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Epic Games shows off a stunning Unreal Engine 5 demo on PlayStation 5

Epic Games has released a video showing off the first look at the graphics capabilities of Unreal Engine 5, the suite of tools that game developers will use to make video games for consoles of the future like the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and high-end PCs. The Lumen in the Land of Nanite demo runs in real-time on the PlayStation 5, which has been architected to keep up with the need to feed a…
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Ubisoft announces ‘E3-style showcase’ for July 12

Ubisoft announced today that it will host a digital event on July 12: Ubisoft Forward. The publisher is calling the show an “E3-style showcase.” E3 proper is cancelled this year. This event will broadcast about a month later than when Ubisoft would normally put on its E3…
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Electronic Arts shifts playbook for all-digital esports events

Like everyone else in esports, Electronic Arts has been forced to pivot to digital esports and competitive gaming events because of the coronavirus. While esports companies have had to withdraw from physical esports events, EA and other companies have shifted their efforts to online-only events in the near term. With major sporting events canceled, esports has an opportunity to gain some more…
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Will your TV handle Xbox Series X games that run at 120 fps?

One of the tidbits revealed during the first Xbox 20/20 event today is that Dirt 5 supports 120 frames per second on Xbox Series X. Publisher Codemasters’ racing game is coming in October, but it supports Smart Delivery. So if you get it for Xbox One, you’ll get the Xbox…
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Dirt 5 debuts at Xbox 20/20 event for Xbox Series X

Racing games are the only real way to know when a new console generation is starting. Are the wheels round and metal body shiny? Then it must be time to buy a PlayStation for Ridge Racer, a PlayStation 2 for R: Racing Revolution, or an Xbox One for Forza Motorsport 5. And now publisher Codemasters is getting in on this classic tradition with Dirt 5 on Xbox Series X. Codemasters showed off the…
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Microsoft says hundreds of Xbox Series X games are coming

Microsoft said during today’s Xbox 20/20 event that hundreds of developers working on games for the Xbox Series X video game console coming this fall. Sarah Bond, the head of partnerships at Microsoft Xbox, said that their partners are all over the world. In the screenshot…
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Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines II is taking a bite out of the Xbox Series X

This isn’t that big of a surprise, but it’s a welcome development nonetheless: Paradox Interactive and Microsoft announced that role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines II will be coming as a Smart Delivery release for the Xbox Series X. The two companies made the announcement during today’s Xbox 20/20 event today, showing a lineup of third-party games that would be coming to…
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