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Microsoft has done almost everything right with the Series X so far; now it's time to show off the fruits of its software investments, and there's little margin for error

Newsbrief: A whopping 3.5 million people have given Outriders a go since the game first launched back on April 1, prompting publisher Square Enix to anoint the series "the company's next big franchise" in a press release. Square Enix shared the milestone alongside its latest patch notes and adds that the 3.5 million figure represents unique players across the game's first month, and includes an average playtime of over 30 hours. It's always worth noting that players don't necessarily equal copies sold. In this particular case, Outriders launched as a premium, $59.99 game for current and las...

Image: Creative Assembly/Sega There are now 97 Xbox One games that support the Xbox Series X’s FPS Boost feature, Microsoft announced today, with a batch of around 70 titles adding the option after a dozen joined the club a week ago. The feature increases the framerate of some Xbox One games to 60 or 120 frames per second on the newer console. Xbox’s Major Nelson noted on Twitter that many of the games are included in an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, either as part of the Game Pass’ library or the EA Play collection (available to Ultimate-level subscribers). The titles added on ...

PlayStation Studios job listing hints at plan to adapt games for mobile Sony's looking to hire a head of mobile at PlayStation Studios to adapt popular franchises for mobile Sony is planning to adapt some of its game franchises to mobile, according to a new job listing. Spotted by ‘nolifebr’ on the ResetEra forums (via Daniel Ahmad [@ZhugeEX]), Sony’s job listing outlines the responsibilities for a head of mobile at PlayStation Studios. Specifically, the listing mentions leading “all aspects of the expansion of our game development from consoles and PCs to mobile… with...

Source: Microsoft One of the big announcements coming from Game Stack Live is a new SDK for DirectX12, dubbed the 'Agility' SDK. With the new Agility SDK, Microsoft is aiming to solve a pain point for developers who say adopting new DirectX12 graphics features is cumbersome. With the Agility SDK, Microsoft will claim that the new features are easier to adopt, won't interrupt or impact existing games, and come with more reliable bug fixes. Microsoft will also demonstrate a range of existing and new DirectX 12 features. Essentially, the Agility SDK allows developers to light up new features for...