With Dark Souls III just weeks away, the Xbox One will soon be able to play all three titles in the series. We know Dark Souls III will run at 900p and 30fps on the Xbox One, but what about the backwards compatible original? Eurogamer‘s Digital Foundry ran an analysis of the game and found that things are mostly the same. One element of note is that the Xbox One version is a bit darker...
Alongside fan favorite Xbox 360 title Doritos Crash Course, a smaller and lesser-known title called Halo: Reach was added to the Xbox One’s backwards compatibility list a couple weeks back. I’ve only really gone back to play Spelunky and Pac-Mac CE DX+, but others players have put in some time with the Halo prequel and found its performance to be somewhat lacking. Where the game holds...
For the majority of backwards compatible Xbox 360 games, running them on the Xbox One as compared to their native system shouldn't be any different. A few will likely suffer. A few games, though, will actually see an improvement. Kotaku noticed that Mass Effect seemed to run better on the Xbox One, with significantly faster loading textures, back in June. With the feature officially...
Just two years ago, Sony and Microsoft released their new consoles. A few months earlier, all the big details were revealed, including elements like pricing and how DRM and used games would be handled. At that time, it seemed Sony had its fingers on the pulse of the gaming community, while Microsoft seemed almost entirely disconnected. Things came to a head with used games. Microsoft...
Microsoft announced at E3 this year that backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 games would be coming to Xbox One, and the November update is getting closer and closer. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has spoken up about the idea of playing original Xbox games on the Xbox One via Twitter, and it turns out it's not a totally wild idea. Spencer was on Twitter, as he so often is, and answered a...
Microsoft scored big points when it announced backward compatibility at E3 this year, but does the feature really make a difference?