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Microsoft’s new Xbox application for Windows at long last settles game install headaches

Microsoft is presently permitting analyzers to get to another Xbox application for Windows that extraordinarily further develops the game install process from the Windows store. As we detailed recently, the refreshed application permits PC gamers to install titles into any organizer of their decision with unlimited access to game files.

Its a choice that helps address a significant number of the migraines of introducing titles from Xbox Game Pass for PC, and it should likewise mean you would backup be able to game records and reestablish them in case need be. Already, Microsoft constrained games to install into a WindowsApps organizer at the foundation of a drive, and it was secured so you couldnt adjust documents or unreservedly move them around.

The refreshed Xbox application presently allows you to pick an area, and, on the off chance that you have existing games installed, you can move them onto optional drives. Ive tried the application and effectively moved Forza Horizon 5, Gears 5, and Microsoft Flight Simulator onto optional drives. I can now completely get to those documents and organizers, as well.

Windows 10 and Windows 11 clients can test the new Xbox application through the Xbox Insider Hub application from the store. Youll need to join the Windows Gaming review inside the Xbox Insider Hub application to get the refreshed Xbox application. Microsoft records various known issues for this early delivery however, including issues dispatching a few games on outer drives and various games that arent upheld yet.

You additionally still cannot add games downloaded from the Windows store into Steam, as there seems, by all accounts, to be a consent issue forestalling that. The Xbox application is as yet in see, so that could be a bug that will be tended to before its generally accessible.

In any case, Windows store game installs are at long last getting more Steam-like, following quite a while of issues and bugs for PC clients. In case youve been keeping away from Xbox Game Pass for PC because of the Windows store, this new Xbox application should eliminate a portion of the related migraines.

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Xbox Elite Series 2 controller deal cuts $40 from cost, presently $140 for a limited time

The basic Xbox controller might be a gold-standard gamepad, however sometimes you get into a game and acknowledge how decent an additional a button or two would be.

Perhaps you’re in a racing game and you want paddles for changing gears or you’re super into space flight games and want more options for pitching and moving as you fly. That is what’s genuinely going on with the Elite Controller, offering additional buttons that work with a huge load of various games.

Sadly, it’s likewise one of the most costly gamepads ever. At any rate, generally. Today, you can save yourself a little cash and get one for $40 less at Amazon, Microsoft, Target, and GameStop.

The Xbox Elite Series 2 Controller is planned so you can customize it to your requirements. The tolerances on every one of the buttons can be manually changed so they move the manner in which you want, and feel very surprising from different controllers you get.

A few of the buttons can be supplanted with various options dependent on the game you’re playing, and before the finish of the setup you’ll have something totally yours.

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Xbox “open to discussions” about carrying its ecosystem to different platforms

Xbox is “open to discussions” on carrying its ecosystem to “closed platforms”, for example, the Nintendo Switch and PS5, as indicated by Phil Spencer.

In a new interview with GamesRadar+, Spencer talked about the brand’s way to deal with cross-platform development. Addressing gossipy tidbits about an Xbox application coming to Nintendo Switch, he clarified that while there’s nothing underway, this is at least “the right question” to ask, instead of which individual games could be ported, in light of the fact that he would “want the full Xbox experience to be something that we deliver.”

“We have no plans to bring it to any other kind of closed platforms right now, mainly because those closed platforms don’t want something like Game Pass,” he says. “There’s a ton of open platforms out there for us to grow in: the web, PC, and mobile. So all of our focus, frankly, is on those platforms … In the end, when we say we want everybody to be able to play on Xbox, we really mean if we can bring that full experience to a device that players want, we are totally open to those discussions.”

Xbox has played with a comparative idea briefly previously, yet it never advanced into anything past a few ports of Xbox games and essentially slowed down from that point. Business relationships aside, the main prerequisite seems to be the same: in case Xbox will exist on another closed platform, it will must be the full-fat Xbox experience, not one or two of games or services. Separating the ecosystem Xbox has gone through years developing would section its player base, however bringing it discount to another platform is difficult to swing – somewhat in light of the fact that, as Spencer proposed, access to Xbox Game Pass would have gigantic implications for titles on that platform which are additionally on Game Pass.

Between cross-platform multiplayer and ports of once-exclusive games, the enormous platforms in the industry are gradually getting all the more amicable.

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Dark Souls 3 update helps sun applauding to 60 fps on Xbox

Xbox Series X and Series S proprietors would now be able to experience Dark Souls 3 at 60 frames per second, because of an update that brings Microsoft’s FPS Boost feature to the game. Microsoft released the update on Wednesday for the backward-compatible version of Dark Souls 3.

