
Cole Martin
Cole is the resident Call of Duty know-it-all and indie game enthusiast for Windows Central. She's a lifelong artist with two decades of experience in digital painting, and she will happily talk your ear off about budget pen displays.
Latest articles by Cole Martin

The Xbox Series S xScreen is now a 'Developed For Xbox' product, celebrates with a $40 discount
By Cole Martin published
Xbox branded There may not be an Xbox handheld, but the xScreen can make your Series S a little more portable.

Cities: Skylines 2 delayed for months on Xbox, and your PC may not be able to handle it either
By Cole Martin published
Delayed Paradox Interactive's popular city simulator Cities: Skylines 2 will be delayed for consoles until Spring 2024, though the game's PC version will still launch on PC Game Pass on October 24.

FTC vows to keep trying to block Microsoft's controversial acquisition of Activision
By Cole Martin published
Xbox vs FTC The FTC refuses to let its case against Microsoft's acquisition of Activision close, announcing today that it continues to work internally to challenge the 69 billion dollar deal.

Everything coming to Call of Duty in Season 6. Things are getting spooky!
By Cole Martin published
Haunted Drop into Warzone as Spawn or Ghost your way around 4 new maps in multiplayer.

Chris Metzen is back at Blizzard as World of Warcraft's new Executive Creative Director
By Cole Martin published
Back for WoW Chris Metzen, the creative lead who has a long career of involvement in the company, returns to Blizzard in a full time position as the Executive Creative Director for World of Warcraft.

Meet 10 dinos (yes, dinosaurs) in this wholesome farming simulator that you probably never heard of
By Cole Martin published
Dino Ranching An early look at the dinosaurs in this charming indie ranch sim, now on Xbox and PC.

Paleo Pines Xbox review: A snoot-boopin' good time
By Cole Martin published
Review Paleo Pines may begin with a quest to find dinosaurs similar to your dino-BFF, Lucky, but the indie adventure offers so much more charm and character beyond its main story.

Forza Motorsport has gone gold! Preloads go live as the achievement list is revealed.
By Cole Martin published
Gold! Forza Motorsport is ready for its October 10 launch after having gone gold. To celebrate, Turn 10 Studios has shared the game's achievements as preloads go live.

Last chance — Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera servers will shut down today
By Cole Martin published
Final Goodbye Gather the squad and give it one last drop for old times' sake.

Operation Deadbolt brings zombies to Call of Duty's Modern Warfare series for the first time
By Cole Martin published
Zombies Zombies have long been part of the Call of Duty franchise, but they will soon appear for the first time in the Modern Warfare series.

Xbox Game Pass announces 5 more additions for the end of September and early October
By Cole Martin published
More Games Xbox announces 5 more late September/early October additions to Xbox Game Pass, including Gotham Knights, Payday 3, and anticipated indie puzzler Cocoon.

Internal emails from Microsoft detail plans to stream PC games via the cloud
By Cole Martin published
Cloud competition Microsoft planned to leverage Azure servers to stream PC games in a bid to compete with Google's now defunct Stadia service.

Microsoft News (MSN) published a garbled AI-generated article branding a deceased NBA Player as 'useless'
By Cole Martin published
Distasteful The article originally appeared on a sports news website aggregated by the portal that has since been deleted.

The Tomb Raider trilogy remaster is real and you can preorder it now on Xbox
By Cole Martin published
Lara returns! Tomb Raider I, II, and III plus each game's respective expansion pack has been fully restored. It is available for preorder now ahead of the official release on Feb. 14, 2024.

This unique horror game with art made in Microsoft Paint launches soon for PC, but sadly skips Xbox
By Cole Martin published
So spooky World of Horror, a horror indie with 1-bit game art created with Microsoft Paint, receives its official launch date for October but is curiously missing Xbox from its supported platforms.

Intel didn't purchase Tower but will continue its collaborative 300mm production
By Cole Martin published
Collaboration Following a merger tanked by regulators in China, Intel and Tower announced they will continue to collaborate.

Deal Alert: Xbox Series X gets a very rare sale, but act fast before stock runs out
By Cole Martin published
Deal Amazon's Woot! has a time sensitive sale on the Xbox Series X, marking it down to just $469.99 with a limit of 3 per person.

The majejstic Astral Purple Xbox Wireless Controller is now available for preorder
By Cole Martin published
So Purple The Xbox Series controller collection just got a brand-new Astral Purple version added to the lineup, and it's available for preorder now.

How does Starfield’s debut stack up on Twitch and YouTube?
By Cole Martin published
Analysis Starfield's launch saw a boost in content viewership during the limited access window, which mirrors that of Hogwarts Legacy but dominates another popular release.

Brick Xbox 360s are about to be the hottest toy of the 2023 holiday season
By Cole Martin published
Bricked Xbox and Mega have teamed up to create a 3:4 mini replica of the Xbox 360, complete with a controller and mini copy of Halo 3 that you can build for yourself.

Stream directly to Discord from your Xbox with the September system update
By Cole Martin published
Fall update The highly requested feature is just one part of a much bigger update coming to Series X|S consoles.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor targets 60 fps, improved performance on Xbox and PC with Patch 7
By Cole Martin published
Patch 7 The update will completely rework Performance mode for consoles, while PC will receive other optimizations to hit 60 FPS.

Celebrate Intel Gamer Days with up to $1300 in savings on certain Acer laptops and desktops
By Cole Martin published
Deal Both the Nitro and Predator series have steep discounts this weekend.

Xbox is testing automatic uploads of game captures to OneDrive
By Cole Martin published
Captured Alpha Skip-Ahead users will receive a new patch implementing automatic uploads of Captures to OneDrive.

Call of Duty partners with Modulate to add real-time voice chat moderation to Modern Warfare 3
By Cole Martin published
Anti-toxicity Call of Duty takes aim at toxicity by partnering with Modulate to introduce real-time voice chat moderation into the Modern Warfare 3, releasing in November.
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