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Xbox co-creator Seamus Blackley has responded to a video saying that online toxicity in video games needs to be stopped.Blackley shared a video from streamer Grenade Queen, who was playing an online match of Halo Infinite only to receive abuse for being female. Blackley responded by saying that “This wasn’t the future for Xbox Live we envisioned.

Xbox has revealed that Microsoft believes its handling of Lionhead Studios was a “mistake”.Power On: The Story of Xbox is a six-part documentary series about the “scrappy beginnings of Microsoft’s video game console” and launches today (December 13). Early insight by IGN has uncovered that a short segment in the sixth episode is dedicated to Lionhead Studios.

Microsoft hints towards another Halo video game project, or maybe even something else.As spotted by Aggiornamenti Lumia on Twitter, trademarks for Halo: The Endless and The Endless have been made by Microsoft.

Xbox, Phil Spencer, has said that he believes Kinect was one of the key contributions Xbox has made in its 20-year history.The interview features in the latest issue of Edge magazine and was spotted by VGC. In it, Spencer talked about some of the best examples of what Xbox had contributed to the games industry.He explained that creating Xbox Live on the original Xbox before making it standard on every Xbox 360 console was a key inclusion.

Playground Games has announced that 20 new cars will be coming to Forza Horizon 5, giving players even more ways to get around Mexico.In the most recent “Let’s ¡GO!” stream, which can be viewed below (thanks PCGamesN), the 20 different sets of wheels were shown off in a calendar style presentation.

Microsoft has released a new online course, free to everyone, that covers the fundamentals of making gaming more accessible.The course can be found on the Microsoft Learn page and consists of five modules.

Halo Infinite‘s head of design has commented on the game’s multiplayer progression criticism, saying that it’s at the “top of the list”.Following the launch of the free-to-play multiplayer on November 15, players have reported that the game’s level progression system, as well as the battle pass, is too slow.343 Industries has since released an update allowing players to earn more XP during matches.

Microsoft has shared part of the letter it sent to Nintendo in 1999 when it wanted to buy the company.This was before the launch of the original Xbox in 2001, and can be found by going to the Xbox museum website and exploring the history of the original Xbox (thanks, Kotaku).As we learned earlier this year, the desired acquisition had embarrassing results, as Xbox founding member Kevin Bachus said: “[Nintendo] just laughed their asses off.

Halo Infinite’s early release of a free-to-play multiplayer beta has not stopped players from creating some truly astounding mods, but one seems to stick out from the rest.As noted by PC Gamer, modders have been having a field day with mods in the new Halo, and one is definitely ludicrous.

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition as a DLC next week.Forgotten Empires has announced that the Mexico civilization is coming to Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition on December 1 as the newest DLC.The official blurbs reads: “In Age III: DE, the burgeoning Mexican States can choose to Revolt instead of advancing to the Fortress, Industrial, or Imperial Ages. Each Revolt offers you a whole new deck full of opportunities.

Halo Infinite‘s campaign mode won’t have new, unlockable armour pieces for the game’s multiplayer mode.According to a dataminer on Twitter who goes by the name Chaz the Jackal – as reported by VGC – they recently shared a list of 34 customisation items that can seemingly be unlocked while playing Halo Infinite‘s story.However, it looks like none of these 34 unlockable items are armour pieces that will change the player’s Spartan.

Xbox Series X/S first party games are launching at a significantly lower price point, when compared to their current gen counterparts on PlayStation 5.As spotted by Eurogamer, AAA, first-party Xbox titles such as Forza Horizon 5 and Halo Infinite have released in the UK at a £55 price point.

Halo Infinite is on track for its December 8 release, with developer 343 Industries announcing the game has gone gold.The confirmation came on the official Halo feed on twitter, with a simple announcement of the game’s gold status, and the messages “We’ll see you on December 8, Spartans.” The game will arrive on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.#HaloInfinite has officially gone gold!We'll see you on December 8, Spartans.

Halo Infinite’s free-to-play multiplayer will run multiple events through its six-month first season, and the free rewards and event themes have been detailed.Up first is the Samurai-themed Fracture: Tenrai event, running from November 23 to 30, which another three events throughout the season will then follow.

Microsoft, the University of Arizona history department gives Age of Empires 4 players credit towards their degrees. There will be unique educational content on the Age of Empires website from two professors at the University of Arizona from early next year.

PlatinumGames’ action RPG Scalebound was cancelled in 2017, and now Hideki Kamiya has come out and apologised to both Microsoft and fans over the ordeal.Positioned as an Xbox exclusive, the game would see players control Drew, who could issue commands in combat to his dragon companion Thuban. In a Cutscenes video posted today (as spotted by VGC), Kamiya talked about the games development and eventual cancellation.“We were working in an environment we weren’t used to,” explained Kamiya.

