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As if acquiring Bethesda’s mother company Zenimax wasn’t enough, Microsoft continues gobbling up video game franchises, this time by acquiring Activision Blizzard. This acquisition makes Microsoft the third biggest gaming company on Earth, just behind Tencent and Sony. The Activision Blizzard purchase opens up a treasure trove of IPs at Microsoft’s disposal. The obvious assumption […]

The Xbox Series S is the best-selling console of Black Friday 2021. Not the Nintendo Switch. Not the Xbox Series X. Heck, not even the PlayStation 5. It’s the Series S, a console that many may have given too little faith when first revealed. Adobe Digital’s Economy Index found that the Series S console was […]

Cyber Monday Sale 2021 isn’t over yet. Awesome deals still await those who are sharp enough to find the best prices for the best things Xbox has to offer. In this article, we take a look at some of the best Xbox Cyber Monday Deals this 2021. Best Xbox Accessories this Cyber Monday Sale 2021 […]

Disdain and disgust at Activision Blizzard seem to be universal for the gaming community, with the exception of the company’s Board of Directors with their out-of-this-world support for their infamous CEO. This disdain and disgust appear to be shared by a couple of game company executives, extending to the heads of Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft. […]

It’s been a year since the launch of both Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and Sony’s PlayStation 5. Both have been critically and commercially successful, and remain in high demand today, in spite of the shortages. We take a look today at both of the consoles’ successes, strong points, and points of improvement in our Xbox […]

Age of Empires 4 review scores are in, and we’re here to spread the good word. The good news is that the game turned out to be a fun callback to the RTS era that has come and gone. Age of Empires IV meets expectations in terms of what people would have come to expect from an Age […]

It feels like it’s been an entire video game era since the last release of Age of Empires III, and so it’s just timely that we’re finally getting closer to the Age of Empires 4 release date. Thankfully, there’s not much longer to wait, and we’ll finally get to experience medieval warfare again, on a grander scale […]

Halo Infinite developers 343 Industries considered delaying the highly-anticipated game once more. Halo Infinite Trailer The studio behind the upcoming release of Halo Infinite spoke about delaying the game again at one point. Although the game’s current launch window of “Holiday 2021” seems to be locked in, 343 Industries claims that this wasn’t always the […]

Big news update for the upcoming Steam Deck! According to Xbox Boss Phil Spencer, Steam Deck game streaming with xCloud game streaming service works like a charm.  For those who are unfamiliar, xCloud is a shortened term for Xbox Cloud Gaming. Just recently, Microsoft released the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate which allows PC players to […]

Deathloop, the upcoming time-looping action-adventure game by Arkane Studios, will hold players by the collar. While most games will give players all sorts of options to make gameplay easy for them, Deathloop lies in the camp of making sure you experience what it wants you to. As such, developers Arkane Studios revealed that the game will offer […]

Games don’t usually have any expiry dates, and most games are available to purchase until their platforms get obsolete. However, Microsoft says that Forza Motorsport 7 would have already reached its end in September, mere four years since launch. The odd move was announced on the game’s website, with Microsoft giving gamers until September 15, 2021, to […]

  Last month, we got pretty epic games like For Honor and Darkest Dungeon. Now, Darksiders III, Yooka-Laylee, Lost Planet 3, and Garou: Mark of the Wolves will be the latest games to join the Xbox Game Pass for the month of August. Get to know more about these games here below: Darksiders III In this hack-and-slash […]

Just when you thought that Ryan Reynolds has finally reached peak creativity, he went ahead and partnered with Xbox to deliver gamers everywhere the very first Xbox Game Pass NPC Awards. For those of you who don’t know, NPC stands for Non-Player Character. Which is exactly the type of character Reynolds will be playing in […]

Video game acquisitions have been happening over the past decade, with big companies taking over smaller dev studios. This has led to classic titles becoming owned by some of the biggest video game companies in the world. Sometimes, this meant more resources, more opportunities, and more profits for these franchises. However, sometimes it leads to […]

Microsoft Flight Simulator came out on Xbox Series X last Tuesday. However, it’s not just the console players who are getting a boost from developer Asobo Studio. With this boost, you can double the framerate of your game, depending on your gaming rig’s specs. The developers released a big update alongside the release of the Xbox […]

Just when you thought Microsoft couldn’t get any weirder after turning the Xbox into a fridge, they went ahead and created an Xbox Series S Suitcase. The sleek suitcase is a collaboration between Xbox Australia & New Zealand alongside luggage company July. The suitcase was sent to a number of Australian influencers in order to […]

What do you get when you mix Diablo and Cyberpunk 2077? The Ascent. That’s what. First announced back in May of last year, gamers have been excited to see what indie studio Neon Giant has in store for them.  The Ascent Release Date: July 29, 2021 Neon Giant shocked the gaming industry last year when they announced the […]

343 Industries revealed on their latest Inside Infinite blog update that Halo Infinite Beta is coming soon. It’s coming as soon as next weekend, in fact. But don’t get your hopes up. The game’s Beta release will just be all bots, for now. Halo Infinite‘s multiplayer mode will be completely free-to-play. 343 Industries expects that this will […]

Bethesda introduces Fallout Worlds, a personalized Fallout experience where players can play with their friends in their very own customized world. Fallout 76 players now have the power to give a personal touch to their own interpretation of Appalachia. As we all know, modding is no stranger to the Fallout franchise. Now, with Fallout Worlds […]

Xbox’s Phil Spencer showed up as a special guest on the Kinda Funny Gamescast Ep. 81 on Youtube on Wednesday. In it, he shared some nice insights on the future of Xbox and Microsoft products. One of the products talked about during the podcast is the Xbox Controller. Over the past few video game generations, […]

