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It's still crazy to think that Banjo-Kazooie and Steve are playable characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate considering that both intellectual properties are owned by Microsoft. Somehow, the idea of Halo's Master Chief joining the roster doesn't ...

When Microsoft decided to make its first Xbox, it entered an already-volatile console market totally from scratch, as Bloomberg’s recently-released Xbox oral history explains in the words of the insiders who lived through it all. And in a telling (and funny) revelation that validates not only Nintendo’s well-established position at the time, but its continued market domination today, an insider shared that one of Microsoft’s Xbox strategies was to try to buy Nintendo — all in the hope...

It has been two decades since Microsoft first announced the Xbox. It was unveiled at CES in 2001. Bloomberg has published a history of how the console

Hades (another game that ended up on more than one game-of-the-year list). Microsoft had fewer exclusives, a function of its cross-platform ecosystem that, for Xbox fans, has long been a feature rather than a bug. But even the Xbox got a couple of sleeper exclusives that deserve more attention than theyve gotten, including a reboot of Rares classic Battletoads franchise, as well as a genuinely awesome (if eight-year delayed) U.S. release for SEGAs wild RPG Phantasy Star Online 2. More importa...

Share Microsoft gave us its opening salvo for this year’s E3. Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, led things off. He made a point to concentrate on gamers specifically, shifting focus from the other media aspects of the Xbox One highlighted in last year’s panel. “Today we are dedicating our entire briefing to games,” Spencer stated, leading to uproarious applause from the audience. The lineup from Xbox is truly diverse. Sledgehammer Games began the show with an ext...

Xbox’s 2020 Was Less About This Year and More About the Next Decade Of the three major first-parties, Xbox is the one that feels like it’s changed the most when you compare it at the beginning of 2020 to the end. Xbox Series X was finally fully revealed and released, alongside its more economical partner in the Series S. Game Pass and xCloud are attempting to redefine the entire way we interact with our games. The most anticipated Xbox game of 2020 became the most anticipated Xbox game of 2...

Showtimes Halo TV Set Photos Show Off Guns, Props And More Monsters, gear, and Cortana herself, actress Jen Taylor, are all on-set in Budapest for filming. Countless television productions stopped throughout 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but are finally starting to pick up as studios get their pandemic precautions figured out ahead of vaccine availability. Production on Showtimes long-awaited Halo television show, which is shooting in Budapest, Hungary, is back underway, and the social tea...

COG Considers: Why Do Some Games Make a Comeback and Others Become “Dead Games”? If I told you that Cyberpunk 2077 would disappoint you any time between 2012 and 2019, would you believe me? Hell, even for most of 2020, everyone expected Cyberpunk 2077 to be the greatest game of all time, but in a way only 2020 could pull off, our expectations were dashed. While it is the most recent and perhaps biggest examples of launch failures, it is certainly not the first. The talk of the virtual town ...

What you need to know 343 Industries has outlined the development plans it has for Halo: The Master Chief Collection in 2021. Numerous quality-of-life features, such as PC File Share and Additional Video Settings, are on the way. Other features, such as PC splitscreen and additional mod support, are currently either in the design phase or are in the studios backlog. Additionally, new armor sets that players can earn in Season 5 were also teased. In its final MCC Development Update blog post of ...

Xbox Series X|S can connect to original Xbox through system link Eric Abent - Dec 14, 2020, 1:52pm CST With the Xbox One, Microsoft focused a lot on backward compatibility and bringing a number of games from previous generations forward. That same focus remains in the new generation, but today we’re learning that it applies to more than just games. As it turns out, the Xbox Series X|S are capable of connecting to other Xbox consoles across generations to play games over sys...