Tag: Xbox
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Rolled credits: Planet of Lana
Planet of Lana wears it influences on its sleeve, and while I don’t think it reaches the highest highs of Playground’s INSIDE, the fact that you can fairly compare the two is a huge compliment to Wishfully Studios – made even more impressive by the fact it’s their first game. Planet of Lana is a…
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Now Playing: Planet of Lana
Planet of Lana wears it’s inspirations on its sleeve, but isn’t bound by them. As a huge (huge) fan of INSIDE and the Ori games, I wondered if PoL wouldn’t quite do enough to break free of the outrageous standard of quality and polish those games have set the genre. And while it doesn’t quite…
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Predicting the updated Xbox Dashboard
New Xbox dashboard layout is on the horizon, and it’s looking good. 😍 It’s not an overhaul, but it addresses feedback you’ve all been asking them to address. @JezCorden In the 2nd half of 2022 Xbox started testing an alternate dashboard layout that focussed heavily on dynamic Game Pass content. Generally speaking, Xbox fans rejected…
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Limited edition Redfall controllers on Xbox Design Lab
Today Xbox announced a new suite of limited edition Design Lab controllers, made especially for Redfall. Each controller comes with a custom design top plate, a fixed palette of colours to customise with, and four engraving options for the battery cover. They’re nice! At the start of April a purported Starfield controller leaked on a…
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Sorry everyone… People are not going to stop talking about Microsoft’s ABK acquisition once it’s done
The New York Post is reporting that Microsoft intends to close it’s ABK acquisition, despite any ongoing roadblocks from the FTC in the United States. This report includes a spicy quote via a source that “they are going to cram this down the FTC’s throats”. 😳 It’s been widely reported that the CMA (UK) will…
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Sea of Thieves: Season 9
Season 9 of Sea of Thieves introduced a big refresh for world events – both the frequency and tuning (nerfs, mostly). While some die-hard players have responded negatively to some of the challenge being removed, I think the upside has been worth it. Events popping more frequently and finishing more quickly means more activity on…
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Now playing: Minecraft Legends
I’m not sure about this one… Yet! I’m a few hours in, and I still feel like I need a few more to really settle into the gameplay loop. Great: But: All that said, it’s giving me enough to want to finish the campaign. Maybe I’ll check back in here after beating the first boss.
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Oxenfree II was announced for Netflix Games today and Xbox fans lost their minds… for the wrong reason
Earlier today Night School Studio announced that Oxenfree II would also be coming to Netflix (mobile) when it launches on July 12th this year. And for some reason a bunch of Xbox fans went crazy on Twitter. “Am I tripping or does this say Netflix but not Xbox???” “No joke, we need answer why this…
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The Minecraft Legends reviews are in
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The Legends reviews are in, and they’re… fine? Quite good? OK? Mixed? Decent actually? Open Critic currently has Legends at 73 + 50% of critics “recommend” – which is, coincidentally, almost the exact score that Dungeons got – a game that I feel is still under-appreciated despite it having well over 15M players at this…
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On Xbox and disappointment
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Windows Central’s Jez Corden hits the nail on the head here with an excellent opinion piece, following Arcane’s recent announcement that Redfall will launch missing a 60fps mode. At the end of the day, Xbox fans just want to see the platform they’ve invested in succeeding on the same level the competition seems to succeed,…
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Redfall is launching with 30fps modes only
Redfall is launching on Xbox consoles with Quality mode only: Xbox Series X: 4K 30 FPS Xbox Series S: 1440p 30 FPS 60 FPS Performance mode will be added via game update at a later date. @playRedfall Shambles. At this point I think if Xbox can’t meet baseline expectations here or there, they at least…