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“20 Double Fine Years” Now Available for Pre-Order

Today, Xbox and Double Fine Productions are thrilled to partner with Indie By Design (creator and publisher of quality books that celebrate and document video games and their creators, such as “Independent By Design: Art & Stories of Indie Game Creation” and “Oddworld: Abe’s Origins”) to announce the upcoming release of “20 Double Fine Years” an extensive […]

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Prepare to Raze Hell: Doom Eternal is Coming to Xbox Game Pass on October 1

Doom Eternal has been called one of the best first-person shooters ever. If you haven’t already experienced its unique brand of fast-paced, push-forward, first-person combat, now’s the time to blast your way into id Software’s critically acclaimed game coming to Xbox Game Pass on October 1 and Xbox Game Pass for PC later in 2020. […]

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A Primer on the Simple and Custom Storage Options Available for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S at Launch

For Xbox players, backwards compatibility and Xbox Game Pass have made it possible for us all to have libraries of games at our fingertips at the beginning of the new console generation. One of the promises of Xbox Series X|S is the ability to play four generations of games: favorites, those we’ve yet to discover, […]

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Free Play Days – Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, and Bomber Crew

Save a major metropolis, band together with friends for epic battles, and take to the skies on high-risk missions with this weekend’s Free Play Days starting today. Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, and Bomber Crew are all available for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to play from Thursday, September […]

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Xbox Family Settings App Available Now on iOS and Android to Help Manage Children’s Gaming

At Xbox, we believe that gaming is a source of joy, inspiration, and social connection with friends and family – and this is true now more than ever before. With COVID-19 continuing to have impact our daily lives, gaming has helped people stay connected while social distancing. Gaming is a great way to unify and […]

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Konnichiwa Japan: Xbox at Tokyo Game Show 2020

Today, our team at Xbox celebrated Japanese gaming culture in a showcase stream for Tokyo Game Show Online 2020 – a virtual celebration of the latest in video games, technology and games culture in Japan. The Xbox Tokyo Game Show Showcase was delivered in Japanese language as we celebrated the richness of Japanese gaming with […]

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Xbox Insider Release Notes – Alpha Skip-Ahead (2011.200923-0000)

Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox One update preview coming to the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox One. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes […]

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Explore a Stranger, Richer, and More Diverse Universe Today in No Man’s Sky: Origins

Hello! Today we are delighted to be launching a major update for No Man’s Sky. We’ve called it “Origins,” because it is breathing new life into the game’s universe. Two years ago, Xbox One fans the world over woke up on their first planet, a broken spaceship beside them, and looked around to find their […]

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Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S: Designing the Next Generation of Consoles

Back in March, we brought you a closer look at the technology powering Xbox Series X, breaking down everything from the technical specs to what next-gen technologies like Xbox Velocity Architecture and Optimized for Xbox Series X mean for players. Two weeks ago, we revealed Xbox Series S and took a look at the technology […]

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This Week on Xbox: September 18, 2020

We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you […]