a “one more thing” teaser at the end of its keynote address, revealing a “monster” GPU, the RTX 3090 Ti. The unveiling didn’t offer much in the way of specs aside from its 40
It’s clear there’s a huge appetite for PlayStation exclusives on PC. You don’t need to look at numbers to come to this conclusion, but they do an excellent job of proving the point. After the successful launches of Horizon Zero Dawn, and Days Gone, there was little chance God of War – arguably the best
Audio player loading… FPS Boost, a feature on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S that can quadruple the frame rate of backward compatible titles, could benefit more games in the future. Speaking to TRG, director of program management at Xbox, Jason Ronald, didn’t rule out the possibility that FPS Boost could benefit more titles
Audio player loading… When Microsoft ruled out backward compatibility during the Xbox One’s launch in 2013, it just seemed like par for the course. At the time, consumers were generally expected to start their gaming collection from scratch whenever a new console came out and hold on to the necessary hardware if they ever wanted
Respawn Entertainment creative director Mohammad Alavi announced on Twitter this week he has left the studio. Alavi started his career at Infinity Ward before moving to Respawn Entertainment where he worked for 11 years. The most recent project Alavi was attached to was a third game currently in the works at the studio, and despite
Techland plans to support Dying Light 2 for a long time after its initial drop on February 4. According to the developer, the plan is to expand the world for at least five years post launch with new stories, locations, in-game events and more. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who played the
Audio player loading… Sony’s colorful new PS5 controllers are now available to purchase, and they’re already proving popular with consumers. The Nova Pink and Starlight Blue PS5 DualSense controllers were set to release on January 28 in the US, but are now available earlier than expected at the Sony Direct Store (you can still pre-order
Techland has released a new video for Dying Light 2 that goes over the reason why Aiden comes to The City as well as his motives. In the video, you are also introduced to some of the characters you will encounter, and there are also pieces of the story included. You will also get a
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Sony might be building a few more PlayStation 4 consoles to help with the ongoing shortage, but Microsoft has opted for a different tactic. The company has ceased manufacturing the Xbox One (technically the Xbox One S) and is focusing
Sony is pulling PlayStation Now gift cards from retailers globally. In a statement sent provided to VentureBeat, Sony said it is moving away from PlayStation Now gift cards to focus on the currently available PlayStation gift cards. These cards can be redemmed for PlayStation Now. News of the cards being pulled surfaced yesterday via a
Audio player loading… Fortnite will once again be playable on Apple’s hardware thanks to a new collaboration between Epic Games and Nvidia GeForce Now. After the popular battle royale title was booted off iOS devices back in August 2020, and permanently blacklisted in September last year following the legal dispute between Epic and Apple, it
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: Omid Armin/Unsplash)The PlayStation 4 has narrowly avoided the chopping block—for now. The beloved last-gen console was originally planned to be quietly put to bed as the PlayStation 5 took over. But thanks to the global chip shortage and its
Showa American Story is a new RPG in the works, which is being called an “enthusiastic love letter to the 80s’ pop culture” with a strong taste of B-Movie goodness. In it, you play as Choko, a teenage girl who was revived from the dead. After your miraculous resurrection, you will go on a journey