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The Catalan club parted ways with Ernesto Valverde earlier this week and appointed Quique Setien as their new manager. Although Xavi was first offered the chance to become Valverde’s successor, the Al Sadd head coach respectfully declined. Xavi held several meetings with Barcelona officials The former Barcelona midfielder explained why he didn’t take the Camp Nou role in his pre-match press conference ahead of Friday’s Qatar Cup final against Al Duhail....

But the 37-year-old midfielder, who is currently plying his trade in Qatar’s Al Sadd SC, wants the Los Blancos to lose for the sake of Juventus’ star custodian Gianluigi Buffon who is yet to win the Champions League in his illustrated career. Iniesta’s contract situation depends on him “I think Juventus will win the Champions League. I want them to do it for Gigi Buffon,” the midfield maestro told reporters at the opening of Qatar’s Khalifa International Stadium (KIS), a venue for the 2022 FIFA World Cup....

Barcelona have announced Xavi as their replacement for Ronald Koeman, who was sacked on October 28. The Spaniard has signed a three-year deal with the Catalans after leaving his role as Al-Sadd boss. At Barcelona, Xavi has been tasked with leading the club back to glory. Xavi’s return to Camp Nou as a manager has become a cause of excitement for Barcelona fans. However, it has emerged that the former midfielder had the chance to replace Tite as the manager of the Brazilian national team....

Speculation is rife over the future of head coach Ernesto Valverde at Camp Nou, after back-to-back LaLiga champions Barca were defeated 3-2 by Atletico Madrid in the Supercopa de Espana semi-finals on Thursday. Valverde’s position has been in doubt since a collapse in the Champions League semi-finals against Liverpool and a defeat to Valencia in the Copa del Rey final the end of last season. Spanish media widely reported on Friday that Barcelona chief executive Oscar Grau and technical secretary Eric Abidal had travelled to Doha to meet with Xavi....

Sony’s PS Vita hits North American and European retail early next year and sometime later, Nintendo will release the Wii U. As we enter the next generation of handheld gaming and prepare for the next gen of home consoles, rumors and speculation about the next Xbox and PlayStation units continue to make headlines. Sick of hearing about the “Xbox 720” and the “PlayStation 4”? Too bad. News and discussion on the next Microsoft and Sony video game consoles is only going to get more prevalent as we move forward....

Speaking to IGN, Xbox Phil Spencer confirmed that the team plans to “go big” with Xbox All Access for the Xbox Series X. Spencer said that the team will be really pushing the program at the “launch of the consoles.” The use of a plural isn’t a typo and some fans felt that it was odd that Spencer said consoles and not console, singular. There have been rumors that there will be another Xbox console at launch and that it will be cheaper, but nothing has been officially confirmed....

Anxious holiday shoppers have the opportunity to join in via a special Black Friday deal that offers one month of Xbox Live Gold for just $1, but it’s only available for first-time subscribers. The first month for $1 deal also goes for Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass subscription, which instantly provides access to over 100 Xbox One and Xbox 360 games. With the opening of the Xbox Black Friday games sale, both Gold subscribers and everyone else can see just what kinds of deals Microsoft will be offering over the holiday....

At the time, it seemed like an easy announcement to understand, too. Xbox 360 backward compatibility on the Xbox One has been a driving force in online sales, and the original Xbox has a games library that is up there with the all-time greats, featuring titles like Halo, Jade Empire, and Ninja Gaiden. The addition of original Xbox games is driven by another motive as well, however, as Xbox boss Phil Spencer revealed during an interview with Giant Bomb:...

But that’s not the case, according to Xbox executive Albert Penello. Penello, in an appearance on the Inner Circle podcast, said that bringing Xbox One games to the PC gives gamers more options and doesn’t take anything away from consoles. “There’s a debate or a discussion that you can have with a certain type of people online and you want to argue details and argue nuance, but the reality is that most people don’t make that kind of choice,” Penello said about gamers deciding not to buy a game simply because it’s on another platform....

