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Microsoft is ending unlimited Xbox Cloud Gaming for Game Pass users. Starting in November, Game Pass Cloud Gaming will have a monthly hour limit. Even the top-tier Game Pass Ultimate plan will be limited to 15 hours of cloud streaming per month, with lower tiers receiving even fewer hours. To stream longer, gamers will need…

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate pricing has been up and down over the last 12 months, with a huge increase last October and a price drop to $22.99 per month in April. Some customers are now getting it for less, with a reported discount of nearly $7 per month.

TL;DR: Microsoft reorganized into Agents & Infra and Devices & Consumer, moving Xbox to the consumer segment while keeping its reporting metrics unchanged; Xbox will focus on content and services revenue (games, in‑game content, Game Pass, cloud gaming, ads, subscriptions) and plans paid and ad-supported xCloud options plus a disc-to-digital program. Voice: DefaultSpeed 0:00 /…

Sony and Microsoft have filed motions to dismiss class action lawsuits accusing them of not passing on tariff refunds to consumers.

The European Commission has added ChatGPT to the small club of online services it polices most closely, making OpenAI’s chatbot the first AI assistant to fall under the strictest tier of the Digital Services Act. In the same decision on Monday, Brussels designated Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms. The compliance headaches that…

Lawyers representing Sony and Microsoft have argued, in two separate lawsuits, that the platform holders are not obligated to pass tariff refunds back to consumers. Sony and Microsoft have had to raise prices of their PlayStation and Xbox consoles in 2025 in response to US-imposed tariffs. The US Supreme Court ruled the tariffs illegal earlier…

Microsoft has kicked off a promotion seemingly out of nowhere to push people to pre-order Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on its platforms, rather than those of its competitors.

Jason and Lucia, the two main characters of Grand Theft Auto VI, appear in this wallpaper artwork.Credit: Rockstar Games

Peter Levin of Griffin Gaming Partners explains to Yahoo Finance Executive EditorBrian Sozzi why Xbox could be strategically expendable within Microsoft while its franchises, platform, and intellectual property may represent a multibillion-dollar standalone asset. He then breaks down why Grand Theft Auto takes a decade to develop—and why GTA VI could generate extraordinary demand.

On November 15, 2001, US tech giant Microsoft released a large black box into a gaming industry traditionally dominated by Japanese companies.