Xbox, first launched in 2001, is now on its 4th generation of gaming consoles, with the Xbox Series S | X family debuting in November 2020. After the original Xbox, the Xbox 360 launched in 2005, followed by the Xbox One in 2013.
But Xbox has come to mean far more than just console gaming, with Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Cloud Gaming (code named Project xCloud), Backward Compatibility, and the expansion of Xbox Game Studios, including the acquisition of Zenimax Media (home of Fallout, Doom, Dishonored, and many more).
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Microsoft has just revealed the upcoming free Games with Gold for August, which will include the action role-playing game Darksiders III. The game will be free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers on August 1 alongside Lost Planet 3, a third-person ... Read more
Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S are officially the fastest-selling consoles in the two companies' history, with Sony announcing today that it had crossed the 10M sales milestone for the PS5. This is quite impressive considering the ongoing ... Read more
343 Industries has started sending invites for the first Halo Infinite multiplayer technical preview, which will kick off tomorrow, July 29 and end on August 1. If you’ve been invited for this first multiplayer beta, you'll receive an email to ... Read more
Due to the ongoing global pandemic and the emergence of more contagious strains of COVID-19, it was announced this week that the upcoming PAX West 2021 convention would require all attendees to either show proof of a completed vaccination or ... Read more
With yesterday’s game update, a massive countdown timer has appeared both on the main Fortnite lobby screen and within the game itself above a new green UFO near the center of the map. While little has officially been revealed about ... Read more
At this point, Microsoft's quarterly cloud growth is becoming a broken record of success with the company posting another blowout quarter of revenue earnings and profit. For its FY21 Q4 earnings report, Microsoft just announced the company produced $46.2 billion ... Read more
Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available on Xbox Series X|S consoles, and the game is also free to play with Xbox Game Pass. Nearly a year after its launch on PC, developer Asobo Studios did a fine job at optimizing ... Read more
To help promote the launch of the Microsoft Flight Simulator video game on Xbox consoles, Microsoft is giving away an extremely limited edition July suitcase inspired by the Xbox Series S console aesthetic. In addition to looking like the recently ... Read more
Microsoft Flight Simulator received critical acclaim when it was released back in August 2020 on PC, and it's finally launching tomorrow on Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and Series S consoles. I’ve been testing the game on my Xbox Series X ... Read more
Microsoft has kicked off its Ultimate Game Sale today with up to 80% savings on over 700 Xbox digital games. Discounted games include Call of Duty: Blacks Ops Cold War, FIFA 21 Ultimate Edition, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, or MLB ... Read more
The official video game for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is now free to play on Microsoft’s Xbox One and Xbox Series X console families for all players with an active Xbox Live Gold subscription until the end of Sunday ... Read more
Microsoft Flight Simulator will be released on Xbox Series X|S consoles and Xbox Game Pass next week on July 27, and today the Xbox team unveiled the first series of new peripherals from licensed partners. Even though the game will ... Read more
Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass subscription service is about to welcome more new titles before the end of the month, including the much-anticipated Xbox version of Microsoft Flight Simulator. But as usual, the company will be spacing out its new Game ... Read more
Microsoft has released a first developer preview of its next-gen DirectStorage Xbox API for Windows. The new API will improve loading times in video games on Windows 11 PCs with NVMe SSDs, but the DirectX team has now clarified that ... Read more
Microsoft news recap is a weekly feature highlighting the top Microsoft news stories of the past week. Sit back, grab some coffee, and enjoy the read! Xbox head Phil Spencer praises PlayStation 5's DualSense and hints at redesigned Xbox controller ... Read more
Microsoft's game-focused strategy with the Xbox Series consoles, under Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer's leadership, alongside Microsoft's scooping up of game studios including Bethesda, among other innovations, appear to be paying off, as NPD reports that Xbox Series X|S were ... Read more
Microsoft’s future Xbox controllers could well take some inspiration from Sony’s Dualsense controller for the PlayStation 5. Speaking with the team from the Kinda Funny Gamecast, Xbox head Phil Spencer shared his appreciation for the PS5 DualSense, which received praise ... Read more
FIFA 22 is now available to digitally pre-order on Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and Xbox One console families ahead of its October 1st launch. FIFA 22 is the latest entry in the incredibly long-running video game franchise that began way ... Read more
Microsoft’s Xbox Family Settings app for iOS and Android is getting new features to help parents to manage their kids’ spending on the Xbox Store. With the latest update released today, the app now lets parents add money to their ... Read more
Microsoft's last big move in the video games industry was its blockbuster acquisition of ZeniMax Media/Bethesda in March, but the company is probably not done acquiring new studios. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Xbox boss Phil Spencer and ... Read more
Minecraft Dungeons is getting another paid DLC this month with Echoing Void, which will be released on all platforms on July 28. The new content will bring players to the home of the scary Endermen creatures that appear randomly in ... Read more
