'Hades' is now available on the Xbox, PlayStation

Following its initial launch on the PC and the Nintendo Switch, Hades is snow available on the Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. You can also get it on Xbox Game Pass for the Xbox and PC. According to Supergiant Games, the title targets 60 frames per second at 1080p on the Xbox One and PS4, and it'll run up to 60fps in 4K on the Xbox Series X/S and PS5.

Physical copies of the game get a bonus download for the soundtrack and a 32-page booklet. The Xbox One and Series X versions will be available on the same disk. Both the physical and digital PS4 versions get a free upgrade to the digital PS5 version. Unlike the Switch version, what won't be available on these versions is the ability to transfer saves between the PC and the consoles.

Source: Engadget

‘Warface’ Early Access comes to the Xbox One

For those who have been waiting, Warface Early Access is now available for the Xbox One. It’s accessible through five different types of Early Access packs. Each one is centered around the needs of different game classes: Rifleman, Medic, Engineer, and Sniper. The fifth one is a Collector’s Early Access pack that brings together the content of the four aforementioned packs and adds a pistol, knife, and “premium in-game currency.” These Early Access packs provide certain weapons and their unique golden versions with enhanced visuals and stats. 

Other Xbox One-exclusive content include an additional hunting PvP mode Bag and Tag, a number of diverse PvP maps, and a Cyber Horde raid where you will “need to make the most of your arsenal.” 

13 original Xbox games now available to Xbox One consoles

Xbox fans are getting an embarassment of riches this week. Not only is Xbox One X around the corner (most powerful console ever made, 6 teraflops, 12 GB of RAM, 4K gaming with HDR!), the original Xbox games are now coming to Xbox One.

The games in question are:

Black, BloodRayne 2, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, Dead to Rights, Ninja Gaiden Black, Fuzion, Frenzy, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, The King of Fighters Neowave, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,Psychonauts, Red Faction 2, Sid Meier’s Pirates! and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

The 13 original Xbox games that are now available across all Xbox One consoles now all render with 1080p graphics and expanded color details. But because they are, in fact, the original games running in a Hyper-V-based emulator, and not remastered games running natively, some features no longer work. If you happen to have the original game disc, these will work as well. 

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Quantum Break freezes time inside a burger joint in Toronto

The action-packed thriller game, Quantum Break (Xbox One and Windows 10) released this week to much excitement and to celebrate the launch, fan events were hosted in 11 Microsoft stores in the U.S. and Canada.

Here in Toronto, a curious store front opened at the busy street corner of Queen Street West and Spadina that is catching attention by those passing by. 

Xbox Canada created Quantum Burger shop at the Hero Burger location. A peek through the windows and you see chaos of flying tables, chairs as if disaster had just struck and everything is frozen in time. The buzz is building on social media and we've been told that it is open until Friday -- but I suspect they may last through the weekend. 

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