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ARK: Survival Ascended shows off gorgeous Unreal Engine 5 gameplay goodness

Anthony Garreffa | Oct 25, 2023 6:02 PM CDT

ARK: Survival Evolved was one of the biggest surprise hits of the last few years, and now Studio Wildcards' is cooking up something very, very exciting with its sequel... ARK: Survival Ascended, which has a new gameplay trailer to check out:

ARK: Survival Ascended shows off gorgeous Unreal Engine 5 gameplay goodness

The new trailer was released during the Xbox Partner Preview showcase, with the Unreal Engine 5-powered ARK: Survival Ascended looking mighty fine in the graphics department because of it. We have massively upgraded environments, creatures that have an enormous amount of detail, destruction, and so much more. It's all in-engine, and it looks in-sane.

ARK: Survival Ascended is using Unreal Engine 5 to great effect, with many its technologies baked inside of the game, including Lumen, Nanite, Instance-Based Rendering, fluid and foilage animation technologies, and more. There are also modding abilities in ARK: Survival Ascended, with the new modding tools letting you access Unreal Engine 5 directly. Not only that, but console gamers playing ARK: Survival Ascended will be able to get in on the modding fun, too.

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Xbox Q1 results beat top forecast by $128 million

Derek Strickland | Oct 25, 2023 4:29 PM CDT

Microsoft's gaming division outperformed expectations and beat the highest internal forecasts by over $100 million.

Xbox Q1 results beat top forecast by $128 million

Xbox is soaring right now. Microsoft's gaming branch just acquired Activision Blizzard King, folding in 8 more billion-dollar video game franchises into Xbox's mighty war chest. Starfield has propelled Xbox revenues to all-time highs, setting a record for Q1 results while proving the efficacy of new subscription-based monetization methods.

Starfield's success and subsequent bleed-over into Game Pass not only helped drive $3.92 billion revenues in Q1, making this the highest non-holiday quarter in Xbox history, but the game actually helped Microsoft exceed the highest upper limit of its internal earnings forecasts. Last quarter, Microsoft CFO Amy Hood forecasted that Xbox would make around $3.791 billion as a topline estimate.

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Xbox owns at least 17 video game franchises with $1 billion lifetime revenue

Derek Strickland | Oct 25, 2023 1:12 PM CDT

Microsoft's games division now owns the rights to upwards of 17 separate video game franchises that have generated $1 billion in lifetime revenues.

Xbox owns at least 17 video game franchises with $1 billion lifetime revenue

Following the combination with gaming titan Activision-Blizzard, Xbox gaming has grown tremendously. Microsoft has acquired a war chest of some of the most highly-lauded and -profitable video game IPs on the planet, including the $31 billion Call of Duty franchise. In a recent Q1 earnings call, company CEO Satya Nadella puts the value of the Xbox brand into a more long-term perspective by highlighting the sheer breadth and volume of its new catalog.

According to Nadella, Microsoft will have access to 13 video game series with billion-dollar revenues...but our count puts this even higher. "With Activision Blizzard King, we will now add significant depth to our content portfolio. We will have 13 billion dollar-plus franchises - from Candy Crush, Diablo, and Halo, to Warcraft, Elder Scrolls, and Gears of War," the Microsoft CEO said during the call.

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Starfield players get fed up waiting and fix the game themselves with hefty unofficial patch

Darren Allan | Oct 25, 2023 11:27 AM CDT

The Starfield community has collectively produced a sizeable patch for the game which fixes a lot of problems that Bethesda has yet to get around to resolving.

Starfield players get fed up waiting and fix the game themselves with hefty unofficial patch

Specifically, this is a mod, and one packed with numerous fixes for the PC version of Starfield. Naturally, it's unofficial - of course - and you download and use it at your own risk. There are no guarantees it might not break other stuff in the game (and this is an early working version, too, v0.01 to be precise).

The patch authors note:

"The Starfield Community Patch (SFCP) project is a collective effort by mod authors and the wider player community of Starfield to fix bugs, errors and other inconsistencies present in the game. This includes tweaks, typos and other changes that may have been missed (or not yet released) by the developers. The overall goal is to improve the vanilla experience for all players. All fixes should be considered unofficial unless the change is carried forward by Bethesda."

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Skyrim fan recreates the entire game inside Age of Empires 2 after 400 hours of work

Jak Connor | Oct 25, 2023 10:25 AM CDT

A Redditor has shared a gargantuan project onto the Skyrim subreddit, revealing the finished product of Skyrim successfully recreated within Age of Empires 2.

Skyrim fan recreates the entire game inside Age of Empires 2 after 400 hours of work

Yes, that's right, Skyrim within Age of Empires 2 - specifically Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition. The Reddit post was by user Grouchy_Bluejay4511, an alias account for Bubbabaelor, the mastermind behind the project, which took more than 400 hours of work and more than a year to complete. Bubbabaelor explained that their mod contains more than 50 quests, 100 unique characters, and the ability for players to "play as one of the Holds vying for control of Skyrim."

