News & Reviews:   Microsoft

Based on a statement by former senior director Albert Penello, it seems that the upcoming Sony Playstation 5 is expected to be priced at around USD399(~RM1770) at launch. The aforementioned console is much cheaper compared to the upcoming Microsoft Xbox console, which will most likely be priced at RM499.

In the wake restricted movement order in Malaysia, educational institutions are also forced to closed premises. As a result, these institutions now need to conduct lessons differently. Microsoft wants to remind all those in the education community during that it has free software that can help with remote learning.

Weeks after Microsoft first announced its next-gen Xbox Series X console, we finally get confirmation on most of its specs. As mentioned by Xbox chief Phil Spencer in February 2020, the new console will come with 12 TFLOPS of GPU compute power, making it twice as powerful as the Xbox One X. A few of the key features were also confirmed.

Gaming events like E3 2020 could get cancelled, but if something is ready then companies would probably still launch it. One service that's apparently coming soon is Microsoft's Project xCloud for the PC. A source has claimed to have seen hints of a game streaming test app being in used and believes it to be streaming service.

Microsoft has been working on the dual-screen Surface Neo and Surface Duo for quite some time now. But they're not expected to launch till around the year-end holiday seasons of 2020, or at least that's what many believed. Recently, a report is claiming that we may see the Surface Duo much earlier than that.

Although the latest generation gaming consoles haven’t been launched yet, we already know that 2020 will be a revolutionary year for the gaming experience. After Microsoft revealed its Xbox Series X with Sony confirming the PlayStation 5, many speculations and rumours have been showing up on the internet to tell us how powerful the devices are going to be. Today, we have received some of the news regarding the gaming consoles and we want to share with you!

When Microsoft released the preview SDK for the dual-screen Surface Duo in January, it more or less signalled that we'll be seeing the device sometime in 2020. At least very least, news of device being spotted live indicated that developers have begun testing it. In fact, a video supposedly demo-ing a feature called 'Peek' was recently revealed in a tweet by h0x0d.

Microsoft revealed its next-gen gaming console in December last year and aside from some confusion to its name, many were predictably excited. While we fully expected Microsoft to keep radio silence when it comes to details on its new Xbox Series X, the company has actually decided to throw us a few bones.

Assuming it doesn't get cancelled as MWC 2020 did, the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2020 will be held from 16 to 20 March 2020. On 18 February 2020, Microsoft will be hosting a conference session on audio and what's interesting is that the company may be talking about dedicated hardware audio acceleration for the Xbox Series X.

With all eyes on the launch of new Samsung devices, it's easy to overlook other things. But the news of the Korean electronics company partnering with Microsoft Xbox on the cloud gaming front is certainly not less interesting. According to CNET, the two companies will be collaborating on a cloud-based games streaming service.