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PS5’s Impressive Load Times Are Coming Into Focus With Resident Evil 8 And NBA 2K21

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Time Stamp: June 11, 2020 8:29 PM - Modified On: June 11, 2020 - Published By:
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Among the advancements that the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X will offer is dramatically improved loading times. Back in 2019, Sony showed off the improved load times with Marvel's Spider-Man, and now the company and its partners have shared more insight on the subject. As part of Sony's PlayStation 5 reveal event, new information about load times on PS5--and Xbox Series X for that matter--came into focus. NBA 2K21 2K Sports is promising that NBA 2K21 will feature "drastically improved load speeds" on PS5. In a video, the developer

Disintegration: Building a New Type of Multiplayer Game

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Time Stamp: June 11, 2020 12:00 PM - Modified On: June 11, 2020 - Published By:
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Summary Disintegration is a sci-fi first-person shooter combining FPS and real time strategy elements. V1 Interactive is a new 30-person independent development studio founded by Marcus Lehto, the co-creator of Halo. Disintegration is available for pre-order today on the Microsoft Store for Xbox One, available June 16. Next week, Xbox fans will have a chance to jump in and play a new type of multiplayer game, one that combines the tactical strategy of an RTS mixed with first-person shooter elements. To dive into more details on this upcoming game, we

Inside Xbox Series X Optimized: Dirt 5

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Time Stamp: June 10, 2020 5:30 PM - Modified On: June 10, 2020 - Published By:
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When it launches this holiday, Xbox Series X will be the most powerful console the world has ever seen. One of the biggest benefits of all that power is giving developers the ability to make games that are Xbox Series X Optimized. This means that they’ve taken full advantage of the unique capabilities of Xbox Series X, both for new titles built natively using the Xbox Series X development environment as well as previously released titles that have been rebuilt specifically for the console. In our Inside Xbox Series X

Disintegration Review – First-Person Strategy

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Critics and fans throw around the term "tactical shooter" to represent any kind of game that somehow mandates that you think about how you shoot. Disintegration is one of the few that literally blends core real-time tactics mechanics and first-person shooting. It isn't a unique mix, though the balance of the two styles feels different from what we've seen over the years. The strategy is rich and demanding, even when the AI can't quite live up to its responsibilities. The shooting evokes all the good things about turret sequences--mainly the

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition’ Review, ‘Jump King’ and Today’s Other New Releases and the Latest Sales

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Time Stamp: June 9, 2020 2:41 PM - Modified On: June 9, 2020 - Published By:
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Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for June 9th, 2020. In today’s article, we’ve got a full review of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, a little bit of news about an upcoming release, summaries of today’s latest new games, and the usual list of new and outgoing sales. It’s a surprisingly big one today for a Tuesday, so let’s put on our gloves and get to work! News Action-RPG ‘CrossCode’ Looks to Release in July I’ve heard nothing but good things about CrossCode since it came out on

Sega Reveals New “Fog Gaming” Program, Will Use Arcade Machines Somehow

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Time Stamp: June 6, 2020 3:28 PM - Modified On: June 6, 2020 - Published By:
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Thanks to some Japanese-language news sources, we now know the nature of the big Sega reveal that was teased for this week's Famitsu. The publisher is working on some kind of initiative that it's dubbed "fog gaming." While it's not exactly clear what that is--or if it's comparable to cloud gaming services like Google Stadia--according to analyst Serkan Toto, it will likely involve using the guts of arcade machines during off-hours. They'll be good for more than just playing Dig-Dug and Street Fighter now. According to this news source in