Xbox Game Pass is back in March, and this time, it's a little niche. Sports niche. Madden NFL 21, halfway into its relevant lifecycle, is coming to consoles today. That's probably the biggest get. Beyond that on March 4 we're also getting F...

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has released the nominations list for the 2021 edition of its BAFTA Games Awards, which will be taking place later in March. The Last of Us Part II has received a record-breaking 13 no...

It's taken the best part of a decade to get cameras rolling and slates chalked, but it seems that Amblin Entertainment's TV adaptation of Bungie's seminal shooter Halo is finally ready to go into production, with a tentative release date of...

Sony has been pumping out "wireless headsets" for the PlayStation family for a while, so it was only a matter of time for Microsoft to follow suit. Just this morning they announced the "Xbox Wireless Headset," a new product that will work w...

Did you see the other Game Pass offerings this February? They're good! Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is a pretty nice get, especially given that it's hitting console and PC (rather than those sneaky "mobile only" listings). Bu...

Without a shadow of a doubt, one of the biggest stories in the gaming industry last year was Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax Media, which saw the former dole out a staggering $7.5 billion for the umbrella group and its subsidiary compani...

Back in 2019 Sega unleashed Judgment out into the world: a spinoff of sorts for the Yakuza series that focused on detective Takayuki Yagami. It was a success for the publisher, which I'm sure came as a relief given that it probably see...

Microsoft has released its quarterly earnings report ending December 2020, revealing that, thanks to the launch of new hardware platforms Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, the company's gaming division saw a huge 51% increase in revenue. In ...

[Update: In a welcomed reversal, Microsoft has announced it is not going to change the price of Xbox Live Gold. Not only that, but it is changing its policy on free-to-play games. In the coming months, players will no longer need ...

Former Electronic Arts and Xbox executive Peter Moore announced that he has accepted a new role in Unity Technologies, the developer behind the prolific and widely used Unity multimedia toolsets. Moore will take the role of SVP and GM of Sp...

For most of us, 2020 was far too miserable to note. But one field that did see an upturn in fortunes in the past 12 months - at least in a financial sense - is the U.S. gaming industry, which raked in a record-breaking total of $56.9 billio...

Just a quick Friday afternoon reminder before the weekend gets here: you can now grab Dead Rising and Breakdown for free on Xbox through Games with Gold. The promo just popped up today. Most of us have played Dead Rising before, and many of...

In today's contest you can win a customizable Xbox Series X controller from Mega Modz! The last time we heard from Mega Modz, I was fresh off of losing a fight over the remote with my step dad, Terry. Oh, also we also gave away a PS4 contro...

Xbox Final Fantasy fans will be pleased to hear that more titles from Square Enix's legendary JRPG franchise will be joining the Xbox Game Pass service in 2021, following on from last year's additions of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII...

This year sees the 20th anniversary of Microsoft's first foray into the console market, Xbox. While today the brand is a powerful name in gaming in its own right, things could've been quite different. Bloomberg's Dina Bass has conducted sev...

The new console wars have begun, and we are all winning this battle. This generation, it feels like there's something for everyone. PC is still an ever-present constant. VR is gaining traction on some platforms. The Switch offers up a long-...

Xbox Game Pass! You are the gift that keeps on giving. A lot of my holiday was fueled by flipping through Game Pass, and this month, a few intriguing additions are coming into the fold. Most notably on January 7, Injustice 2 is being a...

In today’s contest, UK residents can win a Twin Mirror custom Xbox controller, along with a free copy of the game! Are all you chaps in the UK sad that you can never win physical prizes because most of the contests are US-ba...

Xbox has sputtered and come up short with Games with Gold for most of 2020. That's an unfortunate byproduct of Xbox Game Pass being so well-rounded. Having so many titles on Game Pass means that Games with Gold suffers when it comes t...

Xbox fans who dig Infuse Studios' Spirit of the North will be pleased to hear that the dreamlike adventure title is making the journey to Series X. Publisher Merge Games announced that Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition - currently avail...

One thing I've noticed with the past few console launches, something that became quite evident the day I preordered my Xbox Series S, is that I no longer feel the excitement I once did when moving into a new generation. Even last week, when...

Already in unprecedented territory, we're moving further and further into the uncharted. Hell, we're moving further and further into The Twilight Zone. Shit is downright bizarre right now. On the heels of Sony and Microsoft both offering fu...

Late last night, Sony made a massive unprecedented business decision. It pulled the trigger on offering full refunds for anyone who bought Cyberpunk 2077 through the PlayStation Store. That might happen with some low-profile indies, bu...

This is probably one of the coolest things I've seen all year, and a bright gaming spot in an otherwise rough 2020. As Modern Vintage Gamer has pointed out, it is possible to run the system link feature across four generations of Xbox. As i...

This, broadly speaking, has been a year of silver linings. It's the only way you can stay sane. If you focus exclusively on all the ways our lives have been upended in 2020, you'll doom and gloom yourself into sleeping 18 hours a day. Every...