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Update:Telltale has confirmed earlier reports about its partnership with Netflix. Minecraft: Story Mode is coming to Netflix this fall and Telltale will publish a game based on Stranger Things for consoles and PC at a later date.Separately, we're thrilled to confirm that Telltale is developing a game based on Stranger Things that we'll publish to consoles a...

Minecraft is certainly no stranger to tie-in packs, and another one was just added to its list. This time, players can jump into Minecraft and ado the looks of their favorite Final Fantasy XV characters.The Final Fantasy XV Skin Pack released on the Minecraft Marketplace today with a whopping 43 character skins from the popular series. This pack includes F...

For Honor may be less than a year old, but it feels like forever since Ubisoft’s medieval fighting game first launched. Much of this is do to its failure to hold a large player base, with many pointing to the game’s lack of dedicated servers as their reason for dropping off. Fortunately Ubisoft stated months ago that dedicated servers would make their way into the game, and after a brief testing period last month, they’ll finally release for everyone in February with the game’s Season V content (via Eurogamer).Titled For Honor: Age of Wolves, the new season arriving on February 15 features “changes to the fighting system, new customization options, and major gameplay updates to five Heroes a...

Former Minecraft business head Matt Booty was recently promoted to corporate vice president of Microsoft Studios, leaving his old position open. Now his previous role has been taken up by Helen Chiang, who served asBooty’s operations head. In an interview with PopSugar, Chiang revealed Minecraft’s outstanding active player numbers (via Windows Central). “We just recently set a new record in December for monthly active users, so now we’re at 74 million monthly active users — and that’s really a testament to people coming back to the game, whether it’s through the game updates or bringing in new players from across the world,” Chiang told PopSugar over the phone. “That’s really our goal, to k...

Studio Wildcard’s Ark: Survival Evolved is now available in the Windows Store with cross-play between Windows 10 and Xbox One.Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must lea to survive. Use your cuing to kill or tame the primaeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate… and escape!It is notable that while purchasing the store version will let you play on both PC and Xbox, it will not let you play againstSteam players on the PC, and that the title is much more expensive in the store at $59.99 vs $23 at the Steam Store.It is, however,an Xbox One X enhanced and features two graphics modes.See the launch trailer below:If playing againstyour Xbox ...

Every week dozens of games are discounted across Xbox One and Xbox 360 for some stellar deals. These titles range from smaller indie experiences to AAA blockbusters. If you’re trying to get the most bang for your buck, you’ll want to check out the Deals with Gold if you have an Xbox Live Gold membership. This week’s Spotlight sales and Deals with Gold can be read below. There certainly aren’t as many as last week but some popular titles are on sale like Ark: Survival Evolved and Mega Man Legacy Collection (via Reddit).Xbox OneGamePrice (USD)Sale Type$ 9.00Gold$ 2.67Gold$ 11.99SpotlightHDRXbox One X Enhanced$ 35.99Spotlight$ 64.99Spotlight$ 31.49Spotlight$ 3.00Spotlight$ 1.05Spotlight$ 3.30Go...

Publisher THQ Nordic and developer Black Forest Games have been teasing a new game on Twitter since yesterday. With a reveal set for just two hours from now, likely at The Game Awards, it seems to have leaked a little early on its Steam pageand is called Fade to Silence (via Polygon).“As the player you take the role of Ash, a natural but tormented leader. In that role you explore a post-apocalyptic, frozen wasteland to gather the resources necessary to establish a refuge for survival. With dwindling resources, simple tasks like upgrading equipment and collecting materials quickly require an expedition to scavenge the necessary items. In the search for survival materials, players must navigat...

Not only was today a big day in the games industry but the television world was also set ablaze with the release of the second season of Stranger Things. Netflix’s love letter to classic sci-fi horror shows became an instant hit when it first release...

Microsoft MakeCode is a web-based environment for kids and children to lea to code with physical computing devices such as the micro:bit and Circuit Playground. It brings programming to life for all students with fun projects, immediate results, and both block and text editors for leaers at different levels. Microsoft has now added support for Minecraft on MakeCode.Students can use it to progr...

Minecraft is tuing out to be quite a smart investment for Microsoft but many don’t know that the company had the chance to buy the game before 2014. In Microsoft boss Satya Nadella’s new book called Hit Refresh, the executive said that they could’ve bought the game before then but it didn’t happen. While Nadella didn’t provide further details, he did say that they initially passed on the deal. I...

The Minecraft Better Together beta, which unifies the block world on Windows 10, Xbox One and Android, has come to an end, and Microsoft has now started pushing out the final version to players on the various platforms.The news was aounced on twitter by Microsoft employee Aubrey Norris.The Better Together Update is slowly rolling out over the next day or so. Keep your eyes open for it!— Aubrey N...

In partnership with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Minecraft is reimagining Oregon Trail as a Minecraft world dubbed The Oregon Trail Experience. This new experience includes leaing activities that complement Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and more subjects. Microsoft claims that the Oregon Trail Experience is an educational jouey through 19th century communities, from Missouri to the Oregon ...

Microsoft has shown off Minecraft on the HoloLens on a number of occasions, but very few of us have $3500 HoloLens headsets.South African startup Minecraft AR’s mission is to bring Minecraft in Augmented Reality to affordable devices, and have now ported aviewer which lets you see your Minecraft creations on iOS and Android using ARKit and ARCore.[embedded content]Their solution currently interfa...

Update:The update is now live. You can download the Minecraft beta with mouse and keyboard support from the Xbox Insider Hub. In an interview, Mike Ybarra said that more games are coming with mouse and keyboard support to Xbox One in the future. Minecraft is an incredibly popular game and it works well with an Xbox One controller. However, given the fact that you have a select numerous items in ...

While the star of today’s Xbox Gamescom 2017 aouncement is expected to the Xbox One X (which had an early preview here) it seems Microsoft is also working on a little something for their more mainstream console. Surface-phone.it reports that Microsoft briefly posted a video promoting a new Xbox One S: MinecraftLimited Edition console on the official Minecraft Facebook page, removing it after 30 minutes. The video also included a link to order the customized console here, which is currently not live, but should be later today we assume. Of course we expect much more from this evening’s eve...

Microsoft today released new Windows Server Insider Build 16257 to Insiders. This build includes support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) allowing developers and admins to run unmodified Linux (ELF64) binaries natively. Read more about it here. This build also includes theDelivery Optimizatio...

Today the team at Telltale Games, along with Mojang, aounced that episode two of Minecraft: Story Mode – Season Two will premiere on August 15, 2017. The episode, entitled Giant Consequences, will be available for download on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, iOS, and Android-based devices. Jesse...

Whenever an enterprise considers Google’s G Suite, the first thing its IT team wants to know is how well it can work well with the existing setup. In most of the organizations around the world, Microsoft Exchange is the de facto standard for e-mail and calendaring. It is important for G Suite to wo...

As part of the Better Together Update for MinecraftMicrosoft also aouncedintegration withMicrosoft’s new 3D propertiesPaint3D andRemix3D.com. The integration will be available on the PC version of the Minecraft app and would let users easily export and share 3D creations to inspire others. U...

We exclusively reported that Microsoft is bringing Minecraft’s Windows 10 edition to the Xbox One for the new Xbox One X. At E3, Microsoft officially aounced that it’s bringing Minecraft to the Xbox One X as a native 4K title. The game will include all the features from the Windows 10 edition, b...