Category: game pass

Microsoft’s Bethesda deal: Great for Game Pass, troubling for exclusives

[ad_1] Microsoft Microsoft is now at a crossroads when it comes to handling this influx of new titles. The decisions it makes over the next few years have the potential to fundamentally reshape the gaming industry. Microsoft could either perpetuate the exclusivity war it’s been waging with Sony for years — something that inevitably hurts […]

Xbox Game Pass has more than 15 million subscribers

[ad_1] Tucked away in its blockbuster announcement that it’s buying Bethesda Softworks, id Software and Arkane Studios parent company ZeniMax Media, Microsoft revealed that Xbox Game Pass now has more than 15 million subscribers. That means it has added more than five million members in the last six months or so. Microsoft has beefed up […]

Xbox Game Pass for PC will soon double in price

[ad_1] All good things must come to an end. Microsoft has confirmed that the PC version of Game Pass will soon cost $9.99 per month, rather than $4.99 per month. We knew this price hike was coming: Game Pass for PC is technically in beta at the moment, and the Xbox website has long stated […]

Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox promise was trouble from the start

[ad_1] The gap between the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 for cross-platform titles will likely be real, though it’s not going to be as severe as the XB1X/PS4 Pro divide. Despite this, though, during the all-important launch window, it’s likely that we’ll see PlayStation 5 exclusive titles that simply look better than Xbox Series […]

Xbox One gets another simplified dashboard redesign

[ad_1] Elsewhere, Conversations are (finally) getting support for images and animated GIFs, and images sent from the Xbox mobile app will now display on console, too. Game Pass members are getting extra controls over what content they download from larger bundle listings, and all players can now decide where their notifications appear on screen. Switch […]

eBay offers Prime Day discounts even if Amazon doesn’t crash

[ad_1] Regardless of whether Amazon goes offline, some of the best tech deals include the following: Google Home Hub, 64 percent off Xbox One S 1TB Bundle, with two controllers and a three-month Game Pass, 23 percent off Bose QuietComfort 35 Series wireless headphones, 40 percent off Samsung Galaxy S10 128GB, 35 percent off LG […]