Microsoft has now pulled the curtain back on the Xbox free Games with Gold games for April 2022, which consist of two Xbox One titles and two 360 games as usual. On the Xbox One side of things, Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be able to claim Another Sight for free from April 1 to April 30, while Hue will be up for grabs from April 16 to May 15....

Fortunately, as of July, Microsoft has increased the amount of games Xbox One Gold members get each month, and now offers two free Xbox One games in addition to two for the Xbox 360. It’s still not as much as what PlayStation plus members get each month, but the differences between the two programs is what leads to healthy competition. Perhaps, eventually, Microsoft will decide to offer even more games as part of Games with Gold....

Microsoft has also revealed a handful of games that will be leaving Xbox Game Pass in November 2021 as well, and so there’s a lot that subscribers need to keep in mind when decided what Game Pass games they’ll be playing this month. RELATED: Xbox Confirms Free Play Day Games For This Weekend Here are all the games coming and leaving Xbox Game Pass for November 2021 so far. Please keep in mind that this is not a fully comprehensive list as another batch of games will likely be revealed in the second half of the month....

The month of May started out with a bang, so to speak, with the critically acclaimed shooter Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, and the anime-style tactical RPG, Wargroove. This week brings three excellent titles in their own right, each one worth at least checking out. (Thanks to YouTuber Rand al Thor 19 for the video below) Surviving Mars: A strategy city-building sim, much in the vein of Simcity and the like, has players building and managing a human colony on Mars (as the title would suggest, of course)....

December’s Game Pass lineup is stacked with first-class experiences, from industry-shattering games like Among Us, to indie darlings like Stardew Valley, and not to mention one of the most anticipated games of the year, Halo Infinite, players have a lot to sink their teeth into this month. But that doesn’t mean that Xbox Game Pass subscribers should forget about promising games like ANVIL, a co-op sci-fi top-down shooter. RELATED: Xbox Live Gold Subscribers Can Play Rainbow Six Siege and More Games Free This Weekend...

This should come as no surprise. Typically, the additions to Xbox Game Pass outpace the removals, but sometimes it’s neck and neck. Fans also know to expect removals in the middle of the month, traditionally the 15th, and on the last day of the month (30th or 31st). For Wave 1 in December, it seems it’s a neck-and-neck month, as the total number of games being added by Xbox Game Pass is 11, as well as the number leaving....

These two, new games aren’t major blockbuster hits, like some additions to Xbox Game Pass over the past few months, but they may prove to be popular games in their niche. One of them is a cutesy indie adventure RPG game, while the other is more of a casual simulation game. RELATED: Xbox Game Pass Loses 6 Games Xbox Game Pass New Games for May 17: Little Witch in the Woods The first game is Little Witch in the Woods, which should be noted as a preview on Game Pass....

RELATED: Xbox Project Scarlett is Backward Compatible With All Xbox Generations Speaking to Game Informer, Booty said that some of Microsoft’s first-party studios - such as the recently-acquired Double Fine and Obsidian Entertainment - may eventually be able to create games for other platforms. The argument here is that the usual case when a company purchases a studio, and in turn, gets the rights to all exclusives. Booty said, “I think that the question is less binary about, ‘Should it be on Switch, should it be on PlayStation?...

Microsoft’s Xbox One controller, on the other hand, carries the same $60 price tag, but that is only for the controller with a battery pack. Gamers that want the much more useful “Play and Charge” controller will have to pay $75. The controller is available for pre-order on Microsoft’s web store. Gamers that want an extra charge kit for their Xbox One controller, however, can purchase one of those for $24....

However, while Bleszinski was out there revving his Lancer and firing T-shirt guns, you could also tell he had some genuine thoughts about the industry. That his perspective on where video games were going was boiling just below the surface. Unfortunately, close ties to Microsoft held Bleszinski back from truly letting loose. Now that Bleszinski has left Epic Games, he is free to talk about whatever he chooses. And wouldn’t you know it, he has a lot to say about a variety of game-related topics....