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YesterdayTue, 26th May 2020
Rumour GTA 6 Might Not Be Released Until 2023 Or Later
According to new marketing figures
Earlier this month, it was suggested by industry insider Jason Schreier that GTA 6 was "years away," but no specific dates were mentioned. Now, website Venture Beat has pointed out that Take-Two is expecting to spend $89.2 million on marketing throughout fiscal 2024 (ending March 31, 2024), which is a far larger...
News Phil Spencer Reveals His Current Favourite Xbox Soundtrack
It's not what you might expect
Xbox boss Phil Spencer recently appeared on the Talking Games With Reggie And Harold podcast, and was questioned about his music habits. Asked about what he's listening to right now, as well as his favourite piece of music from the videogame space, Spencer highlighted the soundtrack from 2017's The Flame in the Flood:...
News Xbox Head Phil Spencer: We Were In A Tough Spot Six Years Ago
"The team had lost trust in the leadership"
Xbox head Phil Spencer recently appeared on the Talking Games With Reggie and Harold podcast with former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé and author/journalist Harold Goldberg. In a question regarding the biggest challenge he's faced during his career, Spencer highlighted the period when he...
News Microsoft To Donate Xbox Series X To Nonprofit New York Charity
Update: Surprise revealed
Update (Tue 26th May, 2020 18:15 BST): This surprise turned out to be directly related to the 'Talking Games With Reggie & Harold' podcast. At the end of the show, Phil Spencer revealed that Microsoft is donating an Xbox Series X to the New York Videogame Critics Circle's nonprofit organisation, which is working to...
News IGN's Summer of Gaming Event Will Feature Xbox Series X Games
Next-gen footage on the way
IGN has revealed a schedule for its upcoming Summer of Gaming event, which will feature brand-new game reveals, exclusive footage, details on Cyberpunk 2077, next-gen footage and more. Some of the highlights from an Xbox Series X perspective include exclusive gameplay for Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Scarlet Nexus, although...
News Here Are Your Xbox Games With Gold For June 2020
Spanning all three generations of Xbox
Microsoft has now officially announced all four Xbox Games With Gold titles for June 2020. As always, these games are available to download for free for Xbox Live Gold members (including subscribers to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate). You'll find the full list of June 2020's games with descriptions below. Xbox One:...
Talking Point Do You Agree With The Highest-Rated Xbox Games On Metacritic?
The best of the best?
It's been almost twenty years since we first got our hands on the original Xbox, and thousands of games have since between released across three generations of Xbox consoles. Throughout that time, website Metacritic has been producing weighted average scores for the vast majority of Xbox titles based on critical reviews. And...
News No Man's Sky Is Coming To Xbox Game Pass In June
"It seems like a natural and timely step"
Hello Games has announced that it's bringing No Man's Sky to Xbox Game Pass in June. Additionally, a Windows 10 PC version of the game is on its way to the Microsoft Store. In a post on Xbox Wire, programmer Sean Murray said it was a "natural and timely step" to bring No Man's Sky to Xbox Game Pass almost...
News Sonic Games Are Releasing More Slowly For Quality Reasons, Says Sega
"It used to be like every year there was a new Sonic game"
In a recent livestream on the official Sonic the Hedgehog YouTube channel, social media manager Aaron Webber was asked a question about when new information or a trailer would be revealed for an upcoming Sonic game. In response, Webber revealed that Sega made a conscious effort a few years...
Deals Over 150 Games, Bundles & Add-Ons In This Week's Xbox Live Sale
New offers live
Update: Xbox Live's Major Nelson has now released a full breakdown of every deal included in this week's sale. Original Story: It's that time of the week again! Microsoft has unveiled another set of weekly Xbox Live deals, and as usual there are lots of discounts on a whole host of Xbox titles to take advantage of. That said, Xbox...
News Microsoft Has Created An Official Pre-Order Page For The Xbox Series X
"Coming soon"
Eagle-eyed Xbox fans have noticed that Microsoft has created an official pre-order page for the Xbox Series X on the Microsoft Store, although pre-orders haven't gone live as of yet ("coming soon"). The page itself goes into a breakdown of some of the new features coming to Xbox Series X, reiterating it as "the most powerful Xbox...
News Minecraft Dungeons Is Now Available With Xbox Game Pass
Play on Xbox One and PC
The time has finally arrived! Minecraft Dungeons is now available for Xbox One and Windows 10 PC, and you can also begin playing it with Xbox Game Pass. If you've already pre-installed the game, you're all ready to go. If not, Minecraft Dungeons only has a 2.69GB file size, so it hopefully shouldn't take too long to...
News The First Two DLC Packs For Minecraft Dungeons Might Have Been Leaked
Possible spoilers ahead
Minecraft Dungeons is out today on Xbox Game Pass, Xbox One, and multiple other platforms, and guess what? It looks like Mojang's first two DLC packs for the game might have already been leaked. A few days ago, a Reddit user by the name of zozozrobv2 posted artwork and screenshots on the game's subreddit that looked rather...
Monday25th May 2020
Poll Do You Think The Xbox Lockhart Will Be Revealed In June?
Give us your thoughts
Ever since it was first rumoured, we've been eagerly wondering when/if Microsoft will unveil the Xbox Lockhart (or 'Xbox Series S') console. This is said to be a cheaper, less-powerful next-gen system compared to the Xbox Series X, but it hasn't been mentioned at all by the company so far. Despite this, rumours continue to...
News Mortal Kombat Co-Creator: Next-Gen Load Times Will Open New Doors
Ed Boon reveals his thoughts
Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon recently appeared as part of Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest Q&A, and gave some brief thoughts on both the Xbox Series X and PS5 (thanks Twinfinite). Responding to a question of how excited he is about the possibilities of the two next-gen consoles, Boon highlighted both systems'...
