Tag: xbox one

  • Battlegrounds 1.0 for Windows on the 20th; Xbox Game Preview PUBG Is Crap

    The good news first, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will exit Steam’s Early Access program in four days on the 20th (or 21st depending on your time zone) of December. The 1.0 release will have the new desert map, Miramar, among many other changes. The Xbox One version of Battlegrounds is also out on that platform’s Game Preview…

  • PUBG 1.0 in Late December; Xbox One on December 12th

    Despite being super popular on Steam for months already, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is still in Steam’s Early Access program for incomplete games that are still gathering feedback from players. The CEO of PUBG Corp, Chang Han Kim, has a post up on the Xbox news service announcing that Battlegrounds will exit Early Access in late December.…

  • The Xbox One Plays Some Xbox Games Now

    Microsoft released a list of 13 original Xbox games that can run on the Xbox One through a disc or download today. Here’s the list: BLACK BloodRayne 2 Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge Dead to Rights Fuzion Frenzy Grabbed by the Ghoulies King of Fighters Neowave Ninja Gaiden Black Prince of Persia: The Sands of…

  • What Would Make You Want to Upgrade Your Console?

    Yours truly back in June writing during Microsoft’s E3 presentation for the Xbox One X: …it feels like Microsoft is less interested in challenging Sony with this high-end console than harvesting their hardcore Xbox fans for yet another console purchase. I don’t doubt that this console will live up to its technical promises, but it…

  • Xbox E3 2017 Briefing Notes

    Every E3 has an Xbox press event, this year Microsoft is leading it off with a brief history of different resolutions that their hardware has supported. Or at least it has upscaled games to that. If you’re new to my writing, I’ll note here that I worked for Microsoft over a decade ago on the…