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GAMERS have spotted a huge bargain at their local Asda store, with big name PS5 and Xbox titles selling for just £2.50. A customer at an Asda in Leicestershire spotted the clearance sale and others are now checking to see if the nearest store has one. 3 Star Wars: Jedi Survivor is one of the […]

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GAMERS have spotted a huge bargain at their local Asda store, with big name PS5 and Xbox titles selling for just £2.50.

A customer at an Asda in Leicestershire spotted the clearance sale and others are now checking to see if the nearest store has one.

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Star Wars: Jedi Survivor is one of the games available for purchaseCredit: Respawn Entertainment
Resident Evil 4 is also going to be cheap

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Resident Evil 4 is also going to be cheapCredit: Capcom
It's not clear which stores are doing the game cleanup

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It’s not clear which stores are doing the game cleanupCredit: Getty

“No idea if they have more copies of any of the games in the back as the stands were pretty much full with little room for more,” the player wrote on HotUKDeals.

“Clearance Games stand is next to the normal games department with various offers…”

The cheapest of the bunch was Halo Infinite on Xbox Series X for just £2.50.

“Halo at £2.50 is a bargain,” another user commented.

If you buy the title now from other retailers it will cost over £35.

Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is also cheap at £8.50 on Xbox – compared to around £15 elsewhere.

Meanwhile, PS5 owners can buy Star Wars: Jedi Survivor for £15, saving £10 over other stores currently selling the game.

One bargain hunter said: “I got Jedi: Survivor on Sunday for £25, that’s a steal from Asda.”

There’s also F1 23 which costs £11, down from £20.

And there were also some Nintendo Switch games included.

Halo Infinite campaign launch trailer

It is not clear whether the sale is limited to one store or at different locations.

But here is the full list reported by the customer:

  • Star Wars: Jedi Survivor (PS5) – £15
  • F1 23 (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series
  • Resident Evil 4 (PS4) – £14
  • God of War: Ragnorok (PS4) – £15
  • Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Xbox One/Series
  • Riders Republic (Xbox One/Series
  • Halo Infinite (Xbox One/Series

Don’t forget that some PS4 games can be upgraded to PS5 for free via a simple download.

Resident Evil 4 offers a free upgrade, but God of War: Ragnorok charges a fee.

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At home Technology Satya Nadella welcomes Mustafa Suleyman as CEO of Microsoft AI As CEO of Microsoft AI, Suleyman will lead consumer AI products and research including Copilot, Bing and Edge. Published: Mar 21, 2024 12:18 IST By IANS New Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman (Image: IANS) New Delhi: Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella […]

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As CEO of Microsoft AI, Suleyman will lead consumer AI products and research including Copilot, Bing and Edge.



Published: Mar 21, 2024 12:18 IST


By IANS

New Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman (Image: IANS)

New Delhi: Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday welcomed Mustafa Suleyman as CEO of the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) business. As CEO of Microsoft AI, Suleyman will lead consumer AI products and research including Copilot, Bing and Edge.

“Welcome to Microsoft. I’m excited to have you lead Microsoft AI as we build consumer AI like Copilot that people around the world love and benefit from,” Nadella wrote on X. Suleyman was co-founder and former head of applied AI at DeepMind, an AI company acquired by Google.

After leaving DeepMind, he co-founded Inflection AI, a machine learning and generative AI company, in 2022. “My friend and longtime collaborator Karen Simonyan will be chief scientist, and several of our great teammates have chosen to join us,” Suleyman also posted on X.

He said Inflection AI will continue its mission under a new CEO and reach more people than ever by making its API widely available to developers and businesses around the world. “It’s been an amazing journey, and there’s much more to come. Thank you to everyone for your support. Things are just getting started,” he added.

Suleyman co-founded DeepMind Technologies, an AI and machine learning company, and became its Chief Product Officer. The company received support from the Founders’ Fund and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, among others. In 2014, DeepMind was reportedly acquired by Google for £400 million.



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Microsoft doet opnieuw een bod op AI-suprematie Het zwaargewicht gevecht om kunstmatige intelligentie te domineren is zojuist een nieuwe ronde ingegaan. Microsoft heeft een AI-pionier gepocheerd, net op het moment dat Apple en Google discussiëren over de vorming van een verenigd front om het verloren terrein in te halen. De nieuwste manoeuvres voegen serieuze vuurkracht […]

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Het zwaargewicht gevecht om kunstmatige intelligentie te domineren is zojuist een nieuwe ronde ingegaan. Microsoft heeft een AI-pionier gepocheerd, net op het moment dat Apple en Google discussiëren over de vorming van een verenigd front om het verloren terrein in te halen.

