Many newer games take advantage of the Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5's support of high frame rates, but existing games should also be able to take advantage of smoother gameplay through backwards compatibility. However, more Xbox One games will be able to run in 120fps than Playstation 4 games.
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Gabe Newell recently relocated to New Zealand and stayed to become an official resident due to COVID-19 restrictions. He recently announced that he plans to raise money for the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Auckland's children's hospital, Starship, by launching a garden gnome into space.
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Leading up to its release on Nov. 20, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity has been, despite some flaws, well-received overall by critics. However, Eiji Aonuma, a long-time producer for the Legend of Zelda series, explained in an interview with IGN that this will not necessarily translate into a sequel.
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From villagers that annoy players endlessly to ones that add more joy to the Animal Crossing: New Horizons experience, the range of interactions is fairly diverse. However, with the new reactions, players are discovering villagers who aren't warm to the idea of relaxing next to them on the ground.
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The 2020 console wars have begun now that both PS5 and Xbox X have been released, and it seems that Sony's CEO is fighting to pull ahead by hinting at some possible new Playstation feature. Sony Interactive Entertainment boss Jim Ryan was asked how the company plans to respond to Xbox's Game Pass.
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Yet another video game has fallen victim to delays as a result of COVID-19. Smilegate and Remedy Entertainment's first-person-shooter CrossfireX, the next installment in the CrossFire series, is now slated to release some time in 2021. The official CrossfireX Twitter page just released a statement.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has confirmed that the 1,000-foot telescope at Arecibo Observatory, as seen in 1995's GoldenEye film, as well as the classic video game based on it, is to be demolished. The dish made many discoveries in 57 years and starred in additional science fiction movies.
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Thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Monster Hunter premiere was pushed back to Dec. 30, 2020. Now, IGN has confirmed that the movie has a new release date, this time Dec. 25. At first, this seems like a boon worthy of any hunter. Not when facing two potentially bigger movies in a turf war.
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Sony has finally provided a solution for a download queue bug on the PlayStation 5, which caused games and apps to be stuck in a "Queued for Download" or error state. Players first discovered bugs last week upon the PS5's initial launch. At the time, the only solution was to factory reset the PS5.
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Electronic Arts, which recently released Star Wars: Squadrons, FIFA 21, NHL 21, and the remastered Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, filed some trademarks in Europe in early November. These new trademarks have everyone speculating about what the gaming company has planned going forward.
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After delays that stretched on for the better part of a year, the highly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 is only weeks away from its release date of Dec. 10. CD Projekt Red dropped a new trailer focused on Johnny Silverhand, packed with details revealing more about the character voiced by Keanu Reeves.
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Spider-Man: Miles Morales is finally out for PS4 and PS5 gamers. While critical response to the game is very positive, players are beginning to discover a hilariously weird glitch. While playing Spider-Man: Miles Morales, some players are finding the titular hero being replaced by inanimate objects.
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The Nov. 19 update adding future Turkey Day (based on Thanksgiving) and Toy Day (based on Christmas) holidays also brought with it a significant change to time traveling, which was outlined in detail by Polygon. Now players are no longer able to participate in events prior to their real-world date.
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Although Rockstar Games fans have been playing Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online, Red Dead Redemption has been the focus of multiple rumors regarding a potential remake or remaster. This comes in the form of an Amazon listing found and reported in the official Red Dead Redemption subreddit.
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As the legal fight between Epic Games and Apple drags on and enters new battlegrounds, Fortnite remains conspicuously absent from the App Store. Through an innovative partnership with NVIDIA's GeForce Now cloud gaming service, however, Fortnite will be making a return to iOS devices.
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World of Warcraft developer and Blizzard employee Chris Kaleiki announced that he has quit after a long career with the company. On Nov. 18, Kaleiki uploaded a video on YouTube where he explained what led to his decision. The game developer opened by stating that he had no ill will toward Blizzard.
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A Nov. 19 update to Animal Crossing: New Horizons was, for the most part, a welcome addition to Nintendo's latest mega hit. New features, including some long-awaited by fans, have maintained what has been a steady stream of new content through the eight months since the game's release.
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FromSoftware's Souls games are some of the hardest games of all-time, as are their spiritual successors, Bloodborne and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. In a move that could have been helpful to newcomers, the recent PS5 remake of Demon's Souls nearly added an easy mode, according to director Gavin Moore.
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Long before Sony officially revealed the PlayStation 5, fan speculation ran amok, with PS5 rumors spreading like wildfire. A big question that was on everyone's mind was the cost. While a hypothetical $1000 price tag seems a tad preposterous in hindsight, it turns out that theory wasn't too far off.
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When Marvel's Spider-Man launched, players had lots of Easter eggs to enjoy. But one thing Insomniac Games likely didn't expect was just how popular one particular game "feature" would become — and fans probably didn't expect that feature to be revisited in the Marvel's Spider-Man remaster for PS5.
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Far Cry 6, the latest installment in Ubisoft's intense action franchise, is inarguably a highly-anticipated title. As noted by IGN, the original release date for Far Cry 6 was Feb. 18, 2021. This new release date sees the game being pushed back a full three months, which is certainly disappointing.
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The developer behind the Hitman series announced a brand new James Bond title this week called Project 007. The upcoming release marks the first 007 game since 2012's 007 Legends. Although it's unclear what the game will entail at this point, IO does have a history with stealth and espionage games.
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Gamers who are seeking an Xbox Series X may be out of luck for quite some time. Microsoft recently projected that its brand new console, as well as the all-digital Series S, will continue to experience shortages through the start of 2021, and possibly even the year's entire first quarter.
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In a fast-paced game like Fortnite, communication is key to victory. You can't help your allies corral enemies into a trap if you can't talk effectively. While Fortnite has a voice chat, the devs have decided to add another optional to the arsenal of communication options in the form of video chat
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While marking the Nov. 18 Sea of Thieves update, Rare executive producer Joe Neate took to Twitter to reflect on his team's accomplishments in 2020. Neate even teased new Shrouded Ghost content, referring to a rare megalodon whose in-game elusiveness has tantalized Sea of Thieves players for years.
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Eight games will be leaving Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass program on Dec. 1, 2020. The diverse group of titles include Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, Demon's Tilt, Faeria, Hatoful Boyfriend, Absolver, The Escapists 2, Wandersong, as well as the remaster of the controversial Dead Island.
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Fortnite developer Epic Games has officially made its legal battle with Apple into an international one by filing a thirteen-page complaint in the Federal Court of Australia. Epic Games says that Apple is in breach of the Australian Consumer Law and certain parts of the Competition and Consumer Act.
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