Microsoft kicked off its two-day fan fest X018 today with a ton of new information on upcoming games and DLC, first-party studios, backward compatible games, and more.

Get caught up on all the big news Microsoft had to share about the future of Xbox.

Microsoft Acquires Two More Studios

Joining the list of already great acquisitions this year, Microsoft announced it will be acquiring Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment.

Both studios are storied RPG developers which should fill out the company's games catalog moving into next generation.

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Today at X018, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment.

Obsidian Entertainment is best known as the developer of role-playing games like Fallout: New Vegas, South Park: The Stick of Truth, the Pillars of Eternity series, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2.

InXile is also well-known for its development of role-playing games, including Wasteland 2, Torment: Tides of Numenera, Bard’s Tale IV and the upcoming Wasteland 3.

Today's announcement further bolsters the company's current stable of development teams to 13, following the announcements earlier this year that Microsoft will acquire Ninja Theory, Undead Labs, Compulsion Games, and Playground Games. Additionally, Microsoft indicated it was interested in acquiring even more new studios.

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During Microsoft's Inside Xbox: X018 Special, Microsoft revealed that 14 games will be receiving mouse and keyboard support, including Fortnite.

Announced back in September, we now know the titles that will be updated, with some updates arriving as soon as next Wednesday, November 14.

The first 14 titles are as follows;

• Bomber Crew
• Warface
• Children of Morta

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During Microsoft's Inside Xbox: X018 Special, it was revealed that all three Final Fantasy 13 games will be backwards compatible on Xbox One next week.

Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII will all be playable on Xbox One, with Xbox One X enhancements, beginning next Tuesday, November 13.

Final Fantasy XIII was released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2010 and in our review, we said that FFXIII is "a great JRPG" but "hardcore Final Fantasy fans might be disappointed by the game's abandonment of franchise traditions like open worlds, town exploration and complex mini-games."

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The consistently delayed Crackdown 3 will finally release on February 15 alongside a new multiplayer mode.

Wrecking Zone is a new multiplayer mode pitting two teams of five against each other as they're tasked with destroying buildings, leveling environments, and topping skyscrapers.

Crackdown 3 saw several new announcements at Microsoft's XO18 fan event, including two new new multiplayer maps: Blackout Zone and Nova Station. Microsoft highlighted the Territories and Agent Station modes as well.

The original Crackdown is currently free to download for all Xbox One users and will remain so until November 30.

Crackdown 3 will be available on the Xbox Game Pass on the day of release. Microsoft announced an additional 16 games headed to the subscription service, including PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

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During Microsoft's Inside Xbox: X018 Special, it was revealed that 16 new games will be added to Xbox Game Pass, including PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds launched on Xbox Game Preview on December 12, 2017, and will be free for all Xbox Game Pass members in just a few days on Monday, November 12.

Alongside PUBG, Ninja Theory's Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice will also be arriving on Xbox Game Pass next month on December 17.

A few days later, Ori and the Blind Forest will join Xbox Game Pass on December 20. In addition, its sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, will also join Game Pass when it launches in 2019.

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is shaping up to bring its titular character into the spotlight, giving Harry Potter fans a chance to see one of the series’ most formidable villains in action at the height of his power.

Why is the focus on Grindelwald as a villain especially intriguing? In the original books, Voldemort is considered the evilest Dark Wizard of all time. In retrospect, Grindelwald was not crueler than Voldemort. He wasn’t decisively more powerful than Voldemort. Instead, what makes the focus on Grindelwald so exciting is that he was probably more dangerous than Voldemort -- a notion that has everything to do with his relationship with an unequivocal good guy: Albus Dumbledore.

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Game of Thrones winning the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series for the second time was truly an awesome thing, but also a stark (hah!) reminder that we've still got a crazy long wait until the series returns for its eighth and final season.

To help satiate your hunger for all things Thrones, to tide you over through the long fearful winter, we've compiled a rogues gallery of facts and tidbits about the blockbuster series from all angles of adoration. There're odds and ends about the books, the genesis of the show, some behind-the-scenes show shenanigans, and entertaining Easter eggs.

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