Activision this week confirmed that the next Call of Duty title, Call of Duty: Vanguard, will return to the World War II settings of the original games.


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Activision this week confirmed that the next Call of Duty title, Call of Duty: Vanguard, will return to the World War II settings of the original games.
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As part of its annual Quakeworld event this week, Microsoft/Bethesda/Id Software announced some big Quake-related updates.
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Three and a half years after it first launched on Xbox, Sea of Thieves is seeing a player surge thanks to a recent Pirates of the Caribbean tie-in.
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Microsoft has announced which titles are coming to Xbox Game Pass during the rest of the month. And there are some nice surprises in there.
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Microsoft is letting Xbox Insiders preview Xbox Cloud Gaming---previously called Project xCloud---in Windows via the Xbox app.
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Microsoft will show off some of the first- and third-party game titles coming to Xbox this holiday season during a gamescom live stream in two weeks.
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Microsoft today announced the first titles coming to Xbox Game Pass across console, PC, and cloud in August.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Game Pass, expanding the audience for this game past the PC for the first time.
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Microsoft’s Ultimate Game Sale is offering up to 80 percent off select Xbox digital games and 70 percent off select PC games.
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With Flight Simulator coming to Xbox Series X|S next week, Microsoft is announcing new third-party peripherals that will put the experience over the top.
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DirectStorage is one of the gaming innovations in Xbox Series X|S that Microsoft will bring to Windows 11 ... and Windows 10.
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We’re well into the second half of July, so Microsoft has announced another set of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass this month.
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In its last announcement, Microsoft revealed several Xbox Game Pass titles for July 1, but now we’re getting several more games.
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Microsoft’s newfound love of gaming will see several important Xbox/videogame innovations come to Windows 11.
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With June drawing to a close, Microsoft has unveiled the several more titles it will release to Xbox Game Pass this month across platforms.
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New Flight Simulator World Update V: Nordics focuses on the countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
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The future of Xbox lies not with standalone consoles but rather with the people who play games, no matter where they prefer to do so.
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Microsoft has added ten more Bethesda titles to Xbox Game Pass today. And it plans to launch 20 more titles Day One on Game Pass in 2021.
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E3 is virtual again this year, so Microsoft is hosting a virtual Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase on Sunday instead of the usual in-person event.
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Ahead of its Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase on Sunday, Microsoft has provided some context for its gaming platform. And it amounts to “Xbox everywhere.”
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Microsoft today announced Xbox Deals Unlocked, its latest summer sale, with videogame savings of up to 75 percent off.
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As we move into June, Microsoft has announced a handful of Xbox Game Pass titles that will drop before its Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase.
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Microsoft has announced the titles it is adding to Xbox Game Pass across console, PC, and cloud during the rest of May.
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Microsoft has announced the first set of Xbox Game Pass titles to arrive this month across consoles, PC, and Xbox Cloud Gaming.
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Microsoft’s decision to reduce its fees for game developers in its mobile store in Windows 10 wasn’t all that momentous.
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Epic Games revealed in its depositions in the Apple antitrust case that it will not release Fortnite on Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming service.
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Microsoft announced today that it will lower its Microsoft Store fees for PC game developers well below the industry-standard 30 percent rate.