Microsoft Studios News

State of Decay's 'Breakdown' DLC is coming this month, adding a progressive difficulty ramp-up each time you complete a scenario.

Microsoft announced back at E3 2012 that it was bringing a free-to-play action-RPG to Xbox Live Arcade, then seemed to forget about it. Well, Ascend: Hand of Kul quietly launched yesterday, so give it a go if you fancy murdering monsters without paying a penny, at least to c...

Crimson Dragon will be a budget title, launching alongside the Xbox One for $19.99.

"D∃AR sannta, 4 chrissmas i wud like Fable Annyversay is fable but newer i have been very good ask my mum she will tell you, see u soon" you're writing at this very moment, the holiday season starting earlier each year. Oh dear sweet reader, I'm so awfully sorry: the Xbox ...

As you'd probably guessed, Crytek's Xbox One exclusive historical murder simulator Ryse: Son of Rome will indeed have multiplayer. Microsoft today revealed its 'Gladiator' mode, which throws chaps into an arena to cut each others' faces off. Well, at least it looks less like...

Lionhead is holding a contest to let fans create an achievement for Fable Anniversary. Entries are due this Sunday, July 14.

Question: do you intend to be playing Halo 4's multiplayer in August? If so, you may be interested in the new DLC maps, mode and skins coming August 20. If not, you know, scroll down to read a story about a dog that reminded a wayward soul of the power of love by by barking ...

D4 creator Hidetaka 'Swery65' Suehiro goes into more detail about the game's Kinect controls, and the episodic structure built around reliving memories.

It started in Australia but didn't stay there for long. Within hours it was rolling across borders and drifting across seas, a wave of undead crashing against shores. The second State of Decay title update is rolling out today, I'm saying. The patch notes list a grand 56 cha...

The open-world zombie 'em up passed 500,000 sales within its first week, publisher Microsoft Studios has announced, declaring it "the fastest selling original game ever on Xbox Live Arcade." What now? Undead Labs is still working on patches, apparently doesn't have too much ...

Microsoft is drawing Zoo Tycoon back from extinction, revealing during E3 that it's brought the zoo management series back for Xbox One and Xbox 360. As one might expect from Kinectimals creator Frontier Developments, the new game also named simply Zoo Tycoon plays up the 's...

Fewer indie developers were featured in Microsoft's pre-E3 press conference than one might hope for, but one of the few present certainly piqued our interest. Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP co-creator Capybara Games revealed Below, a mysterious rouguelike-like exclusive ...

You'll never guess what, right: Microsoft's making a new Halo game for the Xbox One. I know! The as-yet-unnamed game is due in 2014 and all we can safely say for certain is that it features some manner of colossal robot-space-angel. Sure, that'll do nicely.

Even after a demo leaked onto Xbox Live Arcade in January, we've heard little from Panzer Dragoon creator Yukio Futatsugi's dragon-y Kinect shooter. No release date, no further details. Nothing. Oh. That's probably because developer Grounding Inc has been working on bringing...

Oh sure, the new consoles will have various ways to shoot men in the face, some exclusive to one system or another, but what about the interesting stuff? Microsoft announced some proper news during its pre-E3 press conference: Deadly Premonition creator Hidetaka 'Swery65' Su...