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 ...

The most recent Sea of Thieves update introduced skeletal crews, but when the Forsaken Shores expansion drops on September 19, pirates will contend with a deadly new threat: mother nature. Forsaken Shores is going to heat up the high seas w...

When Forza Horizon 2 was announced as a freebie for "Games with Gold" this month, many people speculated that the game would be reaching its "End of Life" status. This happened two years prior to its predecessor, so it only made sense. Turn...

Just shortly after E3, Showtime announced it was starting production of a series based around the Halo franchise. While this recalled memories of Microsoft taking to its E3 stage in 2013 to announce the same thing, this series seems to actu...

In a move that is starting to become a trend in the triple-A games industry, Turn 10 has announced that Forza Motorsport 7 will be slowly removing prize crates from the experience. If you'll remember from my review, this was the single bigg...

It has been quite some time since Xbox Live's "Games with Gold" service has seen a month as eclectic as this. While I enjoy having a diverse selection of games to pick from, there is likely going to be only one game that speaks to each user...

No Man's Sky Next launched yesterday and brought a pretty substantial amount of content with it. Any of the new features could be a selling point to a specific person, but the inclusion of a fully fleshed out cooperative mode was easily the...

When Double Helix games (and later Iron Galaxy) announced a Killer Instinct reboot set for 2013, many fight fans scoffed, this guy included. My foolish arrogance got Ultra Combo'd once the game launched and was not only an amazing title, bu...

Last week, I got to thinking about Viva Piñata after seeing its name pop up on a list of games that use Xbox One's new FastStart feature to let you download and start playing up to twice as fast as before. "I never want to not be pla...

In a recent live stream on Mixer, Forza Motorsport developer Turn 10 Studios announced that it is hard at work on improving Forza 7. The team is focusing development time on providing free updates to Microsoft's flagship racing series and w...

Along with an eye-catching trailer to tease the Cursed Sails and Forsaken Shores content updates for Sea of Thieves (due in July and September, respectively), Rare took E3 as an opportunity to field questions from the game's community. The ...

Microsoft had a fairly stacked E3 press conference with reveals for Devil May Cry 5 and From Software's badass Tenchu-looking action game Sekiro. I'm dying to dig into both! But there's another game that's flying slightly more under the rad...

Microsoft dropped a huge bombshell during its E3 conference yesterday. Not content to just sit around and let the Xbox One flounder, MS took initiative and bought a couple of notable game developers along with creating a brand new company. ...

Microsoft's Forza series is making a splash this year at E3 with the announcement of Forza Horizon 4. Even better yet, Horizon 4 will be releasing October 2 for both Xbox One and PC on Windows 10 -- it'll also be available on Xbox Game Pass...

[Update: Microsoft has confirmed a February 2019 launch for Crackdown 3 in a statement issued to Windows Central.] Just last week, Amazon Spain was cancelling pre-orders for Crackdown 3 and leading many fans to believe the game had been del...

If technical issues have been bringing you down in State of Decay 2, today's patch is hopefully here to help. It's a large, far-reaching update that touches "just about every bit of the game." The download is a whopping 20GB, though Undead ...

Earlier today, Amazon Spain had cancelled pre-orders for Microsoft's upcoming Crackdown 3, leading many to believe the title had suffered another delay. While the game has already seen a bunch of delays since its E3 2014 announcement, Micro...

It's time to check out Sea of Thieves again. Along with a big ol' shark to fight, the game's first big content update provides players with more ship-to-ship communication options like a speaking trumpet, pirate cosmetics like tattoos and s...

From literally nowhere, Microsoft has released Miami Street as a free-to-play racer on Windows 10 devices. This new racer is not only compatible with PC, but on Windows Surface tablets as well. The general gameplay of Miami Street is more l...

The Hungering Deep, the first major content update for Sea of Thieves, is set to arrive on May 29. Microsoft and Rare debuted a trailer on Inside Xbox, and if you've been following along, you'll know not to expect anything too concrete from...