Michael has been gaming since he was five when his mother first bought a Super Nintendo from Blockbuster. Having written for a now-defunct website in the past, he's joined Windows Central as a contributor to spreading his 30+ years of love for gaming with everyone he can. His favorites include Red Dead Redemption, all the way to the controversial Dark Souls 2.
Latest articles by Michael Hoglund

Forza Horizon 6 won't have this long-standing feature from past games
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming Forza Horizon 6 lets go of Social Clubs after Microsoft does, but maybe this doesn't have to be the end?

Xbox CEO meets with a legendary familiar face — what could it mean?
By Michael Hoglund published
Xbox In the face of all the turmoil, Asha Sharma recently met with none other than Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson.

“The plan is the plan until it’s not the plan”: Xbox won’t rule out returning to exclusives
By Michael Hoglund published
Exclusive In another haymaker against the use of AI, Asha Sharma and Matt Booty sat down with Windows Central to discuss its use.

Exclusive: Xbox execs call out AI shortcuts in gaming
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming In another haymaker against the use of AI, Asha Sharma and Matt Booty sat down with Windows Central to discuss its use.

Overwatch reaches a milestone it hasn't touched in 4 years
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming The Reign of Overwatch is here as popularity continues to surge.

A new indie games showcase is coming from an unexpected source
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming Insider Gaming is hosting its own showcase in May to help alleviate one of the main struggles independent developers face: funding.

Assassin's Creed games have promising new leadership at Ubisoft
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming There's new leadership taking the helm for Assassin's Creed. The names they listed are nothing but promising.

Former Xbox President's direction reportedly "offended" employees
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming With Phil Spencer's departure, Xbox employees are supposedly relieved that the President of Xbox has left as well.

Xbox CEO hits social media running — Here's everything Asha Sharma has said
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming In all the turmoil, Asha reached out to the Xbox community on X answering questions and putting out some early thoughts on the future of the brand.

Highguard failed because it didn't use what made ARC Raiders great
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming Had the development team behind Highguard followed a few key steps that made ARC Raiders great, they might have had a chance.

Xbox is no longer led by gamers - the era of AI is here
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming As the former lead of CoreAI at Microsoft steps in to replace Phil Spencer, the question remains. What does the future of Xbox and its relationship with AI look like?

PlayStation's Bluepoint shutdown proves industry issues go beyond Xbox
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming The industry is in turmoil as it chases the bottom line, but gamers are choosing somewhere else to spend their time.

Turtle Beach is becoming a real racing sim competitor with this wheel and pedals
By Michael Hoglund published
Review Turtle Beach's VelocityOne KD3 set, with add-ons like the F-RX Formula Wheel, makes this a serious racing competitor and another entry in its racing lineup.

Pathologic 3: The Xbox plague simulator your therapist warned you about
By Michael Hoglund published
ID@Xbox Ice-Pick Lodge has created what they believe to be their magnum opus, and it's looking rather true.

High on Life 2 review: Hilarious gaming with some awkward mic drops
By Michael Hoglund published
Review Squanch Games manages to capture the magic of the original, though it has a few awkward performance issues.

Highguard’s rocky launch leads to major layoffs at its studio
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming Highguard lays off most of its studio as player counts drop below 4,000

Avowed’s massive playtime shows Obsidian’s RPG formula still works
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming When it comes to players on Xbox, Avowed managed to reach the top 20 played in a single day, something Hollow Knight didn't.

A game exclusive to Switch and PlayStation just dropped on Xbox
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming Zero Escape series creator Kotaro Uchikoshi brings his work to Xbox consoles.

Sony has made over 2 billion dollars from putting their games on Xbox and PC
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming Will PlayStation continue to print money from multiplatform releases? All signs point to yes so far.

Google drops Genie 3, Wall Street drops gaming stocks — the AI fear cycle continues
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming Companies like Tencent, Take-Two, and others lose billions over Google's Genie 3.0.

Xbox rev tanks: Call of Duty performance blamed
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming As the Xbox brand continues its decline in overall revenue, Microsoft CFO Amy Hood attributes it to first-party content

Hytale shows that Minecraft should start trying something new
By Michael Hoglund published
Gaming Mojang should take the release and subsequent success of Hytale as a major kick in the butt.

Holiday 2025’s competitive mouse pick: Razer Viper V3 Pro, built for speed and precision
By Michael Hoglund published
Deal If you're serious about making that final peripheral upgrade, then this is the mouse for you.
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