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Microsoft Claims Next Xbox Will Biggest Technological Leap Yet

B. Simmons February 16, 2024

That sounds healthy. Recently, there was a “business update” on Xbox’s future plans for the brand. Last week saw user morale at an all-time low following the announcement that four of Xbox’s previous exclusives...

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Microsoft Lays Off 1900 Video Game Division Employees

B. Simmons January 26, 2024

Welcome to January 2024. According to IGN, Microsoft plans to lay off 1900 employees from their video game division. If true, this will make a total of 5,800 layoffs across the industry this month...

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Audio Radar Helps Hearing-Impaired Players See Sound Effects – CES 2024

B. Simmons January 12, 2024

See & Hear! Chances are pretty good you play games with a number of wonderful sounds (in addition to the soundtrack, that is). Sounds that tell you something wonderful, like a crit, has happened....

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Microsoft To Shut Down Xbox 360 Store In 2024

B. Simmons August 18, 2023

There goes the best way to play Red Dead Redemption without paying a premium for it. Well, all things must come to pass. So, too, will the Xbox 360 store. In yet another blow...

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Microsoft Ceases Game Development For Xbox One

B. Simmons June 16, 2023

So long, Xbone, we’ll miss you. All good things must come to pass. And so, too, is it for consoles. And in the case of the Xbox One, Microsoft will no longer develop games...

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Halo Infinite Adds Infection Mode Year-And-A-Half After Release

B. Simmons May 23, 2023

Well, they’re trying. I’m not one, but I imagine being a Halo fan right now is pain. You’ve got that godawful show, and then you’ve got Halo Infinite. Infinite released roughly a year and...

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Phil Spencer Says Xbox “Lost The Biggest Console Generation There Is”

B. Simmons May 6, 2023

Bronze medal is still top 3 though. In a recent interview with the Kinda Funny Xcast, Xbox head Phil Spencer admitted that Xbox is in third place in the current console war. As he...

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Ubisoft+ Launches To Puzzlement From Userbase

B. Simmons April 16, 2023

A whole new open world. Ubisoft+ has just launched on Xbox. And yet, people are actually wondering why it’s a separate thing since they’re used to the Game Pass ecosystem. The reality is that...

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Phil Spencer May Have Leaked The Xbox Streaming Console

B. Simmons October 11, 2022

“Feeling cute, might delete later.” During at congratulatory post directed at the Fallout series, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer may have tipped the cards a bit, so to speak. In the image he posted,...

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Overwatch 1 Ends Service October 2nd

B. Simmons September 16, 2022

27 hours of freedom. In an interview with Eurogamer, Blizzard has confirmed that the service for Overwatch will end on October 2nd this year. This is, however, October 2nd in the Pacific time zone...

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Microsoft Adds Xbox Gaming Features To Edge To Get People To Use It Over Chrome

B. Simmons June 24, 2022

Free Games included. Simply due to the range of machines its available on, Google’s Chrome is practically king of the hill nowadays. Which places Microsoft’s Edge browser somewhere further back from the limelight. Which...

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Riot: All League of Legends Champions And Valorant Agents Will Be Part Of Game Pass

B. Simmons June 12, 2022

Yes, all of them. During the recent Xbox/Bethesda showcase, Riot announced that League of Legends and Valorant are bringing their Champions and Agents to Game Pass. This is big, as both games are free-to-play,...