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Warmods | Helldivers 2 players are modding their own Warbonds into the game, and the latest one's perfect for Halo fans

Hey, a diver can never have too much gear to pick between before diving pod-first into the Voteless hordes.

Jan. 10, 2025 Mark Warren

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Quick Maths | The numbers have been crunched, and PC Game Pass got almost $5,000 in new games during 2024

That's not bad value for money for all except those brave enough to sail the digital seas.

Jan. 9, 2025 Connor Makar

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GamePass the Popcorn | Oblivion remaster? South of Midnight? More? What can we expect from 2025's first Xbox Showcase in late January?

Microsoft plans to start 2025 with a bang, and hopefully we'll hear more about some of Xbox's big ticket games this time.

Jan. 9, 2025 Dom Peppiatt

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Boomer Schooler | “It always felt like this vague form of superficial hell to me” Doom: The Gallery Experience devs on turning a 90s shooter into high culture

Read on to find out which Renaissance paintings they think Doomguy himself would get a kick out of.

Jan. 8, 2025 Mark Warren

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Hard Pass | Game Pass's wave one January line-up disappointingly offers just one new game for Game Pass Ultimate console users

While PC or Game Pass Standard players are getting something fresh, those paying the most aren't getting much.

Jan. 7, 2025 Connor Makar

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Buyers Remorse | Starting to regret picking up an Xbox Series X? This new controller will at least let you pretend you're using a PS5 DualSense

The Competitor enters the arena.

Jan. 6, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Culture Classic | Doom: The Gallery Experience takes you to the real hell - trying not to choke on wine and cheese by sniggering at the nude bits of classical art

*cough* Oh, yes, it's a *cough* masterpiece, you can tell by the shading around the er...excuse me a moment...

Jan. 6, 2025 Mark Warren

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PASS THE GAMES | The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2025

Our top picks of the greatest games on gaming's best subscription service.

Jan. 1, 2025 James Billcliffe

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Future Box Fight | Either PlayStation or Xbox will "struggle mightily" to do well with their next gen console, while Nintendo'll be "the clear winner”, predicts research firm

“There isn’t room for more than two major console systems" in the upcoming cycle, reckons DFC Intelligence.

Dec. 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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MassConaughey | Remember Exodus? Here's its first gameplay, featuring a not quite Commander Shepard sci-fi slapping up a space bear

The game also has Matthew McConaughey in it, doing video games for the first time.

Dec. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Hard Times | Not even the director of Mass Effect can survive the games industry right now, as his own studio and "all-new" sci-fi game get shut down

2024 continues to look a bit bleak.

Nov. 26, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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It's Time | Still playing Steam games on Windows 7 or 8? You might want to consider upgrading your operating system soon

All things must die, even software.

Nov. 24, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Seems Like Box Beef | "We don’t need to do incremental hardware for our own benefit", says Xbox boss Phil Spencer, as the PS5 Pro continues to wonder 'Was it something I said?'

Look, just tell it what it did to you Phil. It's getting very, very PSSRd off over here.

Nov. 15, 2024 Mark Warren

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Wasteland Walkout | UPDATE: "We are not afraid to do what's necessary" Hundreds of Fallout and Elder Scrolls devs at Zenimax go on strike against Microsoft

The need to bargain over issues like remote work options and outsourcing is the crux of the one-day action, union claims.

Nov. 14, 2024 Mark Warren

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It Needs Consoling | "We’re not going to grow the market with $1,000 consoles", Xbox boss Phil Spencer says, likely leaving the PS5 Pro pretty PSSRd off

Yep, just a quippy little line about expensive hardware, nothing to see here.

Nov. 13, 2024 Mark Warren

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Switching Things Up | Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch, and... An Xbox handheld? Microsoft says it's happening, even if it is 'years away'

You can wait a little while, right?

Nov. 13, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Tough Times | "The whole studio was burning the candle at both ends" - Two of Halo 2's most important designers reflect on the beloved sequel's working conditions

"We really didn’t know what was going to happen."

