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Xbox in 2025: a make-or-break year for Microsoft's console

2025 could be a make-or-break year for Xbox, and it has to capitalize on recent first-party successes and a potential handheld device would be a boon.

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The biggest AI art controversies of 2024

From auction sales to the public backlash and tantrums over copyright, AI art made a lot of headlines in 2024.

Creative Bloq

Activision decides Call of Duty Black Ops 6 players don't spend enough money, introduces a second concurrent battle pass

Sad faces in chat people, Game Pass could only save us so much!

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Xbox year in review 2024: 'Next year, we promise'

Xbox still needs more to offer fans from its huge first-party studio lineup, but it’s clearer than ever the brand’s fate lies away from hardware.

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The gaming stories and trends that defined 2024

Here are five of the top stories and trends that defined 2024 in gaming across all facets of the industry.

Windows Central

With Astro Bot winning Game of the Year, Microsoft and Xbox need to start reinvesting in their platforming games

Xbox doesn't really currently have an "all-ages" platformer like Astro Bot, but it could revive a character from one of its many classic series.

Windows Central

Some of the biggest players in Call of Duty are stepping away from Black Ops 6 and Warzone, and the reasons why are inexcusable now Microsoft owns the game

Now that Microsoft owns one of the biggest franchises in gaming, networking issues and an anticheat that just doesn't work cannot be excused any longer.

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Call of Duty devs admit Ricochet anticheat 'did not hit the mark for integration' at the start of Season 1, and want to do better

Upgrades people, upgrades.

PC Gamer

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 tops November 2024 US sales, continues to boost Xbox Game Pass

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was the best-selling game of November 2024 in the U.S, per Circana, with the title also contributing to Xbox Game Pass growth.

Windows Central

"We did not hit the mark": TeamRICOCHET addresses shortcomings in Warzone and Black Ops 6's anti-cheat integration ahead of changes for Season 2

Cheaters have been rampant since Black Ops 6 and Warzone's Season 1 integration, and now Team RICOCHET are admitting the process was botched. New cheat mitigation efforts are on the way, and a wave of bans has rolled out to help.

Windows Central

More Call of Duty titles have been added to the Xbox app for PC, signaling a launch to Game Pass could be soon

Another selection of older Call of Duty titles has surfaced on the Microsoft Store, are they coming to Game Pass?

Windows Central

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 free trial is now live, here are the game modes you can try

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is getting a free trial week on all platforms, with a good chunk of the game's content available to try. Here's what you need to know.

Windows Central

A sweeping balance update for weapons has just landed in Black Ops 6 with the latest patch

The latest patch for Black Ops 6 has addressed balancing in virtually all weapons, including addressing headshot TTK.

Windows Central

After saying Xbox multi-platform game delivery would have "no red lines," Xbox's games chief is now saying they'll go multi-platform on a "game by game basis." Does it make sense?

The big controversy surrounding Xbox pertains to whether or not it plans to keep delivering exclusive games to Xbox customers on console. Microsoft itself doesn't even seem to know yet.

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Call of Duty Black Ops 6 is testing gamers' tolerance of AI slop

Fans have blasted Activision's latest AI art as "unacceptable".

Windows Central

"This is unacceptable at this point": Activision faces backlash over AI-generated images in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Call of Duty has come under fire from its community for handing out in-game event rewards that may have been AI-generated.

Windows Central

Some long-awaited classic Activision-Blizzard games just appeared on the Microsoft Store, could Xbox be getting another Game Pass injection?

Call of Duty + United Offensive, Call of Duty 2, and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare have appeared on the Microsoft Store, so will they come to Xbox Game Pass?

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'Call of Duty: Black Ops 6' Weapon Guide: How To Unlock the Sirin 9MM

This weapon guide for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 teaches players how to unlock the Sirin 9MM Specialty Weapon via two methods.

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Is Xbox slowly taking over Battle.net? As "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle" pops up on Battle.net, we're wondering what Microsoft is up to with Blizzard's iconic launcher.

First Avowed, and now Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Microsoft's Xbox "experiments" with Battle.net continue, and we have to wonder what the endgame is.

Windows Central

SCUF does what Xbox doesn’t, releasing a Squid Game-inspired controller, but another limited edition version isn't available to everyone

SCUF is answering the call of gamers to be able to buy controllers from their favorite shows. Hopefully this is the first of many crossover collaborative controllers from SCUF.

Windows Central

Everything coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 1 Reloaded— New maps, limited modes, Ranked play, patch notes and more

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 is getting its first mid-season refresh with Season 1 Reloaded, and it's bringing the holiday cheer to the FPS.

TechRadar

Activision announces a 7-day free trial for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 with access to multiplayer and Zombies

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is set to receive a seven-day free trial across all platforms next week.

Evening Standard

Black Ops 6 Season 1 Reloaded: new Zombies map, weapons, warzone ranked

Everyone is invited to play the new update as part of a week-long free trial kicking off later this December

Windows Central

Here's when Ranked Play will be available in Call of Duty: Warzone on Black Ops 6

The Black Ops 6 integration of Warzone is getting its own Ranked Play mode, with special rewards on offer for the best players. Here's when you can drop in.

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Far Cry Publisher's Latest Game Flop Had a Cool Idea Worth a Second Look

Troubled game publisher Ubisoft announced that its competitive free-to-play shooter XDefiant will shut down after just six months. The decision to pull the plug will have impacts far beyond the game’s diminishing player base, as Ubisoft will shutting down both its Osaka and San Francisco offices, resulting in 277 layoffs.

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