A backend Xbox Store update suggests Microsoft is preparing to add lowest-price indicators to game listings, giving players more transparency during sales and helping them identify genuine discounts.

Xbox appears to be highlighting its renewed focus on console exclusives with a new EXCLUSIVE label on the Xbox Series X|S dashboard. The move follows recent comments from Xbox leadership confirming that players can expect signature exclusives every year going forward.

Free next-gen upgrades for the Xbox One, "Legacy" PC, and PS4 versions of GTA 5 are here, but not for players that own a physical Xbox copy.

Card-based combat brings fresh strategy to classic turn-based RPG roots.

With Gen-Z now hitting their 20s, it should perhaps come as no surprise that Skylanders and Spyro are suddenly a hot topic once again. Xbox has a huge opportunity here, will they rise to meet it?

Gears of War: E-Day has news that the public will get their first chance to play it at Gamescom 2026 as one of the activities hosted by the returning Xbox FanFest. In addition, Gears of War: E-Day showed off more gameplay footage and cinematics at Unreal Fest Chicago.

We've heard increasingly loud rumblings about mass layoffs at Xbox for a couple of weeks now, and now, it seems like the turn of ZeniMax has arrived. This past Monday, several sources pointed to Compulsion Games, Double Fine Productions, and Ninja Theory all desperately trying to negotiate an exit with Microsoft, whether that is going independent or being sold to some other publisher. But the rumors said other studios would be affected, too: a French journalist namedropped Arkane Lyon, Bethesda Game Studios, and id Software. All three of these studios were under the ZeniMax Media umbrella prior to the $7.5 […]

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After rumours that Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 remasters were in the works, Treyarch came forward to confirm what's actually happening. The original Black Ops and Black Ops 2 are being ported to PS5 this coming July, thanks to the efforts of Iron Galaxy Studios. The news was announced with a short post on Treyarch's official X (formerly Twitter) account, with a short message that didn't elaborate on what these ports would include or categorize them as proper 'remasters.' Instead, it simply said that the original games "are being ported to PlayStation in […]

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Microsoft and Xbox showed Ninja Theory's new Hellblade game Senua at Xbox Games Showcase to "help draw investor interest" ahead of plans to close it.

Studios like Ninja Theory and others are reportedly on the block at Microsoft. It shouldn't be like this so soon after the Xbox Showcase.

Microsoft has announced the second batch of games coming and leaving Xbox Game Pass for the second half of June 2026, including Call of Duty: Vanguard, EA Sports FC 26, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4.

Rumors picked up over the weekend spread by anonymous forum posters that Microsoft wasn't truly committed to exclusive games. Microsoft has denied them.

Microsoft and Xbox may soon close several of its game studios as part of a planned reorganization of the brand's business, according to a new report.

As Microsoft and Xbox prepare for a huge business reset, it reportedly has plans to shut down South of Midnight developer Compulsion Games.

Microsoft is exploring ways to help Xbox customers manage the cost of living crisis, adding the ability to split costs in over weeks or even monthly instalment payments "interest free."

After nearly 14 years working under Xbox and 18 months leading Xbox Game Studios, Craig Duncan is stepping down and leaving Microsoft.

Another creature collection title that's more than a simple Pokémon love letter.

Even before the current memory crisis and various other crises, the volume of players spending literally *nothing* on consoles like Xbox and PlayStation is increasing. When you're selling hardware at a loss, that's a problem.

PowerA has shown off a first look at a new controller in partnership with Meridian GMT. You won't be playing Call of Duty on this, but if you're into Microsoft Flight Simulator, you'll want to take a look.

A new report suggests Microsoft is considering restructuring Xbox, and also wants to "move faster" with new Halo, Fallout, and The Elder Scrolls games.

The next-gen Xbox Helix is looking in trouble due to surging memory and storage costs that are forcing even a giant like Microsoft to bend down.