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The Teens Who Hacked Microsoft's Videogame Empire—And Went Too Far
Among those involved in David Pokora's so-called Xbox Underground, one would become an informant, one would become a fugitive, and one would end up dead.
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Three years later, Microsoft’s bet on Xbox One backward-compatible games is still paying off
It has been nearly three years since Microsoft announced plans to make older Xbox games playable on Xbox One, and if there’s one area in which the company has pulled ahead of its competition in the console wars, it’s in backward compatibility. You can’t play your PSOne, PS2, or PS3 discs on a PlayStation 4, and the Nintendo Switch doesn’t even have a disc drive, but Microsoft has slowly been adding Xbox One support for older games in the Xbox library since 2015...
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Sea of Thieves Passes Two Million Players; Fastest-Selling First-Party New IP of the Generation
Today Microsoft announced that Rare’s newest game Sea of Thieves has passed two million players on Xbox One and PC. On top of this achievement, the shared-world adventure title is now the fastest-selling first party new IP of this generation. According to Microsoft’s own Aaron Greenberg, this specific achievement does not include copies distributed with Game Pass, which makes sense since those aren’t exactly “sales.”
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Microsoft’s Xbox game subscription will include the next Halo, Gears of War, and Forza on launch day
Microsoft is planning to bring its own exclusive Xbox games, published through Microsoft Studios, to the company’s Xbox Game Pass subscription. Future games, including Sea of Thieves, will be available via subscription on the same day they’re available to purchase at retail stores or through the Microsoft Store. “The number one request from our customers... was to get new blockbuster games into Game Pass,” explains Microsoft’s games chief, Phil Spencer, in an interview with The Verge.
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Forza Horizon 3 Xbox One X Update Being Rolled Out; Supports Native 4K Resolution
The highly anticipated Forza Horizon 3 Xbox One X update is currently being rolled out as we speak. The game already showed up as being ‘Xbox One X Enhanced’ for numerous gamers, but the update is now finally being deployed to Xbox One X systems. The exact Xbox One X enhancements are unknown, but Microsoft and Playground Games have promised native 4K resolution on the One X.
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Xbox One 2018 Games Rumored To Include Fable 4, Japan Forza & More
Xbox One had very few high-profile releases in 2017, but the roadmap for 2018 looks pretty great if these discreet rumors are to be believed. One known leaker cited Fable and a Forza Horizon 4 set in Japan as possible future additions to the lineup. The user, Klobrille of ResetEra, phrased each of these predictions as hypothetical questions. However, given the pedigree of the source, some fans believe there may be more to it. Here’s a recap of what’s implied.
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Microsoft plans to expand pursuit of $100 billion gaming industry, Nadella tells shareholders
With the release of the Xbox One X, and other gaming and developer friendly programs such as Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Game Pass, and ID@Xbox, Microsoft is making it clear that they are taking gaming seriously. In a further push at their gaming division, CEO Satya Nadella revealed today that Microsoft is planning to expand a pursuit of $100 billion gaming industry.
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Microsoft kills off Kinect, stops manufacturing it
Microsoft is finally admitting Kinect is truly dead. After years of debate over whether Kinect is truly dead or not, the software giant has now stopped manufacturing the accessory. Fast Co Design reports that the depth camera and microphone accessory has sold around 35 million units since its debut in November, 2010. Microsoft’s Kinect for Xbox 360 even became the fastest-selling consumer device back in 2011, winning recognition from Guinness World Records at the time.
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Kinect Is Officially Dead
First dead in our hearts, and now dead at the manufacturing plant, the Kinect is no longer in production. Microsoft’s experimental motion detecting camera, which first launched in November, 2010, will die off once existing retail stock is sold, Microsoft told the website Fast Co. in an interview.
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Original Xbox compatibility, and 13 games, arriving on Xbox One tomorrow
Perhaps with the exception of the Xbox One X, Microsoft’s biggest E3 2017 announcement was the addition of original Xbox backward compatibility. The Xbox One X is still two weeks from release, but the Xbox marketplace has already begun to receive original Xbox games, priced at $9.99 each (though your original discs should also work, if you still have them). And today, IGN reports that the functionality — along with 13 original Xbox games — will be available tomorrow.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Trailer
Get eyes on the new Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer, revealing apparent new protagonist outlaw Arthur Morgan alongside the more familar Van der Linde gang. Red Dead Redemption 2 comes out on a release date to be determined in "Spring 2018" on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
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Battlefield 1 is free to play on Xbox One in September, 40%-off sale coming
Battlefield 1 has been well maintained, with three expansions hitting the game since its November 2016 launch. In The Name of the Tsar, the game's fourth expansion is rolling out on Xbox One, Playstation 4, and PC platforms tomorrow, September 19. Along with the expansion, developer DICE will also patch the game to offer HDR support. For anyone that hasn't jumped into Battlefield 1 yet, your chance to try it before you buy is coming soon.
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Standalone Minecraft Creeper and Pig Xbox One Controllers now available
The standalone Minecraft themed Xbox One Controllers have been released in the North American region. If you are interested, you can check out the new gamepads with the following links: Creeper Version and Pig Version. You can also take a look at some images of the Minecraft controllers, as well as Amazon’s list of features for both products, below this paragraph...
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Forza 7 will be one of the largest games ever on Xbox One X
Forza Motorsport 7 is set to take up a whopping 100GB on Xbox One X, Turn 10 Studios has announced. The upcoming racing title is one of the few experiences set to run at a native 4K resolution on Microsoft’s new console. Running at 60fps, the latest entry in the beloved series is bound to look gorgeous while pushing the franchise forward in some exciting new ways.
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E3 2017: Here's An Xbox One X Being Assembled From Scratch
After the Xbox One X was announced at Microsoft's E3 2017 press conference this week, the company has published video where an engineer puts the console together piece by piece. Watch the video below to see Major Nelson and Xbox Hardware GM Leo Del Castillo assemble the console, starting with the chip at the heart of it at all, before moving on to things like the motherboard, voltage regulators, the power supply, the hard drive, and more.
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A complete list of 'Xbox One X Enhanced' games (4K, HDR)
Microsoft has announced the Xbox One X – the latest premium addition to its Xbox family. The console brings a range of improvements upon the standard Xbox One, with the promise of running 'enhanced' games as high as 4K resolution and 60 frames per second (FPS). Other improvements may include improved textures, high dynamic range (HDR) and support for Dolby Atmos.
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Microsoft cuts Xbox One S price to $199 ahead of Project Scorpio unveiling
Microsoft is cutting its Xbox One S price by $50 tomorrow, just as the company unveils the final name and price for its next Project Scorpio console. The software giant announced the price drop on...
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Friday the 13th finally patched on Xbox One: it fixes EVERYTHING
If you were eyeing up Friday The 13th on Xbox but were put off by reports of its unfinished state, then good news: it's been patched and oh my God it's fixed everything. You can see the patch notes below and, well, there's not a lot that wasn't causing problems. There had been some discussion that Xbox One had received an unfinished version of the game but, according to the developer, it was simply the fact that a day one patch had been held up by Microsoft.
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The Complete, Untold History of Halo
The story behind the Halo franchise as it's never been told—by the key individuals that made it.
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Cult Xbox Classic Phantom Dust Rereleasing Tomorrow for Free on Xbox One and Windows 10
And it's in crisp 4K for the first time.
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