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...

Elden Ring was announced nearly two years ago at E3 2019, and since then, the wait has been unbearable. From Software, Hidetaka Miyazaki in the director's chair, and George R.R. Martin handling the lore? Folks are already excited for the su...

Much has been said about Halo Infinite, whether it's in-depth fan discussions dissecting every detail, ongoing status updates from the developers, or even just onlookers making memes. But in the wake of the big delay, how are things looking...

In what has to be one of the least-attention-grabbing Games with Gold lineups in recent memory, Xbox Live Gold subscribers are getting Warface: Breakout, Vicious Attack Llama Apocalypse, Metal Slug 3, and Port Royale 3 as freebies for March...

Back in November of 2019, Phil Spencer declared that Microsoft was going to bring Final Fantasy XIV to the Xbox platform. It was a nice decree, and if it really could interface with PC and PS4 (now PS5 too), it would mean even mor...

Microsoft has outdone itself with backward compatibility on Xbox, to the point where – in the absence of regularly scheduled big-hitting exclusives – it's one of the main selling points for the platform. And it gets better: with...

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...

New Halo news is coming back in a big way and it's pretty exciting. Now that a lot of the darkness has parted from the Halo Infinite delay, 343 Industries is giving us huge updates for the Halo series as a whole. Not all...

Minecraft Dungeons has a lot to celebrate. Although Minecraft is still a huge IP, there was always a risk trying to get people involved in a spinoff, as a lot of folks generally will just keep playing the game they already know. Althou...

Playground Games' crowd-favorite racing series Forza Horizon is coming to Steam. The studio is collaborating with Sumo Digital to bring the latest entry, Forza Horizon 4, to Steam on March 9, 2021. If you've held off with the Windows 10 ve...

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...

One Final Fantasy game shall stand, one shall fall. That latter game is Final Fantasy XV, which recently left the Xbox Game Pass service. But some would say that Microsoft is "trading up," as Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is a...

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 ...

It's been a little while since we've heard about Halo Infinite. And that makes sense! At least to me it does. After a lengthy delay, it would seem that developer 343 Industries is heads-down getting everything in order for the triple PC/Xbo...

[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 ...

This morning we learned that Control was hitting Xbox Game Pass for PC on January 21, but now we have the full slate. On that same day, Desperados III, Donut Country, and Outer Wilds (Android/xCloud) will join the ranks of Xbox Game Pa...

I feel sorry for anyone who's out there amassing a multi-colored array of Xbox controllers – they just don't stop coming. The gamepad's latest colorway, Pulse Red, is a vibrant red-and-white combo. The Pulse Red controller will be ava...

At this point we've had developers all over the globe muse on how much they'd like to see their characters make an appearance in Super Smash Bros., including Blizzard: who noted their picks of Tracer and Diablo. But with the addition of Ban...

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...

Not that I was paying much attention to how well Minecraft Earth was or was not faring, but the idea of a Minecraft rendition of Pokémon Go's winning augmented-reality formula seemed like a no-brainer, and it's surprising to hear th...

Developer Inti Creates has announced that it is cancelling the Xbox One port of its upcoming remaster Gal Gun Returns, despite development having reached completion on the Microsoft platform. In a statement posted to Twitter yesterday, Inti...

A beefed-up PC with a comfy VR setup and Microsoft Flight Simulator sounds like a dream right now. The VR test period is over, and the update is ready: you can now fly with VR in Microsoft Flight Simulator if you have an Oculus, Vive, Valve...

It feels like just yesterday that myself and my duos partner won Halo 2 in a local tournament, but here we are. Halo is on its umpteenth game, and legacy titles are being sunset. Halo, as a series, started its life around two deca...

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...