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We believed that at this point the PS5 and Xbox would be cheaper than ever. The hallucinating thing is that it is happening just the opposite

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Sony has just announced that all models of their PlayStation 5 consoles will rise $ 50 in the United States. The argument that Sony has used in its statement To explain the decision is that there is a “difficult economic environment.” Or what is the same: they blame tariffs. But that is already a generalized trend … and very unreasonable. PS5 rises around the world. It is the same that happened in April in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, when this company He also announced that prices went up for some models. In Europe, for example, the PS5 digital edition cost 499.99 euros. In the US, these increases affect all models, and the new prices will be activated as of Thursday in that country, being like this: PlayStation 5: 549.99 dollars (before $ 499.99) PlayStation 5 Digital Edition: 499.99 dollars (before $ 449.99) PlayStation 5 Pro: $ 749.99 (before $ 699.99) Prices for accessories, yes, remain unchanged. Microsoft already did the same. This movement is the same as Microsoft also with its Xbox Series S/X consoles, which They also rose in price at 50 euros In Europe and the US. Even the controls and some accessories saw their prices increased. And of course, Nintendo. The Japanese company took a long time to end up lowering the price of the original Nintendo Switch, but the Switch 2 has given it the excuse for uprise even more Even in the games. Not only that: the economic situation has caused Nintendo that Prices upload of the original Nintendo Switch, the Lite edition and the accessories. These data have not been met for the latest Sony and Microsoft models. In fact, the thing is totally the other way around. Damn tariffs. Most video game consoles are manufactured in China, and tariffs have especially affected the Asian giant. That certainly makes manufacturers more expensive to manufacture and export them to be able to sell them in the US or Europe. And if they want to keep their profit margins, they end up doing something logical for them and terrible for consumers, because we are the ones who end up paying the duck. But some manufacturing costs have dropped. The amazing thing about the situation is that both the PS5 and the Xbox Series S/X are now cheaper to manufacture (let’s not say the original switch). After five years in the market (nine in the case of the Nintendo console), the components of these consoles have dropped in price: their cost was then very high, but after all this time those components have ended up becoming almost obsolete compared to the new chips that have appeared in all this time. So what is happening? Not everything has come down. In fact, these consoles are based on GDDR6 memory chips and NAND chips for their solid state units, and there the prices They rose strongly in 2025 and 2025 for the relative shortage of this type of chips and the focus that manufacturers are putting in HBM memories for AI accelerators such as those of Nvidia. To this are added other costs not directly related to the material invoice (BOM), such as logistics, manufacturing energy, or marketing. The dollar loses bellows. But it is also the green ticket has lost value in front of the euro and other currencies. After 80 years being the pillar of the world economy, US tariffs They are starting to destroy it And that also translates into the price increases of everything. Including consoles. Less “boxes” are sold. Consoles manufacturers used to lose money with their models in the initial periods. The idea was always to recover those losses of plenty with the sale of physical games, but the rise of the sale of digital editions, the free-to-play games and the subscriptions have made the distribution of value change. For Sony or Microsoft the solution is simple: if we no longer recover so much value with the games, we upload the price of the hardware. But all that already happened before. The truth is that the situation is in many cases analogous to which it was lived with the PS4 and the Xbox One for example. These consoles ended up falling in a remarkable price over the years, but here a perfect storm has been created. One in which inflation, dollar weakness, tariffs and new video game access models have caused the worst result for users: more expensive consoles. In Xataka | 60 euros for a camera, 90 for a game. The worst (and best) of Nintendo prices for switch 2

The Rog Xbox Ally already has a release date and a novelty to Steam Deck. The price is still the hot potato

