Over the years, there have been many, many rumors surrounding live-action Halo movie and TV show adaptations. Despite living in development hell since its initially planned 2015 release date, Paramount+’s Halo TV show actually seems to be happening and releasing in 2022. The cast list has already been announced for the show and seems like it’s
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Despite being a great medium for it, I don’t think there are quite enough pirate games. Sure there’s the Monkey Island series and, yes, there was the wonderful Assassin’s Creed 4: Blackflag, but I still want more. Lucky for me, Sea of Thieves exists and has been receiving constant updates and events ever since its release in 2017. Unfortunately, it
Last year’s Microsoft Flight Simulator reminded many flight sim fans of why they love the genre. Its realistic plane models, incredible real-time weather tracking, and hyper-detailed cockpit interiors allowed gamers to escape the confines of their homes. This proved to be especially important in a year of lockdowns and quarantine. Today, the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 UK
If you’ve managed to get your hands on an Xbox Series X or S, you may have heard about the cool new controller sync features. If you haven’t, don’t worry, you’re not alone. The feature was absent from ads and hasn’t really been discussed until this week. Essentially, the new Pulse controllers make it easier
Microsoft has been intensely focusing on game development and game studio acquirement in recent times to help bolster their Xbox brand’s portfolio. As such, it’s not surprising that there have been rumblings from developers and industry insiders implying Xbox Game Studios will be releasing two unannounced games this year, according to several sources. The Xbox’s
Every time that Game Pass gets updated, it gets better. It seems like every month more and more games are coming to the platform solidifying its title as the “best deal in gaming.” This month is no different with nine more games headed to the service. Perhaps the biggest title coming to Game Pass on
Xbox Game Pass subscription, especially the Ultimate edition, is currently a big wild card that Microsoft has over Sony on its consoles, but the subscription service is seemingly supposed to grow more with some new features on the way: A family membership might be one of the biggest ones. Recently, when Phil Spencer was asked
Even though Microsoft may have struggled out of the gate at the start of the Xbox One era, it doesn’t seem as though the same issue has plagued the company here with the Xbox Series X and S. Over on the official Xbox website today, Microsoft revealed that the Xbox Series X/S launch has now
If you haven’t heard, that there Xbox Series X and S have both released around the globe today, officially kicking off Microsoft’s move into the next generation of consoles. To coincide with launch, one of the most notable faces at Xbox has released a new message. Over on Twitter, the official Xbox account shared a
There is no question whatsoever that Microsoft is the one console manufacturer that is starting to diversify where you can play its games. Not only do all first-party Xbox titles come to PC at this point, but Microsoft has also started to venture into cloud gaming with its xCloud service. Despite focusing on so many
It turns out that Epic Games’ ongoing battle against the powers that be over at Apple isn’t one they’ll have to fight alone. Recently, Microsoft filed a new statement in support of Epic that made clear the company’s stance on the whole situation. Specifically, Microsoft’s Kevin Gammill, who was the one who wrote the statement,
The Playstation 5 hardware reveal trailer that debuted in the PS5 showcase on July 11 turned some heads. Its cinematic use of a giant, amorphous blob of beads that moved to create the four button symbols was something straight out of the ending of Annihilation. All that creative work seemed to have paid off because,
Our Japanese peers at Game Watch recently published an interview with Final Fantasy XIV Producer Naoki Yoshida, where they most notably spoke about whether the MMO could come to Xbox consoles. It looks like Final Fantasy XIV on Xbox One and Xbox Series X isn’t a pipe dream. The Game Watch journalist first mentioned how
In the recent years leading up to the next generation of consoles head of Xbox Phil Spencer has been pushing the Xbox narrative away from exclusive titles and more towards gaming for all under the company’s umbrella. It is assumed that for the foreseeable future, first-party Xbox Series X titles will also release on Xbox
Xbox Game Pass continues to be arguably the most attractive service in video games. Giving players and possibly even more important, developers a platform to get their games in front of more eyes at little cost for consumers. This is even more relevant for all the developers a part of Xbox Game Studios. In an
