Xbox Series S has outsold PlayStation 5 in Japan for the first time and that is a massive deal!!!

As we all know the home of PlayStation is Japan, Microsoft has never really concentrated on the Asian market as their competitors Sony and Nintendo have always dominated on that side of the world as it is their home. But in shocking news, Microsoft’s cheaper slimmer platform the Xbox Series S had outsold Sony’s premier console last week for the first time. The fact the Xbox Series S is cheaper and more accessible than all the other next-gen console has helped sales considerably.

Inside the week of May 9th – May 15th, Xbox Series S had outsold the PlayStation 5 by 4,000 units, an incredible achievement for Microsoft. The Xbox Series S climbs above both PlayStation 5 editions of the console. This is largely down to the production issues that Sony has been struggling with ever since the PlayStation 5 launch back November 2020, globally fans have had their problems getting their hands on both consoles down to said production issues and scalpers buying up multiple units at a time.

Unit sales in Japan between May 9th – May 15th for all consoles

• Nintendo Switch OLED – 35,868

• Nintendo Switch  – 20,443

• Nintendo Switch Lite – 9,011

• Xbox Series S – 6,120

• PlayStation 5 Disc Edition – 2,240

• PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 453

• Xbox Series X – 105

• PlayStation 4 – 22

Xbox might’ve made the news this week but overall it doesn’t come close to Nintendo, as expected they dominate in Japan week after week with their assortment of handheld consoles (Switch OLED, Switch and Switch Lite). The unique machine has been a phenomenal success for Nintendo selling 20 million units in Japan alone making at only the 5th console to do so (behind the Nintendo DS, Nintendo Game Boy/Colour, Nintendo 3DS and the PlayStation 2). So Xbox’s recent success doesn’t and probably will never come close to how successful Nintendo has been in Japan over the last 20 years.

Microsoft have no sign of letting up in their journey to win over the Asian market with their renewed direction in Xbox Cloud Gaming. Japan has always favoured mobile gaming so access to Xbox games on iOS and Android could win over some of the hardcore Nintendo fan base.

Globally, Xbox Series X/S have been widely successful as from Microsoft’s financial results from last year they showed Xbox hardware revenues were up 166% compared to the same period last year, which might not come as a surprise since Xbox One sales were tailing off and an increase in revenue from the gaming side with Xbox’s content doing very well.

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Ubisoft has announced that Roller Champions will be skating on May 25th!

Revealed in 2019 and originally planned to release the year after, Roller Champions is a “Ubisoft Original” free-to-play PvP online competitive sports game produced by Ubisoft Montreal.

Roller Champions looks like the young whippersnapper offspring of the ancient but still fun Brutal Deluxe SpeedBall 2 and recent competitive darling Rocket League! But with less cars especially much less of the rocket-powered type cars!

From the trailers the premise looks simple enough with similar competitive offensive/defensive and counteroffensive / defensive play and tactics with the aim to score more goals than the opposing side while navigating obstacles and different themed arenas.

Roller Champions will be available next week on Xbox One and PS4, Xbox Series X/S and PS5 via backward compatibility, and for PC through the Ubisoft Store.

Of course Roller Champions will also be rolling to Nintendo Switch, the Epic Games Store, Stadia and Amazon Luna at a later date.

“In each match, you and two teammates will face off against another team of three in an elliptical arena,” Ubisoft says. “The goal is straightforward – reach five points before your opponents do – and the basics are easy to grasp”.

“Keep control of the ball by skating and passing, steal it from your opponents with a well-timed tackle, and make a full lap of the arena to open up the goal and take your shot”.

“Once you’ve got the fundamentals down, you can level up your game by practicing and socializing in the skatepark hub, and then using your skills in matches to execute team manoeuvres and do multiple laps to increase the points each goal is worth.”

Roller Champions will support the now standard cross-play and cross-progression at launch.

Roller Champions will also feature a free Roller Pass, which players can progress through to unlock cosmetic items for their skater, and a premium version offering access to exclusive gear that won’t be available in the item shop.

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The Original Open World Driving Game Was Originally Scheduled To Arrive In Sept 2022!

Nacon has declared that development of Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown has been pushed into 2023 and that the last-generation versions of the game have all been cancelled from development.

From a recent blog post, the developer stated that its “goal with Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is to make it the most polished gaming experience in the franchise by spending more time on its development”.

Nacon’s “Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown” was previously scheduled to be released in September 2022 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.

