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Castle Crashers, one of the first great indie action games for consoles, is getting a remaster on the Xbox One. It’s due this Summer.

Xbox One Getting New Dashboard UI

As part of an update due in the Fall, the Xbox One will be getting a new dashboard user interface. Looks nice! Microsoft is promising improvements to things like community interaction (via a new friends list system), but most important to users will be the pledge that this is going to be faster than the…

Rare Is Making A Pirate Game, And It Looks Rad

Rare calls it their most ambitious game yet: introducing Sea of Thieves, an Xbox One/PC game all about being a pirate. That means: sailing, ships, swashbuckling sea captains. The best parts of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag, but playable with your friends, judging from the footage debuted today. Awesome! Some deets: You’ll have access to land…

Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Is The Good Kind Of Crazy, Costs $150

Much more than just a stereo headphone jack, Microsoft’s newly-revealed Xbox Elite Wireless Controller is a modular, remap-able and tweak-able work of engineering art. We knew there was a new Xbox One controller coming, but this is much more than wse expected. Bits come off and move around. Steering wheel controller-style paddles in the back…

Xbox One users get Fallout 3 free with Fallout 4 Suppose that’s one of the benefits of backwards compatibility. From the official press release: “All purchases of Fallout 4 on Xbox One will include a token for Fallout 3 through the first 90 days after Fallout 4’s release.”

Fallout 4 On Xbox One Will Have Mods [UPDATE]

Any mods created on the PC version of Fallout 4? Xbox One players will be able to play that too, Todd Howard announced during Microsoft’s E3 presser. Wow! Howard didn’t share any specifics, but regardless of how the modding situation works, it does mean that console players will get a taste of just how bonkers…

An Extended Look At The Halo 5 Campaign

Microsoft kicked off today’s presser with some footage of Halo 5’s story, and it looks like a blast. You’ll control two squads: one by Master Chief, and one by Locke, the Spartan that is hunting down the chief. Both will let you experience drop in/drop out 4-player co-op. Here is a short gameplay clip that…

E3 2015: Microsoft Press Conference Liveblog 

Microsoft’s E3 press conference is about to begin. Can’t follow along with the livestream? Fear not. We’ve got you covered. “`

Watch Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]

From Gears of War to Halo 5, Microsoft’s E3 2015 press conference will be full of people shooting aliens in various ways. We’ll also see some Tomb Raider, some Rare, and maybe some other solid surprises, too. Microsoft’s presser starts at 12:30pm ET. (The full E3 press conference schedule is here. Read our liveblog right…

We Hear There’s A Rare Collection Coming To Xbox One

For months now we’ve been chasing down a rumor that Microsoft plans to release a collection of Rare games for Xbox One this summer to mark the storied company’s 30th anniversary. Today, a Kotaku reader sent over a retail image that seems to corroborate this rumor. GameStop is listing an entry for something called “RareReplay,”…

A U.S. judge has sentenced 23-year-old David Pokora to 18 months in prison for his involvement in a group that stole software from Microsoft, Valve and other companies. (Read more about Pokora and crew in this piece.)

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Halo: ODST is now dropping in for owners of the Master Chief Collection Players who purchased and played the Xbox One collection before December 19 of last year are starting to get their codes for the remastered ODST campaign. Folks falling outside of that window will be able to purchase the campaign separately for $4.99“soon.”

Oh Hey, a New Xbox One Controller with a Headphone Jack [UPDATE]

The PS4’s DualShock 4 has a headphone jack that allows you to plug whatever headphones into the controller. The Xbox One’s controller, however, only has proprietary port. Make that, only had. As revealed on the Xbox Supportwebsite (via Eurogamer), an upcoming version of the Xbox One controller will have a standard 3.5mm headphone jack. Here’s…

Final Fantasy Agito is coming to Windows 10, Microsoft has announced. It should be out sometime this year. In case you missed it, check out Kotaku’s impressionsof Agito’s free-to-play mobile version.

Cows Invade Diablo III On Its Third Anniversary

Happy Birthday Diablo III! The game came out three years ago and an anniversary like this means a special event. This time it’s a Cowpocalypse, and it’ll be a nostalgic one for all Diablo fans. Effective immediately, we encourage all residents of Sanctuary to steer clear of the wilds. From dawn on May 15 to…

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Microsoft Punishes Gears of War Leakers [UPDATE]

UPDATE (7:12pm): Well now here’s an interesting addendum. Earlier today, following a number of video leaks from a wide-scale beta test of the upcoming Gears of War remake, the game testing company VMC said in a memo that Microsoft had both permanently banned the leakers from Xbox Live and temporarily disabled their consoles, rendering them…

Destiny‘s Old Russia In LEGO Form

Inspired by the game’s original concept art, LEGO enthusiast Hunter Erickon rebuilt a tiny segment of the toxic, burnt grass area of Destiny with LEGO bricks. His set features rusted cars, a destroyed highway bridge, and a 6v6 battle between two Hunters, two Warlocks and two Titans in the ruins of modern day Kazakhstan. Gotta…

Square Enix’s Latest Tech Demo Looks Gorgeous

Square Enix teamed up with Microsoft to show what the upcoming DirectX 12 can do. How does 63 million polygons per scene sound? It sounds like a lot! Titled Witch Chapter 0 [cry], the demo was shown off at Microsoft Build and appears to feature Angi, the character who appeared in the previous tech demo…