Dave Mongan is a narrative director working at Xbox Game Studios Publishing, and his LinkedIn profile is now drawing a lot of attention as he reveals that there’s an unannounced AAA open-world title under development for Microsoft platforms. As you may know, Xbox Game Studios Publishing often works with other external studios that based on
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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
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition launched for Xbox One and Steam, and a brand new launch gameplay trailer released alongside it. The trailer depicts the various zombie types in all their disgusting, rotting glory as the survivors comes together to launch their assault against the undead threat. You can watch the launch trailer posted just
Sea of Thieves has received its latest free update Crews of Rage which introduces very angry treasure chests and lots of fire. There’s also some fancy-looking rewards for players to earn as well as cosmetics up for grabs on the Black Market. Crews of Rage is the latest free content update to hit the multiplayer pirate title
Although we still have a little while to go before we get our hands on 343’s next entry in the Halo universe, Halo Infinite, the developers behind the game wanted to share a very important and special nugget of information with their fans on how they will be implementing all those scary and intimidating alien noises –
Developer Electric Square and publisher Microsoft Studios have released Forza Street, a free-to-play racer, on Windows 10. The game will also be coming to iOS and Android at a later date this year. This simplified version of Forza will be the first in the series to come to a platform other than PC or Xbox.
In the busiest week of new releases of 2019 so far, Ubisoft’s Far Cry New Dawn has come out ahead of the rest. For the seventh week of the year, Far Cry New Dawn topped the rest of last week’s new releases on the weekly UK sales chart. That being said though, it wasn’t an overly impressive debut.
After years of waiting, Crackdown 3 is finally slated to release later this week. While its a release that many have surely been anticipating for quite some time, oddly enough, its multiplayer element seemingly won’t boast a rather basic feature at launch. According to Joseph Staten, Senior Creative Director at Microsoft Studios, Crackdown 3’s Wrecking Zone multiplayer game
Ever since its reveal at E3 2014, Crackdown 3 has long been one of the most anticipated titles coming to Xbox One owners on the horizon. While the game has had its share of development troubles in the past few years, in just over a week the wait will finally be over, and now you can
Microsoft has announced that Inside Xbox, the monthly show dedicated to all things Xbox related, will be returning next week for the program’s first episode in 2019. Inside Xbox is set to kick off on Tuesday, February 5 at 5 PM EST/2 PM PST and will as usual, be streamed live on YouTube, Twitch, and Mixer among
Late in 2018 at Microsoft’s X018 event live from Mexico City, the initial slate of Xbox One-compatible games that could utilize mouse and keyboard were unveiled with the promise that more titles would be added down the road. Well, now according to hardware manufacturer Razer, it seems like some of the biggest first-party releases–and some
There’s still next to nothing that we know about Halo Infinite in terms of specific details. Outside of the game’s reveal trailer from last year at E3 2018, we haven’t seen or heard anything concrete about the project to build anticipation even more. That said, some developers at 343 Industries continue to talk candidly about the
The Christmas season is a time to reflect on some of our favorite memories over the years. As Andy Williams’ iconic holiday song It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year reminds us, we should be reminiscing of the “tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago.” So, as a yearly treat, let’s bring up that
Crackdown 3 is Microsoft’s next major first-party release in the early portion of 2019, but despite releasing in a little under two months, we still haven’t seen much gameplay footage of the title. Well luckily, that today has finally changed. Courtesy of IGN, a new slate of gameplay footage for Crackdown 3 was today released and it
Sea of Thieves launched earlier this year, bringing a large pirate-themed world to life that allows players to sail ships, find treasure, and more piratey activities such as drinking countless amounts of rum. We’ve seen a range of content updates since the game’s launch, such as Shrouded Spoils, The Arena, Forsaken Shores, and Cursed Sails. As 2018