Nacon confirmed on Wednesday that the new entry in the long running open world driving franchise will no longer be released for Microsoft‘s and Sony‘s last-generation consoles.

“Finally, with the aim of making the most of the technology in the latest consoles and maximising the overall quality of the game, Nacon has decided to no longer develop Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.”

Nacon also revealed that it is working towards a timeline for several closed betas. While the studio didn’t confirm when these tests would take place, they said the tests would allow them “to gather your valuable feedback so we can keep improving the game’s quality until it releases, while also staying in more regular contact with you”.

Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown was Unveiled in July 2020, the third game in the long-running Test Drive franchise’s open-world Unlimited sub-series promises to let players get to grips with “extraordinary cars” within Hong Kong “a luxurious island world recreated at 1:1 scale”.

“The brand new Test Drive Unlimited keeps the DNA from the first games, and revamps it for the modern era,” promises the blurb accompanying a trailer released last April.

“You have the freedom to progress however you like, the classic open championship concept returns too. Live your best life. Race, cruise, and hang out with your friends until the sun goes down and even after!”

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Overwatch Anniversary Remix event returns for round 2 introducing new styles, colours and fan favourite skins!

The first Overwatch 2 Beta test window has closed. The Beta that was available for several weeks allowed players to test run and try “Overwatch Hero Reworks” which brought new maps and game design elements into the fray. To keep momentum and interest in the game high, a new round in the Overwatch Anniversary Remix event is already well underway that will introduce new versions of some of Overwatch’s most memorable costumes and outfits.

The “Overwatch Anniversary Remix Vol. 2” event returns on [ May 17th – June 7th ] bringing with it brand new colour variations to 6 previously released skins while also bringing back remixed skins from “Overwatch Anniversary Remix Vol. 1” again. The new alternate outfits on offer include Black Wolf Hanzo ( Okami Legendary Skin ), Hydra Symmetra ( Dragon Symmetra Legendary Skin ), Neon Cat Sombra ( Black Cat Legendary Skin ), Night Owl Ana ( Snow Owl Legendary Skin ), Poison Dart Lucio ( Ribbit Lucio Legendary Skin ) and Noxious Roadhog ( Toxic Roadhog Legendary Skin ).

Previous Weekly Challenge Skins will make a welcome return like the Remix event, as well as remixed skins, previous seasonal event game modes from Winter Wonderland, Overwatch Archives, this year’s Chinese New Year “Year of the Tiger” celebrations, and other seasonal brawl and PvE modes like “Yeti Hunt” and “LucioBall” and more on daily rotation. Not just new events but new themed emotes and sprays will also make a welcome return if you have earned enough coins to obtain the reward.

Overwatch 2 is currently in development!!

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The renowned Japanese videogame giants and publishing house behind legendary and iconic gaming franchises such as StreetFighter, Megaman, Resident Evil and Monster Hunter, Capcom have listed their “All time best-selling videogames“

Capcom have compiled and listed their entire historys released titles and compiled them into the All-time best selling with over 100 of Capcoms titles surpassing 1M units with not surprisingly Monster Hunter World being far and away Capcoms most successful franchise to date leading the pack at a monstrous 18M units sold which released in 2018 on all major formats.

At a distant second place surprisingly at 10.8 M units sold to date is the critically acclaimed Resident Evil 7 which was a successful soft reboot of the franchise that  preceded Monster Hunter World a year earlier.

Within Capcoms top10 it is not surprisingly dominated by variations and spin offs of the Monster Hunter series leading the charge with recent entries of Resident Evil and Street Fighter also making up the list.

The oldest Capcom title to get into the top10 is StreetFighter 2 which released all the way back in 1992 on the now legendary SNES at a 6.3M units sold to date with somewhat surprisingly the latest Street Fighter V which released in 2016 trailing by a whisker at 6.2M units sold to date.

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“Camping!”  “Teabagging!”  “Easter Eggs!” “Grinding!”  “Smurfing!?”

A few terms that mean entirely different things in different real-world contexts, terms that we might usually associate with a typical relaxing May day out at the local park then again maybe its completely different for you? who are we to judge!?

Confused!? Well don’t be any longer! If you hadn’t noticed Gaming is massive! Bigger than massive in fact! More Open, more Diverse, more Social, more Creative and more Inclusive than ever before and still growing! And on many more devices than ever before!

