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Microsoft has announced a bumper roster of games for Xbox Game Pass which will roll out for the streaming service in the next few months (via Eurogamer). At X019, the entire collection was revealed and Eurogamer has summarised it very neatly for us (cheers!). So, the games available right now...

Today at Xbox’s X019 event in London, Rare debuted their first brand new game since launching Sea of Thieves several years ago. Titled Everwild, Rare aims to create an exciting social experience in a rich and lush new world. “While Everwild is still early in development, we are very excited...

Microsoft is enabling Google’s Assistant to work with its Xbox One console. Much like the existing Alexa integration, Microsoft is allowing Google Assistant to launch games and apps, turn the console on and off, pause videos, and much more. You’ll need to use the Google Assistant app for iOS or...

Microsoft has revealed a host of new features and changes coming to the Xbox One in the near-future, including wish list notifications, under-the-hood improvements, and a new Xbox Game Pass feature. Right now, the changes are being rolled out to different Xbox Insider members, but Microsoft...

Back in July, Microsoft announced that it's redesigning the Xbox One dashboard. While Insiders were testing it out since then, the company rolled back the changes last week, saying that it's doing testing in phases. Well, today it's back, Microsoft's Brad Rossetti announced. It's the beginning...

August 19 Age of Empires: Definitive Edition (Xbox Game Pass for PC, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate) Devil May Cry 5: (Xbox Game Pass for Console, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate) Stellaris: (Xbox Game Pass for Console, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and coming soon to Xbox Game Pass for PC) August 22 Ape Out...

The public launch of Gears 5 is right around the corner, which means that Microsoft will be releasing all kinds of custom merchandise. Yes, that includes a custom Gears 5 Xbox One X console, which is a limited edition bundle that includes Gears 5 Ultimate Edition, along with Gears of War...

Today Microsoft announced next month’s free four games coming with the Xbox Live Gold subscription. Gears of War 4, usually £19.99, is up for grabs all through August for Xbox One and will initiate those unschooled among us in Locust slaughtering, ahead of Gears 5. Also on Xbox One is Forza...

Microsoft has begun testing a new design for the Xbox One homepage that makes a few welcome changes. The streamlined new Xbox One home is available to Xbox Insiders, and it removes some of the clutter seen in the current design. The sections at the top have been removed and are now instead...

Windows Central is reporting that tech giant Microsoft is hard at work to bridge the gap between traditional controllers for consoles/PC and mobile devices which traditionally rely on touch input. From research papers and patent designs by Microsoft, this new Xbox controller are...

The July 2019 Xbox update is now avaliable, adding Alexa voice commands alongside the Xbox Game Pass Play Later feature. The Play Later feature is essentially Groups for Xbox Game Pass, letting players craft a to-play list from the available titles in the Xbox Game Pass catalogue. You can add...

The Gears 5 versus multiplayer tech test is available to Xbox Game Pass members as well as those who have pre-ordered the game, developer The Coalition has announced. The tech test, which on Xbox One also requires Xbox Live Gold, will be available to download from 17th July, The Coalition's...

The Windows 10 Xbox app is no more, at least in name, as Microsoft has now renamed it to the Xbox Console Companion. The icon has also been updated, now displaying an Xbox One console instead of the previous Xbox logo. When opening the newly renamed app for the first time, a "What's New"...

Microsoft has just announced that is bringing a new version of its popular subscription service to PC in the form of Xbox Games Pass for PC. As per the full announcement by Xbox head Phil Spencer, though the service will share the same name as the currently existing service for Xbox One, it'll...

Microsoft’s newest wave of changes for Xbox Insiders has been revealed, and included in it are improvements for three of the Xbox One’s features that are used constantly. The friends list feature that’s found on any major gaming platform is one of the areas being updated while the second is...

Microsoft recently released the April 2019 Xbox Update with a bunch of new features, such as a new mini keyboard for text input, but the company is already working on upcoming updates for the console. Xbox Insiders in the Preview Alpha ring are now testing version 1905 of the Xbox One system...

Is the upgrade to the Xbox One X worth the cost? Are the enhanced capabilities of the console worth the extra cost in your opinion?

We've been hearing about Microsoft's upcoming digital-only variant of the Xbox One for some time, and it looks like the new hardware might be launching fairly soon. According to a report from Windows Central, the disc-less version of the Xbox One S will be available for pre-order sometime in...

Xbox One's backwards compatibility lineup has been bolstered again this week with the addition of two new games, Major Nelson has confirmed. First up is Hydrophobia, the deep-sea survival horror title released back in 2010 for Xbox Live Arcade and later ported to PC and PlayStation 3. Developed...

Earlier this year, Microsoft stated that 2019 will be a "heck of a good year" for Xbox, and it now appears that we'll be getting a glimpse of that at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), which is scheduled to begin at March 18. At the event's official scheduler website, Microsoft has booked a...