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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[...]

Last week, the news was released that eleven games would be joining the list of backwards compatibility titles on the Xbox One, all of them from the original Xbox library The news was revealed by Major Nelson on his Twitter account, as we've posted the complete list below. Destroy All Humans!, Full Spectrum Warrior, Mercenaries, MX Unleashed,[...]

Today, Xbox fans can see if the fastest man alive is capable of gaming as fast as he runs 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[...]

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[...]

My wild speculation is that we could see Halo: The Master Chief Collection make the jump to the Xbox Play Anywhere program, meaning the compilation would appear on the Window's Store Could we see something like that at E3? We will have to wait.   Microsoft has started to process to terminate ElDewrito, a fan made[...]

Since we're starting our approach to the end of the month, it's time to start seeing what free games will be coming to each subscription service in May, and the first people out of the gate are Xbox who revealed their next set of Games With Gold One of the biggest additions to the lineup[...]

People who are currently signed up for the Xbox Insiders program are getting a taste of the next update coming to the Xbox One in May, and a lot of what they're adding is more along the lines of service updates and upgrades We've posted a couple of our favorites below that you might find[...]

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[...]

There have been a few complaints about Sea Of Thieves since it launched, and one of the big ones seemed to be customization of the ships as there were only a couple of options. To be blunt, it seems like fans expected more and were mad when there wasn't. 

Rare might well be teasing something Perfect Dark related on Twitter hinting that we might hear something this summer about the franchise. There have been

Some pretty cool news to come from Xbox in the weirdest and least subtle way possible as the company posted an ad for Xbox Game Pass on Twitter and revealed that Halo: The Master Chief Collection would be joining the service soon You can check out the tweet below as it shows a faux setting[...]

Today, Rare released a brand-new video along with some notes about their content plans for Sea of Thieves moving forward. 

PUBG will be getting a free weekend of play on Xbox One later this month. PUBG was so encompassing in the gaming zeitgeist last year It's rare that a title bangs quite like that (obviously we are seeing similar things with Fortnite at the moment) and within a couple months of the game launching in Early[...]

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[...]

Inside Xbox teased a big announcement for the next episode that will drop on April 10th, which will have a focus on backwards compatibility for the original Xbox Not a lot of details were handed out as the news serves primarily as a teaser, simply saying "One of our most common requests is for Original[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] 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 It gave us hope that pirates might be[...]

Those of you hoping for some closer battles and faster rounds in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, we got good news for you as the company will be experimenting with smaller maps next week on both PC and Xbox One Below is a brand new tweet that PUBG Corp sent out yesterday evening, letting players know that starting monday,[...]

Before we delve into the outrage, let's bring you up to speed a bit. This week, Twitch streamer Prod1gyX managed to become the first person on record in the game to reach the status of Legendary Pariate on Sea of Thieves.

Some cool news for Call Of Duty fans as it was revealed today that the classic Xbox 360 title Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has officially been made backwards compatible, allowing players to play it on Xbox One immediately The news came down via Major Nelson on Twitter and was pretty much met with praise[...]

Rare's Sea of Thieves is officially the fastest-selling new IP from Microsoft this console generation, it has been revealed.

Resident Evil 7 has just seen a significant visual upgrade on the Xbox One X as the long-awaited enhancement patch finally went live, making use of the console's power. Resident Evil 7 was a really interesting pivot for the series Bringing the mainline games back to its horror roots and into the first person, the franchise[...]

Leave it to the fandom of a game to ruin something that might have added a challenge. After Rare announced that Sea Of Thieves would be implementing a new mechanic called Death Cost into the game, fans got hot on social media about it.

Best guess would be the Oculus Rift since it's already designed to work with the Xbox One If we do get a new VR game, here's hoping it's an original story with a fun experience like DOOM VFR was, and not just a rehash rail shooter. What do you think about playing Halo in VR? [...]

Today, Xbox revealed the next set of games making their way into Xbox Game Pass, and the month of April is looking pretty stacked as you'll be able to play eight different titles starting next week The full lineup that you'll be getting is Robocraft Infinity, Cities: Skylines, theHunter: Call of the Wild, Kingdom: New Lands, Portal Knights, Clustertruck, Sacred Citadel, and Late[...]

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[...]

In case you've been playing Sea Of Thieves and haven't been paying attention, the game has a massive board and a lot of different areas you can visit for various items, loot, plundering, battles, and of course death lurking everywhere.

A couple months ago we got a brand new Xbox One X, and ever since we've been turning to it more to play other media, simply because you just can't turn down playing a streaming film on a system with 4K that utilizes the HDR However, we've never really been fans of using game controllers[...]

Rare has responded to concerns over a possible lack of long-term content in Sea of Thieves, saying that new gameplay and cosmetic items are coming to

If you've been having issues today logging onto Sea Of Thieves for Xbox and PC, don't worry, everyone is Apparently, the popularity of the game was more than developers bargained for as the servers have come to a standstill tonight from the number of people logging in to play Below is the most recent update[...]