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A Bethesda artist says Microsoft’s Xbox ended the studio’s no-layoff era, turning what were once retirement-worthy jobs into big yearly rounds of cuts.

TL;DR: Leaked email from Blizzard president Johanna Faries says Blizzard was Xbox/Microsoft’s top-performing studio in FY26, driven by Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred and Overwatch, marking back-to-back growth after FY25. Blizzard remains a limited-integration entity within Microsoft, plans ongoing updates, and teases major reveals at BlizzCon 2026.. Voice: Kosta AndreadisSpeed 0:00 / 2:47 Use left…

Microsoft is preparing to bring Xbox 360 games to Windows PC through an emulation layer, according to a leaked developer roadmap obtained by The Verge in early August 2026. The document lays out a gradual 2027-2028 rollout across Project Helix, Microsoft’s next-generation console, alongside Xbox-branded PCs and handhelds, building on an already-confirmed program that puts…

Microsoft had reportedly planned to continue supporting physical game discs on future Xbox hardware before the company’s recent business “reset.” However, that direction may have changed a journalist at gaming technology outlet Digital Foundry. He now says it is unclear whether Microsoft’s next-generation console, Project Helix, will retain disc support

PC Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility could be coming soon, judging from some recent findings

Despite its critical and commercial success, the Fallout video-game series has not seen a new entry since 2018’s online title Fallout 76

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Josh Sawyer, the director of Fallout: New Vegas, is reportedly heading up the new game

Microsoft (MSFT) on Monday announced it is cutting 4,800 roles across the company, roughly 2.1% of its workforce. The bulk of the layoffs, 3,200, will come from Microsoft’s Xbox division.