
Castlevania's Switch Version Runs at Half the Frame Rate
Konami has confirmed Castlevania: Belmont's Curse will run at 30fps on Nintendo Switch, half the 60fps target on PS5, Xbox, and PC. No Switch 2 version is currently planned.
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Konami has confirmed Castlevania: Belmont's Curse will run at 30fps on Nintendo Switch, half the 60fps target on PS5, Xbox, and PC. No Switch 2 version is currently planned.

Microsoft's ad-supported cloud streaming test is live for Xbox Insiders, and the most interesting angle isn't the ads themselves. It's that Xbox One owners can now stream Series X games without buying new hardware.

Xbox has started testing ad-supported cloud streaming with Insiders, offering one-hour sessions in exchange for pre-roll ads. The specific math behind the deal tells you whether this is a fair bargain or a slippery slope.

OneBGS claims Bethesda Montreal workers received termination emails offering the legal minimum in severance on July 17, the same day the studio celebrated its Fallout and Elder Scrolls roadmap. The union has filed a legal complaint.

Microsoft's answer to its own $800 console price tag? Watch an ad and stream for an hour. The irony writes itself.

Cold Iron Studios' co-op shooter sequel bumps the squad count to four, adds cross-platform play, and launches next month at $49.99.

A legal filing reveals Xbox eliminated roughly 435 unionised employees out of 1,205 in just six months, while Bethesda Montreal workers say they were promised employment through September before receiving bare-minimum termination emails.

GSC Game World has publicly contradicted its own founder's claims that Microsoft paid more than Stalker 2's entire development cost for timed Xbox exclusivity, calling his statements inaccurate.

Halo Studios confirmed that Halo: Campaign Evolved is Steam Deck Verified and optimized for Windows handhelds, making the remake fully portable from day one.

Seven games join Game Pass over the next two weeks, headlined by Halo: Campaign Evolved on July 28. But Celeste, Crusader Kings III, and six others are leaving on July 31.

Promotional images spotted on the Xbox Store point to a major Ghost Recon Wildlands update with 4K resolution, 60FPS gameplay, and a new story mission. Ubisoft hasn't confirmed any of it yet.

Xbox's renewed push for exclusives already has a major asterisk: leadership says single-player games being console exclusive isn't "carved in stone."

Xbox's top brass say Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution won't be the only exclusives, but when pressed on the actual criteria, the answers just create more questions.

ACE Team's Lovecraftian co-op horror drew massive pre-launch interest, but middling reviews and performance issues on PC and console tell a very different story on day one.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 was set to hit Game Pass on July 21. Microsoft pulled it without a word of explanation, despite owning the game, the IP, and the publisher.

Days after announcing the largest layoff in gaming this year, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has been named co-leader of a US Federal Reserve task force on productivity and jobs. You can't make this up.

Disney Dreamlight Valley's latest paid expansion opens a gate to Honeyglow Woods, bringing Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore into the cozy life sim alongside beekeeping, Pooh Sticks, and four new regions.

Fiesta Online, the anime MMORPG that first launched in 2007, is making the jump to PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo platforms. Gamigo hasn't set a date, but the game will appear at Gamescom.

Ubisoft is bringing The Crew Motorfest to Switch 2 on October 8 for $50. Three years after launch, with mandatory online and a game-key card for physical, the price tag raises questions.

Schedule I's latest update brings gamepad support to the heist sim, alongside a major systems overhaul and performance improvements across the board.

Cold Symmetry's Soulslike sequel lands August 20 with a $50 price tag, eight Shells, over 60 dungeons, and a stamina-free combat system. The open beta already sits at 92% positive on Steam.

Obsidian is returning to the Fallout franchise under Josh Sawyer's direction, but the studio had to lose 52 employees and its planned Avowed sequel to make it happen.

Xbox says it's doubling down on The Elder Scrolls. Then it laid off half the only studio actively making Elder Scrolls content, two days before a major release.

The Revelations DLC's flagship weapon, the Chain Spear, shipped without a keybind on console. Players are greeted with a "??" button prompt and can't progress until they toggle a controller preset.