Microsoft celebrates 4 years of Minecraft on Xbox with free content
Minecraft on the Xbox hit an anniversary, and Microsoft wants to give you a gift to celebrate. The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft turns...
Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail shows why speaking out on behalf of indies pays off
Vlambeer has only two people, but the Dutch indie game maker has managed to draw outsized attention to itself during its six years of...
Robbie Bach’s Xbox journey, from underdog to survivor to civic leader
At our GamesBeat Summit 2016 event, that was evident in our opening fireside chat with Robbie Bach, former chief Xbox officer at Microsoft and author of the recent Xbox Revisited, a memoir of his time at Microsoft as well as his strategy for fixing our country’s problems.
The DeanBeat: Everybody is an underdog. What you do about it is what matters
At our GamesBeat Summit 2016 event this week, our theme was about underdogs. And during our talks with some of the leaders of the...
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney still opposes Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform
Microsoft wants to unify its desktop, mobile and game platforms through the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). At the recent Microsoft Build conference, Microsoft CEO...
Windows 10 hit 300 million devices 6 months faster than Windows 7
At Microsoft’s Build 2016 developer conference, CEO Satya Nadella declared that Windows 10 is the “fastest growing version of Windows for both consumers and...
Why the Red Ring of Death didn’t kill the Xbox 360
If you were a console gamer last generation, chances are good that you have a story about a broken Xbox 360. Years later, one...
Windows 7 drops under 50% market share (Updated)
Windows 7 is still the king, but it no longer holds the majority. Update: Net Applications updated its numbers saying they did not pass...
Minecraft enters virtual reality on Samsung’s Gear VR headset
It’s time to move beyond the smartphone screen and into the world of Minecraft. Microsoft has launched Minecraft: Gear VR Edition on the Oculus Store...
Minecraft fan site Lifeboat hacked: 7M accounts exposed
Your security is always at risk online, and now it’s fans of the game Minecraft: Pocket Edition that should start worrying. Hackers targeted the...