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Halo: Campaign Evolved review – they don’t make ‘em like this any more

PC, Xbox, PlayStation 5; Halo Studios/Xbox Game Studios Halo’s modernised introduction to all that was great about the 00s’ first-person shooter is also a welcome return trip for those of us who were there at the time

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Xbox just had its worst quarter in years

Xbox just had its worst quarter in years

Xbox is down over $1.6 billion for the year

Halo: Campaign Evolved patch notes – July 29 update

Halo: Campaign Evolved patch notes – July 29 update

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Xbox’s biggest outage in years proved something uncomfortable — even physical discs don’t mean you truly own your games

Xbox's recent outage that disabled its online services and prevented people from playing games turns out to be worse than we thought. Xbox's CTO has reports of people saying even physical discs of games refused to work during this time, and plans to prevent this technical glitch from happening again…

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Microsoft says physical discs should not have stopped working during the Xbox outage — clarifies issue with entitlement checks that failed to read licenses correctly, update on the way

Microsoft has confirmed that you should've been able to play your discs offline during the Xbox outage yesterday. The company has identified an issue with entitlement checks that prevented the correct ones from loading during the outage, breaking intended functionality.

Tom’s Hardware

Xbox is reportedly losing money on every console it sells, thanks to AI-powered RAM crisis

It's not just pennies, either.

An Xbox outage left physical games unplayable, tech lead says Microsoft is working to make sure that never happens again

"Disc-based entitlement checks should not prevent players from accessing their games," says Scott Van Vliet

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Double Fine Productions regained freedom from Xbox, but not without a sacrifice that reminds us that this industry has become a cruel and tiring place

Double Fine Productions regained freedom from Xbox, but not without a sacrifice that reminds us that this industry has become a cruel and tiring place

In the wake of Xbox's controversial restructuring, Double Fine Productions managed to avoid potential closure and become independent again, but not without laying off 23 staff members to secure its future.

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After 40 years, Aliens is still shaping the way video games are made

After 40 years, Aliens is still shaping the way video games are made

James Cameron’s high-octane film sequel is a blueprint for modern action space slashers

The Guardian - UK

Microsoft under investigation by UK watchdog over misleading customers on subscriptions

Microsoft under investigation by UK watchdog over misleading customers on subscriptions

Competition and Markets Authority said it has reached no conclusions about whether Microsoft broke the law.

The Independent UK

The death of PlayStation’s physical discs extends far beyond how you actually play your games – it's even worse than you think

The death of PlayStation’s physical discs extends far beyond how you actually play your games – it's even worse than you think

Quote of the day by Phil Spencer: "A future where every screen is an Xbox" — Halo: Campaign Evolved on PS5 proves why Asha Sharma had to abandon a flawed plan

Quote of the day by Phil Spencer: "A future where every screen is an Xbox" — Halo: Campaign Evolved on PS5 proves why Asha Sharma had to abandon a flawed plan

Phil Spencer once envisioned an Xbox on every screen. Here is why new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma had to abandon that multiplatform strategy and double down on dedicated console hardware.

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'Only the survival of our studio would make us consider such a painful action': Tim Schafer announces Double Fine layoffs just 3 weeks after Xbox cut it loose

'Only the survival of our studio would make us consider such a painful action': Tim Schafer announces Double Fine layoffs just 3 weeks after Xbox cut it loose

A total of 23 people have been put out of work.

After escaping Xbox, Double Fine lays off 23 people as Tim Schafer says "only the survival of our studio would ever make us consider such a painful action"

After escaping Xbox, Double Fine lays off 23 people as Tim Schafer says "only the survival of our studio would ever make us consider such a painful action"

"The people we are losing were all important"

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Xbox Helix and Steam — and why it no longer makes sense

One of the coolest new features of the next-gen Xbox is the promise of PC-like openness. But ... does it still make sense from a strategic point of view? Does it still fit Xbox's wider plan under Asha? Let's discuss.

Xbox Game Pass failed to hit subscriber targets because most people don't play lots of games, says analyst, and going indie won't save it: "I don't see a solution"

"If anything was going to work, it would have been what they tried"

Windows Central

Xbox and PlayStation have both proved our impending all-digital future is going to be awful

Both Xbox and PlayStation have suffered major outages in the last few days, which is a really awesome precursor to our all-digital future.

Windows Central

The dark state of gaming has been mentally clawing at me — but this early‑access Xbox‑on‑PC hack‑and‑slash snapped me out of it

I was recently gifted an Xbox on PC copy of the early access version of Tears of Metal, a roguelite hack-and-slash inspired by Dynasty Warriors that's coming soon to Xbox consoles, and I'm loving what I'm seeing thus far.

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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

International Business Times

Visa Is Reportedly Planning To Cut Thousands Of Jobs. AI Played a Role In The Decision

Visa is planning to cut thousands of jobs in an efficiency push, according to a new report.

Xbox is back online, tech lead pledges "we'll do better" so similar failures "can't ruin your night again" after outage stopped fans playing digital and physical games

"I care less about the one-line root cause," says chief technology officer Scott Van Vliet

Tom’s Hardware

16-hour Xbox outage even stopped physical games from working — company blames licensing issue for incident that prohibited gaming across three generations of console

Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet said that a licensing service sitting outside Xbox, which the platform depends on, began failing late on July 26 and took roughly 16 hours to clear.

Windows Central

Why Capcom never gave Dragon's Dogma 2 the 4-player co-op it was made for is beyond me — and this upcoming PC mod proves it

I recently came across DD2gether by ButFrog, which aims to add 4-player online co-op for the base Dragon's Dogma 2 game and its upcoming Dark Arisen DLC expansion at a later date. If you're sad that Dragon's Dogma 2 doesn't have co-op, then this is a mod that should be…

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One year later, XBOX's Adaptive Joystick has changed our accessible gaming life for the better — as Microsoft's efforts slow down

XBOX's Adaptive Joystick transformed console and PC gaming in my home, and now it looks like Microsoft's accessibility efforts are facing some uncertainty.

Windows Central

XBOX has made a full recovery of its live services for most users: Here's Microsoft's latest report on the situation as of 6:48 PM ET, July 27

Xbox has announced that it is aware that people are encountering errors that are preventing them from logging into Xbox Live, cutting off access to their Xbox game library in the process. So Xbox has dispatched engineers to fix it.

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