Microsoft starts rolling out Xbox age verification in the UK
Tom Warren / theverge - Microsoft is starting to comply with the UK’s Online Safety Act by prompting Xbox players to verify their age today. The prompts will be shown to Xbox players who indicate they’re over the age of 18 and will be shown when you sign into an Xbox account in …
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Xbox Confirms Silksong Demo at Gamescom in August
Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - Microsoft and Xbox have confirmed that Hollow Knight: Silksong will be playable on the showfloor at Gamescom in August.The post Xbox Confirms Silksong Demo at Gamescom in August first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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Elden Ring Nightreign Finally Gets Its Two-Player Duos Mode on July 30
Eric Van Allen / ign - Everyone who's wanted to run through Elden Ring Nightreign with just their trusted duos partner is getting their wish. FromSoftware confirmed today that a two-player Duo Expeditions mode will arrive in Elden Ring Nightreign Patch 1.02.
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Robert Kirkman Reveals Battle Beast as a Playable Character in Invincible VS With Debut Trailer | SDCC 2025
Wesley Yin-Poole / ign - Invincible VS will feature Battle Beast as a playable character. Confirmation comes direct from Invincible creator Robert Kirkman’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, where a new trailer showing Battle Beast in action was revealed.
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Xbox's First $80 Game, The Outer Worlds 2, Gets A $10 Price Cut Ahead Of Launch
Zack Zwiezen / kotaku - The Outer Worlds 2, Obsidian’s bigger and wilder sequel to the original RPG from 2019, was planned to be the first Xbox game to be sold at $80 when it arrives on October 29. However, just about a month after making that announcement, Xbox and Obsidian hav…
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Battlefield 6 Officially Announced And Teasing Attack On NYC
Zack Zwiezen / kotaku - The next main entry in EA’s long-running Battlefield franchise has finally been given a name. Say hello to Battlefield 6 and get ready for a big new trailer on Thursday, revealing more about the upcoming military FPS. And is that New York City I see in th…
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Xbox cloud games will soon follow you across Xbox, PC, and Windows handhelds
Tom Warren / theverge - Microsoft is starting to test updates to the Xbox PC app and Xbox consoles that will allow cloud games to follow you across devices. A new play history section of the Xbox PC app and Xbox console home UI will display cloud games as part of the recently pl…
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Microsoft suddenly kills its movies and TV store on Xbox and Windows
Tom Warren / theverge - Microsoft has suddenly shut its movies and TV store on Xbox consoles and Windows PCs. As of today you can no longer purchase new movies or TV shows from the Microsoft Store on Xbox or Windows, but you will still be able to access previously purchased cont…
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Xbox Insiders can now stream owned console games directly to PC, including titles not on Game Pass
techspot - Streaming games from users' Xbox libraries on PCs currently requires a web browser, but Microsoft is gradually unlocking the feature in the Windows 11 Xbox app. The launcher's "Stream your own game" section will initially only be available to Xbox Game Pa…
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Xbox's 'Stream your own game' feature now extends to PC
Will Shanklin / engadget - Xbox's "Stream your own game" feature continues to expand. You can now use your PC to play supported games you own on Xbox. (The games stream from the cloud, not your console.) You'll need to be an Xbox Insider and Game Pass Ultimate subscriber to use it.…
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ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X pricing has seemingly leaked
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Pricing for Microsoft and Asus’ ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X PC gaming handhelds has reportedly been leaked. As first reported by 3DJuegos and spotted by Insider Gaming, Google Search metadata from Asus’ own website states the following prices: Xbox Ally — €5…
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Helldivers 2 is the first PlayStation-published Xbox game
Cameron Faulkner / theverge - Arrowhead Game Studios’ Helldivers 2 will make the jump to the Xbox Series X and S consoles on August 26th, costing $39.99. This is the first PlayStation-published title to launch on Xbox. The title will ship with cross play between all platforms. The coo…
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Xbox Boss 'Not Retiring Anytime Soon,' Microsoft Promises
Ethan Gach / kotaku - Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has been in charge of Xbox for over a decade and the company says he’s not leaving anytime soon, calling rumors that the longtime exec might be resigning when the next generation of Xbox hardware launches “completely made…
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Xbox "Has No Desire" To Make Hardware Anymore, Founding Team Member Says
Blair Marnell / gamespot - Next year marks the 25th anniversary of Xbox, but one of the console's original team members, Laura Fryer, is openly questioning one element of Microsoft's gaming division. Fryer--who no longer works for Xbox--recently shared her response to Microsoft's r…
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Monster Hunter: Wilds' Next Update Adds the Long-Awaited Lagiacrus
Rebekah Valentine / ign - The second free title update for Monster Hunter: Wilds is imminent, according to today's Capcom Spotlight stream. It's coming on June 30, which we already kind of new given that it leaked earlier this week.
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New Xbox 360 Update Adds More Ads 20 Years After Launch
Zack Zwiezen / kotaku - Today, some folks turned on their Xbox 360s to discover Microsoft has updated the aging device. The new update fixes an annoying issue bugging players for a bit now, but it also slaps two big ads on the home screen for Xbox’s newest consoles.Read more...
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Microsoft planning ‘major’ Xbox layoffs next week
Tom Warren / theverge - Microsoft is planning to cut jobs in the company’s Xbox gaming business, as early as next week. I first reported in Notepad earlier this month that Microsoft was planning Xbox layoffs “potentially by the end of the month,” and now Bloomberg says a round o…
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The Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition is out now and it costs $400
Kris Holt / engadget - The limited-edition, Xbox-branded Meta Quest 3S headset has arrived. Reports over the weekend suggested that this model, which Meta announced a little over a year ago, would become available on June 24 and that turned out to be the case. This version of t…
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The Xbox PC app will soon integrate your various game libraries into one place
Andre Revilla / engadget - Microsoft is getting ready to make the Xbox PC app your go-to gaming hub, regardless of where you buy your games. The company has announced that Xbox Insiders enrolled in the PC Gaming Preview will get early access to a new aggregated gaming library withi…
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New Borderlands 4 Story Trailer Shows Off The Sinister Timekeeper And Claptrap
Darryn Bonthuys / gamespot - Gearbox has revealed a new story trailer for its looter-shooter Borderlands 4. While it was brief, it did reveal a fresh look at the game's primary villain, the Timekeeper, his minions, and franchise punching bag Claptrap. Borderlands 4 launches on Septem…
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