Category: xbox

The best deals we found this week: 16-inch MacBook Pro, PS Plus and more

[ad_1] Buy 16-inch MacBook Pro on Amazon – $2,100 PlayStation Plus and Now Engadget PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now one-year subscriptions are both down to $42 on Amazon right now. Both normally cost $60 and the lowest price we’ve seen for them was $40 a few months ago. PlayStation Plus is essentially a necessity if […]

Sony exec touts PS5 exclusive games while Xbox pushes ‘choice, value’

[ad_1] The Xbox team heard the suggestion that games on their platform might not take advantage of new-gen features to provide a new experience, and Xbox Games Marketing exec Aaron Greenberg tweeted “Generations of games that play on latest HW taking advantage of next-gen innovation offering more choice, value & variety than any console launch […]

Xbox Family Settings app sets limits on your kids’ game time

[ad_1] Microsoft is doing more to keep tabs on your kids’ digital habits. It just released the preview version of an Xbox Family Settings app for Android and 10,000 iOS users that manages what, when and how children play on Xbox consoles. You can set time limits on a day-by-day basis, set content filters for […]

Special Olympics virtual event will have athletes compete in ‘Forza 7’

[ad_1] Two years after Xbox linked up with the Special Olympics for the Games’ first esports event, they’re teaming up for a new virtual event this summer. The coronavirus pandemic has scrubbed the Olympics and Special Olympics for 2020, so 35 athletes representing 11 countries will get together for some competition in Forza Motorsport 7 […]

Xbox co-founder J. Allard is working on the Intellivison Amico

[ad_1] A reimagined version of Mattel Electronics’ Intellivision is scheduled to be released this fall. To help put the finishing touches on the Amico game console, Intellivision Entertainment — a separate entity than Mattel that owns the Intellivision brand — has hired J. Allard as the company’s global managing director. Allard is one of the […]

Microsoft’s Xbox Series X gameplay event was just the beginning

[ad_1] As for the games without Smart Delivery, there may be a logical reason behind the omission. The Medium from Bloober Team, for instance, is targeting a release on Xbox Series X and PC, skipping the current generation altogether. The Medium comes from the studio that made Layers of Fear and Blair Witch, so you […]

Watch today’s Xbox Series X event in just 15 minutes

[ad_1] Don’t have time to watch all of the first Xbox Series X gameplay stream? We’ve got you covered with a 15-minute video that packs in everything you need to know (well, see). Along with the first look at Assassin’s Creed Valhalla in action, the stream included several game announcements. Among them was Dirt 5, […]

‘Chorus’ is a space shooter about a pilot and her sentient ship

[ad_1] After all these years, space shooters like Star Fox and Wing Commander stand out as classics. Publisher Deep Silver hopes to bring a similarly fast-paced, zero-G feeling to Xbox One and Xbox Series X. Chorus was revealed during Microsoft’s Xbox 20/20 event and shows break-neck dogfighting scenes with plenty of weapons — as well […]

‘Medium’ is a next-gen hotel horror game from the ‘Blair Witch’ team

[ad_1] Bloober Team, the spookiest game studio with the silliest name, is on a mission to create AAA horror experiences for the next generation of consoles, and it’s starting with The Medium. The Bloober crew debuted gameplay for its new psychological horror game during today’s Xbox 20/20 stream, where Microsoft dropped a bunch of trailers […]

‘Halo 2: Anniversary’ comes to PC on May 12th

[ad_1] It’s been a long time coming, but Halo 2: Anniversary is finally coming to the PC as part of the Master Chief Collection. It arrives on Steam, the Microsoft Store and Xbox Game Pass for PC on Tuesday May 12th, where it will join Halo: Reach and Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. There’s still a […]