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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launches in Xbox Game Pass soon, while an underrated co-op RPG returns to the service
By Samuel Tolbert published
Games! Ashen, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Donut County, and more are headed to Xbox Game Pass in the second half of October 2024.

Corsair's new Xbox and PC 'Virtuoso Max' is a premium headset offering that has just about every feature you can imagine
By Alexander Cope published
MAX Corsair has announced a new Virtuoso Max wireless headset for Xbox and PC, now available at various online storefronts.

OpenAI gains veteran support from a former Microsoft AI researcher — potentially expediting the ChatGPT maker's trajectory toward Sam Altman's coveted AGI benchmark
By Kevin Okemwa published
MS EXIT Sebastian Bubeck, one of Microsoft's top AI researchers, recently left the company to join OpenAI. He spearheaded operations on small language models like the lightweight Phi AI models.
This Corsair and Black Ops 6 collection is the battle station of my dreams, but its availability is limited
By Cole Martin published
COD x BO6 Call of Duty has partnered with Corsair-owned brands to create the ultimate Black Ops 6 gaming setup, complete with a custom BO6 Stream Deck, Wave 3 microphone, SCUF controller, and more.
It's beginning to sound a lot like Call of Duty—a new intel drop details Black Ops 6's audio innovations
By Cole Martin published
Listen up With only days left until the launch of Black Ops 6, the Call of Duty team is sharing new details on the game's audio.

"Craig will continue to focus on helping our studios deliver high-quality, differentiated game experiences." Sea of Thieves studio boss Craig Duncan now in charge of Xbox Game Studios.
By Samuel Tolbert published
New boss Rare boss Craig Duncan is the new head of Xbox Game Studios, with former head Alan Hartman retiring from Microsoft.
Xbox Partner Preview October 2024 revealed: Yakuza, Alan Wake II DLC, Wuchang, and more Xbox and PC 'world premiere' trailers
By Jez Corden published
More Xbox The next Xbox Partner Preview is set to go live on October 17, 2024, giving us a look at the next wave of upcoming Xbox and Windows PC titles from Microsoft's game creator publishing partners.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is coming to Xbox Cloud Gaming, despite Ubisoft owning the rights — but where's Diablo 4?
By Samuel Tolbert published
☁️ Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is coming to Xbox Cloud Gaming at launch, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Warzone also joining Microsoft's streaming service.

A "super realistic" AI-generated scam call almost cost a Microsoft consultant and potentially 2.5 billion others access to Gmail: "I would give them an A for effort"
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI SCAM As once feared, hackers are now using sophisticated AI schemes to deploy their phishing scams.
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