Microsoft UK has announced the creation of the Xbox Digital Academy (Xbox Academy) for UK students in grades 9 and 10 who are passionate about video games. Xbox Academy was a collaborative effort between the Microsoft Store, Microsoft Education, East London Arts and Music (ELAM), and Rare Studios. Xbox Academy should inspire teens to create […]
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120Hz Support Comes On EA’s Dozen Well-Deserved Xbox Hits
Microsoft today announced that 13 Electronic Arts games available today for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers via EA Play will receive updates to enable FPS Boost on Xbox Series X and S consoles. The list of new games that support FPS Boost technology up to 120 Hz: Battlefield 1 Battlefield 4 Battlefield 5 Mirror’s Edge […]
The Nintendo Switch might be interesting for PC and Xbox gamers, but it won’t. Xbox Cloud Gaming Service Will Not Coming To These Consoles
Unfortunately, the Xbox Cloud Gaming service will not appear on Nintendo Switch consoles. Recall that this is a gaming cloud service, which, unlike all existing competitors, works by subscription, providing access to more than a hundred games for little money. The service is already available as part of beta testing on Android, it has already […]
The war between the PlayStation and Xbox consoles is gaining momentum. Resident Evil Village likely won’t be able to ship on Xbox Game Pass in its first year
It’s certainly not a direct competitor to Xbox Game Pass, but it’s interesting too. Sony spotted the PlayStation Plus Video Pass video service The confrontation between Sony and Microsoft in the game consoles market is actively gaining momentum. If in the last generation there was virtually no question of any direct competition, now, apparently, gamers […]
Finally, Microsoft: Fortnite on Xbox is now completely free to play
Microsoft has announced an innovation that gamers have long been expecting from it. Starting today, April 21, 2021, online multiplayer is available for Xbox users in free-to-play without an active paid Xbox Live Gold subscription. Simply put, games like Fortnite or Apex Legends are now completely free to play on Xbox. Microsoft’s press service explained: […]
Xbox games now available on iPhone, iPad and PC
Last December, Microsoft announced that its Xbox Cloud Gaming game streaming service, also known as xCloud, will be coming to iOS and PC this year. The service starts today. xCloud is analogous to Nvidia’s GeForce Now and Google Stadia services. Until now, it was only available on Android devices, but will now be available for […]
Sony PlayStation prepares response to Xbox Game Pass
One of the biggest benefits of Xbox consoles is Game Pass. It’s a very affordable way to play over a hundred games, with games from Microsoft’s internal studios being there on release day. Sony does not have such a service. There is PlayStation Now, which is quite popular, but this is a slightly different proposal, […]
Official: Microsoft to release Xbox Series X mini fridges
Xbox Marketing Director Aaron Greenberg pledged this morning that Microsoft will launch the Xbox Series X Mini Refrigerators in 2021 if the company succeeds in winning the Twitter brand competition. In a Twitter vote, Microsoft won. Last year’s Xbox Series X Fridge After that, Greenberg confirmed that the Xbox Series X mini-refrigerators will be. When […]
Fallout: New Vegas, Gears of War 2 and Morrowind are now available on a smartphone by subscription. Xbox Backward Compatibility Gets to Xbox Cloud Gaming
The next generation Xbox game consoles stand out, among other things, with full backward compatibility with games for all previous generations of Xbox. Microsoft today revealed that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can now play 16 Xbox and Xbox 360 games on their smartphones through the Xbox Cloud Gaming service. The list of games includes […]
No, Microsoft will not yet raise prices for its consoles in Russia, as Sony did.
Yesterday it became known that Sony will raise prices for PlayStation 5 consoles in Russia by 3000 rubles from tomorrow. This is due to the change in the ruble exchange rate, and one would think that Microsoft consoles would also rise in price. But that won’t happen. The company said to a source that it […]