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You Might (One Day) Be Able To Stream PC Games To An Xbox One

Microsoft’s Xbox boss Phil Spencer has told The Verge that the company is working on a way for users to be able to stream their PC games to an Xbox One console. We knew that Windows 10 (which is out today) would let you do theopposite (Xbox One-to-PC), but PC-to-Xbox One streaming is new. “We…

New Tomb Raider Will Come To PC and PS4 In 2016

Windows players will be able to play Rise of the Tomb Raider a few months after it launches on Xbox. PS4 gamers will have to wait a year. There’s been anger and disgruntlement at the exclusivity of Rise of the Tomb Raider, which was initially announced as an Xbox platform exclusive last August. Turns out…

The Witcher 3 Fan Animation Sums Up The Game Pretty Well

An animated parody of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, made by Matthew Shezmen, proves that being Geralt is not easy when there’s so much drama going. Dealing with monsters is the last thing to worry about: To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Now Everybody Can Stream Xbox One Games To Windows 10

With only a week and change to go before the July 29 official release of Windows 10, Microsoft has gone ahead and enabled the ability to stream games from the Xbox One to Windows 10 devices. With the feature emerging from preview into the hands of the masses, all one needs to remote play Xbox…

Japan, the Xbox One Isn’t Giving Up on You Just Yet

Even if it seems that Japan already has. The Japanese Xbox One launch was an utter disasterand recent console sales have been shockingly bad. No wonder that today in Tokyo, newly minted Microsoft Japan boss Takuya Hirano was asked during in a Q&A whether or not the Xbox One was going to be pulled from…

Nothing Says Intel and Computers Like Anime Art

As part of an promotional effort, Intel is holding a “personification contest” online in Japan. You know, see which anime style characters be resemble computers that run Intel. Or something. But! This kind of thing isn’t that unusual in Japan. Microsoft, for example, has hadseveral anime style mascot characters. The idea here, though, is that…

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Phantom Dust Has Quietly Disappeared

At E3 2014, Microsoft thrilled hardcore gamers by announcing a reboot of the Japanese cult classic Phantom Dust. E3 2015 was somewhat less thrilling: the new Phantom Dust has vanished, and it’s unlikely we’ll see it again. In February, we reported that Microsoft had cut ties with Darkside Games, the studio they’d hired to develop…

Xbox One Reaches a New Low in Japan

Just when you think Microsoft could do no worse in Japan, the console proves that, yes, it can do even worse. Much worse. After a dismal Japan launch and thenhorrible sales, the latest weekly Xbox One sales for Japan are, simply put, awful. During the week of June 8 to June 14, Microsoft sold a…

Gears of War Ultimate Edition is coming to PC. The Coalition studio head Rod Fergusson announced a PC version of the game tonight during the PC Game Show at E3 2015. Fergusson could not comment on the chances of Gears 4 coming to PC as well at this time.

Now that the Xbox One is backwards compatible, Microsoft is conducting a poll to see which Xbox 360 games should come to the new console first. You can chime in at the Xbox feedback website Contact the author at [email protected]

A Guided Tour Of The Pricey Xbox One Elite Controller

This fall’s Xbox One Elite Wireless Controller ispacked with killer controller tech, but $150? Perhaps a live walkthrough with Xbox senior marketing manager Navin Kumar can shed some light on the hefty price tag. Mind you most of the light being shed in this video is blue, thanks to the venue’s bad decisions, but the…

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. “`