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With Halo Infinite being the first game in the series to launch on Xbox Game Pass on day-one, while also being the first mainline Halo game to release on PC at the same time as Xbox since 2001, we were expecting big things from the launch. So far, it seems …

Following strong sales from all consoles in 2021, expectations for 2022 are sky-high, with analysts claiming manufacturers will sell about 48 million consoles in total. The best-selling unit is expected to be the Nintendo Switch, but its margin over PS5 is likely to decrease compared to last year. According to …

Call of Duty is one of the biggest franchises in gaming, selling 10s of millions of copies every single year despite launching a new game annually. Under the new management of Microsoft however, things are about to change. In a report by Bloomberg, Jason Schreier has claimed that the recent …

Prior to the announcement that Microsoft is acquiring Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Billion, the Call of Duty creator was in a great deal of hot water. Instead of tackling the root cause of the issue, Activision Blizzard’s CEO Bobby Kotick wanted to buy good press by acquiring a gaming publication. …

Microsoft recently dropped a bombshell when it announced that the Xbox creator will be acquiring Activision Blizzard for a staggering $68.7 Billion. What this means for the future of Activision Blizzard’s games is up in the air currently – though Sony has now officially responded to the announcement. In a …

Microsoft recently dropped a bombshell on the video games industry as they announced that the Xbox manufacturer will be acquiring the publishing behemoth Activision Blizzard. But what does this mean for the company’s highly controversial CEO? We now have an answer. Bobby Kotick has served as the CEO of Activision …

Every few weeks, Microsoft updates its Xbox Game Pass library with a dozen new games or so. While they have not yet announced the official list of upcoming titles, a new leak has now detailed Xbox Game Pass’ upcoming lineup. While they have yet to release an official list, Microsoft’s …

Today saw some behemoth-level news drop in the form of Microsoft announcing that it will be acquiring Activision Blizzard for a staggering amount nearing $70 Billion. Even so, it would seem the publisher’s games are too lucrative on other platforms, and so with at least some franchises, they will continue …

Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass subscription service has been seeing impressive and consistent stable growth. Since its launch back in 2017, the service has gone from strength to strength, adding a plethora of major titles and announcing many partnerships for the service. This has seemingly all paid off, as Game Pass …

Microsoft has been the force behind many industry-shaking moments: from the original announcement of Xbox Game Pass to the reveal that they had bought Zenimax Media (i.e. Bethesda). Even so, the recent announcement made by Microsoft may be the biggest piece of industry news ever.

Gaming is bigger than it's ever been, both in terms of mindshare as well as profits. Whether in consequence, or due in part to, Microsoft is feeling the positive effects of the current gaming boom, with Phil Spencer revealing that the Series X|S is the fastest selling Xbox console family …

Over the last couple of years, a number of leaks have shown that Rare was at one point working on a remaster of 007 GoldenEye, with plans to release the game on Xbox consoles. The project was eventually scrapped, but new evidence suggests that it may have been revived recently.  …

At the rate that Fortnite is continuing to add new characters to its ever-increasing roster of IPs, many would think that the Battle Royale game would soon run out of new characters. It seems that is not the case, as 2022 is set to bring with it many Xbox and …

Xbox Game Pass represents excellent value for money, offering over 100 quality titles for a relatively low monthly cost. Unfortunately due to the nature of digital games and subscription services, third-party titles are only available until their contracts expire. Such is the case with the Yakuza series, with many of …

Earlier today, the free games for PlayStation+ subscribers in January leaked online. Now, this has promptly been followed up with a leak for Microsoft's planned games for Xbox Live Gold subscribers next month.  Xbox Live Gold, and by extension, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers, will be able to claim four …

Ever since Microsoft announced its Xbox Game Pass subscription service, the console manufacturer has made it clear that subscriptions are the future – at least in the eyes of Xbox. Despite this, many fans flocked to storefronts to buy Rare’s Sea of thieves outright – 5 million in fact. Making …

Xbox Game Pass is often referred to as the best deal in gaming and 2021 proved that, with a ton of major day-one releases from first-party, third-party and indie studios. If you've ever wondered how much the Xbox Game Pass library would be worth if you purchased all of those …

Minecraft is the best selling game in the world, with almost 250 million copies sold. Despite this huge figure, it pales in comparison to the number of  video views that Minecraft has collectively amassed over the years. As announced by YouTube, Minecraft has now surpassed 1 Trillion video views on …

The Xbox Game Pass subscription service offers a robust and ever-evolving library of games for a relatively small monthly fee. The next set of titles coming to the service has now been announced, and it includes a few heavy hitters. As reported by XboxOn, 9 new titles are dropping onto …

Two years ago, Microsoft took to the stage at The Game Awards to announce the Xbox Series X and its first major next-gen exclusive project, Hellblade 2. Now during The Game Awards 2021, Microsoft has returned to the show, armed with the first gameplay footage for Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2.  …

Yesterday marked the launch of Halo Infinite, the first mainline game in the series since 2015. Previously, 343 Industries has stated that Infinite is the beginning of ‘the next ten years of Halo' and today, we have our first sign of that being true, with Microsoft filing a trademark for …

Unlike consoles, PCs come in all shapes and sizes, meaning that some PC players are limited in the number and type of games that they can download and play. Microsoft is now making it easier to identify your PC’s capabilities before dedicating both time and SSD space on an unplayable …

The fact that Microsoft is beginning to fund and develop ‘cloud-native’ games is an open secret at this point, with recent reports indicating that Xbox was working with a new studio, Mainframe, to build an ambitious cloud-native MMO. As it turns out, whatever deal was in place for this game …

There is no denying that the highly popular Halo franchise has struggled with securing the lighting-in-a-bottle success that the series enjoyed from the first game in 2001 all the way to 2010’s Halo: Reach. With Halo Infinite however, 343i have finally created a Halo game almost as good as some …

While Halo Infinite’s multiplayer mode launched to a great deal of success both commercially and critically, the game’s surprise beta launch felt very basic in many ways, offering a limited number of game modes. Fortunately, we do not have to wait long for new content, as many much-requested game modes …

It has been roughly a full calendar year since I first picked up an Xbox Series X and with PC upgrades hitting all-time high prices, I've spent most of 2021 as a console gamer, primarily playing on Xbox. With Year-One down, it is time to take a look back at the first year of 'next-gen' and whether or not it was worth upgrading right from the jump. 

CD Projekt Red has had a very rough year, with the disappointing release of Cyberpunk 2077 tarnishing the studio's reputation. Earlier this year, some financial analysts did suggest that this launch could prime CD Projekt Red for a takeover or acquisition by a larger entity, but the studio this week …

During the recent 20th anniversary celebration of the Xbox brand, Microsoft announced that a number of games would be added to its backwards compatibility list, as well as its FPS Boost list. At the time, it was confirmed that no more games would be added to the backwards compatibility program. …

With the Xbox brand officially being 20 years old now, Microsoft has been introspective, looking back at its past successes and failures. One of these failures saw Microsoft try to buy Nintendo back in 1999. The console manufacturer has now published this letter, letting fans take a look behind the …

We've seen multiple laptops and 2-in-1 PCs with ARM-based processors running Windows, but they've all had one thing in common – Qualcomm processors. This week, we finally found out why this has been the case. As it turns out, Microsoft and Qualcomm hashed out an exclusivity deal for Windows on …