Bubbabaelor talked to GamesRadar and gave some backstory on the project, saying that the inspiration for it originally came from numerous mods for Age of Empires 2 HD that were based on books. Around that time, Bubbabaelor discovered a Skyrim map created by Zarko, but it was never fully completed. Bubbabaelor decided to take it upon himself to complete the project in their own way.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 PC requirements show you'll be fine with a GeForce GTX 1070

Kosta Andreadis | Oct 24, 2023 10:58 PM CDT

Activision posted the PC system requirements for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III release a little early. The post from the company, which has since been taken down, outlined the minimum and recommended specs for the next Call of Duty - and based on what we've been seeing of late (looking at you, Alan Wake 2), it's pretty modest stuff.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 PC requirements show you'll be fine with a GeForce GTX 1070

The minimum specs on the GPU side only require an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, GeForce GTX 1650, or AMD Radeon RX 480 to get a playable version of the game. Of course, playing any PC release with the minimum specs, especially a fast-paced shooter, is a dangerous game - it's always best to look at the 'recommended' options to ensure a somewhat smooth experience.

Activision's 'recommended' specs for 60FPS "in most situations" ask for an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or GeForce RTX 3050. Compared to last year's recommended GeForce GTX 1060 - it's not that big of an increase. This means most PC gamers shouldn't have an issue playing the game with a stable frame rate.

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Alan Wake 2 hits 130 FPS on GeForce RTX 4090 in 4K with DLSS 3.5 and full Path Tracing

Kosta Andreadis | Oct 24, 2023 8:29 PM CDT

With the arrival of the GeForce RTX 40 Series, NVIDIA has leaned into technology that delivers breathtaking visuals alongside upping raw horsepower. The GeForce RTX 4090 is an absolute beast in that department, but with dedicated RT and AI hardware, we've been treated to the stunning DLSS 3.5 images in games like Cyberpunk 2077. And now it's time to add Remedy's Alan Wake II to the list.

Alan Wake 2 hits 130 FPS on GeForce RTX 4090 in 4K with DLSS 3.5 and full Path Tracing

Much has been said about the game's intensive hardware requirements, with the game set to feature fully ray-traced graphics (i.e., path tracing) alongside a suite of cutting-edge DirectX 12 technologies. Remedy pushing in-game graphics is no secret, and even though it sounds like the game will struggle running on an old GeForce GTX GPU - a new deep-dive from NVIDIA shows that if you've got any of the new GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs - you're golden.

On the high-end, the GeForce RTX 4090 can push 130+ FPS in 4K with DLSS 3.5 (Frame Generation, Ray Reconstruction, and Super Resolution), full ray-tracing, and max settings. Incredible.

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Xbox hits record-breaking $3.92 billion Q1 thanks to Starfield, first-party games, Game Pass

Derek Strickland | Oct 24, 2023 4:06 PM CDT

As we predicted, Starfield's breakout launch propels Xbox earnings to new heights.

Xbox hits record-breaking $3.92 billion Q1 thanks to Starfield, first-party games, Game Pass

Microsoft just broke new barriers with its Xbox games division. Xbox pulled in a record-breaking $3.919 billion in revenues during Q1'24, representing a +9% year-over-year increase, or a jump of about $309 million dollars over last year's results. Starfield's significant launch helped kick off Microsoft's new Fiscal Year 2024 timeline with a big earnings milestone.

To put this number into perspective, Xbox made more in this Q1 period (July - September, 2023) than any other non-holiday period in the platform's entire 22-year history. Like its competitors Nintendo and PlayStation, Xbox makes most of its earnings from the critical year-end holiday timeframe. Starfield was undoubtedly a big part of these results, with the game becoming the top-earning premium title of September 2023 and amassing 6 million players shortly after launch.

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Aliens: Fireteam Elite dev may be working on another third-person sci-fi Alien game

Derek Strickland | Oct 24, 2023 3:33 PM CDT

After multiple patches and expansions, Cold Iron Studios is sunsetting Aliens: Fireteam Elite...but a new Alien game could be in development.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite dev may be working on another third-person sci-fi Alien game

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is comfortably the best Alien shooter ever made. The game has great gunplay, impressive visuals, and chaotic action-packed gameplay that keeps you on the edge of your seat--not to mention that it pays respect to the classic franchise's lore while expanding it further.

Now it looks like gamers could be getting another Alien shooter from the same developer. In a recent Facebook post, Cold Iron announced that Aliens: Fireteam Elite would be getting smaller quality-of-life changes moving forward, and that the team was working on the next big game.

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Spider-Man 2 breaks all PlayStation sales records

Derek Strickland | Oct 24, 2023 2:28 PM CDT

Spider-Man 2 is the latest first-party PlayStation game to achieve blockbuster status.

Spider-Man 2 breaks all PlayStation sales records

With Spider-Man 2's spectacular success, Insomniac has proven lightning can strike in the same place twice (three times including Miles Morales). The successful sequel has garnered a 90 on Metacritic and has now unlocked game sales to match the hype.

Sony has confirmed that Spider-Man 2 is now the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game of all time. This is an impressive feat to be sure, but it's hard to match the webslinger's performance with other first-party record-holders like God of War Ragnarok, the original Spider-Man from 2018, and The Last of Us Part II.

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