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We have passed years sailing between rumors of one Portable xbox And, finally, the launch of the Rog Xbox Ally. Xbox did not have a traditional laptop, but they have demonstrated consoles such as Nintendo Switch 2 either Steam Deck It is that technology has been prepared to offer desktop experiences in the palm of the hand. With machines like Lenovo Legion Go either Asus Rog Ally being Consolidated PCXbox saw his opportunity and, in June of this year, he closed his conference showing the Rog Xbox Ally. We have had to wait until Gamescom To know some more detail of this portable Xbox, such as the launch date and a set of games to Steam Deck. Of the price … We are talking another day. Rog Xbox Ally is close If you are interested in the machine, points the date: October 16. It will be then when we can get both with Rob Xbox Ally and with a more powerful version, the Rog Xbox Ally X. Xbox has updated its page of product to offer this data, and it is also where we can see the most important details of a machine that, in essence, is a consolidated PC manufactured by Rog -asus-, but with a system that, to vary, is not Windows 11. It is a more optimized system thinking about video games and that does not consume as many background resources as the Windows that competition has. Is very similar to launcher PC Xbox, giving access to the Xbox bar that allows you to record item, put customizable widgets and other tools. It also has the possibility of play cloud titles Beyond PC natives, as well as progress in the cloud to continue games regardless of what ‘Xbox’ system we play. AND, how is a PCallows to join Xbox games libraries and other platforms such as Steam or GOG. The optimized games tab The most interesting thing is that, as in Steam Deck, the Rog Xbox Ally will have a section in the interface that allows us to see what games are optimized for this game in portable format. It is something similar to what Steam Deck proposes with the verification of the games To know at a glance if the games will go without problems, either with some adjustments or if they are not compatible. How our partners say 3DJUGOSthe function (baptized ‘Handheld Compatibility’) will have two levels: Optimized for portable devices. “This indicates that the games are ready to work, with Inputs Standard of the controls, an intuitive text income method, precise iconography, clear readability of the texts and an appropriate resolution in full screen mode, so you can invest less time adjusting the configuration, and more in defeating the next great boss. “ Mostly compatible. “This indicates that games may require minor configurations changes In-game for optimal experience on portable devices. “ We can see it in action here: And, apart from arriving under the arm of Xbox itself, the console has its own arguments to be taken into account when executing games. The hardware of the two versions promisesand a lot: Rog Xbox Ally X Rog Xbox Ally System Windows 11 custom Windows 11 custom Processor AMD Ryzen Ai Z2 Extreme AMD Ryzen Z2 Memory 24 GB LPDDR5X at 8000 MHz 16 GB LPDDR5X at 6400 MHz Storage 1 TB M.2 2280 What can we change 512 GB M.2 2280 What can we change Screen IPS 7 -inch Panel FullHD resolution Relationship 16: 9 120 Hz of refresh and vrr GORILLA GLASS VICTUS protection Anti -reflex screen IPS 7 -inch Panel FullHD resolution Relationship 16: 9 120 Hz of refresh and vrr GORILLA GLASS VICTUS protection Anti -reflex screen Ports USB 4 Type-C USB 3.2 Type-C MicroSD UHS-II Jack of headphones 2 x USB 3.2 Type-C MicroSD UHS-II Jack of headphones Connectivity Wi-Fi 6e Bluetooth 5.4 Wi-Fi 6e Bluetooth 5.4 Dimensions and weight 290.8 x 121.5 x 50.07 mm 715 grams 290.8 x 121.5 x 50.07 mm 670 grams Burden 80 Wh 60 Wh Now, regardless of knowing the release date, there is another fact that Microsoft has not given and that was expected for this Gamescom: the price of the Xbox Ally Rog. Rumors have been pointing at 900 euros for a while for the most powerful version and gave the nail with the date, but From the price we still know nothing. Officially, of course. It is a fact that is stored for later and that dependsseg the company itself, of the “macroeconomic conditions”. Surely the same ones that have led Nintendo to Upload the price of Nintendo Switch 1 In several markets eight years after their original launch or those that are pushing Sony and Microsoft to Upload the PS5 price every little time and Xbox Series xsomething that had not happened before in the console segment. We will have to continue waiting, but there are less than two months left to make it official. In Xataka | I’ve been playing video games for years and now the first thing I do before buying them is simple: look what they are in the cloud

After saying goodbye to 9,000 people, an Xbox manager has a suggestion for the rest of its workers: AI as therapy

