Microsoft’s exciting multi-year silicon partnership with AMD doesn’t actually make it clearer if there’s an official Xbox handheld or next-gen console coming

So, Microsoft has announced it’s teaming up with—or maybe that should be sticking with—AMD for its next generation of Xbox hardware. But what does that actually mean for conventional Xbox consoles and the new trend of handhelds? Perhaps the key line from Xbox President Sarah Bond in the YouTube video announcement goes thus: “We’ve established…

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Dark day for humanity as Gex Trilogy achieves ‘huge success,’ patches in its cursed EU voices from Red Dwarf’s Cat and the ‘Ding dong’ guy

Reader, I hoped I’d never have to write these words. I hoped you’d never have to read them. But it falls to me to report that, in a clear violation of mankind’s covenant with god, Limited Run Games’ remastered Gex Trilogy has apparently attained “huge success.” I kid. Well, kind of. The Gex games were…

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Elden Ring Nightreign’s relic system could learn a lot from MMOs like World of Warcraft, which figured out pure RNG loot sucks years ago

Has this happened to you? You’ve just finished a kickass Elden Ring Nightreign run. You and your buds—or two strangers—were in top form. Barely any deaths, seven flasks in your pocket, level 15 next to your health bar, and weapons that type against the Nightlord‘s specific weakness. You do the customary L1 spam as the…

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Borderlands 4 hands-on: Yeah, it’s just ‘more Borderlands,’ but Gearbox’s consistency is respectable and there’s a cool hoverbike

There are no big surprises here: Borderlands 4 is more Borderlands. But if you’re all extraction-shootered-out and a regular old co-op campaign is what you’re looking for (I can sympathize), then I think you’ve got something to look forward to. Specifically: a big world, some fun new movement abilities, a cool hover bike, and fewer…

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Microsoft announces new dream team partnership with AMD on a ‘portfolio’ of next-gen Xbox devices, all with backwards compatibility with existing games

Microsoft has just dropped a video showcasing their plans for future Xbox hardware based on AMD technology. The main takeaways? First, Xbox will become a “portfolio” of devices including traditional console, PC and handhelds. Second, backwards compatibility with existing Xbox games is central to the new strategy. Xbox President Sarah Bond has fronted a new…

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Endgame Gear OP1w 4K review

Endgame Gear is emerging as a bit of a dark horse in the world of gaming peripherals, with options that fly under the radar against the Razers, SteelSeries and others in this world, while offering some astounding value for money. Take the KB65HE keyboard, for instance—it punched above its price point with snappy and responsive…

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Endgame Gear XM2w 4K review

I have to admit, I’m becoming a bit of a fan of the work that Endgame Gear is putting into their peripherals that fly under the radar against the big brands, but still offer worthy and powerful choices for what are quite modest price points. The Endgame Gear XM2w 4K is more of the same….

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