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• Sea of Thieves event The Sunken Curse kicked off today, runs through July 25

  The next Sea of Thieves weekly event has kicked off.

• Phase two of the Minecraft Aquatic update has arrived - with turtles

  If you’ve been away from Minecraft for a while, you may wish to dive back in: the second phase of the Minecraft Aquatic update is live.

• Xbox Live Deals with Gold: Child of Light, Ride 2, Anime sale, more

  Xbox Live Gold and Silver members alike have some interesting games to choose from this week.

• Xbox One July update lets you start playing games faster

  If you’re downloading Fallout 4 or Sea of Thieves on Xbox One, FastStart lets you play before the progress finishes.

• Sea of Thieves' weekly update celebrates Banjo-Kazooie

  Rare’s beloved Banjo-Kazooie has turned 20 years old, prompting the studio to release a new figurehead in Sea of Thieves.

• White supremacists use Fortnite and Minecraft as recruiting tools

  Fortnite, Minecraft, and Call of Duty are games hate groups use to recruit young members, according to a former white supremacist.

• State of Decay 2 hits 3 million players, Independence Pack now available

  The first post-launch content pack for State of Decay 2 is now available.

• Halo TV series greenlit by Showtime, production starts next year

  It’s finally happening.

• Sony "confident" it'll find a solution to cross-platform play with Xbox One, Switch

  Sony is looking for a solution that will be “accepted” by the PS4 community regarding cross-platform play with Xbox One and Switch.

• The 12 best Minecraft skins based on video game characters

  The best Minecraft skins let you live out whatever scenario you want.

• 16 best Minecraft Seeds you need to play right now

  The best Minecraft seeds – what are they? In fact, what even are Minecraft seeds? In the simplest terms, seeds are a collection of digits that decide what goes where in Minecraft.

• Xbox Live Deals with Gold: Tekken 7, Killing Floor 2, more

  This week’s Xbox Live Deals with Gold and Spotlight sale have been published.

• Microsoft Store is getting wish lists, remote installs for multiple devices

  The Microsoft Store on Windows 10 will soon get a host of new features.

• Forza Horizon 4 car list leaks thanks to the Windows Store

  What looks like a massive chunk of Forza Horizon 4’s car list has leaked online thanks to a Windows Store mishap.

• The games we thought for sure would be at E3 2018 but were nowhere to be found

  How many games did you just know had to be at E3 2018 but didn't end up being there? Quite a few, we bet.

• Gears 5 is targeting 60fps across all modes

  Gears 5 is still a ways off, but developer the Coalition already has a couple of ambitious goals in mind.

• Forza Horizon 4: here's five new features to get excited about

  Forza Horizon 4 will feature seasons, various jobs, the ability to own property and more.

• Minecraft: Bedrock Edition released, trailer shows Switch, Xbox One cross-play

  Nintendo and Microsoft have put out a new video for today’s release of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, which supports cross-play between Switch and Xbox One.

• Series creator, Crackdown 3 original developer no longer working on the game

  Much has changed in the years since Crackdown 3 was first unveiled.