Xbox One Console Reviews
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Xbox One X Shadow of War shows profound improvements over PS4 Pro
One version to rule them all?
One version to rule them all?
While we can draw conclusions about PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X from their respective specs sheets, real-life comparisons are somewhat thin on the ground right now. Microsoft's new console should offer a comprehensive improvements owing to more memory, higher levels of bandwidth and a big compute advantage, but to what extent will it actually matter in the homogenised world of multi-platform development? From an extended look at the Gamescom build of Shadow of War running on Xbox One X, the signs are looking good for the green team's new hardware, with an immediately obvious, comprehensively improved presentation - possibly the most dramatic boost we've seen to date.
Make no mistake though, as we've previously discussed, the PS4 Pro version of 'Wardor' is no slouch. Its dynamic resolution averages out at around 1620p over the base machine's full HD, while geometry draw distance and shadow LODs are improved. However, even after upgrading to the latest patch 1.04, the Pro still exhibits many low quality textures that stick out like a sore thumb - especially noticeable on ultra HD displays.
Implementation of the PC version's 4K texture pack would have done wonders here, but clearly the limited 512MB of extra RAM available to Pro developers isn't enough to house the top-tier assets. And that's the most immediately obvious difference between PS4 Pro and Xbox One X versions of the game - what sticks out right away is that texture problems on PS4 Pro are eradicated. Through sheer capacity via Xbox One X's 12GB of GDDR5 memory, Shadow of War offers a dramatic improvement in quality: for example, ground textures get a clear resolution bump from the soup-like results on Pro, offering a sharper, clearer presentation.
Monolith has also brought over the dual presentation modes from PS4 Pro - and enhanced them. There's a quality-biased offering that prioritises better visual settings like draw distance, along with a resolution mode that delivers a native 4K image. And to be clear, both options deliver better textures than PS4 Pro regardless of which you choose. On quality mode you get the best assets possible on Xbox One X, while the resolution mode uses a slightly lower quality texture filtering - blurring the ground slightly, despite using the same texture seting. Compared to PS4 Pro's texture work on its quality mode (which is also a match for its resolution mode), these still both trump it in sheer clarity though - it's a big upgrade.
Additionally, whether it's quality or resolution mode, you still get the benefit of improved ambient occlusion over a standard Xbox One. Dividing the two modes, Xbox One X gets a big boost in draw distance if you opt for the quality setting: an overview of a castle during a siege for example, shows more shadow detail and geometry rendered in from range. It prevents the pop-in you might see on other machines, and the world just feels more cohesive as a result.
In comparing PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, it makes sense to use the quality setting on both systems. Subtle as it may be, it's evident that Microsoft's machine gets even better draw distance settings overall on mountain-side geometry and small objects, over and above PS4 Pro's existing enhancements. It's a small improvement and nothing like the scale of the texture upgrades - but another advantage that shows Xbox One X veering close to PC's best presets.
On top of the quality and resolution modes shared with Sony's 'supercharged' console, Xbox One X adds another toggle that can be deployed on either preset: dynamic resolution. It's hard-set on PS4 Pro, but Xbox One X users can disable it if they want to take their chances with a less stable performance level. Assuming that toggle is disabled, what you get in quality mode is a native resolution of 3520x1980. That's 1980p fixed on Xbox One X - or very close to it - bringing a leap in image quality over the PS4 Pro's ballpark 2880x1620 output.
Based on the Gamescom build, Xbox One X's resolution mode bears mention too if you want a superior 4K picture. From what we've tested, a native 3840x2160 is achieved from the machine this way, fixed at that number, as long as the dynamic res checkbox is left blank. The machine forces the maximum resolution here, but at the cost of texture filtering and LOD quality we have on the quality mode, it's maybe not the best way to go. Based on playing through Shadow of War in both quality and resolution mode with dynamic res enabled and disabled, we'd trade the clarity of the game's 4K output for the additional features of the quality mode.
And yes, we'd enable dynamic resolution too. Quality mode with this checkbox selected can drop the pixel count to 3360x1890 - the lowest point we've measured so far. For reference, that's still higher than PS4 Pro's lowest measurement of 1512p in quality mode, and sees a 56 per cent improvement in pixel count. Unlike Sony's machine though, it's also capable of hitting a true native 4K on Xbox One X in the best case - provided not much is happening on-screen.
It's an interesting feature, and having quality with dynamic res engaged means you get all the visual bells and whistles, plus a genuine 4K picture on the occasions that it's possible. Even when it can't hit native UHD with all bling engaged, it's close enough most of the time to look good on a 4K screen. Meanwhile, engaging dynamic scaling on Xbox One X's resolution mode isn't quite as revolutionary; you get a lower bounds of around 3584x2016 wherever it senses performance is about to take a hit - while the upper bounds stays at 3840x2160. And as expected, all of these numbers super-sample down to a 1080p set if you haven't made the upgrade to 4K yet - a feature Microsoft says is common to all X titles.
