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Xbox Game Studios and Undead Labs launched the Juggernaut Edition of State Of Decay 2 last week, adding in some extra content to a new version.

Credit: Microsoft Studios Ready to jump into some zombie-slaying goodness in the world of State of Decay? State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition is on its way, and it comes with three add-on packs for even more content. The Juggernaut Edition is an expanded and improved version of the original game with new content and a swath[...]

Nintendo, Microsoft Studios, and Moon Studios GmbH showed off Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition at PAX West The game was playable on Nintendo Switch, with the altered controls necessary for the Switch's button-layout While that might trip you up a bit at the start, the altered controls are relatively easy to get used to[...]

The second game in the Ori series, Ori and the Will of the Wisps has been a highly anticipated title for 2019 since it was first announced. However, the

Rare is celebrating the third anniversary their pirate rpg of Sea of Thieves with a massive new update next week called Shores of Gold.

Today, Microsoft sent out a notice that they had officially re-branded their primary game developer Microsoft Studios as Xbox Game Studio Matt Booty, the Corporate Vice President of the studio, sent out the statement below about the change But beyond the name change and some of the stuff we've commented on happening at GDC 2019, it[...]

Microsoft has snapped up quite a few studios this year and the software company just announced its acquisition of Obsidian Entertainment

Case in point: publisher Microsoft Studios and developer The Coalition decided to show off a brand-new enemy coming to the game that you'll have to deal with in the tweet below. Don't get close to this one The heavily armored Warden wields two deadly crystalized axes that pack a punch #Gears5 pic.twitter.com/5LqpNpGzMK — Gears of War (@GearsofWar) July[...]

One of the few Indie Xbox games to get a standalone trailer was Finji's Tunic, an action adventure game reminiscent of Polyarc's Moss.

Sea of Thieves first (free) content expansion The Hungering Deep has arrived today and brought with it a massive new AI enemy that will be terrorizing players sailing around the game map. Yes, the dreaded Megalodon Shark is now around to come by and swallow your ship whole if you aren't careful.

Sea of Thieves is getting an update next week which brings with it the option for Private Crews, which many players have been eagerly awaiting.

Sea of Thieves was set up to be Microsoft's big break as an Xbox exclusive property, however the game suffered with early impressions indicating a No Man's Sky-esque problem with the game being far too directionless. However, it did come with some quirky bugs, like ships flying out of the sea and into the air.

credit//Square Enix Former head of Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics, Darrell Gallagher has left the company to join Microsoft Studios' executive leadership. The announcement came by way of Microsoft's Matt Booty on Twitter Booty's announcement also hinted that we'll find more about what Microsoft Studios is up to at E3, likely as part of the Xbox press briefing on June[...]

The game will also be available on Xbox Game Pass the day of release, like all the other Microsoft Studios games. You can check out 25 minutes of gameplay for the sequel here. Undead labs has confirmed to IGN that State of Decay 2 will come with Xbox One X visual and performance enhancements The reveal came[...]

Microsoft has revealed the Collector's Edition for State of Decay 2, which comes with a spooky zombie mask, so you can really immerse yourself in the game.

Marketing gimmicks can go brilliantly awry, and the latest Microsoft stunt to hype people up for Sea of Thieves might be the right kind of insane. As part of their launch celebrations for the pirate RPG, Microsoft is trying to break the Guinness World Record for the Greatest Distance Traveled as a Human Cannonball.

The spooky skeletal pirate captain Flameheart from Rare's upcoming RPG Sea of Thieves is available as an exclusive figure from the new Loot Crate gaming boxes to celebrate the game's impending launch.

Rare will be conducting stress tests for Sea of Thieves this month to make sure the servers are prepped for launch. All closed beta participants and Insiders will get access to the game during these tests.

After tons of testing in the game's PC Technical Alpha, and working with NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel, Rare has finally gifted us with a clear breakdown of Sea of Thieves' performance stats.

Today Rare released some information on the players who took part in Sea of Thieves' Closed Beta, which came in the form of a nice infographic. Despite the early issues players had getting in to the beta, the game saw over 332,000 players log in to sail around.

As of yesterday, it will be the first Microsoft Studios game to be available on Xbox Game Pass the day of release. Rare is currently working on a fix for the "too early" error several Xbox One and PC players have encountered when trying to launch the Sea of Thieves closed beta test which started today[...]