Xbox Series X / S

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Solitude said:
www.videogameschronicle.com

Xbox Series X/S developers now have full access to AMD’s FidelityFX tools | VGC

Image quality toolkit lets developers improve visuals with minimal processing power…
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Ooh thanx to that article I found another game to add to my watchlist


www.riftbreaker.com

Riftbreaker - Enlist for planetary assignment now!

An exciting combination of base building, survival and hack'n'slash. Face the dangers of a distant planet and establish a portal back to Earth.
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Roger Banana

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Is it at all possible to use Game Pass on Windows 8? I didn't do the free upgrade to Windows 10, so now the Xbox App doesn't work on my laptop.
 
DrJohnZoidberg

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Is it only me or are downloads on the Xbox Series X completely fubar?

I spent about and hour last night trying to figure out how to make it happy. I'll preface this saying that I have a gigabit fibre connection with the Xbox wired.

I start trying to download a game and it's sitting at like 100Kbps, it may spike to 500Kbps at times. I try everything I find on the internet, no matter how absurd, to try and fix it and nothing changes. So I decide to connect via wifi instead and speeds start looking better at around 15-20Mbps. Still crap, but moving in the right direction. I then decide to plug the ethernet cable back in and the speeds now start going up to 150-200Mbps, erratic as all hell but at least it's doing something.

Speeds start falling again so I try the wifi/cable swap trick again and it goes back up, then it falls back down so I've about had enough and walk away for a bit. Come back after a while and now it's downloading at 350Mbps. 5 minutes later it's at 15Mbps again. At this point I've given up completely and the Xbox is just a brick sitting in my entertainment cabinet.

Anyone have some advice on this?
 
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DrJohnZoidberg said:
Is it only me or are downloads on the Xbox Series X completely fubar?

I spent about and hour last night trying to figure out how to make it happy. I'll preface this saying that I have a gigabit fibre connection with the Xbox wired.

I start trying to download a game and it's sitting at like 100Kbps, it may spike to 500Kbps at times. I try everything I find on the internet, no matter how absurd, to try and fix it and nothing changes. So I decide to connect via wifi instead and speeds start looking better at around 15-20Mbps. Still crap, but moving in the right direction. I then decide to plug the ethernet cable back in and the speeds now start going up to 150-200Mbps, erratic as all hell but at least it's doing something.

Speeds start falling again so I try the wifi/cable swap trick again and it goes back up, then it falls back down so I've about had enough and walk away for a bit. Come back after a while and now it's downloading at 350Mbps. 5 minutes later it's at 15Mbps again. At this point I've given up completely and the Xbox is just a brick sitting in my entertainment cabinet.

Anyone have some advice on this?
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It's how the series X seems to be. Apparently they will be releasing a patch that will make games kill internet connections while they are in memory or something
 
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DrJohnZoidberg said:
Is it only me or are downloads on the Xbox Series X completely fubar?

I spent about and hour last night trying to figure out how to make it happy. I'll preface this saying that I have a gigabit fibre connection with the Xbox wired.

I start trying to download a game and it's sitting at like 100Kbps, it may spike to 500Kbps at times. I try everything I find on the internet, no matter how absurd, to try and fix it and nothing changes. So I decide to connect via wifi instead and speeds start looking better at around 15-20Mbps. Still crap, but moving in the right direction. I then decide to plug the ethernet cable back in and the speeds now start going up to 150-200Mbps, erratic as all hell but at least it's doing something.

Speeds start falling again so I try the wifi/cable swap trick again and it goes back up, then it falls back down so I've about had enough and walk away for a bit. Come back after a while and now it's downloading at 350Mbps. 5 minutes later it's at 15Mbps again. At this point I've given up completely and the Xbox is just a brick sitting in my entertainment cabinet.

Anyone have some advice on this?
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Kill any games that you have open or suspended.

Games kill your download speeds to prioritise traffic to the games. New patch should fix this...
 
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www.gameinformer.com

Microsoft Removes Xbox Live Restriction For Free Xbox Games, Starting Today

The move first teased back in January goes into affect today.
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Xbox free games list​

Here's the full list as of today:

  • 3on3 FreeStyle
  • Aegis Wing
  • APB Reloaded
  • Apex Legends
  • Armored Warfare
  • Battle Ages
  • Battle Islands
  • Battle Islands: Commanders
  • Bless Unleashed
  • Brawlhalla
  • Call of Duty: Warzone
  • Crackdown
  • Crackdown 2
  • Crimson Alliance
  • Crossout
  • CRSED: F.O.A.D.
  • Darwin Project
  • Dauntless
  • DC Universe Online
  • Dead or Alive 5 Last Round: Core Fighters
  • Dead or Alive 6: Core Fighters
  • Defiance 2050
  • Destiny 2
  • Doritos Crash Course
  • Dungeon Defenders II
  • Enlisted
  • Eternal Card Game
  • Family Game Night
  • Fishing Planet
  • Fortnite
  • Galaxy Control: Arena
  • Gems of War
  • Happy Wars
  • Harm’s Way
  • Hawken
  • Hyper Scape
  • Killer Instinct
  • Korgan
  • Minion Masters
  • Neverwinter
  • Outriders (Demo)
  • Paladins
  • Path of Exile
  • Phantasy Star Online 2
  • Phantom Dust
  • Pinball FX2
  • Prominence Poker
  • Realm Royale
  • Rec Room
  • Resident Evil Revelations 2
  • ROBLOX
  • Rocket League
  • Rogue Company
  • Skyforge
  • SMITE
  • Spacelords
  • Spellbreak
  • Star Trek Online
  • Techwars Global Conflict
  • TERA
  • The Four Kings Casino and Slots
  • Too Human
  • Trove
  • Vigor
  • War Thunder
  • Warface
  • Warframe
  • World of Tanks
  • World of Warships: Legends
  • Yaris
 
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Find myself wondering what the point of Gold is now that the online play part of it is free. I am starting to think it's only a matter of time until Gold is no more.

Great news for newcomers to the console - back in my 360 days I always thought paying to play online was lame. But sad news for Gamepass I think - no Gold means the Gamepass trick may not be possible once my current sub expires.
 
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