Michael Hoglund
Michael has been gaming since he was five when his mother first bought a Super Nintendo from Blockbuster. Having written for a now-defunct website in the past, he's joined Windows Central as a contributor to spreading his 30+ years of love for gaming with everyone he can. His favorites include Red Dead Redemption, all the way to the controversial Dark Souls 2.
Latest articles by Michael Hoglund
The best weekly deals and sales for Steam
By Michael Hoglund published
Steam Sales Come check out our curated list of Steam deals. Each and every week, we curate a select list of games that are either topical or unmissable due to their price!
A single Dune: Awakening map will be almost ten times the size of Conan Exiles, where you can "meet hundreds of players"
By Michael Hoglund published
Huge map In an interview published on their YouTube page, Funcom announced some rather big news that was previously unknown. The game will feature a PvP zone almost ten times the size of Conan Exiles.
You can now play Starfield at 120 frames per second on Xbox Series S, with a small sacrifice
By Michael Hoglund published
120Hz Series S Through the use of mods, gamers can now get Starfield to run at or near 120 frames per second on Xbox Series S. Here's how it's done!
Elden Ring best talismans: Best for mages, melee, and more in 1.12
By Brendan Lowry, Michael Hoglund last updated
Builds Perfected There are tons of talismans in Elden Ring, but which ones are the best? Here's a list of our favorites, as well as a breakdown of where you can find each one.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard director says, "you can play this game entirely offline," and there won't be any microtransactions or battle passes
By Michael Hoglund published
Offline Alert! A really good dedicated single-player game might be on the way!
Seven of the top ten most wishlisted games from Not-E3 are coming to Game Pass on Xbox and PC
By Michael Hoglund published
Game Pass Rules Gamesindustry.biz reports that seven of the top ten most wishlisted games are coming to Game Pass, here's what that list entails!
Best Enshrouded builds: For Wizard, melee Barbarian, Warrior tank, and Ranger for Melodies of the Mire update
By Brendan Lowry, Michael Hoglund last updated
Built Different Here are the best builds you can put together with Enshrouded's many different skills, weapons, and armors.
Elden Ring is about to be freaking huge; as Miyazaki says, "We wanted an experience for the player that was going to match that of the base game."
By Michael Hoglund published
Stupendous FromSoftware seems to be severely under-promising how big their next expansion is going to be.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard director says having to wait until the end of the game to max a specialization is lame, "We're the exact opposite."
By Michael Hoglund published
Overpowered You'll get to play your endgame specialty before the game is nearly over.
Using guides is "a perfectly valid playstyle" according to Elden Ring's top boss, Hidetaka Miyazaki
By Michael Hoglund published
Bing it If you need more than the light of grace to direct you, Miyazaki approves.
XDefiant Season One is on the way, and it looks bangin'
By Michael Hoglund published
New Season XDefiant season one is coming, and it's looking pretty good. Come check out the latest information leading up to its release in July!
"Right now, we have more Xbox console users than we've ever had in the history of Xbox," that number is about to grow after today's showing
By Michael Hoglund published
The future In an interview with IGN's Ryan McCaffrey, Phil Spencer spoke at length about the past, present, and future of the Xbox platforms. Here's what he had to say.
This surprise new game from the makers of Sniper Elite is coming day one to Game Pass, Atomfall
By Michael Hoglund published
Gen Zero 2? Rebellion's latest game was shown at the Xbox Games Showcase, and it's coming day one to Game Pass. Come check it out!
Avowed is shaping up to be one of the best games in 2024
By Brendan Lowry, Michael Hoglund published
Story time The Xbox Games Showcase takes a deep dive into the story powering the game of Avowed, and it sounds epic!
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn finally gets a release date, and it's coming sooner than you thought.
By Michael Hoglund published
Souls-lite Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn release date has dropped, and it looks great. I can't believe we get to play this game in just over a month!
South of Midnight gameplay trailer was revealed at the Xbox Game Showcase, and I can't gauge how I feel yet
By Michael Hoglund published
Going South South of Might has dropped a gameplay trailer, and I still can't tell if I'm excited or not. Come check out the latest shown at the Xbox Games Showcase.
Get ready to jump into the next generation of modding, as Starfield's Creation Kit is dropping with mods already out!
By Michael Hoglund published
Limitless The Creation Kit was dropped today at the Xbox showcase. Come check out the details for mods coming to PC and Xbox!
Bodycam, which seems to be ripping off another game, is getting hammered by early reviews
By Michael Hoglund published
Unoriginal In what appears to be a shot at capitalizing on the hyper surrounding Unrecord, a developer has taken the change on a new bodycam-style game. Out in early access, today.
Dark and Darker finally comes back to Steam, available today!
By Michael Hoglund published
Over a year after Dark and Darker was removed from Steam by Nexon, Ironmace has brought it back. Come check out the launch trailer from Summer Game Fest!
The twist for Dune: Awakening's narrative has been revealed. M. Night Shyamalan would be proud.
By Michael Hoglund published
Dune The narrative for Dune: Awakening has been revealed. It makes total sense if Funcom is to deliver a game with narrative freedom.
One of the craziest looking coop games just got announced at Summer Game Fest!
By Michael Hoglund published
Break out! Cuffbust was just announced at Summer Game Fest and it looks crazy good, come check it out!
I can't stop playing XDefiant, and neither have thousands of other players.
By Michael Hoglund published
SBMM XDefiant dropped last week, and I haven't been able to stop playing. To the point that I said I'd write this piece 5 days ago, but could barely pull myself away to do it.
A new title reveal for the next epic Call of Duty has happened, and we hope you like the sand and heat
By Michael Hoglund published
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is rumored to occur during the Gulf War, marking the 20th entry in the franchise.
The new Fallout 4 update makes a staggering visual difference and fixes almost all initial next-gen patch issues on Xbox
By Michael Hoglund published
Wow A new Fallout 4 patch has arrived. Alongside fixes on Xbox for the initial next-gen patch comes a plethora of new visual settings for players to use. Here's how they look!
What to expect next for Call of Duty: Rumors, leaks, and discussion from a series veteran
By Michael Hoglund published
Rumors Call of Duty news is coming June 9th, but we've scoured the internet for the current list of leaks that have been confirmed multiple times from reputable users. Come check them out!
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