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PlayStation 4 was the top-selling home console in December in the United States

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 12, 2017
2 min

PlayStation 4 was the best-selling home gaming system in United States, according to data from industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Sony declined to comment on the sales, but the company did confirm the NPD data to GamesBeat.

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Microsoft and 343 Industries vet joins Twitch

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 12, 2017
1 min

The streaming site announced today that it has hired Matt McCloskey as its new vice president of commerce. McCloskey previously worked at Microsoft, recently as the chief operating officer 343 Industries, which works on the Halo series.

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Xbox One gets new backward compatible games: Dragon Age, Battlefield, and more

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 10, 2017
1 min

Get ready to dig through your collection of Xbox 360 games. Microsoft has made more Xbox 360 hits backward-compatible with the Xbox One. This...

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Microsoft’s new privacy dashboard lets you manage location, search, browsing, and Cortana data

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 10, 2017
3 min

Microsoft today launched a privacy dashboard that lets you manage and review all the activity data collected about you through its various products and...

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Gears of War 4 gets 2 classic maps from the franchise’s past

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 10, 2017
1 min

Would you like some nostalgia with your chainsaws and shotguns? Microsoft announced today that Gears of War 4 is getting two maps from the...

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Microsoft confirms Platinum Games’ Scalebound is canceled

Posted byby Mike Minotti
January 9, 2017
1 min

Microsoft is starting 2017 by killing off a notable console exclusive. Earlier today, Kotaku reported that the publisher had cancelled the action-role-playing game Scalebound. Microsoft...