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NetherRealm Studios, known best for the Mortal Kombat series, has developed a reputation for making visually stunning and high production fighting games. Aside from Mortal Kombat, the studio worked on the DC universe’s Injustice series. It would appear as though NetherRealm may be tackling the other half of the comic book titans, with rumours suggesting that they are working on a Marvel Fighting game. According to industry insider Daniel Richtman (and as reported by Stealth Optional), NetherRealm Studios is currently working on a Marvel fighting game for the new generation of consoles. Thou...

“There’s always been this partnership with Duracell and Xbox … It’s a constant agreement that Duracell and Microsoft have in place,” adding “[The deal is] for OEM to supply the battery product for the Xbox consoles and also the controllers’ battery. So that [deal is] going to go on for a while… it’s been going on for a while and I think it needs to go for a while [more].” This suggests that not only does the deal pertain to the batteries that come with Xbox controllers but potentially also other elements of the console or ecosystem. MCV reached out to Microsoft for comme...

The Duracell-branded Xbox One controller from 2018 totally makes sense now on January 7, 2021, 13:56 49 comments WTF?! When practically everything has a built-in rechargeable battery these days, it is somewhat odd that the Xbox Series X|S controllers are powered by two AA batteries. Microsoft does have an Xbox rechargeable battery pack users can buy separately, and the Xbox Elite Wireless 2 sports an internal power cell. However, the standard gamepads have come with replaceable batteries since going wireless with the Xbox 360. Why? According to remarks ma...

“We intentionally offer consumers choice in their battery solutions for our standard Xbox Wireless Controllers.” “This includes the use of AA batteries from any brand, the Xbox Rechargeable Battery, charging solutions from our partners, or a USB-C cable, which can power the controller when plugged in to the console or PC.” Of course, this is not the first time Microsoft has mentioned its decision to stick with AA batteries for some of its wireless controllers. Speaking with Digital Foundry in April, Xbox partner director of program management, Jason Ronald, explained that a “large ...

In what is a bizarre story, a UK website has quotes from Duracell’s UK marketing manager seeming to claim that Xbox’s continued use of replaceable AA batteries in its controller, rather than built-in Li-ion ones, is down to a long-running deal between the two companies.  It sounds like a very random rumour from Reddit, right? But the story comes via Stealth Optional who interviewed Duracell’s Luke Anderson. He was quoted as saying: “There’s always been this partnership with Duracell and Xbox… It’s a constant agreement that Duracell and Microsoft have in place… [The deal is] f...