De nieuwste manoeuvres voegen serieuze vuurkracht toe aan de poging van Microsoft om voorop te lopen op het gebied van kunstmatige intelligentie. Maar ze zouden kunnen leiden tot meer toezicht door de toezichthouder op de deals die het bedrijf sluit in deze sector waar veel op het spel staat.

Microsoft heeft een voormalige Google-directeur ingehuurd om zijn consumenten-AI-eenheid te leiden. Mustafa Suleyman was medeoprichter van DeepMind, een Britse start-up die in 2014 door de zoekgigant werd overgenomen en het hart van zijn AI-push werd. Hij vertrok in 2022 en startte Inflection AI samen met Reid Hoffman, de medeoprichter van LinkedIn, waarmee hij miljarden ophaalde, onder meer van Microsoft.

De technologiegigant nam ook de meeste werknemers van Inflection in dienst, waaronder hoofdwetenschapper Karén Simonyan.

De aanwervingen zijn opnieuw een grote overwinning voor Satya Nadella, CEO van Microsoft Toen hij in 2014 het roer overnam, stond Microsoft op de rand van technologische irrelevantie. Nadella heeft opnieuw opgestart it – een reden waarom hij de grote AI-deals heeft kunnen sluiten.

De AI-strategie van Microsoft is zwaar gericht op het sluiten van deals. Het heeft $13 miljard geïnvesteerd in OpenAI en een overeenkomst ondertekend samenwerking met de Franse start-up Mistral. Beide start-ups gebruiken het cloud computing-platform van Microsoft om hun grote taalmodellen te bouwen. In ruil daarvoor implementeert de Windows-maker zijn diensten in zijn eigen aanbod.

Inflection zal, onder een nieuwe CEO, technologie in licentie geven aan Microsoft en de overstap maken van de gepersonaliseerde chatbotassistent naar het werken met zakelijke klanten.

Toezichthouders onderzoeken de OpenAI- en Mistral-deals – en het inhuren van Suleyman zou meer vragen kunnen oproepen. Microsoft hoopt misschien dat zijn focus op het ondertekenen van partnerschappen (in plaats van overnames) enige dekking zou bieden.

De FTC maakte in januari bekend dat dit het geval was het onderzoeken van strategische investeringen in de sector die bedoeld leek om de toezichthouders te omzeilen.

Suleymans eerdere overpeinzingen over AI zouden ongemakkelijk kunnen zijn. In zijn boek ‘The Coming Wave’ waarschuwt Suleyman dat AI een existentiële bedreiging is en dat overheden deze moeten reguleren.

En hij vertelde DealBook vorig jaar in een interview dat grote bedrijven moeite zouden kunnen hebben om revolutionaire technologie vooruit te helpen op een manier die goed is voor het bedrijfsresultaat. En maatschappij.

Nadella heeft Suleyman er misschien van overtuigd dat hij die concurrerende behoeften in evenwicht kon brengen. Suleyman is duidelijk een fan van zijn nieuwe baas: “Mensen als Satya denken heel vooruitstrevend over deze dingen en nemen absoluut de verantwoordelijkheid op zich die bedrijven hebben om het goede te doen”, vertelde hij vorig jaar aan DealBook.

Intel wint tot 8,5 miljard dollar aan Amerikaanse chipsubsidies. De financiering uit de CHIPS Act, samen met 11 miljard dollar aan leningen en nog eens miljarden aan belastingkredieten voor Intel, is bedoeld om de binnenlandse productie van halfgeleiders te helpen versterken en zal naar verwachting woensdag worden aangekondigd. Daarnaast weegt de regering-Biden naar verluidt de sancties af bedrijven die banden hebben met Huaweide Chinese technologiegigant, nadat het ondanks sancties een doorbraak in de halfgeleidersector had bereikt, aldus Bloomberg.

Grote Republikeinse donoren keren massaal terug naar Donald Trump. Gastheren voor de 6 april Bij de fondsenwervingsactie die in Palm Beach, Florida zal worden gehouden, zijn onder meer de financiers John Paulson, Howard Lutnick en Robert Mercer betrokken, evenals de oliemagnaat Harold Hamm. Daarnaast heeft de voormalige president het Hooggerechtshof gevraagd te oordelen dat hij absolute immuniteit heeft tegen aanklachten in verband met zijn pogingen om de verkiezingen van 2020 te ondermijnen.