Gaming bridges cultural and societal differences and brings us closer together than ever before with our leaderboard rivals either across the road or across countries and language barriers. Gaming allows us to forget our real-world worries for a brief moment in time and lets us Relax, Communicate, Socialise, Create, Share, and “Killstreak” on a level playing field.

As our gaming and digital entertainment landscape is continually ever-evolving with new platforms, new genres, and ever more new inventive ways to game, play, and “Victory Dance”. So too is our ever-growing vocabulary of jargon and abbreviations that gamers and the wider gaming community have creatively appropriated to communicate to with each other creating “Gaming Slang” or a “Gaming Dialect”.

The barrier to entry into gaming is lower than ever before with more and more people of all ages, skill and backgrounds competing and playing together. This community is vast and diverse and communicating and understanding simple messages from teenage derogatory remarks about your gaming prowess to your all important next planet saving mission objective can be literally like learning a new language and can be the difference between you being labelled a “Troll” or “Griefer” to hopefully the “MVP” or even a “Smurf”?!

Not sure if an “NPC” is complimenting you on your gaming prowess or insulting your “K/D” ratio with a “Teabagging?”

The “Official Playstation Website“ has helpfully compiled a glossary to what Playstation itself refers to as “Playstation’s Ultimate List Of Popular Gaming Related Terms“ covering the most common phrases and terms encountered and used by most modern gamers as reported by gaming-centric youtube channel Scrubing & GameRant.com.

The listing includes Terms, Phrases and Abbreviations. Some you may have encountered on your digital travels through Los Santos, some are easily recognisable and deciphered and some are totally unheard of depending on your gaming experience journey.

So what are you waiting for don’t be a “Noob!” and “Rage quit!”, “Camp” out and “Level Up” your gaming knowledge and “XP” at “Playstation’s Ultimate List Of Popular Gaming Related Terms“ so you too can become the “MVP” and be down with the kids and “Pwn / Own” your next unsuspecting victim!

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Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries has been attacked by angry fans of the game after the Season 02: Lone Wolves update of the game had recently released. The studio made controversial changes to the game that has affected enjoyment for the already shrinking playerbase. One of which recently, was the removal of the “glitch” weapon, the “tank gun”, which was found in the campaign section of the game. The Tank gun was a popular, overpowered gun that the player could find that would shoot Scorpion tank shells. It was often used in speedruns, legendary difficulty runs, LASO runs and for fun in general. Using it made the campaigns boss fights rather trivial as it was so powerful.

Due the the public outcry about the change in the latest update, 343 Industries has decided that they will be adding the gun back in the upcoming Season 2 patch. This is just one of the changes announced about the reversal of changes by the community manager of 343 Industries, John Junyszek.

Since the launch of #HaloLoneWolves we've been sifting through your feedback – and we've got an update on the way to address some of the most common topics. For more info on weapon "jamming," skill jumps, and more, check our post on Halo Waypoint.

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— Halo (@Halo) May 13, 2022

The tank gun was thought to be a nod back to the Scarab Gun easter egg found in Halo 2 and Halo 2: Anniversary, which was a well-known feature of the games. The tank gun however, was supposedly not intended to be included in the release version of the game, which is why it was dubbed a glitch.

It was an invisible object, with no name, placed on top of the far railgun of the crashed ship, on the mission Outpost Tremonius. While in the players hand, it remains invisible and affects the use of the players abilities like vaulting over walls, attacking with melee and using certain equipment. However, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks, you can and will absolutely destroy enemies and send them flying using this gun. It took players less than a month into the games release to find it, and quickly became well-received.

343 Industries claim that they are actively listening to feedback and taking it seriously. It is hoped by the players of Infinite, that the developers will continue doing this as to prevent such contentious changes again in the future. The developers have previously mentioned Halo Infinite being part of a 10 year plan of the Halo games universe, so it is in their best interest to keep spirits high to retain loyal players, while trying to draw in new players.

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Assassin’s Creed Origins is coming to Xbox Game Pass. According to Community lead at Xbox Game Pass, Megan Spurr, Ubisoft are bringing several games to the library. These games include Assassin’s Creed Origins and For Honor: Marching Fire Edition. For Honor will be available on PC via the Ubisoft Connect app, whilst Assassin’s Creed Origins will be available on console, cloud and PC as well.

The game is set to arrive in the library within the “next two months” but, as of yet, no specific date has been given.

Ubisoft already has some games on the Xbox Game Pass, including Rainbow Six: Extraction, but Origins will be the first of the Assassin’s Creed series to join the library. For Honor was also already on the Game Pass but this means the Marching Fire Edition will be a free update for those who already have it.

