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According to a new report, Forza Horizon developer Playground Games is set to be making a new Fable for Microsoft. Rumours had begun to spin in the last few weeks about a new game in the series coming from the developer, but it was hard to know how seriously to take the word These kinds of rumours[...]

Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg says that according to not-yet-released NPD numbers, the Xbox One had one of its best Decembers ever, beating the PlayStation 4. As console sales go, the battle between PlayStation 4 and Xbox One seems to have plateaued a little While the PlayStation 4 famously was initially rumoured to be selling more than double the Xbox[...]

The game threw out catchphrases for a lifetime like "Boomshakala" and "Put Up A Brick" that to this day I still hear players diss each other with on shots both in new NBA games and on the real court. Bordeaux , France – 03 28 2024 : NBA store logo brand, photo by sylv1rob1 / Shutterstock.com.   Now[...]

Halo 5: Guardians is free this weekend for Xbox Live Gold subscribers, according to a report from Xbox Wire. The game will be on sale for 20% off during the free event.

Microsoft might be preparing to launch a new achievement system called "Careers" to sit alongside the current Xbox achievement system, according to a recent report by Windows Central. credit//Turn 10 Studios The new system is supposedly designed to compensate for the fact that the current achievement system emphasizes playing a wide breadth of games quickly over completion[...]

credit//Rare Microsoft and Rare have announced a closed beta test for Sea of Thieves this month Going by a recent Xbox blog post, the beta will run for five days from January 24th at 4 a.m PT  to January 29th at 12 a.m PT. Players who signed up for the Sea of Thieves Insider Programme before December 1st, 2017, as well[...]

343 are hinting that we probably shouldn't be expecting to see the next chapter of Halo's mainline story in 2018, albeit pretty vaguely. Halo 5 is now

Kinect 2.0 seems to be officially dead as Microsoft has discontinued the adapter which allowed it to function on new Xbox Ones. The adapter, which has been needed to use Kinect on every iteration of the Xbox One since the Xbox One S, is no longer in production and more than that, it seems like it[...]

Xbox has decided to run a new 20-second ad for Xbox Game Pass that is kinda funny but feels more out of place. The ad focuses on a drink called Overcharge, which you may remember from the 2014 game Sunset Overdrive. 

It's as if Microsoft and the Xbox team learned their lessons from the Xbox One and took a hammer to all the rough spots Now that's not to say everything about the Xbox interactive experience is flawless, I could honestly do without every highlight being recorded, and it would help if there was a modified[...]

It wasn't some grand strategy or decision made from the get-go — instead, it was a response to a creative difference between the development team and Microsoft leadership. Former studio head (now co-founder of Shadowrun Returns developer Harebrained Schemes) Mitch Gitelman has revealed to IGN how exactly Shadowrun got cross-play in the first place. "What my bosses[...]

That team deserved a sequel," Gitelman said on the latest episode of the monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered. Internally the reason for the lack of a sequel comes down to Microsoft wanting each development team work on a single game, and since FASA Studio was running multiple franchises at once, the Crimson Skies series did not continue. "At the time, Microsoft decided,[...]

As spotted on Reddit, Microsoft seems to be trying out Xbox party chat on your phone It was noticed in recent patch notes for the Xbox beta app. This hasn't gone live in any official capacity; heck, it hasn't even been announced, but the the functionality was spotted in patch notes for the testing app[...]

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) is out on Xbox One pretty dang soon. To go with the release, some in-game purchases will be available. 

According to a story on Stevivor, Rare has been getting a little extra special treatment from Microsoft when it comes to Sea Of Thieves In an interview with the website during PAX AUS,  Joe Neate of Rare revealed that the company has been working closely with Microsoft and has earned a certain level of trust with the[...]

And this year is no different than most. Credit// Microsoft The Xbox One X is the big ticket on every console gamer's wish list this year Microsoft's uber-Xbox One can easily be confused with the slimmed-down version of the base console, the Xbox One S So if you're going to pick this one up in a physical[...]

The title is being released on Xbox Game Pass, the Microsoft version of EA Access, which allows you to download a game from an available library for a monthly fee One Major Nelson unveiled that it will be available for download on December 1st. That's not all, though — on the same day, several other games will[...]

Out of the testing phase and onto Xbox Live, this week Microsoft announced that you can now do game gifting on the Xbox One Below is the short version from Major Nelson, but it's pretty cut and dry that this was launched in time for the holiday season Happy gifting to those of you who[...]

At that time, there was no solution to fixing the problem on your own and you were forced to box up your system and mail it directly to Microsoft to either have it repaired or have a new one sent in its place The next few days will be telling to see if these were[...]

Today, as we slowly creep toward the release of the Xbox One X, several games have been releasing launch trailers to show off the brand new look and feel of

Today, Microsoft put out a list of all the games that will be receiving enhancement packages for the Xbox One X That majority of these games will be getting the 4K enhancement treatment, while only about half of the list is getting an HRD enhancement There are a few games that are getting neither and[...]

According to Dual Shockers this morning, Microsoft is working to create a bigger supply of Xbox One X consoles in time for launch, as it appears the demand may be greater than their current supply they have prior to launch They chatted with  Xbox Games' Marketing General Manager, Aaron Greenberg, about what's happening at the moment with[...]

As much as Microsoft might like us to believe that 4K is truly mind-blowing, I think we'll all survive. If you've already registered as a Sea of Thieves Insider, you should have access to the Technical Alpha and the Technical Alpha update notice/ list of known bugs Otherwise you can sign up to be an Insider[...]

The other bit of lovely news is that if you happen to buy a game that someone already owns, they can re-gift it to someone else or Microsoft can issue you a refund. On gifting, the tokens gifted do not expire No worrying they will expire before the recipient redeems the token #Xbox — Mike Ybarra (@XboxQwik)[...]

Reports are coming out that Xbox UK has announced to fans that there will most likely be a shortage of consoles for the Xbox One X when the system

While things have been quiet as to whether we'd get a Fable IV or not, a recent interview with Gamespot shows that Microsoft still has interest in producing another title in the series. Shannon Loftis explains that the old Lionhead Studios title is still loved and may still have life in it for Microsoft to create[...]

Microsoft posted this listing for the complete information to the next Xbox One software update that will be happening this month Below is a snippet of the basic details, but you can click the link for more detailed information. NEW FEATURES:   We are now releasing the first Preview Alpha 1711 build. Here's a sneak peek at what to[...]

Microsoft just unveiled a new teaser video showing the four titles that they'll be putting on Xbox One's "Games With Gold" service The list itself is kinda awesome as you'll be able to snag Deadfall Adventure, Nights Into Dreams, Trackmania Turbo, and Tales From The Borderlands, all for free for a limited time You can get[...]

Well, for those of you who hate the thing, good news! Microsoft has officially ended production of it! Confirmed by Co.Design, the website broke the news earlier today that the Xbox One add-on would no longer be made Over the past few years, Microsoft has added and removed several items to the system in the hopes[...]

You knew it was bound to happen, as Microsoft is wheeling out the Xbox One X, we're getting all sorts of "enhanced" trailers for games Gears Of War 4 gets to join those ranks today as the company shows off what the game looks like on the new console in the trailer below! The new[...]