De bonussen op Wall Street zijn vorig jaar gedaald, zo blijkt uit een nieuw rapport. De gemiddelde cheque daalde met 2 procent van 2022 tot $ 176.500, volgens Thomas DiNapoli, controleur van de staat New York. (Bonussen voor Europese banken waren ook gedaald.) Dat weerspiegelt de lagere winsten van de effectensector, maar het betekent ook minder geld voor de staat New York, die 27 procent van zijn belastinginkomsten van Wall Street haalt.

Deze maand heeft Jay Powell, voorzitter van de Fed, vertelde de senatoren dat een renteverlaging “niet ver” weg zou zijn. Maar Wall Street is het er grotendeels over eens dat woensdag, aan het einde van de laatste renteberekeningsvergadering van de centrale bank, die dag niet is.

Zelfs nu renteverlagingen voorlopig waarschijnlijk van tafel zijn, staat er nog veel op het spel. Hier zijn drie grote vragen:

Ziet de Fed dit jaar drie bezuinigingen, of slechts twee? De Fed zal een nieuwe renteprojectie bekendmaken, de eerste sinds december. Destijds voorzagen de beleidsmakers dit jaar drie bezuinigingen, en dat is waar economen op rekenen vandaag de dag min of meer standhouden.

Maar een reeks beter dan verwachte inflatierapporten heeft sommige economen gedwongen hun voorspellingen terug te draaien naar twee. Zal de Fed dit voorbeeld volgen?

Wanneer zou de eerste snede komen? De termijnmarkt houdt vanochtend rekening met een kans van 60 procent dat de Fed zal aankondigen dat zij de belangrijkste rentetarieven in juni gaat verlagen. Maar sommige Fed-functionarissen, waaronder Loretta Mester, de president van de Cleveland Fed, hebben aangedrongen op voorzichtigheid als het niet te snel gaat.

Ze zouden graag meer bewijs willen dat de inflatie en de arbeidsmarkt afkoelen voordat de financieringskosten omlaag gaan.

Wanneer zal de Fed beginnen met het inkrimpen van zijn balans ter waarde van $7,5 biljoen? De centrale bank breidde haar bezittingen snel uit in de begindagen van de coronaviruspandemie, toen ze obligaties en andere effecten opkocht om de markten te versterken.

Powell zal waarschijnlijk onder druk worden gezet over de plannen van de Fed om die portefeuille te verkleinen, waarbij elk antwoord door beleggers nauwlettend in de gaten zal worden gehouden.


Dealmakers zijn steeds meer op hun hoede voor zorgen over de nationale veiligheid die gevolgen hebben voor meer hoeken van fusies en overnames, waaronder een Amerikaans industrieel icoon en Britse conservatieve publicaties.

Ze wegen ook op vuurwapenbedrijven met de voorgestelde verkoop van de munitieactiviteiten van Vista Outdoor voor $ 1,9 miljard.

De context: Vista, eigenaar van munitiemerken als Remington en Federal, heeft hiermee ingestemd zijn munitiehandel verkopen aan de Tsjechoslowaakse Groep, een in Praag gevestigd defensieconglomeraat. Dat zou de niet-vuurwapenmerken van Vista – inclusief CamelBak-waterflessen en Fox Racing-mountainbike-uitrusting – achter zich laten als een beursgenoteerd bedrijf.

Maar MNC Capital, een investeringsmaatschappij die banden heeft met Mark Gottfredson, een voormalig bestuurslid van Vista, heeft een overnamebod van $2,9 miljard uitgebracht op alle van het bedrijf. Vista heeft dat aanbod afgewezen en zei dat het minder waard is dan de geplande breuk van zichzelf.

MNC hoopt dat bezorgdheid over de nationale veiligheid haar een hefboomeffect zal geven. Vista en CSG verwezen hun transactie naar de Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, het federale interinstitutionele panel dat bepaalde investeringen van buitenlandse kopers in Amerikaanse bedrijven beoordeelt. (Als Amerikaans bedrijf is MNC niet onderworpen aan een beoordeling door de commissie.)

