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It’s possible the gaming community got its first solid clue as to what the Microsoft Xbox Series X will cost when it launches later this fall. Tyler Fischer of Comic Book believes he might have cracked a code that was first revealed by Kai Powell of WCCF Tech. If Fischer did indeed crack the code […]

Showtime is planning to air its upcoming television series adaptation of the Halo gaming franchise in 2020. Fans are indeed excited about seeing their favorite game hit the small screen. A recent announcement from Showtime’s president of programming, Gary Levine, hit IGN stating that the Master Chief will in fact be a leading character, but […]

A 2018 release date for 343 Industries’ highly anticipated first-person video game sequel Halo 6 has recently been the topic of discussion for a lot of hopeful fans ever since the year started. However, the studio has now hinted that this may not be the case after all as they are still working on a […]

The Electronic Entertainment Expo is still a few months away, but updates regarding what gamers can expect from major players in the video game industry are already pouring in. Xbox and Nintendo, for instance, are already teasing what they have up their sleeves for the June 2017 convention. The president of Nintendo America, Reggie Fils-Aime, […]

We have begged and cried for the Destiny sequel to come to the PC. Now, new information has surfaced that might finally prove a PC port is in the works. Destiny was a tough success to beat, which was reported by Game Rant to have shipped enough copies of the game to record at least […]

Did you miss playing Halo: Reach? Well there is no need to get that old Xbox 360 up and running just to reminisce all those times at Reach because the Xbox One Backward Compatibility team has just released a new patch to make it all better. Last year, when Backward Compatibility for the Xbox One […]

This coming labor day, expect some of the biggest and most exciting gaming deals and sale items from a $100 off special Xbox One to a Nintendo Wii U clearance sale. If you’re looking for things to do this coming September 5, maybe you can spend some hours (or the whole day) on a new […]

Not sure about getting an Xbox One S? These two gems hidden inside the Xbox One S unit might help you decide. When Microsoft announced the Xbox One S at the E3 2016, fans weren’t too sure if it was exactly a great idea to release an upgrade too soon. But with the new PlayStation […]

It’s almost a year since Xbox One surprised everyone by announcing Xbox 360 games will become playable via backward compatibility on the Xbox One platform. It has been one of the biggest and most commendable moves by one of the biggest gaming companies, and we have been with them every step of the way. Xbox […]

Though the Xbox 360 is nearly 11-years-old, its games are being given an overhaul. Microsoft, the creators, and owners of the Xbox platform have been working hard to ensure that Xbox 360 games have backwards-compatibility with the Xbox One. Translated from nerdese, this means that select Xbox 360 games will be playable on an Xbox […]

The trailer for Killer Instinct’s third season is here and they are confirming the involvement of Kim Wu’s character in the game. The Xbox One exclusive Killer Instict will add Kim Wu on its roster of characters. This addition is believed to improve the content of the game, according to GameRant. Game developer Iron Galaxy […]

Xbox One’s backward compatibility list has been steadily growing since the backward compatibility feature for Xbox One launched completely for Xbox One units worldwide. Just this week, Xbox One released another batch of Xbox 360 titles compatible to the Xbox One, which includes: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Sam & Max Save the World, […]

‘Tis the season to be jolly — and maybe buy an Xbox One Kinect bundle, too. Saving a few dollars is all the rave nowadays, what with Black Friday and Cyber Monday and similar sales events flooding the internet. Who wouldn’t feel great about saving at least half when buying products off the internet? While […]

Over 100 Xbox 360 games are already available on the Xbox One via the Xbox One Backward Compatibility feature that launched alongside the New Xbox One Experience user interface overhaul. But Xbox One won’t rest. Microsoft reveals that this huge list is scheduled to grow on a monthly basis. As of November 12, when the […]

From its opening moments, Halo 5: Guardians begs you to remember the series’ past. The familiar Halo motif starts to play as the UNSC Infinity floats in a sea of stars, but this quickly replaced with the contrasting musical themes of both Fireteam Osiris and Master Chief’s Blue Team, reminding the player that Halo 5 […]

The Halo franchise has carried the Xbox platforms on its back since both debuted in 2001 to a questioning gaming community. The expectations aren’t much different for Halo 5 and the Xbox One 14 years later, as a Bloomberg piece published Thursday asks if the shooter can save the console. Sales aside, the interesting parts […]

Jaxon Taylor, a lucky Australian toddler, is recovering post-surgery following a near-fatal car crash that caused his head to detach from his spine. The surgery to reattach Taylor’s head to his spine is being hailed as a medical miracle across the world. Surgeons saved the life of the 16-month-old infant who suffered an internal decapitation […]

