November2021
News Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector Is Coming To Xbox Game Pass This December
PC Game Pass, too
Developer Black Lab Games and publisher Slitherine have announced they'll be bringing their turn-based strategy game Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector to Xbox Game Pass for console and PC on 2nd December. "Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is going to be released on the Windows Store on the same day, on December 2. The same version...
Random Smash Bros. Director Masahiro Sakurai Has 'Finally' Secured An Xbox Series X
Just in time for Halo Infinite!
Xbox Series X is in demand around the globe, and even in Japan, there have been shortages due to the pandemic and various other factors in play. Game Pass and xCloud have also increased the system's popularity and Halo Infinite is just around the corner, too. Taking this into account, it seems the legendary Super...
"The real people who made Xbox successful are gamers and fans"
In some parts of the world, it's now the 15th of November, and that means it's officially the 20th anniversary of Xbox. Yes, Microsoft's original Xbox hardware first launched in the US on 15th November 2001. If you weren't around back then, nobody really knew what to expect from this...
News Xbox's Anniversary Controller Contains A Hidden Message From Phil Spencer
You can find it in the battery compartment
Xbox is celebrating its 20th anniversary and as part of this, it's released a new Special Edition Xbox Series X|S controller. In case you didn't know, it contains a hidden surprise. If you flip it over and remove the battery compartment lid, inside you'll find a signature from the head of Xbox, Phil...
Random Oops! Xbox Has Broken Its Own Twitter Account
Update: And it's back!
Update [Sat 13th Nov, 2021 04:14 GMT]: And it's back! The issue has now been resolved: When a big-name social media account goes down, often you can assume it's been hacked or something like that. In this particular case, things are a bit different though. We're not entirely sure what's gone on, but it seems Xbox's...
News Xbox Series X|S Appears To Have Already Surpassed Xbox One's Lifetime Sales In Japan
Excellent news for Microsoft
It looks like Xbox's efforts to crack the Japanese market might finally be paying off. After one year of availability worldwide, the Xbox Series X|S model has apparently already outsold the lifetime sales of the Xbox One in the region. This information comes via Game Data Library. It's apparently shifted around 116,119...
Video Xbox Releases Forza Horizon 5 Live-Action Clip Starring Ted Lasso Star And Karol G
"I call myself the getaway driver"
In the lead-up to the release of Forza Horizon 5, Xbox has uploaded a new live-action promotional trailer. It stars the Mexican actor and filmmaker Cristo Fernández (as seen in Ted Lasso) and the Colombian singer, Karol G. In the trailer, we get to see the two speed through Mexico's many landscapes in a BMW and...
October2021
News Forza Horizon 5's First Update Is Now Live, 20GB For Xbox Series X|S
Add that to the 100GB+ base game installation
Last week, as you might recall, the Xbox and PC pre-load for Forza Horizon 5 on Game Pass (and anyone who purchased the game) got released. It was over 100GB and even larger on the past-gen platform Xbox One. Some people have now taken to social media sites like Twitter to reveal the first update is now...
Random Xbox Shows Off Craig's Incredible Transformation In Halo Infinite
The team has a bit of a "love-hate relationship" with him
We got a glimpse of Craig the Brute's makeover in the recent Halo Infinite campaign gameplay overview, and now Microsoft has gone a step further with a direct before and after shot. It's absolutely blowing up on social media right now, with more than 65K Likes at the time of writing. In...
News Here's A Look At The New Halo 3 Map Coming To The MCC In Season 8
Welcome back a fan favourite
Season 8 of Halo: The Master Chief Collection arrives on Xbox today, and ahead of its release, 343's community coordinator, Tyler Davis, has uploaded a brief video outlining what to expect from this latest update. Apart from the new Mythic armour offerings and the classic Halo: Combat Evolved HUD being "restored", one...
News 343 To Showcase Halo Infinite's Ranked And Competitive Settings Next Week
Get ready for a full playthrough
We've seen Big Team Battles and 4v4 arena battles in Halo Infinite running on social settings, but next week we'll get a look at what the multiplayer aspects of the game are like on a more competitive level. Halo's eSports lead at 343 recently shared a tweet mentioning how the team had been filming ranked and...
News Xbox Joins In On #ThankYouSakurai Smash Bros. Ultimate Celebrations
"It's an honor for us and our friends"
Although many Xbox fans were hoping to see Halo's Master Chief added to the roster of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as the final fighter, it turned out to be Sora from the Kingdom Hearts series in the end. Microsoft fans didn't walk away empty-handed, though - with id Software's Doom Slayer entering the battle as...
News Xbox Is Working 'Every Single Day' To Increase Its Line-Up Of Japanese Games
Phil knows it's important to fans
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has mentioned on a number of occasions how the company would like to bolster its Japanese video game offerings, and the subject was briefly raised again during Xbox's Tokyo Game Show livestream. During a chat with Shinji Mikami - the found of Japanese studio Tango Gameworks (a developer...
