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Best Racing Wheels to buy: The best steering wheels for your gaming needs!

Sumukh Rao August 23, 2021

Sometimes, when you're gaming, you'll want the most realistic experience you can get. While VR gaming lets you do just that, it's nice to have it for conventional games as well. That can be especially true for the racing genre, with series like F1 2021, Gran Turismo, and Forza Motorsport offering mechanics and physics that...

Xbox Insiders can now test a 4K dashboard for the Xbox Series X

João Carrasqueira August 16, 2021

Microsoft launched its latest generation of Xbox consoles - the Xbox Series X and S - last year, and one of the headlining features is 4K support. Specifically, the Xbox Series X even touts support for 4K at 120 frames per second. However, ever since they were released, the new consoles have rendered the dashboard...

Microsoft is testing a night mode for Xbox consoles

Corbin Davenport August 10, 2021

Microsoft unveiled an updated design for the Xbox operating system last year, alongside the release of the Xbox Series S and Series X consoles. The improvements didn't stop there, though — updates have continued to roll out over the past few months with even more features. There's now another helpful feature in the works for...

Here are the free games from Xbox Games with Gold in August 2021

Rachel Kaser July 29, 2021

Microsoft has revealed which games will be coming to the Xbox Games with Gold program in August 2021. A total of four free games will be available across the month, with one being available into September. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhRDnPKsk5k The first two free games that will be available — according to Microsoft's blog post — are Darksiders III and...

Xbox will support AMD’s super resolution tech for higher quality gaming

Kishan Vyas June 25, 2021

Earlier this week, AMD announced FidelityFX Super Resolution, the company’s answer to NVIDIA’s DLSS. Unlike DLSS, which is only available on NVIDIA’s select GPUs with Tensor Cores, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) is open source and works with a broad range of GPUs — including some NVIDIA GPUs. Microsoft has already expressed interest in bringing...

Here are the essential Prime Day deals for gamers: Games, keyboards, headsets, and more

Rachel Kaser June 22, 2021

Prime Day is here, and while we all benefit from the deals, gamers especially can benefit from the steep discounts. So if gaming is your primary hobby, then you can find several appealing discounts on games, accessories, and hardware. Here are your must-haves if you’re a gamer on Prime Day. Hardware These are the essentials that you...

ASUS ROG Strix XG43UQ 43-inch 4K gaming monitor gets Xbox certification

Kunal Khullar June 22, 2021

ASUS has announced that its 43-inch ROG Strix XG43UQ large-format gaming monitor will now be available in a special Xbox Edition. First showcased back in April, the 43-inch 4K monitor is now getting a special Xbox certification allowing owners of the new Xbox Series X|S consoles to tap into some of the high-end features. According to...

You can now create your own Xbox Series X|S controller designs

Corbin Davenport June 17, 2021

Five years ago, Microsoft introduced the Xbox Design Lab, where you could create your own Xbox One controller with unique colors and patterns and have it shipped to you. The store was temporarily shut down ahead of the Xbox Series X|S release, but now it has returned, with the added ability to customize the latest...

June Xbox Update: Party Chat Accessibility, Xbox App Official Posts, and More

Kishan Vyas June 16, 2021

Microsoft has just dropped the June update for Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S. This month’s update includes speech to text and text to speed features for Party Chat, improved parental control for kids accounts, official posts in the Xbox app, and more. Two new accessibility features — speech-to-text transcription and text-to-speech synthesis...

Dolby Vision, Atmos could come to PS5 and Switch as they aren’t Xbox exclusive

Pranob Mehrotra June 2, 2021

Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos could come to the Sony PlayStation 5 and the Nintendo Switch as Microsoft has confirmed that it doesn't have an exclusivity deal with Dolby. The confirmation came shortly after Microsoft's Xbox France team erroneously shared a blog post claiming that the company had signed a two-year console exclusivity deal with...

Xbox consoles will be getting support for Dolby Vision on Apple TV and Spotify Video Podcasts

Arol Wright May 24, 2021

Xbox consoles aren't just amazing for gaming. With an AMD Zen 2-based CPU and Radeon-based RDNA 2 graphics, the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S are ought to be great. But game consoles also often serve as all-purpose media consumption boxes as well, which is why you can use streaming services like Netflix,...

Dolby Vision is coming to Xbox Insiders with an Xbox Series X|S today

Rich Woods May 14, 2021

If you're an Xbox Insider on the Preview Alpha ring, your console is about to get Dolby Vision support. Unsurprisingly the feature is limited to the new Xbox Series X|S, as it was actually announced at launch. Indeed, Dolby has been clear that the current-gen consoles are the first to have both Dolby Atmos and...