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CHEAP AS CHIPS | Bag the original Alan Wake and more for a tenner right now
Hard to argue against eight games for a tenner.
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ALAN WAKE EVENT | Epic Games is using the might of Fortnite to make Alan Wake popular
All it takes is a skin and a remake of a 13 year old game.
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BEYOND HERETIC | If Phil Spencer really wants to bring back Hexen, the System Shock remake devs are standing by
Stop teasing folks and let it happen, Xbox man
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ROLL ON 2024 | Xbox Game Pass won't see any surprise Activision Blizzard drops this year, Phil Spencer says
Don't expect “some kind of secret celebration drop” in the coming weeks
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MORE FALL GAMES | Game Pass October adds Cities: Skylines 2, Dead Space Remake, Jusant, and more
Build a city, explore a night market, solve a mystery, and survive a horror remake.
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FIRE WAKE WITH ME | Now that I'm finally watching Twin Peaks, Alan Wake makes a lot more sense to me
It turns out that Alan Wake makes a lot more sense if you watch the show that serves as its main source of inspiration.
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IT'S OVER, IT'S DONE | Microsoft has completed its Activision Blizzard acquisition and, oh God, there’s even a trailer
Was the statement alone somehow not enough?
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BYE BYE BOBBY | Activision Blizzard CEO (and James Corden fan) Bobby Kotick is out – but not just yet
You'll have to wait until 2024 for a Kotick-free ABK.
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CMA CLEARS THE WAY | Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition has officially been approved by UK regulators
The mega deal edges even closer to completion
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GET STARTED | Xbox Series S Starter Bundle comes with three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Jump into next-gen.
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MOB RULE | Minecraft players demand Mojang does away with "inherently flawed" mob votes
You’re tearing us apart, Mojang!
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SAVE ME | Beware of Forza Motorsport's loading screens, they could break your game
There are some known issues with the game previously known as Forza Motorsport 8, and they could affect your save file.
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IS IT OVER YET? | Microsoft poised to close massive Activision Blizzard acquisition next week
Is the mega deal on the brink of reality?
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It was made in 59 | What is the best driving (not racing) game?
Vroom vroom vroom vroom, parallel park in my room.
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MORE GAMES | Xbox Game Pass gets a boost in October with Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, Forza Motorsport, and more
Some game are leaving too, as usual.
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LAYOFFS | Team17 hit by redundancies - UK firm latest to suffer layoffs
According to a source familiar with the situation, the studio is facing its second wave of layoffs this year.
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CREATIVE KID | Starfield mod actually makes space travel possible
Ostensibly a game about space exploration, Starfield doesn't actually let you... travel in space.
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BIG DUMMY | Starfield patch stops mannequins from stealing your stuff
Bethesda's gonna stop them now.
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BLUE IN THE FACE | Wish Xbox had more Japanese exclusives like Lost Odyssey? Phil Spencer says you can "count on" new games
Hi-Fi Rush was noted as a recent example of an exclusive Xbox title.
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THANKS FOR THE FUN | These games will leave Game Pass soon, so grab them while you can
Seven games are saying "so long" to the service.
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ALSO FEATURING | What are the best cameos in gaming?
Jeff Goldblum? Professor X? General Zod? They’ve all shown up in video games where we least expected them.
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SLEIGHT OF HAND | Xbox’s cloud gaming workaround worked: Activision Blizzard acquisition gets closer to UK CMA approval
The CMA is happy with the new deal Microsoft offered in order to address the regulatory body's concerns.
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GAME PASS GROWING | Xbox Game Pass gets a TGS 2023 boost, with new games coming soon
Coming soon to Game Pass.
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PAY NO MIND | Phil Spencer really wants you to ignore that massive Xbox leak
Phil Spencer had a predictable response to the Xbox leaks.
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SOMEONE'S IN HOT H2O | FTC denies responsibility for major Microsoft document leak
Government agency denies involvement in major corporate info leak.
