Month: November 2020

Today is the day Assassin’s Creed fans have been waiting for since Valhalla’s announcement in April:  The game is finally out for every system (well, except PS5, which launches with the console on Thursday), and players can start their own Viking adventure. As I point out in my Assassin’s Creed Valhalla review, the experience addresses many of
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According a Bloomberg report, Sony Interactive Entertainment considered charging more than $70 for its video games before settling down for this price point. A company spokeswoman told the publication that the increase in price is “reflective of the growing development resources needed for these ambitious games.” She also pointed out that Sony’s launch PlayStation 5
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Look, competitive Counter-Strike is nice and all, but on the 20th anniversary of v1.0 I do find myself consumed with dreams of a wholly different CS skill: surfing. It’s the freestyle skating to proper CS’s baseball, using a movement glitch to skid, glide, and soar through maps filled with abstract shapes. It is stylish as
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By Alex Calvin, Monday, 9 November 2020 17:10 GMT Microsoft is apparently speaking to Japanese developers about a potential acquisition. That’s according to Bloomberg, which reports that the Xbox firm has been in discussions with studios big and small in the region. There’s no indication yet about who the platform holder has been speaking to
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The holidays are rolling closer, and this year families are looking for creative ways to connect and spend time together. For Black Friday, Nintendo is bundling a Nintendo Switch system with a download code for the digital version of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe game along with a three-month membership to Nintendo Switch Online – the service that lets friends and
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Here’s IGN Jonathon Dornbush’s Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales review for PS5. Miles Morales will also be available on PS4. Miles Morales is Spider-Man in this all-new chapter of the Marvel’s SpiderMan universe. Play as the young Super Hero as he masters his dynamic new powers. When a war between Roxxon, a devious energy corporation, and
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Welcome to Next Week on Xbox, where we cover all the new games coming soon to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows 10 PC as well as upcoming Xbox Game Pass for Console and PC titles and soon-to-be released ID@Xbox games! You can get more details on the games below and click their profiles
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Coming from the clever folk over at Bitmap Galaxy is YesterMorrow, a new retro-looking platformer, albeit one that this time is hit with a bit of a twist. The twist in question is a promising time travel mechanic, and it was this which piqued my interest when I saw it in action. Come with me
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Three years after Mass Effect: Andromeda failed to ignite a new sci-fi RPG saga, developers BioWare today announced they are working on “the next chapter of the Mass Effect universe.” Huh! Sure, everyone expected them to announce remasters of the original trilogy today (because chat about them has been leaking for months) but this was
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We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you
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