VENOMACR12273720d ago

Good news for Xbox audio fans. Allows for a lot more options now.

Volkama3720d ago (Edited 3720d ago )

Not bad news, but not the news this audio fan wants. I want my headset to provide good virtual surround, so I need dolby digital live support ASAP.

I don't want to talk to other gamers, the ones that talk are mostly idiots.

Crazay3720d ago

EXACTLY! I'm in no mood to spend another $300+ on replacing my headset. Stereo does SFA for me.

NeoTribe3720d ago (Edited 3720d ago )

To pricey for not having surround sound. You could probably pick up the playstation gold for 100 bucks and use it on x1. Better deal for the money, with virtual surround.

FamilyGuy3720d ago

"The Xbox One Stereo Headset Adapter will cost $24.99"

:/

*Walks out*

Volkama3720d ago

To be fair it's entirely optional. The headsets this adapter is targetted at already provide sound, the adapter is for the microphone and they do already give you 2 of those (Kinect and the earpeice mic).

$24.99 isn't such a bitter pill relative to the price of replacing the headset.

FamilyGuy3720d ago (Edited 3720d ago )

A main reason many would want this device to make their older headsets compatible. In essence it shouldn't cost anything because the X1 controller should been designed with this from the start. You could even argue that this was intentionally done just so they could sell the accessory.

Regardless of that, $25 is still pretty high, it's just an adapter after all.

VENOMACR12273720d ago

@familyguy

Lot's of companies change small things in order to make you buy new ones. Look at Apple with the new iPhone. You had to buy new AC chargers or adapters.

FamilyGuy3719d ago

Does that make it better?

Just because it happens doesn't mean it should continue.

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Edvin19843720d ago

To bad I can't use my really nice headphones with the adapter. I just got the Beat Studio HD for Xmas, and enjoying them wish it played game audio via controller input, and not being a console flame, but just found out I can do it on my PS4. So there is hoping it will be patched in down the road.

thrust3720d ago

You can do that with the adapter, well that is what gaf is saying.

thrust3720d ago

Update you can if you get the headphones if you use others you can not :/

LackTrue4K3720d ago

Do the Beat Stuido HD have mic's???

Edvin19843720d ago

The 2013 August Beats HD comes with a cable similar to your iPhone cord mic, so yeah it has a mic. It sounds great and noise canceling is awesome been playing Outlast really immersive experience that way. Gosh this sucks as the X1 is in my living room as main consoles and PS4 in the baby room. Dang it....wish the PS4 had a HDMI input as I really am in love with TV via xbox one. Not trying to sound like a fanboy, any one have any suggestions. Dang it...might just get an other PS4 and use it in the living room as well.

famoussasjohn3720d ago

Finally! I kept seeing the Turtlebeaches and other headsets for the Xbox One being pushed back, first it was February 14th, then the 28th, then March.

BabyTownFrolics3720d ago

In terms of 3rd party headphones,with the adapter can i get game audio and chat through the controller now like on the ps4 or will I only get chat through the adapter and have to connect my headset to the the optical out from my xb1 or the headphone jack on my TV to get game audio?

I was hoping to just plug in a 3.5mm cable into the adapter and get both game and chat audio. If I have to run multiple cables I guess I could just plug my headset into the TV and use kinect for chat.

I am looking to keep the wires down to a minimum.

hollabox3720d ago (Edited 3720d ago )

Nice! Now I can hear racist rants, idiots singing, idiots playing loud bass heavy rap and metal in my ear in crystal clear stereo HD audio. With that said I do enjoy the boost in audio quality on XB1 compared to all last gen systems. When you have a good group of friends it makes for a great MP experience.

Naga3720d ago

Really, it's not so much of the rants, singing, or heavy music these days. Mainly, it's just a bunch of random people who failed to properly calibrate the audio on their Kinect and are playing in their living room... so you get to hear everything and everyone in their house.

hollabox3720d ago

True, noticed that a lot more on my XB1 than my X360.

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Has Appeared On The Xbox Store

Activision and Raven Software's 2006 action role-playing game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, has found its way to the Xbox Store.

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LG_Fox_Brazil4h ago

Used to love this one, but X-Men Legends 1 and 2 will always be my favorites, especially Rise of Apocalypse. Would pay some good money to play it today with online multiplayer, back then I had no way to get a modem

ZeekQuattro3h ago

I remember buying them dirt cheap on the PS4 and then a few days later I read they were delisted. I was wondering why the bundle was price so low and got my answer when that happened.

Knightofelemia1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Sad to say this is one game franchise next to the Xmen that needs a sequel. I use to play the hell out of Xmen Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Was great when my cousin had the OG Xbox play with four other people and then playing online. Great games glad to see it reappear even though I own the discs love the mechanics of this game.

Terry_B1h ago

It got a sequel..but for dumbass #reasons as a switch exclusive.

shinoff21831h ago

It looked so horrible to. They should've kept it similar to the first two.

Asplundh1h ago

Because Nintendo funded it, they did the same for Bayonetta.

Knightofelemia46m ago

I totally forgot about the Switch sequel.

jukins1h ago

Misleading. This page is whats available for people who owned the game prior to delisting.

Abnor_Mal35m ago

The first game was the best imo.

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Hades 2 Is Already Fixing The First Game's Biggest Problems

Ben Sledge from TheGamer Writes "I’m already impressed with Supergiant’s commitment to improving body diversity in the Hades 2 technical test."

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Nacho_Z5h ago

There's a reason they're called 'gods' and not 'regular people'. It's nice they've diversified even more but gods looking godly wasn't exactly a glaring issue with the first game.

Juancho514h ago

Hey! Gods suffer from obesity and diabetes too!

Blastoise4h ago

This is the dumbest article I've read in a long time.

Michiel19893h ago

No one had an issue with that besides a very select group of people that try to push their own agenda.

Crows903h ago

Exactly. Not even sure they're necessarily committing to body diversity either.

The designs look fine not stupid.

Inverno2h ago

The writer of the this article clearly doesn't know what a real god looks like and has never seen them /s

Tody_ZA2h ago

Thanks for bringing up a bunch of garbage thoughts that never crossed my mind when playing the first game because I was too busy playing the game to worry about the portrayal of the physical bodies of gods.

Foolish me, when I read the title I thought we were talking about game mechanics.

Piss off, honestly, with this asinine bottom of the barrel try-hard-to-be-relevant trash.

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Fallout 76 needs Ghoulification to make Appalachia more interesting

Players are taking to Reddit to let Bethesda know they want ghoulification added to Fallout 76 in a future update.

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