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Les ventes de consoles s’effondrent : et si on passait à autre chose ?
news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Wednesday, 20 March - 11:08
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Xbox lance son Game Pass Challenge, pour gagner plein de cadeaux chaque mois
news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Tuesday, 12 March - 10:18
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Xbox Partner Preview : 5 annonces qu’il ne fallait pas manquer
news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Wednesday, 6 March - 18:31
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What a potential post-Xbox future could mean for Sony and Nintendo
news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Tuesday, 5 March - 14:33
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Xbox organise déjà une nouvelle conférence : rendez-vous cette semaine
news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Monday, 4 March - 17:58
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Cette Xbox 360 à monter soi-même est officielle
news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Friday, 1 March - 16:32
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I swore I’d never go back … but here I am, jonesing for Fifa | Dominik Diamond
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 23 February - 10:00 · 1 minute
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Microsoft confirms which Xbox games are going to Switch, PlayStation
news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 21 February - 20:22 · 1 minute
- Pentiment (Feb. 22, Switch, PS4/5): Obsidian's historical murder mystery has a sprawling narrative that reacts strongly to player choices.
- Hi-Fi Rush (March 9, Switch, PS5): A rhythm-action game from Bethesda Softworks where you have to match your attacks and movements to the beat to maximize your impact.
- Grounded (April 16, PS4/5): Obsidian's co-op survival adventure will be fully cross-play compatible across all platforms.
- Sea of Thieves (April 30, PS5): Despite what we considered a poor first impression , Rare's pirate-themed multiplayer simulation has attracted 35 million players so far, according to Microsoft. This title will also be cross-play compatible across platforms.
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Star Wars Battlefront collection revives a multiplayer classic
news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 21 February - 18:30
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The game includes recreations of classic battles from the original trilogy... [credit: Lucasfilm ]
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Microsoft’s decision to ease off its 23-year competition with Sony and Nintendo over supremacy in games hardware has opened a path for Japan’s return as the world’s undisputed home of the console.
The prospect of a new, less internationalized era of console wars has raised hopes of happier times for the Japanese survivors but has also caused analysts and investors to revisit the question of how much longer the whole genre of dedicated games machines will continue to exist.
Microsoft head of gaming Phil Spencer last month revealed plans to release what would previously have been exclusively Xbox games for use on rival platforms, as part of a new focus on cloud-based gaming.
After a very public breakup , Dominik Diamond had avoided the addictive football game for two years – until he was suckered in with a free trial of EA Sports FC 24
I fell off the wagon recently. Two and a half years, and all it took was one little slip. I was home one night and there it was, offered to me: a little free taste to suck me in. Before I knew it, I was hooked. I know it’s a terrible thing to do; I know it serves no purpose other than to get me to do more of it, taking my money in ever larger fistfuls as I plunge deeper and deeper into the mire of addiction. But there I was. I was back on the Fifa. (Or rather, the EA Sports FC 24, as they lost the official rights.)
It was a 10-hour free trial on Xbox Live. Ten hours, that’ll be OK, I told myself. Just a taste. See what it’s like after 30 months away . And before I know it, I’m into Ultimate Team again. This is the gaming equivalent of standing outside your ex-wife’s house trying to see what toys her new fella has bought for your kids.
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Enlarge / Four Xbox console exclusives will soon be exclusive no more. (credit: Microsoft)
During a "business update" video podcast last week, Microsoft addressed widespread rumors of Xbox software going multiplatform by saying that four of its legacy titles would be going "to the other consoles" in the future. But the company waited until today to confirm the names of the four soon-to-be-multiplatform titles.
The Xbox games coming to other consoles in the coming months are (multiplatform launch date in parentheses):
Microsoft's announcement comes just after Grounded and Pentiment were announced for Switch as part of the morning's Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase video stream, the timing of which likely prevented Microsoft from announcing its plans for those titles last week. There wasn't a lot of drama to today's announcement, though; both The Verge and independent journalist Stephen Totilo cited anonymous sources in accurately naming all four games just after Microsoft's presentation last week.
There was once a time of outstanding Star Wars computer games, before Disney made a deal with publisher EA that led to a plethora of lukewarmly received multiplayer games-as-a-service and mobile titles. (And Jedi Fallen Order , of course.) Now a cornerstone of that era is set to be revived in the form of the Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection .
Announced this morning, the collection includes two beloved LucasArts-developed online multiplayer shooters from the 2000s: Star Wars Battlefront and Star Wars Battlefront 2 . Although it debuted during a Nintendo livestream, the collection won't just be coming out on Nintendo Switch—it's coming to PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, too.
The collection will include "restored online play for up to 64 players" of all the previous Galactic Conquest and Campaign mode content from both games on all platforms, including bonus maps and extras that were previously exclusive to specific consoles. Additionally, the Hero Assault mode will now be playable on all ground maps.