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Watch Microsoft’s E3 2017 Press Conference

Microsoft’s E3 2017 press conference will begin in around 15 minutes. During this conference, Microsoft will unveil Xbox Scorpio as well as some new games. BioWare will showcase its new IP, Anthem, and we expect Crackdown 3 and Forza Motorsport 7 to be shown. In addition, there are rumours for a new Battletoads game and a reboot of Scalebound. You can watch Microsoft’s E3 2017 press conference below. Continue reading Watch Microsoft’s E3 2017 Press Conference

Gears of War 4 receives its largest patch to date, weighting over 29GB in size

The Coalition has released the largest update to date for Gears of War 4. This update, titled Rise of the Horde, adds a number of new skills for each class, new difficulty modes, two new maps, and enables Crossplay in Ranked Play that brings Xbox and Windows players together in the battle to earn the highest rank possible. Continue reading Gears of War 4 receives its largest patch to date, weighting over 29GB in size

Crackdown 3 confirmed for the PC, will be an “Xbox Play Anywhere” title, releases in 2017

Back in 2016, Microsoft claimed that all of its title that were showcased at E3 would be released on the PC (yes yes, Microsoft claimed that all future titles would be coming to the PC, but then backtracked). And since Crackdown 3 was not shown during that event, a lot of us wondered whether this game would hit the PC. Well, it’s been confirmed that Crackdown 3 will be coming to our platform, and will be an “Xbox Play Anywhere” title. Continue reading Crackdown 3 confirmed for the PC, will be an “Xbox Play Anywhere” title, releases in 2017

This mod for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition increases max population & further tweaks the camera

Modder ‘bbc6rgf57ytty5yx’ has released a must-have mod for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition. This mod increases the game’s max population to 500 for both factions. As such, the UNSC can now have 6 Spartans and the Covenant can have 3 leaders. Continue reading This mod for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition increases max population & further tweaks the camera

Is Forza Horizon 3’s Surfers Paradise finally playable in 60fps? Yes, yes it is

A few hours ago, Turn 10 released a new performance PC patch for Forza Horizon 3. As you may have guessed, we immediately tested the Surfers Paradise area; an area that suffered from major optimization issues. And we are happy to report that the game can now run with a stable 60fps experience even in that area. Continue reading Is Forza Horizon 3’s Surfers Paradise finally playable in 60fps? Yes, yes it is

Forza Horizon 3 – PC performance patch is now live, full release notes revealed

Turn 10 has just released the promised PC performance patch for Forza Horizon 3. According to the release notes, Turn 10  has increased the number of concurrent threads used by the render architecture, thus taking further advantage of DX12 capabilities to allow the visuals to be processed out of order during the frame. Continue reading Forza Horizon 3 – PC performance patch is now live, full release notes revealed

Gears of War 4 – May update will add multi-GPU support, releases tomorrow

The Coalition has announced that the May update – which releases tomorrow – for Gears of War 4 will add official multi-GPU support. According to the team, with this patch players will be able to use multiple graphics card setups, and take full advantage of their setups. Continue reading Gears of War 4 – May update will add multi-GPU support, releases tomorrow

Forza Horizon 3 – New patch will improve CPU performance, will add new graphical options

As we’ve claimed multiple times, Forza Horizon 3 suffers from some ridiculous CPU optimization issues. In its current state, the game relies heavily on only one CPU core/thread. And thankfully, Turn 10 and Playground Games will finally address this issue. Continue reading Forza Horizon 3 – New patch will improve CPU performance, will add new graphical options