Emma Roth
Discord’s improved Xbox integration is now live.
Starting today, you can stream your Discord friend’s gameplay from your Xbox and even call them directly from the console.
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Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Razer’s driftless new Xbox controller is $200 and may actually be worth it.
The Razer Wolverine V3 Pro has:
🛜2.4GHz wireless
🧲Drift-free Hall effect sticks
🦞Four customizable paddles and two extra shoulder buttons (for claw grip)
🔒Hair-trigger lockouts with mouse-like clicks
⏩1,000Hz wired polling rate on PC
🌈and RGB accent lighting.
I’ve been testing it for over a week and there’s a lot to love. Stay tuned for my full review.
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1/5It looks a fair bit like the old V2 model, but look ma, no wires! Image: Razer
Jay Peters
You can now stream Xbox games on more Amazon TV devices.
The Xbox TV app is now available on Amazon’s first-gen Fire TV Stick 4K Max and the third-gen Fire TV Cube. The Xbox app was first available for an initial set of Amazon devices last month.
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Andrew Webster
Change is inevitable.
A day after announcing that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming to the PS5 next year, Xbox boss Phil Spencer spoke a bit more during a Gamescom livestream about the company’s ongoing multiplatform experiment.
Tom Warren
Towerborne heads to early access next month.
I reported earlier this year that Microsoft was considering launching Towerborne into early access. After a promise of a “special surprise” during gamescom opening night live, Microsoft has just confirmed that Towerborne will be available in early access on Steam on September 10th, and on Xbox in early 2025. A full free-to-play launch is planned for 2025.
Tom Warren
Genshin Impact is coming to Xbox.
Xbox fans will soon finally be able to join in the anime-style open-world environment of Genshin Impact. The game is arriving on Xbox Series X / S on November 20th, and preorder bonuses are available right now.
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Jay Peters
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
A new challenger approaches the Hall effect controller party.
PowerA is launching a pair of wireless gamepads for PC, and they’re some of the company’s first to use drift-free sticks. The OPS v1 ($49.99) and OPS v3 Pro ($99.99) join the recently-announced Fortnite SE controller for Xbox to offer Hall effect sticks and extra programmable buttons.
The new gamepads arrive in September and early October.
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1/4Both new controllers feature 2.4GHz wireless and Bluetooth, but the OPS v3 Pro has the full RGB treatment and its sticks can be twisted to adjust their height. Image: PowerA