Even though it's early code, the Xbox One X build we played runs almost flawlessly for regular missions at a straight 30fps, regardless of rendering mode. However, there is one exceptional area in the Gamecom build that causes issues. The Ghasghor siege is a large-scale battle that buckles Xbox One X's performance to around the low-20s. It's a mission with a surplus of enemies and effects, and the bottleneck applies whether you're on quality or resolution mode.
As a stress-test it's fascinating to see the standard Xbox One's adaptive v-sync used here, causing occasional screen-tear. Also curious is that the quality mode appears to push Xbox One X harder, compared to the resolution mode - creating a divide of 2-3 frames per second in matching scenes. Interestingly, engaging dynamic resolution makes no difference here, and it may be the case that the sheer number of entities is causing the console to be CPU-bound. Higher detail means more draw calls, adding to the load, perhaps explaining the performance deficit here. Again, it's worth stressing this is still early code from months past, and things could change come release. For the rest of the package, Shadow of War hands in a solid 30fps, and the siege areas will be worth revisiting in the final code, with Pro factored into the mix too.
As thing stand, Shadow of War gives us a prime, early example of why Microsoft targeted Xbox One X's specific specs. The sense is that a higher pixel count alone isn't enough; more importantly, this console has the extra memory resources to give those pixels more to show off - better textures, and improved LODs, for example. Additional visual options such as the ability to toggle dynamic resolution scaling are also welcome. Those who want their true 4K can have it, while those looking for more consistent performance are also catered for.
It's the radically improved art that most obviously sets Xbox One X apart from PS4 Pro, but Monolith's approach to 4K textures likely won't apply to every game. At the start of the generation, 8GB of GDDR5 seemed almost overkill - a mammoth 16x increase over last-gen. That's still a hefty chunk of memory to work with and as such, the difference in other titles may not be so pronounced. However, based on the evidence presented by Shadow of War and Rise of the Tomb Raider in particular, it's possible that Xbox One X's 12GB provision is a good case of forward-thinking on Microsoft's part. We'll report back on final code just as soon as we can.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/d...f-war-xbox-one-x-one-version-to-rule-them-all
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Thanks for the countdown. Im been mad busy clearing my schedule for a 2 day all out xbox fest at the crib.
New Trailer
I'll assume Janina's character is merked at some point towards the end of the game(SP campaign) since there has been no mention of her anywhere else in the SW universe
NeoGAF Owner Accused of Sexual Harrassment, Sites Goes Dark
Tyler Malka, the owner of popular gaming forum NeoGAF, is facing allegations of sexual assault. A Facebook post claims that Malka, who is better known online as his username “Evilore,” was a mutual friend that went on a road trip with her down to New Orleans. She alleges that once in New Orleans, she got sick, went to take a shower, and then Malka decided to join in without any consent (the two were not in a relationship at the time, and never were). These aren’t the first time that Malka has faced allegations of sexual assault, as his own blog post about a trip to Spain led people to question him after he admitted in 2012 to grabbing a woman in a club while drunk.
Due to the situation, several longtime moderators have stepped down. I’ve managed to confirm that even more moderators are planning to leave the site in the near future. While there’s a staff exodus, the site itself has gone into a state of self-implosion, as people are currently trying to one up themselves in an attempt to get banned from the site. These types of threads were being removed earlier, but now many have stayed up since the site doesn’t seem to have an active moderation team at the moment.
Here are the latest allegations against Tyler “Evilore” Malka, which were posted on Facebook four days ago:
I remember a man, who claimed to be my friend, going on a road trip to New Orleans.
In NOLA we drank and had fun and one night we had been drinking in our hotel room and I got sick.
I was throwing up and decided to hop in the shower to feel better.
I was surprised when he got into the shower, fully naked, behind me.
I had a boyfriend at the time and didn’t think I had given him any reason to believe I wanted this. I don’t cheat.
So I told him that it wasn’t ok[ay], that I was sick, that I had a boyfriend, that I didn’t want that.
He got out and slowly started resenting me, being mean to me, ignoring me… in a city he drove me to.
I couldn’t wait to get home.
I couldn’t tell my partner for fear that he would claim I led him on.
My relationship with my boyfriend suffered and we broke up soon after that.
I couldn’t come out about this situation because the perpetrator is a semi famous man who would have retaliated and I couldn’t afford to defend myself.
There are websites dedicated to this persons sexual assault history.
I didn’t know.
I was scared.
I was tired.
I still can’t post his name out of fear. Fear for a film he acted in for me. Fear of ridicule. Fear of not being believed.
I don’t want to be silent anymore.
I will post stories until I don’t feel like it anymore.
And there are so many.
In the comment sections, one of her friends asked for a name. “Not right now. I don’t wanna go back there. I don’t want him to ever contact me. I got lucky,” said the victim. “F**k it. Google Evilore,” she later added.
