During the Xbox E3 2019 Briefing, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer revealed that in designing Scarlett, the company wanted the console to be "compatible across all the generations". Clarifying further, Partner Director of Program Management Jason Ronald told Windows Central more about the decisi

After a two year wait that seemed much longer, Rockstar’s latest open world epic hit consoles last week and has received near unanimous praise for its incredible attention to detail, polished gunplay and a massive landscape that reacts in consistently surprising ways. While most players are still waist-deep in the lengthy singleplayer campaign, the developer is hard at work on Red Dead Redemption 2’s Online mode , which has plenty of promise thanks to the solid foundation laid by the core game. While this is far from Rockstar’s first foray into multiplayer gaming, Grand Theft Auto V’s online component has grown to become one of the most prominent open world multiplayer titles out there, even encouraging the studio to incorporate ideas from its planned single player DLC into GTA Online to continue the mode’s growing momentum. It wasn’t all positive for GTA Online at launch, however, as the world felt shockingly devoid of things to do despite the increased number of players. As Red Dead Online lingers on the horizon, there are several lessons the upcoming multiplayer frontier can capitalize on from GTA Online to help the experience reach its full potential.

In an attempt to truly immerse players into the world of Arthur Morgan and his compatriots, Rockstar has implemented a number of simulation attributes including weight tracking, hair growth and overall cleanliness. While none of these elements are overly intrusive in the single player, they may prove to be more distracting when players are simply looking to spend time with their friends and not interested in ensuring their player-character is in peak physical condition after a period of playtime. It wouldn’t be too surprising to discover that some of these elements are too integrated into the core game to be removed without some drastic alterations, but that doesn’t remove the need to look into which ones can be lessened or removed altogether. Instead of filling the world with a bunch of underweight, dirty players, Rockstar should look into reducing or possibly eliminating the need of several of the simulation aspects to keep the action focused on the multiplayer shenanigans that players will inevitably get into, a mantra that has always remained a central focus of GTA Online.

Sales over at GameStop will be underway from the 7th to the 20th (nice!) of April, and, though there’s nothing exactly door-busting like their holiday Xbox 360 giveaway, there are some fairly significant deals on consoles and recent AAA games. The most attention-grabbing deal here will probably be there $40 PlayStation Classic offer. Sure, that throwback system didn’t go over all that well when it dropped last December, but at less than half of the suggested retail price of $100, this might entice curious consumers to check out Sony’s first mini cons

Xbox has announced that Project Scarlett, the next-generation Xbox console , will officially be backwards compatible with every generation of Xbox console that has been developed and released to date. The company released a promotional video on Tuesday showcasing its intentions in regards to backwards compatibility on Scarlett and what it means for the future of the br

GameStop is also offering some considerable discounts on Nintendo Switch games . Though a buy-one-get-one-half-off deal may seem stingy when compared to most other sales, Nintendo has maintained a remarkably stringent control over the price of games for their new hybrid console, and fans have often rallied against the so-called "Switch tax" which has caused the console’s games to drop in price so rarely. Still, potentially snagging games like Super Mario Party , Mario Tennis Aces , Breath of the Wild , and Mario Odyssey for $30 may be worth it to Nintendo fans. The Japanese company is also slashing prices on Nintendo Labo kits, though, even at a reduced price, that still won’t appeal to every

Update: After further digging, it's been deduced that the Red Dead Redemption 2 's reported ambient occlusion visual downgrade is far from new -- in fact, the change has been active since Update 1.03 which rolled out late last year. Even still, it doesn't appear that an explicit downgrade to shadowing via ambient occlusion was noted in the Rockstar patch notes .

"I played all day and couldn't afford anything decent, " Jim Sterling, a known reviewer, said on his YouTube video . "I ended up spending a lot of the money I was earning on a tin of beans." Four months later, new problems have cropped up, despite the game's economy chugging away like an old-timey steam engine. And the newest update has left players frustra

To say that GTA Online was lacking missions at launch would be incorrect, as there was a decent number of relatively brief errands to complete that featured several key side characters from the GTA V campaign. These missions felt barebones, however, not only from a gameplay perspective, but in how these tasks attempted to immerse players in the world of Los Santos, an objective which the single player campaign completed with ease. It wasn’t until years later that Rockstar would add some much-needed context as the missions became more crucial and complex, employing the usage of cutscenes and well-written conversations that helped these events become more relevant, and as a result, replayable. Regardless of how many missions Red Dead Online has at launch, Reddeadwildland.Com making sure the vast majority of them feel like they affect the in-game world on a small or large scale will help ensure that one of this year’s biggest multiplayer releases gets started off on the right foot and keeps players coming back.