Normally, Microsoft adds new FPS Boost-compatible games in batches, as it did with a raft of games from Electronic Arts, Bethesda Softworks, Ubisoft, and Lego earlier this year. Be that as it may, Dark Souls 3’s FPS Boost update “required a brand new technique, unique to Dark Souls 3, to enable 60 FPS on Xbox Series X|S,” said Jason Ronald, director of product management at Xbox, on Twitter.

“Huge thank you to our partners at FROM Software and Bandai Namco for their partnership and support,” Ronald added. (One can only hope that Sony Interactive Entertainment is additionally working intimately with FromSoftware to update its different games for PlayStation 5 too.)

Microsoft declared FPS Boost in February as a new feature for Xbox Series X backward similarity with select Xbox One games. The optional graphics setting can double or quadruple frame rates for games running on the new Xbox, however it requires Microsoft to “partner closely with developers to enhance” their games.

Dark Souls 3 was initially released in 2016 for PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One.

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Microsoft improves game cases once more

Microsoft is, evidently, changing the game cases for Xbox titles. Box art seen, best case scenario, Buy and different retailers all the more prominently calls out the compatible platforms while shunning the embellished Xbox logo that fronted game cases since the launch of Xbox One.

It’s a subtle change and, taking into account the number of full copy sales of video games that occur online today, one that some may not notice for some time. It additionally appears to be vital considering Microsoft is supporting two consoles and, the Xbox Series X’s backward similarity regardless, a few games are truth be told Series X only.

Microsoft has since a long time ago sought to bring together its video games presence under a single brand, however, it actually can’t quite seal the deal. Xbox games are sold on The Microsoft Store, for example, while PC subscribers peruse the Xbox Game Pass for PC library. Furthermore, let us never talk about Games for Widows Live, which Microsoft required two years to at last close down.

The bottom line to you, the consumer: Not much, truly. The design change likely methods Microsoft saves a few cents stamping the Xbox logo on the top.

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Starfield will be exclusive to Xbox and PC, no PS5 version

Much more Starfield news is beginning to come out as the highly expected Bethesda title is said to be exclusive to Xbox and PC.

“Starfield is exclusive to Xbox and PC,” said Venture Beat reporter Jeff Grubb. “Period. This is me confirming that.” Previously, no consoles were declared, albeit a few fans were all the while holding out trust that it would come to PlayStation consoles.

This isn’t stunning information as Microsoft bought Bethesda, however it is a significant statement. Fallout and The Elder Scrolls have been highly popular on PlayStation consoles, so this implies Microsoft has a potential system dealer in Starfield. Microsoft hasn’t been releasing next-gen exclusives up until this point, so anticipate that the game should take action accordingly and work on a wide scope of Xbox systems from the Xbox One on the low finish to the Xbox Series X on the high end.

Recently, pictures from a 2018 form leaked from the game. Obviously, numerous upgrades have been made from that point forward and we’ll will see them soon. The game was indicated for quite a long time by Bethesda and is supposed to be the science fiction equivalent to Skyrim. It was formally uncovered back in 2018 however hasn’t been seen much from that point forward.

Current tales show that Bethesda will uncover the game at E3 2021. There is even word that it could deliver this fall, albeit that has been debated between reports. In any case, Microsoft is taking a colossal action with Starfield and will utilize it as a marquee Xbox title going ahead. Hope to hear all the more soon and likely at Micorosft’s June press conference.

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Mediatonic defers Fall Guys for Switch and Xbox indefinitely, reaffirms crossplay plans

Mediatonic declared on its official blog that the recently set 2021 release window for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S versions of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout would need to be pushed back. Another release date has not been set as of now, yet Mediatonic guarantees that it will occur sooner or later. Indeed, as per the studio, the postpone will give it more opportunity to add extra features, for example, crossplay, which will take into consideration players to mess around together paying little mind to stage.

Fall Guys will get a lot of new occasional substance deliveries like new shows, ensembles, rounds, and the sky is the limit from there. The impending Season 4.5 update specifically will present two new adjusts and some fall-themed ensembles for these bean folks. Back toward the beginning of March, Mediatonic declared that Epic Games had procured Tonic Games Group, the parent organization of engineer Mediatonic. Strangely, at the hour of the obtaining, an allowed to-play model was indicated for the game, however nothing has really been solidified.

