Out of the box, the newest Xbox is said to be backwards compatible across all three generations of gaming from Team Green as Xboss Phil Spencer explained that being able to play old games on bleeding edge hardware was a major priority for the console team.

New decade, who dis? We’re on the verge of a new era in gaming, and like anyone who has some cash to flash and a desire to forget about the fact that we’re a year away from our next vacation, we’re after some new games! So what’s on the horizon? Plenty! The year that is 2020 will have pretty much any game that your heart desires, ranging from heavyweight AAA blockbusters to indie gems.

If you’re an old-school PC Gamer from before many fancy peripherals were even thing, there are probably two mice that you remember fondly. At least, there are for me – and both have seen a resurrection in recent times. The first is, of course, Microsoft’s Intellimouse. It was the first optical mouse I ever owned, and the thing lasted for over a decade before finally giving up its digital ghost. When I started getting serious about playing games though, I moved towards another mouse that would become unfathomably popular – and one of the best-selling mice in the history of gaming: Logitech’s MX518.

As a part of the Mother Russia bundle, players will now be able to purchase a specific watch to communicate the statistic which is unavailable anywhere else in the game.

Tis the season to be jolly! Tralalalalala! Sephiroth just descended from the heavens tralalalalalala! Watch him draw his Masamune and stab Aerith through the guts under a beautiful moon! Tralalalalala!

In the land before time, if you wanted a high-end controller that was more capable than the controllers that came packed with your console, you’d pay triple the going price for a standard controller for a premium model made by Scuf. That started changing as console manufacturers started making their own premium, high-end competitive controllers (like the wonderful Xbox elite controller), or licencing third parties to do the same.

The incredibly successful YouTuber is taking a break from the platform to protest several policy changes he believes are detrimental to the site’s content.

Back in 2016, Microsoft increased the local price of Xbox Live and its associated services, to align with the local exchange rate a little better. At the time, it was around R11 to the Dollar, but Xbox Live Gold – which cost $10 a month – was available for about R50 a month. The price was raised to R159, sparking outrage.