Items tagged with Xbox
When the Switch 2 launched last year, it seemed like a prime opportunity for Microsoft to bring selection of its back catalog to the popular handheld. To date though, it’s been more of a drip than the deluge of games many expected...
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An internal Microsoft roadmap leaked to The Verge bodes well for the future of game preservation, but a few questions and concerns remain. The good news is that, as we suspected, due to the existing Xbox-to-PC emulator already featuring...
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Comments made on a recent podcast by Windows Central executive editor Jez Corden prompted various outlets to post rumors suggesting that Microsoft is planning to stop publishing games on Steam, and the rumor mill got in such a fervor over it, that Corden himself stepped in refuted the claims...
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Microsoft's latest round of price hikes for its Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles has hit Europe and they are steeper than some may have been anticipating. Depending on the region and specific model, official Xbox console prices are...
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Microsoft has released its fourth-quarter and full-year fiscal 2026 earnings report, and it showcases better-than-expected financial performance driven heavily by explosive enterprise AI demand (what else is new?). While overall company...
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When we covered the planned PlayStation service blackout, I pointed out that both the Xbox and PlayStation platforms had seen major downtime in their online services that week, rendering digital games unplayable. At the time, the Xbox...
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It's an interesting time for emulation and game preservation, and Microsoft's official Xbox-for-PC emulation efforts have added fuel to the fire. Officially, the Xbox Backward Compatibility for PC program only supports a tailored selection...
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Xbox is opening a new, zero-cost tier in the cloud gaming wars by letting users stream games they already own in exchange for watching a few commercials. So basically, rather than requiring a paid subscription like Xbox Game Pass Ultimate...
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Back in the day when Microsoft first released the Xbox, it wasn't shy about explaining the device. It was a custom Pentium III-based PC with NVIDIA GeForce 3 graphics and a severely stripped-down version of Windows 2000. We all wondered...
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All eyes are on Microsoft and its 100-day reset plan for its Xbox division as it navigates into a future without longtime Xbox boss Phil Spencer in control of the ship, or Sarah Bond, both of whom exited the firm earlier this year...
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For better or for worse, Bethesda Game Studios is a part of Microsoft's Xbox division now, and no game publisher has seen more tumult in recent times than Xbox. As if to calm fans (and in the absence of a Fallout Day celebration this year...
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It's been a tumultuous time for game preservationists as of late, with Sony potentially ditching physical media despite vocal outcry, and numerous stories of digital content being deleted after it's been bought and paid for. Today though...
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Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division is making major changes under recently installed CEO Asha Sharma, leading to layoffs and a reshuffling of many projects. Even a productive studio like Obsidian hasn’t been spared, which lost 25% of its...
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Razer is expanding its $99 Hammerhead V3 X HyperSpeed gaming earbuds with a couple of dedicated options specific to Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 consoles. In doing so, Razer unintentionally adds a bit of confusion to its modest but...
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The launch of Doom: The Dark Ages has unfortunately coincided with not only news of PlayStation killing discs, but also mass layoffs at developer id Software.
This is thanks to the wider layoffs happening across developers and...
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In a public email addressed to all Xbox employees, the new face of Xbox, Asha Sharma, stated rather bluntly that Microsoft's gaming "business today is not healthy" and it will require "painful" changes to right the ship, which starts with...
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The writing is on the wall and it says we are entering a new era of gaming where physical media gets left behind. For the most part, we have already seen it on PC where digital platforms like Steam and Epic Games Store dominate the...
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The current console generation has been dominated by Sony’s PlayStation 5, which has forced Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division to hit the reset button on its console gaming strategy. According to a video games analyst, this dominance has...
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Microsoft is raising prices of its Xbox Series X and S game consoles once again, marking the third time the company has done so in just over a year. Beginning in August. all Xbox consoles with 512GB of built-in storage will go up in price...
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This year’s Prime Day sales event has brought some great deals to gamers who’ve had to battle against the rising cost of gaming hardware. If you’ve already picked up some great video games, but are still on the hunt for ways to upgrade...
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Microsoft has quietly added an "Xbox Handheld" logo to its official game store pages, sparking intense speculation about the company’s hardware roadmap.
Eagle-eyed fans noted the new badge on the landing pages for major upcoming and...
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Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division is in a transitional phase. It will eventually return to a strategy of console exclusives meant to strengthen the brand, but in the meantime it is still bringing some games to other platforms. The company’s...
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