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Microsoft will reportedly unveil smaller Xbox One and 2 streaming devices at E3, more powerful console in 2017

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 25, 2016
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We’re still more than two weeks away from E3, but Microsoft’s announcements are already starting to leak. Kotaku is reporting a smaller Xbox One...

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Goat Simulator, XCOM: Enemy Unknown free for Xbox Live Gold members in June

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 24, 2016
1 min

If you’re paying for Xbox’s premium online service, you’re getting some nice rewards next month. Microsoft today revealed which games its Xbox Live Gold...

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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney still opposes Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform (video)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 23, 2016
2 min

Editor’s note: We previously published a transcript of our fireside chat with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. Now we’re publishing the video below. Sweeney’s...

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China’s NetEase will take Minecraft into China on mobile devices and PCs

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 20, 2016
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It took a long time to happen, but Minecraft is finally making it to China. Microsoft and its Mojang division have partnered with China’s...

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Halo 5’s Forge map-making tool is coming to Windows 10 — without the full game

Posted byby Jason Wilson
May 19, 2016
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The Halo series of first-person shooters left the PC back in 2004, but 343 Industries is bringing a key component to Windows 10: the...

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Taqtile Mobility creates a HoloLens demo for the PGA Tour

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 16, 2016
2 min

Taqtile Mobility said that it has teamed up with Microsoft to create a demo for the PGA Tour using the HoloLens augmented-reality headset. Seattle-based...

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Microsoft is pulling the plug on Project Spark’s online services

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 13, 2016
2 min

Some sparks grow into a fire, an others get snuffed out. Microsoft is shutting down the game-creation sandbox Project Spark. It will no longer appear in the...