Way back in 1996, Space Jam was an improbable movie that actually happened. 25 years later, almost as improbably, the sequel Space Jam: A New Legacy is coming to theaters and HBO Max on July 16. And just as unlikely from a probability standpoint, Microsoft has announced Space Jam: A New Legacy - The Game, a beat 'em up with 3-player local co-op, for Xbox and Windows 10. Talk about slammin'!
The studio behind Minecraft, Mojang, made a $10,000 donation in March to the Charity: Water, an organization that helps spread the ability to access clean water to people who have difficulty getting it. In April, Mojang promised to give more so long as “The Traveling Trader” map and skin pack was downloaded 10,000 times across the PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android communities. Unsurprisingly this goal was ripped to shreds, as the map was downloaded over 10,000 times in 24 hours and has since passed 100,000 downloads. Thanks to this success, Mojang has donated another $90,000 to Charity: Water.
As predicted, Microsoft have announced two new Gears of War games coming out in the next few years. While the other one, Gears of War Tactics is a PC exclusive strategy game similar to XCOM, Gears 5 is the PC and Xbox One title that continues the series 3rd person action.
Based on the amount of coverage dedicated to it, you'd think that Minecraft has faded into the ether. Honestly, though, it's because there just isn't much to say about it anymore. It continues on its monolithic path and, based on sales figures, practically everyone in the world has had a chance to play it and determine whether or not it's for them.
While Lionhead Studios and Fable Legends were shuttered last year, from the ashes a new developer has arisen promising a brand new Fable themed game. Flaming Fowl Studios, which is comprised of devs from the ill-fated Molyneux studio, have been working on a digital collectible card game (CCG), titled Fable Fortune, that will see an Early Access release very soon.
I'm hip. I know what's down with the kids. So I know loads about something called Adventure Time; it appears to be a cartoon about a hat wearing boy and his dog? What I do know is that a new Adventure Time DLC pack is coming to console and Windows 10 versions of Minecraft.
The Windows 10 Edition of Minecraft got a big update earlier this week that brings the version number up to 1.0; though it's still in beta, apparently. Anyways, along with that update, there's some "Festive Mash-Up" DLC available to purchase so you can deck the halls and all that jazz. The console versions aren't being left out of the DLC fun as they just got the "Fallout Mash-Up" DLC.
If you're a Minecraft fan and have been holding off on buying an Xbox One, Microsoft may have just the deal for you. A new bundle will be hitting the store shelves next week for North America that features the smaller and slightly more powerful Xbox One S coupled with Minecraft: Xbox One Edition.
During this year's E3, Microsoft revealed the "Xbox Play Anywhere" program. This program allows players to buy a digital copy of select Xbox One titles and also get it through the Windows 10 store to play on PC (or vice versa), and it also maintains your progress on both platforms so you can pick up and "play anywhere." A few of these Play Anywhere titles are now available for pre-order on the Windows 10 store, including Gears of War 4 and Halo Wars 2.
Set after the events of the last major Halo game, Halo Wars 2 continues the story of the UNSC Spirit of Fire and its crew. In the latest video teaser, we see them awakening to a new threat and a whole new galaxy.
One of the bigger pieces of news to come out this year's E3 was the reveal of the Xbox Play Anywhere program. A little bit of information was discussed during the conference, like how Windows 10 and Xbox One players would be able to play certain first-party games together, and more was discussed in interviews afterwards.
No Microsoft E3 conference would be complete without mention of the world-building juggernaut that is Minecraft. Last year they showed what could be possible with the HoloLens (whenever that materializes) and this year they're focusing more on the gaming together side of things. The new "Friendly Update" will allow PC (Windows 10 edition), mobile device, and VR players to all join and play in the same Realm.
