The blockbuster Gears of War franchise has been acquired by Microsoft, removing it from the curation of creator Epic Games. Rights to all existing and future games are now owned by Microsoft, meaning the franchise will remain an Xbox-exclusive for the foreseeable future. The company has tasked Black Tusk Studios, a Vancouver-based developer owned by […]Read More
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It’s official (again) – one of Microsoft’s big guns will make its comeback this year. Confirmed today was the fact that the next entry in Microsoft’s flagship Halo franchise – first unveiled during E3 over the summer – will release on Xbox One sometime this year. That affirmation comes from Rob Semsey, senior PR manager […]Read More
The wait for Halo 5 is likely to be a long one – but fans will have a little something to tide them over in the meantime. 343 industries announced last week that it will bring Halo: Spartan Assault, a touch-based, top-down shooter released on Windows 8 phones in July, will come to the Xbox […]Read More
One of the most iconic games of this quickly-fading console generation is now absolute, positively, 100 percent free of charge. Bungie’s blockbuster shooter Halo 3 is free right now for Xbox Live Gold subscribers through the end of October through Microsoft’s Games with Gold program. The download will eat up about six gigabytes of space, […]Read More
A new month, a new set of free games for Xbox players. Starting today, Ubisoft’s Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes is available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers free of charge as part of Microsoft’s Games With Gold program, according to Major Nelson. The game, which released in 2011 and normally retails for $14.99 on […]Read More
Today, Bungie announced that Joe Staten, the cinematic director for the first three Halo games and lead writer for Destiny, has left the company. According to him, this was to pursue “new creative challenges.” Staten had been with the company for more than 15 years and was the one of the four people whose focus […]Read More