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Epic Games’ free-to-play survival game Fortnite recently made headlines when players discovered the game allowed PlayStation 4 and Xbox One users to play together. Though the cross-play functionality was apparently a mistake and Epic has since rectified it, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has now weighed in on the accidental breakthrough. In response to a question on Twitter (via Polygon), Spencer ...read more
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Gearbox Software recently announced that it will no longer be supporting Battleborn with new content following a Fall Update that will introduce a few new Borderlands-themed skins, taunts, and Finisher Boosts. This news comes from a forum post by Battleborn creative director Randy Varnell, who stated that he will be playing a significant role in developing the upcoming game towards which ...read more
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Phil Spencer has just received a promotion to Executive Vice President of Xbox, and a seat on the Senior Leadership Team. First noted by Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley, the promotion suggests that Microsoft may be taking its Xbox and gaming incentives more seriously moving forward. Now that Phil Spencer has moved up to an EVP position, Microsoft has a total of 16 members in the Senior ...read more
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Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee is free right now, as part of Humble’s End of Summer Sale offer. Get ready to have phrases like “Hello!”, “Follow me!” and more, all burned into your memory once more, as the original version of Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee is currently up for grabs for the low, low price of absolutely nothing at all. As the last big offer of the site’s End of Summer Sale, ...read more
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Some people take their gaming very seriously, even getting to the point that they build their own custom experience so that it stands out from the rest of the pack. And we’ve discovered a gamer that’s done the unthinkable in that regard – he’s made a full-size Nintendo Switch arcade cabinet. According to Nintendo Life, an avid Nintendo fan by the name of Nintendrew has actually gone ...read more
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Destiny 2 continues to find success after its release by topping the UK’s best-selling charts for the second week in the row. After soaring to the top of the charts during its first week on the market – a result that was anticipated – the second week of dominance is made even more impressive when considering the other games that Destiny 2 faced off against for the No. 1 spot. With new ...read more
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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer Bluehole has updated the list of bannable offences in the game. Now, editing config files in Battlegrounds will get you banned. Players noticed this new update after a discussion ensued about whether or not it’s fair to edit config files to get rid of the fog, one of the many features added with the September patch. The statement previously ...read more
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Sports season continues this week with the arrival of NBA 2K18, which we expect to continue the series tradition of selling enormously and setting the standard for basketball games. In other kinds of sport, Project Cars 2 makes a bid for this year’s premiere racer, but Microsoft is dropping the Forza 7 demo to remind you it also has a horse in the r- wow, this is an appropriate place to use ...read more
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Cross-platform play between the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 seemed unlikely to happen anytime soon considering the recent complications between Microsoft and Sony. However, one game has already managed to enable cross-play between the two platforms. The phenomenon was discovered two days ago by a Reddit user playing Epic Games' recently launched early access game Fortnite on the PlayStation 4. ...read more
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A “Complete Edition” for Halo Wars 2 is already releasing later this month according to retail listings that previewed the game’s package deal. The second Halo game of its kind, Halo Wars 2 continues a different approach to the shooter by swapping out the first-person view for a top-down perspective. Many Halo fans seemed to prefer the more traditional shooter version of the games ...read more
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