The lineup of big releases for this spring has spread through a lot of different genres, from intense action games like Resident Evil 3 and Half-Life: Alyx, to platformers like Ori and the Will of the Wisps, to sprawling RPGs like Final Fantasy VII Remake and Persona 5 Royal. However, this week seems to be the time for strategy
Xbox Game Studios
According to the LinkedIn account of a former The Initiative employee, the studio is working on an Unreal Engine 4 based game featuring various weapons, gadgets, camera surveillance systems, and intractable objects. Despite having a disappointing launch during the current generation with Xbox One, Microsoft managed to acquire a bunch of talented studios over the
In the last few weeks before I started up Gears Tactics to review, I had played through Gears 5 since I hadn’t quite gotten to it when it released last fall. Since it’s been some time since playing Gears of War 4, I felt familiarizing myself with the gameplay elements of Gears again would be
As we begin to near May, those looking forward to Microsoft’s next-gen console the Xbox Series X have begun to wonder when we might start to see more of the games that are planned to be coming to the platform. Fortunately, it doesn’t sound like we’ll have to wait much longer to start seeing more
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
This spring has been a tricky one for the release of new games, with several high-profile releases (including most recently The Last of Us Part II) being delayed in light of the challenges that the coronavirus pandemic has presented. However, one of April’s biggest releases, Gears Tactics, seems to be primed and ready for its debut
Last night, during the Inside Xbox stream, Rare introduced the next content update that’s to be heading to Sea of Thieves this month on April 22. It brings a whole new bunch of content as well as a very important introduction of cats. The update comes after its previous update. Titled Ships of Fortune, the upcoming content update
It has been quite a long time since we’ve had a new edition of Inside Xbox — there hasn’t been a new episode in all of 2020 — but at long last, Microsoft is bringing back the showcase that’s dedicated to all things Xbox tomorrow. Occurring tomorrow on April 7, Inside Xbox is set to
Master Chief himself has now joined the battle against COVID-19. In a new message on Twitter, Steve Downes, who has been the voice of the iconic Master Chief in every Halo title since Combat Evolved, said that he’ll be raising money throughout the month of April for the charity Project C.U.R.E. Downes utilizes a platform called
Developer Mojang announced just a few weeks back that its upcoming dungeon crawler, Minecraft Dungeons, would potentially be delayed out of its planned April launch window as a result of new development pipelines that had come about in the wake of the coronavirus causing developers at the studio to work from home. As of today, Mojang
It seems like only a matter of time until upcoming games that are set to release in 2020 start getting pushed back a bit as the coronavirus pandemic around the globe has forced many developers to now work from home. When it comes to the team at Xbox, specifically, it sounds like many of the
Team-based battle arena games are a dime a dozen nowadays. From League of Legends to Overwatch, many of the recent games that fall in that genre seem derivative, hardly deviating from the tried-and-true formulas of the past. However, there are new releases, like Ninja Theory’s Bleeding Edge, that essentially is a melting pot of those
For the most part, everyone is trying to do their best right now to slow down the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has spread across the world. Practices such as washing your hands, social distancing, and not leaving the house have been stressed by health officials around the globe as some simple things that you can
UPDATE: Looks like Microsoft clearly rectified this mistake (if you can call it that) and changed back all versions of the Xbox Series X’s websites to read as “Holiday 2020.” Regardless, a November release window still seems extremely likely, even if Microsoft isn’t willing to commit to it just yet. The original story can be
It seemed like only a matter of time until we started to hear about potential delays for upcoming video games as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and it looks like one April title could now have its release date pushed back. In a new message from developer Mojang today, it was said that
The Xbox One is commonly criticized for its lack of console exclusives. In comparison to the PS4, there is definitely a case to be made, but Microsoft’s current home console isn’t without some fantastic experiences. Ori and the Blind Forest is one of those rare gems that gave the Xbox One credence. It took the
After a teaser for the release of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary on PC was let loose by 343 Industries just yesterday, the first game in the series has now officially made its way to the platform as part of The Master Chief Collection. Following the release of Halo: Reach in December 2019, Halo: Combat Evolved has now become the second
343 Industries kickstarted Halo: The Master Chief Collection’s arrival on PC last year when it released Halo: Reach, the first game in the series chronologically. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary was then planned to be the second game in the series that made its way to PC, but news on when the original entry in the series would be arriving hadn’t
Microsoft has kicked things off this morning by announcing which games are soon slated to join Xbox Game Pass for both console and PC and it might be one of the stronger showings that the service has had in awhile. On the console side of things, the new additions are set to begin arriving later
Recently, we wrote about a forthcoming collaboration that would be happening between Xbox and Jordan. Now, we know just what this crossover looks like and it’s about what we expected. Microsoft announced today via the official Xbox Twitter account that it is currently holding a giveaway for a limited edition Jordan Brand Xbox One X.
Following yesterday’s news that The Coalition studio head Rod Fergusson would be leaving the developer to go to Blizzard, another prominent figure associated with the Gears of War franchise has offered to make his own knowledge of the series available to Microsoft, if they so desire. Over on Twitter recently, Cliff Bleszinski, the lead designer of
Having worked on every entry in the history of the Gears of War franchise, The Coalition’s studio head Rod Fergusson today announced that he is leaving the developer to begin a new venture elsewhere. Fergusson made the surprising announcement over on Twitter this afternoon where he revealed that his time with The Coalition has now come to
Despite being canceled over three years ago, it seems as though the team at PlatinumGames still has aspirations to work on Scalebound, if they were given the chance. Following the news that Platinum would be bringing The Wonderful 101 to Switch, PS4, and PC thanks to a new Kickstarter campaign, questions naturally arose about the possibility of
343 Industries today released a new video talking about the studio’s ongoing work on the Halo franchise. In the process, the video also shed some light on the ongoing development of the upcoming installment in the series, Halo Infinite. For the most part, this video focuses largely on what 343 Industries does as a whole, rather than
Even though the forthcoming Xbox Series X platform has already been confirmed to perform at resolutions up to 8K, it doesn’t sound like Xbox head Phil Spencer is all that focused on hitting those benchmarks if it comes at the cost of frame rate. Speaking with Stevivor, Spencer recently made clear that even though the
After being removed from Xbox’s digital storefront in 2017 due to licensing issues with the game’s soundtrack, Remedy Entertainment’s cult-classic Alan Wake has finally found its way back to the marketplace this week. As seen over on the Xbox Marketplace, Alan Wake once again appears when searched and can actively be purchased once again. The game retails for
With the exception of the upcoming multiplayer brawler Bleeding Edge, Ninja Theory has become known for creating games that deal with mental health issues, and their dedication towards this has only strengthened under Microsoft. Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is currently in development for the PC and Xbox Series X, and today they teased Project: Mara
After kickstarting the arrival of Halo: The Master Chief Collection on PC last month with the arrival of Halo: Reach, 343 Industries has now given fans more insight into the upcoming rollout of the other installments in the collection. Announced via a new blog post on the Halo Waypoint website, it was revealed that the next game
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
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