Dave W. Shanahan
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Since the announcement that all future Star Wars games will fall under a renewed Lucasfilm Games brand, Ubisoft and Lucasfilm Games are working on a new open-world Star Wars game. Of course, there are no specific details about the new ... Read more
Microsoft corporate vice president of Commercial Management Experiences, Brad Anderson, is leaving the company after 18 years. As noted in a post on ZDNet, Anderson will join Qualtrics as President of Products & Services. Anderson posted about his decision to ... Read more
On Twitter, Bethesda Softworks announced that one of their game development studios, MachineGames, will work with Lucasfilm Games to develop a new Indiana Jones game. MachineGames is behind the popular Wolfenstein game series on Xbox One, starting with Wolfenstein: The ... Read more
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is the latest EA and Respawn Entertainment game title optimized for Microsoft's new Xbox Series X|S consoles. This optimization update improves Xbox's Backward Compatibility, increased framerate, and improved dynamic resolution range. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen ... Read more
There's a new Xbox Series X|S controller coming soon. Microsoft announced the new Pulse Red Xbox Wireless Controller on Xbox Wire and the new controller will be available "in most Xbox markets" on February 9, 2021 for $64.99. In China, ... Read more
Microsoft Rewards is a program where you can earn points to redeem for Microsoft Store and Xbox gift cards, Xbox Game Pass subscriptions, Xbox Live Gold subscriptions, and more. There's a new Microsoft Rewards points grab available, first spotted by ... Read more
Microsoft revealed the upcoming Games with Gold lineup for January 2021 for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass subscribers. On Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, you can relive your biggest childhood fears in Little Nightmares or fight off ... Read more
YouTube Gaming users watched more than 100 billion hours of gaming content in 2020, making this year the biggest year ever. In a post on the official YouTube Blog, Head of Global Gaming, Ryan Wyatt, looks back at 2020 and ... Read more
The Xbox team announced another Free Play Days event today, featuring The Elder Scrolls Online Tamriel Unlimited and Soulcalibur VI, free to play, for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Just a reminder, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate ... Read more
Starting in January 2021, Sea of Thieves is shifting towards a seasonal progressive content update schedule. Rare, the game developer behind the blockbuster Xbox game, faced a number of unforeseen challenges trying to get out game content updates to Sea ... Read more
Red Dead Online is a vibrant, ever-evolving online world where you can take on a range of unique roles and pursuits to blaze your own outlaw trail across the American frontier. On December 1st, 2020, Red Dead Online will be ... Read more
Microsoft just released the new Games with Gold lineup for December and all Xbox games are available to play on Xbox One, as well as the new Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles. Use clues to solve the ... Read more
Microsoft believes "it's about time" prices went up for new game titles on the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X consoles. As described in a gameindustry.biz post, Xbox CFO Tim Stuart, was asked at the Jefferies Interactive Entertainment conference ... Read more
Rocket League players will enjoy faster game load times, improved split-screen performance, and two new video modes on both Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles.
Zoom Video Communications reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding the company's "end-to-end encryption" claim of its popular Zoom video chat software. Just last month, Zoom finally rolled out free end-to-end encryption to all users. In April, Zoom ... Read more
Microsoft is planning to highlight upcoming next-gen games at next week's Xbox Launch Celebration. Both the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S launch on November 10, 2020 and our Xbox Series X review is here. November 10 will be ... Read more
Just in time for Halloween, a new update for Minecraft Dungeons is now available, bringing a limited time Spooky Fall event, new threat levels with Apocalypse Plus, along with new bug fixes and performance updates. From now until November 3rd, ... Read more
Microsoft recently revealed more games that are coming to Xbox Game Pass on Console, PC, and Android devices. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) has been available on Xbox Game Pass since November 2018, but it will now be available via cloud gaming ... Read more
Bethesda marks October 23rd as "the day the bombs fell" in the Fallout universe. As part of Bethesda's Fallout Bombs Drop Event, Xbox Live Gold subscribers can play Fallout 76 free from October 20th to October 26th, 2020. Fallout 76 ... Read more
Starting today, Mojang is requiring Microsoft accounts on all Minecraft game titles moving. As spotted by MSPU, the migration will start in early 2021, and new Minecraft players will be required to create a Microsoft account rather than a Mojang ... Read more
Forza Motorsport 7 is now available to play free on Xbox One consoles, Windows 10 PC, and cloud streaming via Android devices for Xbox Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Xbox Game Pass subscribers can also download some expansion ... Read more