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Fans of the upcoming Microsoft Studios third-person shooter game Quantum Break will be happy to know it will soon be released for play on Microsoft Windows and Xbox One. But disappointment is waiting for gamers who love to play via the widely popular gaming platform Steam. Read More »
Microsoft launched the Xbox One back in 2013, but also announced a slew of projects that were even more exciting than a new gaming console. One of which was a new television series airing on Showtime based on the popular video game franchise Halo, which would involve legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg! Since this announcement, we've seen Halo: Nightfall and Forward Unto Dawn, which had fans of the series figuring the Spielberg project was never going to happen. Up until this week, we would've agreed. According to Showtime president David Nevins, this TV series is still in development, but certainly on the way. Read more on this news below. Read More »
Perhaps one of the biggest video gaming franchises has to be the Lara Croft series. A recent reboot gave the character a great new origin story, but we didn't really see any of the "raiding" that was so attractive about the first games. Well, in the upcoming Rise of the Tomb Raider video game, we'll get plenty more of Lara exploring mixed in with plenty of action. Thanks to a new demo that premiered at the 2015 Gamescom events this week, we're able to show you six minutes of in-game footage of the new title, which has a 2015 release date. Watch this footage right here! Read More »
Square Enix announced last year that the highly anticipated video game Rise of the Tomb Raider would be released as an Xbox exclusive through Microsoft. This doesn't mean PC and PlayStation won't get the game, because they will, but just not in 2015. Why was this decision made though? It has clearly distanced Sony gamers from the franchise, but a new interview with the studio's CEO of the Americas and Europe, Phil Rogers reveals that the company's intentions were moral! Before we get more gameplay, we'll have to understand why this happened. Read more below. Read More »
We have a few weeks before the events at the highly anticipated 2015 Gamescom convention, but we can already share with you some news regarding two Microsoft Xbox exclusives that won't be on display this year. Recently announced during the 2015 E3 Conferences earlier this summer, new titles ReCore and Sea of Thieves will not have any new gameplay features or demos available at this year's Gamescom panels. Though you won't see these games on the conference's schedule, there are plenty more to check out. Read more on this news below! Read More »
For a while it looked as if the Silent Hill franchise was dead in the water. As of late rumors have been going around that Microsoft has been in talks to buy it off of Konami and revive it as an Xbox exclusive. The newest game, Silent Hills, was set to star Walking Dead's Norman Reedus but it seems like this was all just rumor and speculation. The game is still indeed dead. Read More »
Microsoft has handed out its last wave of 18,000 pink slips to its employees. Just as scheduled, the staff at Xbox Entertainment Studios, including studio chief Nancy Tellem, have been let go, leaving many projects, including the "Halo" TV series from Steven Spielberg in limbo. Read More »
Even though we knew the inevitable was going to happen, pink slips are being handed ahead of schedule. Before its planned closure, Microsoft has already started cutting staff at Xbox Entertainment Studios, leaving many projects, including the "Halo" TV series from Steven Spielberg in limbo. Read More »
While Yahoo was in a bidding war to buy Twitch, Amazon stepped in, brokering up its own deal of about $1 billion dollars. With the buyout taking place, Twitch's very own CEO, Emmet Shear and Michael Frazzini, vice of president of Amazon Games, promises that this buyout will not harm the way PlayStation and Xbox users use the game-streaming service. Read More »
Quite possibly a sign of the struggling economic status, we are in, Microsoft has announced that they will be shutting down Xbox Entertainment Studios. An estimated 18,000 layoffs will take place in the coming months. Read More »
Earlier this week, Production Weekly ran a report saying filmmaker Ridley Scott would be producing a film adaptation of the popular Xbox video game series Halo. Whether the film website got this information from a source or just heard a rumor, we don't know but it started more talk of this movie project. Well today Microsoft has officially denied this movie rumor. Read More »
