343 Industries and Creative Assembly are currently working on a new patch for Halo Wars 2. According to the release notes, this patch comes with performance improvements on various hardware, overall multiplayer performance improvements, and fixes a number of crashes. Continue reading New patch for Halo Wars 2 will bring performance improvements, will fix several issues
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Halo Wars 2 – PC Performance Analysis
While the first Halo Wars was not originally released for the PC (it arrived however as a pre-order bonus for its sequel), Halo Wars 2 was made available on the PC immediately and alongside its Xbox One brother (thanks to Microsoft’s Xbox Play Anywhere program). Halo Wars 2 only supports DX12 and while Microsoft declined sending us a review code, it’s time to see how this new strategy game performs on the PC platform. Continue reading Halo Wars 2 – PC Performance Analysis
Halo 5: Forge – New patch will fix mouse acceleration issues, will improve rendering performance
343 Industries has announced that the next patch for Halo 5: Forge, that will be released on March 7th, will fix the mouse acceleration issues with Spartan/vehicle/turret movement on Windows 10. In addition, this patch will greatly improve rendering performance on Forge objects with material swap. Continue reading Halo 5: Forge – New patch will fix mouse acceleration issues, will improve rendering performance
Minecraft has sold more than 120 million copies worldwide, has 55 million monthly players
Microsoft has announced that Minecraft has sold more than 120 million copies worldwide across all platforms. In addition, the publisher revealed that there are 55 monthly players, which is more than 15 million monthly players since last June. Continue reading Minecraft has sold more than 120 million copies worldwide, has 55 million monthly players
Xbox’s Phil Spencer: There will be more PC exclusive games, more details coming in the future
We’ve heard countless times that Microsoft is committed to PC gaming. And while the team has indeed made some efforts to win back PC gamers, it has also made some really stupid mistakes (UWP and Win10 Store exclusives anyone?). In his latest interview with Major Nelson, Xbox’s Phil Spencer stated that Microsoft will release some exclusives games to the PC in the future. Continue reading Xbox’s Phil Spencer: There will be more PC exclusive games, more details coming in the future
Forza Horizon 3 has sold 2.5 million units
Microsoft has announced that Forza Horizon 3 has sold 2.5 units worldwide. Forza Horizon 3 is an Xbox Play Anywhere title, meaning that those sales numbers are for both the Xbox One and the PC platforms. Continue reading Forza Horizon 3 has sold 2.5 million units
Halo Wars 2 – Official Launch Trailer
Microsoft has released the official launch trailer for Halo Wars 2. In Halo Wars 2, players will lead armies of Spartans and other Halo fighting forces like Warthogs, Scorpions and exciting new units in a brutal war against a terrifying new enemy. Continue reading Halo Wars 2 – Official Launch Trailer
Windows 10 – Game mode tested, does not offer any performance boost in its current state
Game mode is a feature that a lot of PC gamers were looking forward to. This mode is available in the latest Windows 10 Insiders Build, however it appears that it does not offer any performance improvement at all. Continue reading Windows 10 – Game mode tested, does not offer any performance boost in its current state
Gears of War 4 offers crossplay MP support between Xbox One & PC in social quickplay
Back in December 2016, The Coalition launched a a crossplay test weekend that enabled Xbox One and PC players to play against each others. And yesterday, The Coalition announced that Gears of War 4 officially supports crossplay MP between Xbox One and the PC in Social Quickplay. Continue reading Gears of War 4 offers crossplay MP support between Xbox One & PC in social quickplay
Windows 10 – Game mode is now available with the latest insider build, works with a select number of games
Microsoft has released the latest insider build of Windows 10 and with it comes its new Game Mode. According to Microsoft, this mode targets performance enhancements in two ways, and it is currently supporting only a select number of games. Continue reading Windows 10 – Game mode is now available with the latest insider build, works with a select number of games