NeoGAF mods said earlier today that Tyler Malka was preparing a statement on the sexual assault allegations. That hasn’t gone up yet (if it does, we’ll add it to the story). Meanwhile, the site has been up and down throughout the day, with it being down for an hour earlier for “scheduled maintenance.”
We will have more updates on this whole situation. Back in 2015 we had a guest article by big Xbox fan, Tim Dog on how NeoGAF can be biased at times. You can read that here.
We can tell some people are happy about this news:
https://rectifygaming.com/neogaf-owner-accused-of-sexual-harrassment-sites-goes-dark/
Mike
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It’s almost time for Original Xbox backward compatibility ...
These might be the games returning on Xbox One
These might be the games returning on Xbox One
Some of the names that you may see when the Xbox One flips the switch on backward compatibility to the original Xbox include Dead to Rights, King of Fighters: Neowave and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
That’s according to users seeing listings for the games in the marketplace on their Xbox One and in Xbox One communities. Leaks of Xbox 360 backward compatible titles were seen in the same places in 2015 as the Xbox One approached that feature’s debut. And yes, Crimson Skies — the often-namechecked favorite of Xbox boss Phil Spencer — is in one of the images.
Spencer announced at E3 2017 that backward compatibility to the original Xbox would be coming to the console soon. The Xbox One X launches in November, and when Xbox One was made backward compatible to select Xbox 360 games beginning in 2015, that also happened in November of that year. It’s console video gaming’s biggest month, after all.
The image posted tweeted above also lists crowd pleases like Ninja Gaiden Black, Psychonauts, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Bloodrayne and Sid Meier’s Pirates! Pirates! originally launched on Xbox in 2004 and was one of the first games compatible with the Xbox 360 when it launched a year later. That was a messy process for disc games, however, and it later reappeared in the Xbox 360’s marketplace
Reddit user Krvavi_Abadas notes that the pages on which these games appear are unfinished and their interaction with the rest of the Xbox One ecosystem either goes nowhere or delivers a glitch.
In any event, like the Xbox 360 back-compat rollout, we’re not seeing wishlist-type rumors here — no Morrowind, for example. KOTOR makes sense as BioWare is now owned by EA and, well, it’s gonna be nonstop Star Wars from November to the end of the year. Of course, KOTOR has long been playable on PC.
https://www.polygon.com/2017/10/21/16513928/original-xbox-backward-compatibility-games
NeoGAF Owner Accused of Sexual Harrassment, Sites Goes Dark
Tyler Malka, the owner of popular gaming forum NeoGAF, is facing allegations of sexual assault. A Facebook post claims that Malka, who is better known online as his username “Evilore,” was a mutual friend that went on a road trip with her down to New Orleans. She alleges that once in New Orleans, she got sick, went to take a shower, and then Malka decided to join in without any consent (the two were not in a relationship at the time, and never were). These aren’t the first time that Malka has faced allegations of sexual assault, as his own blog post about a trip to Spain led people to question him after he admitted in 2012 to grabbing a woman in a club while drunk.
Due to the situation, several longtime moderators have stepped down. I’ve managed to confirm that even more moderators are planning to leave the site in the near future. While there’s a staff exodus, the site itself has gone into a state of self-implosion, as people are currently trying to one up themselves in an attempt to get banned from the site. These types of threads were being removed earlier, but now many have stayed up since the site doesn’t seem to have an active moderation team at the moment.
Here are the latest allegations against Tyler “Evilore” Malka, which were posted on Facebook four days ago:
I remember a man, who claimed to be my friend, going on a road trip to New Orleans.
In NOLA we drank and had fun and one night we had been drinking in our hotel room and I got sick.
I was throwing up and decided to hop in the shower to feel better.
I was surprised when he got into the shower, fully naked, behind me.
I had a boyfriend at the time and didn’t think I had given him any reason to believe I wanted this. I don’t cheat.
So I told him that it wasn’t ok[ay], that I was sick, that I had a boyfriend, that I didn’t want that.
He got out and slowly started resenting me, being mean to me, ignoring me… in a city he drove me to.
I couldn’t wait to get home.
I couldn’t tell my partner for fear that he would claim I led him on.
My relationship with my boyfriend suffered and we broke up soon after that.
I couldn’t come out about this situation because the perpetrator is a semi famous man who would have retaliated and I couldn’t afford to defend myself.
There are websites dedicated to this persons sexual assault history.
I didn’t know.
I was scared.
I was tired.
I still can’t post his name out of fear. Fear for a film he acted in for me. Fear of ridicule. Fear of not being believed.
I don’t want to be silent anymore.
I will post stories until I don’t feel like it anymore.
And there are so many.
In the comment sections, one of her friends asked for a name. “Not right now. I don’t wanna go back there. I don’t want him to ever contact me. I got lucky,” said the victim. “F**k it. Google Evilore,” she later added.
