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I found that Xbox's answer to 'Civilization' very successfully captures that "one more turn" addiction

Ara: History Untold is a brand-new turn-based 4X historical grand strategy game from Xbox Game Studios Publishing, and it's a great, innovative new entry.

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Microsoft's next-gen console plans reportedly include an Xbox Series X successor and a handheld "take on the Steam Deck"

Xbox is apparently continuing with its dual-console approach

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"We’re building plans for the 25th anniversary of Halo and Xbox," Microsoft confirms in a new interview. "We have such a rich heritage, you have to celebrate that."

In a new interview, Microsoft confirmed plans to "celebrate" its Xbox gaming division's 25th anniversary milestone, which also coincides with its big launch exclusive — Halo.

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BioWare hopes you'll make Dragon Age: The Veilguard builds so good they'll break the game with its higher level cap — "Nothing would make me happier than somebody outsmarting our best tuners"

Ahead of Dragon Age: The Veilguard's launch next month, BioWare tells us it wants players "to find emergent builds" and hopes they "feel like they can outsmart us."

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"We're most proud of... the sheer number of biomes and regions we're revisiting. We cover more of Thedas than we ever have before," says Dragon Age: The Veilguard's game director.

After I spent roughly seven hours in a hands-on Dragon Age: The Veilguard preview and spoke with the game director and producer, I'm more excited than ever for this fantasy RPG.

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This 'AI-powered' laptop dock is the first of its kind, but not at all what I expected based on its marketing hype

HiDock's H1 is an interesting piece of tech that attempts to blend a USB-C docking station with AI transcription and summary via GPT-4o.

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Microsoft Edge will borrow "a table of contents" from Google Chrome's playbook to declutter its settings and improve navigation in October 2024

Microsoft announced that it's revamping Microsoft Edge's Settings, seemingly making them more organized with a new quick-access panel on the landing page.

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Frostpunk 2 Metacritic review roundup: The critics are clear about this "ambitious sequel" to one of the best survival games out there

Frostpunk 2 is almost here after a three-year wait, but does it live up to everyone's lofty expectations? Here's what reviewers around the world think about the game.

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Frostpunk 2 review: An ambitious and excellent survival city-builder

Frostpunk 2 is an ambitious city-building game and survival experience all at once, telling stories of hope, despair, and human endurance.

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Fallout 76: Milepost Zero's new questline lets you live out your dreams of guarding Brahmin caravans

Fallout 76: Milepost Zero gets bigger with a new questline allowing players to guard Brahmin caravans in exchange for special rewards.

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The Plucky Squire PC review: A mighty love letter to creativity that tells of inspiration, heroism, and friendship

The Plucky Squire ropes in 2D and 3D platforming for an action-adventure that breaks the 4th wall to tell a tale of inspiration, heroism, and friendship while pinning down the importance of literature and art for the next generation of creatives.

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Hands-on with Thunderbolt 5: Is this bleeding-edge dock a sensible set of future-proof ports or just trivial tech?

Kensington's SD5000T5 EQ Thunderbolt 5 Triple 4K Docking Station opens up even more connectivity with an all-new Thunderbolt 5 USB-C cable, even if your new laptop likely doesn't support it.

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Blizzard is on the edge of making World of Warcraft truly amazing for endgame solo players for the first time in 20 years — but balance has been an ongoing nightmare

Blizzard's "Delves" in World of Warcraft have been incredibly fun and rewarding, or horribly painful and depressing, depending on which class you ask. WoW has been designed all up for group play for the past two decades, which is clearly making its new solo dungeon "Delves" a nightmare to balance.

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This $800 OLED laptop is incredible value, but it does have one glaring weakness

The ASUS Zenbook 14 (Q415M) is a brilliant Windows laptop for just $800, especially with the beautiful OLED display, but 8GB of non-upgradeable RAM is a sore spot.

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Microsoft has scrapped Edge's big UI refresh with rounded tabs

Unveiled last year, Microsoft was working on a new look and feel for Edge that included rounded tabs and a heavier use of acrylic blur effects. Now, the company says this UI update is no longer coming.

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Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions improves the wizarding sport's weird rules but still feels badly imbalanced

Unbroken Studios reduced how many points Seekers earn by catching the Snitch, but other aspects of Quidditch gameplay need serious fine-tuning. Our review.

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ASUS' ProArt PZ13 is the first Copilot+ PC to challenge the Surface Pro 11, but some of these cost-saving component choices won't threaten Microsoft's 2-in-1 dominance

ASUS' new Snapdragon X Plus-powered 2-in-1 is a cost-saving OLED Surface Pro 11 variant for artists packing a free kickstand keyboard case.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 won't include one big feature on Xbox One and PS4 — here's why

The last-generation versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will not include the Theater mode featured in the Xbox Series X|S, PC, and PS5 versions of the game.

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If the PS5 Pro (and sparkly Xbox Series X) price is the new normal, I'll be done with console gaming after more than 30 years

Both Xbox and PlayStation are pushing console prices dangerously close to the point it makes no sense to buy one anymore. And I don't think I will.

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"I know that this is difficult news to hear." New Microsoft Gaming layoffs hit: Xbox CEO Phil Spencer announces 650 redundancies in email to staff

Microsoft Gaming is cutting 650 staff today, after eliminating 1900 staff earlier in the year following its Activision-Blizzard acquisition. In an email to staff shared to Windows Central, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer said no studios would be closed and no devices cancelled, with most layoffs landing in corporate functions.

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How to test microphone audio processing modes on Windows 11 version 24H2 (2024 Update)

Windows 11 2024 Update comes with a tool for testing the different audio processing modes, and in this guide, I will explain how to use this feature.

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5 reasons to buy a REAL gaming PC instead of a PS5 Pro (and 3 reasons not to)

Console gaming keeps getting more expensive, and you can now build a respectable gaming PC for about the same price as a PS5 Pro. There are plenty of perks that come with PC gaming, but there are a few reasons why Sony's console still makes sense.

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As Sony reveals the PS5 Pro, Xbox is quietly building a cloud gaming dominance that could see it lead a $40 billion industry in just ten years

A recent analysis from Bloomberg describes how Xbox Cloud Gaming could end up being at the forefront of a $40 billion industry in just ten years, if Microsoft manages to stick the landing.

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Glorious' GMMK 3 Pro is the world's most customizable mechanical keyboard, and it's in a league of its own

The GMMK 3 Pro is now official, and with extensive customizability and the introduction of hall effect switches, it is one of the best mechanical keyboards you can buy today.

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How to sideload apps onto the XREAL Beam

The original XREAL Beam has far more limited app support than its successor, but that doesn't mean you have to stick with it. Here's how to try more apps on it.

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