Modders are trying to bring Game Pass and Xbox games to Mac and Linux
Game Pass could come to MacBooks and Steam Decks
Gears of War: E-Day open beta kicks off today, and PVP made it in after all
Minimum specs call for an RTX 5050 or RX 9060, 12GB of RAM, and 80GB of storage
Xbox 360 games could soon be playable on PCs, handhelds, and next-gen Xbox consoles
Microsoft is also planning digital licenses that move with your Xbox disc
A third of physical PS5 games and half of Xbox Series discs need downloads to work properly, report shows
Owning the disc no longer guarantees you can play without an internet connection
Xbox keeps sinking while Microsoft's AI business keeps soaring
Azure revenue crossed $100 billion for the first time
Microsoft still doesn't know why the Xbox outage stopped physical games from working
Microsoft says its licensing system was never meant to block physical games
Microsoft explains what caused the Xbox outage and how it plans to prevent it from happening again
The road to an all-digital future is full of potholes
It's not just you, Xbox is down again, and physical games aren't safe either
The outage follows a similar PlayStation Network failure just days earlier
GTA 6's "physical" PS5 codes in Japan will expire after 170 days
Xbox gamers need not worry. Yet.
Microsoft is testing free Xbox cloud gaming with ads, no subscription required
Insiders can stream games they own
Bethesda confirms Fallout 5, Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters, and new Obsidian Fallout game
Microsoft is betting on Fallout and Elder Scrolls to reassure fans after brutal Xbox layoffs
A Doom developer says Microsoft "destroyed an immense amount of value" at id Software
John Carmack is losing faith in Microsoft's stewardship
Microsoft deleted a hacked user's 25-year-old Xbox account, along with his OneDrive baby photos (Updated)
Microsoft told a hacked user to buy his games again. Sound familiar? This is the second time in a week
The Blood of Dawnwalker director says delayed next-gen consoles could benefit smaller studios
The Blood of Dawnwalker launches September 3 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series
This gamer had to sue Microsoft to get his hijacked Xbox account back
Microsoft ordered to restore account and pay $400 in damages
Federal Reserve taps Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to lead jobs task force days after Microsoft laid off 3,200 people
The task force will examine AI's impact on productivity, employment, and economic growth
Microsoft tells Obsidian to pause or cancel Avowed 2 and make a new Fallout game
The New Vegas studio is being pushed back toward Fallout as Xbox refocuses on its biggest franchises
Xbox Game Pass has lost 4 million subscribers since its price hike backfired
Microsoft reports 30 million members, far below its internal target of 77 million by this July
Microsoft is cutting 3,200 Xbox jobs and spinning off four game studios
Cutting corners: The first wave of massive layoffs that Microsoft teased several weeks ago has arrived. Most of the losses will hit the Xbox division over the next year as the company consolidates its gaming strategy. Microsoft will spin off Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs, while Arkane enters labor negotiations. Bethesda, ZeniMax, id Software, Activision, Obsidian, and Microsoft's accessibility team will all see deep cuts.
As Sony exits physical media, Microsoft is testing a way to link your Xbox discs to digital licenses
Microsoft's leaked "Positron" feature could let your old Xbox discs unlock digital versions of the same games
Xbox is pushing back on claims that PS5 is outselling it 8-to-1 in GTA VI pre-orders
Did Rockstar price GTA VI appropriately?
PlayStation sales just had its worst May in 25 years, and Xbox's was the worst ever
Meanwhile, the Nintendo Switch 2 just became the second-fastest-selling console in US history
The third Xbox price hike in 15 months raises all models by at least $100
Xbox Series S rises to $499 and Series X to $799 on August 1
Ori director says Game Pass needs "smash hits," not studios slopping out mediocre content
Thomas Mahler compared Game Pass incentives to communism