Sony ran into a communications snafu earlier this week when Mark Cerny's dulcet tones about hard drive seek reduction lulled everyone's eyes into glazing over. Everyone simultaneously snapped awake when Cerny mentioned that "nearly all" of ...

Love is not in the air in February, at least not as far as Games with Gold goes. Cupid's arrow has flown astray of Xbox, as next month's freebies are focused on cosmic horror and laser blasters.  On Xbox One, Xbox Live Gold subscriber...

Xbox is starting 2020 with two games where the lead sticks to the shadows. Good synergy considering they couldn't be more diametrically opposed from a moral standpoint. Batman: A Telltale Games Series is January's Xbox One game that m...

Do you have any fondness for Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter? Good! The Xbox Games with Gold lineup for November 2019 is banking on that fact. As far as these things go, it's not an eye-catching month. If you're subbed to Xbox Live Gold or Gam...

We're only a week out from Obsidian's new RPG The Outer Worlds, but in the meantime, Fallout: New Vegas is calling my name. It's joining the Xbox Game Pass catalog today, and honestly, one little run across the desert couldn't hurt. I wonde...

There's no shortage of articles where the premise is "Some legitimately good games are getting added to Xbox Game Pass." Here's another for the pile. In the coming weeks, Xbox Game Pass is getting six new titles -- and there's something to ...

Xbox Live Gold subscribers are in for a treat in September. The "Games with Gold" selection has been announced and it contains Hitman: The Complete First Season. While not as good as its sequel, IO Interactive's reboot to the iconic assass...

Sony might be striking out with PlayStation Plus' July line-up, but at least Xbox One gamers are getting some quality titles. Both Symphony of the Night and Inside headline a month that is pretty decent, overall. Meet the Robinsons, based ...

Today is both a glorious and sad day for Xbox One backward compatibility. While the service just got a whole ton of excellent additions, Microsoft also announced that it will no longer be adding any original Xbox or Xbox 360 titles to the s...

Microsoft's heading into E3 with a Games with Gold lineup that's fairly divisive. All of the games are good in their own right, but only one of them is something that most everyone can enjoy -- and most everyone has already played it. On X...

"Better late than never," some people might say as a flimsy excuse for belatedly getting around to stuff. Thanks to backward compatibility on Xbox One, late is a viable option and never is increasingly obsolete. The last console generation ...

It's wild to think about where Trials started and how far the series has gone. For better or worse, it's an institution at this point. If you're ever feeling wistful about the care-free Xbox Live Arcade days, it's not too late to revisit Tr...

Microsoft has announced the May 2019 line-up for its "Games With Gold" selection and it's all over the place. I understand not every month can be a banger, but this is an exceptionally odd collection of games. Each game is from a different ...

Today on Inside Xbox, Microsoft confirmed a long-requested addition to the Xbox One backward compatibility list: Ninja Gaiden II! Not only that, but the brutal action game is Xbox One X enhanced, meaning you'll get a higher resolution and p...

Of April's Games with Gold lineup, there's a rogue one -- a solo standout that kind of rises above the rest. It also sticks out because it's the only true old-timer of the bunch, the one you have to go back a couple console generations to ...

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, Konami's funky multiplayer-focused greatest-hits remix of past games, is playable on Xbox One. The 2010 Xbox 360 title just joined the backward compatible list. The game never quite lived up to its home-run...

While Lyle continues to be the multi-dimensional janitor that cleans up your mess in over 30 different scenarios, here's what's been happening in video games on Earth A246: Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming to PC! Dragon's Dogm...

I know the start of the week can be a little rough for all of us. If you fancy blowing off some steam with a little wanton destruction, then Xbox One owners might have been given the perfect outlet, as Crackdown 2 is now available to downlo...

Xbox is now three for three when it comes to solid Games with Gold offerings to start off 2019. January had Celeste; February had Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. March is more well-rounded. The single most exciting game in March's Ga...

The timing couldn't be much better here. Just as many of us are feeling renewed affection for the Resident Evil series thanks to last month's brilliant RE2 remake, Capcom and Microsoft have made Resident Evil Code: Veronica X backward compa...

Anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of playing the original Crackdown can do so now at no price. In the lead-up to the launch of Crackdown 3, Microsoft has made 2007's Crackdown free for everyone. It can be played on Xbox One throu...

Backward compatibility just rushed in, commanding and conquering one of the most well-known real-time strategy franchises. Every Command & Conquer release on the Xbox 360 is now playable on the Xbox One. EA has bolstered its Xbox b...

Konami has announced that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is now backward compatible on Xbox One. While many people don't look back on it too fondly, it and its direct sequel are the last official Castlevania games released by Konami. They act...

Because we're days away from everyone Logging Off for Christmas and New Years, some companies are making their January announcements a bit ahead of schedule. That's what's happening here with Xbox's Games with Gold for January, and Xbox Li...

Good news, everyone! The Darkness can now be played on Xbox One! The game joins the ever-growing catalog of backward compatible titles that are playable on Microsoft's newer box. The bad news? Duke Nukem Forever and The Bureau: XCOM Declass...