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For a while there, Rare Ltd. was one of the most innovative developers on the planet, making great games like Donkey Kong Country, Goldeneye 007 and Conker’s Bad Fur Day. But on the Xbox platforms, the team was stuck making experiences like Kinect Sports, leaving some wondering if they were losing their touch. But those doubts should settle away later this month when Sea of Thieves makes its ...read more
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The Division is celebrating a huge player milestone this month along with its second anniversary. Ubisoft announced today The Division has hit the 20 million players mark worldwide. To celebrate the massive figure along with the game’s anniversary, starting today, a month of in-game activities will take place through March. Said activities include four Global Events from March 1-29, ...read more
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Developers Re-Logic and Pipeworks Studios alongside publisher 505 Games is bringing Terraria‘s massive 1.3 update to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. This update will give the game more parity with the PC version. In a statement from the press release, Neil Ralley, President of 505 Games, discusses this, as well as how it will benefit the players:
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There have been some folks in the past that doubted the power of backward compatibility, insisting that gamers were in the mood to check out new experiences instead. But a new report from Microsoft suggests that there’s more lasting value with backward compatibility than most people may expect. According to their report, the service has managed to rack up over 840 million hours of play since ...read more
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Last night Reddit user "nadiaface" received a strange heads up from a friend who said that their last name was showing up next to their GamerTag. "I thought it was weird," they said in their post, "because I have my settings to block from showing my real name." Sure enough, when they went to check, their full name was showing. Not only that, but everyone's full name was on display next to their ...read more
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Scavengers Studio’s battle royale game Darwin Project, which that incorporates more viewer interaction into the experience, has had several Alphas and Betas on PC since it was revealed at Microsoft’s E3 2017 Press Conference. Those of you waiting to play until it hit Early Access and Xbox Game Preview won’t have to wait much longer, as the developers revealed today that Darwin Project will ...read more
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Both Dragon's Dogma and Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen are phenomenal RPG experiences with enjoyable online components to the gameplay. For those players that have yet to make the jump into this generation of gaming, Capcom has some bad news for you. After six years, Capcom is finally shutting down the Xbox 360 servers. Not unexpected, this often happens with older titles, but the game definitely ...read more
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Another scale test will be held for Sea of Thieves this weekend. This is the third scale test for Sea of Thieves. The second took place last weekend. Once again, players will help the developers test the capabilities ahead of the game’s launch on March 20. This weekend’s Sea of Thieves scale test is open to all Xbox Insiders on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC. It kick off tomorrow, ...read more
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At a press briefing today, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced Donald Trump will have a chat with game industry members next week regarding violent video games. According to the announcement, Trump will meet with representatives of the game industry next week to discuss school safety and gun violence. “The President has met with a number of stakeholders,” Sanders said in ...read more
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Call of Duty: WW2’s first DLC pack, The Resistance, is now available on Steam for PC and Xbox One. Call of Duty: WW2 players on PlayStation 4 were able to dive in last month. The Resistance DLC adds three new multiplayer maps, and a new Zombies chapter. Two of the maps are new, Anthropoid and Valkyrie, and Occupation is a remake of the Resistance map from Modern Warfare 3. It also ...read more
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