Nov. 11, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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The Neck-t Chapter | Dragon Age: The Veilguard's first patch isn't just about dressing up like someone who bangs, ok, it's saved us all from unexpected NPC neck growth

Forget Elven gods, this was clearly the biggest threat facing Thedas.

Nov. 8, 2024 Mark Warren

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2Massive2Effective | Mass Effect is officially getting an Amazon TV series, penned by the writer of that Fast & Furious film where Vin Diesel and John Cena have a big fight about family

N7 Day might have been "quieter" this year, but it certainly wasn't silent.

Nov. 8, 2024 Mark Warren

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Massively Effective | No Man's Sky brings back Mass Effect's Nomandy as a special N7 Day treat, alongside some handy cross-save support

To be fair, Commander Shepard's got experience with fish, so NMS' last big update should be up their alley.

Nov. 7, 2024 Mark Warren

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Clocked In | It was only a matter of time: someone has gotten Doom to run on the Nintendo Alarmo

The age old question answered once again.

Nov. 3, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Not Normessing About | As Dragon Age: The Veilguard ignites Mass Effect chatter, BioWare lead declares the latter will stick to being about serious, mature alien shaggers looking "photorealistic"

Even as they're put in some "humorous situations" like, I don't know, asking someone to bang, ok?

Oct. 29, 2024 Mark Warren

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Feeling Blue | Netflix shuts down its “Team Blue” triple-A game studio, losing big ex-Halo, Overwatch, and God of War devs in the process

What could this mean for the streaming giant's gaming efforts? We'll have to see.

Oct. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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Toddaly Unexpected | After a minor calendar mix-up, Helldivers 2's next big patch drops soon and it's already inspired jokes about Skyrim being ported to some bullets

To be fair, I doubt you'll have much time to play DOOM on your rifle while you're in the middle of a firefight.

Oct. 14, 2024 Mark Warren

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On Cloud Nine | Xbox players will reportedly soon be able to cloud stream the games they own, even if they're not on Game Pass

Microsoft is apparently planning on testing the feature this November.

Oct. 12, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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PODCAST | Which expansions are better than the main game?

From The Shivering Isles to Toussaint: some downloadable content is worth every penny twice.

Oct. 7, 2024 Jim Trinca

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It's Xback | Watch the Xbox Tokyo Game Show showcase here

Live from Japan, it's more of the video games.

Sept. 26, 2024 Mark Warren

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Hardcore Exodus | Xbox's PS5 Pro Pickle, or how Xbox might lose even more of its audience without a new console soon

Now Sony is giving people a powerful option to bridge the gap to the PS6, Xbox finds itself in a very unwanted place.

Sept. 24, 2024 Tom Orry

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More Layoffs | Microsoft is laying off another 650 staff from its gaming division, according to memo sent by Xbox boss Phil Spencer

The reported cuts would follow 1,900 staff being let go from from the Xbox-helmed gaming arm of the company earlier this year.

Sept. 12, 2024 Mark Warren

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Blast From The Past | Xbox is bringing back classic friend requests, so someone you've spent five hours playing Fortnite with can tell you it's not that deep by ignoring them

Look, maybe you upset them by hitting the griddy a little too hard that one time you killed them.

Sept. 12, 2024 Mark Warren

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Soulslike Stumbles | "Ask Xbox why they haven't answered us for two months" - Enotria: The Last Song's Xbox version is delayed indefinitely, with devs citing lack of Microsoft comms

"Obviously they don't care about Enotria and they don't care about you."

Sept. 3, 2024 Mark Warren

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Not Xbox's Destiny | "I passed on so many games" - Xbox's Phil Spencer doesn't regret not grabbing Destiny or Guitar Hero as exclusives, even if he now gets their appeal

The man just wasn't into PvP and plastic guitars, it happens to the best of us.

Sept. 2, 2024 Mark Warren

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Al In This Together | Alan Wake and Control TV and movies look to be on the way from Annapurna, thanks to new partnership with Remedy over Control 2

Relinquishing some control in order to gain some, er, control over Control.

