If you're having a lazy Sunday and still haven't played Overwatch yet, Blizzard aims to remedy that. A free weekend for the game is ongoing and, if you enjoy the time you spend in the fast and frantic first-person shooter, then you can pick it up for a nice discount, too.
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The team at Mixer is attempting to make a huge improvement to games broadcasting on the Xbox One, making it possible for users to plug in their own webcams instead of just the Kinect. 
This has turned out to be a pretty stellar year for fighting games and, despite some early misgivings, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite doesn't buck that trend. While the package is a bit bare bones, you'll find everything you need to make some cross-universe dream teams and then kick the stuffing out of your opponents. 
With the Xbox One X gearing up to take gamers into the future of console play, one of the designers of the original Xbox is still gazing longingly into the past. And based on a recent tweet, it looks like Seamus Blackley's quest to bring a classic controller back to life is actually moving forward. 
We've reached mid-September, which means it's time for the Xbox Live Games with Gold game library to undergo its regular rotation. Get ready to add three more games to your digital collection for Xbox One 
Microsoft may be getting pelted with criticisms about a lack of first-party support for new IPs, but the company has not been idly standing by when it comes to increasing the efficiency at which Xbox home consoles operate. In fact, the company has a new design technique available for developers to speed up download times and save hard drive space. 
Platinum Games Bayonetta has been in the news quite a bit this year. The witch-empowered heroine made a comeback earlier in the year on PC with a re-release of the original game making a much-appreciated appearance on Steam, and now she could be making a comeback again on the PS4 and Xbox One. 
Since the next Halo game is too early in development to talk about, the team at 343 Industries have decided to put in some extra work to keep Halo 5 engaging and balanced moving forward. To that end, the developer has offered some details on a number of tweaks that will soon be made to about a dozen of the game's weapons. 
Microsoft hasn't stopped focusing on backwards compatible titles for the Xbox One. In fact, the company recently added three of Telltale Games' Walking Dead titles to the Xbox One's backwards compatibility library after the games originally appeared on the Xbox 360. 
If you wanted to get your hands on the original version of the Xbox One, you had better act quickly. Microsoft has announced that they will no longer be producing the OG hardware moving forward. 
Microsoft, Comcept and Armature Studio's ReCore seemed to launch and then quickly fade away after it hit the market back in September of 2016. The game originally launched for the Xbox One and PC, and now the game is set to receive a definitive edition for all of those who missed out on the game's original release. 
If you missed out on the Xbox One exclusive action game ReCore when it launched last year, you're being given a second chance thanks to a recently leaked Definitive Edition of the game. 
Microsoft has plans on taking Cologne, Germany by storm with a huge press conference event at GamesCom this year. For those of you out there interested in watching the live event, Microsoft has also afforded some opportunities for gamers to watch from the comfort of your home. 
Something of a hidden gem from the PlayStation 2, Okami might be getting another chance to shine as rumors are starting to circulate that an HD remaster of the game could be heading to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this holiday season. 
Blizzard Entertainment announced that there's a brand new mode set to arrive for everybody, whether you're playing on home console or on PC, in Overwatch. The new mode is none other than free-for-all deathmatch, and there's a special surprise for people playing on PC. 
The Batman: Arkham series is now complete on the Xbox One. News recently went out the final piece of the Arkham puzzle has been filled in thanks to one of the games becoming backwards compatible for Microsoft's eighth-gen home console. 
For those of you who have held off on picking up Fallout 4, your patience is being rewarded with an upcoming definitive version of the game. Bethesda today announced Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition, which will give you everything you need to survive the apocalypse on Sept. 26. 
If you've been hoping for a revamped Xbox One dashboard, then Microsoft is here to deliver. Starting today, a new update will be made available to Xbox Insiders and, among a handful of other features, it will be reworking how players get to their games, media and other functionality. 
After waiting two years, getting stuck with other third-party music apps, and having to beg Microsoft incessantly for it... Xbox One owners now finally have the Spotify app available for use on the Xbox One, Xbox One S, and soon the Xbox One X. 
There is no lack of apps on the Xbox One for most activities, but there are a few blind spots in the music department when it comes to Xbox One applications. Well, Microsoft is potentially filling in the gap with a fairly major music streaming application. |
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