Microsoft's Phil Spencer teased in a recent interview with The Verge that an Xbox app that would run on smart TVs for game streaming may be in the company's future. This would presumably run alongside Xbox's cloud gaming service (formerly known as Project xCloud), which is available now.
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While gamers have already spent a lot of time exploring characters like Johnny Silverhand, the digital ghost/rockstar insurgent voiced by Keanu Reeves, and fashion icon Evelyn Parker, less time has been dedicated to the game's antagonists, and Adam Smasher has a special relationship with Silverhand.
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The Wolfenstein series has pit players against mad scientists and Nazis since 1981, unless those fans lived in Germany. When Wolfenstein 3D was released in 1992, Germany already had strict laws designed to protect children from violent and offensive imagery. Then Bethesda came up with a workaround.
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After the 2001 release of Grand Theft Auto 3, the floodgates opened for the open-world action game sub-genre, and many GTA-inspired games were excellent in their own right. But there was a GTA clone starring Snoop Dogg that we never got to see.
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The fighting genre has evolved. In most instances, the mechanical difficulty of fighting games has increased. Every new fighting game that is introduced into the market is designed to target players that are already a part of the community. So what are the new-player-friendly fighting games?
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A recent collection of data from Digital Foundry has revealed that the PlayStation 5 is actually outperforming the Xbox Series X. While the Series X did take a slight lead in some areas of comparison on paper, the PS5 fared better in practice. The results were surprising given Microsoft's history.
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Video games are cancelled all the time, sometimes well into their development process. Even some games that went on to spawn long-running franchises were at risk of being scrapped at one point. The turn-based sci-fi tactical strategy series XCOM has produced three highly successful games.
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In Chapter 13 of The Mandalorian, Ahsoka Tano tells Din to take Grogu to the planet Tython, and place him on a special stone at a mountaintop. If you were wondering about the significance of this planet, you're not alone. Here's the secret history of Tython.
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The Brotherhood of Steel has been a staple in every Fallout game to date, but what's their deal? This is the untold truth of Fallout's Brotherhood of Steel.
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Starting on Dec. 3, Captain Natalie Artemis, the protagonist played by Jovovich in the upcoming Monster Hunter film, will appear in Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne during a two-part movie tie-in event quest. Jovovich herself will voice her in-game counterpart.
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It appears the Xbox Games with Gold December lineup was something of a fail with gamers. A look at responses to the newest free games from the Xbox announcement on YouTube makes it clear fans are not happy with their options.
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The PlayStation 5 spawned many false rumors. Eventually, all rumors must either be confirmed or squashed, and in the case of the Series X, many fizzled away when the console was released, for better and for worse. Here are but a few of the crazier Xbox Series X rumors that didn't come to fruition.
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2020 has been a rough year on the gaming industry. Not only did it mark the launch of a new console generation (which can be a strain on companies that want to put their best foot forward), it also saw a global pandemic that delayed the rollout of games and products. Production woes were inevitable.
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Rockstar's Red Dead series is an epic, sweeping western, but the fun is in the details. The games are packed full of easter eggs, references to other Rockstar games, and sometimes full stories you might otherwise miss. But so far, the series hasn't fully explained what happened to Red Harlow.
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Rockstar has now seemingly abandoned proper sequel plans in favor of milking the live service MMO. But, some eagle-eyed viewers think the studio might have used the update's newest trailer (which notably features a submarine) to smuggle under-the-radar info that indicates GTA 6 is fast approaching.
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There's a good selection of Atari 2600 titles that are super hard to find and also fetch a high price. One title that's considered among that group of valuable 2600 games is a Space Invaders reskin. That game is the Atari-developed and The Coca-Cola Company-published Pepsi Invaders.
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The winner of the console war seems to shift every five minutes. With all these consoles vying for attention, you might wonder what the bigwigs behind these platforms think of the ensuing loyalty war. Turns out, Phil Spencer is less than enthused to see that Xbox fans are fighting with PS5 devotees.
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With both the Xbox Series X|S and the PlayStation 5 officially here, the next generation of gaming has arrived. Both console have greatly improved load times vs. their predecessors, but which games run better on which? Here are a few games that run better on the Xbox than the PS5.
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Boss battles are often a highlight of video games and are often remembered as the best moments in video games altogether. A survey by SVG asked participants to choose their favorite boss battle in gaming out of five selections, and the responses were mostly evenly split among a few tough contenders.
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IO Interactive has dropped a location reveal trailer for the upcoming Hitman 3.
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Gamers finally know when to expect the next generation upgrade for the long-running Rainbow Six Siege, thanks to an official announcement on the PlayStation Blog. The game will become playable on the new PlayStation 5 and Series X alongside the arrival of the game's Year 5 Season 4 update on Dec. 1.
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The new Activision game, Black Ops - Cold War, which came out on Nov. 13 to take advantage of the next-generation capabilities of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, has been experiencing issues. With the new Series X, those issues have translated to some consoles getting bricked.
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A sequel can be a rewarding thing for both the creators and the fans of a particular franchise. The video game industry has produced some incredible sequels over the years, but there have been just as many series that have seemed to stop dead. SVG recently asked which game most deserved a sequel.
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Medieval wizard battle royale Spellbreak is set to receive a major content update on Dec. 15 that will introduce a story-based chapter system to the game. Here is how Spellbreak's implementation of its story content can help set it apart in a genre already saturated with a ton of competition.
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Crash Bandicoot's rich history has been filled with meme-worthy moments and memorable one-liners. Toys for Bob honored the franchise, which was first developed by Naughty Dog as a Sony PlayStation exclusive, by throwing a ton of hidden Easter eggs and nods to past Crash games into It's About Time.
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Prior to the release of the hugely popular Minecraft, survival games were completely different Markus Persson is a Swedish video game programmer that is credited for being the creator of Minecraft and a founder of Mojang Studios. But just how much is the creator of Minecraft really worth?
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A brand new subscription service is heading to Epic Games' Fortnite alongside the release of Chapter 2 Season 5 on Dec. 2. The service, called Fortnite Crew, will give players access to each season's Battle Pass as well as a ton of monthly exclusive bonus items and will cost only $11.99 each month.
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