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Microsoft Attempts to Shake Up the Console War
Microsoft has released details about their ‘Project Scorpio’ which hopes to level the playing field with Sony in the 4k gaming stakes. With 4k gaming (and televisions) having come to the forefront in the last couple years, Sony was the first console to address this market when they released the…
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Project Scorpio to Include Integrated PSU and 4K Game DVR?
According to insider reports, Microsoft will include an integrated PSU and a 4K game recorder inside its new 6TFLOPS Xbox One upgrade, currently known by the codename Project Scorpio. While an integrated PSU in the Xbox Scorpio wouldn’t be too much of a surprise – last year’s hardware refresh, the…
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Xbox Scorpio Supersampling Will Enhance Graphics on 1080p TVs
Now that home gaming consoles are catching up to 4K gaming – the Xbox One S and the PlayStation 4 Pro both offer 4K resolutions, of a sort – many have been wondering whether the new Xbox One upgrade, codenamed Project Scorpio, will exclusively serve only those who have an…
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Phil Spencer: Xbox Scorpio Won’t Have Traditional Launch Lineup
The Scorpio, Microsoft’s not-quite-a-next-gen 4K, 6 TFLOPS revision of its Xbox One, is set to release during Autumn of this year, but don’t expect a slew of high-profile launch titles. According to Xbox Head Phil Spencer, the Xbox Scorpio won’t be getting a traditional launch lineup, since it is an…
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Microsoft Puts Date on Xbox Scorpio Reveal
As expected, Microsoft will officially unveil its new console – a more powerful iteration of its existing Xbox One hardware, codenamed Scorpio – at a special event at E3 2017 this Summer, with the Redmond company formally announcing the date and time of the big reveal. According to a Microsoft…
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Xbox Scorpio is “Full Blown Next-Gen Machine”
An Xbox developer has claimed that Microsoft’s Xbox upgrade, codenamed Project Scorpio, will be an entirely new console, rather than just a more powerful update of the Xbox One. Thomas Mahler, the creator of Ori and the Blind Forest, made the revelation on NeoGAF earlier this week. While Sony has gotten…
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Xbox Scorpio Specs Leaked
Specifications for Microsoft’s forthcoming 4K Xbox One revision, codenamed Scorpio, have leaked, confirming some rumours about the hardware and teasing new details as yet unknown. The leak, in the form of a white paper on the console, comes courtesy of Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry. The first tidbit revealed by the paper…
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EA Executive Claims New Consoles Shouldn’t Increase R&D Costs
Typically, consoles have a relatively long lifespan which allows consumers to enjoy games without upgrading their hardware. While this can prove overly limiting for developers, the traditional console strategy encourages people to buy the hardware because it’s not going to be replaced in a hurry. Despite this, the rise of…
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Xbox One Scorpio has “Significant Advantage” Over PS4 Pro
While Sony has had the jump on Microsoft by up to a year with the recent release of the PlayStation 4 Pro, the latter’s forthcoming Xbox One upgrade, codenamed Scorpio, is expected to beat out its rival in terms of power when it is released next year. The Scorpio, which…
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Consoles Will Be History in Five Years Says Dead or Alive Developer
In an interview with Polygon, Tomonobu Itagaki, the outspoken head of Valhalla Game Studios, developer of polarising Wii U exclusive Devil’s Third, has branded the PS4 Pro a mere token move to support VR technology and has claimed that game consoles will be dead within five years. Itagaki, lead developer…
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Phil Spencer Hints About the Xbox Scorpio Costing More Than $399
The Xbox Scorpio will apparently deliver a true 4K gaming experience and easily become the fastest console ever devised. Of course, managing to run games at a native 4K resolution is a difficult task and requires expensive hardware. The device has 6 Teraflops of computing power and 320GB/s memory bandwidth.…
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Doom Lead Director Argues 4K Gaming on Xbox Scorpio is a “Waste of Resources”
The Xbox Scorpio has been touted as the most powerful console ever created and capable of delivering a true 4K experience. In contrast to this, the PS4 Pro employs a checkerboard tactic in the majority of cases to upscale games. According to Microsoft, the Xbox Scorpio’s 6 Teraflops of computing…
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Microsoft: Scorpio is “The Only Console Capable of True 4K and High Fidelity VR”
Not so long ago, Sony unveiled the PS4 Pro and discussed the console’s 4K capabilities. Of course, the hardware isn’t powerful enough to cope with native 4K gaming and employs upscaling or checkerboard rendering. This technology is quite impressive and still provides a great boost in visual fidelity compared to…
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Indie Dev Claims Current Gen Consoles Are Not Weak
The lengthy nature of the previous console generation dramatically increased the performance deficit to the PC platform and made it challenging for developers to push the technical boundaries. Also, console makers this generation didn’t launch the systems at a loss as a way of driving sales. This meant the hardware…
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Crytek: Xbox Scorpio and PS4 Pro Will Eradicate “Some of The Limitations”
Console lifecycles are usually quite long to encourage consumers to invest in the platform and feel a heightened sense of financial security about their initial purchase. The previous generation almost lasted a decade which resulted in the hardware being incredibly out-of-date and lingering behind modestly powerful gaming systems. This generation…
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