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  • Halo Twin-Stick Shooter Unleashes a Spartan Assault on Windows 8 PCs, Tablets and Phones

    Halo Twin-Stick Shooter Unleashes a Spartan Assault on Windows 8 PCs, Tablets and Phones

    New Halo alert. New Halo alert. New Halo alert! No, this isn’t about a new Halo for Xbox One. Something that huge–if it happens–won’t be revealed until Microsoft’s E3 presser. Halo: Spartan Assault is a new series installment in development at 343 Industries and Vanguard […]

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  • HD Remastered Fable Anniversary Announced for Xbox 360

    HD Remastered Fable Anniversary Announced for Xbox 360

    Hide the chickens! After many tweets crying out for such a thing, Lionhead Studios has announced plans to re-release the original Fable on Xbox 360 later this year. Fable Anniversary gives Fable: The Lost Chapters an HD graphical facelift and achievement implants, augmentations sure to […]

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  • A Closer Look at the Hardware and Peripherals of Xbox One

    A Closer Look at the Hardware and Peripherals of Xbox One

    When the Xbox One was revealed earlier this week, Microsoft’s Xbox press site didn’t immediately update with product assets so there wasn’t much to post other than screen grabs from the live stream and a few official console pics. However, a host of hi-res hardware […]

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  • Crytek’s Ryse Reemerges as an Xbox One Exclusive

    Crytek’s Ryse Reemerges as an Xbox One Exclusive

    Remember two E3s ago, in 2011 when Crytek teased a new Xbox 360 exclusive game called Ryse? Back then Ryse was unveiled as a Kinect-only Roman soldier first-person combat game. Now the game has resurfaced with a teaser site counting down (in Roman numerals of […]

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  • Forza Motorsport 5 Confirmed as Xbox One Launch Title

    Forza Motorsport 5 Confirmed as Xbox One Launch Title

    Ooh! Ahh! Shiny cars. On an Xbox gaming console. Must be a new Forza. Yeah buddy. Forza Motorsport 5 was outed today during Microsoft’s Xbox One reveal. The fifth model of Turn 10’s industry leading sim racer will be available at launch exclusively on Xbox […]

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  • This is Xbox One [Updated]

    This is Xbox One [Updated]

    Earlier this afternoon, as I’m sure you’re all well aware of by now, Microsoft lifted the curtain on the Xbox One, the next generation Xbox console coming to market worldwide later this year. From a gamer’s perspective, the unveil event was a complete dud. I’d […]

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  • Xbox 360 Successor to be Revealed May 21st

    Xbox 360 Successor to be Revealed May 21st

    Nintendo has already launched the Wii U. Sony has unveiled the PlayStation 4. Now Microsoft is finally ready to show off the new piece of home console entertainment it’s been working on. On May 21st at 1PM EST, Microsoft’s President of the Interactive Entertainment Business, […]

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  • Xbox Live Serves Up Pizza Hut Delivery App

    Xbox Live Serves Up Pizza Hut Delivery App

    Microsoft and Pizza Hut have joined forces to bring gamers closer to one of their favorite unhealthy snacks. Starting now, Xbox Live users in the U.S. can download the Pizza Hut ‘Create Your Pizza’ app and place delivery orders straight from their Xbox 360, using […]

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  • Closed Beta Sign-Ups Begin for Free-to-Play XBLA RPG Ascend: New Gods

    Closed Beta Sign-Ups Begin for Free-to-Play XBLA RPG Ascend: New Gods

    Toy Soldiers developer Signal Studios has been quietly working away on Ascend: New Gods since the game’s coming out party at last year’s E3, and now the time has finally come for beta testing to begin. For those who missed it before or haven’t been […]

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  • Discussion Review: Halo 4

    Discussion Review: Halo 4

    Review written by Matt Litten & Aaron R. Conklin Matt: After floating in space slumber for two games, and now under the guidance of a developer not named Bungie for the first time, Master Chief is back to save the galaxy from a new and […]

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