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Blacktail Interview – Story, Combat, Morality, and More

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The folks at The Parasight have quite a bit of experience with the horror genre, having previously worked on several games at Bloober Team, but with their upcoming game, they’re bringing a unique flavour to the horror experience. Blacktail looks like a charming fairytale adventure at first glance, but the game is promising a dark and twisted narrative inspired by Slavic folklore, with an emphasis on tense gameplay and tough moral decisions. All the elements seem to be in place for an interesting horror game, in short, and curious to learn

Zuckerberg is turning trillion-dollar Facebook into a ‘metaverse’ company, he tells investors

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“I wanted to discuss this now so that you can see the future that we’re working towards and how our major initiative across the company are going to map to that,” Zuckerberg said on the call. “What is the metaverse? It’s a virtual environment where you can be present with people in digital spaces. You can kind of think of this as an embodied internet that you’re inside of rather than just looking at.” These comments echoed an interview he gave to The Verge last week, detailing some of the

Take an Extensive Look at Halo Infinite’s Multiplayer Technical Preview

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Today Microsoft and 343 Industries provided an extensive look at the upcoming technical preview of the multiplayer of Halo Infinite. Not only do we get to see plenty of shooting and fighting, but the developers also provided an interesting glimpse at the multiplayer’s customization features that will let you pretty much design your Spartan. You can check the full video below. [embedded content] According to an extensive blog post, the technical preview will happen at the following times: Thursday, July 29: Tech preview is officially live! Go wild, Spartans.Friday, July

PS5 Sells 10 Million Consoles

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Top GamesThe PS5 retains its spot as Sony's fastest selling console in history. / SOPA Images/Getty ImagesSony has now sold more than 10 million PlayStation 5 consoles, continuing its reign as the fastest-selling console in Sony history even as worldwide component shortages hamstring manufacturing."While PS5 has reached more households faster than any of our previous consoles, we still have a lot of work ahead of us as demand for PS5 continues to outstrip supply," said Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan during an earnings call. "I want gamers

Xbox Series X|S Fastest Selling Consoles in Microsoft History

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Top GamesXbox Series X and Xbox Series S / Photo by MicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation reported in its quarterly earnings call Tuesday that the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S are its fastest-selling consoles to date. In Microsoft’s quarterly earnings call, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella had a lengthy statement that finished off by stating Xbox’s various record breaks. Nadella began the call talking about gaming being the largest category in the entertainment world and that Microsoft is looking to expand their opportunity “to reach the world’s 3 billion gamers wherever

Best Bluetooth mice for gaming

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Gaming experiences are often defined by the components that create them. For many console gamers, a wireless controller is a necessity in creating the ultimate gaming experience. When it comes to gaming with a mouse and keyboard, there are two ways to achieve that wireless experience: wireless 2.4GHz USB adapters and Bluetooth.  Bluetooth is often frowned upon by gamers because of the amount of latency it introduces between player inputs and the PC. In short, when you move your Bluetooth mouse to the right, your computer will respond about 10

Everything you need to know about Linux Proton on the Steam Deck

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The Steam Deck is Valve’s venture into portable gaming. In terms of hardware, the Steam Deck is nothing but impressive. But more importantly, the system has everything a portable gaming device needs, including a 7-inch touchscreen, dual thumbsticks, and a trackpad. While the Steam Deck may look like its mobile gaming counterparts, it performs nothing like them.  What is Steam Proton? What makes the Steam Deck unique is its software. The Steam Deck runs on a Linux-based software called Steam Proton. On paper, a Linux-based gaming system seems like a

Microsoft reports Q4 earnings, Xbox content and services down 4 percent

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Microsoft held an investor meeting recently that detailed its results for the fourth quarter of the 2021 fiscal year (April 1 to June 30, 2021), which included overall revenue growth of 21 percent to $46.2 billion. The main driver for this revenue growth wasn’t the computing division, however, like in the previous quarter. Instead, it was the Intelligent Cloud segment, which consists of server products and cloud services. That segment revenue was $17.4 billion (37.66 percent of total revenue) and increased by 30 percent compared to the previous quarter. Azure’s

Xbox Hardware Revenue Up 172% YoY, Content & Services Down 4%; Microsoft Gaming Revenue Up 11%

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Today, Microsoft announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2021, related to the period between April 1, 2021, and June 30. Firstly, the presentation included an update on the performance of the More Personal Computing business, which includes Microsoft’s gaming division and the Xbox brand. You can find all the relevant figures for the segment in the slides below. We learn that gaming revenue grew 11% ($357 million) year-on-year and Xbox content and services revenue declined by 4% ($128 million) year-on-year. While revenue from Game

Gears Developer Shows Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo And Character Render Test On Xbox Series X

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Last year, we got the first look at what Unreal Engine 5 can look like. A tech demo was released running on the PS5 to give us an idea of the type of thing developers can begin to achieve with the new systems. Now it’s time for the other side of the fence to show off a bit, as The Coalition, the developers now heading the Gears of War franchise, had their own tech demo to show off on Microsoft hardware. The studio released two videos, one of which was