Xbox 360 owners eager to pick up Grand Theft Auto V on Tuesday should note that Rockstar recommends not installing the game’s second disc to the console’s internal hard drive, as doing so causes a number of graphical glitches while playing. The developer promises to have more on the issue following the game’s release.
Compare Cross-Platform Gaming Performance with 3DMark for iOS
The latest version of the 3DMark gaming benchmark is now available for iOS, allowing owners of iPhones and iPads to compare the graphical horsepower of their devices to a wide range of competitors, including Android smartphones and tablets as well as full desktop PCs.
Xbox One Delayed Until 2014 in Eight Countries
Microsoft has made a number of high profile changes to its next generation console strategy since announcing the Xbox One in May, and most of them have been arguably positive from a consumer standpoint. That trend may end for some future Xbox One customers, however, as Microsoft announced Wednesday that the console will only be available in 13 markets at launch, eight shy of the initial target set at E3. At E3, we announced that Xbox One would be available…
Xbox One Controller to Add PC Support in 2014
The Xbox One controller, to be released alongside the next generation console this fall, will continue the tradition set by its predecessor and be compatible with Windows PCs, according to company representatives speaking with Penny Arcade Monday. However, gamers will likely have to wait until early 2014 for the required software. The Xbox 360 controller was embraced by console gamers after its 2005 launch, but quickly became one of the best gamepads for PC gaming. Xbox 360 owners with the…
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Xbox One Game DVR Limited to 720/60p, Gameplay to Be HDCP-Free
One of the touted features of Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox One console is the ability to record and share gameplay video on the fly. According to an interview Monday with Xbox One Platform Architect Marc Whitten, however, gamers will have some limitations on the quality of their recordings, with resolutions capped at 720/30p. The revelation came during one of IGN’s weekly “Ask Microsoft Anything” sessions. Microsoft’s on-console video capture service, called Xbox One Game DVR, automatically records the last five minutes…
Forza 5 Devs Claim Xbox One Cloud Improves AI Processing 600%
When Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One in May, the company lauded the ability of the console to leverage cloud-based servers for advanced “offloaded” game processing. Background AI for simulations and non-time-sensitive physics, for example, could be calculated in cloud, reserving the full power of the console’s local processor for critical tasks. It sounded impressive, but there was no measurement or example of how this would affect gamers and game developers in the real world. That changed Thursday during an Official…
Xbox One Controllers & Headsets Now Up For Pre-Order
With several months to go before the launch of the next generation game consoles from Sony and Microsoft, pricing on accessories is starting to pop up. The Microsoft Store this weekend began listing pre-orders for Xbox One accessories, including controllers, chargers, and headsets. The standard Xbox One wireless controller will retail for $59.99 each, an increase of $10 over the price of a wireless Xbox 360 controller but on par with the cost of the new PS4 Dualshock 4 controller.…
Ultimate 4K Gaming System Pushes 1.5B Pixels Per Second at 60fps
Microsoft’s Extreme Windows Blog published a post Thursday showcasing a truly extreme gaming PC with three 4K monitors configured for Eyefinity and powered by AMD GPUs. And you can have it now…for the low, low price of around $18,000. Microsoft’s Gavin Gear used three 32-inch Sharp PN-K321 4K Ultra HD monitors, which currently retail for about $5,000 each. These displays support both 30Hz input via HDMI or standard DisplayPort, and 60Hz using Multi Stream Transport (MST), a new standard available…
Will Microsoft’s Servers Be Able to Handle the Xbox One Load?
Picture It It’s an early morning in November. Thousands of eager gamers from all over the United States and many other countries have just returned home from overnight campouts at local electronics and big-box stores and tens of thousands more are unboxing a recently-delivered package. The cause of this commotion? Microsoft’s Xbox One gaming and entertainment console. All of these gamers quickly connect the Xbox One to their televisions and press the power button with excitement. The familiar Xbox logo…
Xbox One and PS4 Can’t Provide Full Unreal Engine 4 Experience
In 2011, veteran gaming firm Epic Games created an impressive graphics demo for the Unreal Engine 3. Although written for PC hardware, the demo, called “Samaritan,” was Epic’s attempt to show console makers what the next generation of gaming performance should bring. Epic estimated that 2.5 teraFLOPs would be required from the next generation consoles in order to provide the desired level of detail at 30 frames per second with a 1080p resolution. In 2011, it took three top-of-the-line NVIDIA…