Conservatieve commentatoren hebben de MNC verdedigd. Mike Pompeoeen voormalig minister van Buitenlandse Zaken en senator JD VanceRepublikeins van Ohio, hebben in de loop der jaren twijfelachtige handelingen van CSG aan de kaak gesteld, inclusief de vraag of deze een schending van a vrijwillig embargo over de wapenexport naar Azerbeidzjan.

CSG, dat eerder heeft gedaan betwistte de beschuldigingen van Azerbeidzjanreageerde niet op een verzoek om commentaar. Vista heeft gezegd dat het “vertrouwen blijft in ons vermogen om alle noodzakelijke goedkeuringen van de regelgevende instanties te ontvangen, ook met betrekking tot CFIUS.”

Er is een tastbaarder probleem dat CFIUS moet overwegen. Vista is, samen met Winchester en Fiocchi, eigendom van CSG, een dominante producent van primers (in wezen het drijfgas in munitie) en jachtgeweergranaten in de VS.

De afnemende voorraad militaire munitie sinds de grootschalige invasie van Oekraïne in Oekraïne is een probleem geworden kwestie van toenemende zorg naar het Pentagon.

Wat volgt: CFIUS liet Vista en CSG op 12 februari weten dat het 45 dagen duurde om de voorgestelde deal te onderzoeken, maar dat dit tot 60 dagen kon duren. CFIUS zou dan de deal kunnen goedkeuren, voorwaarden kunnen opleggen om goedkeuring te krijgen, of president Biden kunnen aanbevelen de deal te blokkeren.

De fusieovereenkomst van de deal staat beide partijen toe om vóór 15 oktober weg te lopen, hoewel het kan worden verlengd tot januari als aan alle sluitingsvoorwaarden, afgezien van goedkeuring door de toezichthouder, is voldaan.


De omarming van klimaatfinanciering door Wall Street ligt opnieuw onder vuur in de rode staat Amerika. Een schoolfonds uit Texas zei van wel zijn contract beëindigen waarbij BlackRock ongeveer 8,5 miljard dollar aan staatsgeld beheert, waarbij het bedrijf wordt beschuldigd van het boycotten van energiebedrijven, een melkkoe in Texas.

De stap van dinsdag komt omdat banken te maken krijgen met een spervuur ​​aan juridische uitdagingen van conservatieve staten en beleggers zich steeds meer richten op ESG-beleggingsstrategieën (een afkorting van Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance).

Wall Street-giganten hebben hun promotie van ESG al teruggedraaid Vorige maand hebben BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase en State Street hun betrokkenheid teruggeschroefd of zich teruggetrokken uit Climate Action 100+, een mondiale coalitie van geldbeheerders die bedrijven onder druk had gezet om koolstofarm te worden. (Larry Fink, CEO van BlackRock, heeft dat ook gezegd heeft de term “ESG” niet gebruikt niet meer, hoewel het bedrijf trouw blijft aan de strategie.)

Texas heeft een nieuwe conservatieve aanklacht tegen ESG gevoerd Door te breken met BlackRock, de Texas Permanent School Fund zei het voldeed aan een wet uit 2021 die gemeenten en overheidsinstanties verbood samen te werken met banken waarvan werd aangenomen dat ze olie- en gas- of vuurwapenbedrijven zouden afstoten. Het is een van de grootste opnames door een staat van een geldbeheerder in verband met deze kwestie.

Chris Van Es, een woordvoerder van BlackRock, noemde de beslissing van het fonds “eenzijdig en willekeurig”, en voegde eraan toe dat het “onze investering van 120 miljard dollar in openbare energiebedrijven in Texas negeert.”

De harde anti-ESG-houding is wellicht niet goed voor het bedrijfsleven. De Texas Association of Business, een lobbygroep waartoe grote energiebedrijven behoren, heeft deze maand een rapport uitgebracht waarin wordt vastgesteld dat de wet van 2021 kost de staat miljoenen.

Er zijn dit jaar ongeveer 145 anti-ESG-wetsvoorstellen geïntroduceerd in 28 staten. Maar er is er maar één geslaagd, volgens Frances Sawyer, hoofd van Pleiades Strategy, een beleidsonderzoeksgroep die de wetgevingsstrijd volgt. De wetsvoorstellen worden geconfronteerd met weerstand van een coalitie van klimaatactivisten en zakengroepen.