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SEBILE | Leaked Xbox controller to feature DualSense-like haptics, rechargeable batteries
The next Xbox controller will introduce many radical changes to one of the best controllers out there.
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BUY BUY BUY | Even 20 years on, Xbox still talks about buying Nintendo
The last time Xbox tried to acquire Nintendo it ended in laughter.
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NO VALUE LOSS | Starfield’s biggest mod site sticks it to the game’s most bigoted mod
The largest mod site on the internet has taken a stance against a certain subset of Starfield mods, and we're all better for it.
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NOT A FAN OF SPACE? | A quarter of Starfield players couldn’t even be bothered to finish the first mission
Starfield, a game mainly about space travel/exploration, couldn't convince a chunk of its players to leave the surface of the tutorial planet.
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Cheaper By The Dozen | Xbox Game Studios has "over a dozen" games in development
Expect plenty more additions to your Xbox wishlist, it seems.
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WHAT'S NEXT? | Minecraft fans, mark your calendars: Minecraft Live 2023 airs on October 15
Find out what's next for one of the world's most popular games.
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HOTFIX HITS | Starfield gets first update, regular releases of top community requested features on the way
The update makes some stability and performance improvements.
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SO LONG XBLG | Here's the games you can expect on day one with Xbox Game Pass Core
There will be 36 games available to kick things off tomorrow.
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NO RUBBING | New Forza Motorsport next-gen footage fails to capture the excitement of racing
Turn 10 has given us what might be the deepest look at Forza Motorsport gameplay yet, but it looks a bit tame.
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NO RUSH | Starfield: You’re going to have to wait a little longer for official mod support
The official Starfield mod tools won't be with us until next year, but that's not to say we're short on mods right now.
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POINT BLANK | Xbox is seemingly ending one easy way to get free money
Logging in every day, week, and month, checking off tasks and greasing your Xbox account with points? It seems it’ll soon be a thing of the past.
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The Mass Effect | Mako-like vehicles in Starfield were not part of the game's vision
You do have your jetpack, at least.
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Pass It Over | Xbox to reveal new Game Pass titles during Tokyo Game Show broadcast
Expect some games from developers across Asia.
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STARFIELD STREAM? | Xbox September Update now lets you stream your games on Discord
Game countdowns are back, VRR has been improved, and you can ask to join a friend’s game, too.
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GAMES GOING BYE-BYE | These games will leave Game Pass in September, so grab them while you can
So far, nine games are leaving the service.
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A BUSY SEPTEMBER | Including Starfield, September Game Pass is looking stacked with Lies of P, Gris, and Solar Ash
The month looks busy for Game Pass members.
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DO IT FOR THE IQ | You can mod DLSS into Starfield, but it won't make the game run better
If you're going to manually mod DLSS into your Starfield installation, don't do it to get a performance uplift.
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EAGERFIELD | Impatient Xbox Game Pass members turned Starfield's Premium Edition upgrade into a best-seller
Some Starfield fans really can't wait to play the game, and they're willing to pay more for early access - just not that much more.
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A STARFIELD START | Starfield is finally playable on Intel Arc GPUs, but there’s still a long way to go
If you are one of the unfortunate souls who happened to get Starfield early and only own an Intel Arc GPU, we have good news.
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BEST WURST GAME | What's the best German game, from Germany?
And why didn't we do this when Gamescom was actually on? Find out in The Best Games Ever show episode 67!
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PRE-ORDER BOOST | Starfield topped 230,000 concurrent players on Steam, and it’s not officially out yet
Starfield is very hot on Steam right now, and it's not technically been released yet.
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BEGONE FSR | Sensible Starfield mod replaces FSR2 with DLSS
Nvidia GPU owners rejoice: you can replace Starfield's FSR with the superior DLSS.
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EIGHT AND YOU'RE OUT | Of course there’s no room for nuance with Xbox’s latest eight strike system
Xbox has introduced a new strike system that keeps track of the number of reports against a player, and not everyone has taken the news well.