The highly anticipated beta for Microsoft's next release in the massively successful Halo franchise has been released, and is set to run for the next few weeks. The beta for Halo 5: Guardians has…
December 29, 2014 | 05:10 EST
Metal Gear Solid 5 may be coming as soon as February 24th of next year, if the date listing of Microsoft's store page is to be believed. Microsoft is not the only store showing this. Rakuten, a…
December 21, 2014 | 08:48 EST
Microsoft has joined the group of company's that accept the online currency Bitcoin - adding their substantial weight to the young currency's legitimacy. Microsoft is far from the first, following in…
December 11, 2014 | 06:17 EST
Aaron Greenberg, a marketing manager for Xbox, has revealed on twitter that Microsoft will publish Rise of the Tomb Raider. When asked by a fan asked who the publisher would be Microsoft or Square-…
December 9, 2014 | 10:43 EST
A Destructoid community blogger broke the story that Microsoft are late in paying the developers for their work on games in the Xbox Live Indie Games MarketPlace. Developers are supposed to be paid…
December 3, 2014 | 11:43 EST
Sometimes in this world, we must all stand up to sad news. The moment when we find out that no, Santa Clause is not real. The moment when we realize that no, no one is infallible in life. Sometimes…
December 2, 2014 | 07:02 EST
Surprising no one, the Xbox One has not been a success in Japan, but what has been surprising is how much it has been... unsuccessful. The bossman of Xbox Japan, Takashi Sensui, has resigned from…
November 28, 2014 | 07:12 EST
Last week, we reported on the hacking group DerpTrolling posting a pastebin with several thousands login information from PSN, Windows Live and 2K accounts. Few days later, Sony announced they found…
November 24, 2014 | 11:08 EST
During today's Connect conference, Microsoft has announced a multitude of updates or new products, including Visual Studio 2015, Visual Studio Community 2013, and .NET 4.6. For more information,…
November 12, 2014 | 04:37 EST
Today, an eagle-eyed poster on the NeoGAF forum spotted a trademark filing for the Battletoads name. After Microsoft took over Rare in 2002, there has been a disappointing lack of revival from their…
November 10, 2014 | 01:23 EST
Were you beginning to think that maybe the Mobile Market would slip away from Microsoft Office? That its focus on paid software on a market that is known for its freemium style would undermine it? If…
November 6, 2014 | 01:05 EST
September, October, and November are high volume release months for the gaming industry, and while a large volume of games do get released in this window, some are delayed in order to limit…
November 3, 2014 | 05:15 EST
Back in July, Microsoft announced that it would be laying off 18 000 jobs worldwide over an unspecified period of time, including over 12500 employees acquired when they bought Nokia. Its latest…
November 3, 2014 | 10:52 EST
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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