Microsoft’s Project Scorpio was announced earlier this year at E3, and since then has been in the news – mostly speculation – about all the things it would do differently. Interestingly, it’s meant to be a mid-generation upgrade, rather than a brand-new console – it will still be able to …
Read More »Microsoft adds Dead Space Ignition and Escape Dead Island to Xbox One backward compatible titles
Microsoft announced the Xbox backward compatibility program for Xbox One in June last year; today it has more than 280 titles from the Xbox 360 era – all thanks to the 3rd party developers willing to extend their support. Yesterday, Major Nelson of the Xbox announced on Twitter that two …
Read More »Microsoft celebrates 15 years of Xbox with a few remarkable stats
It has been 15 years since the first Xbox was launched by none other than Bill Gates – now, the name Xbox represents a massive gaming community, with a lot of good and some of the bad. The Xbox was the first gaming console produced by Microsoft, released on November …
Read More »Xbox Holiday Update rolling out to Xbox One, Windows 10, and mobile devices
Microsoft has been working on the Holiday update for Xbox One for the past few months – it is now time, to release it for the masses. The update comes with a ton of brand-new features – some of which, we have covered previously, thanks to the Xbox Preview Program. …
Read More »Xbox Preview Program is now open to all, renamed to Xbox Insider
Microsoft began the Xbox Preview Program in February of 2014 – invite only, it asked users to contribute to the Xbox platform with their ideas, suggestions, and feedback. Now, the Xbox team feels it is time to update the program, and so we have the Xbox Insider Program. The Xbox …
Read More »Blizzard is bringing Diablo 3 Seasons to Xbox One next year
Blizzard hosted its annual BlizzCon in Los Angeles this year, and made quite a few announcements – some might even be significant for humanity; on Day 2, Blizzard announced that Diablo 3 Seasons are coming to the Xbox One. If you are not aware of what Diablo 3 Seasons are …
Read More »Atari is bringing 100 of its most popular classic titles to the Xbox One
It can be hard to support backwards compatibility on a console – even within the same console family; it usually requires direct support from the publishers to make the games run on the latest generation hardware – Atari has done just that. Atari is releasing 100 of its most popular …
Read More »Xbox One is getting Blu-ray write and re-write support via a software update
The latest generation of consoles are much more than simply a gaming console – in fact, Microsoft advertised the Xbox One as an entertainment hub for everything. The PS4 and Xbox One, both come with Blu-ray players, but one can do more than the other. Mike Ybarra from the Xbox …
Read More »Microsoft introduces Carrier Billing for Xbox Store
Carrier Billing isn’t the most popular way to pay for things – after all, that’s what credit and debit cards are for; however, it can be extremely convenient at times to be able to pay for things and have the charges appear on your normal phone bills. Microsoft already supports …
Read More »Xbox One and Windows 10 to get native game-broadcasting to Beam
The Microsoft Surface event was all about creators – one category that could have been ignored is gaming, despite its rich creative roots; Microsoft, however, owns the Xbox brand, so ignoring the gamers is not something Microsoft would do. The upcoming Creators Update for Windows 10 and Xbox One will …
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