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Microsoft’s internal restructuring continues to raise concerns across Xbox’s first‑party studios. Earlier this month, reports indicated that Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory and Double Fine were all in negotiations to avoid closure. Now, a new report suggests that Undead Labs, the studio behind the State of Decay franchise, may also be …

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is now being promoted with a surprising tagline – “NOT ON XBOX GAME PASS”. Infinity Ward has begun using this phrase in early marketing materials for the game, directly highlighting the fact that the next Call of Duty title will not launch on Microsoft’s …

Since taking over as Xbox CEO, Asha Sharma has begun a broad reset of the business, a shift that has included lowering Game Pass prices, introducing new ‘pay later’ financing options for hardware and cutting operating costs. Now, it appears investment in securing third‑party Game Pass partnerships may also be slowing.

Keen Games has officially announced that its co-op survival action-RPG, Enshrouded, will leave Steam Early Access and officially launch as version 1.0 on October 15th. The milestone marks the end of a multi-year testing phase that began in January 2024. While the full release will simultaneously welcome PlayStation 5 players, …

Borderlands 4 is getting its V1.8 update this week, bringing along with it new endgame content, as well as the next Bounty Pack DLC, a new raid and more. This update also brings cross-platform saves to the game, and a surprise return of a fan-favourite game mode. The headline addition …

Continued component price rises continue to be a thorn for Xbox, which has been forced to raise prices yet again.

New retail listings for Grand Theft Auto 6 have gone live across several regions, revealing additional details about the game. Brazilian retailers, including Amazon Brazil and Kabum, have published updated product descriptions outlining new gameplay features, world interactions and systems players can expect when GTA 6 arrives in November 2026.

Xbox is raising the price of its Series X and S consoles for the 3rd time in roughly 12 months, with the 1TB Series X now costing $899.

Valve’s new Steam Machine launched this month with a $1050 price tag, a figure that initially drew criticism but may not seem so insane by the time next-gen consoles roll out. Analysts now suggest that this pricing may be an early indication of where the next Xbox and PlayStation consoles …

A wave of job‑seeking posts from Compulsion Games developers has raised fresh concerns about the studio’s future, with several staff members now publicly indicating they are searching for new roles. This would indicate that word has begun to spread internally that layoffs are coming down the pipeline from Microsoft in …

After switching from a Battle Royale to an Extraction Shooter, Halo 'Project Ekur' has reportedly undergone even more changes.

Arkane Studios’ Blade project has been surrounded by uncertainty in recent months. The game did not reappear at this year's Xbox Games Showcase and with Microsoft set to announce another round of layoffs across the Xbox division soon, the lack of official news on Blade has led to concern that …

In discussing Xbox’s film and TV plans, CEO Asha Sharma has claimed that “Call of Duty is bigger than the Marvel Cinematic Universe.”

Years on from its initial announcement, we have now gotten our first proper details on Netflix’s live-action Gears of War film adaptation.

Alongside the Gears of War Netflix film, Microsoft have now revealed that they are working on a live-action adaptation of Rare’s live-service ‘Sea of Thieves’:

Microsoft has introduced a new “XBOX Handheld” logo on several of its official game pages, appearing alongside existing platform badges in the “Ways to play” section. According to Notebookcheck, the new badge has been spotted on store pages for upcoming titles like Gears of War: E-Day, Halo: Campaign Evolved, and …

When Asha Sharma stepped in as the new head of Xbox earlier this year, one of the very first things she did was partially undo a Game Pass price hike from 2025. Now we know why, as it is claimed that Microsoft lost ‘millions' of subscribers following the price hikes. …

Earlier this week, we learned that Xbox is planning to shut down three of its game development studios – Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory and Double Fine. Now just days later, it appears that companies under the Bethesda / Zenimax umbrella are also being targeted. According to George Broussard, a long-time …

Following on from the announcement that the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 upgrade for GTA V will now be free, Rockstar has also announced that pre-orders for the next game, Grand Theft Auto 6, are finally opening up. 

Despite offering no word on the heavily rumoured impending lay-offs, Microsoft have confirmed that Xbox will make a showing during Gamescom this August.

We were all a bit confused when we learned that Ninja Theory was on the chopping block at Xbox. The studio had only just revealed its next game at an Xbox Games Showcase earlier in the month. Now, it would seem that the trailer was only shown to try and …

Taking to social media to refute rumours, Xbox have reiterated that Gears of War E-Day and Clockwork Revolution “will stay exclusive."

After more than two decades at Treyarch, Studio Head Mark Gordon has announced his departure from the Call of Duty Black Ops developer.

While the batch of titles in this month's first Game Pass library update was huge, the second wave is a bit smaller. With that said, it does include some big names, including Call of Duty, EA Sports FC and even the latest Tony Hawk's Pro Skater remake. Call of Duty: …

The news broke this week that Xbox is planning to close several of its game studios. Now, according to an updated report from Jason Schreier, several of the studios in question are in active negotiations to buy themselves out, including Compulsion Games, Double Fine and Ninja Theory. There had also …

As part of Xbox’s 100 day ‘reset’ insiders are claiming that the console maker could be gearing up to shut down studios Arkane Lyon and Compulsion Games.

Gears of War E-Day has gotten a bunch of new details, including the campaign’s length and confirmation that no GenAI was used during the game’s development.

Following the recent announcement of Spyro: A Realm Beyond, insiders claim that Microsoft has greenlit a brand new Crash Bandicoot project.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has stated that Microsoft plans to make more exclusives for the console when “the business is healthy."

While Fable ended up not being a huge part of the recent Xbox showcase, Playground Games has quickly made up for that with a 30 minute gameplay preview.