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XBOX is focusing on its biggest franchises, trying to turn existing games into big entertainment brands that reach beyond gaming audiences. The plan is to take popular IPs and make them into TV shows, merchandise, theme parks, and other forms of entertainment, and potentially bring these franchises to billions of people.

The first video games emerged some 75 years ago. In the time since, there have been booms and busts, but every year there are more great games to play, more devices to play them, and best of all, more people than ever playing. That growth helped make XBOX what it is today, and we’ve helped…

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has announced the creation of Xbox Labs, a new team within the organisation to “turn emerging ideas into things our players and developers can experience.” The unit is a “a small group of game makers, engineers and scientists,” drawn from within the business, charged with rapid development, iteration and testing of…

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has today announced ‘Xbox Labs’, a new Xbox division headed by Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet.

Gaming consoles are struggling in the United States. This summer, US Xbox sales fell to a record low, and PlayStation sales hit a rock-bottom level they haven’t seen since 2013.

PSBox Cloud Gaming lets jailbroken PS5 users stream Xbox Cloud Gaming at 1080p and 60 FPS, with upscaling up to 4K and DualSense support. It also offers Xbox Remote Play, which doesn’t require Game Pass.

With Xbox Game Pass offering a wide range of games, it’s easy to miss some of the fresh arrivals. Here are some action-packed offerings that hit the platform in recent weeks, including day-one additions and a prequel to a classic series. 

New details about XBOX’s Streak system have surfaced online, and it appears on your dashboard.

I’ll admit, the Gears of War franchise was never my jam, not because Xbox’s big, muscular, armoured-up guys fighting hordes of mutants isn’t appealing or lacks emotional weight, but because I grew up in a part of the world where the original Xbox and its successor, the 360, simply weren’t available.

The X25 celebrates XBOX’s past with a new, limited-edition console design that harks back to XBOX’s formative years. We’ve got everything you need to know about the console, from its release date, price, and how to actually buy one.