One of the best Star Wars stories of the last decade joins Xbox Game Pass Ultimate — here’s when you can play it

What you need to know Star Wars Jedi: Survivor first launched back on April 28, 2023.  The sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order saw critical praise for improved level design and storytelling, and was the best-selling game of April 2023 in the U.S. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is joining EA Play on April 25, […]

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Want an Xbox VR headset? You will be able to get one soon, sort of.

What you need to know Meta just announced that the operating system that powers its popular virtual reality headsets will be available to other manufacturers. Microsoft, ASUS, and Lenovo are among the manufacturers that will produce devices running Meta Horizon OS. Meta and Microsoft will work together to create a limited-edition Meta Quest that’s inspired […]

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Valheim’s Ashlands biome update makes my favorite survival game even better, and you can play it now in public testing

What you need to know Valheim developer Iron Gate Studio has released Valheim’s major Ashlands update on the public test branch version of the game. It’s available to play now on both Steam and the Microsoft Store (PC Game Pass). The text below explains how to access this branch. The update massively overhauls the Ashlands […]

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As Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 keep reaching new heights with sky-high player counts, it highlights a new problem for Xbox

What you need to know Fallout mania continues into a new week, with Fallout 4 continuing to rise in concurrent player count on Steam.  Over the weekend, Fallout 76 hit a new all-time high concurrent player count, over five years after it first launched.  The trouble is that there’s nothing new on the horizon for […]

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As Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 keep reaching new heights with sky-high player counts, it highlights a new problem for Xbox

What you need to know Fallout mania continues into a new week, with Fallout 4 continuing to rise in concurrent player count on Steam.  Over the weekend, Fallout 76 hit a new all-time high concurrent player count, over five years after it first launched.  The trouble is that there’s nothing new on the horizon for […]

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As Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 keep reaching new heights with sky-high player counts, it highlights a new problem for Xbox

What you need to know Fallout mania continues into a new week, with Fallout 4 continuing to rise in concurrent player count on Steam.  Over the weekend, Fallout 76 hit a new all-time high concurrent player count, over five years after it first launched.  The trouble is that there’s nothing new on the horizon for […]

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As Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 keep reaching new heights with sky-high player counts, it highlights a new problem for Xbox

What you need to know Fallout mania continues into a new week, with Fallout 4 continuing to rise in concurrent player count on Steam.  Over the weekend, Fallout 76 hit a new all-time high concurrent player count, over five years after it first launched.  The trouble is that there’s nothing new on the horizon for […]

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After Embracer Group’s acquisitions and subsequent troubles, the company is splitting into three oddly-named entities

What you need to know Embracer Group finds itself back in the headlines as it announces it will be splitting into three separate entities.  The move follows studio closures and thousands of lay-offs after years of acquisitions, and all three new units will be listed on the Stockholm stock exchange.  The three new companies will […]

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Why THIS Kickstarter-backed game is the must-play Xbox Game Pass title this month

Quick menu Back in July 2020, a group consisting of veteran developers who created the classic JRPG franchise Suikoden, came together to announce a Kickstarter-backed spiritual successor called Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. This game sets out to pay tribute to Suikoden as well as other JRPGs from the PlayStation One-era with a traditional turn-based combat […]

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From new Xbox games to AR glasses, here are my favorite things I saw at my very first GDC

Quick menu The Game Developers Conference is an annual event in San Francisco, CA that draws thousands of developers, journalists, creators, company representatives, and more. It’s a week-long event filled with educational summits and lectures, secretive meetings behind closed doors, product reveals and demos, and a lot of networking between people. GDC 2024 is the […]

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Fallout TV series Season 2 FAQ: News, timeline, and everything you need to know

Quick Menu Bethesda Game Studios has worked on its iconic post-apocalyptic game franchise since before it was acquired in 2007, and the series keeps getting bigger. After numerous games, Bethesda teamed up with Kilter Films and Amazon MGM Studios in order to bring the world of Fallout to a new medium on Prime Video. With […]

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This one exclusive game almost made me buy a PlayStation, but it’s finally been rated for Xbox

What you need to know Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a third-person action-adventure with platforming and puzzles developed and published by Ember Lab.  The game launched in 2021 as a PlayStation console exclusive, with Epic Games Store holding exclusivity on PC. Kena: Bridge of Spirits Deluxe Edition was rated T by the ESRB for the […]

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Pawns are now less likely to die or explode after new Dragon’s Dogma 2 patch

What you need to know Capcom has announced on social media upcoming gameplay changes and fixes for its action-RPG, Dragon’s Dogma 2, in future patches. These gameplay changes include adjusting the Dragonsplague mechanic, Pawn AI behavior, and other miscellaneous features. Dragonsplague is an infamous mechanic in Dragon’s Dogma 2 that subtly turns the player’s Pawn […]

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Pawns are now less likely to die or explode after new Dragon’s Dogma 2 patch

What you need to know Capcom has announced on social media upcoming gameplay changes and fixes for its action-RPG, Dragon’s Dogma 2, in future patches. These gameplay changes include adjusting the Dragonsplague mechanic, Pawn AI behavior, and other miscellaneous features. Dragonsplague is an infamous mechanic in Dragon’s Dogma 2 that subtly turns the player’s Pawn […]

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Manor Lords FAQ: Release date, Xbox, Early Access, price, and other questions answered

Quick Menu If you enjoy medieval games, city-builders, and commanding units in strategic battles, you’ll likely fall in love with one of 2024’s most highly anticipated new releases: Manor Lords. Developed entirely by Slavic Magic’s solo developer Greg Styczeń over the course of many years, it’s a passion project that’s resonating with thousands of gamers […]

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Diablo 4 on Xbox Game Pass, Season 4 learnings, Diablo TV show? Blizzard’s Rod Fergusson talked to us about all things Diablo.

Welcome to the start of our Diablo 4 Season 4 coverage! Kickstarting with Part 1 of an exclusive interview with Diablo Franchise General Manager, Rod Fergusson.  It’s been a rollercoaster few years for Diablo fans. We’ve seen the release of a highly anticipated remaster in Diablo 2: Resurrected, alongside some of the most fan-centric Season […]

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What does Microsoft’s big NetEase-Blizzard partnership mean for Xbox? An analysis.

Back in 2008, Blizzard Entertainment signed an agreement with Chinese tech giant NetEase to be the exclusive partner for publishing their games in the region. World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, to Overwatch, and more, NetEase and Blizzard served millions upon millions of fans in China for fourteen years, until things went south.  In 2022, Blizzard […]

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