Microsoft’s newest console is deviating from the norm. Instead of giving it a name that evokes the next evolutionary step for the Xbox brand, it introduces a more inclusive title. The simply named “Xbox” and the “Series X” model is indicative of Microsoft’s next steps as we move into the new console generation. Xbox’s Matt
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In an effort to track down online predators, Microsoft has developed a tool they are calling Project Artemis that will help detect and report online child grooming. Project Artemis reviews text-based chats and determines if it is an attempt at grooming. Child grooming is the practice of building an online relationship with a minor by gaining
2020 is a vital year for all of the major players in the video game industry. Sony is preparing to launch the PS5 at some point this holiday season, Microsoft will be doing the same with its recently revealed Xbox Series X platform, and even Nintendo is reportedly looking to release another iteration of the
2020’s CES was an odd one for Xbox fans. AMD seemed to have shown off the first look at the back of the Xbox Series X during their CES 2020 presentation, revealing what ports for cables would be on the system. Unfortunately, it turns out that AMD used an unofficial render from TurboSquid.com so the
A little under two years after initially releasing, developer Rare has today announced an impressive new milestone for its open world pirate-themed adventure game Sea of Thieves. As of today, Sea of Thieves has now officially accumulated over 10 million players since releasing back in March of 2018. This total is accumulated from those who bought
With CES 2020 happening this week and the highly anticipated PS5 around the corner, it was destined that PlayStation would be revealing something at the conference. And just like many of us predicted, we saw the worldwide reveal of the PS5’s logo — a sleek and consistent take that doesn’t depart too wildly from the
UPDATE: It turns out the Xbox Series X model AMD used during their presentation was not real. Microsoft provided the following statement to CharlieINTEL: “The Xbox Series X imagery used during the AMD CES press conference was not sourced from Microsoft and does not accurately represent the design or features of the upcoming console. They were
In a surprise tweet today, the official Xbox Game Pass Twitter account announced that Rockstar’s hugely popular Grand Theft Auto 5 is now available for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Rockstar in recent years has launched Red Dead Redemption 2, but the company is widely known for its Grand Theft Auto titles, specifically Grand Theft Auto 5. The open-world crime simulator
It’s a brand new year, which means the fine folks at Microsoft are back with new Free Play Days. The first iteration of the popular promotion will let players experience DiRT Rally 2.0 for a weekend of driving bliss. As always, these games are available for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members
As 2019 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2019 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just
As we sail closer and closer to the edges of 2019, nearly every website, game, or company is pushing out their yearly statistics. Rare is one of the developers taking part in this by bringing forth, to the public, results of their pirate-themed title Sea of Thieves. Sea of Thieves originally launched in 2018, but throughout
Undead Labs was acquired by Microsoft in 2018 shortly after the release of State of Decay 2. Outside of the occasional major update, the studio has been fairly quiet post-acquisition until now. While Undead Labs is based in Seattle, they are opening up a new studio in New Orleans soon. In fact, this new studio
As one of the upcoming Xbox exclusives on the horizon, Ori and the Will of the Wisps is easily one of the most anticipated games of next year as the follow-up to the acclaimed Ori and the Blind Forest. While it’s been some time since we last saw the game at an event, a new trailer has
Coming off of this year’s release of Gears 5, the series’ future is looking especially bright and full of possibility. Aside from the mainline installments of the franchise, this also includes several new spin-offs on the horizon, with the upcoming Gears Tactics officially set to debut this spring. During The Game Awards 2019, Microsoft officially confirmed that Gears
During The Game Awards tonight, Xbox Game Studios announced that a sequel to Hellblade is now in development by Ninja Theory. Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga is the name of the next entry in the series and it is being developed now exclusively for Microsoft’s newly announced Xbox Series X platform. Ninja Theory revealed this new title
The Game Awards has traditionally been known as a major place at the end of the year for game announcements, and at this year’s installment of the ceremony, Microsoft got in one of the biggest announcements with a formal reveal of the name of its next console, the Xbox Series X. During The Game Awards
Major League Baseball, the Major League Baseball Players Association, Sony, and San Diego Studio announced today that it has re-upped its contract to continue working on the MLB The Show franchise for multiple years. However, the biggest news regarding this extension is that the series will apparently no longer be confined only to PlayStation hardware. As
When I got my original Xbox Elite Controller back in 2015, it immediately became my favorite controller that I had ever used. The level of customization, the high-quality build, and overall sleekness of the controller made it a joy to use and actually swayed me into playing games on my Xbox One more than other
With Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s fifth and final Fighter’s Pass DLC character likely to be revealed soon, speculation is running rampant in the community about who could soon be coming to the popular fighting game. Ahead of The Game Awards next week, the location in which many assume this new DLC fighter will be revealed, a
UPDATE: Just a couple minutes after posting this story, the Control twitter account posted the following tweet: The information about Control coming to Xbox Game Pass as reported on a recent Mixer stream is incorrect. We have no news or announcements regarding Xbox Game Pass at this time. — Control (@ControlRemedy) December 5, 2019 So,
For nearly a year now, rumors have been swirling about how Microsoft is planning to roll out its next-gen platform Project Scarlett. Early rumors stated that Microsoft had two versions of the new console in the works, each codenamed Anaconda and Lockhart, but later reports claimed that plans had since changed and only one model
Yesterday saw the arrival of Halo: Reach for The Master Chief Collection. It landed on both Xbox One and PC. Kotaku reported yesterday that on Steam, The Master Chief Collection quickly shot up the charts on Steam’s most-played games. According to the Steam Game Statistics, the game had over 100,000 concurrent players at one point which has ensured the game
Even though VR won’t be something that the team at Xbox is focused on moving forward, that hasn’t prevented the company’s head Phil Spencer from appreciating experiences within the realm of virtual reality. In a recent exchange on Twitter, Spencer revealed that he was able to play Valve’s upcoming release of Half-Life: Alyx earlier this summer
Though it might have felt just like yesterday, in just over a month the 2010s are coming to a close. In that span of ten years a lot has changed around the world: some for the better, some for the worse. But in spite of all that, one thing that arguably changed for the better
While Xbox head Phil Spencer has previously seemed to have an interest in bringing virtual reality functionality to the Xbox platform, that no longer seems to be in the cards. Speaking to Stevivor recently, Spencer seemed to shoot down any hopes of bringing VR to Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox Scarlett console in the future. Spencer claimed
Since Sea of Thieves launched early last year, Rare has brought a ton of content to its once empty pirate-infested world. Pets, emotes, and even story-driven content have been added keeping the cooperative pirate game fresh and exciting. The Sea of Thieves: The Seabound Soul update continues to bring interesting ways to play the game,
Since being re-introduced at XO19, Age of Empires 4 has been in the news quite a bit recently. First, the developers at World’s Edge made it clear that the game will not have microtransactions. Now, in a talk with Stevivor, they spoke a bit about their thoughts on bringing the game to consoles once the
With the acquisition of many studios around the games industry over the past year or two, it stands to reason that Microsoft has quite a number of first-party games cooking at the moment. Now, in a new interview, Xbox head Phil Spencer has revealed which type of game he would like to create more of
Age of Empires 4 finally reemerged with a new gameplay trailer at XO19 last week. That was the first we’d seen from the game in about two years. However, with the spotlight now shining on Microsoft’s new studio World’s Edge has taken some time to clear up a few things about their upcoming entry into
It might look like a fancier and magical Sea of Thieves which lets you boop wild animals on the nose, but Rare’s new IP Everwild which was revealed last night during the X019 live stream is still only in pre-production. According to VGC, the title has a team that is approaching 50 people behind the development of the
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