Everything Microsoft announced at its XO18 Mexico City event
Microsoft is throwing a big fan bash in Mexico City, and it made a lot of news announcements about new games, services, and acquisitions...
Microsoft acquires Obsidian Entertainment, a premier role-playing game studio
After adding five studios this year, Microsoft’s shopping cart isn’t full yet, as the publisher announced the acquisition of Obsidian Entertainment, one of the top...
Microsoft acquires InXile to make role-playing games for Xbox, PC
The Xbox team’s acquisition storm continues. The publisher revealed today that it is folding Wasteland 2 and Torment: Tides of Numenera studio InXile Entertainment...
Crackdown 3 launches February 15
Microsoft announced today at its XO18 fan event in Mexico City that Crackdown 3 is coming out for Xbox One and PC on February...
Xbox Game Pass gets 16 new games, including PUBG
Microsoft announced that the Xbox Game Pass subscription is getting 16 new games, including PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Akin to Netflix for movies, the Xbox Game...
Tetris Effect review — Video games get their Kuleshov effect
In the early part of the 20th century, Soviet filmmaker Lev Kuleshov did a series of experimental movies to determine where viewers draw meaning...
The DeanBeat: A dust-up over Diablo: Immortal has far-reaching implications
For Blizzard Entertainment, the dust-up over the announcement of the mobile game Diablo: Immortal came at a bad time. Our review editor Mike Minotti...
Battlefield V has a moving prologue for its War Stories
Battlefield V got a negative reaction from a small, vocal segment of fans when it depicted a woman warrior on its cover instead of...
The RetroBeat: Why Blizzard is remastering Warcraft III — and what it’s changing
Warcraft III is one of the greatest real-time strategy games of all time, and its rich story and memorable characters set the foundation for...
Activision Blizzard hits Q3 earnings but spooks investors with weak Q4 forecast
Investors seem prone to be spooked about Activision Blizzard‘s earnings these days. Activision Blizzard reported results for the third fiscal quarter ended September 30...