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The best games for your new PS4, Xbox One, or Wii U

By Chris Plante@plante Dec 25, 2015, 8:41am EST

Are your thumbs ready?

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Minecraft — more than anything else — could make HoloLens a hit, and here's why

By Chris Plante@plante Jan 21, 2015, 4:32pm EST

Minecraft could be the FreeCell of HoloLens

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Xbox head teases Battletoads with t-shirt at Windows 10 event

By Chris Plante@plante Jan 21, 2015, 1:35pm EST

"Can I pre-order Battletoads?"

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Microsoft reveals Xbox app for Windows 10 with Game DVR

By Ross Miller@ohnorosco Jan 21, 2015, 1:14pm EST

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Gaming

The best games for your new console

By Verge Staff Updated Dec 25, 2014, 8:20am EST

Here's what to get for your Sony PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS, and PlayStation Vita

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After a year of waiting, we're finally seeing the new generation of video games

By Chris Plante@plante Oct 3, 2014, 12:34pm EDT

The current generation of hardware could take video games off the rails

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Xbox designers review Sony's PlayStation 4

By Rich McCormick Nov 19, 2013, 3:58am EST

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The Xbox could have been named 11-X, original WEP and DirectX Box codenames revealed

By Tom Warren@tomwarren Jul 5, 2013, 9:31am EDT

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Pandora expands in the living room with HTML5 app for smart TVs and consoles

By Casey Newton@CaseyNewton Jun 5, 2013, 8:30am EDT

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Future proofing: Xbox One to support 3D and 4K content

By nateog May 23, 2013, 4:02pm EDT

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Holiday Gift Guide: gaming

By Verge Staff Nov 22, 2012, 11:01am EST

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Xbox Black Friday 2012 deals and bundles

By Laura June Nov 17, 2012, 10:59pm EST

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Internet Explorer for Xbox E3 2012 press conference photos

By Tyler Gold Jun 4, 2012, 1:39pm EDT

Photos of Internet Explorer for Xbox from Microsoft's 2012 E3 press conference.

Xbox Music E3 2012 press conference photos

By Sam Sheffer Jun 4, 2012, 1:34pm EDT

Microsoft is bring its music service, dubbed Xbox Music, to the Xbox 360, Windows Phone, and Windows 8

Microsoft may be replacing Zune with a 'Spotify-like' Xbox Live music service

By Dieter Bohn@backlon Feb 17, 2012, 7:42pm EST

Microsoft plans to replace Zune with the Xbox Live branding across Xbox, Windows Phone, and Windows on the desktop. While the original Zune Pass subscription option would remain for existing customers, the new XBox Live service will look quite a lot like Spotify in terms of its clarity and simplicity — any may even include a video component as well.

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Jimmy Fallon's record broken: 13 game consoles played in sixty seconds

By Dante D'Orazio Jan 28, 2012, 8:36am EST

An Ohio gamer named Ryan Sullivan has broken the record for the number of games played in 60 seconds. Hey played on 13 consoles in that time period, breaking Jimmy Fallon's previous record of nine games.

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Microsoft introduces Xbox-like achievements for developers

By Tom Warren@tomwarren Jan 18, 2012, 12:42pm EST

Microsoft announces a beta plug-in to enable Xbox-live achievement and badges in Visual Studio.

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Comcast adds AnyPlay live TV streaming to iPad Xfinity app, Xoom coming soon

By Nilay Patel@reckless Jan 10, 2012, 2:14pm EST

Comcast just announced that it's adding live TV streaming to its Xfinity iPad app — the new feature, called AnyPlay, essentially turns your iPad into a secondary cable box and lets you watch any of your channels while you're on your home network.

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Arkadium signs game deal with Microsoft Studios

By Tom Warren@tomwarren Jan 5, 2012, 10:59am EST

Arkadium announces partnership with Microsoft Studios to publish casual and social games for Windows Phone and Windows 8.

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5 Minutes on The Verge: Paul Thurrott

By Thomas Houston Dec 7, 2011, 1:30pm EST

We spoke with Paul Thurrott, Microsoft enthusiast and brains behind SuperSite for Windows about his favorite Windows apps, what he's been reading, and who should be running Microsoft.

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Walmart Black Friday 2011: deals, steals, and doorbusting madness

By David Pierce Nov 22, 2011, 11:38pm EST

It's almost Black Friday, and we've rounded up Walmart's best deals for the biggest shopping day of the year.

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Xbox celebrates 10th anniversary today

By Ross Miller@ohnorosco Nov 15, 2011, 3:31pm EST

Microsoft launched the original Xbox ten years ago today, officially entering the video game console industry. Although it had a relatively small lifespan of roughly less than four years, the console originally pitched as the "DirectX Box" laid the groundwork for several of the platform's most iconic elements like Xbox Live (debuted exactly one year later on November 15, 2002) and, of course, its launch title, Halo.

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