During the latest episode of Inside Xbox, Microsoft pulled back the curtain on its first Digital-only Xbox One.
The Xbox One S All-Digital Edition strips the disc drive, making it the first current-gen console to entirely forgo physical media options.
Microsoft announced that the console will come with three pre-installed games: Forza Horizon 3. Sea of Thieves and Minecraft, making the USD$250 (about NZD$ 370) price point quite the bargain when factoring in the individual cost of the games included.
The upcoming console will still allow users to play 4k content from Netflix and other streaming sites.
You can check out the full episode of Inside Xbox below.
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has confirmed that something related to Knights of the Old Republic is in development.
Talking with Josh Horowitz from MTV News, Kennedy replied to a question about KOTOR saying "You know, we talk about that all the time."
"Yes, we are developing something to look at. Right now I have no idea where things might fall, but we have to be careful that there is a cadence to Star Wars that doesn't start to feel like too much."
I was recently lucky enough to get my hands on the latest gadget from the smart folks at Sphero. The companies claim to fame is their app-controlled ball of the same name, but not content on resting on their laurels, Sphero has branched out into the fun world of music creation.
Being a massive audiophile, I jumped at the opportunity to try out the Sphero Specdrums. After a brief demo, I was handed the rubber finger pads that attach snugly to your fingertips and allow you to sample beats by simply touching any colour on the spectrum (ah, now I understand the name!).
Fingers at the ready, I loaded up one of the many samples available in the Specdrum app and jumped straight into tapping out some beats. The finger pads are incredibly responsive and pick up the tapped colour and play the corresponding sound immediately.
Epic Games has gained some serious first-person shooter clout with its hiring of Jason West.
The company is yet to confirm West's role at the company beyond a vague mention that he will be "contributing to Epic's development efforts.
West co-founded Infinity Ward alongside Vince Zampalla and Grant Collier in 2002, with the studio going on to produce some of the most celebrated Call of Duty titles in the franchise's history.
The first confirmed details for Sony's next console have been revealed by Mark Cerny in an interview with Wired.
Cerny, who served as lead system architect for the PlayStation 4, has taken up the mantle again for Sony's next console and was quick to note that it would not see a 2019 release.
When discussing technical specifications for the upcoming system, Wired writes:
The CPU is based on the third generation of AMD’s Ryzen line and contains eight cores of the company’s new 7nm Zen 2 microarchitecture. The GPU, a custom variant of Radeon’s Navi family, will support ray tracing, a technique that models the travel of light to simulate complex interactions in 3D environments. While ray tracing is a staple of Hollywood visual effects and is beginning to worm its way into high-end processors and Nvidia's recently announced RTX line, no game console has been able to manage it. Yet.The specs for this system mean support for 8K graphics, while ray tracing would offer implementation in sound design for games in addition to visual spectacles.
One of gamings most prolific adventurers is making her way back to the big screen for a sequel to 2018's Tomb Raider film.
Warner Bros. and MGM confirmed the news and announced that Alicia Vikander has signed up to return as Lara Croft. Amy Jump, best known for her work on Free Fire, Kill List and High-Rise is set to write the script.
2018's Tomb Raider had mixed reviews from both fans and critics alike, yet still managed to gross over $270 million at the box office with a production budget of around $100 million.
Jedi: Fallen Order's panel at the Star Wars Celebration event has unveiled a number of new details for the game – including its first trailer.
Set after the events of Episode III, the story of Fallen Order will follow a padawan called Cal Kestis who survived the devastating Order 66.
Kestis is played by actor Cameron Monaghan – known for his roles on Shameless and Gotham.
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