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Credit: Microsoft This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) saw Microsoft continuing its time-honored tradition of over-stimulating the brains of gamers around the world with righteous amount of gaming trailers and in-game footage; with this year expected to exceed past performances. Credit: Microsoft This time, we've got a new gameplay trailer for Crackdown 3 from British developers Reagent Games[...]

Microsoft needs Halo Infinite to do well, after all But the name similarity really makes me thing of Infinite Warfare, which was kind of Call of Duty: Halo Which is not great. You can check out the new CGI trailer below. https://youtu.be/Fmdb-KmlzD8Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Halo Infinite – E3 2018 – Announcement Trailer (https://youtu.be/Fmdb-KmlzD8) The Master Chief[...]

Halo: Collateral Damage finds Master Chief and Blue Team attacking a Covenant battalion from behind to save a capital city. Is it a good read?

You'll just have to tune in at 1pm PDT as they broadcast live from the Microsoft theater in Downtown Los Angeles on Twitch, YouTube, Mixer, and their own networks. Well, it looks like Xbox is planning to have more than just your standard eventful press conference this week at E3 as a little news dropped[...]

Sea of Thieves first (free) content expansion The Hungering Deep has arrived today and brought with it a massive new AI enemy that will be terrorizing players sailing around the game map. Yes, the dreaded Megalodon Shark is now around to come by and swallow your ship whole if you aren't careful.

Microsoft has unveiled the Xbox Adaptive Controller, a new input method made alongside several charities and groups in an attempt to make gaming more accessible to those with difficulty using the standard controller. Gaming is one of the biggest pastimes in the entire world The space only seems to grow and grow year on year, with[...]

Rockfish Games today released the critically-acclaimed Encounters expansion for Everspace on Xbox One and the Microsoft Store for $ 9.99 USD The major expansion adds over 10 hours of extra gameplay to the base game. Everspace Encounters provides access to a new fighter class ship called the Colonial Sentinel along with new enemies, story characters, and all-new factory space stations. The Colonial[...]

Microsoft has gotten the jump on Sony and Nintendo by offering game-gifting to all Xbox One owners. Xbox One Insiders have been testing the system since last fall, so it should be relatively bug free Microsoft then slowly expanded their game-gifting capacity to select games, but as of today, game-gifting is available to all Xbox One[...]

Engadget reports that Microsoft revealed a new developer partnership stake at the first day of Build which would give app developers 95% of the revenue from application sales However, there are some restrictions. The new hosting structure is moving away from the typical 70/30 split, but it only applies to apps on Windows 10 PCs, Surface,[...]

ResetEra took notices of a specific job listing from Microsoft this week that has since "expired" that could lead to some interesting things down the road for Xbox The job was Principal Program Manager, based out of Santa Monica, California, with the primary goal of product production So why is this job listing catching everyone's attention?[...]

The FTC has sent out a warning to major companies to do this practice, which includes Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony, letting them know that such practices must cease and desist or they will be facing legal action from the U.S government Below is a snippet of the warning. credit//Sony The letters warn that FTC staff has concerns[...]

These notes from ResetEra show loading schedule plans for the Los Angeles Convention Center, which right now highlights that Sony and Nintendo will be taking up the majority of the West Hall, taking over space that Microsoft would usually command now that they've chosen to move everything Xbox related next door to the Microsoft theater. credit//E3 Other[...]

Back in 2015, which seems like ages ago at this point, Microsoft declared that it would no longer release annual or even quarterly sales figures on the Xbox One The company has been holding strong to that through all the new incarnations since To the average critic, we get the reason why, as Xbox sales[...]

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said it is unlikely that Microsoft first party games will be trying to hop on the genre bandwagon. credit//Xbox It feels like after this upcoming E3, we might be reaching critical mass when it comes to battle royale The expectation is that to jump onto the Fortnite and PUBG bandwagon, we will[...]

