The eighth console generation was a radical departure to what we saw in the ones which proceeded it as both Microsoft and Sony launched their upgraded, mid-generation refreshes to satisfy gamers who demanded consoles capable of running titles at 4K (or at least close to it) with improved graphical fidelity. Sony’s Playstation 4 Pro.

At this years E3, Microsoft provided the first details of its upcoming next-generation Xbox, currently codenamed Scarlett. This high-performance device will be capable of 4k, high frame rates and even supports Ray Tracing. But this upcoming system isn’t the only thing being worked on inside Microsoft’s labs. There are also other reports of a.

Sources are reporting Sony are working on a new version of their Playstation 4 system and are already briefing developers, claiming the PS4.5 will be capable of running games at up to a 4K resolution. UPDATE: New sources and information on the Playstation 4K has been released, find it here. Original Story Based on.

After years of a console focus, Microsoft are taking PC gaming seriously once again; from new software and initiatives such as DirectX 12, Windows 10, Universal Windows Platform to bringing former Xbox One exclusives such as Quantum Break and Gears of War onto the PC. But there’s a growing concern among both developers and gamer’s that.

Whether it’s a Windows update or an update for your smartphone, security updates are pretty damn important. They’re designed to patch flaws in the piece of software and prevent a potential malicious piece of code from running or other nasty surprises happening to your data. Experienced users will therefore always stress to their friends.

The GDC 2016 session scheduler is proving to be a bit of a treasure trove lately. It revealed that Hitman may support DirectX 12, and now we know that Remedy Entertainment will be discussing how they solved the performance issues in Quantum Break. The title of Remedy’s session is  Advanced Graphics Techniques Tutorial Day: Developing.

Phil Spencer came out on stage at Microsoft’s E3 conference and mentioned that they didn’t know if backwards compatibility could be done, but they managed to do it. Now, I do believe that they knew how to do this from the beginning, but to keep selling Xbox 360’s and are obviously a company who.

With the dust settling on the Xbox E3 2015 conference, lets take a look at the games featured this year.   HALO 5 carrying on from where Halo 4 left off the Halo story is really coming into its own and has surpassed the game play which was always its strong point. As well.

Recently Windows announced that windows 10 would be coming June 29th, 2015 and will be available in 190 markets globally for free if you own a copy of Windows 7/8/8.1 or have a Windows Phone. The above deal however, does not include Enterprise copies of Windows. The following statement was given on Windows 10.

Microsoft are from done when it comes to squeezing performance out of their Xbox One system, and are currently recruiting a Software Engineer who will be working in Microsoft’s Advanced Technology Group (ATG) to optimize the Xbox One’s graphical capabilities. ATG were instrumental in supporting the Xbox 360 too, and now the team have.

Since the announcement of DirectX 12 at last years GDC, Microsoft have slowly drip fed developers, gamer’s and the press details of the upcoming API; but at Build 2015, we’ve news that the API is not only largely complete, but will ship with several incredible new features likely to change how we view PC.

Microsoft’s decision to build a Universal Windows Platform has been on the mind of developers for some time, and we first heard murmurs of the companies plans last year. But now, at the Build 2015 conference, Microsoft have finally provided a few hints on how this will work, and will reveal even more information.

We all know that the feature of streaming Xbox One games to your PC is one of Microsoft’s flagship features for Windows 10, but Microsoft is also looking into streaming the other way around. Yes, streaming your PC games to your X1 console. This comes from Mike Ybarra, who spoke to Polygon at GDC.

GDC 2015 is well underway, and Microsoft (along with other key developers) have taken to the stage to tout the benefits of DirectX 12. But the question is, have the earlier reports been overblown and the reality can’t possibly live up to the hype? Well, early indications are extremely encouraging indeed. We’ll be taking.