Tag: microsoft
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Xbox E3 Event 2019 Notes
Microsoft’s annual E3-adjacent event for their Xbox sub-brand was today. Here’s what they announced: Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds was annonced for October 25th, 2019, it’ll be an exclusive to Microsoft platforms since Obsidian was bought out by Microsoft. This is a sci-fi, Borderlands-aesthetic, faux anti-corporate, first-person, single-player, RPG. It’s about a new person shaking up…
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The Xbox One S All-Digital Edition is a Real Disaster
Exactly as rumored, the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition has been announced without a disc drive for May 7th. At $250, the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition is a $50 discount on the $300 price of the regular Xbox One S. The only slight bonus to this version is that you get Minecraft, Forza Horizon…
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Xbox One S All-Digital Edition Rumored for May
If this actually ships with this name it probably won’t be the worst-named product Microsoft has ever shipped, but it will be close. The Xbox One S All-Digital Edition has been rumored to come out in May without a disc drive. Jez Corden of Windows Central has the sources and more details. As I’ve remarked…
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Microsoft Is Buying Obsidian
Jason Schreier has the scoop: Microsoft is finalizing a deal to acquire the independent development studio Obsidian Entertainment, according to three people briefed on the negotiations. We don’t know if ink is on paper yet, and plenty of major acquisition deals have fallen apart in the final hours, but those close to the companies believe…
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Microsoft’s xCloud Game Streaming Disempowerment
Microsoft is making good on their E3 promises and has announced a marketing name and demonstrated their Xbox cloud gaming streaming service, xCloud in a video and news release attributed to Kareem Choudhry, their Corporate Vice President of Gaming Cloud: Today, the games you play are very much dictated by the device you are using.…