NeoGAF mods said earlier today that Tyler Malka was preparing a statement on the sexual assault allegations. That hasn’t gone up yet (if it does, we’ll add it to the story). Meanwhile, the site has been up and down throughout the day, with it being down for an hour earlier for “scheduled maintenance.”
We will have more updates on this whole situation. Back in 2015 we had a guest article by big Xbox fan, Tim Dog on how NeoGAF can be biased at times. You can read that here.
We can tell some people are happy about this news:
https://rectifygaming.com/neogaf-owner-accused-of-sexual-harrassment-sites-goes-dark/
Mike
Like AICN all over again
It’s almost time for Original Xbox backward compatibility ...
These might be the games returning on Xbox One
Some of the names that you may see when the Xbox One flips the switch on backward compatibility to the original Xbox include Dead to Rights, King of Fighters: Neowave and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
That’s according to users seeing listings for the games in the marketplace on their Xbox One and in Xbox One communities. Leaks of Xbox 360 backward compatible titles were seen in the same places in 2015 as the Xbox One approached that feature’s debut. And yes, Crimson Skies — the often-namechecked favorite of Xbox boss Phil Spencer — is in one of the images.
Spencer announced at E3 2017 that backward compatibility to the original Xbox would be coming to the console soon. The Xbox One X launches in November, and when Xbox One was made backward compatible to select Xbox 360 games beginning in 2015, that also happened in November of that year. It’s console video gaming’s biggest month, after all.
The image posted tweeted above also lists crowd pleases like Ninja Gaiden Black, Psychonauts, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Bloodrayne and Sid Meier’s Pirates! Pirates! originally launched on Xbox in 2004 and was one of the first games compatible with the Xbox 360 when it launched a year later. That was a messy process for disc games, however, and it later reappeared in the Xbox 360’s marketplace
Reddit user Krvavi_Abadas notes that the pages on which these games appear are unfinished and their interaction with the rest of the Xbox One ecosystem either goes nowhere or delivers a glitch.
In any event, like the Xbox 360 back-compat rollout, we’re not seeing wishlist-type rumors here — no Morrowind, for example. KOTOR makes sense as BioWare is now owned by EA and, well, it’s gonna be nonstop Star Wars from November to the end of the year. Of course, KOTOR has long been playable on PC.
https://www.polygon.com/2017/10/21/16513928/original-xbox-backward-compatibility-games
Fuzion Freenzy was the shit.
I need Power Stone.
Damn...i like the gaming setups...
NeoGAF Owner Accused of Sexual Harrassment, Sites Goes Dark
Tyler Malka, the owner of popular gaming forum NeoGAF, is facing allegations of sexual assault. A Facebook post claims that Malka, who is better known online as his username “Evilore,” was a mutual friend that went on a road trip with her down to New Orleans. She alleges that once in New Orleans, she got sick, went to take a shower, and then Malka decided to join in without any consent (the two were not in a relationship at the time, and never were). These aren’t the first time that Malka has faced allegations of sexual assault, as his own blog post about a trip to Spain led people to question him after he admitted in 2012 to grabbing a woman in a club while drunk.
Due to the situation, several longtime moderators have stepped down. I’ve managed to confirm that even more moderators are planning to leave the site in the near future. While there’s a staff exodus, the site itself has gone into a state of self-implosion, as people are currently trying to one up themselves in an attempt to get banned from the site. These types of threads were being removed earlier, but now many have stayed up since the site doesn’t seem to have an active moderation team at the moment.
Here are the latest allegations against Tyler “Evilore” Malka, which were posted on Facebook four days ago:
I remember a man, who claimed to be my friend, going on a road trip to New Orleans.
In NOLA we drank and had fun and one night we had been drinking in our hotel room and I got sick.
I was throwing up and decided to hop in the shower to feel better.
I was surprised when he got into the shower, fully naked, behind me.
I had a boyfriend at the time and didn’t think I had given him any reason to believe I wanted this. I don’t cheat.
So I told him that it wasn’t ok[ay], that I was sick, that I had a boyfriend, that I didn’t want that.
He got out and slowly started resenting me, being mean to me, ignoring me… in a city he drove me to.
I couldn’t wait to get home.
I couldn’t tell my partner for fear that he would claim I led him on.
My relationship with my boyfriend suffered and we broke up soon after that.
I couldn’t come out about this situation because the perpetrator is a semi famous man who would have retaliated and I couldn’t afford to defend myself.
There are websites dedicated to this persons sexual assault history.
I didn’t know.
I was scared.
I was tired.
I still can’t post his name out of fear. Fear for a film he acted in for me. Fear of ridicule. Fear of not being believed.
I don’t want to be silent anymore.
I will post stories until I don’t feel like it anymore.
And there are so many.
In the comment sections, one of her friends asked for a name. “Not right now. I don’t wanna go back there. I don’t want him to ever contact me. I got lucky,” said the victim. “F**k it. Google Evilore,” she later added.
