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Tweet You can stock up on quite a few big-name titles for your Xbox One this week, with Microsoft offering discounts on the Forza Horizon, Battlefront, Wolfenstein and Battlefield franchises. Read more… Neowin

Tweet Ubisoft is hosting a free weekend on June 9 for The Division, Steep, as well as Trials Fusion. The weekend is accompanied by a store sale with many Ubisoft games discounted up to 75%. Read more… Neowin

Tweet With the 128 GB version of Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablet in scarce numbers in retail stores, some eBay users are selling the Windows 8 Pro tablet at much higher prices than its current $ 999 price. Read more… Neowin

Tweet Amazon told a now-familiar story in its third-quarter earnings report this afternoon: High sales, low profits — but this time profits were even lower than analysts had expected. Shares were down in after-hours trading. The company reported a loss of $ 274 million, or $ 0.60 per share, compared to net income of $ 63 million, or $ 0.14 a share, in the same period a year ago. Some…

Tweet Despite some big gains on the desktop, Bing faces an tougher battle on mobile, as Microsoft struggles to learn what users want out of mobile search by rivaling Google’s vast accumulation of user data. Read more… Neowin