Next-Gen Updates for the Assassin’s Creed Series

Last December, Ubisoft tweeted that they wanted to introduce 60fps support for 2017’s Assassin’s Creed Origins, making it available for a next-gen release on Xbox Series X|S or PlayStation 5. In August last year, they released a 60fps version of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – originally released in 2018 – that was able to run on these two consoles when using backwards compatibility.

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Ubisoft seem to be becoming more open to the Xbox console. In January they announced that they would be bringing their Ubisoft Plus subscription service to Xbox, although it will remain a separate subscription from Games Pass. Previously, Ubisoft Plus only included PC compatibility. That same month, they put Rainbow Six: Extraction on Xbox Games Pass the same day it was released. Combined with the desire to update their games to run on the next-gen Xbox, these decisions make it seem Ubisoft want to tap into the Xbox market.

Other games to arrive on the Xbox Game Pass include 7 Days to Die and Bugsnax. These games look set to arrive in the library next week. You can see the full list of arrivals and dates on the Xbox blog here. Available today on Xbox Games Pass are F1 2021 and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered. Both these games are supplied by the EA Play subscription after EA joined the Xbox Games Pass, allowing players to access this membership at no extra cost. Whereas, Ubisoft’s Plus subscription will remain separate.

It marks a good week for Assassin’s Creed fans then, after Ubisoft also released a new update for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

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Revealed in a blog post from Xbox’s General manager Chris Charla, Xbox has reportedly paid “more than $2.5 billion in royalties” as part of ID@Xbox, the publishers indie initiative.

On the subject, Charla Wrote “Since the program’s inception, independent developers have earned more than $2.5 billion in royalties, and total revenue generated by ID@Xbox partners on Xbox almost doubled over the last three years”

The blog also states that the program has seen over 1000 developers sign up, however Charla does concede that Xboxs work with indie developers still has a easy to go, explaining “One area we talk to developers and players about a lot is discoverability. Teams across Microsoft work every day to help solve discovery challenges so players can find games they love, and in turn, ensure developers find the audience for their games.”

At GDC last week, Microsoft also announced ID@Azure, which is aimed at indie developers across any platform that want to use Microsoft’s cloud gaming technology in their titles. 

At the same event Xbox also officially announced their newest cloud gaming organisation. According to them, the division “works with studios to develop cloud-native titles and bring them exclusively to the Xbox ecosystem” and is being headed by Kim Swift.

Swift is probably best known for their work at valve as the project lead and designer of Portal, as well as working as a designer and artist on the Left 4 Dead Games, and was recently the director of game design at Stadia.

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Xbox Head Phil Spencer has said that titles do not have to be on Xbox game pass to stand a chance on the Xbox Platform. At a recent GDC talk, he was quoted as saying “I also want to make clear to people that are out there that for us at Xbox, there’s not one business model that we think is going to win. I often get asked by developers, ‘if I’m not in the subscription am I just not viable on Xbox anymore?’ and it’s absolutely not true.”

“Like we look at retail of people selling games, buying games, it’s an important part of our P&L [profit and loss statement], you know that. And it’s something that we invest resources in to enable our developers to do great work there.”

Xbox game pass launched back in 2017 and is probably one of the biggest Feathers in microsofts hat both last gen and this gen. It has attracted 25million subscribers as of January 2922 and was a big moment of redemption for microsoft following the Xbox Ones underwhelming early life and blatant anti-consumer practices.

Members cat access to over 100 Titles, including all first party exclusives day and date of launch, for arround £8 a month on console and PC, or £11 for access to Xbox Cloud Gaming. You may think that this equates to microsoft effectively giving away their games, however Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella claimed last year that Xbox Game Pass subscribers play arround 40% more games and spend 50% more than non-members.

Despite this, Spencer said in the GDC video that mictosoft Will continue to support different and diverse business models including retai, Subscription and free to play.

“And this is where I sometimes contrast against other forms of media that we get compared to, whether it’s music, whether it’s video, where the models have really condensed down to maybe one or two business models that are working,” he said.

“I fundamentally believe a strength for us in the video game business is the diversity of business models and the strength of those.

“Definitely in team Xbox, we invest in the business models that developers are asking for and ensuring those are flourishing, so that every year we see great new experiences that come to our platform that might never have been built if the business model capability wasn’t there on our platform.”

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