The Xbox Game Pass feature, which I wrote about a little while ago (see the article here)launches on June 1st, and in preparation for this, Microsoft just (as in, a few minutes before I began writing this article) published a quick video going over how to use the service, in very simple terms. As with …
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June 2017 Xbox Live Games With Gold
Time for the next months Games with Gold lineup, and this time we’re changing the article format a bit. Something I find interesting is that this time around, I’m seeing pretty positive feedback on the YouTube comments on this one, a rare treat to see people not complaining nonstop about the game selection. That’s a …
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Destiny 2: Homecoming Trailer
This is the first trailer I’ve watched for Destiny 2 since it’s announcement earlier this year, and all I have to say is, I like what I see. I genuinely enjoyed Destiny, for what it was worth to me, and while I do feel the game had some major flaws in both it’s own design, …
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May 2017 Xbox One Update Walkthrough
Microsoft has made yet another somewhat major change to the Xbox One dash recently. I’ve had it for the past few months (as part of the preview program) and I have to say, they are really polishing up the minor flaws that have been hanging around since the “new” Xbox One Experience update back in …
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Call of Duty: WW2 – Reveal Trailer
Here we go, our first look at Call of Duty – WW2, this much awaited return to the series roots in the most pivotal conflict in human history. I’ll sum up my thoughts here: It looks awesome! Now, I’m not one to fall in to all kinds of hype – I know things always look …
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May 2017 Xbox Live Games With Gold
A very Star Wars heavy game set for May, the Games With Gold program actually seems to be providing a damned fine set of games this month in comparison with previous months releases, many of which have been average at best. This time around we get 2 Star Wars games, and 2 others, which we …
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Call of Duty Returning To World War 2?
So, reports are that the long-standing definitive first person shooter series Call of Duty will be returning to its roots: World War 2. This comes following the abismal reaction to last years release Infinite Warfare which was in the eyes of many Call of Duty players, more like Halo than Call of Duty. Infinite Warfare …
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April 2017 Xbox Live Games With Gold
Wow, I’m late as anything for this one. The video was uploaded about a week ago, but I just now went back to see it – looks like I missed it when it was uploaded. In any case, time to cover another months free games on Xbox Live. Edit: I originally published this with the …
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Xbox Game Pass – It Seems Alright To Me
Upon waking up today I looked through twitter, as I do every day, and found Xbox’s “Major Nelson” tweeting about a new service coming to the Xbox brand: Xbox Game Pass. https://majornelson.com/2017/02/28/introducing-xbox-game-pass-unlimited-access-to-more-than-100-games/ This is pretty straightforward service, from the looks of things: Pay about $10 a month and have a selection of full games to …
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February 2017 Xbox Live Games With Gold
Feburary, the shortest month of the year. Still, more games are coming to you free with a Gold subscription on Xbox Live (and seriously, what adult Xbox gamer doesn’t have an active live subscription?) This months list doesn’t look the best, but we’ll go over each game one by one and see how they stack …
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January 2017 Xbox Live Games With Gold
Microsoft wasted no time tossing out next months Games with Gold game list, and what a nice list of games it looks to be starting off January 2017. As always, these games may not be everyone’s cup of tea, so to speak, but it’s always worth trying out something new. Let’s jump right into it: …
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December 2016 Xbox Live Games With Gold
It’s the final month of the year, with all the holiday chaos to go along with it. Of course, a new month means more games with gold, and in this case we have what looks like an alright selection. Let’s take a look! Xbox One Sleeping Dogs Sleeping Dogs, an evolution on the 2000’s era …
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15th Anniversary Of The Xbox
15 years ago, on November 15th, 2001, Microsoft released its entry into the home gaming console scene, the Xbox. Based on computer hardware of the era, and using the DirectX game libraries of Microsoft Windows (hence the project name, DirectX-box) this powerful console filled a hole that was left following Sega ending production of the …
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November 2016 Xbox Live Games With Gold
This months Games With Gold list is something else. Another 4 great games, for free, what’s not to love? Okay, the games range from titles that are probably alright to ones known to be absolutely awesome, and vary in genre, so your mileage may vary. They are, of course, free with an active Xbox Live …
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October 2016 Xbox Live Games With Gold
It’s about to be October, which means another month of free games with Xbox Live Games with Gold. Oddly, this assortment doesn’t look too spooky for what you would expect from free games in October but at least it does have the survival game “I am Alive” so, there’s that! Right, let’s get to the …
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