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Microsoft has been news again after announcing the Dismissal of 9,000 employees worldwide, a decision that has shaken both the company’s central departments and Xbox and their associated studies. The reason for this restructuring is not economic problems, but a Microsoft strategy to be more agile in the race for the development and implementation of AI. In this context, Matt Turnbull, executive producer of Xbox Game Studios Publishing, published a message in his LinkedIn profile aimed at those who had lost their job. In his statement, Turnbull encouraged his former partners, to use AI to how to cope with the impact emotional and mental dismissal. The message was not well received. Dismissed. Unlike the massive dismissals that occurred decades ago, the layoffs that are currently taking place in large technological ones They are not due to economic problemsbut to business strategies to flatten the structures of the companies to be more agile in the crazy technological career that the AI ​​is starring. That makes thousands of employees lose their job not because they will be replaced by an AI, but as collateral damage to their development. The news of the layoffs has coincided with Microsoft’s promise to invest 80,000 million dollars in AIwhich has generated even more debate on the priorities of the company and the impact of the Employment automation. Those affected, including Xbox Game Studios and other key departments, now face a technological scenario marked by labor cuts. An AI to cry. Amid This restructuringTurnbull published a series of recommendations for supporting their former employees and colleagues from Your LinkedIn profile: “These are really difficult times, and if you are going through a dismissal or even preparing silently for one, you are not alone and you don’t have to do it alone.” The manager was not referring to the fact that Microsoft will offer support to its employees. Invited them to rely on chatgpt to overcome the trauma of dismissal. Matt Turnbull’s original message capture “I have been experimenting with ways to use AI tools to help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that entails the loss of employment,” explained the manager in his publication. Turnbull’s recommendation soon generated controversy, since many considered ironic that a high position of Microsoft, a company that is reducing workforce to adapt to the AI ​​era, suggest to the dismissed use precisely those technologies as emotional support. Microsoft more “Severance”. The reactions in social networks to the publication of the Xbox manager did not wait. The controversy intensified on platforms like x and Redditwhere Some users They compared the situation with the labor dystopia of the “Severance” series when the “separations” of the company occur, while others criticized the lack of empathy of the manager for inviting those affected to face the frustration of a dismissal using a chatbot as a therapist. Touch the image to go to the original message The comments on networks indicated that Turnbull’s proposal reflected a disconnection with the emotional reality of those who lose their jobs. “It is not a tool for the one that can replace your voice or your experience lived,” recalled Turnbull himself in his message, although for many, the suggestion of resorting to AI in a moment of vulnerability lacked the empathy that requires the situation and the They qualified as insensitive And little successful. Following the wave of criticism for the lack of empathy, Turnbull finally eliminated his LinkedIn comment. A therapist without empathy. In its publication, the Turnbull invited Microsoft’s newly fired employees to seek emotional support in AI. Although more and more people turn to AI models designed to Offer psychological supportthese technologies They cannot empathize With the nuances of human suffering and its use can have negative consequences. They have Documented cases in which the use of chatbots such as Chatgpt has led people to anguish situations or worsen its emotional state, which calls into question the suitability of these tools As emotional support In critical moments. The AI ​​can help you find a job. Beyond the debate generated, Turnbull shared a series of suggestions to use AI as a personal assistant to find a new job, proposing Prompts Specific that could help with career planning, the update of the curriculum, the writing of messages to contact former partners. Points where AI can be of great help. There is the circumstance that personnel selection processes are increasingly conditioned to the algorithmic selection of profilesso a solution to overcome that barrier is to use more AI for Optimize the curriculum and generate presentation letters. In Xataka | Some employees sued their company for cutting the salary. The supreme has responded that being unpunctual is not a job Image | Pexels (Angel Bena)

There is a new Xbox on the horizon. Microsoft confirms that it works in new generation hardware and leaves a key advance

