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Guitar Hero isn’t back, but some of the developers behind it are with a new–and not so new–studio, RedOctane Games. Revealing itself in a new form to the world today, RedOctane Games was the name of the original publisher behind the Guitar Hero series. With a plan to solely focus on rhythm games, it’s being led by Simon Ebejer, who …

Could AI “world models” could be the most viable path to fully photorealistic interactive VR? Much of the “virtual reality” seen in science fiction involves putting on a headset, or connecting a neural interface, to enter an interactive virtual world that looks and behaves as if entirely real. In contrast, while high-end VR of today can have relatively realistic graphics, …

Helldivers 2 made waves when it launched on PlayStation and PC back in 2024, peaking at over 450,000 players on Steam alone and maintaining a healthy player base across both platforms ever since. During the early surge of hype, there were widespread calls on Twitter (now X) – urging support from Xbox players to help fight off the Terminids and …

PlayStation management has been credited as the ones pushing to get Helldivers 2 on Xbox Series X|S, rather than the lead developers within Arrowhead Studios. In response to fans on Discord (via Windows Central), the developer’s CEO Shams Jorjani said any praise for making the Helldivers 2 port onto Xbox Series X|S a reality should go to PlayStation. “It was …

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Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin’ in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he’s not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that’s far too old for him, watching football on the telly and …

As a life-long Metal Gear Solid fan since I first beat MGS1 as a nine-year-old, I’m a little bit of a purist when it comes to the franchise. I don’t like spinoffs, I don’t like the Twin Snakes remake on GameCube, and usually anything without Hideo Kojima’s involvement isn’t worth my time. Thankfully, Konami’s new remake of the iconic MGS3, …

Microsoft revealed that it was specifically for gamers back in March, and now it’s here for a test drive. The beta version of Gaming Copilot is available to Xbox Insiders on PC via the Game Bar functionality. It’s also available to try on Windows-based handheld gaming devices, but the company says the functionality there is currently limited. A variant of …

If you’re looking to expand your local storage by a significant amount, the back to school season offers a great opportunity. I’ve posted a few deals on high-capacity local storage recently, but this is probably the best deal yet. For a limited time, Best Buy is offering a massive Seagate Expansion 26TB USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive for $249.99 shipped, …

The latest generative AI models are not just stand-alone text-generating chatbots—instead, they can easily be hooked up to your data to give personalized answers to your questions. OpenAI’s ChatGPT can be linked to your Gmail inbox, allowed to inspect your GitHub code, or find appointments in your Microsoft calendar. But these connections have the potential to be abused—and researchers have …