Google Stadia is getting a boost today as indie publisher Modus Games announced it will bring several titles to Google’s cloud gaming service this year, beginning with role-playing game Lost Words: Beyond the Page.
Modus describes as the touching tale of a young girl’s personal growth through grief. Lost Words will release first on Stadia on March 27, 2020 for one year before also launching on…
Xbox Series X's game resume feature even works after a reboot
February 27, 2020
Microsoft has been gradually dropping nuggets of information about its next generation Xbox. The first Xbox Series X games will be cross-gen, the console with have a 12 teraflop GPU and — possibly — it will rely on one HDMI port instead of two. Now…
Roblox raises $150 million round led by Andreessen Horowitz
February 27, 2020
Online gaming platform Roblox has raised $150 million in funding in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s late stage venture fund.
It seems the folks at Andreessen Horowitz have been playing a lot of user-generated games on Roblox, like Work at a Pizza Place or Meep City…
The creator of the Konami Code has died
February 26, 2020
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a and start. It’s the most famous cheat code in all of gaming, and now its creator, former Konami employee Kazuhisa Hashimoto, has died. He was 61-years-old.
Konami confirmed the death on Wednesday, saying on Twitter, “We are saddened to hear about the passing of Kazuhisa Hashimoto, a deeply talented producer who first introduced the…
Xbox One gets another simplified dashboard redesign
February 26, 2020
Microsoft revealed last month it’s been working on a whole host of changes for the February 2020 Xbox One Update, and now they’re finally rolling out. The biggest change is yet another new Home interface — so if you’ve got downloads set to install…
'Cyberpunk 2077' studio commits to a free Xbox Series X upgrade
February 26, 2020
Microsoft promised that its current generation in-house games would use Smart Delivery to take advantage of the Xbox Series X’s performance, but what about the hinted-at third-party games? There appears to be one already lined up. CD Projekt Red…
Microsoft confirms Xbox Series X will have a 12 teraflop GPU
February 26, 2020
We already know the Xbox Series X is going to be significantly faster than Microsoft’s current consoles, but in a blog post by Xbox head Phil Spencer, the company revealed a few more details about how big of a leap it’s going to be. Most notably, Microsoft confirmed that the Series X will feature up to 12 teraflops of GPU performance. Previously, the company only vaguely said it was…
'Baldur's Gate 3' comes to Steam in 2020 as an Early Access game
February 26, 2020
It took a while, but Larian Studios is narrowing down launch plans for Baldur’s Gate 3. Hasbro (which controls Dungeons & Dragons owner Wizards of the Coast) has confirmed at the New York Toy Fair that the long-anticipated role-playing sequel will arrive on Steam…
Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection review: Another essential package for Mega Man fans
February 26, 2020
I love Mega Man, but even I only had a small amount of experience with the Mega Man Zero and Mega Man ZX series. They just don’t seem to get as much love or appreciation as the classic Mega Man or Mega Man X games. So I was excited for the Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy…
Microsoft is planning to launch both the next-gen Xbox Series X and the Project xCloud gaming service this year. But is that a coherent strategy? Isn’t a cloud future one without dedicated gaming devices? Well, that’s not how Xbox boss Phil Spencer sees it.
Cloud gaming is going to echo music and movie streaming, Spencer said during an interview with Insomniac Games founder Ted Price for the…