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The debate on the future of consoles has not stopped growing. With the rise of the cloud game and the advance of mobile devices, more and more voices wonder if it makes sense to continue betting on consoles as we know them. But Microsoft is clear: Consoles are still key. And not any console, but the one that is called to star in its greatest technical jump to date. Redmond’s company He already advanced it in February 2024. Now has confirmed it: It is working on a new generation of Xbox. And it doesn’t come alone. As announced by Sarah Bond, president of Xbox, the next console will re -support AMD to shape her hardware. The collaboration is not new: both the Xbox Series x like the Xbox Series s They integrate chips designed next to AMD. So does the PlayStation 5. Something that is new is the scope of the alliance. Bond speaks of a “multiannual strategic collaboration” focused on joint silicon development for a “device portfolio, including our next -generation Xbox consoles, both In your living room as in your hands“It is precisely that last sentence,” in your hands “, the one that raises expectation. Microsoft continues to bet on hardware Confirmation comes just after Microsoft announced New Xbox Ally devices in collaboration with Asus. They will arrive at the end of this year with a new Xbox experience integrated in Windows, which will also allow other platforms such as Steam. Everything indicates that Microsoft wants to replicate this approach in its next generation of consoles. One of the great unknowns that overwhelmed this new stage was what would happen to the current game library. Microsoft wanted to clear doubts as soon as possible: the new Xbox generation will be Compatible with previous titles. This has been confirmed by Sarah Bond, who says that the bet not only happens to offer a more powerful console, but also to maintain the continuity of what we already have. Microsoft’s message is not limited to a traditional console. In Bond’s words, it is about building a “game platform that always accompanies you”, regardless of the device. The next Xbox generation is developing with that idea in mind: to offer a coherent experience both in the room and in mobility, from a traditional console to a laptop, through the PC and the cloud. This vision is also reflected in the alliance with AMD, focused on bringing silicon to a new level. The objective: to improve visual quality, enhance immersion and take advantage of artificial intelligence to enrich the game experience. Another of the most striking messages of Microsoft’s intervention has to do with the distribution model. “We want to offer an Xbox experience that is not tied to a single store or a single device,” says Bond. Although there are no concrete details, greater freedom in the choice of platforms is good news for users. Images | Xbox In Xataka | There are possibilities for Switch 2 to spray a PlayStation 4. but Nintendo sales record has to supply the supply

We had been waiting for the portable Xbox for years. We had it together with our noses

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In March of this same year all roads began to converge in the same direction: the Portable Xbox began to appear the leg. Under the Keenan code name, the leaks pointed to an OEM console (manufactured by another company), with a certain reminiscence of Xbox in the design and Windows as an operating system. The leaks have been fulfilled, and the portable Xbox is official. Or is it not an Xbox? Rog Xbox Ally and Rog Xbox Ally X. ROG has been the OEM chosen by Microsoft to manufacture its portable Xbox. For the least familiar with the gaming world, ROG (Republic of Gamers) is a brand of the Taiwanese giant Asus. This division is centered on hardware oriented to high performance game. Xbox Series X: First impressions – Are you going to give us great joys? Under the names Rog Xbox Ally and Rog Xbox Ally XThe company will launch two consoles in the late 2025. Details about reservations, price or possible accessories are not yet known. The hardware. Xbox has revealed what the main specifications of these consoles will be. The X will be the most powerful model. The chip will be the AMD Ryzen Z2 A In the case of the ROG Ally, and an Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme for the X variant. Both will share seven -inch Full HD screen, IPS and with 500 nits, with frequency of 120 Hz refreshment and protection Corning Gorilla Glass Victus with Anti -reflective coating. They differ in processor, memoir (16 GB LPDDR5X-6400 vs. 24 GB LPDDR5X-8000, and 512 GB vs 1 TB), as well as more ports and battery for the X model (60 WH vs 80 Wh, both with 65W). The software. The leaks have been fulfilled and, as they pointed out, these consoles will arrive with Windows 11 Personalized by Rog. The interface is practically a tracing with respect to that of the desktop console: Microsoft has become obsessed so that Windows works quickly in this console. Taking a look at the information shared by Xbox, we see that the launcher is identical to that of Xbox in desktop, with the direct accesses on the left side, quick access to our recently played videos, suggestions of new deliveries, etc. The experience of use. Microsoft has minimized the consumption of resources in the background so that, as soon as the console starts, the experience is as fast as possible. The ergonomics of the buttons is based on the Xbox command. In fact, if you look well in the design of the product, it is practically a screen embedded between two Xbox controls. Years betting on the cloud. Xbox has been focusing efforts for the cloud for years. Xbox Cloud Gaminglook towards all kinds of formats (Like television itself without the need for console), Focus on the mobile phonee Even streaming of our own video games. Rog Xbox Ally will allow you to enjoy the cloud game not only through gamepass, but also with alternatives such as Epic Games, Battle.net … And even Steam. It is, of course, compatible with Xbox Play Anywherethe Xbox solution to avoid duplicate payments: the games are paid once, and can be enjoyed both in Xbox and PC. An Xbox that does not want to be just an Xbox. The Rog Xbox Ally key will be, precisely, when you want to go beyond Xbox. Being based on Windows, not only can you natively execute those deliveries specially made for Xbox: it is expected that it can execute games purchased on other platforms. This console, despite the name, is closer to a PC than an Xbox, and the company’s point is clear: “These consoles work with Windows, you have access to all PC games” (as long as they meet the requirements to be executed. The point is that … this already existed. If we look at the Xbox Rog Ally panel specifications and a good part of their speers … we are facing A sister of the Rog Ally. The Xbox Rog Ally has more power, haptic triggers, a different design and, perhaps the key, an optimized launcher for Xbox users to feel more comfortable. This console went on the market for 799 euros, 899 In the case of variant X. With a higher level hardware, there will be no miracle that prevents this console from selling about 1,000 euros. Xbox Rog Ally does not come to compete with Switch 2it is an immersion by Microsoft in the world of “HANDLED PC”one of the most competitive niches in the gaming world. Image | Xbox In Xataka | Adult life has made me sitting to play is increasingly complicated. Until I bought a portable console