NeoGAF mods said earlier today that Tyler Malka was preparing a statement on the sexual assault allegations. That hasn’t gone up yet (if it does, we’ll add it to the story). Meanwhile, the site has been up and down throughout the day, with it being down for an hour earlier for “scheduled maintenance.”
We will have more updates on this whole situation. Back in 2015 we had a guest article by big Xbox fan, Tim Dog on how NeoGAF can be biased at times. You can read that here.
We can tell some people are happy about this news:
https://rectifygaming.com/neogaf-owner-accused-of-sexual-harrassment-sites-goes-dark/
Mike
Damn...i like the gaming setups...
NeoGAF Owner Accused of Sexual Harrassment, Sites Goes Dark
Tyler Malka, the owner of popular gaming forum NeoGAF, is facing allegations of sexual assault. A Facebook post claims that Malka, who is better known online as his username “Evilore,” was a mutual friend that went on a road trip with her down to New Orleans. She alleges that once in New Orleans, she got sick, went to take a shower, and then Malka decided to join in without any consent (the two were not in a relationship at the time, and never were). These aren’t the first time that Malka has faced allegations of sexual assault, as his own blog post about a trip to Spain led people to question him after he admitted in 2012 to grabbing a woman in a club while drunk.
Due to the situation, several longtime moderators have stepped down. I’ve managed to confirm that even more moderators are planning to leave the site in the near future. While there’s a staff exodus, the site itself has gone into a state of self-implosion, as people are currently trying to one up themselves in an attempt to get banned from the site. These types of threads were being removed earlier, but now many have stayed up since the site doesn’t seem to have an active moderation team at the moment.
Here are the latest allegations against Tyler “Evilore” Malka, which were posted on Facebook four days ago:
I remember a man, who claimed to be my friend, going on a road trip to New Orleans.
In NOLA we drank and had fun and one night we had been drinking in our hotel room and I got sick.
I was throwing up and decided to hop in the shower to feel better.
I was surprised when he got into the shower, fully naked, behind me.
I had a boyfriend at the time and didn’t think I had given him any reason to believe I wanted this. I don’t cheat.
So I told him that it wasn’t ok[ay], that I was sick, that I had a boyfriend, that I didn’t want that.
He got out and slowly started resenting me, being mean to me, ignoring me… in a city he drove me to.
I couldn’t wait to get home.
I couldn’t tell my partner for fear that he would claim I led him on.
My relationship with my boyfriend suffered and we broke up soon after that.
I couldn’t come out about this situation because the perpetrator is a semi famous man who would have retaliated and I couldn’t afford to defend myself.
There are websites dedicated to this persons sexual assault history.
I didn’t know.
I was scared.
I was tired.
I still can’t post his name out of fear. Fear for a film he acted in for me. Fear of ridicule. Fear of not being believed.
I don’t want to be silent anymore.
I will post stories until I don’t feel like it anymore.
And there are so many.
In the comment sections, one of her friends asked for a name. “Not right now. I don’t wanna go back there. I don’t want him to ever contact me. I got lucky,” said the victim. “F**k it. Google Evilore,” she later added.
NeoGAF mods said earlier today that Tyler Malka was preparing a statement on the sexual assault allegations. That hasn’t gone up yet (if it does, we’ll add it to the story). Meanwhile, the site has been up and down throughout the day, with it being down for an hour earlier for “scheduled maintenance.”
We will have more updates on this whole situation. Back in 2015 we had a guest article by big Xbox fan, Tim Dog on how NeoGAF can be biased at times. You can read that here.
We can tell some people are happy about this news:
https://rectifygaming.com/neogaf-owner-accused-of-sexual-harrassment-sites-goes-dark/
Mike
I 2nd that. Power stone and crazy taxi Asap
I cosigned the commercial while catching the train home. Didn't even watch I just know its thoro off top.
Edit i watched im an xbox stan. Forza coming through my floor standing speakers and high end center channel and 4k intergra 11.2 about to be ignant.
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brah im with you .im holding on all these good games bout to come out till i get my x because i beat games in a matter of 1-2 days.
It’s almost time for Original Xbox backward compatibility ...
These might be the games returning on Xbox One
Some of the names that you may see when the Xbox One flips the switch on backward compatibility to the original Xbox include Dead to Rights, King of Fighters: Neowave and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
That’s according to users seeing listings for the games in the marketplace on their Xbox One and in Xbox One communities. Leaks of Xbox 360 backward compatible titles were seen in the same places in 2015 as the Xbox One approached that feature’s debut. And yes, Crimson Skies — the often-namechecked favorite of Xbox boss Phil Spencer — is in one of the images.
Spencer announced at E3 2017 that backward compatibility to the original Xbox would be coming to the console soon. The Xbox One X launches in November, and when Xbox One was made backward compatible to select Xbox 360 games beginning in 2015, that also happened in November of that year. It’s console video gaming’s biggest month, after all.
