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.
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Gaming Moonlighter 2 is a sequel that somehow manages to surpass the original in almost every way, from combat to merchanting!

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Gaming It's hard to justify buying an Xbox Series S console when you can spend another $20 and get a device that's over two times more powerful.

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Gaming Jiggle physics have arrived after months of waiting to the popular looter-shooter.

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Gaming What can and can't be is a matter choices in life, and The Alters goes above and beyond to showcase that in this stunning survival narrative.

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Gaming The Atlers is an upcoming game people should be paying attention to, but is it on Game Pass?

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Gaming Randy Pitchford has come out saying that while they have no control over the price of Borderlands 4, real fans will find a way to buy it.

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Gaming Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon is all kinds of Wyrd as it tackles the world of King Arthur 600 years after his death.

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Gaming Are players skipping The Dark Ages for other big hits on Xbox's subscription service?

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Gaming Xbox Backward Compatibility could come back if this new job listing is accurate, meaning much older games could be played on the latest Xbox hardware. Here's why it matters.

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Gaming 11 Bit Studios just spilled a bunch of new features for Frostpunk 2 that are available now as part of a free "major content update".

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Deals Rise to the occasion in this vampiric ARPG full of blood, sweat, and meat!

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Xbox It seems some indie game developers were working on old information from Xbox, and the supposed limits for physical discs aren't what they seem.

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Gaming I can't think of many reasons to buy an Xbox over competing platforms when Microsoft has dwindled its appeal to one place: Game Pass.

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Gaming ARC Raiders is the extraction shooter I've been waiting for. Here's why Embark Studios has a better chance against Bungie's upcoming Marathon.

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Gaming Choose your side in the battle for Arrakis in Funcom's most incredible adventure yet set in the Dune universe.

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Gaming When Bethesda hits, everything they make hits.

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Gaming I bought my first Xbox for Oblivion, and it overtook my summer. Now, it's happening again with Virtuos and Bethesda's fantastic remaster.

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Gaming Bethesda and Virtuos have shown how a proper remaster needs more than pretty visuals. Sony should learn from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.

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Gaming It didn't take long after this remaster shadow dropped for over 100,000 players to dive in on Steam. That number will continue to rise by quite a bit.

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Gaming The Spring sale is here, and Microsoft wants to get you started.

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Gaming Welcome to the Last Epoch, or the first Epoch if you're a newcomer.

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Gaming Another developer comes to bat for Game Pass, crediting success to Atomfall and other titles on the service.

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Gaming Could we see Sea of Thieves or Starfield on Nintendo Switch 2? Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has been talking up support for the new console.
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