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Survey: Xbox 360 owners still hesitant to purchase Xbox One, even with $100 price cut

While some stores are seeing increased interest for the Xbox One following the console’s $100 price drop, a recent survey shows… Read More

Halo 5 coming for Microsoft’s Xbox One in fall 2015, along with Spielberg’s Halo TV series

Microsoft will release “Halo 5: Guardians” in fall 2015 for Xbox One, marking the next major installment in the flagship Xbox game franchise.… Read More

PS4 outsells Xbox One in U.S. for 4th straight month; Titanfall top-selling game in April

The PlayStation 4 is still the sales champion in the U.S, as Sony’s console outsold the Xbox One in April.… Read More

There are 34M ‘core gamers’ in the U.S. who play video games for 22 hours per week

Sure, the number of “casual gamers” has spiked in recent years thanks to the recent influx of popular smartphone games… Read More

Xbox Live Gold membership no longer needed for Netflix, Hulu, other apps

There’s good news today for Xbox owners that have wanted to use apps like Netflix and Hulu, but avoided paying… Read More

Bill Gates ‘absolutely’ supports spinning off Xbox biz, but Microsoft committed to gaming unit

Bill Gates may have voiced support for selling off Microsoft’s Xbox business, but the Redmond giant is making sure customers understand… Read More

Xbox One gets improved audio controls, ability to opt-in for speech data collection

Another Xbox One update is coming, and this time gamers will see improvements to the system’s audio features. The update,… Read More

Lights, camera, Xbox: Microsoft unveils first slate of original shows

Microsoft finally unveiled its full slate of upcoming original video programming for the Xbox today, and it looks like console owners… Read More

Xbox co-founder: ‘It would be foolish for Microsoft to sell off Xbox’

Despite its popularity with millions of gamers, much has been made about Microsoft potentially spinning off its Xbox business. An… Read More

How to watch the Game of Thrones Season 4 premiere for free, thanks to Microsoft

Miss the highly-anticipated “Game of Thrones” Season 4 premiere on Sunday? Don’t worry — Microsoft has you covered. Well, if… Read More

Looking for the season premiere of Game of Thrones? You won’t find it on the new Amazon Fire TV

Maybe you just bought the new Amazon Fire TV — and just maybe you thought that meant you were getting… Read More

Xbox TV boss: Microsoft CEO Nadella on board with original content push

Microsoft’s Xbox division this morning provided new details about its plans for original TV shows on the game console, including… Read More

Phil Spencer promises a ‘New Day at Xbox’ as Microsoft’s games chief

Microsoft has appointed one of its own to become the new head of Xbox, but that doesn’t mean you should… Read More

Microsoft inks patent deal with Dell over Android, Chrome OS and Xbox

Microsoft announced today that it has signed a patent licensing agreement with Dell that will involve the two companies sharing… Read More

Zuckerberg: Microsoft and Sony are no match for Facebook and Oculus

The jaw-dropper of the day in the tech industry, you’ve probably heard, was Facebook’s announcement that it will spend $2… Read More

Xbox film crew’s excavation of Atari ‘ET’ graveyard gets tangled in red tape

A plan to excavate a suspected mass burial of Atari ET video-game cartridges for a Microsoft Xbox documentary has been… Read More

Cheaper than the PlayStation 4: Retailers drop Xbox One Titanfall bundle to $450

If you’ve been waiting for the price of the Xbox One to drop before purchasing Microsoft’s newest console, well, today… Read More

Making sense of Xbox exec Marc Whitten’s new job at Sonos

When talking about the competitive landscape for Microsoft’s Xbox One, the conversation is nearly always about the console wars and… Read More

Key Xbox exec Marc Whitten exits Microsoft for Sonos

Marc Whitten, the longtime Xbox Live leader who has worked most recently as Xbox chief product officer, is leaving Microsoft… Read More

PlayStation 4 edges Xbox One for U.S. console sales in February

Sony’s PlayStation 4 beat Microsoft’s Xbox One for sales in the U.S. last month, but not by much. The NPD… Read More

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And the band played on: Bonnaroo comes to Xbox Live

Music fans who can’t make it out to this year’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee will be able… Read More

Kowabunga! GoPro video channels coming to Xbox Live

For those of us who can’t get enough first-person videos of crazy people doing extraordinary things, the Xbox is bringing… Read More

Microsoft wants to buy your PlayStation 3 for $100

Have an old PS3 or Xbox 360 sitting around? Microsoft wants to take that off your hands. The company is… Read More

Microsoft results show tough realities of company’s expansion into hardware

Microsoft this afternoon posted record revenue of $24.5 billion for the December quarter, an increase of 14 percent. And yet… Read More

Pro tips: How Microsoft’s Surface tablet and Xbox One can work together

If you own both a Microsoft Surface and the Xbox One, the video above is certainly worth a watch if… Read More

Xbox One sales top 3 million in ‘epic launch’ for Microsoft game console

This holiday season left Microsoft a rather significant present. The Redmond-based company announced today that sales of the Xbox One… Read More

Free games for Xbox Live Gold members: Sleeping Dogs, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

Microsoft announced today that as part of its Games with Gold program, Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be receiving two… Read More

Xbox original documentary will uncover mystery of legendary Atari video-game burial

It’s fitting that the first documentary slated for Microsoft’s Xbox is about video games. But it sounds like a great… Read More

Bitcoin … that’s the new game for the Xbox, right?

While it’s possible to go out and pay for an education with Bitcoin, some Americans think it’s something that involves… Read More

PS4 global sales hit 2.1 million, Sony says

It’s been a little more than two weeks since the Playstation 4 hit shelves, and now Sony is reporting that… Read More

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