Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Xbox

Frostpunk 2 Metacritic review roundup: The critics are clear about this "ambitious sequel" to one of the best survival games out there

Frostpunk 2 is almost here after a three-year wait, but does it live up to everyone's lofty expectations? Here's what reviewers around the world think about the game.

Windows Central

Xbox Series X/S sales are reportedly less than half of the PS5's, with Microsoft on track for a repeat of PS4 vs Xbox One

Sony is heading for a decisive victory in this generation's console wars

GamesRadar

5 days after reports of 650 more Microsoft gaming layoffs, the company announces plans to pay out even more money to shareholders

It's also announced a $60 billion scheme to buy back its stocks

GamesRadar

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Overwatch 2 comes to Xbox Game Pass, thrilling players with free bonuses

What is a free-to-play game like Overwatch 2 doing on Xbox Game Pass? It’s time for an explanation

Evening Standard

Overwatch 2 comes to Xbox Game Pass — but you can't play it on the cloud for one annoying reason

Overwatch 2 will be added to Xbox Game Pass on September 17, 2024. This means exclusive skins for subscribers, but unfortunately, there will be no Xbox Cloud Gaming for one easily missed reason.

Windows Central

Is Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on Xbox Game Pass?

Following its recent launch, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has proven to be one of 2024's biggest games. But can you play it on Xbox Game Pass? We have the answers.

Windows Central

Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions improves the wizarding sport's weird rules but still feels badly imbalanced

Unbroken Studios reduced how many points Seekers earn by catching the Snitch, but other aspects of Quidditch gameplay need serious fine-tuning. Our review.

Windows Central

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Xbox Game Pass 'Standard' goes sub-standard: Games like Starfield, Diablo 4 go retroactively missing from the console's Game Pass "mid-tier"

Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service underwent some "changes" earlier this summer, and the service has taken a big value hit in some regards. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate remains the best option, but the new "Standard" edition is leaving a lot to be desired right now.

Windows Central

Is Towerborne on Steam Deck?

Towerborne seems like a perfect Steam Deck game, and it's just gone into Early Access on Steam, here's everything we know about Towerborne being playable on the Valve handheld.

Windows Central

The PS5 Pro's Price Speaks to A Greater Problem in Gaming

The PS5 Pro's price is the result of Sony being unchallenged in the console market this generation. This is an unprecedented sign of industry change.

Inverse

The Black Ops 6 beta was the biggest in Call of Duty history

Treyarch Studios shares that the recent Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 two-weekend beta made history as the franchise's biggest beta ever.

Windows Central

This overlooked Amazon MMO is about to get a huge relaunch on Xbox, and its open beta goes live this weekend

New World: Aeternum, Amazon Games' upcoming relaunch of its floundering 2021 MMO, is coming to Xbox, PS5, and PC in open beta this weekend.

Windows Central

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 won't include one big feature on Xbox One and PS4 — here's why

The last-generation versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will not include the Theater mode featured in the Xbox Series X|S, PC, and PS5 versions of the game.

Windows Central

Friends Requests return to Xbox for the first time in over a decade

Xbox is finally bringing back Friend Requests after more than a decade away. Here's how it works now.

Tom’s Guide

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

PC Gamer

Microsoft gaming's post-acquisition bloodletting continues as 650 more staff are set to be laid off for 'sustainable future growth'

This has to stop at some point, right? Right?

Player One

Xbox to Bring Back Fan-Favorite Friend Requests Feature

Xbox is bringing a fan-favorite feature, friend requests, more than a decade since it was last seen during the Xbox 360 era.

Windows Central

If the PS5 Pro (and sparkly Xbox Series X) price is the new normal, I'll be done with console gaming after more than 30 years

Both Xbox and PlayStation are pushing console prices dangerously close to the point it makes no sense to buy one anymore. And I don't think I will.

Windows Central

"I know that this is difficult news to hear." New Microsoft Gaming layoffs hit: Xbox CEO Phil Spencer announces 650 redundancies in email to staff

Microsoft Gaming is cutting 650 staff today, after eliminating 1900 staff earlier in the year following its Activision-Blizzard acquisition. In an email to staff shared to Windows Central, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer said no studios would be closed and no devices cancelled, with most layoffs landing in corporate functions.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

GamesRadar

Microsoft is reportedly laying off a further 650 people from its gaming staff, 7 months after cutting 1,900 roles across ZeniMax, Xbox, and Activision Blizzard

Microsoft previously announced around 1,900 layoffs in late January

TechRadar

Microsoft is laying off 650 more Xbox staff members, Phil Spencer says the decision was made "to organize our business for long term success"

1,900 jobs were cut earlier this year

Tom’s Guide

PowerA MOGA XP7-X Plus review —overpriced and undercooked

The PowerA MOGA XP7-X is a neat sliding phone mount on a console-style controller which sounds good on paper, but it disappoints with below average build quality.

GamesRadar

11 years after ditching friend requests, Xbox Series X|S gets one of Xbox 360's most convenient social features

Send, accept, and deny your friends/foes

TechRadar

Microsoft is testing friend requests on Xbox Series X - a feature that's been missing since the Xbox 360 days

Microsoft is currently testing Xbox 360-style friend requests on its current-generation consoles.

GamesRadar

As Microsoft rolls out a cheaper Xbox Game Pass, it says day-one games might not come to the new Standard version for "12 months or more" – if they do at all

Game Pass Standard "will not" immediately get day-one releases included in the pricier tiers

Windows Central

The PS5 Pro's eye-watering price point is actually Xbox's fault, apparently. "A lack of direct competitor."

An analysis from Ampere has blamed Sony's PS5 Pro price point on a "lack of competition," owing to Microsoft's decision to opt out of a mid-gen Xbox Series X.

1 … 17 18 19 20

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

United States

238,627 stories

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.