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The release date for Windows 8 is quickly approaching, and Amazon has officially listed three versions of the software that will be available upon launch.

Markus Persson’s “Minecraft” may be the poster child of indie gaming, but its sales numbers have elevated to a commercial scale. As of Monday, the originally PC-exclusive game has reached 4 million in sales on the Xbox 360 platform.

Microsoft has announced a deal with cloud-streaming company Agawi in its plans to bring the service to its Azure platform. The deal, which effectively gives users of Microsoft’s Windows 8 OS access to game streaming content, indicates Microsoft’s passion for a more cloud-based experience.

Rumors about Microsoft’s Xbox 720, which is the title believed to accompany the PC-maker’s next-generation gaming console, have been circulating for quite some time now. Back in 2010, a document detailing the company’s plans leaked, and now a recently discovered patent reveals that Microsoft intends to take video games out of the television screen and into players’ immediate environment.

The release date for Halo 4 is still a ways away, but the ending of the game may have been leaked, according to the Official Xbox Magazine. A new video documentary has revealed segments of what could be a legitimate Halo 4 script.

Scientists and pet owners alike are finding that animals can be gamers too.

According to OXM.uk, the next Xbox might be closer to release than most people think. Currently codenamed “Durango,” the new Microsoft console is said to include a packed-in version of the Kinect motion-control system that has revolutionized body-scanning/reading technology.

The upcoming “Mass Effect 3” DLC known as “Leviathan” has just been given a release date—August 28. On that day, the single-player expansion will roll out to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC players.

Following confirmed reports of an Xbox 720 development kit being used to leak prospective specs for Microsoft's upcoming next-generation console, the device popped up on eBay over the weekend, ultimately selling for $21,000.

"Thief 4," the long-awaited follow up to the the late-nineties cult stealth action videogame, will be developed for the launch of the next-generation consoles Xbox 720 and Playstation 4, according to a report by the UK branch of Official Xbox Magazine.

There have been numerous alleged leaks concerning Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox 720, but most of them have focused on the console’s hardware or its release date. However, the latest reportedly leaked bit of information revealed some details on the next iteration of the company’s motion-based gameplay device, known as the Kinect 2.

Microsoft has recently revealed in an interview that its next-generation Xbox “720,” code named Durango, has new hardware in development. Now more evidence that the Redmond, Wash.-based company is working on its successor to the Xbox 360 console has surfaced.

“Assassin’s Creed 3” won’t be released until the fall, but the game’s box art has revealed that PlayStation 3 owners will be getting a special bonus. Those playing on Sony’s video game console will receive an exclusive downloadable content that will not be available for the PC, Xbox 360 or Wii U.

A development kit for Microsoft?s next-generation console, rumored to be called the Xbox 720, had leaked on to a developer forum for a price of $10,000.Both fans and critics alike were left wondering whether or not this is in fact involved with the upcoming Xbox release.

A new investigation confirmed some suspicious rumors about Microsoft's next-generation videogame console, the Xbox 720, following a leak of the console's preliminary software development kit.

According to gaming site GameRevolution, Apple has patented a dual-shock gaming controller. Back in April, Kotaku speculated that Apple was secretly developing a video game console that was similar, in concept, to Microsoft's Kinect console add-on. This would mean that their console would support movement, and, in typical Apple fashion, would work in harmony with Apple's touch-screen television.

The “Halo” franchise is known as one of the most iconic video game titles for the Xbox gaming console, but for some it’s more than a video game. The renowned franchise acted as a matchmaker for a Texas woman and a Tennessee man.

In a sense, ?Halo? has always been the flagship video game for Microsoft since its inception. The sci-fi adventure shooter escorted the company?s Xbox gaming console to success when it launched in 2001, so it?s no surprise that it will be integrated into the company?s first tablet device.

A newly discovered Microsoft patent filed in 2012 seems to confirm some of the details leaked last month about the company?s next-generation gaming console. The Xbox ?720,? also known as Project Durango, may have separate CPUS: one that runs games and another that runs applications.

Microsoft has just revealed another hint as to what its next generation gaming console will be called. Until this point it was thought to be titled the Xbox 720, but new domain names could suggest something different.

The long awaited ?Mass Effect 3? DLC known as ?Extended Cut? finally launched today for Xbox 360 players. The free add-on contains extra footage and cut scenes for each of the three ending sequences in ?Mass Effect 3.?