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Stadia desperately needs some TLC from Google, because it's being neglected right now. As with any service like Google Stadia , it evolves over time. What it launched as may look nothing like what it becomes three months, six months, even a year after release. Because of this, we'll continually look at Stadia to see how far it's come — and how far it still needs to go to become a viable game streaming service for everyone. To get it out of the way, in the three months since its launch in November 2019, not much has changed at all. Despite Google's insistence that the company is still working on features like Crowd Play and State Share, none of these features have been added yet. Stadia is still woefully under baked, and unfortunately more time in the oven hasn't helped yet. What has changed since launch is that Stadia is now available on more platforms and has a few more games. But to act like these alone make Stadia a much better service now than in N

This new giveaway is perfect for nature lovers and Ori fans. What you need to know Xbox Australia and New Zealand is giving away ten special bonsai trees. These trees have been themed and decorated after Moon Studios' upcoming title Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Ori and the Will of the Wisps is set to be available on March 11, 2020. While Ori and the Will of the Wisps is nearly here, Xbox ANZ is doing a pretty unique giveaway. Ten different bonsai trees, each decorated after Ori and the Will of the Wisps, are being given away. To enter, you have to visit the Facebook page and follow the instructions by commenting with an emoji or gid=f. Do note however that according to the official rules for the giveaway, it is only open to Australian residents age 18 or over. Ori and the Will of the Wisps is currently scheduled to release on March 11 for Xbox One and PC. It's also coming to Xbox Game Pass day one. The director of the game has also mentioned that it could b

Pete Hines spills the beans. What you need to know Fallout 76 is the latest in Bethesda's post-apocalyptic RPG games. It has had a pretty unenthusiastic response from players since launch. Pete Hines said in an interview that Bethesda was surprised by some of the responses. Bethesda is commited to fixing some of these mistakes in the future. If someone were to say that Fallout 76 had a bit of a rough launch, that would be a massive understatement. The ambitious evolution of Bethesda's notorious post-apocalyptic RPG's didn't feature NPC's, single-player events or a cohesive story line, instead focusing on multiplayer and co-op, as well as environmental storytelling. Suffice to say, that combined with the rough state the game launched in led to a negative response from many of Fallout's fans. Pete Hines, Bethesda's senior vice president of global marketing and communications, had more to say about the subject in an interview with USGamer. I t

Now we know what developers think. What you need to know Google Stadia is a game streaming service from the search giant. It still doesn't have a lot of games that would attract a lot of people to the service. Business Insider managed to interview developers who have concerns about compensation and long-term survivability. You can purchase a Stadia: Premiere Edition for $130 on the Google Store . Google Stadia is a cloud game streaming service that launched late last year. Since then, it hasn't really seen a tremendous influx of games and it seems like a lot of developers don't support the platform even after all this time. Additionally, image quality is also questionable since many games run at lower resolutions and sometimes frame rates than the Xbox One X. Recently, Business Insider spoke with a number of game developers about their thoughts on Stadia. Unfortunately, some significant issues emerged during those discussions. The outlet said the followin

Microsoft supports FreeSync on Xbox One consoles, adjusting refresh rates on the fly to reduce screen tearing and stuttering in gaming. While hundreds of special FreeSync-compatible displays are on the market, Xbox One consoles are limited to a subset with HDMI support. We've rounded up our top FreeSync monitors compatible with Xbox One across all price tiers. Best overall Staff favorite Samsung C27HG70 The Samsung C27HG70 leads the pack with a strong roster of features complementing the Xbox One. FreeSync 2 support is the standout, improving colors with HDR support. It also boasts a curved panel, 1440p resolution, and 48-100Hz FreeSync HDMI frequency for clear, fluid gameplay. $430 at Amazon Budget FreeSync Acer KG271 Value pick The Acer KG271 is another strong 1080p pick, scaling to 27 inches. It hits a 75Hz FreeSync frequency for smooth Xbox One gameplay, paired with a solid image. It's a great entry-point for console FreeSync without breaking the bank. $176 at Amazon