The image posted tweeted above also lists crowd pleases like Ninja Gaiden Black, Psychonauts, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Bloodrayne and Sid Meier’s Pirates! Pirates! originally launched on Xbox in 2004 and was one of the first games compatible with the Xbox 360 when it launched a year later. That was a messy process for disc games, however, and it later reappeared in the Xbox 360’s marketplace
Reddit user Krvavi_Abadas notes that the pages on which these games appear are unfinished and their interaction with the rest of the Xbox One ecosystem either goes nowhere or delivers a glitch.
In any event, like the Xbox 360 back-compat rollout, we’re not seeing wishlist-type rumors here — no Morrowind, for example. KOTOR makes sense as BioWare is now owned by EA and, well, it’s gonna be nonstop Star Wars from November to the end of the year. Of course, KOTOR has long been playable on PC.
https://www.polygon.com/2017/10/21/16513928/original-xbox-backward-compatibility-games
Original Xbox compatibility, and 13 games, arriving on Xbox One tomorrow
Perhaps with the exception of the Xbox One X, Microsoft’s biggest E3 2017 announcement was the addition of original Xbox backwards compatibility. The Xbox One X is still two weeks from release, but the Xbox marketplace has already begun to receive original Xbox games, priced at $9.99 each (though your original discs should also work, if you still have them). And today, IGN reports that the functionality — along with 13 original Xbox games — will be available tomorrow.
Here’s the full list of original Xbox games coming to the store tomorrow:
- Black
- BloodRayne 2
- Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
- Dead to Rights
- Ninja Gaiden Black
- Fuzion Frenzy
- Grabbed by the Ghoulies
- The King of Fighters Neowave
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
- Psychonauts
- Red Faction 2
- Sid Meier’s Pirates!
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
As for what’s next? It won’t be a dump of every original Xbox game previously made compatible with the Xbox 360.
“A curated list of key games was the way to go with this,” Xbox’s Bill Stillwell told IGN. The predictable combination of missing contracts and music licensing, exacerbated by defunct publishers, is to blame according to Stillwell.
Add in one of these soon-to-be-released Duke controllers and an embarrassing early-aughts soundtrack, and you’ve got some of your childhood back.
https://www.polygon.com/2017/10/23/...backwards-compatibility-xbox-one-release-date
How did u beat em 1 - 2 days? Howz Diego? Kayne voice
Gears of War 4 - Xbox One X Enhanced Trailer
Gears of War 4 Xbox One X Enhancements In-Depth
Gears of War 4 Xbox One X Enhancements In-Depth
We’re excited to share how Gears of War 4 has been enhanced for the Xbox One X. Our new trailer showcases the wealth of graphical and gameplay enhancements that are only possible with the world’s most powerful console. We’re also excited to finally reveal the Preferred Rendering mode so you can play Gears of War 4 how you want!
True 4K Experience
Get ready to experience unmatched clarity, richness and details with true 4K visuals (3840×2160) in our Visuals Rendering Mode. Even if you’re playing on a 1080p screen, you’ll instantly notice the difference thanks to a 4K super sampled image that brings you a crisper, richer looking Gears game than you’ve ever seen before.
HDR
High Dynamic Range provides increased contrast between lights and darks. Battling your way through a lightning flurry in a windflare has never looked better. Gears of War 4 on Xbox One X supports a wide color gamut for true-to-color definition – just as the artists intended – and now at 4K resolution.
Up to 60FPS For Ultra Smooth Gameplay
We’re excited to announce Xbox One X owners will have two Preferred Rendering Options to choose from in Gears of War 4 – Visuals and Performance!
Performance
Put framerate first. For the first time ever, Gears of War will play at up to 60fps in 1080p in Campaign and Horde – all including higher resolution textures and some of the new enhanced graphical features available in Visuals mode.
Visuals
Push graphical fidelity to the max. This mode uses Ultra Quality Textures, a wealth of new and improved graphical features all at 4K resolution (3840×2160) thanks to the power of Xbox One X. You’ll experience the same frame rates you’ve come to expect from Gears of War 4 – 30fps for Campaign and Horde .
In both Rendering modes, Versus will run at a rock-solid 4K 60FPS (with adaptive resolution scaling).
Dolby Atmos Audio Support
When playing Gears of War 4 on Xbox One, we now offer Dolby Atmos, which gives you immersive, moving audio.
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NeoGAF Owner Accused of Sexual Harrassment, Sites Goes Dark
Tyler Malka, the owner of popular gaming forum NeoGAF, is facing allegations of sexual assault. A Facebook post claims that Malka, who is better known online as his username “Evilore,” was a mutual friend that went on a road trip with her down to New Orleans. She alleges that once in New Orleans, she got sick, went to take a shower, and then Malka decided to join in without any consent (the two were not in a relationship at the time, and never were). These aren’t the first time that Malka has faced allegations of sexual assault, as his own blog post about a trip to Spain led people to question him after he admitted in 2012 to grabbing a woman in a club while drunk.
