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Next month, Microsoft will be releasing a brand new wireless Xbox One controller called the Recon Tech Normally this wouldn't be very newsworthy, but check this thing out It looks like it should have come with copies of Call Of Duty The company sent out a press release yesterday, which included a pricetag at $70[...]

The demo is also available on PC for Windows, because it's a Microsoft property. The demo comprises of the game's opening mission which has you controlling a large-scale battle, and the game's Blitz Firefight cardgame Because everyone loves a good virtual card game All the fun of flipping cards with none of the effort Which I[...]

But in what looks to be an awesome little milestone, Nintendo received some high praise from both Sony and Microsoft. Congratulations @NintendoUK on the launch of Switch 👏🎉 pic.twitter.com/CziAbyk3xY — Xbox UK (@xboxuk) March 3, 2017 .@NintendoAmerica It's not every day you get to throw the #Switch on a new console Congrats! #NintendoSwitch @Nintendo pic.twitter.com/d0JNCCM6Wd — Xbox (@Xbox) March[...]

If you want Netflix but with video games, Microsoft will start offering the Xbox Game Pass this spring which will give you access to a host of Xbox games for a monthly subscription service Game Pass will have over 100 titles available from Xbox One and backward-compatible titles The bad news? You still have to[...]

Granted, this free trial only applies to online multiplayer functions and not the month's free games and store discounts that are available to regular PlayStation Plus subscribers. The amusing thing about this event is that it's very clearly in competition with Microsoft's current free online multiplayer event This weekend, Xbox Live Silver members can enjoy the[...]

Microsoft has announced their E3 2017 briefing date, moving the briefing to Sunday in an attempt to utterly destroy the gaming press corps one day earlier than usual  give us all a break in between the press hysteria and the actual Expo which starts on Tuesday. The brief will be held at the Galen Center in[...]

Microsoft announced today that, as of December 2016, the entire Forza franchise has made over $1 billion in retail sales. "As of December, more than 14 million unique players were involved in the Forza community on Xbox One and WIndows 10, the award-winning Forza Horizon 3 sold throuh 2.5 million units, and Forza continued its run as the best-selling[...]

In a last-minute move 343 Industries has announced that Microsoft will not be launching a physical release for Halo Wars 2 on PC. In a post on Halo Waypoint, Brian Jarrard, 343's community manager, stated that "retail plans have shifted and Microsoft has made the decision to focus the release of the physical retail version to[...]

Video game ads have gotten a bit stagnant for the most part. Mostly just explosions and guns either set to fast paced action soundtracks, or melancholic,

What's important about that is you can now see what it would be like to live the world of Portal thanks to one fan and Microsoft HoloLens. https://youtu.be/aWRSCABrdR8Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Portal in Augmented Reality with HoloLens (https://youtu.be/aWRSCABrdR8) Kenny W is a game developer working on augmented reality projects[...]

Halo Wars 2 has been flying a little under the radar which is a little worrying since the game is just about ready to hit. The strategy game is hoping to

For the upcoming launch of Halo Wars 2, 343 Industries partnered with three artists to create a series of limited edition character posters that are

Microsoft have held somewhat firm on not yet embracing VR However, they left the door open to the tech when they announced Project Scorpio While no device or partnership (which many believe would be with Oculus) has been announced, it was said that the console would be 'ready' for the tech if one such time[...]

Last week, a video of a prototype found its way online, showing off a now canceled Halo Mega Bloks game. Since then, more has come out on the demo, and

Sea of Thieves is shaping up to look excellent. The idea of bringing your friends together to help run a pirate ship is a novel one, and the look of the

I suppose we might not ever know what happened to Scalebound truely. There is a lot of word of development being stressed and the game running behind

Dragons and beats headphones ended up being a really cool concept despite itself, and the gameplay that had been shown off looked really rad and an asset to Xbox One. Sadly, it looks like the game isn't going to be. Kotaku reported it initially, only to be re-verified by Eurogamer, who are reporting that the game is in[...]

We are coming up to the new year, and that means a new month. New month in games always means free games (provided you subscribe to an online service with

The Forza franchise is on a yearly routine now, alternating its mainline games with the Horizon titles year on year. Well, if this new leak is to be

While Skyrim is almost undoubtedly the most popular Elder Scrolls mainline game, it is far from the most unamiously loved. From newer entries, Morrowind

While it might be an unpopular opinion, I've really, really enjoyed 343 Industries tenure in charge of Halo. The series is on a good path, and while it

Gears of War is a special series. Perhaps that sounds hyperbolic, as some might make fun of it for being a meatheaded Michael Bay-like blockbuster, with

The Xbox One S is really selling like hotcakes at the moment. Where once the Xbox One was lagging behind, the console has seen a major reprieve from the

The Gears of War movie seems like a no brainer at this point. It was said to be in production years back with Underworld's Len Wiseman set to direct, but

Dynamite Entertainment is expanding its line of video game tie-in products with the acquisition Microsoft's Xbox One franchise, Killer Instinct! Resurrected as a launch title for the Xbox One in 2013, Killer Instinct is a fighting game which first saw an expansion into comic book storytelling alongside the release of the original game in 1994 Now[...]

I've been chipping away at Forza Horizon 3 the last few days, and it is striking just how much fun the game is. If you liked previous games in the series,

It seems it is not entirely up to them though. @SwEnglishX1PC we love @SunsetOverdrive and would love to get a chance to make a sequel. — Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) September 28, 2016 I assume Microsoft would have to be on board for this, but I'd back it personally There is a lot of potential in the franchise, and[...]

Oh, Microsoft First there was Tay the Twitter bot, and now this Not that there's much similarity between Tay and the Microsoft Computer Vision API, except that at least for now… where there's AI, there are humans who will abuse it I'm starting to get the feeling that might not turn out so well for[...]

Gears of War 4 is still a few weeks out at this point, but I'm excited to start thinking about cutting monsters in half with a lancer once again. The

The popularity of Minecraft is staggering. I don't know if there has ever been anything like it in games, with its popularity remaining at a massive high