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January 30, 2014

When the Seahawks and Broncos kick off Sunday evening, all eyes will be on MetLife Stadium, but some lucky NFL fans will be able to go to next year’s Super Bowl thanks to the Playoff Face Off content in the NFL on Xbox One app, Xbox Wire reports.

January 30, 2014

The battle between humanity and the Covenant expands to new warfronts as “Halo: Spartan Assault” arrives on Xbox 360 on Jan. 31 for $14.99 via download,.

January 28, 2014

With Microsoft’s news Monday about its acquisition of the “Gears of War” franchise, it’s still too early to speculate about what a “Gears of War” game for Xbox One would look like, but it’s “the perfect time to take a look back at some of our favorite memories from the series’ history,” Xbox Wire writes.

January 28, 2014

The “Madden NFL” Super Bowl prediction, which has correctly forecast eight of the past 10 Super Bowl winners, is created by simulating the Super Bowl teams with updated rosters on Xbox One, the official game console of the NFL.

January 28, 2014

Get ready to hunker down and play because it’s a big week of savings on more than two dozen games and add-ons from the Xbox Games Store, with discounts valid now through Feb. 3.

January 27, 2014

On Monday, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Studios has acquired the rights to the Gears of War franchise from Epic Games, including rights to all existing and future games, entertainment experiences and merchandise. In addition, Microsoft announced that Black Tusk Studios in Vancouver, B.C., will take over development of the Gears of War franchise and that Rod Fergusson, former director of production at Epic Games on the franchise, will join Microsoft and play a key studio leadership role at Black Tusk on the development of the franchise going forward.

January 24, 2014

“Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor,” a prequel to “The Lord of The Rings,” is a “dark story of retribution, where players assume the role of Talion, a ranger who loses everything on the night of Sauron’s return to Mordor,” writes Xbox Wire.

January 24, 2014

Onslaught, out Jan. 28 for Xbox Live only, is the first downloadable content pack for “Call of Duty: Ghosts,” and in it, the elite team of soldiers trying to retrieve intel meet up with a three-story tall terror “unlike anything they’ve faced before,” writes Xbox Wire.

January 22, 2014

When “Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition” is released Jan. 28 for Xbox One, we’ll see a “next-gen” Lara Croft, one of our favorite game heroes, whose entire model was upgraded with new textures and materials, says Scot Amos, the game’s executive producer. He shares a preview in a new video developer diary.