Why developers create huge expansions over standalone games, and other questions | Podcast

For our latest podcast, we did something a little different: a live Q&A show recorded as part of the official Devcom 2024 Twitch stream. Chris Dring and James Batchelor joined Altered Gene's Des Gayle, who answered questions sent in by Gaming Industry.biz Readers before the show. Topics covered in this episode included: Why do developers … Read more

Xbox One update failure “raises awkward questions about the future prospects of console hardware”

Early editions of the original Xbox One consoles running older firmware are unable to download the latest updates, essentially rendering 2013-era systems unusable. That's according to the Digital Foundry team at our sister site Eurogamer, who attempted to update and use three standalone Xbox One consoles. According to their own tests, all three failed to … Read more