Microsoft is revealing today that it now has 15 million Xbox Game Pass subscribers. That’s up 50 percent from the 10 million the company previously disclosed back in April. Xbox Game Pass is a subscription service that offers access to a growing selection of more than 100 Xbox games for $9.99 per month.
Microsoft has been pushing Xbox Game Pass heavily in recent months, particularly ahead of its…
Xbox remote play is open to everyone on Android devices
September 21, 2020
Microsoft has rolled out a new Android Xbox app, which will allow all Xbox One owners (and Series X/S players in the future) to stream games from their console to their phone or tablet. Until now, only Xbox Insiders had access to the feature.
It’s different to xCloud, in…
You can now stream your Xbox One games to your Android phone for free
September 21, 2020
Microsoft is releasing a new Xbox app for Android today that includes an overhauled design and the ability to remotely play Xbox games streamed directly from your console. The Xbox remote play feature, known previously as Console Streaming, lets you remotely connect to an…
Xbox Game Pass has more than 15 million subscribers
September 21, 2020
Tucked away in its blockbuster announcement that it’s buying Bethesda Softworks, id Software and Arkane Studios parent company ZeniMax Media, Microsoft revealed that Xbox Game Pass now has more than 15 million subscribers. That means it has added more than five million members in the last six months or so.
Microsoft has beefed up Game Pass this year by adding plenty more titles for players to…
Microsoft’s $7.5 billion Bethesda acquisition bolsters Xbox Game Pass
September 21, 2020
The Preorders for the Xbox Series X and S begin tomorrow, and Microsoft just gave fans a reason to feel good about showing up to the next-gen party. Xbox is acquiring Bethesda Softworks and its parent company, ZeniMax Media. Bethesda is the publisher responsible for games…
BTS is coming to Fortnite
September 21, 2020
One of the biggest bands in the world is coming to one of the biggest games in the world. Today, Epic Games announced that K-pop group BTS will be debuting their next music video on Fortnite’s party royale island. It’ll be a choreography video for the single…
You’ll soon be able to dance like BTS in ‘Fortnite’
September 21, 2020
If you’re one of the millions of BTS fans, clear your schedule this Friday night. Fortnite is hosting a Party Royale event featuring the world premiere of a new, choreographed “Dynamite” music video.
You’ll be able to dance along in the Party Royale with two new Emotes choreographed by BTS. The new Emotes will be available in the Item Shop, too. So beginning September 23rd at 8PM ET…
In the ongoing Epic Games vs. Apple saga, Epic says in a new legal filing that Apple made incorrect statements in its own legal filing earlier this week, asserting that Apple “cherry picked” Google search results about the popularity of Epic’s Fortnite game.
Apple had…
Epic rejects Apple claims that 'Fortnite' on iOS was dying
September 19, 2020
Epic is hitting back at Apple’s claims that the developer’s lawsuit was just an attempt to revitalize sagging interest in Fortnite on iOS. In a newly-filed reply to Apple in a preliminary injunction request to keep Fortnite in the app store, Epic rejected Apple’s…
PlayStation leads in TV ad impressions, but Square Enix is close behind
September 19, 2020
Gaming industry TV ad impressions saw an 87.71% increase from mid-August to mid-September, compared to the previous 30-day period. From August 16 through September 15, 12 gaming brands aired 49 spots over 6,500 times, resulting in 1.5 billion impressions. Sports, particularly NBA playoff games, were a large driver of impressions for the industry overall, and three brands dominated this time…