The Xbox Family Settings app is finally getting an update that allows parents to set spending limits on microtransactions for their kids. Xbox announced this news today and revealed that parents and guardians have been asking for the option to track and manage their kid’s microtransactions since last year. Thankfully, the next Xbox Family Settings […]

Ghostwire: Tokyo will not be coming out this Fall 2021 as planned. Instead, Tango GameWorks moves its release date to an uncertain ‘Early 2022’, leaving fans waiting for a little bit longer. Ghostwire: Tokyo release date moved to Early 2022 Ghostwire: Tokyo will be coming out in Early 2022 instead of Fall 2021, developers Tango GameWorks announced Tuesday. […]

CEO Pim Holfve of Avalanche Studios says that partnering with Xbox and putting Contraband on the Xbox Game Pass made sense due to the “grandness of the project.” Announced at this year’s E3, Contraband is an open-world co-op game by Avalanche Studios. The company is known for games like the critically-acclaimed Just Cause series and […]

Microsoft surprised fans earlier this week after announcing that the Xbox Series X is the “official console” for Battlefield 2042. This seemed to be the next stage in Microsoft’s partnership with EA and Dice. This isn’t the case however as they have just announced that Battlefield 2042 won’t be exclusive to Xbox Series consoles. This […]

PlayStation Head Hermen Hulst doesn’t like the idea that they are in fierce competition with Microsoft or other companies. It’s the blue vs the green all over again as both companies keep acquiring new game studios to secure first-party exclusives. But why is that? In an interview with British GQ, Hulst addresses whether or not […]

Windows 11 will be all about gaming, as Microsoft adds three gaming-centric features in the new OS. The first and most important gaming feature to be added in Windows 11 is Xbox Game Pass integration. Just as how the Xbox Game Pass has slowly been integrated into Windows 10’s Game Bar, the Xbox Game Pass […]

The Space Jam sequel gets a game tie-in that lets players control LeBron James and beat up robots. Meanwhile, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will get to sample the game ahead of the world. The game comes out exclusively on the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks service on July 1. But don’t worry, LeBron fans – Space […]

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, the black sheep of the franchise, will become part of the Xbox Game Pass this July 2021. Microsoft announced that a total of eight games will become available through their subscription service on or before July. Chief among them is Banjo-Kazooie, but the lineup for this month is actually really good. Check […]

Having a next-gen console with all of its next-gen graphics features is only great if your monitor can display them. Hence, buying a new console doesn’t stop at getting your hands on these in-demand items. You also have to purchase accessories, speakers, and most importantly, gaming monitors. And with how diverse the selection is in […]

Another licensed crossover DLC has arrived on Minecraft: Bedrock Edition. This time, Sonic the Hedgehog crossovers with Minecraft. A $7.99 DLC pack gives players access to 25 different skins you can use in any world. These skins include Sonic the Hedgehog himself, Shadow, Tails, and many others. It also gives access to Sonic recreated levels, including the Green Hill Zone […]

Last October, Snoop Dogg surprised people with his life-sized Xbox Series X-shaped fridge. He gave away 400 similar fridges in a giveaway back then. People took it as a joke and moved on. In April 2021, Microsoft announced that they will be producing Xbox Series X mini fridges. People thought it’s just a gimmick to […]

Bethesda will be taking down the Fallout 76 Nuclear Winter Battle Royale Mode in September, they revealed. The publisher revealed that the game mode doesn’t get enough players queueing up, making it hard to complete a single lobby. “When we first introduced Nuclear Winter, we were thrilled to watch so many players from our community, as well […]

Four new games join the Xbox Game Pass service this June 2021. Two challenging games and two chill ones will be available to download for Xbox Game Pass subscribers. Check out these four games below: The Wild at Heart – Available starting June 1, The Wild at Heart joins the Xbox Game Pass service through the Cloud. Solve […]

Before, there was Atari. Then it was Sega and Nintendo. Sony entered with their PlayStation. At last, at the turn of the century, Microsoft entered the fray, introducing the world to Halo and the Xbox console. It’s been almost two decades since the release of Microsoft’s Xbox. In 2001, the console came out in the market, and […]

Epic Games Store did a lot of work to get their Epic Games Store off the ground. They spent lots of money to get games to launch exclusively on the platform. Epic also launched with a weekly free game giveaway to all users that cost them millions. It mostly paid off in terms of getting […]

Players can now pick up from where they left off in Minecraft Dungeons regardless of where they play. Minecraft Dungeons receives cloud saves support, game enhancements in latest update Players will finally be able to play Minecraft Dungeons wherever they go, literally. For those who have the game on multiple platforms, this may be the best news they’d be receiving […]

Fall Guys for Xbox and Nintendo Switch will be delayed, Mediatonic announced. However, the developers also revealed that the game will soon also get cross-platform play. Fall Guys Release Date for Xbox and Nintendo Switch Delayed The Fall Guys release date for both Xbox and Nintendo Switch originally had a release date of Summer 2021. However, Mediatonic, the developers of […]

Microsoft has announced plans to cut their share from games sold on their store on August 1. In a statement from Matt Booty, Head of Xbox Game Studios, he shared Microsoft’s plans to reduce their share from 30% to 12% as part of the studio’s commitment to empowering every PC game creator. The goal here […]

Xbox has been reported to have seen a 50% increase in revenue in a year-on-year comparison. Within a 12-month period ending March 21, 2021, Microsoft’s gaming division has been reported to have seen an increase in revenue amounting to about $15 billion. This $15 billion is a result of an increase in hardware, software, content, […]