Posts By Alex Esten

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who took the helm in February following Steve Ballmer’s 14 years leading the technology giant, has made it very clear he has no plans to …
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It’s official. Minecraft Xbox One Edition will be released in August for $19.99. In addition to “significantly bigger worlds” and better draw distances than the Xbox 360 version, Xbox One Edition will allow Xbox 360 Minecrafters to import their Xbox 360 saves, as well as most DLC skins and texture packs.

The upgrade path from Xbox 360 to Xbox One mirrors what we have seen with select titles on PS4: if you own the PS3 version of a game, you can upgrade to the PS4 edition for a small fee, usually $10. Minecraft Xbox One Edition takes a similar approach, offering users the option to upgrade for $4.99. This applies to both the Xbox Live Marketplace digital copy and the retail disc version. Sweetening the deal even further, players will have an entire year from the release date to upgrade to the Xbox One edition. Full details list is inside.

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Just in time for the NFL draft, comes the announcement that Xbox Live Gold Members will be able to use the NFL channel on Xbox One for real-time updates …
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ID@Xbox developers now have access to Unreal Engine 4 tools through the subscription program announced by Epic Games back in March 2014. Previously, the program was catered to Xbox …
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In what is likely the strangest, most amusing case of life-imitates-art-imitates-life, it appears that the free-form, sandbox-y block-placing smash hit Minecraft will now be used to submit entries in …
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In the month of March, Microsoft sold approximately 311,000 Xbox One consoles, and reported selling 5 million consoles to retailers worldwide since launch. Though specific numbers were not released, …
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Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has received its 15th title update, and Official Xbox Magazine has the details. Title Update 15 includes a number of different changes and bugfixes, including drop rate tweaks and corrections of movement and mining issues. Read the full changelog after the jump.

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There have been scale replicas of the U.S.S. Enterprise and the Golden Gate Bridge, journeys into Westeros, Azeroth, Helm’s Deep, and Hyrule, but little could prepare us for what …
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Hidden Path Entertainment has announced it will be premiering Defense Grid 2 on Xbox One at PAX East next week. Representatives from the developer will be present to give …
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Earlier today, Lab Zero Games announced a new character for Skullgirls Encore. Fukua is a palette swap of an existing character and a throwback to a familiar, time-honored fighting …
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