“Het extremisme wordt geblokkeerd”, zei Sawyer tegen DealBook, wijzend naar de nederlaag van vorige maand van een wetsvoorstel uit New Hampshire waarin werd voorgesteld om ESG-beleggen met staatsgelden strafbaar te stellen.

Aanbiedingen

  • Astera Labs, een hardwarebedrijf op het gebied van kunstmatige intelligentie, haalde bij zijn beursgang ongeveer 713 miljoen dollar op, boven verwachting. (Reuters)

  • Calpers, het gigantische openbare pensioenfonds in Californië, is van plan zijn pensioen te verhogen blootstelling aan particuliere marktinvesteringen zoals leveraged buy-outs met meer dan $30 miljard om het rendement te versterken. (FT)

Verkiezing 2024

  • “Binnen de poging van Biden om Nikki Haley-donoren werven om Donald Trump te helpen verslaan” (CNBC)

  • Meer dan honderd democratische donoren en activisten stuurden president Biden een brief waarin ze waarschuwden dat de woede van progressieven over zijn steun aan de Israëlische oorlog in Gaza Trump zou kunnen helpen winnen. (NYT)

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XBOX adds new games to the platform every month that fans can play completely free.

This month, five games were removed from Xbox Game Pass, but they made way for sixteen new ones.

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Diablo 4 was one of the biggest games of 2023Credit: Blizzard

These games are available through Xbox Game Pass for console and PC, but you’ll need Xbox Game Pass Ultimate if you want the games to be available only through the cloud.

Among them is one of last year’s biggest releases, Diablo 4, which has a stunning score of 91 on the aggregated review site Metacritic.

Diablo 4 is an MMORPG in which you can form a team with others to conquer difficult dungeons.

It is one of the top-rated games of last year and players are happy to have the chance to play it for free.

There are a number of other excellent games coming this month, such as The Quarry, a choice-driven horror game from the developers of Until Dawn.

The sequel to Superhot is also available, following the success of the first puzzle-based shooter.

  • now available
    • Warhammer 40k: Boltgun (Cloud, console and PC)
    • Paw Patrol world (Cloud, console and PC)
    • SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle of Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated (Cloud, console and PC)
    • Control: Ultimate Edition (Cloud, console and PC)
    • No more heroes 3 (Cloud, console and PC)
    • Lightyear border (Xbox Series
    • MLB The Show 24 (Console and cloud)
  • 20th of March
    • The quarry (Cloud and console)
  • 21 March
    • Evil West (Cloud, console and PC)
  • March 26
  • 28th of March
    • Diablo 4 (Console and PC)
    • Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged (Cloud, console and PC)
    • Open roads (Cloud, console and PC)
  • April 1st
    • Ark: Survival ascended (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S and PC)
  • April 2
    • F1 23 (Cloud)
    • Superhot: Mind Control Removal (Cloud, console and PC)

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Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence lab, is leaving the startup he led to lead Microsoft’s consumer AI business, in another sign of Microsoft’s aggressive plans for the technology. Mr. Suleyman will report directly to Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, the company said Tuesday. Mr. Suleyman, whose startup Inflection AI has raised $1.5 billion […]

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Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence lab, is leaving the startup he led to lead Microsoft’s consumer AI business, in another sign of Microsoft’s aggressive plans for the technology.

Mr. Suleyman will report directly to Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, the company said Tuesday.

Mr. Suleyman, whose startup Inflection AI has raised $1.5 billion in funding, will be responsible for growing a consumer AI business including Microsoft’s Copilot chatbot, the Bing search engine and the Edge Web browser.

One of his co-founders of Inflection AI, Karén Simonyan, a leading researcher who also came from DeepMind, will also join Microsoft, as will much of their team.

“I’m excited to have them contribute their knowledge, talent and expertise to our consumer AI research and product creation,” said Mr. Nadella. said in an email to staff. He added: “We have been working with speed and intensity, and this influx of new talent will allow us to accelerate our pace again.”

Mr. Suleyman co-founded DeepMind, an ambitious and pioneering AI lab in London, in 2010. After making a breakthrough with AI that could play complex games, DeepMind was acquired by Google in 2014.

Mr. Suleyman left Google in 2022 and co-founded Inflection AI, a startup that wants to build a personal AI assistant. In May, it introduced its consumer assistant Pi, which was praised for its friendly, supportive nature but gained only a million daily users, far fewer than OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot.

