Enlarge / Play it loud with Microsoft’s newest game-specific Xbox gamepad. (credit: Sam Machkovech) While Ars Technica is in the loop about a lot of gamepad launches, we mostly look at gamepads that offer significant features and upgrades. Those features can boil down to accessibility, luxury, value, quirkiness, or dramatically new gimmicks. In today’s case, […]
When you show up to Forza Horizon 5, do so in style. [credit: Xbox Game Studios ] Nearly a decade before this week’s launch of Forza Horizon 5, the Forza Horizon series began life as a plucky, goofy offshoot of the “serious” Forza Motorsport racing games. Instead of confining you to just race tracks, Horizon‘s […]
Enlarge / Another sim racer bites the dust—and this time without a new one in its place. (credit: Xbox Game Studios / Turn 10 ) Microsoft has long boasted about the backward compatibility of its Xbox consoles , which means you can also expect to play hundreds of past-gen games on newer systems like Series […]