Phil Spencer opens up about the Xbox Series X pre-order experience

Microsoft has teased the Xbox Series X’s line-up of titles for 2021, and it looks to be a little lacking when it comes to first-party games.In a new Xbox Wire post, the tech giant shared its plans for gaming in the coming year, including the launch of its cloud gaming service xCloud and a list of upcoming games.

Microsoft has released a new ad for the Xbox Series X, helmed by filmmaker Taika Waititi, which is inspired by the console’s “Power Your Dreams” tagline.The short film is titled ‘Lucid Odyssey’ and stars streamer Krystal Holmes – aka MoonLiteWolf – playing an Xbox Series X before being led into a dream state.

Sir Paul McCartney thinks The Beatles all had mental health problems. The 78-year-old singer admitted he and his bandmates – Sir Ringo Starr and the late John Lennon and George Harrison – were more likely to mock their issues than have a discussion, but he thinks they came out of their global fame and its associated problems “reasonably well adjusted”.

Paul McCartney has opened up about his friendship with John Lennon in a new interview.Speaking to The Sunday Times, McCartney opened up about his friendship with Lennon in the period following The Beatles split.On being asked if he thought the Beatles would have ever worked together again, McCartney said: “We made a decision when the Beatles folded that we weren’t going to pick it up again. So we switched off from the Beatles.

Xbox Series X owners are still running into a game breaking bug on Watch Dogs: Legion.The next-gen version released alongside the launch of both the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S with increased visual fidelity, raytracing and faster loading times.

EXCLUSIVE: After an extensive nationwide talent search, young actor Cedric Joe has has landed the role of Emmett Till in ABC’s limited series Women of the Movement, from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

FIFA 21’s next-gen update has gone live a day earlier than expected, with PS5 and Xbox Series X/S players able to update today (December 3).The update is free for playerswho purchased the Xbox One or PS4 version of the game, improving the graphics and load times for the more capable next-gen machines.

Microsoft has rolled out the first-ever update for the Xbox Series X|S that introduces a number of UI updates and more.The November update, which arrived on the last day of the month, most notably lets Xbox Game Pass subscribers pre-install some games that have yet to be released on the service.

Xbox Series S can do that the PlayStation 5 can’t: run classic PlayStation 2 games.This is all thanks to the Series S’ Developer Mode, which allows users to install software that utilise Universal Windows Platform apps, such as the RetroArch emulator.

Twitch bot is currently scanning retailers to see when PS5 and Xbox Series consoles are in stock.As pressure mounts to obtain next-gen hardware before Christmas and many are left battling scalpers and bots picking up any remaining stock, a Twitch channel is operating as a scanner for any stock that may go live, as reported by Polygon.The user Cam Blitz is using a programme known as Streetmerchant to consistently check stock across multiple retailers, such as Amazon.

Focus Home Interactive and developer Spiders have announced that the fantasy RPG GreedFall is making its way to next-gen systems.Celebrating that the game has reached over 1million sales, the developer shared the news on the game’s official Twitter.

Sony has retained its dominance in the Japanese console market, with sales of its newly released PlayStation 5 handily beating the Xbox Series X.According to a report from Famitsu, the PS5 moved a total of 118,000 units in its first four days of sales; a majority of those were the standard console that features a disc drive.

PS5 and Xbox Series console units are reportedly coming to the UK.According to an undisclosed major retailer who has spoken to Video Games Chronicle (VGC), numerous dates in the upcoming weeks will release waves of both systems for gamers to attempt to purchase the new systems.It’s already known that Amazon and GAME are expected to have more PS5 stock on sale tomorrow (November 19), however, the source reportedly told VGC that other retailers will also be releasing orders for the console.

Microsoft says it expects the supply shortage for the Xbox Series X|S to continue into the new year.This is according to Xbox CFO Tim Stuart, who said during his appearance at the virtual Jefferies Interactive Entertainment conference that “we’ll continue to see supply shortages as we head into the post-holiday quarter, so Microsoft’s Q3, calendar Q1”, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha.While retailers will likely have sporadic shipments of fresh stock over the coming months, full availability of

Microsoft is in no rush to announce the prices of its first-party games for the Xbox Series X and Series S consoles.During an appearance at the virtual Jefferies Interactive Entertainment conference, Xbox CFO Tim Stuart said that the company isn’t planning on “making specific announcements on first-party pricing yet.

Xbox Series X/S had Microsoft’s best ever launch in the UK, selling around 155,000 thousand consoles in its first two days of sales.Those sales figures narrowly beat out the Xbox One’s two day opening sales, which hit 150,000 in 2013. The confirmation of this comes from VGC, who spoke to producers from Microsoft.

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eBay with listings for the newly released PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles at exorbitant prices.Following the launch of the next-gen consoles – the stock for both systems are reported to be extremely limited due to production and shipping issues stemming from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic – scalpers have taken to eBay to re-sell the consoles at insane prices prices, with some going for over US$5,000.A quick search on eBay finds results for thousands of listings for the Xbox Series X