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Gears of War: E-Day's Xbox and PC multiplayer beta tests are starting soon: Here's how to enter, what content to expect, and what rewards they'll offer

The Coalition has released details regarding Gears of War: E-Day's upcoming beta test weekends for its multiplayer modes. Here's everything you need to know about how to sign up for the betas and what rewards they'll offer in the full game.

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Microsoft celebrates Xbox's 25th anniversary by revealing Xbox profile designs, Xbox FanFest Tour dates, and curated classic titles for Xbox Game Pass

Xbox has revealed the next slate of its celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the brand, and the Fanfest tour is coming to a city near you.

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Gears of War: E-Day: Release date, platforms & everything else we know about Marcus Fenix's return

Return to Gears of War's roots this year with a gritty prequel that's been built from scratch.

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Game of the Week – Halo: Campaign Evolved is a legendary FPS reborn for a new generation of players

You've got a weekend free to play video games? Here's why Halo: Campaign Evolved is worth your time

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Gears of War: E-Day's cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes pack content and chaos beyond what I imagined

Coalition has released a massive gameplay overview of Gears of War: E-Day's PvE and PvP multiplayer modes, and they're looking to blow their predecessors out of the water.

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After playing Halo: Campaign Evolved's prologue, I don't want another Halo remake – it's time for a new game

Now Playing | A Halo 2 remake is already being teased, but three new levels in Campaign Evolved prove the developer is ready to push the series forward

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How to play the Halo games in order: chronologically and by release date

A full breakdown of how to play the Halo games in order, both chronologically and by release date years

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Age of Empires 3: DE's latest expansion is back from the dead — Here's what you can expect from the revived content

Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition is set to receive a new expansion with new civs, maps, and more. Ahead of the September launch, you can try out the new content as part of an open beta test. Here's everything you need to know.

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Halo: Campaign Evolved review: "An FPS in its purest form, but also a wasted opportunity for Halo Studios to put its own spin on a classic"

Bullet-spewing combat feels satisfyingly simple, while a handful of modernizations keep action slick

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Halo: Campaign Evolved (PS5) review: the Unreal Engine 5 remake is almost everything fans could hope for

Some technical niggles can't overshadow what made Halo great.

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It seems another studio has broken free of Xbox and gone independent, following Double Fine and other cuts

Alpha Dog Games, the creators behind the mobile DOOM spin-off, Mighty DOOM, have quietly announced that they've reformed after being closed down by Microsoft in 2024 and have broken away from Bethesda to regain independence as a studio.

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"There has to be a reason for people to buy an Xbox": Making sense of Microsoft's messy return to console exclusivity

The Saturday Read | Senior leaders across Xbox detail why the platform is returning to console exclusivity, and explain why Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution are only the beginning

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Does anyone know how to drive this thing?

It's increasingly looking like nobody remembers how videogames work—or cares to.

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Summary: what's happening at Xbox?

Everything we know about the "Xbox Reset," from Compulsion and Double Fine going independent to Bethesda layoffs and what it means for future Xbox games

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DOOM dev id Software was "toying around" with game ideas before Xbox layoffs gutted it — a John Wick-style "Gun Fu" game and Perfect Dark were in consideration

Before this week's Xbox layoffs that gutted the studio, DOOM dev id Software was "toying around" with several experimental, non-DOOM game concepts.

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Obsidian was also hit by "the Microsoft sacrificial rituals," says laid-off RPG veteran who previously worked on Dragon Age and Mass Effect

About 25% of the studio has reportedly been impacted

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Report: Mass Xbox layoffs will impact Fallout and The Elder Scrolls devs Bethesda and ZeniMax "significantly" — they'll focus on their "biggest franchises" like DOOM

Microsoft's mass layoffs at Xbox have reportedly affected Bethesda and ZeniMax "significantly," though devs will still be able to work on their core IPs.

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Xbox's big "reset" cuts: Compulsion, Double Fine, Undead Labs, Ninja Theory to leave Xbox — 3,200 roles to be removed

Xbox's expected cuts have been revealed. It'll be the single biggest staff reduction event in the platform's history — although no announced projects have been cancelled, and no studios have been closed (so far).

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IO of '007: First Light' and 'Hitman' fame announces that it's lost the backing of Xbox for its 'Project Fantasy' IP — Confirmed.

IO Interactive, the studio behind the Hitman series and 007: First Light, announces that it is no longer working with Xbox, who have been helping it build its original 'Project Fantasy' IP, feeding the fires of rumors regarding potential layoffs coming to Xbox Game Studios soon.

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Move Over, Jack Sparrow, They’re Making A 'Sea Of Thieves' Movie

'Sea of Thieves,' one of Microsoft's biggest gaming successes in the last few years, is getting a surprising big-screen adaptation.

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"A systematic pattern of wage and hour violations": Xbox RPG studio Obsidian is facing a class action lawsuit, denies "each and every allegation"

Xbox's Obsidian Entertainment, the dev behind The Outer Worlds 2, Avowed, and others, is being sued for "pattern of wage and hour violations."

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I slept on Grounded for years, and now I’m having spider nightmares

Careful of the arachnids...

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Gears of War: E-Day brings back a feature the series hasn't supported in over 10 years, and The Coalition says making it work was "a huge investment"

The Coalition explains why now was the right time to bring back four-player co-op to the mainline Gears of War series

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Active Reload may be an "iconic" Gears of War feature, but that isn't going to stop The Coalition from making changes to it for E-Day

The Coalition ripped Gears of War down to the studs, and it's building it back up with some big new ideas

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"Launching on PS5 effectively makes this our second launch": Obsidian legend Chris Parker talks Grounded 2 and its massive Into the Abyss update

Summer Preview | Grounded 2 reaches its next major milestone this August, with the "largest content update" yet and a release on PS5

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