Source: Windows Central
Updated Jan. 23, 2020, 12:15 a.m. ET: Early Saturday morning, Microsoft announced it was rolling back the Xbox Live Gold price hike it revealed the day before. Prices will stay the same $9.99 for one month, $24.99 for three months, $39.99 for six months, and $59.99 for 12 months. Microsoft also revealed players will no longer need an Xbox Live Gold membership to play free-to-play games on Xbox. The original post is below.
Microsoft has announced plans to increase its Xbox Live Gold subscription pricing, a controversial move as the company looks to migrate its users to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
While Xbox Live Gold was once its definitive online membership, in recent years, Microsoft has also scaled up Xbox Game Pass, a Netflix-style service with access to hundreds of Xbox games. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is the latest addition, bundling Xbox Game Pass for Xbox and PC, EA Play, and Xbox cloud gaming into a single $15 monthly membership. And with the recent Xb
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Samsung Display announced a 90Hz OLED display for laptops.
Laptops with the 90Hz OLED display will be mass produced starting in Q1 2020.
People generally have to use LCD panels to get refresh rates of 90Hz.
Samsung Display announced that it will soon mass produce 90Hz displays for laptops. The company will start producing the faster displays by the end of March 2021. Joo Sun Choi, Samsung Display CEO, states that the company will initially produce a large quantity of 14-inch 90Hz OLED displays for laptops beginning in March.
Up to this point, OLED displays on laptops were capped at 60Hz. Samsung Display refers to the upcoming devices that will use the tech as the world s first 90Hz OLED laptops. The faster refresh rate of the upcoming OLED panels will be welcome by people that want the deep blacks and vivid colors of an OLED display without sacrificing speed.
Source: 343 Industries
To say that the Master Chief Collection (MCC) has had a tumultuous history would be an understatement. Back in 2014 it launched in one of the worst states ever seen before on an Xbox One game, and while Halo developer 343 Industries admirably attempted to patch the game up in the months that followed, it seemed like every bug squashed resulted in two new ones emerging. After Halo 5: Guardians launched a year later, support for the MCC fizzled.
The game remained in a broken state until late 2018 when 343 Industries, in collaboration with community playtesters in the MCC Insider Program, deployed a gargantuan patch that finally fixed the majority of issues.
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343 Industries has outlined the development plans it has for Halo: The Master Chief Collection in 2021.
Numerous quality-of-life features, such as PC File Share and Additional Video Settings, are on the way.
Other features, such as PC splitscreen and additional mod support, are currently either in the design phase or are in the studio s backlog.
Additionally, new armor sets that players can earn in Season 5 were also teased.
In its final MCC Development Update blog post of 2020, Halo developer 343 Industries gave players a comprehensive look at what s coming to Halo: The Master Chief Collection in 2021. Numerous quality-of-life improvements and features are actively in development, while some are currently either being designed or are in the studio s backlog. Here s a list of everything in active development by 343 Industries, as well as when each feature is expected to make it to the live game: