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"PS5 makes the most sense at the moment." Ori dev suggests 'No Rest for the Wicked' will skip Xbox (for launch) due to "market conditions."
Moon Studios' next title "No Rest for the Wicked" might skip Xbox at launch, with the firm squaring blame at the size of Xbox's platform.
Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting next-gen treatment too — here's what we expect to see in the coming months and years for cloud gamers ☁️
Microsoft is leaning hard into OEM-built third-party Xbox consoles as well as its own first-party Xbox hardware, but what ...
Remedy offers update on 'FBC: Firebreak,' details coming improvements — "We’ve seen many players come into the game and leave within the first hour."
Firebreak' had tons of promise, but it hasn't blown up quite as the Control and Alan Wake developer might've liked. But that ...
Here are 5 good *current* Microsoft products that have become stagnant — or worse — abandoned
Microsoft's product graveyard is calling. Here are 5 products that may not be long for this world, if their lack of updates ...
Microsoft Copilot scores low on AI IQ tests — but that's not the full story
Microsoft Copilot ranked a lowly 25th out of the top 26 large language models in terms of IQ, using questions that do not ...
Xbox Game Pass actually *is* profitable and isn't quite the albatross you've heard it is — as rumors swirl about Microsoft's gaming business' health
From questions of cannibalization to degrading the value of all of gaming, Xbox Game Pass has been zeroed in on as a ...
The Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X prices may have leaked — and if true, it's not as bad as I thought
Microsoft and ASUS are gearing up to launch the Xbox Ally PC gaming handheld later this year, and the biggest questions ...
Xbox Game Pass deals ranged from "$50,000 to $50,000,000" — offering a glimpse at how much Microsoft drops on content
How much is Microsoft spending on Xbox Game Pass? A ton, apparently. An updated CV on LinkedIn offers some insights into Xbox Game Pass' business practices.
The Xbox Meta Quest 3S is fine — but there was a better augmented reality partner for Microsoft and Xbox Cloud Gaming
The Xbox Edition Meta Quest 3S is cool, but you know what's even cooler? The XREAL glasses. Here's why I think Microsoft should've partnered with XREAL instead of Meta (or why not both?!) ...
Hideo Kojima's "OD" is still in development with Xbox, at least for today
The Initiative was shut down, leading to the cancellation of Perfect Dark. Everwild at Rare was cancelled, with many senior veteran designers losing their jobs. ZeniMax Online Studios' new MMORPG was ...
Microsoft's layoffs to top 9,000 people, impacting around 4% of the firm's entire workforce — total 2025 layoffs now top 15,300 people
Microsoft has begun global layoffs as previously reported, with staff impacted in various departments from Azure to Xbox.