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A SHORT LIST | Game Pass expands Its library with Gris, Everspace 2, and Firewatch returns to the service
It's back, baby.
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The best Xbox 360 Games to play in 2023
Shooters, RPGs, simulations, and Xbox Live. The Xbox 360 had it all.
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SUMMER BANGER | Xbox is bringing 30 titles to gamescom and you can watch a Starfield theatre presentation
Xbox is gearing up for gamescom 2023 with a nice lineup of games.
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HAND SHAKE | Square Enix commits to better Xbox support
The two companies have partnered to bring more Square games to Xbox.
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HOME SWEET HOME | Xbox's new Home experience is more personal and intuitive
Rolling out to all consoles.
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MONEY | Xbox gaming revenue up despite dip in console sales thanks to Game Pass
Third-party content helped too.
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Save $25 on an Xbox Series X console with this limited-time discount
Get a rare reduction on the Microsoft console's $500 RRP.
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DEAL IS STILL A GO | Activision Blizzard and Microsoft have moved the acquisition deadline into October
The new deadline will provide Microsoft more time to work things out with regulators.
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GOLD STANDARD | Xbox Game Pass Core: All 19 confirmed games included in cheap Game Pass tier
Xbox Live Gold is dead, long live Xbox Game Pass Core – Microsoft's newest version of the 'cheap' tier of Xbox membership.
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CORE BLIMEY! | Xbox Game Pass gets new cheap tier, replacing Xbox Live Gold
Xbox Game Pass Core is Microsoft's latest iteration of Xbox Live Gold / Games With Gold, as Xbox continues to frontline XGP as a major feature.
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Shocker! | It's finally happened: PlayStation has signed a deal with Microsoft over Call of Duty
Another big win for Microsoft.
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Microsoft ending Xbox Game Pass Friends and Family Plan preview in August
Subscribers to receive compensation.
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WE SALUTE YOU | Longtime Xbox ambassador Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb is leaving Microsoft
An Xbox legend.
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PASS THE BUCKS | Xbox thinks Game Pass can make up for lost sales of Starfield and Indiana Jones on PlayStation
Game Pass to the rescue?
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GAME, SET, MATCH? | FTC appeal denied while the UK gives Microsoft more time to close Activision Blizzard deal
Microsoft's $69 Billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard moves closer to completion.
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YOUR VOICE MATTERS | Xbox launches new voice reporting feature to combat toxicity
Xbox is listening.
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IT AIN'T OVER YET | Activision Blizzard stock to be delisted from NASDAQ amidst FTC appeal of Microsoft deal
So the FTC won't let them be or let them be them, so let us see.
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Microsoft hopes for quick resolutions in other jurisdictions after FTC defeat
The Competition and Markets Authority may or may not waver after FTC loss.
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SEEMS LIKE A GO | FTC loses bid to stop Microsoft's $69 billion Activision Blizzard acquisition
Microsoft can now close its Activision Blizzard deal.
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SCARCE DETAILS ATM | Xbox and Bethesda confirmed participants at gamescom 2023
Ahead of Early Access to Starfield.
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SLIM PICKINS | Microsoft expects Sony to release a slimmer PlayStation 5 model sometime this year
New court documents state as much.
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THE NICE OKLAHOMA | Microsoft Flight Simulator city update focuses on the massive state of Texas
Fly over various landmarks of a state the size of a small country.
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A MATTER OF? | Is Bungie's new IP, Matter, releasing in 2025? Xbox seems to think so
The next original game from Bungie is seemingly just two years away, which potentially means a reveal is not far off.
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S-RANK | The biggest news from BIG? The Xbox Series S is doing exactly what Microsoft hoped it would do
New information from Latin America's largest games festival has proved that the Xbox Series S is the console gateway Microsoft always wanted.
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SHARPIEGATE | Poorly redacted court documents reveal how much Call of Duty is worth to PlayStation
Sony has been playing the Call of Duty exclusivity card from the beginning of Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and now we know why.
