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Microsoft’s annual Xbox Backward Compatibility sale is back, and you can save up to 75 percent on compatible OG Xbox and Xbox 360 games.
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Microsoft quietly revealed today that it will not make the promised April start for public testing of Halo: The Master Chief Collection on PC.
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Microsoft has announced the four new titles in Games with Gold for May, and the first two are already available.
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Microsoft announced that it has made Crackdown 2 available for free on Xbox One via Xbox Backward Compatibility.
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Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, Star Wars Republic Commando, more coming to Xbox Live Gold subscribers next month.
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In celebration of the release of the eagerly-awaited Crackdown 3, here’s an annotated look at my review of the original Crackdown, from 2007.
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Microsoft’s original Xbox was regarded curiously by gamers and the press alike at launch. It was bigger, bulkier, and featured an eldritch monstrosity as its original controller. Thankfully, Microsoft saw fit to improve things later in the console’s lifespan with the Controller S, but nothing quite compares to the simple glory of the Xbox 360 controller. Now, there’s a way to use one on your original Xbox.
This project is the work of [Ryzee119], who previously adapted the controller for use with the Nintendo 64. An Arduino Pro Micro, acting as a master controller, talks to a MAX3421 USB host …read more
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Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon more coming for free to Xbox Live Gold subscribers next month.
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The original Xbox, released in 2001 by Microsoft, was notable for being built out of largely off-the-shelf PC components. With a custom Pentium III CPU and IDE peripherals, the console was much closer to a contemporary desktop computer than any of the dedicated game consoles which had come before it. Which of course makes perfect sense if you think about it. Microsoft would want to use technology they were intimately acquainted with on their first foray into gaming market, and if there’s anything Microsoft knows better than forced system updates, it’s x86 computers.
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The first two free games that Microsoft is offering Xbox Live Gold subscribers via Games with Gold are now available.
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