Brendan Lowry is a Windows Central writer and Oakland University graduate with a burning passion for video games, of which he's been an avid fan since childhood. He's been writing for Team WC since the summer of 2017, and you'll find him doing news, editorials, reviews, and general coverage on everything gaming, Xbox, and Windows PC. His favorite game of all time is probably NieR: Automata, though Elden Ring, Fallout: New Vegas, and Team Fortress 2 are in the running, too. When he's not writing or gaming, there's a good chance he's either watching an interesting new movie or TV show or actually going outside for once. Follow him on X (Twitter).
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Xbox The new CEO of Xbox Asha Sharma has stated Call of Duty is larger than Disney's MCU while asserting Microsoft is well poised to explore Xbox multimedia.

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Xbox Xbox's Obsidian Entertainment, the dev behind The Outer Worlds 2, Avowed, and others, is being sued for "pattern of wage and hour violations."

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Xbox The director of Xbox's Grounded 2, Obsidian Entertainment's Chris Parker, says that the game coming to PS5 later this year is like a "second launch."

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PC Gaming Valve says the Steam Machine's high price and low availability "reflect the state of the world for manufacturing" right now, referencing the RAM crisis.

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PC Gaming At long last, Steam Machine maker Valve has announced the device's price and when it's launching. Here's how to sign up to try and reserve one to buy.

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PC Gaming The new Steam Controller from Valve won't ship until 2027 if you haven't already reserved an order for one, though those who have may get it later in 2026.

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Halo 25 years after its first publication, Halo: The Fall of Reach is getting adapted into an audio drama by Xbox and Halo Studios to celebrate its anniversary.

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Xbox Free next-gen upgrades for the Xbox One, "Legacy" PC, and PS4 versions of GTA 5 are here, but not for players that own a physical Xbox copy.

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Gaming Destiny 2 dev Bungie has indicated support for the game will soon wind down as the studio prepares to "get into its last string of hotfixes."

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Call of Duty Xbox's Call of Duty developer Treyarch has announced that its classic Black Ops and Black Ops 2 games will soon get modern PlayStation ports.

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Gaming Shortly after Destiny 2's final content update, it's been reported that its developer Bungie will soon experience a "significant" wave of layoffs.

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Xbox Microsoft and Xbox showed Ninja Theory's new Hellblade game Senua at Xbox Games Showcase to "help draw investor interest" ahead of plans to close it.

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Call of Duty After 22 years working at the Call of Duty developer Treyarch, its studio head Mark Gordon has left his position and Microsoft and Xbox.

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Xbox Microsoft and Xbox may soon close several of its game studios as part of a planned reorganization of the brand's business, according to a new report.

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Gaming Electronic Arts has opened a new Advertising division that will enable "brands to integrate directly into gameplay" with in-game ads.

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Xbox As Microsoft and Xbox prepare for a huge business reset, it reportedly has plans to shut down South of Midnight developer Compulsion Games.

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Xbox After nearly 14 years working under Xbox and 18 months leading Xbox Game Studios, Craig Duncan is stepping down and leaving Microsoft.

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Xbox A new report suggests Microsoft is considering restructuring Xbox, and also wants to "move faster" with new Halo, Fallout, and The Elder Scrolls games.

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Gaming With Destiny 2 development now ended, one ex-Bungie dev says the best way to support the studio is to support its new extraction shooter Marathon.

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Gaming Ex-Destiny 2 developer says Sony buying Bungie may have saved the studio from closing down, and that the merger was an "emergency acquisition."

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Xbox Xbox's chief strategist is considering ads that might help "keep our products affordable" and "fund outstanding work from our development teams."

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Xbox While Microsoft and Xbox plan to explore other platforms, it says it needs to "shore up the platform we have," and vows it won't "move away" from consoles.

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Xbox Microsoft's Xbox CSO Matthew Ball says it's doing everything it can to adapt to the impact of the RAM crisis as it develops the Project Helix console.
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