Asher Madan handles gaming news for Windows Central. Before joining Windows Central in 2017, Asher worked for a number of different gaming outlets. He has a background in medical science and is passionate about all forms of entertainment, cooking, and antiquing.
The holiday spirit has taken hold in the five states. Red Dead Online will be ringing in the holiday season over the next few weeks, limited-time Festive Showdown Modes, decorations at your Camp and Moonshining Shack, gifts and more to tide you over.
Today, the development team released a new video showcasing gameplay and discussing Minecraft Dungeons' mechanics. You can take a look at it here. Just like all Microsoft Exclusives, it's going to be part of Xbox Game Pass at launch.
Yesterday, GameSpot released an interview with Xbox head Phil Spencer in which he discussed the early days of him becoming the Head of Xbox at Microsoft. Not only did he have to answer for the Xbox One reveal debacle, but he also had to make sure that the future was secure for the brand.
If you're interested in checking out their journey and the inspiration behind Compulsion Games' projects, be sure to check out the documentary. It's available for free on YouTube and is around 40 minutes long.
Phoenix Point is an XCOM-like game from Julian Gollop, the creator of the XCOM series all those years ago. The game puts players in the midst of a desperate fight to take back the earth from a mutating, alien menace.
Halo Infinite is an upcoming shooter from 343 Industries. While the team steered the universe into a bold new direction with Halo 4, there were a number of missteps when it came to the story in Halo 5: Guardians.
Microsoft seems like it's hell-bent on adding as many games to Project xCloud game streaming preview as possible. A few days ago, a lot of games like Wreckfest were added to the service. Now, six more made their way.
Today, Microsoft announced January 2020's free Games with Gold for Xbox One and Xbox 360 owners. Starting on January 1, Styx: Shards of Darkness and Tekken 6 will be free with the subscription.
Every year, Microsoft discounts a number of games for a holiday Xbox One, Xbox 360, and original Xbox game sale. This year is no different. The Xbox Countdown Sale is going on for the next two weeks and hundreds of titles are available for substantially less.
Darwin Project takes place in a post-apocalyptic Canada. As civilization prepares for an upcoming ice age, a twisted new project emerges, half science experiment and half entertainment. Unsurprisingly, it's called the Darwin Project and it challenges participants to survive the cold and fight to the death in a treacherous arena.
Today, developer Digital Extremes released the Empyrean update for Warframe on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Empyrean brings with it a new four-player co-op battleship experience.
It's no secret that Turn 10 Studios is working on Forza Motorsport 8. While the game hasn't received the excellent critical acclaim like the Forza Horizon franchise, particularly Forza Horizon 3 and Forza Horizon 4, it's still played my millions of gamers who want an authentic racing experience. Forza Motorsport 8 will apparently be completely different than its predecessors.
At The Game Awards 2019, Microsoft surprised everyone by revealing the Xbox Series X. However, in order to keep this reveal a secret, the company and The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley had to take a lot of precautions. One of them was to practice with a fake script which teased some new announcement about Xbox Game Pass.
As you know, Warcraft III needs no introduction. It's one of the best real-time strategy games ever made and revolutionized the genre back in 2002. Not only did it offer excellent combat and tactics, but it also told a touching story from different points of view.
On Activision's investor portal, the company said the following. It looks like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has surpassed launch figures already. It's the most-played Call of Duty game this generation at launch.
Today, Chinese giant Tencent Games and NVIDIA announced that they were partnering to bring PC gaming in the cloud to China. The press release Windows Central received said that NVIDIA’s "technology will power Tencent’s START cloud gaming service, which began testing earlier this year."
The official Minecraft Earth Twitter account just said, "Upgrades and improvements and bug fixes... We're getting ready for the new year with lots of updates that make it better to play in the world of Minecraft Earth."
World War Z is a popular novel as well as film. Recently, it got a surprisingly amazing Xbox One and PC game, but that game is about to get a crucial feature. According to the latest post on the Focus Home Interactive forums, cross-play will now go live in early 2020.
Check out the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Season One Refresh trailer that showcases new content going live this week on all platforms. The game is getting a new mode called "Cranked," and the Allegiance army gets Operator Nikto.
Ghost Recon Breakpoint was supposed to get Terminator content soon, but it's been pushed back to January 2020. The team needs more time to polish the experience.