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If a new Xbox wireless controller has been on your gaming wishlist, you don’t have to wait for October’s Prime Big Deal Days sale or other upcoming seasonal sale events to grab one at a discount. Amazon’s offering some sweet deals on select models right this minute, mainly on Xbox’s line of Breaker controllers: Ice…

Halo Studios, the team behind the modern iterations of XBOX’s flagship first-person shooter game, may as well soon be called simply “Studios”, as recent announcements by the XBOX vice president Matt Booty outlined a “continuing [of the company’s] reset” which seems to be curbing the developer’s involvement in both the franchise and the console’s future.

It’s a hefty one, introducing 11 new features in addition to a number of adjustments and fixes.

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For those who don’t keep up with the state of video games as a business, the industry is in a bit of a crisis. Skyrocketing hardware prices are making the hobby less accessible, last-gen “console war” winner Sony is on a generational run when it comes to back-to-back PR disasters, and game studios have been…

Microsoft has been in the limelight pretty much non-stop ever since Asha Sharma took over Phil Spencer’s role. Numerous changes have since taken place both internally and for consumers. While some of these changes have been more business-focused, others are more consumer-friendly, like the disc-to-digital program. Turns out, this was 15-years in the making, with…

Fable developer Playground Games has said “many people within Xbox view Fable as being vital to the DNA of the platform”, which is why this game has been allowed such a long and “protected” development.

UPDATE 8/28: Microsoft has confirmed it will be rolling out a feature that allows players to digitize their game discs.

It includes a translucent green Series X, a similarly-colored controller and a digital download of Halo: Campaign Evolved.

Gamers have long been wary of in-game adverts, and not without reason. Ads in gaming have a mixed reputation, with redirects to different websites or apps, deceptive content, or impossible-to-find close buttons all being common frustrations.