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Xbox’s AI Chatbot Could Be Your Gaming Assistant
2.4.2024
Microsoft is working on an AI-powered chatbot that will provide support for Xbox and associated services, The Verge has confirmed. The news has prompted some to draw comparisons with Clippy, the talking paperclip who once helped users compose letters and perform other tasks in Microsoft Office....
Everything We Saw At Xbox’s Partner Preview Stream
6.3.2024
Xbox held a Partner Preview showcase today, which put spotlight on a handful of third-party games coming to Xbox Series X|S. If you missed the show and want to watch the 30-minute presentation, you can check out the full video below. If you just want to know the highlights, click through to...
Xbox's Biggest Surprise Hit Of 2023 Is Coming To Switch 2: Report
22.2.2024
Xbox recently announced that four of its older titles would be going multiplatform, and finally detailed which games would be making the leap earlier this week. Among the games is Hi-Fi Rush, Bethesda and Tango Gameworks’ surprising rhythm-action game that came out of nowhere early last year....
What's behind Xbox’s platform (& subscriber) moves?
21.2.2024
Also: some more public pitch decks & lots of news
Xbox's Hi-Fi Rush Coming To PS5 In March
21.2.2024
It looks like Hi-Fi Rush, long-rumored to be coming to other platforms besides Xbox and PC, will finally make that leap next month based on a leaked trailer from Bethesda. Read more
Helldivers 2 Explodes, Xbox's Future Is Revealed, And More Of The Week's Biggest News
17.2.2024
This week, after days of swirling rumors and fan speculation, Phil Spencer and other Xbox bigwigs finally pulled back the curtain (a little bit, at least) on what the future holds for the console and the Xbox brand. Sony also hinted at what 2025 will bring for the PlayStation 5 (or at least what...
Everything We Know About Xbox’s Big Indiana Jones Game
19.1.2024
First announced in 2021, Bethesda and Xbox’s Indiana Jones and The Great Circle is shaping up to be the game Indy fans (myself included) have long wanted. Sure, Uncharted and modern Tomb Raider games served up plenty of pulpy video game adventures, but finally, the world is getting the big-budget...
Everything We Saw At Xbox’s January Developer Direct
18.1.2024
Xbox just held its January Developer Direct, which showcased a handful of its upcoming first-party games. If you missed out on the 50-minute stream and want to watch the whole thing, you can watch it here on Xbox’s YouTube channel, but if you want a quick rundown of everything they showed, read...
How And When To Watch Xbox’s Developer Direct 2024
16.1.2024
Xbox’s Developer_Direct stream returns this year, promising a close look at some of Microsoft’s upcoming titles, including actual gameplay and conversations with devs for various titles. If you’d like to get a sense of what to expect and when to tune in, we’ve got you covered.Read more
Xbox’s Biggest Flop Was A Decade Ahead Of Its Time
18.12.2023
The Xbox One stumbled out of the gate when it launched back in 2013. But in the decade since, it’s become a bit easier to appreciate Microsoft’s ambitions and foresight with its third console. It combined a console, streaming device, and Blu-Ray player into the original all-in-one media player....
Xbox's Big 2024 Xbox Exclusive Looks Intense AF
8.12.2023
Developer Ninja Theory showed up and showed out during The Game Awards, dropping a new trailer for the atmospheric and brutal action-adventure game Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, and I’ve got chills running down my spine after watching that dark, gripping video.Read more
Starfield Will Support One Of Xbox’s Lowkey Best Features
1.8.2023
Starfield is the latest Xbox Series X/S exclusive to support Xbox Play Anywhere, the feature that lets players buy the game once and then access it on both console and PC. No, it doesn’t count for Steam versions of the game, but in a world where the biggest console blockbusters are increasingly...
Xbox’s Top 10 Bestselling Games Are Mostly Old Xbox 360 Call Of Dutys
20.7.2023
Quick, without looking it up (or I guess remembering the headline) what’s currently the bestselling game on Xbox? Elden Ring? Maybe a new Call of Duty? Perhaps that popular Diablo IV? Nope! It’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for Xbox 360. And the rest of the top 10 is filled with other classic...
Xbox's strategy: more first-party, more targeting, more PC
19.6.2023
Also: Steam's new client wishlist changes & lots of game discovery news
Xbox's Last Big Exclusive Was Missing From Showcase After Getting Panned
11.6.2023
Microsoft’s 2023 Xbox Showcase was filled with a ton of cool games and a deep-dive into Starfield, the platform’s biggest blockbuster in a long time. What it didn’t include was any mention of Redfall, the multiplayer vampire shooter that came to Game Pass a month ago and promptly bombed. Read more
Everything Shown At Xbox's Big Summer Showcase
11.6.2023
Today, June 11, Xbox took the stage during Geoff Keighley’s big not-E3 Summer Game Fest 2023 extravaganza to show off the future of Xbox and Game Pass. Microsoft has struggled in recent years to release big hits and this year’s Redfall flop didn’t help right the ship. So today was a big deal...
Fable, Xbox's Big Fantasy RPG, Gets New Teaser After Being MIA For A Bit
11.6.2023
Today, during Summer Game Fest 2023, we got a very brief look at the next big Fable game via newly released CG, featuring The IT Crowd’s Richard Ayoade, plus a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it glimpse of in-game footage. The latest reveal of this much-delayed upcoming RPG happened during today’s Xbox...
Xbox's Starfield Controller Looks Real, Will Absolutely Take My Money
2.6.2023
The saga of the Starfield Xbox controller has been going on for months, but we now have our best confirmation yet that the sleek retro-sci-fi-styled gamepad is potentially real and coming this summer. It might just be my favorite-looking Xbox Series X/S controller yet. Read more
Not Even The Official Account For Xbox’s Big New Shooter Was Safe From Microsoft’s Leak Takedown
1.5.2023
Redfall, Arkane’s new co-op, immersive-sim, vampire-killer game is out on May 2, and naturally leaks of the game are spilling out on Twitter. At the same time, the official Twitter account for the title is doing its usual round of hype promo posts. The timing of these two forces, however, can lead...
The Best Version Of Xbox’s Next Big Exclusive Won’t Arrive At Launch
12.4.2023
Just days after Redfall gameplay footage from IGN was lampooned across the internet for looking stiff and unimpressive, Microsoft revealed that its first big blockbuster of 2023 won’t support 60fps at launch. It’s another disappointing data point for a first-person shooter arriving as a new-gen...