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Hot off the heels of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion's release, Microsoft is reaching back into its vast back catalog to revive another fan favorite from its Xbox 360 heyday. Gears of War is next in line to get the remaster treatment, and it's also coming to PlayStation gamers for the first time.
GoW: Reloaded will...
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Turns out that recent leaks suggesting that new Surface hardware was on the horizon were right on the money. How so? Microsoft today unveiled a couple of new Surface models, including the Surface Pro, 12-inch and Surface Laptop, 13-inch. They're powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon hardware, they boast long battery life...
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Microsoft surprised the console community when, just a few days ago, it announced a round of significant price hikes to its Xbox hardware lineup, including new MSRPs for its aging Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S systems ranging from $80 to $130 more than the launch prices. That's a tough pill to swallow for a nearly...
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster has been everything fans of the original could have hoped for. Old mods work surprisingly well and muhc of the fondly remembered quirkiness of the game is still there. Despite all of the improvements in the remaster though, there’s still plenty of loading screens, which are a...
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In a move announced with all the fanfare of a tax audit, Microsoft has quietly hiked prices on every piece of Xbox hardware it sells—consoles, controllers, and headsets alike. The news was buried in a support article on the official Xbox website, which is kind of like hiding a price hike in the fine print of a dentist...
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered has been a big hit for Bethesda, managing to rack up over four million players since it launched last week. Gamers have been happy with all the improvements the remaster brings, and that Bethesda didn’t feel the need to squash a fan-made effort called Skyblivion. The one dark...
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When it first leaked that Bethesda was working on a remake of the fourth game in its seminal Elder Scrolls series using Unreal Engine 5, some folks may have groaned in resignation, expecting that the re-release would be brutally demanding and suffer performance issues. Well, it turns out that the remake is really more...
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster, which has been one of the worst kept secrets in gaming, was finally released earlier this week. With this iteration, Bethesda has delivered an incredible experience that adds to the solid run of remasters gamers have gotten as of late. However, many were left wondering what its...
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Microsoft is bringing several changes to the myriad of devices that Xbox gamers use to engage with the platform. These changes include often requested features for the Xbox mobile app and opening up the Stream Your Own Game feature to more machines. However, the new ways players can access remote play might feel like...
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Gamers are living in an era of remasters and remakes as studios and publishers look for consisten return on their investments, with projects people are familiar with. The next modern glow up of a gaming classic has long been rumored to be Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Although, the rumor appears to be confirmed, since...
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Another day means another Windows update, and this time it comes with a warning from Microsoft. You may have noticed a new folder in your root C:\ folder after applying the latest cumulative update for April 2025. Furthermore, you may have been tempted to delete it after discovering that it's an empty folder. Word to...
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Microsoft believes generative AI is critical for the future of gaming, for both gamers and developers. Earlier this year the company unveiled a World and Human Action Model (WHAM), dubbed Muse. Now, it’s sharing some of the improvements to the model integrated in the last few months. This extension of the current...
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Microsoft is now accepting orders for the Windows 365 Link device it announced at its Ignite conference back in November. The thin client system is Microsoft's first cloud PC device built specifically to securely connect to Windows 365 in a matter of "seconds," the company says. It's also been through a preview period...
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A few days ago, Microsoft redesigned its login UX to facilitate the use of passkeys, but more recently, it released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3653 (KB5053658) with a new UI design for an unexpected restart screen. Newly added features included Quick Machine Recovery and speech recap in Narrator. Members...
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It took a minute (and not a New York minute), but Microsoft is taking the leash off of most of its Copilot+ features that were tethered exclusively to Snapdragon X series laptops, and letting them roam free on Copilot+ PCs powered by AMD Ryzen AI 300 series and Intel Core Ultra 200V processors. The only exceptions are...
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It's no secret that Xbox is expanding its reach beyond just hardware, with a move to platforms such as Sony's PlayStation console paying off. The latest title to make the move is Indiana Jones and The Great Circle, a well-reviewed game that first made a splash on the Xbox. It is known for having ray tracing as a...
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Indiana Jones and The Great Circle launched late last year, giving Microsoft a great title to cap off a strong year. However, with all the hoopla of awards season, the game got overlooked as the gaming community discourse focused on the game of the year discussion. Now, the game is getting a second chance to get the...
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Xbox seems to be full steam ahead in forging a new path for its future in the gaming space. An image within a recent blog post got the gaming world buzzing about what that future might look like. And it was an image the company didn’t necessarily want anyone to see, as it was quickly pulled down after The Verge...
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Gaming graphics have been on a constant improvement trajectory since the early days, with new technologies leveling up the experience. Ray tracing has been one such focus that brings gorgeous lighting, better shadows, and more realistic game worlds to the forefront of gaming. Not without hurdles, the primary...
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Video games and their accompanying hardware have been a big part of mainstream entertainment for decades with billions of gamers worldwide partaking in the pastime. This segment is also not immune to the slings and arrows of fortune, and thus plummeting sales at certain times. To that end, video game hardware spending...
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The proliferation of gaming has reached levels never before seen, leading to billions of humans partaking in the activity. Those with more limited mobility love to game as well, but standard devices aren't always suitable for them. Microsoft has launched a new joystick gaming accessory aimed at making it easier for...
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Modding an Xbox 360 isn’t for the faint of heart, as the task requires knowledge of both hardware and software. This has kept it an incredibly niche use case. However, that might all change with the release of a new exploit called BadUpdate. It’s a software-only mod that could potentially make the console a modder’s...
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