Xbox Series X Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

Gears Of War studio The Coalition will be presenting a new Unreal Engine 5 technical demo at this year’s Game Developer Conference (GDC).Known as ‘Alpha Point’, the team has created the Xbox Series X demo to “internally evaluate” the new engine’s capabilities.The technical demo will be presented by The Coalition’s technical director Kate Rayner and technical art director Colin Penty.The hour-long session will take place on July 20 at 1.20pm PT / 9.20pm BST for GDC attendees.Super excited to be

Xbox One by letting it play next-gen titles through its cloud gaming service.The tech giant talked about the upcoming feature in a recent Xbox Wire post, where the company mostly recapped its joint E3 2021 showcase with Bethesda.

Descenders, the procedurally generated extreme downhill biking game, received an official Xbox Series S/X release yesterday (July 8).Descenders’ Xbox Series S/X release arrives with a number of upgrades and improvements. The game now features a 120fps mode, 8-player lobbies in online matchmaking and graphical improvements.A launch trailer for the game shows the different performance modes.

Fatshark’s upcoming Warhammer 40,000 co-op shooter has delivered some good news in the form of an announcement video revealing that Dan AbnettAs part of a huge Warhammer themed games reveal, Fatshark have released a violent new announcement video sharing details on the writing talent currently working on Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.As well as showing off some gameplay, the video introduces author and comic book writer Dan Abnett as the co-writer behind the game.Abnett is already a familiar face

Payday 3 developer Starbreeze says that it is not intending to rush out the much-anticipated sequel to 2012’s Payday 2.In an interview with gamesindustry.biz, Starbreeze CEO Tobias Sjögren reiterated the game’s planned launch window of 2023, saying that the long wait is essential to ensure its quality.“That time is what you need to make a game good,” Sjögren said of the long development time.

Saints Row: The Third Remastered is set to be released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|SDeveloper Volition and publisher Deep Silver announced the next-gen version of the game on May 18 through the official Saints Row. Saints Row: The Third Remastered will arrive on the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on May 25.The game will run at 60fps and “dynamic” 4K resolution on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles.

Ghostrunner is in the works.Ghostrunner 2 is in development for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S by One More Level, the developer of the original game.In a press statement shared via the game’s official Twitter account, 505 Games’ parent company Digital Bros Group has doubled its investment for the creation of Ghostrunner 2, giving the sequel an initial budget of 5million Euros.“Ghostrunner is a brand with great potential, capable of contributing for a long time to the 505 Games product portfolio,”

Windows Central Gaming, it is working on a fantasy RPG dubbed ‘Project Dragon’ and is in partnership with Microsoft to publish it under the Xbox Game Studios banner.The report also refers to an interview IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak recently had with GamesIndustry.biz, where he confirmed that besides its previously announced Project 007 it was also working on another new IP.“Without going into too much detail, we have a third universe that we’re working actively on, which is a bit different

EA Sports has announced that the next PGA Tour game is in development for next-gen consoles.The news was shared via a post on the official PGA Tour website on Monday, March 29. The game will be the first in EA Sports’ new long-term deal with the PGA Tour.EA Sports PGA Tour will give players the ability to build virtual careers and visit many famous golf courses around the world.

Microsoft has changed the name of its Xbox Live service for the first time since it was introduced 19 years ago.In a statement to The Verge, a spokesperson for Microsoft explained that the rebranding is intended to “distinguish the underlying service from Xbox Live Gold memberships”.

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut has been refused classification by the Australian Classification Board, which may hamper the game’s physical release.Disco Elysium is an open-world RPG where players control a detective with a unique skill system at their disposal.

Microsoft has no plans to work on virtual reality (VR) for its Xbox consoles anytime soon, a spokesperson for the company has revealed.Rumours of Microsoft planning for VR support for the Xbox Series X first surfaced after an IGN Italy report showed that a number of Italian Xbox gamers had received messages that translate to “an update for the VR headset is available” and “update VR headset,” when connecting the newly released Xbox Wireless Headset to their Xbox Series X or Series S

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has begun teasing a new collaboration with Microsoft, and it seems to involve the Xbox Series X.The Fast & Furious actor took to Instagram on Tuesday (March 16) to tease the collaboration.

Microsoft’s intentions for its recent acquisition of Bethesda Softworks’ parent company ZeniMax Media.Following the news that the acquisition had been finalised, members of the Xbox and Bethesda team took part in a roundtable discussion today (March 12) to talk more about the deal and the future of the partnership moving forward.During the discussion, Spencer revealed that Xbox Game Pass was at the heart of the historic deal all along.

The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, and Wolfenstein.Confirmed in Xbox Wire, these titles are available to all Game Pass members, while 16 of them are available everywhere via the cloud for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members, be it on PC, console, or mobile devices.The full list of Bethesda games joining the subscription service and available platforms are as follows:Curiously, the 2016 version of Doom is not included. Fallout 76 was however already available on Game Pass since July 2020.According to

We Were Here Forever for PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC.The fourth game in the We Were Here series, is an Antarctic puzzle adventure game which finds the player trapped inside the realm of Castle Rock, with no way out. Players must navigate themselves to freedom with the help from friends in a co-operative experience by solving puzzles and uncovering “dark secrets”.Developers Total Mayhem Games recently took to PlayStation’s blog to share the first details on the PS5 version of the game.

