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Fallout 4 has far too many elements to it to list here, but there are five many branches of gameplay that really work in the game's favour. When things aren't breaking around it of course.
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We unbox the Xbox One’s most prized peripheral – the Xbox One Elite Controller
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The Xbox's One's backwards compatibility launched yesterday. Is it going to stem the tide of last-gen remakes and remasters?
Halo 5 drives Xbox One to top NPD charts, despite PlayStation 4 price cut
It’s starting to become rote, reporting on the US console sales from the NPD. Every month, the PlayStation 4 is the best-selling console in the land of bald eagles and baseball, and just like clockwork that’s happened agai…hold up. What’s going on here? The Xbox...won?
The history and evolution of Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider has been around for many years, but Lara Croft has changed in many ways in that time. Here is a history of the franchise.
How to update to the New Xbox One Experience
The new Xbox One Experince is rolling out globally. Here's everything you need to know about the masive update, includinghow to get it and how big the download size is.
You’ll see more Xbox 360 games on Xbox One on a regular schedule
The Xbox One library gets 104 older games today. And there'll be more on the way eventually! But it won't be easy, as a number of factors make the service quite tricky.
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