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Microsoft is firing back at Sony’s Playstation Now service with their own subscription service – The Xbox Game Pass. The service is giving Xbox One owners access to over 100 Xbox 360 and Xbox One games at its launch. The company is partnering with popular publishers such as 2K, Codemasters, …

Here’s a bit of success in Microsoft’s consumer endeavors. After unsuccessfully pushing Windows onto the tablet form-factor with Windows 8 and 8.1; Microsoft finally managed to innovate and find a good balance between the power of a desktop and the usability of a tablet. Microsoft’s efforts are now paying off, …

The Mobile World Congress is all about – surprisingly – mobile devices. Whilst there are a bazillion new smartphones running Android, there are quite a few 2-in-1 tablet-laptop hybrids running Windows 10 as well. Windows 10 is everywhere at this year’s MWC; Samsung today announced a spiritual successor to its …

343 Industries’ latest real-time strategy game set in the Halo universe is now touting a demo on the Xbox One. The demo is giving players a taste of Halo Wars 2, which includes a campaign mission and Blitz Firefight mode. Sadly, the new Halo Wars 2 demo is only available …

Microsoft today announced that it will axe the Skype WiFi service on the 31st of March. Why, you ask? Microsoft won’t tell.   Skype Access The idea of Skype WiFi was quite simple: people use Skype to stay in contact with family and friends while away from them; ergo, people need the …

Studio Wildcard has released patch v255 for their dinosaur survival game – ARK: Survival Evolved. The new patch adds four new creatures, highly advanced TEK structures plus some character customization options. The update is currently available only for the Steam version of ARK, with the console versions still in development. …

The Division’s much anticipated last piece of DLC is finally here with its new PvP 8 vs. 8 game mode. Coming alongside the DLC is the game’s 1.6 update, with new PvP areas and gameplay balances, free for all players. Following the Underground and Survival DLCs from last year, The …

The Mobile World Congress is proceeding as expected in the lovely city of Barcelona; a whole bunch of companies are refreshing their mobile offerings. Alcatel’s Plus 12, is a successor to the Plus 10 it introduced at MWC 2016. [huge_it_gallery id=”22″]   The 2-in-1 Alcatel has increased the screen size …

After some unfortunate leaks ruining the surprise yesterday, Middle-earth: Shadow of War is now official. Monolith Productions are back in developing the sequel to 2014’s hit game – Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. However, what was not in yesterday’s leak was the game’s availability on Microsoft’s upcoming console – Project Scorpio. …

Well, this is a surprise. Twitch, the streaming service acquired by Amazon in 2014, has today made a significant announcement. The streaming service, beginning from sometime this Spring, will start selling video games. This, of course, affects Microsoft’s plans for Beam, whom Microsoft acquired last year in a bid to …