So you decided to finally get ahead of the game for once and pre-order Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 for the Xbox 360 the moment you heard that it was coming, despite Activision talking up just how much the game relies on current-generation consoles like the Xbox One. There's good news and bad news for you. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 is still coming to the Xbox 360 -- Activision didn't pull a Warner Brothers. Unfortunately, it's coming without some pretty key features, like a campaign.
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Microsoft Movies & TV free rentals return with ‘Batman: Under the Red Hood
Microsoft may have renamed its Xbox Video service to Microsoft Movies & TV, but it's keeping Xbox Video Free Movie Weekends around, it seems. Throughout the weekend Xbox One, Xbox 360, Windows Phone and Windows PC owners can watch Batman: Under The Red Hood absolutely free on their devices.
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Microsoft Movies & TV free rentals return with ‘Batman: Under the Red Hood
Halo 5: Guardians “Blue Team” cinematic
The opening scene from the second mission of Halo 5: Guardians, coming to the Xbox One on October 27th.
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The Culture: Hunt the truth before ‘Halo 5’ arrives
An audio show hyping a video game? I'm not entirely sure who had the bright idea to produce a documentary podcast that fills in the gaps between what happened with Doctor Halsey at the beginning of Halo 4 and what we're going to experience this fall with Halo 5: Guardians. Doesn't matter though, I started listening this week and its positively brilliant. 343 Industries, the game's developer, has terrific news for listeners of Hunt The Truth. The second season of the podcast kicks off today.
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Playlists getting an upgrade in Groove Music?
When you're building a music collection in Microsoft's Groove subscription service you need to craft your playlists by hand or use its seriously limited Radio feature. If a picture on the company's Groove Music website is any indication that'll change soon enough. Some kind of automatically created playlists outside of the Radio feature is included in a screenshot posted to the Groove Music website.
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Rise of the Tomb Raider “Descent Into Legend” trailer
The Descent into Legend trailer for Rise of the Tomb Raider coming to Xbox One and Xbox 360 on November 10th.
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New Xbox One Experience arrives for the lucky
Lucky members of Microsoft's Xbox Preview Program began getting early access to the New Xbox One Experience this past weekend. Slow down, you don't want to all go running for those controllers at the same time. There's no way to manually trigger the update on-demand.
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Xbox 360 gets a software update
Have Microsoft's Xbox 360 entertainment consoles? Good news, you've now got 2GB of cloud storage at your disposal and an Activity Feed to fill with your musings. That's provided you've got an internet connection to download day's Xbox 360 software update.
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Assassin’s Creed Syndicate ‘Jack The Ripper’ trailer
The Jack The Ripper trailer for Assassin's Creed Syndicate and the Assassin's Creed Syndicate Jack The Ripper Add-on, coming to Xbox One on October 23rd and Windows PCs on November 19th
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Microsoft sets a kill date for Zune Music Pass
As purveyors of all Microsoft-related entertainment news some days we have to deliver bad news to good, loyal people. If you've been one of the many hanging on to your Zune Music Pass subscription and a compatible device now might be the time to let go. Microsoft has officially set a kill date for Zune Marketplace and the Zune Music Pass.
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