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UPDATE 5:30 p.m. ET:Xbox says it’s “making progress on recovery” and that “most players should be able to launch titles and complete purchases again.” However, it warns that, “Some may still see occasional failures as we finish up.”

Microsoft’s Play Anywhere initiative is growing once again. Now, Ubisoft games are included for the first time, meaning for titles like Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, you now only need to purchase the game once to get access across both Xbox consoles and PC. 

Microsoft’s Xbox is currently experiencing widespread service disruption. The tech giant’s games division has confirmed outages affecting multiple parts of its online ecosystem

Ubisoft is expanding its partnership with Xbox in a pretty big way today. After bringing most of its games to Game Pass a couple of years ago, the company will now give Xbox players who own or purchase some of its games on the Microsoft Store a free PC copy through its Ubisoft Connect launcher.

Thousands of Xbox users woke up Monday to frustrating news — Xbox Live was down, leaving players unable to sign in, access game libraries or launch games.

In rather unsavory news to start the week, Rockstar Games has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) download codes will be region-locked on the PS5, while Xbox Series X|S will be free of that restriction. It’s unclear why both platforms are being treated differently, but Rockstar has warned PlayStation users against buying boxed…

Following Sony’s PlayStation Network outage last week, it’s now Xbox’s turn, as the Xbox Live servers are down today, July 27, and this seems to be affecting gamers based in the US the most.

An upcoming Xbox hardware update is set to finally improve one of the console’s most annoying features. As they say, “better late than never”.

Microsoft has begun testing a new Smart Download Client designed to fix one of the most persistent complaints among Xbox users: downloads that fail to take full advantage of a fast internet connection.

Xbox 360 classics that were exclusive to that platform could be officially coming to PC in the near future, according to a new datamine.