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The Xbox brand has had a rough year between restructurings, layoffs, increased hardware pricing, and recent service outages. Its flagship video game subscription service—Xbox Game Pass—has also been through the wringer, with a steep price hike taking effect last October, followed by a smaller, yet surprising price drop in April. Still, if you’re a dedicated…

Microsoft is testing a new Xbox download system that could speed up game installs on the Xbox PC app and on Xbox consoles. Spotted by Tom Warren, a senior correspondent at The Verge, the update uses a “smart download client” that checks available servers and selects the fastest route for downloads. Best of all, to…

On July 6, Microsoft leadership announced a new wave of mass layoffs within Xbox, this time affecting 1600 full-time employees, as well as numerous contractors, with another 1600 expected through the company’s 2027 fiscal year. This round of layoffs not only saw the decimation of studios like id Software; it also targeted many who worked…

TL;DR: Asha Sharma decided early to reinstate game exclusivity at Xbox, shifting the company back to a model of Xbox- and PC-only releases with at least one exclusive annually. Matthew Ball says exclusives are central to her platform strategy; 2026 will see Gears of War E-Day and 2027 Clockwork Revolution as exclusives. Voice: DefaultSpeed 0:00…

Xbox’s planned 3,200 layoffs by July 2027 are already easily the biggest round of layoffs the industry has ever seen if taken at mere face value, but Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier argues that’s just the proverbial tip of the iceberg

We all remember Ryse: Son of Rome, right? It launched alongside the Xbox One in November 2013 as a cinematic action game starring Roman centurion Marius Titus on a revenge quest against barbarian invaders. New details from former Crytek staff reveal the game was originally meant to be the opening chapter of a much bigger…

Autumn Mitchell has been an avid gamer since she was gifted a Super Nintendo at 5 years old

(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox spent nearly $80 billion in the last decade on deals that would give it popular video game titles like Call of Duty and Skyrim, betting that gamers would flock to its Netflix-like subscription service offering hundreds of options for endless play