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Sony Claims Microsoft-Activision Blizzard Deal Will Have “Major Negative Implications” For Industry, Microsoft Insists ‘Call Of Duty’ Will Remain Multiplatform

September 16, 2022

Sony has some choice words to share over the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal, specifically in relation to the mega-popular Call of Duty franchise. While Sony argues it's one more step towards elbowing PlaySt...

Xbox Pride Month Activities Announced; LGBTQIA+ Controller, Charity Donations, Livestreams, and More

Ryan Pearson

June 2, 2022

Video Games

Xbox have announced their LGBTQIA+ focused activities for Pride Month, including charitable donations, a new controller, and more. Source: Tell Me Why (2020), Xbox Game Studios RELATED: Rotten Tomatoes C...

Halo Season 1 Review – “Travesty” Is An Understatement

Slade Hale

May 25, 2022

Reviews, Television, TV Reviews, Video Games

Paramount's television adaptation of the Halo video game franchise started off on an abysmal note, as we reported on way back in March. The first season has finally reached its conclusion, taping off a story sp...

Xbox Outsells PlayStation For First Time In Japan Since 2014, Xbox Series S Trumps PlayStation 5 in Weekly Charts

Ryan Pearson

May 20, 2022

Video Games

For the first time since 2014, an Xbox console outsold a PlayStation console in Japan's weekly charts; the Xbox Series S beating the PlayStation 5. Source: PS5 Hardware Reveal Trailer, PlayStation, YouTube ...

Xbox Reportedly Suffers Server Issues For Five Days Straight, Promises Full Mitigation In “Coming Days” As Some Gamers Still Can’t Play

Ryan Pearson

May 11, 2022

Video Games

Xbox has been suffering server issues for almost a week, preventing games from being launched thanks to online DRM checks failing. Source: Fable (TBA), Xbox Game Studios RELATED: EA, Gearbox, And Microso...

Rumor: Microsoft Working On Adding In-Game Adverts To Free-To-Play Xbox Titles

Ryan Pearson

April 21, 2022

Video Games

A new report claims Microsoft is working to build an in-game advertising network for free-to-play games on Xbox consoles. Source: Ori and the Blind Forest (2015), Microsoft Studios RELATED: GOG, Microsof...

Xbox Head Phil Spencer Says Xbox Is “Not a Free Speech Platform,” Proposes Cross-Console Bans To Combat Toxicity

Ryan Pearson

January 12, 2022

Video Games

Declaring that the console and its online services were "not a free speech platform," Xbox head Phil Spencer has revealed his wish for an industry-wide mechanism where players banned from one video game service...

Xbox Co-Creator Says Online Toxicity “Needs To Be Highlighted And Stopped,” Proposes Racist And Sexist Policy In Wake Of Streamer Grenade Queen’s Halo Drama

Spencer Baculi

December 22, 2021

Video Games

Following an incident of trash talking between Twitch affiliate Grenade Queen and a number of random Halo Infinite players, Xbox co-creator Jonathan "Seamus" Blackley has declared that such toxicity - though, u...

Xbox Execs Admit Mismanagement Of Fable Developer Lionhead Studios Was One Of Their “Biggest Missteps”

Ryan Pearson

December 15, 2021

Video Games

Microsoft Xbox executives past and present have admitted that the way they handled Lionhead Studios - the Peter Molyneux-founded studio best known for the Black & White and Fable franchises - was one of the...

Xbox Hosts Q&A With The CDC To Promote COVID-19 Vaccinations

Spencer Baculi

September 10, 2021

Video Games

In the hopes of encouraging skeptical members of their player base to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Microsoft and Xbox recently held an online Q&A session with the Center for Disease Control aimed at dis...

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