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

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Gaming Epic Games is laying off 1,000 employees as it struggles to maintain the "magic" and revenue growth of Fortnite amidst a $500 million budget shortfall.

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Gaming The developers have been hard at work making changes, and the player base is steadily falling in love with the continent of Pywel.

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Minecraft It's hard to argue against a sequel for a game that saw over 25 million players.

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Gaming Pearl Abyss might need to be careful with how fast they're responding to feedback. We might become too accustomed to it.

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Gaming Say goodbye to AI art in Crimson Desert as developers say it was a mistake.

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PC Gaming Success for Pearl Abyss is coming despite divisive reviews.

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REVIEW I've never played a single-player game of this scale. A kingdom begging to be lost in.

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Gaming Even already rendered video game artistry is being replaced by AI overlords as Nvidia unveils a new neural rendering technique for lighting.

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Gaming Straight and to the point, the former Vice President of Blizzard calls bullshit on people who's existance depends on earning more internet upvotes.

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Xbox I can't help but wonder what the development of Crimson Desert might have been like for Pearl Abyss without targeting the Xbox Series S.

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Gaming Forza Horizon 6 lets go of Social Clubs after Microsoft does, but maybe this doesn't have to be the end?

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Xbox In the face of all the turmoil, Asha Sharma recently met with none other than Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson.

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Exclusive In another haymaker against the use of AI, Asha Sharma and Matt Booty sat down with Windows Central to discuss its use.

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Gaming In another haymaker against the use of AI, Asha Sharma and Matt Booty sat down with Windows Central to discuss its use.

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Gaming The Reign of Overwatch is here as popularity continues to surge.

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Gaming Insider Gaming is hosting its own showcase in May to help alleviate one of the main struggles independent developers face: funding.

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Gaming There's new leadership taking the helm for Assassin's Creed. The names they listed are nothing but promising.

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Gaming With Phil Spencer's departure, Xbox employees are supposedly relieved that the President of Xbox has left as well.

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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.

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Gaming Had the development team behind Highguard followed a few key steps that made ARC Raiders great, they might have had a chance.

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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?

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Gaming The industry is in turmoil as it chases the bottom line, but gamers are choosing somewhere else to spend their time.

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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.
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