Aug. 30, 2024 Mark Warren

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Barrett Gone | Ex-Marathon director was reportedly fired from Bungie following a misconduct investigation

Joe Ziegler was announced as having replaced Chris Barrett as lead on the game earlier this year.

Aug. 29, 2024 Mark Warren

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Spacerunner | Starfield's moon buggy can do sick jumps, but it can't outrun the inevitable - modders swapping it for Halo's Warthog, a Star Wars speeder, and, er, a van

See, I told you it wasn't a totally pointless thing.

Aug. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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Indy News Again | Xbox boss Phil Spencer's just said some things about the decision to bring Indiana Jones and The Great Circle to PlayStation

"I think it's just gonna be a strategy that works for us."

Aug. 21, 2024 Mark Warren

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Game Passwords | Xbox Game Pass on Geforce Now is getting an upgrade that will change your life

OK, maybe that's a bit much, but it'll certainly make playing Game Pass games on Geforce Now a lot less hassle.

Aug. 21, 2024 Tom Orry

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Maggie's Back | Remember the Doom mod that lets you kill Margaret Thatcher? You can now try and beat Jeremy Corbyn's world record on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, but not Switch

"Shigeru Miyamoto doesn't want you pissing on graves."

Aug. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

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In Motion | Max Payne remakes have dived into full production, according to Remedy financial report

The original two games are coming as one package from the Control and Alan wake studio.

Aug. 9, 2024 Connor Makar

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Full Circle | In case you forgot, you've only got one day left before the Xbox 360 Marketplace shuts down for good

Soon to be gone but not forgotten.

July 28, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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World of Workers | Over 500 World of Warcraft devs at Blizzard have unionised, and they don't mind having lost the world's most worker-friendly race to Bethesda staff

It doesn't matter if you're the tortoise or the hare when it comes to securing protection for developers.

July 25, 2024 Mark Warren

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The Cheek Of It | Fear not, Wolverine has also got his arse on an Xbox controller

Deadpool & Wolverine have something in common: they've got plenty of cake.

July 22, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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He Said, She Said | Microsoft doesn't quite agree with the FTC's recent comments, says no, Xbox Game Pass isn't "degraded" following price hike

The tech company says the FTC "presents a misleading, extra-record account of the facts and is a continuation of the agency's attempts to reinvent its case on appeal."

July 20, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Stronger Together | After half a year of layoffs and closures, more than 240 Bethesda workers come together to unionise

"We are so excited to announce our union at Bethesda Game Studio and join the movement sweeping across the video game industry."

July 20, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Halo-meless | The Halo TV series is looking for a new home after being cancelled by Paramount+, so step up if there's a spare streaming service in your Warthog's trunk

Look, we know it's a long shot, but come on, surely Cortana made one of you pack such a thing for this mission.

July 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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Deal Dispute Remains | Those recent Xbox Game Pass changes are "exactly the sort of consumer harm" the FTC warned the Activision Blizzard deal could lead to, it claims

"What did we tell you?", says body that's continuing to fight against the merger.

July 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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Not A Long Splitwait | Splitgate 2 arrives in 2025, so you can look forward to attending another fun wedding between Halo and Portal

Get shopping for tuxes now, before everyone rents the Master Chief green ones.

July 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Pass Me A Calculator | Are the new Xbox Game Pass tiers actually confusing? We investigate

There's a lot of reading to do, but do you actually need to be an alien with two separate brains to figure out what Microsoft's done here?

July 10, 2024 Mark Warren

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Money talks | Xbox Game Pass is getting more expensive, as are day-one games for subscribers

Big changes for those signed up to Game Pass across PC and the Xbox Series X/S.

July 10, 2024 Connor Makar

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PODCAST | Which games have aged like a fine wine, and why is everyone so mad at our guest host?

There's nothing graceful about the Best Games Ever podcast episode 104

July 2, 2024 Jim Trinca

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