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A new update for Xbox consoles will make them "carbon aware" - reducing the carbon footprint by optimising updates and download times to when the most renewable energy in local energy grids can be used.

2022 was a rough year for PC ports. Between stuttering performance issues and infuriating user experience problems, I was almost broken as a reviewer for Digital Foundry. To start the year with a fresh slate, I thought it would be a good idea to put together a checklist of sorts for best practises in creating a PC port. In generating this list of dos and don'ts, I've called on my experience reviewing hundreds of titles across my four years at Digital Foundry.

UPDATE 11/1/23: As previously leaked, Microsoft's upcoming Xbox Developer_Direct announcement showcase will be broadcast later this month on 25th January at 8pm UK time.

If you've ever wanted to fully immerse yourself in The Legend of Zelda now's your chance as a modder has made the original NES game playable in VR.

If you are based in the UK and looking forward to the upcoming TV adaptation of The Last of Us, I have some good news - it will be airing on Sky Atlantic at the same time as it does on HBO in the US.

Fortnite has brought back its long-lost plague doctor character set for the first time in more than three years, following a believed forced absence during the Covid pandemic.

YouTubers have reported seeing their work retroactively slapped with unexpected age restrictions, or being demonetised, as a result of the platform's recent rule changes regarding profanity usage and violent content in videos uploaded to the site.

Well-received Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles title Shredder's Revenge is now available to play on iPhones and Android devices via a Netflix subscription.

A new patch for Bayonetta 3 has been released on Switch, making it easier for Viola players to activate Witch Time.

Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida has responded to the question of a possible PC release.

UPDATE 11/1/23: Lost Ark's The Witcher crossover event will take place next week, from 17th to 22nd January, it has now been confirmed.

Ever since the late 2000s, achievements have become a staple in gaming. On Steam, PlayStation and Xbox there's a whole section dedicated to recording and showcasing the trophies you've amassed.

Back by popular demand...! Okay, that's a lie, but I've long wanted to bring Five of the Best back, and we've been looking for something nice to do for supporters, so the two things fit. Oh and while I'm on the subject: there's going to be a slight shake-up of the supporters programme in the near future (don't worry - it's all good news) so stay tuned for more details. And thanks as ever for your support - it's much appreciated.

We're less than a week away from the highly anticipated debut of HBO's live-action The Last of Us TV adaptation and early reviews from critics are positively glowing, with the series currently enjoying a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes across more than 40 reviews at the time of writing.

The UK government has passed a law mandating new homes in England must be built with "lightning-fast" gigabit-capable broadband connections.

If you're at all curious about One Piece Odyssey - the latest limb-stretching video game adventure for Monkey D. Luffy and friends - Namco Bandai has you covered, with a demo now available on Xbox and PlayStation ahead of this Friday's release.

Following the commercial (if not critical) success of its Halo TV series, Paramount+ is delving into video-game-adjacent realms anew, this time with a live-action adaptation of the seminal Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing series.

Compulsion Games' We Happy Few will be leaving Game Pass later this month, along with five other previously confirmed titles.

Preliminary figures from the Digital Entertainment and Retail Association's annual report (hereon referred to as ERA) reveal video games represented 42.1 percent of the UK's total home entertainment revenues in 2022.

Fortnite has today seen a brief period of downtime, as developer Epic Games rushed out a much-needed maintenance patch to fix a major issue with one of the game's most-used items.

Hello! Today we've got together a list of the games of 2023 that we're most looking forward to.

Multiple former Striking Distance employees have not been credited for their work on The Callisto Protocol, a decision described as "egregious" by one developer.

Meta is ending support for its original Quest VR headset.

Planet Coaster developer Frontier has seen its share price drop by 40 percent after the studio admitted its recent release F1 Manager 2022 had failed to meet sales expectations.

Peripheral maker Nyxi is releasing a GameCube controller for the Switch.

A long time ago I was a writer for a games magazine called Edge. I left because I wanted to make games but I kept writing, for myself and for talks that I still irregularly deliver at events. This is one of those, a short (true) story that I never quite figured out a purpose for and I'm pleased it's finally found a home. If you want an audio version there is one on my never-updated website.

A group of Forza Horizon developers have quit Xbox's Playground Games to form a new studio, Maverick Games.

Bitmap Books, the UK publisher known for its sumptuously designed line-up of retro gaming books, has announced it's cancelling its planned unofficial Mega Drive/Genesis Visual Compendium following threats of legal action from Sega.

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, the third and regrettably final season of Telltale Games' episodic point-and-click adventure series, will be getting the remaster treatment in 2023 courtesy of developer Skunkape Games.

We're mere weeks away from the release of EA Motive's extremely promising remake of sci-fi horror classic Dead Space, and to sweeten the deal for those considering a pre-order, EA is bundling in a copy of the original Dead Space 2 on Steam.