Earlier today Microsoft unveiled its financial results for the second quarter of 2021. As expected, the PC and cloud side of its business contributed to plenty of its earnings in the quarter, but the Xbox side saw some growth as well. In total, the company reported a revue of $43.1 billion with a net income
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
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
Since its release nearly 10 years ago, Skyrim has managed to make its way onto every console ever since—if you have a system from 2005 or later, you can bet that Skyrim has been ported to it. As of yesterday, if somehow you still haven’t played the game you can pick it up for only the
Once again I am here to tell you that Xbox Game Pass is by far the best deal in gaming right now. The service is adding a plethora of new games to play in the month of December. Probably the most notable game on the list is The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Special Edition for
Microsoft’s game streaming service, xCloud, has had some trouble launching on iOS devices due to Apple’s strict app store guidelines. Microsoft announced before that it will be bringing the service to iOS devices through a mobile web app workaround. The tech company has now confirmed that that version, as well as a PC version, will
When it was announced in 2017 that DOOM (2016) would be making its way to the Switch, many gamers were skeptical. At that point, first-person controls didn’t feel very good when using the Switch’s Joy-Cons. However, the developers over at Id Software managed to figure it out by taking advantage of the Switch’s gyro-aiming which
Earlier this year, DOOM Eternal dropped on Xbox Game Pass for console, with Microsoft saying that Bethesda’s popular shooter would be coming to the PC iteration of the service later in 2020. Well, as of today, we now know exactly when that release will be transpiring and it’s far sooner than you may have expected. Bethesda
In a tweet this morning, the official Twitter account for Xbox Game Pass posted a photo revealing one of the latest perks for Game Pass Ultimate: two months of free Funimation Premium Plus. Funimation is an anime streaming service that seems like a perfect pair for Game Pass Ultimate. There is a high crossover between anime
Although Microsoft won’t be able to release Halo Infinite as a launch title for Xbox Series X | S later this year, the company will deliver a ton of cross-gen and next-gen games through Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Earlier this month, Microsoft and Electronic Arts officially revealed their partnership on adding EA Play games to
Here’s a question… how does the next generation of Xbox taste? While others are asking around to find out how it will stack up graphically to the PS5, or what the UI looks like, we are asking the tough questions. Without an Xbox Series X on-hand, it’s a bit tougher to dig into these answers
Just last week, Apple officially announced that the company would not be allowing xCloud, Microsoft’s new game streaming service provided through Xbox Game Pass, on the app store. Understandably, many Xbox gamers who own iOS devices are upset and are making formal complaints to Apple directly so that they would try to reconsider the decision.
News around Microsoft’s Project xCloud has started hotting up around the launch of the service next month. We initially found out that it would be launching in September and that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers would gain access to it free of charge. It was then confirmed that the nebulous September release date was September
Anyone with a brain can point out that the Xbox One was in a losing battle against the PlayStation 4. The Xbox One launch is up there with one of the worst announcements of any piece of tech. That announcement now lives in infamy and set forth a chain reaction that left Microsoft with the
Microsoft is shaking things up as we ebb out of this generation — including their stylization for their new flagship subscription service. In a new update on Twitter, it looks like Xbox has swapped the logo to something a bit less console-specific. Instead of “Xbox Game Pass,” the service logo now simply states “Game Pass.”
Xbox Game Pass is chock-full of great content this month. Between Yakuza Kiwami 2, Carrion, Forager, and a preview for Grounded, Ultimate Pass subscribers have tons to play. However, one addition that shouldn’t go overlooked for Smite fans is the content perks coming along with the Avatar battle pass. Give it a look below. Are
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 looks like there may be a new promotion on the horizon for new Xbox Game Pass users as Neowin has reported that it received a tip showing a “string” from messaging service Discord indicating a new promotion. According to the tip from Mishaal Rahman, a string that was uncovered through Discord’s 9.8.3 beta for
After a couple months of rumors, Xbox finally announced the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition console today on Inside Xbox. On May 7, the new Xbox One S also being called the will finally be available for a $249.99 price tag. The big selling point regarding the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition is that there
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate was announced during Inside Xbox today. It is a new subscription service that will allow you to combine your Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold memberships together. This news comes after a rumor that went around the internet a few months ago that the two services were going to merge
The rumor mill is buzzing again. This time it’s about Microsoft, and word on the street is, Microsoft is working on a new subscription called Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. This subscription would combine the best of Live Gold and Game Pass. According to publication Polygon, this new subscription would be a single monthly charge of $14.95