Microsoft is already the largest editor in PlayStation. It is the era of Xbox Sin Xbox

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The Latest Xbox financial results They consolidate their strategic turn and change forever the video game industry: Microsoft is now the biggest editor in PlayStation… While its physical presence, the console that gave name to the brand, sees its sales fall by 6%. It couldn’t be more symbolic. The Redmond giant has achieved what seemed impossible: to grow Xbox gradually eliminating its original reason. In figures: Game Pass for PC It has increased 45% year -on -year. Content and services grow 8% (it is the third best quarter in its history). Minecraft, driven by Your moviehas reached 75% more weekly users. The cloud records 150 million hours of play transmitted. And meanwhile, that black box that was previously the epicenter now languishes little by little. Is The definitive dematerialization of a platform. What began as a commitment to hardware a quarter of a century has evolved to become an ethereal entity that blooms better in Comanche territory. And also the culmination of Phil Spencer’s vision, which has piled the most radical change we have seen a console manufacturer: go from competing for exclusivity to expand through ubiquity. The interesting thing about this success is that it contradicts the dominant account of the industry, which insisted that Game Pass had touched the roof. But the strategy was not understood because it was measured with old parameters. The great revolution It has not been technical but conceptual: Abandon the idea that a platform needs its own device to exist. In emerging markets such as Brazil, Where taxes make hardware prohibitivethe cloud already exceeds consoles and PC. This mutation changes the stage. The Consoles Warthat tribal narrative that held the culture of the video game for decades, is reduced to an anecdote in the quarterly reports. Doom, Indiana Jones and Forza shine more in PlayStation than in their original home. The future that Microsoft has drawn is here: An omnipresent Xbox that paradoxically does not need to be Xbox to succeed. They have understood before anyone who in the digital era real power is to control the content and not the device that reproduces it. In Xataka | Microsoft rises strongly the price of Xbox consoles and their controls worldwide: they remain in Europe and the USA Outstanding image | Xataka

There will be portable Xbox this year according to Windows Central. It is the absolute validation of the Steam Deck revolution

