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Onedrive offers unlimited storage to Office 365 users

Microsoft has recently unveiled free unlimited OneDrive storage for Office 365 subscribers! To find out more, check after the break! On the Onedrive blog today, Microsoft laid out plans to give…

October 27, 2014 | 04:32 EDT

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Nokia Lumia Now Becomes Microsoft Lumia

In a blog post today, Nokia has asked us to say goodbye to Nokia Lumia, and say hello to Microsoft Lumia. This was totally expected, considering that Nokia was acquired by Microsoft earlier this year…

October 24, 2014 | 09:05 EDT

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Xbox One November Update 2014 Out Now

Since its rocky controversial start, the Xbox One has rebounded some to be a solid and often updated device. While things such as the mandatory Kinect, always online and Microsoft’s parity policy may…

October 23, 2014 | 09:15 EDT

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Four Charged in Series of Hacking Incidents Involving Video Game Software

For individuals were charged after an April, 2014 18-count superseding indictment was unsealed yesterday. The hackers, 20 year-old Nathan Leroux of Bowie, Maryland; 28 year-old Sanadodeh Nesheiwat of…

October 1, 2014 | 09:05 EDT

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Xbox One Moves 100k Units in China at Launch

The Xbox One's low sales in the eastern market might be looking up after shifting 100,000 units in China on Day 1, according to a figure by vice president of SMG, Da Zhong Zhang. In an online Chinese…

October 1, 2014 | 08:42 EDT

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Xbox One Officially Launches in China

Microsoft's Xbox One officially launches in China today, and if early pictures of the event are any indication, the launch appears to have gone well.  Today's console launch marks the first time…

September 29, 2014 | 04:26 EDT

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PES 2015: 1080p/60fps on PS4; 720p/60fps on Xbox One & PS3

Konami unveiled the final resolutions and frame rates for Pro Evolution Soccer: 2015 on next-gen consoles and PS3. Playstation 4 has a noticeably high resolution than the others, running 1080p at…

September 29, 2014 | 08:57 EDT

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Xbox Games with Gold for October

Xbox' Major Nelson has revealed on his blog this morning the latest titles to become part of Microsoft's Games with Gold program.The first title on the list is Chariot, for the Xbox One. Chariot is…

September 25, 2014 | 01:46 EDT

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Microsoft Office free for Students and Teachers

Today Microsoft has announced that their popular Office Suite now called Office 365 is being released for free. Last year it was announced that if a teacher ordered the Office 365 package for a…

September 22, 2014 | 03:34 EDT

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Mojang: "Yes, we're being bought by Microsoft." Notch leaves.

After weeks of rumor and speculation Mojang have conformed that they are indeed being bought by Microsoft. The confirmation comes from the Mojang website seen here. Where they put the rumors to bed…

September 15, 2014 | 10:43 EDT

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Microsoft Rumored to Purchase Minecraft Studio

According to recent rumors, Microsoft Corp. is in talks with Minecraft developer Mojang for a possible buy out. This news, if true, would come as a surprise given Mojang’s founder Marcus “Notch”…

September 10, 2014 | 01:39 EDT

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Xbox One Suffers Worst Japanese Console Launch in 15 Years

Microsoft's Xbox One console launched in Japan on September 4th as part of its expansion into an additional twenty-eight markets across the globe this month. Microsoft has traditionally had a very…

September 10, 2014 | 09:00 EDT

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Rest In Peace: MSN Messenger

Windows Live Messenger formerly (and better known as) MSN Messenger will have its final plugged pulled on October 31st, 2014. To most people MSN Messenger already died March 15th 2013 but the last…

September 8, 2014 | 11:00 EDT

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Everything We Know About Windows 9

Windows 9 is the biggest release Microsoft's had planned since 2003, which was an age of failed promises, disappointment, and Windows Vista. What exactly is Windows 9, though, and what do we know…

September 4, 2014 | 01:00 EDT

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Minecraft to Release this Friday on Xbox One [UPDATED]

The sandbox block-building game, Minecraft, will make its long-anticipated next-generation debut on the Xbox One this Friday, September 5th, according to an update published at 9 PM last night on…

September 3, 2014 | 09:00 EDT

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Windows 9 "threshold" may be announced later this year

After all of the press behind the release of Windows 8 in late 2012 it may now be that the world will be getting its first look at the new Windows operating system before too long. The new operating…

