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Xbox Players Can Now Have The Same Gamertag, If They Don’t Mind Numbers At The End

Frustrated that someone else got the Xbox Gamertag you wanted before you did? Thanks to changes implemented by Microsoft this week, players can now choose a Gamertag that’s already in use, as long as they don’t mind having a hashtag and random numbers next to their display name. There can be only one MasterChief, MajorNelson…

Microsoft Ends Xbox Backward Compatibility Efforts With A Final Batch Of Games

Some bittersweet news this E3: Microsoft has announced another batch of games from the original Xbox and Xbox 360 that it will bring to the Xbox One via backward compatibility—but it’ll be the final batch. “After this week, we have no plans to add additional Original Xbox or Xbox 360 titles to the catalog on…

Hands-On With Microsoft’s New Elite Controller

The current Elite is already the best controller (a lot of) money can buy, but Microsoft is showing off a new and improved version at E3, which you can get a closer look at in this video. Stephen got some time with the controller earlier today, and aside from some general specs and features rundowns…

It Took Over 400,000 Lego Bricks To Build This Car

For both Lego and Forza fans, one of the coolest things on stage during yesterday’s Microsoft E3 2019 press conference was a full-scale Lego brick McLaren Senna, punctuating the announcement of Forza Horizon 4‘s Lego Speed Champions expansion. It’s made of more than 400,000 Lego bricks, along with some real car bits. The body is…

Age of Empires II is 20 years old in 2019, and so here we have a Definitive Edition of the game due out later this year to celebrate, with 4K visuals, remastered audio and a new campaign. It’ll be available on Xbox Game Pass for PC.

Everything Microsoft Announced At E3 2019

The first details on a powerful new Xbox console, release dates for anticipated games like Cyberpunk 2077, and another developer acquired by Xbox Game Studios led Microsoft’s packed slate of announcements for its E3 briefing on Sunday. Project Scarlett, the next-generation Xbox console, will be released for the 2020 holiday season. Halo Infinite will launch…

A Brand New Look At Halo Infinite, Which Will Be An Xbox Scarlett Launch Title

Microsoft finally showed off some more footage for Halo Infinite—a weighty name for the sixth major game in the 18-year-old franchise. Halo Infinite will launch on Windows 10, Xbox One and Xbox’s newly-announced Project Scarlett console fall, 2020. Rightfully so, Halo fans were very curious about what the actual game would look like. Today’s trailer…

Microsoft Announces Project Scarlett, The Next-Gen Xbox

Microsoft today teased some of its first plans for Project Scarlett, the next-generation Xbox, and the buzzwords make it sound impressive: up to 120 frames-per-second, a solid state drive, ray-tracing, and so on. It’ll be out in the fall of 2020. And of course, Halo Infinite will be a launch title. “For us, the console…

It’s Official: Elden Ring Is A Collaboration Between George R.R. Martin And The Developers Of Dark Souls

Game of Thrones and Dark Souls are colliding. A trailer for a new From Software game called Elden Ring was shown at E3 2019’s Microsoft press conference today. The catch: it’s set in a fictional world designed by Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki and best-selling author George R.R. Martin. Elden Ring’s announcement isn’t a complete…

Forza Horizon 4 Gets A Lego Expansion This Week

Apparently, the Forza Horizon team is creating expansion packs by reaching directly into my mind and rummaging around for a bit. The Lego Speed Champions expansion for Forza Horizon 4 assembles on June 13. Shades of Forza Horizon 3‘s Hot Wheels expansion, the Lego Speed Champions expansion pack gives racers a Lego wonderland to race…

Gears 5 Coming Out On September 10

Are you ready to chainsaw some more Locusts and (hopefully) spelunk the innards of another giant worm? Well, good news: Gears 5 is coming out on September 10. Microsoft announced the date today during its E3 press conference. It also showed off new trailers and announced a new mode called “Escape.” In Escape, a squad…

Microsoft Buys Psychonauts 2 Developer Double Fine Productions

Surprising the audience in attendance at its E3 2019 press conference (and basically everyone), Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Double Fine, the studio that made Psychonauts and is currently working on its sequel. Taking the stage alongside Microsoft’s Matt Booty, Double Fine head Tim Schafer joked that he’s a “team player” who’ll make…

New Microsoft Flight Simulator Looks Uncannily Like Real Life

Announced today and releasing in 2020, the upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator looks greater than fiction. Apparently, its hyper-realistic graphics are a product of AI technology and satellite data. “From light planes to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and stunning aircraft in an incredibly realistic world,” the trailer’s description reads. “Create your flight plan and fly…

The new Battletoads is going to have plenty of side-scrolling scrapping. Microsoft showed off its first gameplay trailer today during its E3 press conference, and it looks like developers Dlala Studios and Rare decided not to fix what wasn’t broken. Get ready to be infuriated by cartoon toads (in a mostly good way) all over…

Cyberpunk 2077 Comes Out In April 2020, Will Feature Keanu Reeves

Well, ain’t that some shit. It’s Keanu Reeves in CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk 2077, which comes out April 16, 2020. John Wick himself appeared on stage during Microsoft’s E3 2019 presser to announce his presence in the game as well as the release date. Watch him being Keanu in the trailer below. Remember Johnny Mnemonic? Maybe…

There’s Going To Be A Blair Witch Video Game

Back in 1999, we all thought that the Blair Witch Project was real and we definitely didn’t think about video game tie-ins. But that’s what we have. Blair Witch was announced today at the 2019 E3 press conference. There’s a missing kid and a loyal dog, and hopefully plenty of scares. The trailer featured a…

The Surprise Skateboarding Game From Last E3 Won’t Be There This Year

At around this time last year, an indie skateboarding game called Session became, through no fault of its own, the biggest letdown of Microsoft’s E3 press conference. In 2018, hope and enthusiasm for an imagined Skate 4 ran amok, an idea that was briefly fueled by the presence of a skateboard at the Microsoft show.…

Xbox Apparently Thinks Gamers Want Neon Green Body Wash

Actual marketing copy for Xbox’s upcoming body wash: “Lift Your GAME.” According to GameSpot, Xbox will release a line of personal hygiene products this summer called Xbox Lynx. Lynx is the name that Axe is marketed by in Australia, New Zealand, China and elsewhere outside the U.S. My Xbox isn’t something I associate with the…

In A Few Weeks, Minecraft: Story Mode Will Be Impossible To Download [Update]

In the aftermath of development studio Telltale’s closure, games like Tales From The Borderlands and Batman: The Telltale Series were delisted from major stores like Steam and GOG. Now, that hissing green creeper has finally come for Minecraft: Story Mode. The story-based Minecraft spinoff is about to get delisted from stores. However, in this case,…

One Year Later, Did Microsoft (And Friends) Keep Their E3 2018 Promises?

E3 2019 is just around the corner, and it’s going to look very different this year without PlayStation. Before we look to the future and are blinded by the razzle-dazzle of trailers and announcements at this year’s event, we need to address what happened in 2018. As we ask every year: Did the three big…