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Make space for Starfield on your Xbox Series X|S with the new WD_Black C50 expansion card
Plus here's how to save 10% on the Western Digital expansion card for Xbox.
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PERFECT VAPOUR | We may be talking about the next generation of Xbox before we can play Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark is... a long ways away.
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TOUGH LOVE | Bethesda, too, is confused about Microsoft keeping COD on PlayStation when it made Starfield exclusive
Like many of us, Bethesda feels Call of Duty is getting special treatment that its own games did not, when it comes to which remain Xbox-exclusive and which can be on everything.
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Let's Go Party | I wish I lived in the Xbox Series S Barbie Dreamhouse
Plus, some themed faceplates and a Forza Horizon 5 crossover.
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Bang For Your Buck | Alan Wake's opening Stephen King quote only cost Remedy $1 to use
Quite the bargain.
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Money's No Object | Microsoft bought Bethesda's parent company to stop Starfield being a PS5 exclusive
That's one way to go about it.
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SEE YOU IN COURT | PS6 release date, Indiana Jones exclusivity, Game Pass - everything learned from day one of FTC Trial
The court battle is underway, and everyone's dirty laundry is being revealed. Scandal! Intrigue! Saucey info!
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INFLATION BABY | Xbox Game Pass and the Xbox Series X are getting a price hike
If you want to stay subscribed to Microsoft's star service, you'll have to bust out more cash for game Pass.
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360 Vision | Xbox will look at VR more seriously when "there’s an audience there"
You'll be waiting a long while if you're waiting on an Xbox VR headset.
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Saved By The Bell | Microsoft isn't shutting down Redfall developer Arkane Austin, says Xbox head
"It was a miss, but how much of a miss? I want to support them to be able to keep working to deliver the game they had in mind."
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WHAT COULD IT BE? | Microsoft and People Can Fly collaborating on Project Maverick, a game based on an existing IP
And it's just one project in development at the studio.
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MOVING ON | Microsoft shifts development focus of first-party games to Xbox Series X/S, leaving Xbox One behind
Thanks for everything, Xbox One.
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FINISH THE FIGHT | Halo didn't skip not-E3 after all
Master Chief and The Arbiter are coming to Brawlhalla, a game that probably has more active players than Halo Infinite right now.
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FABLE, PLEASE | Watch the Xbox Games Showcase and Starfield Direct live stream here
Not-E3 continues with a new showcase from Microsoft.
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ONCE UPON A TIME | Fable 4 is crucial to Xbox’s future, but it could be a Monkey’s Paw moment for fans
The original Fable trilogy was a product of the right studio, in the right place, at the right time – and that’s hard to replicate.
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Bold Moves | Microsoft might consider pulling Activision out of the UK to sidestep the CMA's ruling
It's one of the more extreme options Microsoft is considering.
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INSIDE THE BOX | Xbox branded "cheeky" as it highlights 12 PlayStation Showcase titles coming to Xbox
The PlayStation Showcase was barely finished when a cheeky tweet from Xbox tried to wrestle the attention back to Microsoft's brand.
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Wakey Wakey | Alan Wake 2's titular voice actor may have confirmed an October release
Just in time for Halloween!
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BIG MONEY | UK slaps additional restrictions on the Microsoft x Activision Blizzard King deal
Following the big No stamped on the deal earlier this year, Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard is facing another barrier.
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WIN PLACE SHOW | Microsoft's Phil Spencer candidly admits the company lost the console wars to competitors
Microsoft "lost the worst generation to lose" with Xbox One, says Spencer.
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PHIL DISHEARTENED | Xbox boss expresses "disappointment" with response to Redfall, pledges to continue work on the game
Phil Spencer comments on Redfall's reception among gamers and critics.
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GAME ON | Mark your calendars: Xbox Games Showcase and Starfield Direct set to reveal epic content on June 11
Timings confirmed.
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FREE TRIAL FUN | Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can now spread the joy of gaming with five friends
Invite your friends to play, on Microsoft.