It was only a week ago that Microsoft revealed a new series of titles that would be hitting Xbox Game Pass in the month of December and now, they’ve announced an even lengthier slate of games that will also be hitting the subscription service this month. Staggering out over the course of December, nine new
It’s been a long time since Xbox consoles were graced with a new Crackdown game, but it seems that we’re finally approaching the time for the series’ triumphant return. With this in mind, Crackdown 3 has got to make an impression on its players and nobody knows that better than Terry Crews; so he’s suiting
Hot off the heels of announcing their acquisition by Microsoft Studios, it seems that Obsidian Entertainment is now gearing up to announce a new project next week during The Game Awards 2018. As revealed by Geoff Keighley over on Twitter, this game will be an RPG (of course) and will be published by Private Division,
In the least surprising announcement of the week, Insomniac Games has this afternoon officially announced that the studio’s 2014 release Sunset Overdrive will officially be coming to PC tomorrow on November 16. This news has been rumored for weeks at this point and was ever further proved to be likely earlier this week when a new Amazon
UPDATE (11/11/18): During yesterday’s Inside Xbox: X018 Special, Microsoft revealed that it had acquired two more studios: Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment. As such, I have updated this article to reflect that and give insight about these newly acquired studios. During Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference, the large publisher announced the acquisition of five brand new
During Microsoft’s X018 Inside Xbox, Playground Games revealed Fortune Island, the first expansion for its critically acclaimed open-world racer, Forza Horizon 4. It will be heading to Xbox One December 13, 2018. In a video featuring Ben Thaker-Fell, Forza Horizon 4‘s Chief Game Designer, we got the first look at the “largest expansion” that has
At X018’s Inside Xbox event, Rare announced the next content update for Sea of Thieves, The Arena, will be coming early 2019. First, we saw a trailer giving us a glimpse of just what The Arena will bring to Rare’s open-world pirate adventure game. According to the trailer, the new competitive mode seems simple: fight
Crackdown 3 has been delayed to February 2019 as we know already, but there may be a new name in line for the upcoming Sumo Digital title as possible new information has popped up on Reddit. Coming from the Reddit user, Prince_Perseus they shared a screenshot of an Xbox Italy Store page. The section of the store
Crackdown 3 news directly from Microsoft and Sumo Digital’s mouth continues to be sparse, but a recent new listing for the game on an Australian ratings site has given us our first piece of new info in quite some time. Over on the Australia Classification Board, a new rating for Crackdown 3 was listed. The game was rated as
Xbox Mexico has just announced via Twitter that Crackdown 3 will be available at Xbox FanFest later this year at XO18 in Mexico City. The tweet, which was written in Spanish, translates to say the following: “Crackdown 3 joins the list of games that have not yet come out and will be available in #XboxFanFest.”
Microsoft announced just a few short weeks ago that they’d be holding XO18 next month in Mexico City and with it, they’d bring a variety of new announcements and reveals in a special episode of Inside Xbox live from the event. Well, if you were hoping that one of those announcements would be in regards
Publication Kotaku reported earlier today that Microsoft is finalizing a deal to acquire Obsidian Entertainment, creators of Fallout: New Vegas and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II. Speaking to sources that have not been verified by DualShockers, multiple persons who have reportedly been briefed on the negotiation had mentioned to Kotaku that the meetings were taking place and
In case you weren’t aware of just how huge FIFA is every year when it releases, this past week’s UK sales chart for the 40th week of the year should give you a good indication. FIFA 19 once again took home the number one spot of the week after debuting in that same position last week. What’s more
The next “Bilgerat Adventure” event for popular online swashbuckling game Sea of Thieves is titled “Festival of the Damned,” and will feature the addition of a much-requested feature: the ability to add makeup to your character. Developer Rare made the announcement at a New York Comic-Con panel about the Sea of Thieves expanded universe. As the
Crackdown 3 is the most elusive of Xbox One exclusives with news on the title coming incredibly rarely. Despite receiving a new release date ahead of E3, further information on the open world game has been sparse over the past few months to a point that is somewhat strange since it launches in early 2019. According