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If you’ve yet to join the ranks of Xbox Live Gold status by subsribing to the service, you’ll get a free trial this weekend. Starting today, Xbox Live Silver Members will be temporarily upgrade to Gold. This will give you access to online multiplayer funtions, and other perks that are normally afforded to subscribers. The free taste of the service comes in tandem with Microsoft’s attempt to break into the Guiness Book of World Records with Kinect Sports....

Microsoft promised more rapid fire releases for their Xbox One Backwards Compatibility list, and they seem to be delivering, launching three new games for the service this morning. Trials HD, Sam & Max Byond Time & Space, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, and LEGO Batman. Microsoft recently shifted their Xbox One Backwards Compatibility release plans, making it so that games appear as soon as they are ready, rather than waiting for large drops every month....

Earlier this week, Xbox took the wraps off the Xbox Series S, announced the Xbox Series X|S price and release date, as well as the Xbox Series X price in India. And while Sony is surprisingly quiet through all this, today Xbox is adding another feather to the proverbial cap. As it turns out, the Xbox Series X|S will be the first consoles in the world to support Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision HDR for gaming....

Yesteryear’s Lanterns and the Guhua of Today is a Lantern Rite Tale in Genshin Impact. It becomes available during the second stage of the Lantern Rite event and will be available in the Huagunag Stone Forest. Travel to the Huaguang Stone Forest and speak with Sun Yu. He will want to make a Xiao Lantern but will need a Qingxin Flower to do it. This is not the usual method and is something that only his clan does....

Elden Ring is home to all manner of biomes, from the dark decrepit realm of Caelid to the stunning vistas of Limgrave. However, the Rimed Crystal Bud is located in one of the harshest environments in The Lands Between. Here’s where to find it in this massive game. Rimed Crystal Buds can first be found in the Caria Manor, northwest of the Luirnia of the Lakes region. It’s northwest of The Ravine site of grace and southwest of the Unsightly Catacombs....

There are 12 unique herbs you can find in New World, each used in many cooking recipes that you’re going to be leveling up to improve your skills. These spices drop off of the herbs in New World, but they typically spawn in specific regions of the game. If you’re looking for Saffron, you’ll need to travel to particular locations to farm them. This guide details the best areas to find Saffron in New World and the plant you need to harvest....

While you will be making a lot of weapons in Grounded, you don’t need to make them all. Some, like the Rotten Larva Blade, can actually be found as you explore the map. The Rotten Larva Blade is great for taking on smaller creatures and is a valuable starting item in the game. Where to find the Rotten Larva Blade You can find the Rotten Larva Blade quite early in the game, as it is located in a pretty safe part of the map where your biggest worry will be ants....

Madness is a new mechanic for a Souls game. This status condition works like bleed or frostbite and damages you when the bar gets filled. One of the best incantations you can find in the Lands Between is Unendurable Frenzy. This incantation causes you to spew a violent burst of yellow flames that heavily damages foes caught in it. Here is where you can find the Unendurable Frenzy incantation in Elden Ring....

Your gateway to gardening As you start your adventure in Disney Dreamlight Valley, one of the first challenges you’ll be assigned by Merlin is finding the Royal Tools scattered across the plaza. While some are hidden in plain sight, like the pickaxe, others are slightly harder to locate. The watering can is an essential tool to find from the moment you start the game, mainly since some of the first friendship quests you will be given with Mickey Mouse depend on gardening....

One of this week’s challenges in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2 is to kick a soccer ball 100 meters. It’s another cat-themed challenge for Meowscles’ Mischief mission, as any cat owner will be well aware that cats love to chase things. The best place to get this done is to head for Pleasant Park. The soccer pitch there has cracked open, revealing a helicopter pad below the pitch. Right beside the gap in the field, you will find a chest with a soccer ball beside it....

One of the challenges this week is to search the farm for clues. The farm in question is actually Steel’s Farm, the unnamed landmark to the northeast of Corny Complex. When you arrive, you will need to be on the lookout for small magnifying glass icons. It would seem that Farmer Steel has gone missing, potentially abducted by the invading aliens. The icons are all grouped pretty close together, and you can find them all marked on the map below....

Immortals Fenyx Rising is Ubisoft’s latest open-world adventure made by the developers of Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. During your journey to save the Greek gods, you will come across voices you may recognize from various media (many from Odyssey, in fact) and some new ones. While playing through the game, be sure to keep your ear out for these actors’ voices. Here is a list of the most recognizable voices you can find in the game....

With the release of the Teyvat Chapter Interlude Teaser: A Winter Night’s Lazzo cinematic, HoYoverse revealed several secrets about the Fatui Harbingers. Every one of the Harbingers has been uncovered, and players can now put faces to names. Previously, the only Fatui Harbingers known by the public were Childe and Scaramouche, but now the ranks have been brought to light. One of these Harbingers is Regrator, also known as Pantalone, who is in command of Snezhnaya’s finances....

The beta phase of software development is a crucial component of the entire software development process. In a world filled with the latest and greatest technology, users have become accustomed to high-quality products. They know when a developer hasn’t delivered. If customers don’t have a good user experience with an app, they’ll move on to the next option without looking back. Let’s look at what beta testing is and why developer apps value their beta testers....

Following the news of Microsoft’s impending Activision Blizzard agreement, there are still some question marks about the situation. The acquisition includes every studio under the Activision Blizzard label, including Beenox and Toys for Bob. With such a large stable of studios and franchises about to join Microsoft’s belt, is Crash Bandicoot about to become an Xbox exclusive? There has yet to be any official word from Microsoft themselves, meaning we’ll have to wait a while to find out for sure....

The Vanguard-class got some well-deserved changes and buffs, so you should give it a try next time you go into a match. Update 1.28 has arrived for World War Z: Aftermath, and here’s the full list of changes and fixes added with this patch. World War Z: Aftermath launched in September, and since then, the developers have made some changes improving the games’ stability, performance, and even gameplay. In the last couple of patches, they did some balance changes to the Rats....

There’s been a shift in power in the game console world this generation, that is according to one industry analyst. Scott Steinberg of TechSavvy Global believes that Microsoft is the best positioned console maker, and has an advantage over both Sony and Nintendo because of the way that the company has chosen a broader entertainment focus with the Xbox 360. “I would say that Microsoft has been the most forward looking of all three manufacturers,” Steinberg told Industry Gamers....

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate continues to be one of the best deals in gaming. Already, you’re getting tons of current-gen games added to the service each month, but now Microsoft is tossing in a new wrinkle. Using the cloud gaming arm of its service, the company is now adding the ability to stream select original Xbox and Xbox 360 games right on your Android device. The initial slate of games features several of the heavy-hitters you’d expect....

What does Casual Mode do? Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition adds two new difficulty modes to the classic Wii RPG: Expert Mode and Classic Mode. While Expert Mode makes the game much more difficult by allowing you to restrict the amount of experience your party earns, Casual Mode aims to accomplish the exact opposite by making the game much easier. That being said, what exactly does Casual Mode do in Xenoblade Chronicles?...

Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi today unveiled a new concept device that aims to make the no-port, “just a screen” form factor for smartphones a reality in the market. The company, through promotional images and an official video, announced the unnamed device that comes with a special display that features the waterfall-curve on all four edges, making the device completely portless and button-less. “Compared with ordinary curved glass, the difficulty of hot bending increases exponentially....