Fall Guys is a platformer fight royale game that previously delivered on August 4, 2020 for PC and PlayStation 4. Mediatonic additionally delivered titles like Gears Pop!, Hatoful Boyfriend, and Fantastic Beast: Cases from the Wizarding World, which are likewise under Epic Games.

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Xbox’s new FPS Boost feature can double frame rates for backward-compatible games

Playing older games on the new generation of consoles is quite often better gratitude to the improved power, however Microsoft is making things a step further with another feature called FPS Boost for Xbox Series X and Series S. FPS Boost will give a frame rate increment to certain backward-compatible Xbox One titles when played on current-generation Xbox consoles, multiplying or quadrupling the games’ original frame rates.

FPS Boost will at first be accessible for five games: Far Cry 4, New Super Lucky’s Tale, Sniper Elite 4, EA Sports UFC 4, and Watch Dogs 2. The frame rate for every one of these games will be altogether expanded, as indicated by Microsoft, which implies 60 fps on account of UFC 4, or as far as possible up to 120 fps for New Super Lucky’s Tale.

Microsoft said Wednesday in a Xbox Wire post that the organization “partnered closely with developers to enhance the experience while maintaining the game’s original intent” for titles that help FPS Boost.

When the feature goes live, players will actually want to open the “Manage Game” choice and find another menu called “Compatibility Options.” Here players can turn on highlights like Auto HDR and FPS Boost if it’s accessible in the game they’re playing. Then, a small icon will inform players as to whether FPS Boost is on once they press the Nexus button.

Microsoft doesn’t have a firm release date for FPS Boost yet, yet makes reference to that it’s planned to be important for the current year’s spring console update. On top of a release date, players can anticipate declarations of new games that will uphold FPS Boost in the coming months.

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Tesla Cybertruck warthog would be a ‘dream collab’ for Xbox chief

Xbox chief Aaron Greenberg saw that Elon Musk conceded his favorite console game was Halo and saw the chance for his “dream collab” with Tesla. Greenberg indicated a potential IRL Cybertruck warthog project with Elon Musk and Tesla.

“Sure feels like a Tesla x Halo collab needs to happen at some point!?” Greenburg tweeted, in light of Musk’s tweet about playing Halo.

As the General Manager of Marketing at Xbox, Greenburg would realize that a joint effort with Tesla on a potential Halo warthog-inspired Cybertruck would presumably be a success. The Cybertruck has demonstrated to be a pop-culture icon in-the-making. Tesla’s all-electric pickup truck has showed up in a few prominent forms since its release including two Cybertruck Hot Wheels iterations.

Greenburg left the possibility of a potential Tesla x Halo cooperation open for the future. “To be clear this would be a dream collab for me and many fans I know. So if you like the idea, speak up and maybe something in the future could happen, who knows!?” he said.

While the possibility of an IRL Cybertruck warthog may sound cool, Elon Musk will likely focus on the production of Tesla’s EV pickup truck first. The organization’s Cybertruck factory, also called Gigafactory Texas, has been making headways of progress regarding development over the past few months.

Concerning the Cybertruck, Musk referenced in the last profit call that the pickup’s design has been finalized. He additionally shared that Tesla would arrange 8,000-ton casting press machines for the Cybertruck’s single-piece back underbody.

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Nvidia Shield TV currently supports PS5, Xbox Series X/S controllers

Shield Experience Upgrade 8.2.2 brings support for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S controllers to Nvidia Shield TV.

The 27th in a long queue of software updates for the Android TV-based Nvidia Shield series brings support for two new controllers. In particular, those are the controllers that transport with Sony’s new PlayStation 5 as well as Microsoft’s new controller for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.

To pair the controllers, you’ll just have to follow two or three steps:

DualSense: Hold PlayStation and Share/Clip button until light pulses blue.

Xbox Series X/S: Hold the pairing button until the Xbox button blinks.

At the point when associated, these controllers can be utilized with Nvidia’s own GeForce Now streaming service as well as native Android games. Actually talking, it ought to likewise work with Stadia on the off chance that you sideloaded the application.

Past PS5 and Xbox Series X/S controller support, this Nvidia Shield TV update likewise brings a few different changes. There’s new integration of Control4, a home automation system for other smart home stuff. Presently, those systems can control Shield TVs with the Control4 application and remote ready to completely control the Shield TV and its installed applications.

At last, Nvidia likewise noticed that this update brings the December 2020 Android security patch and as well as a fix for 2019 Shield TV remotes for utilizing IR to control Denon receivers.