{"id":297609,"date":"2025-11-17T19:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/297609\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T19:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:19:14","slug":"xbox-teases-another-big-promise-about-its-next-gen-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/297609\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Teases Another Big Promise About Its Next-Gen Console"},"content":{"rendered":"

Call of Duty players are seeing SBMM ghosts in Black Ops 7. Capcom reassures investors about Resident Evil Requiem\u2018s day-one performance on PC. And Stalker 2 is getting a big upgrades on the eve of its one-year anniversary and arrival on PlayStation 5. Welcome to the latest edition of Morning Afternoon Checkpoint, Kotaku\u2018s daily roundup of gaming news and culture. The Game Awards 2025 nominees have dropped<\/a> and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is leading the way, including in the Best Indie Game category. It deserves a ton of accolades but probably not that one<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The next Xbox will take players\u2019 game libraries beyond the console <\/p>\n

That\u2019s what Xbox president Sarah Bond indicated in a new interview with Fortune<\/a>. Here\u2019s what she said:<\/p>\n

We are working on our next-generation hardware. It\u2019s going to be a powerful experience, and one that also enables people to take their library with them, and that\u2019s what\u2019s really important here as well, is that we know that while people want to play their library absolutely on the console, they also want to be able to play it on PC or stream it around the cloud. And so the Xbox experience starts with the console but then gives something to people that they can experience across all screens if they choose to, bringing their library, their community, their identity, and the store with them everywhere they go.<\/p>\n

Does that mean the next Xbox will be a handheld? Will this portability come from a unified account across console and PC? Or is Microsoft relying on cloud computing and AI to make this all into a seamless experience? Whatever the solution, it will need to bring generations of backwards-compatible Xbox games along with it. Is this a big bet on Microsoft\u2019s gaming future, or the last gasp as it pivots away from consumer tech more broadly?<\/p>\n

Bond previously promised<\/a> the next-gen Xbox would be the biggest technological leap for its consoles yet.<\/p>\n

Capcom promises Resident Evil Requiem won\u2019t be as busted as Monster Hunter Wilds on PC <\/p>\n

The question came up during the company\u2019s latest investor briefing<\/a>, and the company\u00a0explained why Monster Hunter Wilds\u2018 ongoing PC troubles shouldn\u2019t be a problem for its next big blockbuster. \u201cResident Evil Requiem differs from Monster Hunter Wilds in terms of gameplay, system architecture, and network features,\u201d the company said<\/a>. \u201cAt present, we do not anticipate similar risks. We are developing the game to provide a smooth gaming experience across a wide range of PC specifications.\u201d<\/p>\n

It took zero days for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 players to start complaining about SBMM again <\/p>\n

Treyarch has tried to confirm, for what feels like the dozenth time<\/a>, how matchmaking works in the latest entry. \u201cQuick Play uses the same Open Matchmaking, where skill is minimally considered,\u201d the studio announced over the weekend. That\u2019s led fans to focus on what exactly \u201cminimally considered\u201d means. Some feel the matchmaking isn\u2019t as \u201copen\u201d as it felt during the beta. Others argue that\u2019s because the beta was free and now the skill floor for launch, where people actually paid for the game, is higher. SBMM trutherism lives on.<\/p>\n

City: Skylines 2 gets new developer with console port still MIA <\/p>\n

\u201cAfter more than a decade of successful collaboration across numerous titles that we\u2019re both immensely proud of, Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order have mutually decided to pursue independent paths,\u201d the publisher announced<\/a> on Monday. \u201cThe decision was made thoughtfully and in the interest of both teams \u2013 ensuring the strongest possible future for the Cities: Skylines franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colossal Order will handle a few more updates before the franchise is fully moved over to internal Paradox team Iceflake Studios. The shift comes after a terrible launch period for the sequel and has left fans wondering what the city builder\u2019s future will be, from new expansions to the long-delayed arrival<\/a> of the console port. The game still sits at a rating of mixed on Steam.<\/p>\n

A jumbo anniversary update should make Stalker 2 better <\/p>\n

The immersive shooter\u2019s free patch 1.7<\/a> adds a new difficulty mode and tons of fixes and improvements to its \u201cA-Life system\u201d for how creature and human NPC AI functions in the environment. The result should be fewer dumb moments and more clever, emergent storytelling. Factions should also feel more lifelike. They can now \u201cexpand control over new territories\u201d all by themselves. Stalker 2 hits PS5 on November 20.<\/p>\n

Steam founder Gabe Newell\u2019s $500 million superyacht has been delivered<\/a> <\/p>\n

It\u2019s called the Leviathan. It has a gym, sauna, movie theater, and more. The 15 gaming PCs onboard are by far the least of its extravagances. That\u2019s one way to celebrate the announcement of a new PC gaming console<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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