As if it needed to be said, the Xbox 360 provided fans with plenty of fond memories by hosting some of the top games of the last generation, with Halo 3, the original Gears of War trilogy, and numerous others having graced the platform. Of course, many Microsoft acolytes have already migrated onto current-gen hardware with the Xbox One, but that doesn’t mean the technology firm has forgotten about its previous console....
Thanks to a new update from Microsoft, Xbox One gamers will now receive a unique pop-up notification and sound for unlocking rare achievements in games. Console manufacturers are constantly working to upgrade and improve their devices in order to give gamers a better, more unique experience. Aside from releasing updated hardware, such as the PS4 Pro and Xbox One S, both Sony and Microsoft continue to find new ways to make current consoles better for players....
It is hardly a secret that the Xbox One is lagging behind its Sony competitor in sales. Although Microsoft’s new flagship console has improved in the market since its launch, with Xbox One Sales doubling in June after dropping the Kinect requirement, it is still sitting in second place by a significant margin. The PS4 was still the top selling console according to June’s sales figures, and according to Sony’s July fiscal report, their console tripled Xbox sales figures in the first quarter of 2014....
When we got a first look at The Pathless back in 2019, we were introduced to a unique world that had you following a hunter with her faithful eagle as you traverse an open world. Today, we got a better look at the game with Sony’s State of Play event. We have learned that your relationship with your eagle is central not only to the game but possibly to your survival....
Co-op dino shooter Second Extinction wants you to tell your friends about its upcoming beta. It also wants them to tell their friends, and their friends to tell their own friends, ad infinitum. Yes, according to the game’s “War Support” page, you need to get at least one friend to sign up in order to gain access to the beta. This friend must also recruit yet another friend to gain access, and so on and so on until theoretically the entire universe has signed up for the game....
What Does Persona Mean? In the fields of online advertising and online marketing, personas are fictional characters which are used for representing different types of users for helping with a website, brand or product. It is considered as part of interaction design or a user-centered design. Personas are considered helpful for achieving the advertising and marketing goals and can aid customers in making decisions with respect to a product or service....
What is Samsung Bixby? How Bixby works Wake word What Bixby can do? Bixby Voice Say “show this on my TV” to see your phone screen mirrored to a Samsung TV or compatible devices, like a Roku. Say “use this as my wallpaper” to saves the onscreen image as your phone wallpaper. Say “take a selfie and share it will Facebook” to force your device to do exactly that. Say “remind me to take medicine at 3pm” so that Bixby will save the reminder....
Although most Destiny 2 players are looking forward to the launch of the Beyond Light expansion in a month, there is another exciting content drop scheduled for further in the year. Bungie has promised that Vault of Glass will jump from D1 to Destiny 2 at some point in Year 4, but when exactly was never mentioned. However, a reliable leak may narrow down when players can expect to take down Atheon once again....
The Legend of Zelda has always been one of Nintendo’s most successful franchises. Players have enjoyed the gameplay, story, and lore that made the series as popular as it is throughout the years. One of the reasons fans are so invested in the many legends and histories of Hyrule is the unique characters that nearly all of the games have to offer. Some fans may even wonder which character they relate to the most within the series....
Video game anniversaries are like buses. You wait ages for one and then three show up at once. Well, in this instance, a lot more than three. Mario, Sonic, Tomb Raider, and so many more iconic franchises have either celebrated a big milestone recently or are preparing to do so. Actually, the use of the word celebrated isn’t warranted here, and that’s the point. Despite the gaming community’s desire to mark all of these anniversaries, most of those in charge of making that happen don’t seem to be the least bit interested....
Even though Seinfeld ended almost 25 years ago, it has remained an iconic and beloved television institution. Thanks to syndication, streaming services, and social media, Seinfeld has maintained a level of pop-culture relevance that most series only dream of achieving. While Seinfeld’s comedic performances are often what people reference when explaining their love of the show, Twitter user laura (@ecto_fun) recently shared a video detailing the series’ many movie references as one of the reasons they love to revisit it....
A few days ago, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick revealed to investors that all of the company’s future games will have “recurrent consumer spending opportunities,” meaning big name titles like Red Dead Redemption 2, next year’s WWE 2K game, and the upcoming Borderlands 3 will have microtransactions. However, in the case of Borderlands 3, it’s unclear exactly how microtransactions will be implemented in the game, especially since past titles were about co-op and not competitive multiplayer where microtransactions are usually found....
For years now, Silent Hill fans have been begging for a reboot or new entry to the franchise, but it seems like it may never happen. In an odd turn of events, the next best thing is here instead. Players of World of Tanks can experience some classic horror at the hands of Masahiro Ito and Akira Yamaoka, two creators that worked on the original Silent Hill. This World of Tanks Halloween event brings out a whole new game mode and a lot of other cool stuff for players to explore, but few would have guessed it would include such big names on the team....
Blizzard has revealed details about The Great Push, the first one-off tournament of 2021 for World of Warcraft taking place May 28-30. This looks to bring a new type of competitive dungeon running that stands apart from what you might expect to see during the Mythic Dungeon International (MDI) events. Unlike the MDI, which focuses on racing to defeat a dungeon faster than an opposing team, The Great Push will instead have teams push keys up as high as they are able....
Few developers are as fond of Easter eggs as Blizzard, but the studio went one step further in World of Warcraft: Legion, hiding a secret raid boss for players to uncover. It is hard to overstate the importance of World of Warcraft as a multimedia franchise. Blizzard’s epic MMORPG is not only a culturally important video game, but a creative juggernaut that has had a hand in spawning other titles like Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft and the record-setting Warcraft film earlier this summer....
Bugbear Entertainment’s 2014 racing game Wreckfest is holding a new in-game tournament and is introducing some fresh new DLC for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The Super Truck Showdown tournament will bring a new track - Rattlesnake Race Park - as well as new challenges, accessible via a free update. Meanwhile, the new DLC - the Off-Road Car Pack - comes with three new vehicles and is included in Wreckfest’s Season Pass 2....
2021 is shaping up to be a huge year for Xbox, with some big first-party releases lurking around the corner. While fans are mostly aware of what to expect from the green team in 2021, it seems there are a couple of surprises that are still in the oven. A recent rumor suggested that, like EA Play before it, Ubisoft Plus may also be headed to Xbox Game Pass. While there hasn’t been any indication of whether this is true, Xbox head Phil Spencer did recently tease the future of Game Pass....
The Xbox One did not see many exclusives throughout its lifetime. Of course, there was the signature Halo series and Gears of War, which ushered in tons of sales for the Microsoft console. Forza was another popular release that saw many iterations on the Xbox One. The video game industry is rather secretive on sales data unless a game does exceptionally well. That makes it difficult to find data from an official source, but some independent sites have done sales research on Microsoft’s most popular games....
Microsoft releases a video showing off the updated look of the Xbox One dashboard along with the new features and functionality players can expect from the upcoming update. With the major update scheduled to release in ten days, Microsoft has released a brand new video featuring Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb and Xbox engineer Richard Irving going over the finer details of the new Xbox One dashboard experience. The video takes a deeper look at the home screen, revealing how it has been redesigned to be less cluttered and more user-friendly, with an emphasis on vertical scrolling....
Whether it’s as heated as it has been in past generations, there’s no denying that the undertones of a console war are ever-present. Contrary to past generations which have seen Sonic pitted against Mario in heated competition, this generation the contest has become more and more focused on numbers over exclusives. With both the PS4 and Xbox One continuing to engage in fierce competition, Microsoft is intent on preemptively taking hold of the upcoming holiday gift-giving season....
