With Gears of War: E-Day in the middle of its open beta, players are getting stuck into its PvP, gnashing their way through hordes of enemies while darting about from cover to cover — just as they did in Gears of War back in the day. And 20 year-old arguments first had on the Xbox 360 are flaring up again on the current generation of consoles, as some Gears fans bemoan sweaty movement all over again. If you’ve ever played Gears PvP you’ve probably seen other players move in and out of cover incredibly quickly, making themselves hard to pin down and shoot, all while using the Gnasher to hit hard from close quarters. It’s called wall bouncing, and while E-Day doesn’t replicate it exactly as it works before, players are still able to move about very quickly. "We have forms of wall canceling in there, but you won't be able to do [wall bouncing] the way you've done it in the past," The Coalition creative director Matt Searcy told IGN in June. "There are lots of other things you can do. There are [ways to] play with it, it's not entirely gone. We think we found a balance in terms of how that really feels. But back to my catchphrase, it is a new game. If you come back expecting it to play
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The $899.99 console went on sale at 10AM ET and was out of stock right after, and eBay’s sold listings show that people are paying more than $2,000 to buy confirmed preorders, Polygon reports. The console looks cool, but I wouldn’t say…
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The $899.99 console went on sale at 10AM ET and was out of stock right after, and eBay’s sold listings show that people are paying more than $2,000 to buy confirmed preorders, Polygon reports. The console looks cool,…
Read original at The Verge →State of Decay 3 fans will have the chance to play the game later this year via a closed beta. Undead Labs has confirmed that it will hold a closed beta for State of Decay 3 before the end of 2026. Exact dates weren't…
Read original at IGN →Microsoft has finally opened preorders for the Xbox 25th Anniversary Collection it unveiled back in June. The bundle includes a special-edition Xbox console and controller with matching translucent "OG Green" designs…
Read original at Mashable →Update August 28: Preorders sold out within just minutes at all of the retailers where Xbox Series X - X25 Special Edition went live. The one place we haven't seen preorders go live yet is Amazon. Usually when that has…
Read original at IGN →Xbox is trying something new with the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta, as the company has announced this month's pre-release tests will include a single-player campaign mission for the first time. Activision's…
Read original at IGN →This is an IGN opinion piece from Ryan McCaffrey, who worked at Official Xbox Magazine from 2002-2012 during the original Xbox and Xbox 360 era before joining IGN, where he remains “the Xbox guy.” In the run-up to…
Read original at IGN →As fans continue to suggest potential subtitles for The Elder Scrolls 6 based on the number of asterisks in Xbox boss Asha Sharma’s tweet, a theory that Bethesda hid the actual name in Starfield years ago has emerged —…
Read original at IGN →The stars aligned for Blizzard to have a good year in 2026, but that's not the whole story It's a dreadful time in the game industry, and a dreadful time to be part of Xbox; employees that survived the 1,600 job cuts…
Read original at Polygon →With Gears of War: E-Day in the middle of its open beta, players are getting stuck into its PvP, gnashing their way through hordes of enemies while darting about from cover to cover — just as they did in Gears of War…
Read original at IGN →What this story stands on. Tier 0 is a primary record or the subject's own words; higher tiers must be attributed, never stated as bare fact.
The $899.99 console went on sale at 10AM ET and was out of stock right after, and eBay’s sold listings show that people are paying more than $2,000 to buy confirmed preorders, Polygon reports. The console looks cool, but I wouldn’t say…
View source →State of Decay 3 fans will have the chance to play the game later this year via a closed beta. Undead Labs has confirmed that it will hold a closed beta for State of Decay 3 before the end of 2026. Exact dates weren't given, but interested…
View source →Microsoft has finally opened preorders for the Xbox 25th Anniversary Collection it unveiled back in June. The bundle includes a special-edition Xbox console and controller with matching translucent "OG Green" designs inspired by the…
View source →Update August 28: Preorders sold out within just minutes at all of the retailers where Xbox Series X - X25 Special Edition went live. The one place we haven't seen preorders go live yet is Amazon. Usually when that has happened in the…
View source →Xbox is trying something new with the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta, as the company has announced this month's pre-release tests will include a single-player campaign mission for the first time. Activision's best-selling first-person…
View source →This is an IGN opinion piece from Ryan McCaffrey, who worked at Official Xbox Magazine from 2002-2012 during the original Xbox and Xbox 360 era before joining IGN, where he remains “the Xbox guy.” In the run-up to Xbox’s 25th anniversary,…
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Microsoft has confirmed a bug in Windows 11 26H2, 25H2, and 24H2 that can cause some games and applications to crash. That’s right—even the recent major fall update 26H2 contains…
With this deal, it's considerably cheaper than the Quest 3's msrp even before the price hike.
An aerial view of equipment moving fresh sand during an emergency replenishment project along eroding shoreline at North Beach on August 15th, 2024, in San Clemente, California. |…
Unions, employer groups, banks and industry experts will appear at the four-day hearings along with OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Google Get our new political email, free app…
Following the launch of Halo: Campaign Evolved, Halo Studios has put out a blog post detailing plans for the future of Master Chief’s story. It’s an interesting look at where the…
Xbox's long awaited Elite Controller 3 may finally offer drift-free joysticks.