Due to the situation, several longtime moderators have stepped down. I’ve managed to confirm that even more moderators are planning to leave the site in the near future. While there’s a staff exodus, the site itself has gone into a state of self-implosion, as people are currently trying to one up themselves in an attempt to get banned from the site. These types of threads were being removed earlier, but now many have stayed up since the site doesn’t seem to have an active moderation team at the moment.
Here are the latest allegations against Tyler “Evilore” Malka, which were posted on Facebook four days ago:
I remember a man, who claimed to be my friend, going on a road trip to New Orleans.
In NOLA we drank and had fun and one night we had been drinking in our hotel room and I got sick.
I was throwing up and decided to hop in the shower to feel better.
I was surprised when he got into the shower, fully naked, behind me.
I had a boyfriend at the time and didn’t think I had given him any reason to believe I wanted this. I don’t cheat.
So I told him that it wasn’t ok[ay], that I was sick, that I had a boyfriend, that I didn’t want that.
He got out and slowly started resenting me, being mean to me, ignoring me… in a city he drove me to.
I couldn’t wait to get home.
I couldn’t tell my partner for fear that he would claim I led him on.
My relationship with my boyfriend suffered and we broke up soon after that.
I couldn’t come out about this situation because the perpetrator is a semi famous man who would have retaliated and I couldn’t afford to defend myself.
There are websites dedicated to this persons sexual assault history.
I didn’t know.
I was scared.
I was tired.
I still can’t post his name out of fear. Fear for a film he acted in for me. Fear of ridicule. Fear of not being believed.
I don’t want to be silent anymore.
I will post stories until I don’t feel like it anymore.
And there are so many.
In the comment sections, one of her friends asked for a name. “Not right now. I don’t wanna go back there. I don’t want him to ever contact me. I got lucky,” said the victim. “F**k it. Google Evilore,” she later added.
NeoGAF mods said earlier today that Tyler Malka was preparing a statement on the sexual assault allegations. That hasn’t gone up yet (if it does, we’ll add it to the story). Meanwhile, the site has been up and down throughout the day, with it being down for an hour earlier for “scheduled maintenance.”
We will have more updates on this whole situation. Back in 2015 we had a guest article by big Xbox fan, Tim Dog on how NeoGAF can be biased at times. You can read that here.
We can tell some people are happy about this news:
https://rectifygaming.com/neogaf-owner-accused-of-sexual-harrassment-sites-goes-dark/
Mike
Jesus Christ...... You go on a road trip with dude to New Orleans and it looks like you are sharing a room..... And you are calling Sexual Harassment because the dude made a move on you.
See this is why I fucking tell these chicks that "I can no longer afford to be the aggressive one"... "I need you to tell me what you want" Fuck this... You should be able to tell shit.
Gawd damn....... Next thing you know chicks are going to accuse dudes of sexual harassment because they walked by dudes computer and he had BGOL up on his screen.
It’s almost time for Original Xbox backward compatibility ...
These might be the games returning on Xbox One
Some of the names that you may see when the Xbox One flips the switch on backward compatibility to the original Xbox include Dead to Rights, King of Fighters: Neowave and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
That’s according to users seeing listings for the games in the marketplace on their Xbox One and in Xbox One communities. Leaks of Xbox 360 backward compatible titles were seen in the same places in 2015 as the Xbox One approached that feature’s debut. And yes, Crimson Skies — the often-namechecked favorite of Xbox boss Phil Spencer — is in one of the images.
Spencer announced at E3 2017 that backward compatibility to the original Xbox would be coming to the console soon. The Xbox One X launches in November, and when Xbox One was made backward compatible to select Xbox 360 games beginning in 2015, that also happened in November of that year. It’s console video gaming’s biggest month, after all.
The image posted tweeted above also lists crowd pleases like Ninja Gaiden Black, Psychonauts, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Bloodrayne and Sid Meier’s Pirates! Pirates! originally launched on Xbox in 2004 and was one of the first games compatible with the Xbox 360 when it launched a year later. That was a messy process for disc games, however, and it later reappeared in the Xbox 360’s marketplace
Reddit user Krvavi_Abadas notes that the pages on which these games appear are unfinished and their interaction with the rest of the Xbox One ecosystem either goes nowhere or delivers a glitch.
In any event, like the Xbox 360 back-compat rollout, we’re not seeing wishlist-type rumors here — no Morrowind, for example. KOTOR makes sense as BioWare is now owned by EA and, well, it’s gonna be nonstop Star Wars from November to the end of the year. Of course, KOTOR has long been playable on PC.
https://www.polygon.com/2017/10/21/16513928/original-xbox-backward-compatibility-games
The following is the only game that I need.... I love the other games, but this is the only game I care about.
Man the lack of Def Jam is killing me. I've tried playing it through Playstation Emulation and it's just not the same.
This. Say hello and goodbye keep it neutral and boring as possible. Stay safe and stay uninteresting as possible.
