April2023
News Halo Veteran Joseph Staten Has Announced He Is Leaving Microsoft
"I'll have more info to share soon"
We've got some breaking news coming out of Microsoft about Joseph Staten. After recently exiting Halo Infinite and moving back to Xbox Game Studios Publishing, the Halo veteran has now announced he'll be leaving the tech giant. Microsoft didn't reveal where exactly Joe is off to but thanked him for his...
March2023
News Activision Won't Allow Sony's 'Disappointing Behaviour' To Impact Long Term Relations
Bobby Kotick says they're doing it for the players
The ongoing battle between Microsoft and Sony has been a long and difficult process with Activision Blizzard essentially caught in the crossfire. It's notably stalled Activision's own plans, and has evidently taken its toll on some of the company's key figures (with Sony refusing to sign the Call...
News Bethesda's New DOOM Title Tops Mobile Gaming Charts On Release
Little doom guy
Did you know that a new DOOM game launched this week? While it's not quite the next mainline entry from id Software, 'Mighty DOOM' is out now on mobile devices, and it seems to be performing rather well in its launch week. In fact, Mighty DOOM is now top of the free-to-play charts on both iOS and Android at the time of writing. Of...
News US Senator Takes Jab At Sony's '98% Monopoly' Of High-End Games In Japan
Xbox has a small footprint in the region
Xbox's ongoing pursuit of Activision Blizzard has been the centre of attention in the gaming sphere for months now, as Microsoft continues to try and secure approval for its huge deal. This has meant we've spent plenty of time following court proceedings as of late, and recent comments from a US senator mean...
News Four More EA Titles Will Close Their Online Servers On Xbox In 2023
Following DICE's recent announcement
Yesterday, EA DICE revealed that three Battlefield games would be going permanently offline in the coming months, as the team is "shifting focus towards current and future" titles. Following this announcement, we took another look at EA's 'Online Services Shutdown' support page and spotted four more games that...
News Microsoft Is Making Major Improvements To 'Subscription Management' On Xbox
More control from your console
Microsoft's latest Xbox Insider update notes have dropped information on a welcome change coming to subscription management on Xbox. Currently available to Alpha Ring Xbox Insiders, users can now fully access and change their subscriptions directly from Xbox consoles. Once the feature moves to the full Xbox dashboard,...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Discusses 'Building Towards' New Storefront That'll Rival Apple & Google
"I think it’s a huge opportunity"
Xbox has made it clear that mobile and cloud gaming is an area the brand needs to properly expand into, with Microsoft hoping that the ongoing ActiBlizz deal can help in that field. Another way that the team feels it can push into mobile is by opening up a new storefront on that platform, something that Xbox boss...
Talking Point Did You Play Epic's Ill-Fated Gears Of War Spinoff On Xbox 360?
We won't judge you for it
2013 ended up being a swansong year for the Xbox 360, with fantastic titles like Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite and believe it or not, Grand Theft Auto V debuting on the system in its final year. However, on the exclusive front things dried up a little bit prior to the Xbox One's arrival in November 2013. Forza Horizon...
News Microsoft's Desire For Valheim On Console Led To Xbox Series X And S Versions
"They reached out and were interested in seeing this"
Valheim has just made its long awaited console debut, roughly two years after the Viking survival sim made waves on PC in 2021. The console port seems pretty solid too, at least in its opening hours, with both Xbox versions containing smooth performance modes. As it turns out, Xbox was seemingly...
News For Some Reason, Six Games Are Currently Free To Claim With Xbox Live Gold
Including the new GWG title 'Lamentum'
It's the middle of the month, which means Xbox Games With Gold changes with the introduction of March 2023's latest addition to the lineup. That'll be Lamentum, which is available to claim from now through April 15th. However, on checking out this month's newest GWG offering, we spotted that five other titles...
News Microsoft Isn't Currently Talking To Sony About The Call Of Duty Deal
Other companies are happy to sign 10-year deals
Microsoft yesterday signed another 10-year deal with cloud platform 'Boosteroid' - similar to the 10-year deals it did with Nintendo and Nvidia for Call of Duty. Sony's offer is apparently still on the table, but it seems it's come to a complete halt. In a small update via a story by The Wall Street...
Reaction Should Xbox Produce A Mid-Gen Upgrade If Sony Launches 'PS5 Pro'?
Striving to compete
A huge gaming rumour doing the rounds today (via Insider Gaming), is that Sony is planning on launching a mid-gen PS5 upgrade, with a "tentative release date" of late 2024. If such a device exists and launches around that time, that would put a Sony 'PS5 Pro' console right in line with when Xbox launched its mid-gen Xbox One X...