Here's everything you need to know about the next-generation Xbox console from Microsoft: Xbox Series X. The Xbox Series X was unveiled at The Game Awards on December 13, 2019. The beastly, monolithic device represents "Project Scarlett," as a flagship console set to power the next-generation of console games. While official details are still relatively limited, various interviews, rumors, leaks, and trailers help us begin to paint a picture of what next-gen looks like for Xbox fans, and Microsoft in general. Here's everything we know so far about the Xbox Series X. Xbox Series X : Power and specs The Xbox Series X hasn't been fully detailed in terms of specs, but Microsoft has offered us some target comparisons, and we've had some leaks of our own that suggest this is a truly beastly system. Ultimately, Microsoft is generalizing the power increase as "four times" higher than the Xbox One X , given that direct comparisons are difficul

Yakuza 0 is finally available on Xbox One and it brings with it a number of Xbox Achievements. TrueAchievements just posted the list which you can take a look below. You can look at the secret achievements which possibly contain spoilers on the outlet's website. Name Description Gamerscore Where It All Began Obtain all other achievements. 60 Stuff of Legend Complete the main story on Legend difficulty. 50 President Kiryu Get started with Real Estate Royale. 15 The Promised Land Get 100% share in any area. 15 The Glamorous Life Purchase the most expensive property. 15 A Host of Hostesses Get started with Cabaret Club Czar. 15 Talk of the Town Get over 1,000 fans in any area. 15 You're Still Number One Max out the level of a platinum hostess. 15 Half the Battle Get over 50% on your Completion List. 15 Perfectionist Get 100% on your Completion List. 50 Tell Me a Story Complete 10 substories. 15 Hero of the Story

photo by  technobuffalo hardware revisions have to an expected part of the console life cycles for decades, but usually they are hardware updates meant that kick up sales and reduce costs of production. Now an Xbox One Hardware Revision is rumored to be on the way, but it does not sound like quite the same thing. According to Microsoft blogger Brad Sams the Petri, rumors of a "lightweight Xbox One" were taking in recent months. If he says easy, he does not speak of an elegant, optimized version like the Xbox 360s Slim edition, but it is slightly less powerful - get your jokes about the current Xbox one's Power ready for the "Comments" section - and less expensive. The system, he says, is "a lightweight Xbox One, perhaps the only for Windows save games and compete with Apple TV." Similar rumors were floating around during the start window for the Xbox One a few years back, but obviously were scrapped. My guess is that if something like this w

  Amazon has gone ahead and revealed their top selling items this season. A lot of things, such as the continued success of frozen expected. Some are unexpected , such as Acer , ASUS , HP and Chromebooks being the most popular teams this year. However, nothing is a bigger surprise that Just Dance 2015 being one of Amazon’s three most popular video games. Yes , Just Dance 2015 was one of the best selling Amazon . The other two were of Call of Duty:   Advanced Warfare and Super Smash Bros. Both of sense. They were anticipated games set number , type of securities purchased consoles . This makes it even more amazing success of Just Dance 2015 . I guess it's a dark horse , like Frozen : The Adventures of Olaf for the DS . Just Dance 2015 has a reputation , and is very recognizable. Perhaps families viewed as a safe bet for children. Especially since it is available for the PS3, PS4 , Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360 and

Game of the Year-Winning The Walking Dead: A Series Telltale Games now available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Both seasons of the critically acclaimed series from Telltale available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One first  Editorial digital entertainment Telltale Games and Robert Kirkman, the Eisner Award-winning creator and writer of The Walking Dead for his Skybound imprint at Image Comics, announced today the launch of The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season - A series of Telltale Games and The Walking Dead: Season Two - a series Telltale Games; both available now in stores and retail for download on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for the first time in North America, and is available in Europe on October 31. Retail editions will also be available first on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The Walking Dead is set in the world of the award-winning comic book series by Robert Kirkman and offers a gaming experience tailored emotionally charged where actions and decisions of a player a