August 21, 2014 | 11:56 EDT

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Xbox Gamescom 2014 - Recap

The Xbox Gamescom 2014 press announcement has just ended and given us a lot of new things to look forward to. Earlier this week Xbox teased us by tweeting an image of "Xbox Gamescom 14" with each…

August 12, 2014 | 11:24 EDT

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Unity Engine headed to the Xbox One

Members of the ID@Xbox program are now able to start using Unity for development on the Xbox One. The news came today during the public preview of Unity Engine 4.3. On top of that developers will be…

August 12, 2014 | 03:47 EDT

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Halo 2 Anniversary Cutscenes, Maps and TV Series Trailer Shown

Halo 2 fans have gotten a taste of what is to come for the Halo 2 Anniversary Edition, part of the Halo: Master Chief Collection, as a video showing off remastered cut scenes was posted to 343 and…

July 27, 2014 | 05:32 EDT

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Xbox Entertainment Studios latest victim in Microsoft restructure

Xbox Entertainment Studios is the next part of Microsoft to suffer from the announced restructuring last Thursday. The point of Xbox Entertainment Studios was to create dedicated digital video…

July 17, 2014 | 07:48 EDT

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Sales double as the Xbox is sold without Kinect

The Kinect 2.0 has been removed from the Xbox One in a new bundle at the start of June and has reduced the price to $399. This price drop has already begun to show that it is a choice that consumers…

July 17, 2014 | 06:08 EDT

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Games With Gold July 2014

Xbox's Major Nelson has just updated his blog revealing the games that subscribers of Xbox Gold will get coming up this July as part of Microsoft's Games with Gold program. Three new games will be…

June 26, 2014 | 05:06 EDT

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Post E3 2014- Microsoft's Change in Approach

A year ago, after the 2013 E3 round of press conferences Microsoft were on the back foot. After controversial decisions about their new console and a press conference mired with technical difficulty'…

June 16, 2014 | 09:00 EDT

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4 Things At E3 2014 I Never Knew I Wanted

As Steve Jobs famously put “People don’t know what they want until you show it to them.” In essence this is half of what E3 is all about (the other half being a plea for investors to start or…

June 12, 2014 | 10:02 EDT

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IMO: E3 2014 Microsoft - How E3 Presentations Should Be

In the preview to the E3 2014 Microsoft press conference (check out a recap of the press conference here), there was an emphasis that Microsoft was really going to need to do something to sell games…

June 9, 2014 | 06:38 EDT

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Microsoft E3 2014 Recap

This year's E3 is Phil Spencer's first one as the new Head of Xbox. Microsoft had already made a few announcement prior to the conference, such as a Kinectless Xbox at $100 less. This year, Spencer…

June 9, 2014 | 03:20 EDT

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E3 2014- New Crackdown Announced

Game industry veteran Dave Jones took to stage to announce a brand new Crackdown, coming exclusively to Xbox One. The title made its debut with a fancy looking trailer, one full of Crackdown flavour…

June 9, 2014 | 03:10 EDT

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E3 2014- Scalebound Announced: New Game from Platinum

Game development hero, Hideki Kamiya, took to the stage at E3 2014 to announce Scalebound: A brand new Platinum Games IP coming exclusively to the Xbox One. The game looks like a fantasy action game…

June 9, 2014 | 03:00 EDT

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Rise of the Tomb Raider Announced

During Microsoft's E3 press confrence today the trailer for the next chapter in the Tomb Raider saga. The sequel to the 2012 Tomb Raider reboot is called Rise of the Tomb Raider. In the cinematic…

June 9, 2014 | 02:59 EDT

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E3 2014- New Phantom Dust Announced

There were rumours, but many didn't dare to believe. Turns out they were true, Microsoft is bringing a new Phantom Dust to the Xbox One. It's pitched as a relaunch in the same way Killer Instinct was…

June 9, 2014 | 02:52 EDT

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E3 2014- 'Inside' Announced

2010's Limbo was a really special game, but what have Playdead been up to since? It turns out they've been making the Xbox One exclusive 'Inside', another super interesting looking sidescroller…

June 9, 2014 | 02:42 EDT

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E3 2014- Sunset Overdrive!

