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Will Call of Duty and Blizzard games remain on PlayStation after Microsoft buyout?

In Business, Games, Apps, and OS, Gaming Hardware by Ramon LopezLeave a Comment

It was earlier this week when Microsoft announced that it has agreed to purchase Activision Blizzard in an all-cash deal worth $68.7 billion. The acquisition sent shockwaves around the globe and will catapult the American tech giant to the top of the gaming scene as the third-largest game publisher in the world, only behind Tencent and Sony. It is easily the biggest in the history of the gaming industry.

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Console games in your browser? We try Xbox Cloud Gaming closed beta

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Microsoft has recently rolled out Xbox Cloud Gaming invite-only beta to Windows 10 PCs and Apple iPhones and iPads, allowing Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to play over 100 console titles on the go in their web browsers while avoiding lengthy downloads and annoying storage issues. As long as your internet isn’t terrible, it should work fine — or, at least, that is what Microsoft would like people to think once it has ironed out the worst kinks of the service.

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Microsoft Xbox Series X: Specs, rumored price, availability

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Seven years after the launch of the first Xbox One, Microsoft gave the public the first official sneak peek at the next-generation console, the Xbox Series X, at The Game Awards. Previously known by its codename Scarlett, we learn about what we can expect from the upcoming console and the lack of pricing. We won’t keep you waiting any longer; let’s dive in.

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Huawei MateBooks back on Microsoft’s online store

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Google relisted Huawei as one of its partners in the Android Q Beta program and is now lobbying for continued business dealings with it. Chipmakers like Qualcomm and Intel are reportedly pushing for the easing of the ban on supplying products to Huawei. Today, there’s another good news for the embattled technology giant.

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E3 2018: All the video game trailers you need to see

In Games, Apps, and OS by Ramon LopezLeave a Comment

This week has been huge for the video-game community, with E3 [Electronic Entertainment Expo] 2018 kicking off and filling our timelines with new announcements, teasers, and gameplay videos. It is a brilliant time if you are a video game fan as you have all these amazing games being announced. Now is also a great time to grow your Twitch audience too, if you have a channel. People will be excited to see the new games and will come flooding to watch you. If you’re going to be streaming more then make sure you have Twitch alert sounds to show when …

Microsoft Lumia 640 XL now official in PH

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Microsoft today launched its latest smartphone for the Philippine market — the Lumia 640 XL — a real handful of a device that toes the line between phone and tablet, flaunting a 5.7-inch, 720p IPS screen fronted by Gorilla Glass 3. It’s the company’s most recent attempt at bringing a deluxe smartphone experience to the mid-range market, something we’ve been hearing a lot from phone makers these days. To do that, the Lumia 640 XL relies on a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor running at 1.2GHz, coupled with 1GB of RAM and 13- and 5-megapixel main and secondary cameras. The operating system …