September2021
News Xbox Updates Its Studio Web Page With Bethesda's Development Teams
It's now been a year since they joined forces
Believe it or not, it's already been one year since Xbox announced its acquisition of Bethesda's parent company ZeniMax Media, valued at $7.5 billion. This included developers such as id Software, Arkane and even the Japan-based team at Tango Gameworks. To mark this special occasion it appears Microsoft...
News Xbox Officially Announces Its Return To The Tokyo Game Show
Just don't expect any "new global debuts"
Although Xbox teased its return to Japan's Tokyo Game Show earlier this month, it's now officially confirmed it. The 2021 event marks 25 years of the Tokyo Game Show and as part of this, Xbox will be broadcasting a virtual stream curated for players in Japan and across Asia on 30th September at 6 pm JST...
News Unannounced Xbox Projects Discovered In Nvidia Database Leak
Update: "Nvidia is aware of an unauthorized published game list..."
Update: Nvidia has now confirmed this "unauthorized published game list" is indeed the real deal, but has insisted that “inclusion on the list is neither confirmation nor an announcement of any game." Here's what a spokesperson had to say to Wccftech: “Nvidia is aware of an...
Random Xbox Recreates Neo's Bathtub Scene From The Matrix Resurrections Trailer
"Believe whatever you want to believe"
Sure, sure...PlayStation has a lot of Marvel exclusives in the works, but does it really matter when Xbox is busy recreating scenes from the new Matrix trailer? If you missed it, not long after the official Warner Bros. trailer for The Matrix Resurrections went live, Xbox's official social media account shared...
August2021
Random Xbox Advises Not To Name Your Child "Game Pass"
Seriously, don't do it
Xbox Game Pass is fantastic value for a subscription service, but that doesn't mean you should name your child after it. During a Gamescom 2021 live stream earlier this week, Xbox games marketing manager, Aaron Greenberg, jokingly advised fans not to call their child "Game Pass". "I also ask that no one name their baby Game...
News Xbox 360 Gamerpics Are Getting 'Fixed' For Xbox One, Series X|S
Thanks to one particular Xbox engineer
If you're still rocking a classic Xbox 360 gamerpic you might have noticed it's got increasingly smaller whenever a new generation arrives. There's normally a grey background on it as well. Fortunately, Xbox will soon be updating how these pictures look after Twitter user @noukon earlier this week noted how...
News Xbox Adds Halo Infinite Dynamic Background For Series X|S Owners
Get ready for Master Chief's new game
Arguably the biggest announcement of Gamescom this year was 343 Industries and Microsoft locking in a launch date for the highly anticipated Halo Infinite. In case you missed it, it's arriving on Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X and PC on 8th December. In the lead-up to the game's launch, Microsoft has...
News Psychonauts 2 Is Now Ready To Pre-Install With Xbox Game Pass
"Play it Day One"
It's now the month of August and that means Psychonauts 2 is almost here. If you're planning on playing this new release via Xbox Game Pass, the good news is it's now available to pre-install on Microsoft's subscription service. It'll take up about 28GB of space on your system and will unlock later this month on 25th August...
News Ryan Reynolds' New Movie 'Free Guy' Features Vehicles From Halo
Check out this "life-sized" Warthog from the premiere
If you've been wondering what's up with Xbox cross-promoting 20th Century's new movie Free Guy (starring Ryan Reynolds), it seems some of the gaming giant's IP actually features in it. At the red carpet event of the film in New York, Xbox unveiled a "life-sized" replica of a Halo Infinite...
July2021
Random Xbox Fans Are Loving Microsoft Flight Simulator, But Can't Seem To Stick The Landing
It's a good job it's just a simulator
Microsoft Flight Simulator officially launched for Xbox Series X and Series S yesterday, with thousands of players flooding the Microsoft Store to grab the new Game Pass title. The game has been met with a lot of love, but if there's one thing everyone seems to be struggling with, it's landing those pesky...
News Xbox And Bethesda Confirmed To Be At August's Digital Gamescom Event
Along with a wide range of other publishers
E3 2021 may have come and gone, but that doesn't mean we're necessarily finished for major game announcements. Gamescom was already confirmed to be returning this year, and now we have an official list of attendees, with Xbox and Bethesda both being a part of the billing. The event, which will be...
News Phil Spencer: Xbox Is Building More Narrative-Driven Games Than Ever Before
'Platform holders are investing in new and risky things'
If there's been one common complaint against Xbox, it's the lack of story-driven experiences. As PlayStation delivers titles such as God of War and Uncharted, our community has shouted out for more. It seems the feedback is being heard, as Xbox boss Phil Spencer says there are more in the...