As it’s my third year covering New York Comic Con for TechRaptor, it was also my third year attending the wonderfully pirate-y Sea of Thieves panel, this year hosted by Adam Park, Peter Henze, Mike…
October 12, 2019 | 11:46 EDT
According to a breaking report from Kotaku, the Creative Director of the upcoming Halo Infinite left developer 343 Industries this week. This is supposed to be part of a "leadership shakeup" as the…
August 16, 2019 | 06:16 EDT
Some say he smells slightly of Dino Nuggets and can throw a socket wrench over the Tower of London. We just call him The Stig, and he'll be included as a reward in the newly-launched Top Gear Forza…
July 3, 2019 | 12:40 EDT
One of the biggest pieces of news out of Xbox E3 2019 was that Halo Infinite will launch with Project Scarlet. A trailer popped up immediately afterward and we got an interesting new look into the…
June 9, 2019 | 06:41 EDT
At the Microsoft E3 2019 the new expansion for Forza Horizon 4 that will be featuring a collaboration with LEGO. Forza Horizon 4 LEGO Speed Champions brings a bunch of cars to the game that will be…
June 9, 2019 | 06:21 EDT
State of Decay 2: Heartland brings two new story experiences for players to enjoy, each represented by one of two characters. One character is a young black woman and the other character is an older…
June 9, 2019 | 06:13 EDT
Amazon may have leaked the PC release date for Sunset Overdrive. The Amazon page (it has since been taken down, but you can view the archived page here) lists the release date as November 16, 2018,…
November 14, 2018 | 12:38 EST
Forza Horizon 4 will be getting its first expansion, Fortune Island. The expansion is the largest the series has ever seen and will launch December 13, 2018. The expansion will add a brand new land…
November 10, 2018 | 06:42 EST
Open-world Xbox One exclusive Sunset Overdrive has been given a rating by the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board), indicating that the game will be coming to PC soon. The ESRB rating for the…
November 5, 2018 | 09:36 EST
The post-launch content for Forza Horizon 4 has been revealed. It includes the first month of additional content, which will conclude the game's first full seasonal cycle. The latest addition to…
September 26, 2018 | 11:47 EDT
Forza Horizon 4 was officially announced during Microsoft's press conference with a trailer. The trailer showed off cars racing through several countryside locations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…
June 10, 2018 | 05:45 EDT
Microsoft's Xbox E3 2018 show kicked off with Halo Infinite. We got to see a fantastic video showcasing the graphical fidelity of the engine. We got to see a variety of Earth-like scenery with…
June 10, 2018 | 05:10 EDT
Late last month, State of Decay 2 released to largely warm reception. Since then, players have been busy, racking up over 600 million zombie kills in only a few weeks. That said, Microsoft's newest…
June 3, 2018 | 05:23 EDT
Undead Labs’ State of Decay 2 has had over 1 million players two days after its Standard Edition release date. The Standard Edition released for Xbox One and PC on May 22. The Microsoft exclusive…
May 26, 2018 | 06:05 EDT
Gears of War 4 will be added to the Xbox Game Pass on December 1, 2017, according to a mildly cryptic tweet from Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb, the Director of Programming for Xbox Live. https://twitter.…
November 16, 2017 | 02:25 EST
At E3 Microsoft has announced the first major expansion for Halo Wars 2 in the form of Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare. Halo Wars 2's first major expansion will contain a new campaign, new…
June 13, 2017 | 10:45 EDT
If you happened to watch the introduction to Microsoft's E3 2017 conference, you might have noticed that Gears of War 4 characters were spotted in its montage of titles that will take advantage of…
June 11, 2017 | 11:56 EDT
Microsoft's E3 conference delivered a slew of games, among which came a new trailer for State of Decay 2 and a release window of Spring 2018. The game will be a play anywhere title for Xbox One and…