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When César what is from César and Nintendo what is from Nintendo: the Switchor rather, the concept of console proposed by Nintendo Switch, has come to stay. Proof of this is the Rage of consolidated PCs. The Steam Deck de Valve He sowed the seed of a segment of devices that is growing by leaps and bounds and it is no secret that Xbox, whose objective in this world is to turn any screen into a console, is working on its own proposal. Today, courtesy of Central Windowswe have been able to know that this console will soon arrive. Keenan. That is the code name that the Xbox portable console project receives. According to the aforementioned medium, Microsoft is working with an OEM (that is, with a company such as Asus, Lenovo, MSI, etc., it is not known which one) to develop it. This device will have a design that will remember Xbox and, probably, work with Windows. Makes sense: that will allow the Microsoft Store and Game Pass On the output grid. This is an Xbox. Microsoft has been struggling to transfer the idea that any screen is an Xbox and serves to play for a long time. Game Pass has managed to become the subscription, capital and bold, based on offering a launching games, large -budget titles, the possibility of playing them at home and accessing them in the cloud. There is no need for dedicated hardware, just an Internet connection to take a game. In that proposal a portable console fits very well. A console that allows Microsoft to breastfeed from Windows possibilities in the same way as Valve did it with Steamos (Aka Linux). In fact, it can be expected that the software options that Microsoft will take out of the sleeve (we think of an Xbox bar enhanced with TDP management options and fans speed, for example) result in the benefit of the rest of the OEMS. Asus Rog Ally | Image: Xataka Release date. According to Windows Central, the console is scheduled to advertise at the end of the year. It seems that Microsoft has put fifth. The first time we heard about this device was at the beginning of last year and it was not until November that Phil Spencer confirmed That was in development. However, having deposited the development of hardware in an OEM has surely accelerated things. After all Asus, Lenovo, MSI and Acer already have experience by building consolidated PCs. The Steam Deck revolution. At this point, it is objective to say that the Steam Deck has meant a turning point in the industry. PC video games, until now tied to a desktop or scarcely portable hardware, have been able to play on the couch on a console similar to a Nintendo Switch. It is proof that graphics in 4K HDR with Path Tracing and 400 FPS They are very good, but not as much as being able to play anywhere what we want. Information from the Next-Gen. Finally, the medium slides that the new generation of Xbox consoles has been approved by Microsoft’s board of directive. Its launch would be tentatively scheduled, by 2027. The console It was announced in 2019 And it was launched in 2020. Seven years of life, the predictable and expected. This new console would drink even more Windows, something designed to reduce the amount of development necessary to carry Xbox PC games. Since it seems that it was yesterday when the new generation consoles were announced, it is possible that someone is concerned about retrocompatibility. Here we must remember that Sarah Bond, president of Xbox, announced a long time ago A team of people dedicated to promoting the retrocompatibility of the games so, the future Xbox games can be compatible with Xbox Series X | s, but it is early to know. Cover image | Xataka, Xbox In Xataka | Xbox releases the artillery by 2025 with in -depth views to the very brutal new ‘doom’ and the announcement of ‘Ninja Gaiden 4’

Microsoft will publish more in PlayStation than in Xbox

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Last week the PlayStation State of Play He had to speak: we could comment on the appearance of a lot of new franchises, which is what It really gives life to a system. Almost all of them multiplatform, by the way, what made fans comment that Xbox may have abandoned the fight to focus on taking games for all formats, but PlayStation does not lag behind in regard to feeding his Catalog of non-exclusive. Multiplatform for all. ‘Monster Hunter Wilds’, ‘Lost Soul Aside’, ‘Borderlands 4’, ‘Split fiction’, ‘Directive 8020’, ‘Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater’ or ‘Tides of Annihilation’ will arrive at least, at PC separately from PlayStation, and many of them also to Xbox. This is the reality to be used to: once the war of exclusive is almost closed, The multiplatform takes control. The industry is clearly evolving in that direction. The hardware, for the soils. Microsoft has been experiencing a vertiginous fall in hardware sales. His reaction has led him to develop a strategy that has made almost all his exclusive games also come out on PC (strategy imitated by PlayStation, whom a few years ago we would not have seen franchises such as ‘Spider-Man’ or ‘God of War’ in computers) and, later, also in PlayStation. Without a doubt, strange times for a crisis economy and scratching benefit anywhere. Microsoft will publish more in PlayStation than in Xbox. This He affirmed from his X Ryan McCaffrey accountIGN editor, and that perfectly summarizes the paradox of the time we live. In fact, significant Xbox brands, until now insepociable from the Microsoft and PC console, will appear on the PlayStation: ‘Forza Horizon 4’, ‘Age of Empires’, and also recent titles that, given its origin (Bethesda, company owned by Microsoft), logically it was thought that they had the possibility of staying in the Xbox ecosystem, such as the last ‘Indiana Jones’. And although they have not been announced, everything suggests that games that already start with multisystem wood, such as “ South of Midnight ‘,’ Avowed ‘and, perhaps,’ Fable ‘, end up in PlayStation. Logos is what is sought. In one Xboxera interviewPhil Spencer specified a detail about its passage to other consoles that is still a trifle, but it is tremendously significant: for a long time in the ads of its games, logos of other platforms appear in which the titles will also come out. Spencer says that “I think it’s simply honest and transparent about where games will be available. (…) If a game comes out in Nintendo Switch, we will say it. If it comes out in PlayStation or Steam, too. People must Know what platforms our games can find. ” The policy that now Xbox is not machines, but the screensat its maximum expression. Everything reaches the PC. Only the most blinded fandom by the need to take sides between one of the consoles can deny the obvious reality that the platform that all the releases arrive is the PC right now. Steam, the most popular PC store, makes very notable efforts to consolidate the experience of a game, and machines such as the Steam Deck They are both laptops to play, but also consoles without more complications. Header | Microsoft In Xataka | Microsoft bets everything to the cloud with Xbox. The next step is a nail in the coffin of the physical format

