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Microsoft is ready to reveal another round of games soon to be available as part of the Xbox Game Pass subscription service. Late February 2019’s games will include the combo-pack of Batman: Return to Arkham, as well as the now classic first-person horror game Alien: Isolation. In total, five new games will be added to Game Pass as part of the service’s late-February additions. Game Pass’ library remains at over 100 total titles for a monthly subscription....

Microsoft’s big strategy this coming generation is Xbox Game Pass, a “Netflix for games” style subscription service that gives players access to well over 100 hundred games in exchange for a monthly fee. Microsoft has made its first-party exclusive available for Game Pass on day one, which is already a huge reason to sign up, but now it’s going to sweeten the pot even further come Xbox Series X launch day on November 10....

Microsoft is again having difficulty keeping its servers working as Xbox Live is reported to be down the third time in a week. The problems range in type and are not affecting all players now, with issues mainly relating to multiplayer matchmaking and certain social features. In a recent tweet, Xbox Support has indicated that they are aware of the problems and currently working on a fix with updates to come as they unfold....

If the Sony PlayStation brand dominates the East, with strong support for the console in Japan along with most of continental Europe, and Xbox has reigned supreme in North America (in terms of sales) for the majority of the last console generation, then consider the UK as the middle ground to fight over, where both brands have experienced steady competition for some time now. What it means is that the pressure to keep their footing is all the more higher as the interest of over 30 million British gamers is at stake....

It’s almost hard to believe that both the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S will finally be commercially available in just a few weeks. After months of teasing and additional information getting periodically released, members of the gaming community will finally be able to get their hands on the next-gen console. Now, when going to pick up the console, consumers will know what to look for, now that the Xbox Series S retail boxes have started to appear in various locations....

Without a doubt, there have been a slew of major sales this season, such as the Steam Summer Sale to the PlayStation Mid-Year Sale. Now, however, it’s Microsoft’s turn to give owners of its current generation system and last-gen console the chance to grab some deep discounts, as its annual Ultimate Game Sale is live on the Microsoft Store. With this being the case, Xbox fans will be able to get their hands on over 700 games that have been marked down in price....

Activision officially files two trademarks for the name ‘Infinite Warfare,’ further increasing the likelihood that it is the name of the next Call of Duty game. An annual release of a new entry in the Call of Duty series is pretty much a guarantee, but gamers never know what the game will focus on until closer to its release. Speculation has arisen that the next Call of Duty game in the franchise will be titled Infinite Warfare, and now more evidence has appeared that the rumor is probably true....

YouTube announces a new subscription-based service called YouTube Red that will let users browse videos ad-free, and download videos for offline use at $9.99 per month. YouTube has been around for over ten years now, and the company is no stranger to introducing massive changes – the formerly ad-free website was acquired by Google in 2006, and introduced dynamic advertisements some years ago. Now, the video-sharing platform is poised to introduced a subscription service called YouTube Red, which lets users browse without ads and easily save videos for offline use, along with a few other exclusives....

When fans gathered beneath the “#ReleaseTheSnyderCut” billboard at San Diego Comic-Con a few years ago, a finished version of Zack Snyder’s Justice League didn’t exist. Sure, there was a rough edit the director kept for his own collection, saving it from Warner Bros. after being effectively replaced by Joss Whedon during reshoots in 2017. But with unfinished effects, no music, and apparently little polish, this version turned out to be a glorified assembly cut which contained everything, plus the kitchen sink....

UPDATE: We have updated the following article to better reflect Bohemia Interactive’s timeline for DayZ’s Beta release, along with the following statement from the developer: After nearly four years in Early Access, the well-known zombie survival game, DayZ, will soon be entering Beta stage. The info comes by way of a status report from Bohemia Interactive, the developer behind DayZ. “while it’s true that DayZ is two updates away from its first BETA marked public build (coming with the 0....

