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Category: GamesSeptember 23, 2024 Tips to Advance Through the First Era of Ara: History Untold Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor SummaryGetting a foothold early in Ara: History Untold is key to a successful transition out of the First Era as quickly as possible; here’s how to make that happen.Utilizing a mix of Crafting, Expansion, and specific Technology research has helped us — and it can help you!Ara: History Untold is launching September 24, 2024, for Windows PC, Steam, and day one with PC Game Pass. There’s a tremendous number of gameplay systems to learn in Ara: History Untold, from Crafting…
Category: Responsible GamingSeptember 23, 2024 A Progress Update on Our Carbon Reduction Goals at Xbox Trista Patterson, Director of Sustainability, Xbox At Microsoft, we’ve set ambitious commitments to meaningfully reduce our environmental impact and become a carbon negative, water positive and zero waste company by 2030. Xbox plays an important role in achieving this, and today we are proud to share that, in just three years (FY20-FY23), Xbox has contributed to this goal with interventions to reduce energy from console usage. These interventions, which include greening game code and players opting into energy saver modes, have prevented over 1.2 million…
Category: GamesSeptember 23, 2024 Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: How Iconic RPGs of the Past Led Me to Create Beyond Galaxyland Sam EnrightCreator, Beyond Galaxyland SummaryTake to the stars in this planet-hopping adventure-RPG.Battle strange creatures and bosses in active turn-based combat.Beyond Galaxyland launches for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One tomorrow! Tomorrow’s launch of Beyond Galaxyland marks the end of a personal journey that’s far older than the six years it’s taken me to develop the game itself. In fact, my fascination and love for the turn-based RPG genre started way back in the late 1990s, with one game…
Category: PC GamingSeptember 20, 2024 Why Frostpunk 2 is A True and Creatively Necessary Sequel Kuba StokalskiFrostpunk 2 Co-Director & Design Director In the corridors of 11 Bit Studios, there’s an old saying: the hardest challenge for a band is recording a second album that surpasses the debut. This sentiment echoed through our minds when thinking about a sequel to Frostpunk. The first game was designed not necessarily to be followed by a direct sequel but to establish a world that could host different kinds of games. And yet, here we are, more than six years later, on the eve…
Category: GamesSeptember 20, 2024 Hit the Pitch Early in EA Sports FC 25 with EA Play Charlie FortescueDirector, Global Corporate Communications, EA EA Sports FC 25 Get ready for nail-biting championship moments with EA Sports FC 25. EA Play* members can kick off a 10-hour trial of the game today – seven days ahead of the game’s launch – and experience more ways to win for their club in the most authentic EA SPORTS football game ever. EA Sports FC 25 brings an unrivaled level of authenticity, brought to life through a roster of players from the biggest clubs and…
Last week, we asked you to take Astro Bot’s new abilities for a spin using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: Evo_Pixel shares Astro packing a punch with the Frog Gloves. shimo_ps shares Astro blowing up to new heights with the Octo-Balloon. kanon06 shares Astro shrunken down with the Mouse ability. AutomotiveVP shares Astro blasting upwards with the Chicken rocket. Doodlesgtm shares Astro pausing the scenery with the Time-Stopper ability. KTKomedy2813 shares Astro soaking up in size with the Sponge ability. Search #PSshare #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme. Want to be…
Category: GamesSeptember 20, 2024 EA Sports FC 25 Makes 5-a-Side Dreams Come True with Rush Mode Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief Every new installment of EA Sports FC (previously known as EA Sports FIFA) brings tweaks and adjustments to the world’s most popular football game – but FC 25 brings one of the most fundamental changes in recent memory, in the form of Rush mode. The last few years have seen Volta, a street football-like variant of the main game used as something like a palate cleanser for the more intense 11v11 core game. While Volta lives on as a…
33 Immortals is back for Xbox Insiders with a second playtest starting today September 20. The playtest will be available for 10 days and end on September 30. Thunder Lotus Games made updates to the game and is excited for Xbox Insiders to try them and get your feedback. Limited space is available so join now to experience this co-op action-roguelike for 33 players. About the Game: Play a damned soul, and rebel against God’s final judgment. Dive straight into epic 33-player co-op battles with instant “pick-up and raid” matchmaking. Cooperate with your allies to survive against hordes of monsters…
Category: Next Week on Xbox Next Week on Xbox: New Games for September 23 to 27 Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Published September 20, 2024 Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in! Ara: History Untold Deluxe Edition Preorder Bundle Xbox Game Studios ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Ara: History Untold – September 24Game Pass Coming day one…
Category: GamesSeptember 20, 2024 Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream: “Link Start” the Open Network Test to Get Loot Ahead of the Full Game Savannah Ho, Associate Brand Manager, Bandai Namco Entertainment America Virtual worlds that Sword Art Online fans are familiar with will collide in Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream when it launches on October 4th. Curious to see how characters from different SAO universes will team up? We invite you to join the Open Network Test for Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream, running from September 20 to September 22, and dive into the action before the full release! Players…