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PAX East 2016 • Watch This Wednesday

Watch this Wednesday: I’m cringe, apparently

This weeks Watch This Wednesday is a bit more meta than usual. See, a few months ago I got to speak with Major Nelson at PAX East. This wasn’t our first time meeting, I just happened to see him on the sidelines and figured I’d get a good picture. Apparently the internet wasn’t a fan. Check out the video below and you’ll see what I mean. If there’s two things I pride myself on, it’s being a goofball and not caring what others think: this...

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Major Nelson Confirms: Screenshots Are Not Coming to Xbox 360

With the Xbox One getting droves of new features through the consoles Preview Program, fans are of course left to wonder what to expect now that the Xbox 360 has been given the same program. After going so far as to completely reinvent itself to the world multiples times – from blades, to NXE, to the current “metro” style dashboard – Microsoft has truly evolved the Xbox 360 as well as anyone would of liked. Yet, there’s always more to be wanted...

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The Next Time You Turn on Your Xbox One, You May Have the New Update

The new update for the Xbox One will begin rolling out today. As we said last week, that the new Xbox One update would be added some much needed features and polish, it will also be adding Twitch.tv so gamers can finally begin live streaming from their Xbox One. Many of you Xbox One owners won’t even know when you get the download if you use low power settings on your Xbox One. Your Xbox One will simply turn on during “off” hours and download the update...

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Major Nelson and Richard Irving go over March Xbox One Update

Very soon the next Xbox One update will be rolled out and it will focus mainly on the multiplayer/party experience of the Xbox One. If you are like me then you didn’t really know there was a problem with the party system until recently when the Titanfall beta came out. I mean it worked, but much of what you had to do in order to get it to work just didn’t really make sense. And since Microsoft has all their eggs in the Titanfall basket I’m sure they want...

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Major Nelson Teasing Halo 2 Anniversary? A Halo 5 ARG? I Love Bees 2.0?

Major Nelson is, well, quite frankly he’s toying with us. He’s tweeted something peculiar a bit ago: a tease back to the I Love Bees campaign. In case you don’t know, I Love Bees was a viral marketing campaign launched prior the launch of Halo 2 that served as an alternate reality game to hype up the launch. While I personally wasn’t around to experience it, it was one of the best ARG’s in history, gaining 250,000 views – a boatload in...

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Watch the Xbox One Being Unboxed for the First Time (+ Headset Confirmed!)

Major Nelson released a video recently unboxing one of only 25 completed Xbox One’s from beginning to end. In it are a few surprises, including a headset (!), a 6.5 foot HDMI cable (rated for 1080 and 4K video), a sticker (!!), and the Kinect and Console. Everything in the box is a sleek liquid black, with the headset featuring a sleek touch of green to compliment it. Go ahead and watch Major Nelson unbox it below, then head down and check out some pictures of that...

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Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Gears of War: Judgment Information Blowout Broadcast

More Gears of War: Judgment information!? How can it be!? Apparently so. Microsoft has announced  that this Sunday, March 5th you’ll be able to see the unveiling of two never before seen game modes revealed in Epic fashion… get it? This Sunday you’ll be able to see the unveiling of the new Aftermath and Survival game modes in a live stream with everyone’s favorite Hyrbavore, Larry Hyrb, in an event that will allow fans to vote live during the show...