What Does Conditional Access (CA) Mean? Conditional access (CA) is an access control method used in digital television transmissions that restricts what viewers can watch. Generally, it refers to the type of access a service provider allows for its customers, which is often limited only to the services that the latter have subscribed to. CA is implemented with the help of scrambling and encryption algorithms. It essentially prevents unauthorized usage of services by a consumer....

What Does DNA Digital Data Storage Mean? DNA digital data storage is the idea of encoding binary data in a DNA molecule and strand. It is a cutting-edge theory of data storage that represents the new frontier of where technology is going in the 21st century along with other major theoretical advances like quantum computing. Techopedia Explains DNA Digital Data Storage The tremendous power of DNA digital data storage is largely linked to the potential to fit tremendous amounts of data into extremely small storage spaces....

Following the well-received reveal of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 30 Series, gamers across the world have been waiting to see how AMD will respond with its RDNA 2 powered Navi 2X graphics cards. In particular, the high-end GPU known as Big Navi has been the focus of gamers hoping AMD will continue its strategy of providing good gaming performance at strong value prices. With AMD confirming that RDNA 2 will be revealed on October 28, almost three weeks after the reveal of its Zen 3 CPUs, the rumors and speculation have started to grow....

The first teaser trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has arrived, a week ahead of the full reveal on August 26th. The trailer consists of real-world interview footage with Cold War KGB-defector Yuri Bezmenov, who has a dire warning of a growing threat to the USA. In fact, Bezmenov is talking about the actions of a Soviet spy, Perseus, who has infiltrated Western intelligence. It seems that it will be up to Black Ops Cold War’s protagonist to stop Perseus before they can destabilize the nation....

The whimsical, enchanting world of Harry Potter is not immune to the effects of astrology. Astrology tells us that one’s future can be predicted based on the alignment of the stars and cosmos. What else can your zodiac sign tell us? Let’s take a closer look. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was founded by Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, and Salazar Slytherin. With the latter being misconstrued as evil (more on that later)....

ConcernedApe’s cozy farming game Stardew Valley has taken the gaming world by storm. It’s a unique take on the farming genre, where players inherit their grandfather’s farm in Stardew Valley. On top of the farming, gathering, and mining aspects of the game, Pelican Town also has many NPCs that can be befriended and eventually married. It’s very open-ended, there’s no wrong way to play, and fans have really latched onto it....

Horizon Zero Dawn sent its protagonist, Aloy, on a long and grand adventure through the post-apocalyptic United States to uncover the truth about humanity’s near-extinction and ultimately save the world. Horizon was one of the most successful new IPs from the PlayStation 4 generation, and with good reason; the breathtaking scenery, fascinating narrative, and strong female protagonist are all fantastic. But, that doesn’t mean that the game didn’t leave players wanting a little more in some areas....

It won’t be long now before it goes live, so there’s no doubt that a plethora of Guardians are currently gearing up to prepare for the forthcoming raid in Destiny 2: Forsaken known as “Last Wish”. The in-game event is officially set to launch on Friday, September 14, and as has been the case with past raids, both fans and Bungie alike will be keeping a close eye on D2 to find out which raid team will complete it first....

Video game consoles are expensive. However you choose to look at it, buying any console these days can be a huge investment. Thankfully, the amount people have to spend on modern gaming platforms won’t increase anytime soon. Well, at least that’s what we used to think. Recently, Sony shook the gaming world by announcing that the price of the PlayStation 5 is going up in select major markets. While Sony cited current global economic struggles and supply issues as the biggest contributing factors to that difficult decision, even these tough times don’t entirely explain such an unprecedented decision....

Microsoft announces January 2017’s free Games with Gold titles, which include Deathtrap: World of Van Helsing and the second season of Killer Instinct. As we move into the New Year, Xbox Live Gold subscribers can look forward to a strong start to 2017’s Games with Gold lineup. Kicking things off right in January will be four new Xbox titles, two for Xbox One and two for Xbox 360, that will give Xbox gamers and their friends plenty of opportunities to compete and cooperate with each other....