Microsoft Xbox Archive

You can sign up to test Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 if your PC is up to it

Tom WarrenOct 9, 2024

Xbox Series X / S expansion cards are near their lowest prices for Prime Day

Antonio G. Di Benedetto and Quentyn KennemerOct 8, 2024

Wes DavisOct 7, 2024

iPhones now support wired Xbox controllers.

With the latest iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia updates, wired gaming with an Xbox controller is now supported, even for devices with Lightning ports (using an adapter), MacRumors reports, giving Xbox-preferring gamers a way around latency and wireless interference.

Apple devices had previously supported PlayStation controllers but not Xbox, which MacRumors notes use a proprietary USB protocol, so support for it needed to be custom, as well.

iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia Introduce Support for Wired Xbox Controllers

[MacRumors]

The future of Halo is being built with Unreal Engine 5

Tom WarrenOct 7, 2024

Richard LawlerOct 7, 2024

343 Industries becomes Halo Studios and teases Unreal Engine 5-powered Halo experiences.

Last year’s “Tatanka” rumor of a technology switch is confirmed, with these clips from a new “research project” dubbed Project Foundry and a new studio name.

According to Halo Studios head Pierre Hintze, the UE5 move “allows us to put all the focus on making multiple new experiences at the highest quality possible,” while this preview shows what to expect in future projects.

Starfield: all the news about Bethesda’s massive space RPG

Verge StaffOct 5, 2024

Sean HollisterOct 4, 2024

Halo Infinite is officially getting a third-person mode.

The game already kicked players into a third-person mode when wielding big machine guns — and a modder extended that to the whole single-player game in 2022 — but this November it’ll be an official multiplayer mode at minimum.

Curious if they’ll balance the rocket launcher and sniper rifle. In first-person mode, they’re partially balanced by how much the weapon blocks your view.