Microsoft revealed more details about its upcoming next-gen console this morning, and that includes the full Xbox Series X specs. But while it’s always fun to stare blankly at a list of gigabytes and gigahertz, let’s dive in and pick apart what matters.
Here is the full list of the Xbox Series X specifications direct from Microsoft:
Above: Xbox Series X has got it where it counts…
Xbox Series X’s ‘Quick Resume’ demo is better than magic
March 16, 2020
Microsoft is showing off many of the details of its upcoming next-gen console in the lead up to that system’s holiday release. And one of the key new features it’s demonstrating is the Xbox Series X’s Quick Resume technology. This enables you to continue playing…
Call of Duty: Warzone debuted on Tuesday as the latest free-to-play battle royale game in Activision Blizzard’s shooter series. And it hit 15 million players in four days.
The game hit 6 million players in its first 24 hours on the PC and consoles. That’s a pretty good…
Chrono Trigger turned 25 on March 11, which has had me thinking about this classic Japanese role-playing game (whenever I’m not spending my time freaking out about the current worldwide pandemic, anyway).
I don’t know many JRPG fans who wouldn’t put Chrono Trigger in their top 5. It was a collaboration between Square and Enix back before they were one company. This resulted in many of the…
Xbox Live is down due to a number of technical disruptions. Microsoft’s online gaming service isn’t working for everybody, and the company has told players it is working to bring it back online.
The Xbox Live outage is primarily keeping people from signing into the…
Activision Blizzard announced that the Call of Duty League will shift to an online-only competition, shedding the in-person events because of the coronavirus.
The fear of COVID-19 is taking its toll on esports events held in live venues, where there are risks of the virus…
Esports is tough: Super League Gaming lost $30.6 million on $1 million in revenue in 2019
March 12, 2020
Super League Gaming, an esports company that holds events for amateurs, reported that it lost $30.6 million in 2019, on revenues of $1 million.
That illustrates the reality of how it isn’t easy to make money in the fledgling esports market, at least for some companies.
But Ann Hand, CEO of Super League in Los Angeles, said in a statement that the company’s progress during the year has…
Epic Games has acquired Cubic Motion, a provider of automated performance-driven facial animation technology for video games, film, broadcast, and immersive experiences such as virtual reality.
Cubic Motion has helped Epic on its quest to create graphically realistic virtual…
Activision Blizzard has named Google executive Daniel Alegre as president and chief operating officer, effective April 7. He will report to CEO Bobby Kotick and replace Coddy Johnson, a 12-year veteran at the big game publisher.
Johnson will serve as special advisor to the…
Not even Doom Eternal will run at 4K on Google Stadia
March 11, 2020
Ultra HD 4K was one of the major promises that Google laid out for its Stadia cloud-gaming service at last year’s Game Developers Conference. Now, developer id Software is backpedaling on its claims of supporting that resolution on the platform.
While Doom is going to hit at 60 frames per second on Stadia, it’s not going to reach a true 4K (2160p) resolution. Instead, it’s going to rely on…