With much of Inflection AI’s workforce leaving for Microsoft, the company said it was changing its approach. While it won’t shut down Pi, it will no longer focus on building a consumer business. Instead, it will work with commercial customers to create, test and fine-tune AI systems. Microsoft is also licensing Inflection AI’s latest underlying technology to make it available to enterprise customers of its cloud computing products.

Inflection AI announced that it had hired Sean White, who previously worked at Mozilla, maker of the popular Firefox web browser, to take over as CEO.

(The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft in December for copyright infringement of news content related to AI systems.)

As one of the founders of DeepMind, Mr. Suleyman helped popularize the idea that artificial intelligence technology could one day destroy humanity. But he has also expressed concern about the more concrete and immediate dangers associated with the technology, including the spread of misinformation and job losses.

In his recent book “The Coming Wave,” he argued that if these and other dangers could be overcome, the technology would be enormously transformative, especially as a means of drug discovery and other forms of health care.

DeepMind and Inflection AI did not call for the most powerful AI technologies to be open sourced, an approach in which companies share the raw code behind new systems in an effort to increase their popularity and enable outside engineers to address their shortcomings. But Mr Suleyman has argued that AI technologies should not ultimately be controlled by one company.

Whether AI technology should be open source has become a point of discussion among technology companies. Some, like Meta and Elon Musk’s company xAI, argue that open sourcing is the best way to ensure secure technology. But OpenAI, Microsoft’s close partner, has maintained secrecy around the code for its latest technology.

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XBOX often treats players to new custom consoles based on popular games and TV shows.

We recently reported on the Final Fantasy 14 Xbox, at the time the most expensive console to date.

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The console comes with a custom safeCredit: Xbox

Featuring a custom Xbox console with a FF14 design that doesn’t work, and a fully functional Xbox Series X|S, it was rated more than twice as high as the usual custom consoles.

However, the latest custom console blows these prices out of the water, thanks to its eye-wateringly expensive custom vault.

To celebrate the launch of the Fallout TV show, Xbox is giving one fan the chance to get their hands on a custom console themed around the new series.

Unlike other giveaways that usually only include the console and controllers, this one has a fully functional vault.

The vault alone, which comes with a custom Fallout design and Vault Boy inside, is estimated at $4.5k (£3.5k).

This prize pack also includes a custom Xbox Series X with a white, static design. There is also a custom Fallout controller that is white with a yellow border.

All of these items bring the estimated value of the prize package to over $5,000 (£4,000).

To enter, you must be over 18 years of age and a resident of the United States.

You’ll then need to follow the official Xbox Twitter account and retweet the giveaway with #FalloutXboxSweepstakes.

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XBOX changes its library of games every month, with new games arriving every week and replacing some of the older ones.

Normally people have to wait until the new games are announced to find out which games are leaving the service, but fans think they already know.

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Games come and go from Xbox Game Pass every monthCredit: The Blowup via Unsplash

Xbox players have noticed that an online Game Pass library listing shows that three games will be released by the end of the month.

Hot Wheels unleashed was announced as one of the cards leaving Xbox Game Pass, which makes sense considering the sequel Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged launched late last year.

Xbox Game Pass often removes older games from the library when newer games are released in a series.

MLB The Show 23 is another game that will be leaving Game Pass this month, and another game that recently had an update.

On March 15, 2024, MLB The Show 24 launched, which features an updated roster compared to older games in the series.

Rumor has it that the final game will leave Xbox Game Pass at the end of March Infinite guitars.

This is an indie rhythm RPG that launched a year ago and was available on Game Pass from day one.

Many games have an annual contract with Xbox to keep them employed, so it also makes sense that this one would leave.

Three games were scheduled to leave Xbox Game Pass on March 15, but it was removed from the list of games scheduled to release before the deadline.

It is believed that Xbox has listened to player feedback that they would like to continue to have access to Ni No Kuni, although the official reason has not been revealed.

The new games added to Xbox Game Pass are expected to be announced tomorrow, and that’s when the games leaving will also be officially revealed.

If you want to read more about the subscription, check out the games that came to Xbox Game Pass in March.

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Xbox has unveiled its most expensive console yet and you can grab it for free https://usmail24.com/xbox-series-x-final-fantasy-14-giveaway/ https://usmail24.com/xbox-series-x-final-fantasy-14-giveaway/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:58:00 +0000 https://usmail24.com/xbox-series-x-final-fantasy-14-giveaway/

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XBOX is a big fan of collaborations and there are more Xbox consoles on the market than any other current console.