Sunset Overdrive, the latest game from insomniac, made a big appearance at Microsoft's E3 show. Things started with a trailer, showing off the game's sense of humour and lack of sincerity. Everything…

June 9, 2014 | 02:18 EDT

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E3 2014- Dragon Age Inquisition DLC First on Xbox One

The beautiful looking Dragon Age Inquisition appeared on Microsoft's press show, bringing with it the news that the Xbox One will get DLC first. All that was shown was a trailer, but the game is…

June 9, 2014 | 02:09 EDT

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E3 2014- EVOLVE

Evolve made a brief appearance at Microsoft's stage show, proudly proclaiming that the Xbox One will get DLC first, as well as getting an exclusive beta. Sadly there was no gameplay footage, just a…

June 9, 2014 | 01:57 EDT

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E3 2014 - Call of Duty Advanced Warfare

With some of the first gameplay from Sledgehammer's new entry into the CoD, series, we finally get a fair amount of gameplay with the campaign. Seemless transition from CGI video to the actual game,…

June 9, 2014 | 01:44 EDT

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E3 2014 Pre-E3 Wrap-up

We put out a lot of different articles talking about what you could see from E3 2014 and what we wanted to see from E3 this year, as well as any news that affects the event. Look here to links to all…

June 9, 2014 | 09:00 EDT

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E3 2014 Online Viewers Guide

For everyone who wants to keep up with the latest E3 conference news but wasn't able to get an invite here are all of the essential links for you! At the bottom of the page there is even a neat…

June 8, 2014 | 09:52 EDT

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E3 2014 Microsoft - What we should expect

With E3 coming next week, we here at TechRaptor thought we would show you what we expect to see from the major publishers, starting with Microsoft. Their press conference begins June 9th at 9:30 PDT…

June 6, 2014 | 12:00 EDT

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Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Xbox One on the way

Halo fans are getting a pleasant surprise today with sources detailing a rumor of an HD bundle collecting all of the games following Master Chief's exploits. Halo: The Master Chief collection brings…

May 16, 2014 | 07:26 EDT

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Microsoft Removes Kinect from Xbox One Bundles

Microsoft's Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, has announced that a $399 version of Xbox One will soon be available. Starting June 9th, customers will be able to purchase a Kinectless version of the Xbox…

May 13, 2014 | 01:56 EDT

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Walmart slashes $50 Off Titanfall Xbox One Bundle

Attention all Xbox One and Titanfall pilots! If you were looking to wait for the bundle to get cheaper- today is the day. Effective immediately, the Xbox One that comes bundled with Titanfall is $449…

March 21, 2014 | 12:48 EDT

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Halo News Will Drop Down at E3 2014

Microsoft Studios Corporate VP Phil Spencer confirmed via twitter that there will be Halo news gracing E3 this coming year. In a tweet to a fan Spencer states: @MarvelousJoJo Halo news will be…

February 28, 2014 | 02:45 EST

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Xbox One Media Remote Image Surfaced on Amazon

The internet is a vast world of its own and it’s easy for webpages to go unnoticed and get lost in cyberspace without ever gracing the eyes of readers. However, this was not the case when Amazon…

February 13, 2014 | 05:27 EST

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Winning Designs for Xbox One Controller Contest Revealed

Microsoft has released names and controller patterns for the selected contest winners involving the Xbox One controller design contest that started a few months back. The grand prize winner of $1,…

February 4, 2014 | 04:41 EST

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Microsoft Names New CEO: Satya Nadella

Earlier today Microsoft announced that 47 year old Satya Nadella will become Microsoft's third CEO and a member of their Board of Directors. Before this he was the Executive Vice President of…

February 4, 2014 | 11:38 EST

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Top 10 Must Have Xbox 360 Games

As the next-generation of consoles hit store shelves, many early adopters are flocking to snatch these units up at a record pace. Lost in the whirlwind that is the Xbox One and PS4, some kids around…

January 7, 2014 | 09:00 EST

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Xbox One Launch Event is Already Seeing a Crowd

Let the games begin! Like the Playstation launch before it, Microsoft's Xbox One launch event is already drawing a crowd. A picture tweeted by Major Nelson shows fans patiently waiting in line…

November 21, 2013 | 04:28 EST

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FYI: Microsoft Remote Desktop App Out Today

Today has been a busy day for Microsoft. Alongside the launch of Windows 8.1, the company also released the Microsoft Remote Desktop App for iOS and Android today. My initial thought on the app…

October 17, 2013 | 06:03 EDT