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It seems like Ubisoft will send you an email about your lack of playtime in Far Cry 6 if you stop playing it. GamesIndustry.biz Managing Editor Brendan Sinclair first pointed this out in an email he received from Ubisoft, showing Far Cry 6's main protagonist, Anton Castillo, looking at him directly in the eyes. The message that came with the email was, "It was amusing watching you ...read more
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It's been over a year since Microsoft chose to shut down Mixer, its in-house gaming streaming service that was meant to rival competitors such as Twitch. At the time, Microsoft announced a partnership with Facebook Gaming to continue its streaming ventures, but today it seems a bigger step has been taken in Twitch's direction. Streaming from your Xbox Series X|S to Twitch never disappeared due ...read more
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Electronic Arts and DICE released a new trailer today for next month's release of Battlefield 2042 that gives prospective players a better idea of how the game will work. While the trailer in question doesn't feature any actual gameplay footage, it instead contains a number of hilarious references and looks at the world in which Battlefield 2042 will seemingly take place. In a general sense, ...read more
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Online services for a number of legacy Halo games will be discontinued in January 2022, 343 Industries has confirmed. It was originally announced that various online services for Xbox 360 Halo games would be closed in December 2021, but a revised shutdown date of January 13, 2022 has now been confirmed via Halo Waypoint. The games set to be impacted are Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo 4, Halo: ...read more
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October 2021 has been a particularly strong month when it comes to Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass subscription service. New titles have been released for Xbox Game Pass regularly throughout the month of October, with recent additions including popular fighting game Dragon Ball FighterZ and indie RPG Echo Generation. However, Xbox Game Pass will soon have one of its biggest days in all of October, as ...read more
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After massive internet backlash towards the ending of Mass Effect 3, BioWare devs reportedly worked overtime and crunched for several months in order to release a new extended ending through the Extended Cut DLC. In a new interview with the video game documentary YouTube channel People Make Games, several BioWare devs discussed the initial reactions to the studio, including the hate-filled ...read more
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Reports and rumors have circled in recent months that famed game developer Hideo Kojima is currently in the early stages of working on a new project with those at Xbox. While a formal announcement from Kojima and Xbox regarding this collaboration hasn't yet come to light, thanks to a new report, it seems like we now have a better idea of what stage this potential project is at. Unfortunately, ...read more
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Sonic Mania originally launched back in 2017, and by all accounts, was a massive success for Sega and the larger Sonic franchise. Not only did the game finally bring back the classic 2D style of play that the original Sonic the Hedgehog games first established back in the 1990s, but Sonic Mania on its own stood as one of the most well-received Sonic titles ever made. As such, a number of fans ...read more
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According to industry insiders, Xbox is working with Brass Lion Entertainment to create a Wu-Tang Clan themed game which currently goes by the moniker 'Shaolin'. According to Windows Central – with extra verification coming in hot courtesy of journalist Jeff Grub – Xbox is reportedly working with developer Brass Lion Entertainment on a third-person RPG with four-player co-op and a focus on ...read more
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Nvidia’s GeForce now service will soon be playable on Xbox consoles, thanks to a new update. The latest GeForce Now client, which rolled out to users on October 21, includes beta support for the Microsoft Edge browser, meaning Xbox players will be able to stream their PC games to their consoles, using Edge. The service, which Nvidia claims can outperform an Xbox Series X, allows players ...read more
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