‘Ninja Gaiden 4’ and an immersion in the new and brutal ‘DOOM’, highlights of the new Xbox Developer Direct

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Xbox has once again given us an approach to four of its studios so that we can access the development of as many of its most anticipated upcoming games, in a Developer Direct which has included a surprise with a game that was not announced until now. At that point and with that expected announcement the event has started. Ninja Gaiden 4 Team Ninja, creators of the franchise, and Platinum Games, responsible for monuments to frenetic action such as ‘Bayonetta’ or ‘NieR:Automata’ have brought back ‘Ninja Gaiden’, giving continuity to the saga with even more style. futuristic. Ten years have passed after the last installment, and we will have a new protagonist, Yakumo, from the Crow Clan, although the legendary Ryu Hayabusa will also make an appearanceamong other unspecified cameos from the franchise. With two combat styles for the hero (Raven and Nué, between which you can switch), we are promised a “dark and hardcore atmosphere” in a world in decay where buildings collapse before us. A reformulated combat where the touch of Platinum is detected is the great attraction of this game that is committed to verticality and executions, and which will arrive in autumn 2025 on Xbox, but also on PC and Playstation 5. As a tip, Team Ninja has said goodbye with a gift for old-school fans of the saga: a remake in Unreal Engine 5 of the 2008 classic ‘Ninja Gaiden II Black’original for Xbox 360. It is now available and free for Game Pass users on both Xbox and PC DOOM: The Dark Ages The legend of first-person action is confirmed as a true brutality capable of continuing with dignity the superb ‘DOOM’ from 2016 and ‘DOOM Eternal’ from 2020. The setting is a refreshing turn for the style of the series, with everything which brings about the reinvention of the arsenal and also the reformulation of the settings and the plot, which tells of a savage medieval war against hell. id Software has decided that this delivery will be a good gateway to the series for new players and has tinkered with the hardcore style of the franchise to make it more accessible: plot that is explained in cinematics, configurable combat to make it simpler if desired (don’t worry the most hardcore slayers) and a control system that reduces the buttons for executions. It has been seen with items such as the saw-shield, which is used to attack, protect and make parriesbut contextually according to the situation and using a single button. We have also seen a preview of game elements such as the Slayer’s 30-story-high mecha or the flying dragon, in a game that promises to be one of the most gargantuan of the year. It will arrive on May 15 on multiplatform. South of Midnight From Montreal, Compulsion Games has presented an immersive and almost poetic third-person adventure gameset in America’s deep, gothic south. It tells the story of a young woman who is separated from her mother in a flood, and on her journey to find her again, she acquires powers that allow her to visualize another reality and detect echoes of the past. As you progress in your quest you will find tools such as hooks or staffs that will allow you to plan, climb or confront enemies. With an interesting catalog of final enemies inspired by southern folklore, a setting of farms, swamps and even the Appalachians, and animation based on the techniques stop motionthis game promises a relaxed and atmospheric adventure. It arrives on Xbox and PC on April 8. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 We travel to France, where Sandfall Interactive has presented this very careful RPG with turn-based combat, with a fantasy setting but based on the country’s Belle Epoque. It is inevitable to think of games like ‘Final Fantasy’ seeing the group of motley adventurers, each with their own motivations and desires, and all with a common goal: in this case, ending a kind of enchantment that causes everyone to die at the age of 33. Certainly, in these times of accessible mechanics for impatient fans, it is brave to jump into a game whose combat takes place in turns, although Sandfall has polished it so that it is not frustrating, with real-time elements. Although the most attractive thing about the game, without a doubt, is the impressive fauna it exhibits, with creatures like the Gestrals, who understand battle as a form of meditation, or Esquie, a kind of god who moves like a hot air balloon. It will arrive on April 24, and from day one on Game Pass. In Xataka | The best video games of 2025 and the most interesting ones to come

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