Despite having purchased seven new studios from across the globe since 2018 to add to Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios publishing label, Phil Spencer, the Head of Xbox, still seems to have an interest in bringing aboard even more developers. In a new report by way of GamesIndustry.biz, Spencer expressed that Microsoft’s checkbook might not be
A few weeks back, it was reported that Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment might be looking to be sold off by parent company AT&T. At the time, publishers like Electronic Arts and Activision were said to be interested in purchasing the brand. Now, another interesting suitor has seemingly come forward. According to a new report from
Well, we had heard rumors about it last week, and this morning, Microsoft has made it official. The forthcoming Xbox Series X event that will be showing off first-party games that are planned to come to the platform is set to take place later this month on July 23. The news was announced via the
July has now officially kicked off, which means that Microsoft’s highly-anticipated Xbox Series X presentation that will feature looks at first-party titles coming to the platform is set to transpire within the next few weeks. While Phil Spencer and the team at Xbox have yet to publicly divulge when this event will be taking place,
In a report from Business Insider, Xbox’s Phil Spencer says the video game industry will start seeing an impact from COVID-19 in early 2021. “Mocap is just something that’s basically stopped. We’re not going into mocap studios,” says Spencer. “If you had all your animation captured and you’re doing touch up in more individual art
In the fallout of yesterday’s latest edition of Inside Xbox which finally gave us a look at which games were coming to Xbox Series X, some fans were disappointed by the showing. Most notably, the lack of actual gameplay for some titles was a big stick Now, Microsoft’s GM of Xbox Games Marketing, Aaron Greenberg,
As we begin to near May, those looking forward to Microsoft’s next-gen console the Xbox Series X have begun to wonder when we might start to see more of the games that are planned to be coming to the platform. Fortunately, it doesn’t sound like we’ll have to wait much longer to start seeing more
For the past year and a half or so, I’ve been gearing up for the release of Halo Infinite by revisiting every mainline game in the series. Despite having played nearly all entries countless times, this was the first instance in nearly a decade that I was finally returning to some of these classic shooters. I
It has been quite a long time since we’ve had a new edition of Inside Xbox — there hasn’t been a new episode in all of 2020 — but at long last, Microsoft is bringing back the showcase that’s dedicated to all things Xbox tomorrow. Occurring tomorrow on April 7, Inside Xbox is set to
New talk of Scalebound still manages to pop up, even when it’s been more than three years since its cancellation. Appearing on the latest episode on IGN’s Unlocked, Xbox head Phil Spencer was asked about the ill-fated project from PlatinumGames and any hope of its development restarting. “We’re not working on it,” Spencer said. “I’m
Xbox has a ton of IPs in its portfolio that people love but aren’t being used. This includes MechAssault, which happens to be the series Head of Xbox Phil Spencer would like to see revived. During an interview on IGN’s Podcast Unlocked, Executive Editor Ryan McCaffrey asked Spencer what dormant IP he would personally like
Ever since the rise of the coronavirus, industry and consumer folk alike are questioning the reality of next-gen consoles, specifically, whether or not they will actually come out in 2020 as planned. Recently we heard from Sony that the release of PlayStation 5 should not be affected and now we know how their competitors at
Microsoft has slowly lifted the veil on the Xbox Series X over the past few months, meaning that some of the final questions we have about the next-gen system are in terms of price and launch date. Despite an official price having yet to be announced by Microsoft, it seems as though internally, Microsoft hasn’t
UPDATE: Looks like Microsoft clearly rectified this mistake (if you can call it that) and changed back all versions of the Xbox Series X’s websites to read as “Holiday 2020.” Regardless, a November release window still seems extremely likely, even if Microsoft isn’t willing to commit to it just yet. The original story can be
With E3 2020 now officially canned, the immediate question on the minds of many shifted to what other publishers would be doing without the convention this summer. As for the team over at Xbox, it seems we now know how they’ll be adapting. Revealed on Twitter by the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, it was