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Many are holding out hope for another Xbox Series X restock before Christmas, eager to get Microsoft’s latest console under the tree. You’ll need to be hot on retailers over the next two days, though. Taking holiday shipping deadlines into account, this is the last week you can pretty much …

Microsoft is hosting a massive Xbox game sale right now, highlighting the scariest titles in its collection as part of its Shocktober discounts. You can save up to 90% on some titles, though the bigger discounts are reserved for older releases. However, we’re still seeing some excellent savings on 2021 …

The future of video games is online and physical-media free, Microsoft Director of Product Planning Albert Penello believes. But Xbox One was a little too forward thinking for consumers’ comfort. “I think the problem was that people got in their minds that what we were trying to do was somehow …

Sony and Microsoft’s pre-E3 press conference plans are set. The PlayStation maker today announced its presentation will begin at 6 p.m. Pacific on June 10, and Microsoft previously revealed its conference will start earlier that day at 10 a.m (via Polygon). Neither company has further elaborated on what it plans …

Crytek revealed Ryse, a first-person sword fighting game of bloody Roman battles, at E3 2011. Since then, we haven’t heard a peep besides “it’s on track” about the sword swinging, shield bashing, dude stabbing game which looked to court core gamers with their sworn nemesis: Kinect controls. According to sources …

That headline is no exaggeration. I’m not dressing this up to sound weirder or cooler than it actually is. You might not believe that I’m not embellishing this story in any way, but I’m honestly not. What I describe above is exactly what you’re about to witness, and what you’re …

When Minecraft launched on Xbox Live Arcade earlier this month, there was a brief-yet-audible cry that was let out by some fans. Apparently, a certain sub-section of them were only really interested in playing the game cooperatively. And an even smaller sub-section only wanted to play cooperatively on their SDTV. …

A PEGI rating (opens in new tab)’s appeared for an upcoming Xbox 360 game called Dragon’s Lair, marking the game with a 7+ and noting the title’s “Violence in a cartoon, slapstick or childlike setting.” Sure, “Dragon’s Lair” is pretty generic as titles go, but if you’re talking cartoon fantasy …

Bungie has almost completed transferring player stats, data and content for Halo to servers managed by 343 Industries, the company reports. Come March 31, all live data pertaining to Master Chief and his crab-faced cohorts will be managed by Microsoft and 343 via the Halo Waypoint service. If substantial portions …

Epic has launched a free multiplayer DLC pack for Gears of War 3. The Versus Booster Map Pack adds brand-new arenas Bullet Marsh and Clocktower and unlocks the Horde Command Pack‘s Azura, Rustlung and Blood Drive maps for all players. Also available are new contests and challenges to celebrate the …