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Following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, the console manufacturer promised that it would begin to bring the publisher’s back catalogue of titles to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service. While it took some time, Activision games are finally coming to the platform – with Crash Bandicoot arriving in …

Earlier this week, Bethesda Game Studios became the very first team under the Xbox umbrella to unionise. Now, Blizzard has done the same thing, with the World of Warcraft team forming a union, known as the World of Warcraft Game Makers Guild.  The WoW Game Makers Guild is going to …

The team at GSC Game World has been through a lot over the past couple of years. While their new game, Stalker 2, was due to release in 2022, Russia's invasion of Ukraine forced the studio to move. Then, the studio became the target of cyberattacks, leading to more delays. …

If you grew up watching anime or reading manga through the 2000s, then you are likely familiar with ‘the big three', consisting of the three most popular Shonen series of that time period – One Piece, Naruto and Bleach. While we've had many, many video games for those first two …

Following on from numerous leaks, Microsoft has officially confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will finally be added to the Game Pass library this week. After what I view to be a pretty low-ranking month for Game Pass, Microsoft is upping the ante a little bit during the …

This generation has been a bit shaky for Microsoft, with the company selling far fewer consoles than its competition and Game Pass adoption being slower than hoped. That said, despite the negative sentiment surrounding the company’s decision to increase the price of Xbox Game Pass (while removing day-one games from its lower tiers), it seems this controversial move will likely pay off big time monetarily.

The ‘Tales Of' series has been going for decades. While Bandai Namco shipped the best game in the franchise recently with Tales of Arise and its expansion, there are still fans clamouring to revisit some of the older titles. We've already had a couple of big remasters, focusing on fan-favourites …

Riot Games has been working away on Valorant for a couple of years now, securing a top spot as one of the most-played competitive shooters. Soon, millions of console players will be able to access the game for the first time, as the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 version of …

In recent years, there have been efforts across the games industry to unionise workers, allowing collective bargaining for better working conditions. Microsoft revealed that it would voluntarily recognise unions at its game studios previously. Now, Bethesda Game Studios has become the first gaming company under Microsoft to complete the unionisation …

Last week, the FTC filed a letter with the court, claiming that Microsoft had begun abusing its market power by changing the way Game Pass works. Now, Microsoft has officially responded, stating that the FTC's argument is “misleading”.  As spotted by The Verge, Microsoft's response has now been filed with …

The FTC has spent much of 2024 building its case against Microsoft to get the Activision Blizzard acquisition overturned. This month, the FTC was provided with some ammo, as the regulator tells the US Court of Appeals that recent Game Pass price hikes break promises Microsoft made to get the …

Techland has been hard at work delivering new content updates for Dying Light 2, carrying on its tradition of lengthy post-game support. Soon, there will be a massive new multiplayer event added to the game – a raid. If you want to check out this new mode, then there will …

While Microsoft has seen massive success with the recent release of the Fallout TV show, the console maker’s other efforts in bringing its IPs to TV has not fared as well. Following two seasons and a middling reception, Paramount+ is officially cancelling its Halo TV show. As published by TheHollywoodReporter, …

Recently, it was rumoured that Microsoft and Nvidia may be furthering their cloud gaming partnership with more integrations. Now, an official announcement has arrived, with Microsoft confirming plans to allow users to stream games via GeForce Now (or Boosteroid) straight from the web. Games with cloud support on the Xbox.com …

Splitgate reached V1.0 in 2022 after an extensive period of early access development, followed by a year-long open beta. Now, the developers at 1047 Games have announced plans for a sequel.  While Splitgate did garner a lot of praise at one stage, its popularity began to fizzle out pretty quickly …

Microsoft are no strangers to producing odd and gimmicky Xbox controllers, with the latest generation alone seeing a ton of different and weird crossover controllers – including but not limited to a pizza-scented TMNT controller and furry Sonic the Hedgehog / Knuckles the Echidna themed Xbox controllers. Not to be …

Dave the Diver has been a huge hit on Steam, Switch and PlayStation so far, but there has yet to be an Xbox version of the game. That is due to change soon, with one prominent leaker claiming that Dave the Diver will drop on Xbox very soon and better …

With Xbox announcing plans to bring a select few first-party games to rival console platforms earlier this year, there have been rumours around bigger franchises like Halo and Gears of War also making the jump to multi-platform. The Coalition is currently deep into development on Gears of War: E-Day for …

Given that Microsoft just confirmed plans for a major Game Pass shake-up that will see prices going up, we were hoping for a bit more of a substantial list of games in the second half of July. While there are some decent games coming over the next two weeks, the …

Toys for Bob impressed fans around the world with the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane trilogy and Crash 4. However, under the old corporate overlords at Activision, the studio also had many projects cancelled and was slowly being turned into a Call of Duty support studio. As it turns out, one of …

Phasmophobia hit it big back in 2020 when the game was released in Early Access, launching to near immediate success. In the years since, the team at Kinetic Games have continued to work diligently on the game, improving it across the board. Unfortunately, the game’s long-anticipated console release has been …

As a console platform, Xbox has historically focused on the US market, with Europe, Africa and Asia in particular being relatively weak markets for the US-based Microsoft. Following the recent announcement to changes with its Game Pass subscription service, Xbox is reportedly moving away from EMEA regions almost entirely. As …

Earlier today, it came to light that Microsoft is planning a Game Pass business shake-up, which will see the service going up in price, and the removal of day-one games for the standard tier subscription. The big reason behind this is the addition of Call of Duty to the library, …

It looks like Xbox Game Pass is indeed finally in for a price increase. Higher prices won't be the only change though, it turns out Microsoft has plans to completely restructure Game Pass in September, ahead of the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, including the removal of day-one games for the standard tier. 

Last month, Amazon announced a partnership with Microsoft/Xbox to bring Game Pass to its Fire TV Sticks via cloud streaming. Said to be coming some time in July, the Xbox Game Pass app is now officially available. Following the announcement last month that the Xbox Game Pass app would be …

Cities Skylines 2 launched on PC last year but was quickly panned by players for performance issues. Since then, Paradox has been focused on fixing up the PC version of the game, delaying the planned console release. Unfortunately, it looks like the console version of the game is also facing …

Despite the fact that Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is set to release in just a few months, the team at Asobo Studio are continuing to add new features and improvements to 2020’s MSFS – with City Update 9 bringing a revamp of the Northeastern United States. Making the announcement on …

Bethesda has just begun rolling out the latest patch for Starfield but not everyone is thrilled with some of the changes this time around. A sudden change in policy for mods installed through the Creation Club is set to break a lot of saves. The new Starfield update changes the …

Due to the FTC's pending court case against Microsoft over the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has been quite slow in merging Activision IP with the wider Xbox ecosystem. We expected to see an update on Activision games coming to Game Pass in June during the Xbox Showcase, but nothing …

Capcom has consistently released demos for its games ahead of time, be it for the new Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, or otherwise. Ahead of the game’s official launch on the 19th of July, Capcom have now released a demo for their upcoming new IP Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess. Making …