There seems to be a custom console for every type of fan, from Barbie to Willy Wonka, and from Palworld to Porsche.

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The beautifully depicted Xbox doesn’t actually workCredit: Xbox/Square Enix

Xbox even released a new SpongeBob SquarePants Xbox Series

The latest Xbox Series

To mark the launch of Final Fantasy 14 coming to Xbox, the company is giving away a specially designed custom console.

This special Xbox Series

There are also two gold halos surrounding the console, decorated with similar crystals.

It is also shown with a custom controller with the same gold, light blue and crystal design.

However, delving deeper into the fine print reveals that the winner won’t be able to use the FF14 model as their main console at home.

The description reads: “Non-functional. Can be used as a work of art.”

It’s unclear if this includes the custom controller that has no additional parts added.

Those looking to claim the prize won’t have to worry about leaving without a console, as the prize package also comes with a functioning Xbox Series X.

As part of the prize, they will also receive a Final Fantasy 14 Complete Collector’s Edition and a year’s worth of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.

Unfortunately, only residents of the United States, Canada, and Mexico can enter to win as the giveaway is location-based.

You will then need to follow the official Xbox Twitter account for your country and the English Final Fantasy 14 account.

Retweet the promotional message with the hashtag #XboxFFXIVSweepstakes for a chance to win the bundle.

Xbox estimates the value of the bundle at around $1.3k, so it’s one of the more expensive giveaways they’ve offered.

If you want to read more about Xbox, check out this great Xbox deal on a game rated 96.

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XBOX is updating its game library to add new games to the platform and say goodbye to some of the old ones.

In most months, fans are happy with this change and get more games to play, while the games that go away tend not to be as popular.

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Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is a beautiful RPGCredit: Level 5

The games leaving Xbox Game Pass each month tend to be older games with more recent versions of smaller games that only a handful of people play.

However, in March, Xbox dropped the bombshell that the 86-rated Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch would be leaving Game Pass.

Ni no Kuni is a JRPG developed by Level 5 and created in collaboration with art from the excellent Studio Ghibli.

It is highly regarded in the gaming community, and with only two weeks to go when its departure was announced, players thought they would not have time to complete this excellent game.

Fans took to social media to express their disappointment that Ni no Kuni would be leaving Game Pass, and it appears Xbox has heard their cries.

Although Xbox has not made an official announcement, Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch will no longer appear on the list of games leaving Game Pass this month.

When the new Xbox Game Pass games were revealed, Xbox said three games would be leaving the service on March 15.

However, Xbox’s official blog, Xbox Wire, has changed the announcement so that only two games will be removed.

Players will still be saying goodbye to Hardspace: Shipbreaker and Shredders on March 15, but Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch will no longer appear on the list.

This means that Xbox has reconsidered the game’s departure and it will be available on Xbox Game Pass in the near future.

Of course, this doesn’t mean Ni no Kuni will be available on the subscription service forever, but we do know it will be playable for at least another month.

Those interested in playing Ni no Kuni should do so now to avoid disappointment in the future.

To read more about the service, check out the games coming to Xbox Game Pass in March.

Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.

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EACH of the major platforms is having a huge sale right now, but with thousands of games on offer it can be hard to choose.

There are so many incredible deals available right now that it can be difficult to find the best deals.

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BioShock changed the way we think about shootersCredit: Not known, clearly with photo agency

Luckily, we’ve looked at all the offers from every major retailer to pass the savings on to you.

There are currently three sales on Xbox, for Essential Picks, and publisher sales by Square Enix and Capcom.

The game we chose from these three sales is from the Capcom sale and has a score of 96.

BioShock Remastered is an enhanced version of the 2007 classic that fans and critics alike love.

It completely changed video games when it was released, turning the FPS genre on its head and subverting expectations.

The blurb for BioShock reads: “BioShock is a shooter like you’ve never played before, packed with weapons and tactics you’ve never seen.

“You have a complete arsenal at your disposal, from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers.

“But you will also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even deadlier weapon: you.”

BioShock is currently 60% off, meaning you can pick it up for a small price.

It normally costs £15.99 / $19.99, but you can pick it up now for just £6.39 / $7.99.

The sale is only available for the next five days and ends on Monday March 18, 2024, so you won’t have to wait long to pick it up or any of the other games on sale.

To read more about Xbox, check out the games coming to Xbox Game Pass in March.

Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.

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