Microsoft has confirmed that “some new titles in the future” from Bethesda will be “exclusive to Xbox and PC”.This comes from an Xbox Wire post today (March 9) from Head of Xbox Phil Spencer who officially welcomed Bethesda to the Xbox family, following its $7.5billion acquisition of parent company Zenimax Media, approved by both the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the European Commission.“This is the next step in building an industry-leading first party studios team,

Microsoft is working on new web browsers for the Xbox Series X|S consoles, which will reportedly support Google Stadia.According to The Verge, Microsoft is now testing out its latest Microsoft Edge Chromium browser via the Xbox Alpha Skip-Ahead testers group.

The White House, the 100-day review aims to “help create more resilient and secure supply chains for critical and essential goods”.

Microsoft have announced their next batch of titles to release through Games With Gold, which is available to Xbox Live and Xbox Game Pass subscribers.Announced on the Xbox website earlier this evening, subscribers will be able to download and play Warface: Breakout, Vicious Attack Llama Apocalypse, Metal Slug 3 and Port Royale 3.Warface: Breakout is a strategic co-op and PvP shooter released for PS4 and Xbox One during 2020, which currently has a Metacritic rating of 77.Vicious Attack Llama

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is about to enter its second season, and developer Treyarch has provided fans with a brand new gameplay trailer and content roadmap.A new blog post on the official Call Of Duty site details the changes on the horizon in a roadmap and also includes a gameplay trailer to get fans pumped up.

Xbox Series S and X console users from today (February 17).Announced with an in-depth feature from the team at Digital Foundry, the FPS Boost feature brings better frames per second (FPS) speeds to a limited selection of last-gen titles.The first five games which have been updated with the new feature are Watch Dogs 2, Sniper Elite 4, New Super Lucky’s Tale, UFC 4, and Far Cry 4.

Microsoft has just announced new plans for accessibility measures, with a revised edition of the Xbox Accessibility Guidelines (XAGs).The Xbox Accessibility Guidelines provide a “comprehensive set of best practices” for the gaming industry to follow.

official Major Nelson Xbox podcast, the head of program development, Jason Ronald discussed the upcoming features he and his team have been working on, and that they could be ready within as little as a few months.Chatting with Lawrence Hryb, aka Major Nelson, Ronald touched on the team’s efforts to bring the quick resume feature back to several titles, expand the functionality of Xbox mobile app to include achievements, and improve the broadcasting options related to the DVR function.Ronald

Halo: The Master Chief Collection may be headed to new platforms, according to a tease from developer 343 Industries.The developer said in a new Halo Waypoint post that it is looking to offer players a “new place and way” to play the collection of Halo games in a future update.

Yakuza spin-off Judgment on current-gen consoles in the coming months.READ MORE: Want me to love your video game? Put a good robot in it!According to a press release, Judgment will be released for Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5 and Google Stadia this April.But this won’t be a straight port. The new version of Judgment will run at 60fps with upgraded graphics and improved load times.

Bloober Team’s recently released psychological horror game The Medium has reportedly already turned a profit for the company.The studio told Polish publication Money.pl (via Gamespot) that it has sold enough copies of the game to recoup costs for both development and promotion.

Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries has committed to monthly updates on the upcoming game’s progress.READ MORE: What’s your 2021 video game New Year resolution? Halo Infinite was originally planned to be released in 2020 alongside the Xbox Series XS as a launch title.

Sea Of Thieves’ first battle pass season is launching next week.According to a post on the official Sea of Thieves Twitter account, Season One kicks off on Thursday, January 28. This marks the game’s pivot to a new battle pass system as well as seasonal content drops.Season One is ushering in a new progression system that allows players to rank up through 100 levels of Pirate Renown.

Microsoft has announced February’s Games With Gold, bringing five titles instead of the usual four.Gears 5 is set to be the biggest inclusion in the selection, making the additional free title available for the program between February 1-28.

Microsoft has announced a price hike for Xbox Live Gold, increasing the price drastically on some membership plans.The new prices will see changes to the already existing one month, three month and six month models that operate.

Hitman 3 reportedly runs better on Xbox Series X compared to the PS5.Gaming analysts, Digital Foundry, recently compiled a report on Hitman 3, comparing the console versions of the game, specifically on next-gen systems.

Fall Guys may be coming to Xbox Game Pass, although the publisher Devolver Digital has refuted the claims.The popular battle royale, which sees players competing in a variety of platforming gauntlets and challenges, may have been secretly confirmed to be coming to Xbox platformers, although it’s unclear whether that will be for PC, consoles, or both.In Xbox Game Pass’ most recent Instagram post, one fan commented asking for Fall Guys to be added to the service, to which the official account

Bloober Team has released a new gameplay video for its upcoming psychological horror game, The Medium.The trailer offers players a glimpse at what the game’s protagonist, a Medium named Marianne, will be able to do in the game. Marianne wields special abilities that let her uncover secrets and solve mysteries with the help of involve spirits.

Yakuza titles launching on the service.The second half of January will see a huge wave of titles being added to Xbox Game Pass, following on from games such as Injustice 2 being added in the first half.

Xbox has unveiled its full slate of titles that are due to hit the Xbox consoles throughout the year.In an Xbox Wire post, the company highlighted 30 games that Xbox owners can expect to find gracing their systems throughout the year.