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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.

Aug. 16, 2023 Sherif Saed

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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.

July 17, 2023 Dom Peppiatt

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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.

July 17, 2023 Dom Peppiatt

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FREE PLAY DAYS | Game Pass bonanza: The Crew 2, UFC 4, Super Mega Baseball 4, and MLB The Show 23 are free-to-play this weekend

Baseball, fighting, racing - what's not to love?

July 7, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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4 games 4 U | Calico and Saints Row 2 are just two titles coming to Xbox Games with Gold in August

You have four in total, as usual.

July 28, 2022 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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FREE PLAY DAYS | Play Assassin’s Creed Origins, Dead Island Definitive Edition, and I Am Fish for free this weekend on Xbox

For the Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate folks.

June 16, 2022 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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YAZUKA WEEKEND | Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate members can play three Yakuza games for free this weekend

Celebrate Kazuma Kiryu’s saga.

Jan. 20, 2022 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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FREE PLAY WEEKEND | Battlefield 2042, Star Renegades, and The Sinking City are free to play with Gold and Game Pass Ultimate

Three games you can play for free this weekend.

Jan. 7, 2022 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Finally? | Goldeneye 007 Xbox Achievements appear on website, hinting at new port

The seminal FPS hasn’t been seen since its initial N64 release due to licensing issues.

Jan. 1, 2022 Jeremy Signor

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Enough is enough | Xbox co-creator Seamus Blackley comments on Xbox Live toxicity

Halo Infinite video prompts him to write “this wasn’t the future for Xbox Live we envisioned”

Dec. 21, 2021 Tom Regan

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Decisions Decisions | Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Borderlands 3, and Dirt 5 are free to play with Xbox Gold and Ultimate

Hopefully, you'll have enough time to try all three.

Oct. 14, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Free Play Weekend | Hunt: Showdown, Judgment, and Blood Bowl 2 are free to play this weekend with Gold and Game Pass Ultimate

Something to try for nothing this weekend.

Sept. 16, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Minecraft is now an R-rated game in South Korea

July 8, 2021 Dom Peppiatt

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Xbox Games with Gold July: Conker: Live & Reloaded, Rock of Ages 3, more

June 29, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Sea of Thieves: Trident of Dark Tides | Can you sell the Trident?

June 28, 2021 Rebecca Jones

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Sea of Thieves journal locations | Where to find all journals in The Sunken Pearl

June 28, 2021 Rebecca Jones

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Overwatch, Saints Row 4, and Vermintide 2 are free to play on Xbox this weekend

June 24, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Sea of Thieves: The Sunken Pearl | How to complete the Statue Puzzles in Siren Spire

June 23, 2021 Rebecca Jones

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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can get a 30-day free trial of Disney+

June 9, 2021 Dom Peppiatt

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Xbox Games with Gold June: Shadows: Awakening, NeoGeo Battle Coliseum, more

May 26, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Xbox Live Gold is no longer required to play free-to-play titles online

April 21, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Dropping Xbox Live Gold for free-to-play games is imminent as feature rolls out to all Insiders

April 14, 2021 Sherif Saed

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The Elder Scrolls Online, Hunt: Showdown, and Steel Rats are free to play with Gold this weekend

April 1, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Xbox Games with Gold April: Dark Void, Vikings: Wolves of Midgard, more

March 30, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Three games are free to play this weekend with Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

March 25, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Microsoft testing feature which would no longer require Xbox Live Gold for multiplayer in free-to-play games

March 24, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Xbox Live is now Xbox network

March 23, 2021 Sherif Saed

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Stellaris: Console Edition and Cities: Skylines – Xbox One Edition are free to play with Gold this weekend

March 11, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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NASCAR Heat 5, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, and Space Crew are free to play with Xbox Live Gold this weekend

Feb. 11, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Playthrough of canceled GoldenEye HD remaster for XBLA pops up online

Jan. 30, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Microsoft reverses price increase for Xbox Live Gold, free-to-play games won't require sub

Jan. 23, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Xbox Games with Gold February: Gears 5, Resident Evil, more

Jan. 22, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Microsoft announces price increase for Xbox Live Gold

Jan. 22, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Star Wars: Squadrons, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and Yooka-Laylee are free to play with Xbox Live Gold

Jan. 14, 2021 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Steam has more monthly active users than both Xbox and PlayStation

Jan. 14, 2021 Dom Peppiatt

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Xbox Games with Gold December: The Raven Remastered, Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, more

Nov. 24, 2020 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Xbox Live users are currently unable to sign-in on multiple platforms [Update]

Nov. 10, 2020 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Xbox Series X/S Share Button - How to record and share captures

Nov. 10, 2020 Lauren Aitken

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Microsoft boosting Xbox Party Chat security ahead of Series X/S launch

Nov. 3, 2020 Alex Calvin

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Xbox Games with Gold November: Aragami: Shadow Edition, Lego Indiana Jones, more

Oct. 29, 2020 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Xbox 360 cloud saves will soon be free for Xbox Series X/S

Oct. 13, 2020 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, and Yakuza Kiwami 2 are free to play with Xbox Live Gold

Oct. 1, 2020 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Xbox Games with Gold October: Costume Quest, Maid of Sker, more

Sept. 29, 2020 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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The Division 2, Vermintide 2, and Bomber Crew are free to play with Xbox Live Gold this weekend

Sept. 24, 2020 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Sea of Thieves, Hunt: Showdown, and Warhammer: Chaosbane are free to play with Gold

Sept. 17, 2020 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Madden 21, Rugby 20, and Diablo 3 free to play this weekend with Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate

Sept. 10, 2020 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Overwatch, Wreckfest, and F1 2020 are free to play with Xbox Live Gold this weekend

Aug. 20, 2020 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Playing Xbox Game Pass through xCloud feels like a next-generation experience

Aug. 16, 2020 Alex Donaldson

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Injustice 2 and NASCAR Heat 5 are free to play with Xbox Live Gold

Aug. 13, 2020 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Xbox Live Gold is not going away, Microsoft says

Aug. 6, 2020 Sherif Saed