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With the update coming today, Xbox Music for Windows Phone, that app that comes pre-loaded on devices running Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, has finally caught up with its predecessor.

Xbox Music for Windows Phone update with Live Tile arrives

If you'd have asked us what we hoped the next new app coming to Microsoft's Xbox One console would be, we'd have told you we hoped it was an app for Time Warner's HBO Go video service or even the TuneIn radio app we've been eyeing on other platforms for years. This morning Microsoft threw a complete curveball at Xbox One users. It didn't announce the arrival of HBO Go or TuneIn, but it did reveal ReddX, an app that allows users to interact with the Reddit community directly from their Xbox One.

Animated GIFs & Teen Moms: MTV & Reddit come to the Xbox One

Xbox One owners excited to get their hands on Assassin's Creed Unity are having a rough couple of hours. This morning Ubisoft formally announced that the game's release date was being delayed into November.

There is a new ‘Assassin’s Creed Unity’ release date

Don't start calling any of the folks at Microsoft, Flo but it seems that someone working on the Xbox Team has discovered the power of bundling. Just weeks after announcing three new console bundles, today the company revealed that its standalone Kinect 2 sensor will cost $149.99 and include a copy of Dance Central Spotlight at no additional charge.

Kinect 2 sensor with ‘Dance Central Spotlight’ coming for $149.99

If you were at some point hoping that Microsoft would attempt to rival the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS with a handheld of its very own then you've had a very disappointing few years. Don't fret though, Microsoft is making up for its mobile gaming shortfall in quick order. Yesterday the company slashed prices on the Surface 2 to just $349.99.

New Surface 2 pricing makes them the ultimate mobile Xbox experience

It's so easy to lose a productive afternoon staring into the emptiness that is your Xbox One and Xbox 360 games library wondering, "where did it all go?" We can't answer that question for you, but replenishing your stock of Xbox One and Xbox 360 games is now ridiculous cheap thanks to Xbox Live Deals With Gold promotion for August 26th

Xbox Live Deals With Gold for August 26th gets you ‘Need for Speed Rivals’ & ‘Fallout’ on the cheap

The Yakkem Trailer for NBA 2K15, launching October 7th.

Coming Attractions: NBA 2K15 Yakkem Trailer

Users of Microsoft's Xbox Music subscription service and music store have new cause for celebration. Curated playlists have made their return to Xbox Music -- sort of.

‘Choice Cuts’ playlist brings curated playlists back to Xbox Music

Sometimes the good die young, and Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom is about to be put out to pasture. You'd think with the stakes this high and only six episodes coming before the end HBO would be building hype for the journalism drama series with flashy advertisements and all the action words they could find. Instead, the network is taking a very different approach in teasing the final season of The Newsroom.

Coming Attractions: ‘The Newsroom’ Season 3 trailer is here

The Netflix original series House of Cards sparked a revolution in how we consume content. There NBC was with its week-long wait times, breaks for the holidays and sheer tonnage of commercials. Then Netflix came and dumped entire seasons of House of Cards on its subscribers -- and it didn't hurt that the show was critically acclaimed either. This week Netflix and Xbox Video are teaming up to keep the hype for the show alive, as or now absolutely any user can snag the first episode of House of Cards at absolutely no charge.

Get the first episode of ‘House of Cards’ free in Xbox Video