News Microsoft Signs Another 10-Year Deal In Its Bid To Buy Activision Blizzard
"Players deserve more choice than they have now"
In a bid to further enhance Xbox's case for buying Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has confirmed another 10-year agreement has been put into place following similar deals with Nintendo and Nvidia. This time around,
News Xbox Game Pass 2023 Titles Dominate Steam Wishlist Top 10
5/10 are launching day one on Game Pass!
Xbox Game Pass has a big year ahead of it, especially with major Xbox exclusives like Redfall, Starfield and Forza Motorsport finally landing on Microsoft's subscription service in 2023. However, we know about a decent selection of third-party titles launching day one as well, including Stalker 2 a
News Microsoft Confirms That Xbox Won't Have An E3 Booth This Year
The company is going all-digital in 2023
Although we've had recent confirmation that Xbox is hosting its big summer showcase during E3 week in June, we now know that the company will not be taking part in this year's physical convention in LA. As part of a new company statement provided to
Talking Point What Do You Want To See Most From The Xbox Games Showcase 2023?
Summer is coming
With the announcement of a date for Bethesda's upcoming Starfield Direct event, we also got confirmation on when Xbox's big summer conference lands in 2023. Yep, the annual Xbox Games Showcase hits on June 11th this year, and now that it's firmly marked in our calendars, we've begun thinking about what Xbox might show off.
News Microsoft Is Running Full-Page Newspaper Ads About Call Of Duty On Xbox
"More games, for more players on more platforms"
We've seen that UK regulators have been some of the toughest to convince for Microsoft, so the company is going on the offensive to convince the nation that its Activision Blizzard deal will be good for gaming. As spotted by The Verg
News Microsoft Says Xbox Game Pass Prices Won't Increase If ActiBlizz Deal Goes Through
"Any price increase would be counter-productive"
The UK CMA has posted another document relating to its ongoing Activision Blizzard investigation today, as Microsoft continues in its pursuit to acquire the Call of Duty publisher. This document goes over Xbox's response to making potential 'remedies' to suit all interested parties, and Xbox Game Pass...
News Halo Infinite Free Xbox Game Pass Perk Now Available As Season 3 Goes Live
Grab your coat
Halo Infinite Season 3 is now live, as developer 343 Industries launches the game's biggest ever post-launch multiplayer update. Three new maps, a new weapon, a new piece of equipment and more are all available for players to try out within the game's free-to-play multiplayer suite. Alongside this substantial update is a neat bonus...
News Xbox Unveils Official 'Velocity Green' Controller, And It's Out Now
Team green
Although it leaked a few weeks ago, Microsoft has taken its sweet time in officially announcing the new Velocity Green Xbox controller. The company has done just that today though - and it's out now worldwide! This new pad is a part of the bright and brash flat colour lineup Microsoft has been building out since the launch of Xbox Series...
News These Six Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (March 7-21)
The latest official roundup of new titles
It's time for another official Xbox Game Pass roundup! Microsoft has today announced six games coming to the service in various forms for the early part of March, including Civilization VI and Valheim on console. Here's the full list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass over the next two weeks:...
Deals 500+ Games Added To This Week's Xbox Sales (March 7-14)
There are LOADS of promotions this week!
Following last week's huge 'Super Saver Sale' on Xbox live, Microsoft has unleash five different promotions onto us for the week of March 7th through March 14th, alongside its normal set of Deals with Gold offers. These promos cover a couple of different publisher sales for Bandai Namco and Capcom, along...
Report Xbox Feels UK CMA Has 'Significantly' Overestimated The Impact Of COD Exclusivity
If it ever happened
The UK Competition and Markets Authority is one of the various regulatory bodies currently overseeing Xbox's Activision Blizzard deal, with the authority consistently hypothesising why the deal could, and possibly should, be blocked. One of those reasons is related to Call of Duty, with the CMA even suggesting that
News Microsoft Granted Access To Certain Sony Docs As FTC Continues To Scrutinise ActiBlizz Deal
Some access granted, some denied
Many of you have probably been following Xbox's ongoing Activision Blizzard negotiations, with Microsoft still trying to secure regulatory approval for its mammoth deal. As was perhaps expected, Sony has become one of Microsoft's biggest obstacles for the deal going ahead, and it looks like the PlayStation owner will...
News Xbox Team Visits Kojima Productions To Kick Off 'Exciting Journey Ahead'
"Bringing engineering, cloud, marketing & production teams together"
One Xbox project that remains shrouded in mystery is the team's upcoming collaboration with Kojima Productions, of course headed up by famous developer Hideo Kojima. We know it's coming, we know it involves 'the cloud' in some fashion, but beyond that we've been largely left in the...