For a game about the dangers of brain invasion, the evil within is not above some mind-Messing own.  Implementation of the classic tune Clair de lune when your hero reaches a save point creates a Pavlovian response. Tinkling ivories means security in a world to kill you. No tinkling ivories? Better try to keep your organs inside your body a little more. Eventually the mind plays tricks: think hearing the first bars in the wind; Turns out it's the jingle restrictions brandishing a chainsaw maniac. This is not a new trick Shinji Mikami - think typewriters rooms soothing Resident Evil - but walking through a dark unknown. Mikami graduates from fearsome reptile ghost to a suffocating oppression house. A deep darkness makes it hard to see more than a few meters ahead. The flashlight on the belt often blind to their lens flare or glare makes you look wobbly nonexistent monsters in shadows. Even the aspect ratio is against you; thick black bars 2.35: 1 violate sight like a roof that

Konami has officially opened the demos of PES 2015 One Xbox and Playstation 4 platforms. They are also available on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 FIFA 15 While his competition already was released and received rave reviews from most critics, Konami has always had the tendency to release their games a few weeks later his opponent. The demo is now available in all territories, including North America and Europe. You can easily download from the Playstation Network Store or Xbox store to experience the new football team has created. Competitive Features Compared with previous versions, PES 2015 is going to be completely different, and offer a realistic surround experience, according to Konami. The drastic change has been possible because developers now have access to powerful hardware with the next generation of consoles. The game runs on the new Fox engine that captures realistic player movements and also adds several movements like pulling shirts, emotions, struggle to take

Three new games in total will be free for Xbox Live Gold members next month . Microsoft today announced the free games that will receive the Xbox Live Gold members in October Xbox One and Xbox 360 . Xbox One owners will be getting only a new free game next month. Chariot , a co- op action-platform independent developer Frima Studios of , will be free when it launches on Xbox One. ( Also coming to PlayStation 4 , Wii U and PC. ) It will take the place of the Super Time Force , which means you must be sure to add that game to the library before the end of the month . No other game announced a free Xbox sounds like a Crimson Dragon Games remain with Gold title for the third consecutive month. On Xbox 360, two of quality - if a little more - free games will be made in October. Starting October 1 , you can pick up Battlefield : Bad Company 2, the substitution of Halo: Reach (which is stil

NBA 2K15 Create on player Xbox One / PS4 to analyze your Face If, like me, you do not have the patience to perfectly recreate your look in the system of character customization in a game, NBA 2K15 is offering a good substitute: You can now simply scan your face in the game. This new technology face exploration is carried out in Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of 2K15. To do this, you obviously need the camera the respective console. (Fortunately, buyers Xbox Kinect least one will be able to start just before Kinects buyingstandalone 2K15 will be released.) The video above shows the process of scanning your face; Basically, you get very close (6-12 inches) of the camera and slowly turn your head 30 degrees left and right. According to 2K, it only takes about 30 seconds in total, although it is assumed that all goes well. Once your face has been scanned, the game will build a custom head based on that data. Although not the first game to do something like this - remember R

Microsoft is developing technology that transmits Xbox games on PC browsers . if a new report by veteran journalist Brad Sams Microsoft Neowin is correct. One Both Xbox and Xbox 360 games are supposed to work with the service, which can be accessed through Internet Explorer or Chrome.   Last year, Microsoft has it used the effervescent power of the cloud to show Halo 4 is running on a Windows Phone , among other devices . This browser-based solution is apparently the continuation of this research, as well as use for a huge infrastructure of Microsoft Azure cloud . According to Sams, " Xbox 360 offered the full experience , including the dashboard runs in the browser too ... The product , as it is right now, has the Xbox brand and works outside the walls of Microsoft . " Another source said Sams experience will provide 60 frames per second , which is more than I can say for most Xbox 360