Categories Posted inin Business GoldenEye 007 on Xbox is like an old wrestler at the Royal Rumble Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 3, 2022 2 min Microsoft and Nintendo seem close. But despite their corporate bromance, these are still companies that want to do what is best for themselves first... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Development The DeanBeat: Predictions for gaming in 2022 Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 31, 2021 28 min Predictions are a dicey business. The year 2020 was one of the most unpredictable in all of human history. And now I think about... Continue Reading 28 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The award for finally making me like Halo goes to … the grappling hook Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 24, 2021 1 min Before Halo Infinite, I wasn’t a fan of the Halo series. I’ve always found it boring. This happens to me a lot — games... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The DeanBeat: My favorite games of 2021 Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 24, 2021 10 min Almost two years into the pandemic, it’s hard to look back and see much good that happened this year. But as reality was horrible... Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business Tina Summerford: Why the story of Xbox is so compelling 20 years later Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 12, 2021 12 min Power On: The Story of Xbox is a six-part documentary debuting Monday about the making of Microsoft’ s Xbox video game consoles. I recorded... Continue Reading 12 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Ninja Theory shows terrifying gameplay for Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 10, 2021 4 min Microsoft showed off new details at The Game Awards about its new game: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II. It’s set in Iceland, and it will... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Ed Fries interview — From building games for the original Xbox to investing in gaming startups Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 28, 2021 26 min Without good games, the original Xbox would have crumbled in defeat before the gaming might of Sony and Nintendo. While Microsoft is a solid... Continue Reading 26 min
Categories Posted inin Business Peter Moore is still angry about Sony “FUDing” the Dreamcast Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 22, 2021 2 min Sega hasn’t had a home console in two decades — yet some executives are still having trouble letting it go. In a roundtable conservation... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Halo Infinite feels like Master Chief’s Breath of the Wild Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 19, 2021 2 min I’m playing Halo Infinite. Or, at least, I’m trying to. My Xbox is broken and keeps crashing, but while I wait for the replacement... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Todd Howard: Elder Scrolls VI ‘has got to be a decade game’ Posted byby GamesBeat November 16, 2021 1 min Xbox boss Phil Spencer and others from Microsoft sat down with GQ Magazine to talk about Xbox ahead of the 20th anniversary of Microsoft’s... Continue Reading 1 min