Yes, Usain Bolt is Microsoft's guinea pig for the brand new Xbox Game Pass Challenge. According to Xbox Wire, today at 3pm PT, Bolt will attempt to complete challenges in a variety of games in the Xbox Game Pass catalog. He'll have ten minutes to complete each challenge from games such as NBA Playgrounds, Dead Rising 3, Gears[...]

credit//Rare Sea of Thieves was set up to be Microsoft's big break as an Xbox exclusive property, however the game suffered with early impressions indicating a No Man's Sky-esque problem with the game being far too directionless However, it did come with some quirky bugs, like the ability to fly your ship through the air and get[...]

This week, Microsoft officially added the latest updates to the Xbox One and all related consoles, and while the updates add some key items, there aren't that many this month compared to previous releases You can get the finer details of the updates at this link, but we have the three major ones you should[...]

Yesterday, Microsoft made the announcement that the company was partnering with Discord for a brand new deal that would help connect PC players up with Xbox console players, but the deal has one little snag that's kind of a bummer The announcement that came out yesterday outlined the details of the new system in which[...]

Microsoft has started to process to terminate ElDewrito, a fan made mod for PC that brought the Halo Online experience to everyone. Over the last week or so, there has been a lot of talk surrounding Halo Online, which is pretty surprising due to the game being a discontinued online-only offshoot of Halo 3 that was[...]

Pandora and Microsoft have announced a partnership to bring Pandora Premium to the Xbox One family of consoles Starting today, you can stream your favorite songs as background music while you game, allowing you to really set the mood with a self-curated theme track You'll be able to use the app to search and play[...]

No official date was given for when they'll be implemented, only that it will be before E3. credit//Microsoft 120Hz Comes to Consoles In April, we added variable refresh rate, 1440p resolution support, and auto low latency mode But we aren't done just yet In May, we're adding support for additional panel refresh rates Gamers with gaming monitors and[...]

Several websites have picked up on a new job listing put out by Microsoft this week, suggesting that the company is currently in the works of making the next Xbox console After the news of Sony possibly working on the PS5, keenly-eyed people caught this listing for a Sr Electrical Engineer – DRAM Memory Lead[...]

Make sure Steam is running, you are logged in, no other instances are running, then restart the game." Obviously, a Windows 10 and Xbox Exclusive game doesn't require a Steam connection, which means a Steam version of the game is in the works. From IGN's report: Though a PC game headed to Steam isn't surprising, Microsoft has largely[...]

8 Circuit Studios, which is comprised of industry veterans formerly at Nintendo, Microsoft and EA, is attempting to create an efficient cryptocurrency ecosystem to benefit gamers, developers, and publishers alike One of their goals includes the creation of a metaverse. By using the Ethereum blockchain, 8 Circuit Studios is able to create, attribute and safeguard digital[...]

Microsoft has announced as part of its Free Play Days the game will be free to try pretty soon Starting April 19 12:01am PT and running until Sunday, April 22 11:59pm PT, players will be able to hop into the game free of charge This is a full version of the game too, so any progress on[...]

An intrepid Redditor has discovered that The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and three other games will be coming to Xbox One as backwards compatible titles later today. Reddit user nuton found a page for Morrowind on Microsoft's online store, though the listing since been taken down Original Xbox games Destroy All Humans!, Full Spectrum Warrior, and MX Unleashed were also spotted and have[...]

Microsoft announced the dates for the 2018 Halo World Championship Finals today on Xbox Wire Running from April 13th to the 15th, the Finals will take place at CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle, WA. The tournament will see players compete for their chance at the $1 million USD prize pool and title of Halo World[...]

When we first saw Sea of Thieves last year during Xbox's big presentation before E3 kicked off, this looked like one of the most promising multiplayer games we'd seen in a while. Seeking treasure with riddles, sailing ships, fighting off other pirates and a horrifying Kraken.

Sea of Thieves is officially the fastest-selling new IP from Microsoft this console generation, it has been revealed. Sea of Thieves has had an interesting launch The game is being talked about all over, receiving mixed reviews from both the critics and the fans On top of that, it's also been the first big Microsoft release[...]

The Xbox Kinect was an interesting experiment by Microsoft And while the motion-sensing camera was pretty much universally hated by most gamers, that doesn't mean it wasn't absolutely fascinating for its time Motion sense controls started to gain popularity with the Nintendo Wii And because Microsoft and Sony couldn't let Nintendo corner that market, they[...]