News Microsoft Is Giving Away A Limited Edition Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox One X
In the US/CA/MX
The upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox One X Limited Edition Bundle will feature the final limited edition version of the console to ever be released, and will be restricted to only 45,000 units. But if you're lucky, you might win one for free! This competition is taking place on Twitter, and is only available to fans aged 18 or over in...
News Sherlock Holmes Chapter One Announced For Xbox One & Next-Gen
Watch the reveal trailer
Developer Frogwares has announced that it's bringing Sherlock Holmes Chapter One to current-gen (including Xbox One) and "next gen" platforms in 2021. The game will be a prequel focusing on the early career of the detective. You can watch the reveal trailer for the game above, which is set in Holmes' Mediterranean island...
Review Formula Retro Racing - The Next Best Thing To Virtua Racing On Xbox One
Virtua Tracing
Sega’s seminal 1992 arcade game Virtua Racing has aged like a fine wine. As one of the first ever polygonal racing games, until recently it was considered a bit visually basic by today’s standards. All that changed when Sega re-released the game on Switch with a 1080p and 60fps polish, and suddenly it looked like a cool, stylised,...
News Here's When Minecraft Dungeons Goes Live On Xbox One Tomorrow
Also on Xbox Game Pass
Minecraft Dungeons is undoubtedly one of the most highly-anticipated releases of the month, and it officially drops on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC tomorrow, May 26th. The game will also be included with Xbox Game Pass, so subscribers will be able to play it at no extra charge. But when exactly does it go live on the Microsoft...
News Is Ubisoft Teasing A Return Of The Scott Pilgrim VS. The World Game?
It's about time
Remember the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Xbox 360 game? It was released as an Xbox Live Arcade title back in August 2010, but was later delisted in December 2014. Now, after six long years, Ubisoft might finally be teasing its return. Back on May 21st, Bryan Lee O'Malley tweeted to "bring back the Scott Pilgrim game," and Ubisoft...
News We'll Get Our First Look At Madden NFL 21 In Just A Few Days' Time
"So much more than a name..."
EA Sports gave us a brief hint of what to expect from Madden NFL 21 during Microsoft's Inside Xbox event earlier this month, but now a proper first look is on the way. Unfortunately, there isn't much detail to go on for now. EA has simply stated that a first look is "coming soon" with a date of Monday, 1st June 2020,...
UK Charts Maneater Chomps Its Way Into The Top Ten
These sales are some-fin else
It's UK charts roundup time! There were two new entries in the UK top ten all formats chart last week. The first was 'ShaRkPG' Maneater, which got off to a fantastic debut in sixth place, while Saints Row: The Third Remastered also enjoyed an impressive start in seventh. Both were only released a few days ago on May...
News New Gameplay To Be Revealed This Week For Xbox Series X Game Outriders
The first instalment of the Outriders Broadcast
Square Enix has revealed that brand-new gameplay will be unveiled this week for upcoming Xbox Series X (and Xbox One) game Outriders, which is currently targeting a Holiday 2020 release date. In a press release, the company revealed that the inaugural "Outriders Broadcast" will take place on May 28th...
News Xbox One X Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition Bundle Gets A Release Date In Japan
Pre-orders go live
We've heard a lot about the Xbox One X Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition Bundle since it was revealed back in April, but until now we haven't received a concrete release date. Xbox Japan has now confirmed that the bundle will go live nationwide on June 8, 2020, and pre-orders are already available. In a statement on
Sunday24th May 2020
News You Can Now Pre-Order The Official Art Of Halo Infinite Book
From Amazon US
Halo Infinite is surely one of the most highly-anticipated launch titles in Xbox history, so it's no surprise to learn that an official art book is in the works. You can now pre-order The Art of Halo Infinite from Amazon US for $39.99, which currently has a release date of December 29, 2020. We say "currently," because it's written...
Guide These 100+ Games All Have Free Trials On Xbox One
Including some major titles
We don't know about you, but we sometimes come across games on the Microsoft Store with free trials that we weren't even aware of. Publishers typically announce these trials separately from Microsoft, so it's easy to miss them when they come along, even for major games and franchises. We also haven't noticed any...
News There's An Xbox Smart Delivery Game Releasing Next Week
Indie title The Last Scape
If you've been browsing next week's list of new Xbox One releases particularly closely, you might have noticed that indie title The Last Scape (May 29) will feature Xbox Smart Delivery support, allowing you to play the next-gen version at no extra cost when it's eventually released on Xbox Series X. The obviously confirms...
Talking Point What June 2020 Xbox Games With Gold Do You Want?
Give us your wishlist
It's almost time for another set of Xbox Games with Gold titles! The month of May has seen V-Rally 4, Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr, Sensible World of Soccer and Overlord II all given away for free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers, and another four games will soon be on the way. If you haven't done it yet, you can...
News Pac-Man Teams Up With Minecraft To Celebrate His 40th Anniversary
Waka-waka!
This week, Pac-Man celebrates his 40th anniversary. Yep, he's been around for 40 long years now gobbling up high-scores in arcades all around the world. As part of the celebrations, Bandai Namco has teamed up with the gang at Mojang to release a special themed DLC in Minecraft. This new pack, available now in the Marketplace for 1340...
Saturday23rd May 2020
News Action Village Building Game Drake Hollow Will Launch On Xbox Game Pass
Free beta now available
Developer The Molasses Flood (The Flame In The Flood) has announced that action village building game Drake Hollow is coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Steam on July 17th. And the best bit? It's also going to be available with Xbox Game Pass on day one. Drake Hollow centres around the idea of building and defending villages...