Minecraft Caves & Cliffs: Part 2 update is on its way, due to be released later this month.Mojang has revealed that the ambitious Caves & Cliffs: Part 2 update is will finally launch at the end of the month, on November 30.Minecraft’s Caves and Cliffs update promises new cave types, with new blocks, mobs, and items. There are also new underground lakes and waterfalls to find, too.“Part II gives the mountains and caves that you know and love a makeover,” reads the official announcement.

Microsoft has revealed the roadmap for Age of Empires IV, detailing the upcoming content all the way to Spring 2022 and beyond.Age of Empires IV, which launched on October 28 recently received its first post-launch patch, but Microsoft and Relic Entertainment have now shared a new roadmap detailing what players can expect from the game in the future.Patch 7879 has already been released and addressed performance fixes and system updates, but the Winter 2021 update seems to have a lot more in

Xbox Cloud Gaming has launched on consoles and is available right now for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.Announced over at the Xbox official blog, Xbox Cloud Gaming is now available across“Today you can play Game Pass games from the cloud on your Xbox console,” it revealed.

Microsoft rolls out more updates, such as improvements and bug fixes, it has announced that it will revert the black error screen to the nostalgic blue.Microsoft revealed in their latest blog post from November 12 that it would be updating to Windows 11 22000.346 build for beta and preview users.

Forza Horizon 5, Microsoft has confirmed it will make changes.Last week (November 9), Osama Dorias, a game designer at WB Games Montreal shared a post on Twitter showing that Forza Horizon 5 doesn’t allow his first name to be used in-game, and was flagged as “inappropriate content”.Nazih Fares, Head of Localization and Communications at The 4 Winds, also attempted to use his first name in Forza to personalise his vehicle, but it was flagged for the same reason.“Oh, why am I not surprised

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has talked about the current trajectory and state of Xbox Game Pass, saying the service is doing very well.Spencer was interviewed by Axios as part of the 20th anniversary of the Xbox console launch, where he told journalist Stephen Totilo: “I know there’s a lot of people that like to write [that] we’re burning cash right now for some future pot of gold at the end. No.

Xbox is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a new documentary series set to chart the origins of Microsoft’s once-ridiculed console project.Called Power On: The Story of Xbox, the series was announced during the Xbox Anniversary Celebration livestream.

Xbox has announced that over 70 games will be added to its backwards compatibility program during today’s Xbox Anniversary Celebration.Titles first released on the original Xbox and Xbox 360 will be available, including the entirety of the Max Payne series. Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall Of Max Payne were both released on the original Xbox, while Max Payne 3 was released on the Xbox 360.

Halo Infinite has launched early – or at least its multiplayer component has, with the free-to-play competitive element stealth launched today, November 15.

Xbox Phil Spencer has expressed regret at the early reveal of 343 Industries‘ upcoming Halo Infinite and its initial positioning as a launch title for Xbox Series X|S.The game was initially announced at E3 in 2018, at the time confirmed for Xbox One and PC. The following year, Microsoft announced that Halo Infinite would also be a launch title for its new generation of consoles, at the time codenamed “Project Scarlett”.

Xbox 360 games have been updated ahead of the Xbox 20th Anniversary event next week.According to VGC, Dead Space, Dead Space 3, Dragon Age Origins, Dragon Age 2, Fable Anniversary and Fable 3 have received updates alongside Bethesda titles Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, and Oblivion.This has led to speculation that these titles could be receiving improved backwards compatibility functionality as a part of the event on November 15, as Microsoft has confirmed that no new games will be announced at

Valve has reached an agreement with Microsoft to waive the fee required for paid mods of its games that need a Havok engine license. This comes from TF2 Cut Content Wiki on Twitter, who had reached out to Valve regarding the price and payment for a Source developer repository license.

Halo Infinite releases next month, but rumours suggest that the free-to-play multiplayer will drop much sooner, on Halo‘s 20th anniversary, Monday November 15.According to an investigation by PC Gamer, the multiplayer campaign could release ahead of the single player, on the 20th anniversary of the release of the original Xbox and Halo: Combat Evolved.

1 vs 100, a quiz game for Xbox Live, is rumoured to be making a comeback using avatars from Microsoft Teams and optimised for VR.According to Jeff Grubb of Giant Bomb, the quiz game which originally came out in 2009 for Xbox 360, is definitely in development by Microsoft. Grubb spoke about the rumours being confirmed following Phil Spencer alluding to a quiz game in development back in 2020.In 1 vs 100, a hundred players compete online answering quiz questions in various rounds.