InvestGame breaks down $20.5 billion in 2020 game deals
The game industry has seen an estimated $20.5 billion in acquisitions, investments, and IPOs in the first nine months of the year, according to...
Xbox Series X’s machine-learning auto-HDR renders stunning results
The Xbox Series X has a number of display-related technologies and features that we haven’t seen in any console before. This includes support for...
Xbox Game Studios has a record year heading into console launch
Microsoft said its Xbox Game Studios has so far enjoyed a record year in terms of the number of games it has launched ahead...
The Xbox Series X controller is great so far (especially the D-pad)
Along with the Xbox Series X, Microsoft sent GamesBeat the new Xbox controller. This gamepad comes with the next-gen hardware, but you can, of...
Microsoft unveils Surface laptops to fulfill ‘PC for every single person’ vision
It’s October, which for Microsoft means new Surface devices. Microsoft today unveiled the Surface Laptop Go with a 12.4-inch touchscreen for $550, its cheapest...
Xbox Series X impressions: No going back to Xbox One and PlayStation 4
I’ve had an Xbox Series X for almost a week now. This is a preview version of the console with a lot of unfinished...
The RetroBeat: Can Microsoft save Quake?
With Microsoft’s $7.5 billion purchase of Bethesda, everyone is buzzing about how the Xbox brand now owns huge franchises like The Elder Scrolls, Fallout,...
I have an Xbox Series X, and you have questions — ask them
Microsoft has sent me a preview version of the Xbox Series X, and that’s about all I can say about the next generation game...
Xbox’s Bethesda acquisition is evidence of blockbuster gaming’s volatility
Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division is acquiring The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim publisher Bethesda for $7.5 billion. And it’s difficult to overstate how much this...
Microsoft’s Bethesda deal will spur more acquisitions and industry upheaval
Microsoft’s $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media (the owner of Bethesda Softworks, Id Software, and other studios) will change the gaming landscape, and we’ve...