Destiny: The Taken King, the latest expansion for the Destiny First-Person Shooter (FPS) game, adds a new dimension to the popular Xbox and PlayStation game series. With the addition of The Taken King, the popular series gained a new and expanded storyline, and added greatly to the lore surrounding the Halo universe. The Taken King […]

Days to the much-awaited Fallout 4 release, Bethesda yet again surprises millions of Fallout fans with the news that a Fallout-inspired monopoly game is releasing on the market. Albeit this being the era of console gaming, board games continue to move in niche markets, and Monopoly is one of the few board games that never […]

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is mixing up the playlists this week with the addition of Infection. Developer 343 Industries is also fixing an issue with some Xbox One players abusing Xbox LIVE’s reputation system to avoid players that are better than themselves. Playlist Shakeup When the Halo: The Master Chief Collection multiplayer playlist is […]

This is the perfect time to get an Xbox One unit if you’ve been waiting for a long time to get a gaming console. Gamers who want to get an Xbox One console should consider the deal from US retailer Best Buy. Offering a spectacular back-to-school promo for the Xbox One, the deal will enable […]

Xbox has some pretty exciting announcements coming at this year’s GamesCom. Now, in the time preceding GamesCom 2015, there are several new things we may be able to expect from Xbox. According to the Verge, the newest installment of Halo (entitled Halo: Guardians) is coming in October 2015, so there’s likely to be an update […]

Developer 343 Industries hasn’t given up on fixing Halo: The Master Chief Collection for the Xbox One yet. The studio announced Sunday that a new content update (aka patch) is in development while work on Halo 5 is ongoing. Additionally, new playlists are also being added to the shooter’s multiplayer mode. The problems with Halo: […]

Windows 10 is finally coming out with its own AI assistant. If Apple had Siri for years, Microsoft finally gives Windows 10 users their very own Siri — but she will be called Cortana. Windows 10 users are very excited with the introduction of Cortana in Windows 10, a huge breakthrough in PC, since this […]

The Xbox One backwards compatibility announcement came with an interesting condition. Microsoft will determine which Xbox 360 games to pursue as backwards compatible first based on the community’s desires. After nearly a week, those desires are leaning heavily in the direction of certain big name franchises, but one particular Rockstar Games title leads the pack. […]

As the days to the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2015 (E3 2015) tick by, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One fans are getting more and more restless, since the biggest Microsoft Xbox and Sony Playstation releases are announced during this event. E3 2015 will be a three day event for gaming enthusiasts that will be held on […]

As the world’s leading games conference draws ever closer this month, Microsoft have spoken out regarding their plans to dedicate more time and titles to the fast-changing PC gaming market at E3 2015. Xbox boss Phil Spencer made to pledge to gamers, vowing that the mistakes the company made with the “Games for Windows Live” […]

The wait for the Halo 3: ODST re-release on the Xbox One is finally over. 343 Industries and Microsoft pushed out a content update to Halo: The Master Chief Collection early Saturday morning that enables the addition of the campaign and the free “Remnant” multiplayer map. It also comes with a number of other fixes […]

343 Industries previously stated that the Halo: The Master Chief Collection update that included Halo 3: ODST and was coming to the Xbox One in May. That target may be missed however following a retracted Xbox Store post and a comment from 343 Industries. 343 Industries originally announced in April that the Master Chief Collection […]

After over a week of waiting and scouring the internet for official clues, fans have managed to piece together the cover art of Halo 5: Guardians. Not very long after, Microsoft released the official cover art on their blog, as well as releasing an animated version of the cover art in order to show off […]

The free addition of Halo 3: ODST and a new Halo 2 multiplayer map for Halo: The Master Chief Collection was finally given a release window by 343 Industries on Tuesday. The apology content will be landing on the Xbox One compilation shooter sometime next month. The developer announced that the next-gen upgrades to Halo […]

343 Industries made a surprise announcement for the Halo franchise on Wednesday. The first PC release of the long-running series since Halo 2 is on the way. Only, it’s not Halo 5: Guardians. Instead, it’s a free-to-play online multiplayer game that will soon launch a beta in Russia. The free Halo multiplayer game for the […]

343 Industries and Microsoft released a new teaser trailer for its upcoming Xbox One exclusive, Halo 5: Guardians, early Saturday morning as part of the #HUNTtheTRUTH viral campaign, the Inquisitr reported on Friday. It’s unclear if the video was released early or if this is part of the build up to a big reveal. However, […]

Microsoft and Halo developers 343 Industries have released a new patch for Halo: The Master Chief Collection, according to reports, and this newest patch focuses mainly on matchmaking issues. You can see a full list of what has been fixed below. To date, matchmaking issues have been running rampant in Halo: The Master Chief Collection, […]

