Fun traversal options are so critical to my enjoyment of open-world games. I've considered queuing Crackdown 3 on a few occasions, but each time, I ended up downloading something else from Xbox Game Pass instead. With the latest update, I'm...

Last year, Microsoft released a remaster of the original Age of Empires from seemingly nowhere. Titled the "Definitive Edition," the port scaled the graphics up to 4K resolution, included every campaign ever created for the title, and cle...

Today on Impulse, Dan and Sam from over at Infinite Backlog sit down and discuss the current state of Sea of Thieves and whether or not it's still worth playing in 2019! From the early days and drama around the lack of content to going in-...

The Forza series isn't a complete stranger to the realm of free-to-play, but today there's another wrinkle in the franchise's usual timeline: Forza Street. Developed by Electric Square and published by Microsoft Studios, Forza Street is a W...

Microsoft has been informing UK Xbox owners that the price of Xbox Live Gold will rise in May. For new customers the price hike will take effect from May 8, while existing subscribers will have to stump up the extra cash from August 7."To e...

343 Industries hosted an AMA on Reddit for the upcoming Halo: Master Chief Collection PC ports yesterday and clarified a bunch of info on the titles. For one, Windows 10 will not be required to run the games, which might be a huge boon for ...

As Sea of Thieves turns one year old today, Rare has shown off a huge update planned for the shared-world pirate adventure game. It might just be time to check back in. On April 30, we're getting the long-teased PvP mode The Arena, a batch ...

One of the better initiatives to come about from Microsoft this generation was the "Xbox Play Anywhere" program. Through this, players that bought digital copies of compatible titles would be granted both the Xbox One and PC versions of gam...

Rare is looking to maintain its recent momentum with a "friends play free" promotion for Sea of Thieves. From February 6–13, players can invite three pals to set sail with them on Xbox One or PC. This promo includes Xbox Game Pass su...

2018 was quite the eventful year for Microsoft Studios. The division ushered numerous high-profile game studios under its umbrella including Playground Games (Forza Horizon), inXile Entertainment (Wasteland), Ninja Theory (Hellblade ),...

The NPD Group has shared its statistics for the whole of 2018 and some not-so-surprising outcomes have happened. Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 was the best selling game of 2018 followed by Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. NBA 2K and...

4J Studios has done a terrific job with supporting Minecraft on legacy consoles. Originally launched in 2013 for PS3/Vita and 2015 for Wii U, the games have continuously been patched with new content and performance fixes to get the most ou...

Fortune Island signals a shift for Forza Horizon expansions. The add-ons for the previous game, Blizzard Mountain and Hot Wheels, created variation by fundamentally changing the experience of driving. The former put every car...

In today's episode, me and Associate Editor Peter Glagowski discuss the recent purchasing habits from Microsoft, which lately has included a number of notable game studios. From Obsidian Entertainment (the fine folks behind Fallout: New Ve...

Have you had your fill of Sea of Thieves' low-key and leisurely ways? I don't blame you. Rare's next major content update might just pull us out of retirement for the thrill of sweet competition. Dubbed The Arena, the upcoming expansion wil...

With Microsoft's X018 stream coming up soon, we're likely to find out a whole lot of information on the upcoming Crackdown 3. I suppose as an act of celebration, the original Crackdown is now free on the Xbox Live marketplace. As a reminder...

Dante's Inferno was quite a divisive game when it launched in 2010. Some people believed it spit on the legacy of a classic piece of literature and others were taken by how creatively weird Visceral's vision of hell was. It also copied the ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has announced that Microsoft intends to expand the "Xbox Game Pass" program to the PC platform. In its FY19 Q1 earnings report, Microsoft noted increased growth with gaming revenue rising by around 44%. Xbox soft...

Xbox has announced, via their Mexican twitter account, that their very-long awaited cyber shooter, Crackdown 3, will be playable at the upcoming XO18 event, which takes place in Mexico City next month.It will be the first opportunity for pe...

So many of the most popular video game franchises have continually pushed their luck and eventually lost. "You can't have too much of a good thing" isn't a motto that applies to games. Not forever, at least. Sooner or later, everything runs...

After a short delay, Rare's biggest Sea of Thieves content update yet, Forsaken Shores, is now available on Xbox One and PC. It's a chance to explore a new area full of active volcanoes and boiling water. While the fiery theme stands out t...

Rare recently suggested that it might need more time to finish Forsaken Shores, and that is indeed the case. This month's fiery Sea of Thieves expansion has moved from September 19 to September 27. "This was not a decision that was taken li...

In just under two weeks, Sea of Thieves players will set off for The Devil's Roar, a fiery new region coming with the Forsaken Shores expansion. It's an outright dangerous zone with scalding water and explosive volcanoes. You'll have a chan...

A few days ago, Windows Central had let loose a bunch of details on an upcoming bundle for the Xbox One that would follow a similar plan to cellphone contracts. Users would sign-up for a monthly fee to get immediate access to an Xbox One S ...

The speedrunning community took a liking to Ori and the Blind Forest, and based on how well Ori and the Will of the Wisps is shaping up, I think they're going to have a lot to dissect in this sequel. At gamescom, Moon Studios debuted a new ...