After receiving approval from the European Commission for the deal, Microsoft goes ahead with it’s $7.5 billion purchase of Bethesda’s parent company Zenimax, bringing Bethesda and other studios under the ownership of Microsoft. “This is an exciting day for Xbox. […]
In a move that is sure to shake up the industry, Microsoft announced today that they have acquired ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks. Microsoft now owns Bethesda and all of its studios — Bethesda Game Studios, id […]
Today Microsoft announced a November release month for their upcoming console, the Xbox Series X. In their blog post, the company doubled down on previous hardware promises, including 120 frames per second gameplay, ray tracing, and faster load times. They also […]
Back in April, it was announced that Rare’s Sea of Thieves, which was previously only available for PC through the Microsoft Store, would be coming to Steam. The Steam release date has now been confirmed as the 3rd of June, […]
Ah, Halo. A long and storied series of games. The first-person shooter franchise traces its roots back to 2001’s Halo: Combat Evolved, a title that established the Xbox as a major contender in the console arena and raised the profile of its […]
The World Premiere trailer for Blair Witch, set after the disappearance of a child in 1996, was undoubtedly one of the highlights of the conference so far. The graphics look pretty astonishing, even if buffed up for the purposes of […]
A typically dramatic countdown clock heralded the beginning of this year’s Microsoft contest, and we might be in for a good’un. Obsidian Entertainment opened the show with its sci-fi epic The Outer Worlds, which looks like an absolute bucketload of […]
Ninja Theory has taken the spot as Xbox Game Studios’ flagship new acquisition. They return, here, to share a game they had in the works long before they were bought out by one of the world’s largest corporations. The third-person […]
Microsoft revealed this week that it has acquired two independent RPG developer studios, Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment. The announcement came at Microsoft’s X018 event in Mexico city, known as a “global celebration of all things Xbox”. During the event, […]
The co-founder of Microsoft, the multinational technology company, Paul Allen, died at the age of 65 on Monday. According to Allen’s family, the 65-year old philanthropist died from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which is a cancer of the lymphatic system. […]
The Chinese gaming market has long been dominated by players on the PC, but 2018 has seen the Xbox One grow its popularity in the country, due in large part to the support offered between console and PC gamers. This […]
Let me start this opinion piece by stating that in no way am I biased towards the Xbox as a console. I have owned all major console releases from both Sony and Microsoft since the PlayStation 1 and have had favourites from […]
We recently published an article about Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemots assertion that the next generation of traditional consoles will be the last, as the industry moves away from physical copies of games and towards streaming. Well now, according to a […]
Ah, Halo. The Xbox’s original killer app. A franchise with a long and storied history, the Halo series has been a mainstay in gaming culture for almost two decades. In most games, players assume the role of Master Chief, a […]
Xbox Game Pass is a pretty great idea, allowing players to work their way through a litany of titles for a low, flat monthly cost. To date, there are 200 games available via the subscription ranging from classic Xbox Live […]
Crackdown 3 is a mysterious beast. Since first being announced in 2014, it has succumbed to repeated delays and rumours of huge issues in the development process. That being said, E3 seemed to be something of a renaissance for the […]
Those of us who are currently running Windows 10 on our home/office computers will know that the Xbox application comes installed as standard, and aims to bring the games console closer to the PC, and vice-versa. It does this by […]
Well E3 is over, and we’ve spent the time since trying to take stock of what the hell just happened. It was games galore this year, albeit with no new hardware. Microsoft announced a staggering 50 new Xbox titles, with […]
Texture Artist Rogelio Olguin, who has been a part of the Naughty Dog team for over 6 years and played a pivotal creative role in The Last of Us and Uncharted series, is leaving the developer after receiving an offer […]
At this year’s E3, Phil Spencer took to the stage during the Microsoft conference and presented many new developments in the world of Xbox. He hinted at a new direction for Microsoft, one where they focus on letting gamers play […]
