You don’t get much more focused on a target audience than with the big title Xbox included with their Games with Gold this month.  With the Stanley Cup hockey championship reaching its end very soon — and...

In our recent monthly videogame release update – “Dark, Desolate Days Ahead for May’s Video Game Releases” – the topic was brought up about the hesitation of getting big titles on the market right at the beginning...

Microsoft’s Xbox Games With Gold titles this year have placed a lot of faith in the power of The Force, in that close to 20% of the free titles offered have come with the Star Wars name...

There aren’t very many occasions where things are truly shaken up in the world of video game subscription services, so those moments should be embraced whenever they arise.  The Xbox Games With Gold program was given warning...

After February, Xbox’s primary competition in the subscription service will stop offering legacy titles in their slate of monthly freebies, continuing their avoidance of compatibility with previous gaming generations. Among the consoles available now, Microsoft’s current iteration...

A new year is upon us, and with that comes the fairly quiet month of January in terms of newly released games for the Xbox One and other consoles. While a few big hits will be materializing...

With freebies like this all month long on the Xbox, who needs Read Dead Redemption, am I right? Okay, yeah, that’s a pretty obvious exaggeration, but it’s genuinely surprising to see the Xbox deliver some comparatively impressive...

October tends to be a busy month for videogame releases, and it’s tough to know whether it’s a good idea or not for the Xbox Games With Gold and other subscription services to offer substantial games for...

When the most noteworthy title in a subscription service’s roster of included downloads for a month turns out to be a LEGO title for last generation’s console, you know it’s going to be a rough month. That’s...

We’re nearing the end of the summer, having passed the attention sink of vacations, summer movie blockbusters, and the hoopla of San Diego Comic Con. All those things tend to be distracting enough for the subscription services...

Ah, the dog days of summer: the period where some huddle up indoors with their Xbox systems and air conditioning, or others will — by choice or not — head out into the baking sun in search...

During the month of E3, it’s natural for Xbox and other companies to direct attention to two things going on: the information coming out of the convention, and the ensuing sales both in stores and through their...