Developer 343 Industries previously hinted that the Xbox One beta for the upcoming Halo: The Master Chief Collection update might not happen. The developer confirmed that is the case Monday with an explanation as to why. There’s also a sneak peek at the upcoming “Relic” multiplayer map meant to be part of the studio’s apology […]

The planned Halo: The Master Chief Collection beta for Xbox One Preview members to test an upcoming patch was unfortunately delayed. Developer 343 Industries gave a bit of a preview of what to expect in the coming update along with changes to the game’s multiplayer playlists, but is a beta test still going to happen? […]

That Halo: The Master Chief Collection launched with major issues is no secret. After a successful Halo 5 multiplayer beta, Xbox One owners have frequently been asking themselves why the same wasn’t done for Halo: MCC. They get their wish now. It just comes months after the game’s launch. 343 Industries announced a beta program […]

343 Industries is still trying to get Halo: The Master Chief Collection working on the Xbox One. The developer provided an update Tuesday on what it has planned for the collection of the console’s signature shooter over the next couple of weeks. The last update to the game was on December 22, when Halo 4’s […]

Those looking forward to creating their own multiplayer maps in Halo 5: Guardians got their first look Monday. 343 Industries provided IGN a first look at a pair of Forge created maps for the Xbox One shooter. While we don’t get to see the actual creation tools, we get to the results and can vote […]

The Halo Championship Series was supposed to be a celebration of the competitive eSports side of Halo that reached its peak with Halo 2. Unfortunately, the UGC tournament this weekend turned into a public display of the still broken status of The Master Chief Collection for Xbox One that left fans and competitors frustrated. The […]

The promised Halo: The Master Chief Collection patch for the Xbox One arrived Monday. It brings another round of fixes to the issue-filled game and also adds “Spartan Ops” from Halo 4. Developer 343 Industries also had a message concerning the question of whether dedicated servers are truly being used. The patch download is a […]

The first month and a week of Halo: The Master Chief Collection can only be described as a mess for Xbox One owners. The compilation remake by 343 Industries was beset with bugs, glitches, and matchmaking issues immediately at release. Studio Head Bonnie Ross previously promised to “make this right with our fans,” as Inquisitr […]

Sprint and some of the other new multiplayer game mechanics are still a controversial subject for Halo 5: Guardians. 343 Industries’ Josh Holmes shared some his thoughts Saturday on the changes coming to the Xbox One exclusive shooter. According to Holmes’ post on the Team Beyond forums, the fundamental goal that 343 Industries is aiming […]

Halo: The Master Chief Collection has had more than its share of issues since it launched on the Xbox One in November. Are these problems worthy of death threats though? Franchise Director Frank O’Connor claims to have received more than his fair share. O’Connor was active on the gaming forum NeoGAF following the unfortunately broken […]

The issues with Halo: The Master Chief Collection for the Xbox One weren’t fixed with last week’s update leaving many owners frustrated with long matchmaking waits and other problems. 343 Industries General Manager Bonnie Ross provided an update on the status of the game Monday, along with the promise of another update this week, and […]

Ubisoft wants to alter Assassin’s Creed for your kids, according to an panel with Yannik Spagna at the GameON Finance conference in Toronto, Canada. Assassin’s Creed is a highly successful brand for Ubisoft, with the franchise now on an annual release schedule and two brand new games released this month. The games have all held […]

The delay of the Halo: The Master Chief Collection update to fix matchmaking and other issues fortunately turned out to only be a day. 343 Industries announced late Thursday evening / early Friday morning that the patch is hitting the Xbox One exclusive Thursday, November 21. The update will hit mid-late day Thursday Pacific Time, […]

Halo: The Master Chief Collection has been a disappointment since it released to the Xbox One last week as matchmaking and other multiplayer issues have dragged the game down. More disappointment arrived Tuesday as 343 Industries revealed the patch to fix the matchmaking and other issues with the game has been delayed. 343 Industries provided […]

The launch week of Halo: The Master Chief Collection was messy as the Xbox One exclusive suffered networking issues that crippled the game’s multiplayer. Developer 343 Industries has released some server-side updates to help with connectivity, but they are not coming until Wednesday. However, this has already caused issues with the Halo Championship Series, and […]

The launch of Halo: The Master Chief Collection for the Xbox One has been beset with problems from the start. Developer 343 Industries Executive Producer Dan Ayoub penned a letter to the community Wednesday, apologizing for the issues and to detail some of the fixes that are on their way. Players have experienced issues with […]