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The new Xbox ad campaign is confused about what an Xbox is
14 Nov

The new Xbox ad campaign is confused about what an Xbox is

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These times are very trying and it’s understandable if someone goes a little off the deep end once in a while. Just like Norman Bates said in Psycho, “We all go a little mad sometimes.” However, a new Xbox ad campaign has us a little concerned.Microsoft launched a new marketing campaign for its Xbox consoles and cloud gaming service called “This is an Xbox.” It features posters and commercials with a bunch of different objects like a laptop, a smartphone and a Meta Quest 3 that are all “an Xbox.”We confirmed with a thorough fact check that all of those…
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The first Game Pass additions for November include Flight Simulator 2024 and Metal Slug Tactics
04 Nov

The first Game Pass additions for November include Flight Simulator 2024 and Metal Slug Tactics

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Xbox has the first wave of Game Pass additions for November. While there perhaps isn't anything quite on the mainstream blockbuster level of recent newcomer , there's still plenty worth paying attention to.Arguably the most notable new game to hit the service this month is Flight Simulator 2024. For the first time in the series, you'll be able to exit your aircraft and explore more than two dozen biomes. You can seemingly land anywhere in what's said to be the most detailed recreation of our world in the franchise so far. There are new weather features, including auroras. Meanwhile, you'll…
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Bloober Team’s next horror game is Cronos: The New Dawn
20 Oct

Bloober Team’s next horror game is Cronos: The New Dawn

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Bloober Team unveiled what it’s been working on at today’s Xbox Partner Showcase event. The studio showed off a cinematic trailer for Cronos: The New Dawn, which is a brand-new IP.The developer describes the game as “a twisted time travel story set in an unforgiving post-apocalyptic future.” It’s a third-person survival horror title that looks to have plenty of action. This is a far cry from the type of psychological horror games the studio cut its teeth on, like the Layers of Fear series. We spoke to Bloober Team last year and were told it was moving away from psychological…
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Remedy’s new game is FBC: Firebreak, a co-op shooter in the Control universe
20 Oct

Remedy’s new game is FBC: Firebreak, a co-op shooter in the Control universe

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After a long and winding road, Remedy Entertainment has unveiled its multiplayer follow-up to Control. FBC: Firebreak is for teams of three, and the trios will face down waves of enemies with an intriguing arsenal of weapons. For instance, the trailer shows a gatling gun of gloopy poison and a gun with a launching piston attached to the front for aerial attacks.Since FBC: Firebreak is set in the same world as Control (and Alan Wake II), there will be more for players to explore about this surreal place. The trailer showed off gunfights in the Federal Bureau of Control and…
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Craig Duncan to succeed Alan Hartman as Xbox Game Studios head
15 Oct

Craig Duncan to succeed Alan Hartman as Xbox Game Studios head

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The head of Xbox Game Studios Alan Hartman is set to retire at the end of November, marking an end to 30 years working at Microsoft. Appointed to succeed him is Craig Duncan, the studio head of Rare, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2002. To fill in for Duncan’s eventual departure from the studio, Joe Neate and Jim Horth will take over as co-leads of Rare, as seen in an internal memo seen by The Verge:In his new role, Craig will continue to focus on helping our studios deliver high-quality, differentiated game experiences that can grow into successful franchises…
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Xbox is hosting a partner showcase on October 17 at 1PM ET
14 Oct

Xbox is hosting a partner showcase on October 17 at 1PM ET

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Here's a little something to liven up the week in gamerland: Xbox is hosting a third-party games showcase on Thursday, October 17 at 1PM ET. A 4K, 60 fps stream will be available on YouTube in English with live subtitles in 16 other languages (Xbox will add subtitles for more languages after the fact). The Xbox channel will have versions of the show with audio description and American Sign Language (ASL). A British Sign Language version will be available on the Xbox On channel. You'll also be able to watch the stream in English and ASL on Twitch, as well…
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Xbox Cloud Gaming may finally let you stream your non-Game Pass purchases soon
13 Oct

Xbox Cloud Gaming may finally let you stream your non-Game Pass purchases soon

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Microsoft is expanding Xbox Cloud Gaming’s streaming capabilities to support titles that aren’t on Xbox Game Pass, reports. The company has stated its plans to let users stream games from their own libraries numerous times over the last few years, going back to the announcement of , but the feature hasn’t yet materialized. Now, Microsoft is ready to start testing it among Xbox Insiders in November, with plans to ultimately support thousands of games, according to The Verge, which cites sources “familiar with Microsoft’s plans.”Xbox players have long been asking for the option to stream games that they’ve purchased, rather…
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This Video Game Controller Has Become the US Military’s Weapon of Choice
04 Oct

This Video Game Controller Has Become the US Military’s Weapon of Choice

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In a future conflict, American troops will direct the newest war machines not with sprawling control panels or sci-fi-inspired touchscreens, but controls familiar to anyone who grew up with an Xbox or PlayStation in their home.Over the past several years, the US Defense Department has been gradually integrating what appear to be variants of the Freedom of Movement Control Unit (FMCU) handsets as the primary control units for a variety of advanced weapons systems, according to publicly available imagery published to the department’s Defense Visual Information Distribution System media hub.Those systems include the new Navy Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction…
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The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series finally arrives on Xbox
27 Sep

The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series finally arrives on Xbox

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Square Enix’s terrific Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series has finally made its way to Xbox. The 1980s and ’90s classics, which arrived on PC and mobile starting in 2021 and Switch and PS4 last year, are now available on Xbox Series X/S.The Xbox Store sells the six-game series in a $75 bundle ($60 for a limited time). Alternatively, you can buy the individual installments for prices ranging from $12 to $18 (on sale now for $9.59 to $14.39).The series remasters Final Fantasy I through Final Fantasy VI with updated pixel graphics designed to pop on modern HD displays. The games…
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Friend requests are returning to Xbox
11 Sep

Friend requests are returning to Xbox

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Xbox is its process for forming connections on the gaming platform. Its new method works like, well, just about every other social platform, where you'll send a friend request that is either accepted or denied.That sounds like the obvious way for this feature to function, but Xbox adopted a more passive approach to friends for the recent console generation. The way it works in the current system is that anybody can add another Xbox account to their follow list. When two accounts followed each other, they were upgraded to friends. MicrosoftThe change shouldn't yield much of a difference in players'…
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