This.... Fellas are just going to have to come to the conclusion that the game has changed. Women are going to need to deal with it. It's just to damn easy to catch a case. Even if you don't catch a case... with the way Social Media is... Shit that you did in high school can come back on you in quickness. Back in the 9th through 12th grade... I use to smack girls asses with the quickness. And that's the tame shit...
My ass could never fucking for president.... I wouldn't make it 3 weeks before some old shit pops up and ruins my entire career.
Yep i tell my mentees keep it boring. I hung with everybody in highschool. I had homies who went as far as u did. My Pops put me on game about I was in school with. I kept it cool and later on via weekend class trips etc . Time for college letters of recommendations came in.
I was tame in comparsion but it would be a wrap 2k18 snapchat, ig , Twitter. U couldn't breathe wrong in school 2 day.
[Update—10/23/2017 4:25 pm est]: Today, Vice Waypoint published an account of NeoGAF’s last 48 hours that included Tyler Malka’s allegation that the shower incident was “totally harmonious and consensual.” Malka went on to say that Leupp’s allegations against him are “totally ridiculous and baseless” and “a perfect storm of misanthropy and opportunism.” In response, Leupp described his view that the incident was consensual as “delusional.”
Malka told Waypoint that NeoGAF should be up and running again later today and should move “away from the increasingly untenable off-topic discussions that made 2017 such a stressful year for everyone,” adding that he’ll continue to be “at the helm.”
https://kotaku.com/neogaf-goes-dark-after-sexual-misconduct-allegation-aga-1819755151
Malka told Waypoint that NeoGAF should be up and running again later today and should move “away from the increasingly untenable off-topic discussions that made 2017 such a stressful year for everyone,” adding that he’ll continue to be “at the helm.”
https://kotaku.com/neogaf-goes-dark-after-sexual-misconduct-allegation-aga-1819755151
NeoGAF Owner Accused of Sexual Harrassment, Sites Goes Dark
Tyler Malka, the owner of popular gaming forum NeoGAF, is facing allegations of sexual assault. A Facebook post claims that Malka, who is better known online as his username “Evilore,” was a mutual friend that went on a road trip with her down to New Orleans. She alleges that once in New Orleans, she got sick, went to take a shower, and then Malka decided to join in without any consent (the two were not in a relationship at the time, and never were). These aren’t the first time that Malka has faced allegations of sexual assault, as his own blog post about a trip to Spain led people to question him after he admitted in 2012 to grabbing a woman in a club while drunk.
Due to the situation, several longtime moderators have stepped down. I’ve managed to confirm that even more moderators are planning to leave the site in the near future. While there’s a staff exodus, the site itself has gone into a state of self-implosion, as people are currently trying to one up themselves in an attempt to get banned from the site. These types of threads were being removed earlier, but now many have stayed up since the site doesn’t seem to have an active moderation team at the moment.
Here are the latest allegations against Tyler “Evilore” Malka, which were posted on Facebook four days ago:
I remember a man, who claimed to be my friend, going on a road trip to New Orleans.
In NOLA we drank and had fun and one night we had been drinking in our hotel room and I got sick.
I was throwing up and decided to hop in the shower to feel better.
I was surprised when he got into the shower, fully naked, behind me.
I had a boyfriend at the time and didn’t think I had given him any reason to believe I wanted this. I don’t cheat.
So I told him that it wasn’t ok[ay], that I was sick, that I had a boyfriend, that I didn’t want that.
He got out and slowly started resenting me, being mean to me, ignoring me… in a city he drove me to.
I couldn’t wait to get home.
I couldn’t tell my partner for fear that he would claim I led him on.
My relationship with my boyfriend suffered and we broke up soon after that.
I couldn’t come out about this situation because the perpetrator is a semi famous man who would have retaliated and I couldn’t afford to defend myself.
There are websites dedicated to this persons sexual assault history.
I didn’t know.
I was scared.
I was tired.
I still can’t post his name out of fear. Fear for a film he acted in for me. Fear of ridicule. Fear of not being believed.
I don’t want to be silent anymore.
I will post stories until I don’t feel like it anymore.
And there are so many.
In the comment sections, one of her friends asked for a name. “Not right now. I don’t wanna go back there. I don’t want him to ever contact me. I got lucky,” said the victim. “F**k it. Google Evilore,” she later added.
NeoGAF mods said earlier today that Tyler Malka was preparing a statement on the sexual assault allegations. That hasn’t gone up yet (if it does, we’ll add it to the story). Meanwhile, the site has been up and down throughout the day, with it being down for an hour earlier for “scheduled maintenance.”
We will have more updates on this whole situation. Back in 2015 we had a guest article by big Xbox fan, Tim Dog on how NeoGAF can be biased at times. You can read that here.
We can tell some people are happy about this news:
https://rectifygaming.com/neogaf-owner-accused-of-sexual-harrassment-sites-goes-dark/
Mike
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