June 11, 2017 | 07:03 EDT
Undead Labs' Community Manager Sanya Weathers has revealed some new information on State of Decay 2's map size. According to a news post posted on the official State of Decay website, Weather reveals…
April 6, 2017 | 07:30 EDT
As we approach the release date of February 21st for Halo Wars 2, more information about the latest addition to Microsoft’s popular Halo series is being released. Unfortunately for North American…
February 15, 2017 | 09:30 EST
In a post put out on the official Forza website, Playground Games confirmed that you will no longer be able to purchase Forza Horizon or any of it's DLC on the Xbox 360 after October 20th. …
September 24, 2016 | 10:22 EDT
Gears of War 4 will be bundled as a digital download with select GeForce GTX 1070 and GeForce GTX 1080 cards according to the official GeForce website. The announcement highlighted a video showcasing…
September 21, 2016 | 10:15 EDT
Mike Rayner, the Technical Director of Gears of War 4, revealed to PC Gamer at a preview event last week that the PC version of the newest Gears of War title will receive local split-screen co-op…
September 19, 2016 | 06:25 EDT
When Quantum Break first released onto Windows 10, it seemed like the start of a new trend for Microsoft's games. It was released in the UWP format and exclusive to Microsoft's proprietary app store…
August 10, 2016 | 03:35 EDT
It's almost without fail these days that any big budget multiplayer game (and plenty of single player ones) will have microtransactions in them. This helps support ongoing development in general and…
July 19, 2016 | 01:03 EDT
During Microsoft's E3 press conference they showed off gameplay of Halo Wars 2 and surprised the crowd by announcing the game would have an open beta starting today. Now it seems they have some more…
June 15, 2016 | 04:00 EDT
As reported by Japan’s Famitsu, Gears of War 4 will not be coming to the Japan. The reasons for the lack of a Japanese release has been explained to be due to the Japanese rating system (CERO) and…
June 15, 2016 | 01:10 EDT
At the Microsoft press conference we were given a look at Halo Wars 2. We were shown a cinematic trailer where two enemies were slowly walking through a chaotic battlefield to meet head on. Finishing…
June 13, 2016 | 03:02 EDT
Gears of War 4 is the first game to open up Microsoft's E3 conference, and they start with some nice bombshells. Before showing any gameplay, Microsoft announced that Gears of War 4 is coming to…
June 13, 2016 | 01:46 EDT
When Microsoft and 343 Industries released Halo 5: Forge to the PC, people almost immediately started speculating about an eventual port of Halo 5: Guardians for PC. The fact that a certain neoGAF…
June 10, 2016 | 12:19 EDT
Quantum Break, the time-freezing shooter from Remedy, is waiting on Microsoft to deploy a Windows 10 update to fix crashing according to VG 24/7. The issue was spelled out in a State of the Game…
April 29, 2016 | 10:00 EDT
Quantum Break has been out for a while now on Xbox One and Microsoft Windows, and while the former has been doing quite well, the latter has been suffering quite a few technical difficulties that has…
April 13, 2016 | 09:20 EDT
Quantum Break is coming out worldwide on the 5th of April from Remedy Entertainment and Microsoft Studios. If you buy the game then you are also eligible for Alan Wake and the DLC packs The Signal…
April 3, 2016 | 01:46 EDT
Turn 10 Studios, the developer behind the racing game Forza Motortsport 6, has quietly added microtransactions to its game. Players are now able to buy a new currency called 'tokens' that will allow…
November 17, 2015 | 09:51 EST
Looks like Halo will return on PC pretty soon... even if not in its FPS incarnation. Halo Wars 2 has been just announed on the stage of Gamescom 2015 by Microsoft and it will be exclusive for Xbox…
August 4, 2015 | 01:08 EDT
Xbox's Major Nelson has reminded everyone that Microsoft's new loyalty program, Xbox Games With Gold, will be releasing its first free game later on today. Defense Grid: The Awakening will be free…
July 1, 2013 | 02:44 EDT