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As part of the promotion for Minecraft Earth, Microsoft has been doing a few different posts about the game and the fact that it turned 10 years old in 2019 During one of those posts, the company revealed that over the past decade, both while they were in control and during the original Mojang days[...]

Minecraft Earth has been revealed by Mojang and Microsoft. Minecraft Earth is an AR game that lets you build new Minecraft creations in the real world, collect bricks by exploring your neighborhood, collaborate with other players to share and improve your creations, and survive the usual Minecraft threats. The game features both old and new mobs of enemies and[...]

This might be one for the history books, as rival tech giants Sony and Microsoft have announced a partnership to collaborate on "new cloud-based solutions for gaming experiences and AI solutions." The partnership will mostly affect consumer experiences for both Xbox and PlayStation systems, the companies' game streaming services, and even some of their AI[...]

So not only does it appear that Microsoft had one hell of a game up their sleeves for E3 2019 to be revealed next month, but they were prepared to shock us all with the news that we'd be seeing the game just three months after the convention The artwork for Gears of War 5,[...]

And don't be too shocked if Sony, who decided to pull out of this year's convention, doesn't run their own press conference that weekend with another State Of Play video on Friday either before or after Microsoft (You KNOW they'll do it! You know it's gonna happen!) June 9th Microsoft – 1pm PDT Bethesda – 5:30pm PDT Devolver Digital[...]

Microsoft has formed a new partnership with Gameloft to bring several titles to Xbox Live on mobile in a move to start bringing Xbox Live to mobile devices The plan right now is to bring Xbox Live to select Gameloft mobile games, starting with Asphalt 9: Legends, Asphalt 8: Airborne, and Dragon Mania Legends. The idea is to[...]

Microsoft and PlatinumGames announced a partnership in 2014 to release an ambitious action game called Scalebound which would be released on Xbox One and Windows PC The game was in development at PlatinumGames until its cancellation was announced by Microsoft in 2017. As Microsoft announced the cancellation, fans were quick to lay the blame on the massive[...]

Minecraft fans will be getting the next evolution of the game introduced to them soon as Microsoft teased an augmented reality version today The company posted the minute-long trailer on their Twitter page showing off what is clearly an AR setup on your smartphone, which brings elements of the game to the real world using[...]

Rare just released new details about all of the upcoming content they'll be adding to the Sea Of Thieves anniversary update coming later tonight.

Microsoft has revealed May's Xbox Games With Gold offerings on Xbox Wire today, revealing Marooners, The Golf Club 2019, Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon, and Comic Jumper as May 2019's free games for all Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Both Earth Defense Force and Comic Jumper are available on Xbox 360 and Xbox One via the Xb1's Backward Compatibility. The games are available for free[...]

Microsoft is dropping a new feature into its streaming platform Mixer next month with Mixer Loot, which is an AI-powered way for players to earn in-game content for watching Mixer streams Mixer Loot utilizes the same AI tech as Mixer HypeZone which is designed to detect fun and interesting stream events. Mixer Loot scans streams across[...]

Rare is celebrating the third anniversary their pirate rpg of Sea of Thieves with a massive new update next week called Shores of Gold.

Microsoft is holding another one of their giveaways for a special Xbox One, but this time around the design is appealing more to Air Jordan fans As you can see from the picture, the Xbox they're giving away to two lucky winners will be designed to look like the new sneakers, all the way down[...]

credit//Microsoft The Competition and Markets Authority of the United Kingdom has started an investigation into the business practices of Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, focusing mainly on their online gaming contracts The CMA will examine whether the contract terms are fair, how easy it is to cancel a pre-order or obtain a refund, and how the auto-renewal[...]

"So as long as the regulations with the counterpart hardware companies … we can actually pass that, then the possibility, the chance is quite high [of Final Fantasy XIV coming to Xbox and Nintendo systems]. "So we are talking with Nintendo, Microsoft, and Google, of course; we cannot say anything at the moment because we are[...]

Earlier today, Microsoft announced a new video showcase coming next week called ID@Xbox Game Pass, highlighting indie games coming to Xbox Game Pass The show will debut on March 26th at 9am PDT, and will show off all the indie titles they plan on adding to the subscription Funny enough, Sony made their own announcement[...]

Before we make our way into GDC 2019, Microsoft has decided to show off their new system for game developers called Microsoft Game Stack The watered down version of this is that the company is providing tools and services to everyone whether it be a major studio or a small indie company just starting up,[...]

A bit of an interesting rumor has popped up this week as it sounds like Microsoft will be releasing an all-digital version of the Xbox One S The news comes from Windows Central who claim that we'll be seeing a new version of the console next month and that it will not have a disc drive,[...]

An interesting situation has popped up at Microsoft over the past week, as a number of employees have demanded a military contract be terminated The group have remained anonymous for obvious reasons but have gone under the name "Microsoft Workers 4 Good" on Twitter, publishing an open letter to President and CLO Brad Smith and CEO Satya[...]

If you believe the latest rumors floating about, it sounds like Microsoft will be showing off the new Xbox consoles during E3 2019 A couple of different sites and Reddit readers have picked up on a report from a French website called Jeux Video who claim that the next two Xbox consoles codenamed Lockhart and Anaconda[...]

As a way to hype you up about Halo: Infinite on the way and also score some cash on the franchise in the meantime, Microsoft announced the Halo: Outpost Discovery tour This is basically going to be the end-all-be-all Halo experience for longtime and hardcore fans of the series Over 300,000 square feet, you'll be able[...]

As we get closer to more crossplay options, it appears Microsoft would like to put Xbox Live on other services, including the Nintendo Switch A new listing is up for GDC 2019 showing the Microsoft has a very specific presentation regarding their service, which is called "Xbox Live: Growing & Engaging Your Gaming Community Across[...]

Earlier this week, Xbox One users started experiencing an issue with their sign-in that basically prevented people from logging in. Today, it appears to have been fixed.

  From Eurogamer: Microsoft is reportedly developing 4K webcams for Windows 10, and "at least one" will support Xbox One. According to Thurrot.com (thanks, TechRadar), Microsoft is developing "several" models complete with integrated Windows Hello functionality – a first, if Microsoft is able to offer the feature in a separate peripheral – so you'll be able to sign into your Xbox One[...]

Some speculation as to what your character in Halo Infinite could be up to has been sparked from a job listing on Microsoft's website Speculation has been raised after the company posted a job for a Senior Systems Designer to specifically work on a game in the Halo universe Here's a brief description. credit//343 Industries 343 is[...]

343 Industries confirmed the highly anticipated 4-player split screen multiplayer mode for Halo Infinite during a recent dev stream on Mixer.

Kind of by surprise this week, Microsft finally revealed footage of their upcoming game Crackdown 3, showing off more of the gameplay.

We got a little bit of intrigue this week from Microsoft in terms of the next Xbox console as they now have a pair of code names going for them According to Windows Central, the two nicknames the internal staff at Microsoft have given a pair of next-gen Xbox consoles are "Anaconda" and "Lockhart"[...]

It was revealed this week that Microsoft found ways to track down people who leaked internal info and broke NDA agreements with some ingenious tactics A Twitter user by the name of Cullen, who previously worked as an engineer at Microsoft, exposed one of the best-kept secrets during the Xbox 360 era that the company[...]

An NPD analyst has said in a report that the Xbox One, and in particular the Xbox One X is performing phenomenally and that there has never been a