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Rise of the Tomb Raider exclusivity deal explained by Microsoft

Egon Kilin
August 18th, 2014

The Gamescom announcement that Rise of the Tomb Raider will be an Xbox exclusive managed to upset a lot of Playstation and PC owners who were eager to play the game on their platforms when it releases. Granted, Microsoft’s Phil Spencer confirmed that the game will only be timed exclusive so developer Crystal Dynamics can do whatever ...

Categories: NEWS, TRENDING GAME NEWS, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Tags: Crystal Dynamics, details, exclusivity deal, Gamescom, Microsoft, Phil Spencer, Release Date, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Square Enix, Xbox exclusive

Xbox One vs PS4: Microsoft doesn’t intend to throw in the towel just yet

Egon Kilin
August 15th, 2014

The latest console wars results show that Xbox One is taking quite a beating from the PS4 and have been doing so almost since the whole thing started. But Microsoft isn’t ready to call it a day just yet, and not only that, they actually plan on winning. Granted, this is quite a difficult task ...

Categories: NEWS, Playstation 4, TRENDING GAME NEWS, Xbox One

Tags: Console Wars, Microsoft, Phil Spencer, PS4, sony, Xbox One, Xbox One vs PS4

Rise of the Tomb Raider will be a timed Xbox exclusive says Microsoft’s Phil Spencer

Egon Kilin
August 13th, 2014

Microsoft announced during their Gamescom 2014 press conference that the highly anticipated Rise of the Tomb Raider will be exclusive to the Xbox One and Xbox 360. This decision was seen as both strange and unfortunate by PS3, PS4, and PC owners who were hoping to get their hands on the game when it releases next ...

Categories: LTG Slider, NEWS, TRENDING GAME NEWS, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Tags: Crystal Dynamics, Exclusive, exclusivity deal, Gamescom 2014, Microsoft, Phil Spencer, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Square Enix, timed exclusive, Tomb Raider, Xbox

Monthly Xbox One updates will continue at least until October

Egon Kilin
July 23rd, 2014

Earlier this year Microsoft started pushing out updates for the Xbox One on a monthly basis. The company aims to eventually add all the most important features requested by the community in an effort to prove that their customers truly matter. Head of Microsoft’s Xbox division Phil Spencer is well known for going on social ...

Categories: NEWS, Tech, Xbox One

Tags: digital pre-order, features, load times, Microsoft, Phil Spencer, PS4, Update, wired controller, Xbox One

Family Sharing and other Xbox One features still on the way

Egon Kilin
June 25th, 2014

Both Sony and Microsoft teased us with a lot of features before the PS4 and the Xbox One were released. While the companies did deliver on some of their promises, there are a few features that are still nowhere to be seen. Earlier this month Sony’s head of worldwide studios Shuhei Yoshida said that the “suspend mode” ...

Categories: NEWS, Tech, Xbox One

Tags: drm, Family Sharing, features, Microsoft, Phil Spencer, PS4, sony, Xbox One

Scalebound already playable, but we can’t see it yet

Egon Kilin
June 16th, 2014

Scalebound is a new IP that was revealed by Microsoft last week during their E3 2014 press conference. The game’s trailer looked really good, but unfortunately that’s all we have to go on for now. The company didn’t share a whole lot of details about the title aside from the fact that it is being developed by ...

Categories: NEWS, TRENDING GAME NEWS, Xbox One

Tags: details, E3 2014, Gamescom, Microsoft, Phil Spencer, Platinum Games, Scalebound, Tokyo Game Show, Xbox One

Phantom Dust reboot idea snowballed from Twitter

Egon Kilin
June 14th, 2014

As you may have heard already, Microsoft announced at E3 2014 that a Phantom Dust reboot is currently in the works. The original game is an Xbox exclusive that came out back in 2005 for North America. The company didn’t reveal a whole lot about this new iteration at the event, but we did manage to ...

Categories: NEWS, TRENDING GAME NEWS, Xbox 360

Tags: deck building, E3 2014, interview, Microsoft, new iteration, Phantom Dust, Phil Spencer, reboot, Xbox

Destiny has higher resolution on Xbox One without the Kinect

Egon Kilin
June 9th, 2014

Destiny will have a higher resolution on the Xbox One thanks to the removal of the Kinect sensor. Microsoft spoke about this subject last month when they said that removing the Kinect will free up processing power and allow for increased performance. Microsoft’s Phil Spencer and Larry Hryb aka Major Nelson reiterated this during a recent podcast. “This was ...