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Xbox games revenue surges with Activision boost and Game Pass users rack up millions of hours playing Diablo 4
Microsoft has announced its third quarter earnings for the period ending March 31, 2024, noting a 62% revenue increase in Xbox content and services.As part of the More Personal Computing sector, Microsoft said the increase was driven by 61 points of net impact from the Activision acquisition. Thanks to the latter, revenue for the sector was up 17% to $15.6 billion year-over-year (yoy). However, taking Activision Blizzard King out of the equation, revenue for Xbox content and services was only...
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BlizzCon 2024 canceled without a definitive explanation, but Blizzard vows the celebration will return in the years to come
Blizzard has announced that after “careful consideration over the last year,” it will not host BlizzCon 2024 this year.According to the company, the “decision was not made lightly,” as BlizzCon “remains a very special event” for the studio, and it knows that many people look forward to it.“While we’re approaching this year differently and as we have explored different event formats in the past, rest assured that we are just as excited as ever to bring BlizzCon back in future years,” said the...
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Shogun has concluded and despite fans yearning for more, the creators aren't sure a second season is needed
The FX limited series Shogun ended on April 23, and fans of the ten-episode drama are clamoring for a second go-round; however, that’s not likely to happen, according to showrunner Justin Marks and writer Rachel Kondo.This is because the series was based on the novel of the same name by the late James Clavell, who didn’t write a sequel. Set in 17th-century feudal Japan, it tells the story of shipwrecked English navigator John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) who spends the rest of his days in the...
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What do you want from Fallout 5? We asked some Fallout community staples what they need from the next game in Bethesda's series
Ok, so Fallout 4’s next-gen update finally drops this week, and, obviously, it’s not remotely close to being Fallout 5.If you’ve been among the droves of folks returning to everything from Fallout 76 to New Vegas after enjoying Amazon’s Fallout TV show, you don’t need me to tell you that it’s been a little while since we’ve had a new Fallout game. Bethesda’s been busy with Starfield and is now moving on to The Elder Scrolls 6, but, at some point - hopefully before 2077 - Fallout 5 should be a...
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get ready to build on Nigel Mansell's moustache legacy, if you want to
Playing an F1 game is all about pretending to be an F1 driver - and usually realising how terrible you'd likely be if that dream somehow came true. In the realm of Career Mode, however, you can always be the uber-skilled lovechild of Ayton Senna, Michael Schumacher, and Lewis Hamilton that you like to think of yourself as.As part of a hands-off preview that saw us learn about the handling changes coming with EA Sports F1 24, we also got a rundown of the freshly revamped Career Mode it'll...
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Escape from Tarkov's community goes up in flames over the most expensive edition's pricing and content changes
The Escape from Tarkov community hasn't received well the news of a brand-new most expensive edition replacing the old one and barring them from a previously promised DLC, among other things.While it's been continuously praised over the last few years as one of the best online FPS games on the market and the king of the 'extraction' subgenre, Escape from Tarkov's approach to pricing and paid upgrades has always been iffy to say the least, and the Unheard Edition's announcement might've been the...
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The Fenix rises again? Did a veteran COG actor just spill the beans on Gears of War 6?
If you've been anxiously awaiting news from Xbox Game Studios and The Coalition about Gears of War 6, know that you're not alone. Thankfully, the wait might be coming to an end really soon, as the rumor mill is heating up.While the timing makes sense (Gears 5 came out in 2019), AAA development is so screwed up nowadays that making these predictions is almost pointless. Recent reports, however, have claimed that a sixth mainline Gears of War is indeed part of Xbox's summer plans to wow the...
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Fallout 4 next-gen update release time: When will it arrive?
If you've been hopping back into the Fallout games recently - or trying them for the first time - you're probably pretty keen to give Fallout 4's next-gen update a go. If you're wondering what time the next-gen update's set to actually arrive, then you're very much in the right place.We got a bunch of info on what the next-gen update will include as part of its surprise announcement a couple of weeks ago. As well as bringing the game to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in native fashion, the...
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Star Wars: Tales of the Empire is bringing General Grievous back, and there's a great explanation behind it
Wait, didn't General Grievous perish in Revenge of the Sith? Are they bringing another dead villain back? No, don't worry. It's just that he's a key part of the Nightsisters' fall, and Star Wars: Tales of the Empire will be exploring that event as the most crucial one in Morgan Elsbeth's life.The six part animated mini-series, which will drop all its episodes on May the 4th, was a surprise announcement. While fans were waiting for new 'seasons' that followed the Tales of the Jedi format, we...
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Waiting for Fallout 4's next-gen update to drop? Here's a cool fan demake of Fallout 3's intro on the Gameboy to check out
As recent player numbers for the series have shown, Amazon's Fallout TV show has a whole bunch of us playing and thinking about Fallout right now. In the case of one fan, Fallout 3's been the title they've decided to take a trip down memory lane to - having decided to start working a cool demake of it for the Gameboy.While Fallout 4's the entry in the series getting a next-gen update today, returing to the Capital Wasteland's also well worth doing. After all, your dad's Liam Neeson, and who's...
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At this rate, they should call it Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and Horses
The marketing campaign for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, which looks pretty damn cool, is now going full steam ahead before its May 10 release, and Disney and 20th Century Studios seem to be fully aware that people love apes riding horses.Following up on the decision to shoot as much of the movie as possible in real locations, the powers that be have unleashed a bunch of evolved apes who are now roaming around Venice Beach and an iconic San Francisco location while riding horses. Movies...
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28 Years Later continues to sprint and infects three huge actors, but Cillian Murphy isn't confirmed yet
The Hollywood trades weren't lying when they reported that 28 Years Later (now a trilogy of movies instead of a single threequel) was one of the hottest packages in town. Its cast is being assembled as we speak, and it's already looking amazing.The Alex Garland-written and Danny Boyle-directed post-apocalyptic feature has just been joined by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, and Ralph Fiennes. No word yet, however, on whether Academy Award winner Cillian Murphy, who's surely looking at plenty...