Xbox: news and videos
Every story and video about Xbox from the outlets and channels we follow, newest first. 42 stories from 8 outlets in the last 60 days, 25 of them this week.
Stories
- As Xbox swings the axe, Gears of War: E-Day developers fear they'll be laid off straight after launch - and right before they'd be due their bonuses Back in July, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced a total of 3,200 job cuts across Microsoft's gaming arm , with roughly half of those cuts being made alongside that announcement.…
- 5 Xbox Games Releasing In October You Officially Can't Miss Xbox’s tough 2026 continued in September with another round of shake-ups that left fans little to be optimistic about. Layoffs and studio departures have made the future of…
- Can Xbox save Halo? | Point It Out! Oli Welsh joins the Point It Out! crew to discuss Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's decision to gut the Halo team and move the Halo franchise to Activision.
- Xbox CEO Officially Responds to Xbox Sale Rumors In a tumultuous year for the Xbox division, in which thousands of employees are being laid off and Xbox Game Studios is being broken up, the new CEO of Microsoft's gaming group is…
- "Xbox is not for sale": CEO Asha Sharma says "we will do whatever it takes" to turn the console maker's fortunes around Despite mass layoffs at multiple first-party studios and major internal shakeups, CEO Asha Sharma has shot down speculation about a potential Xbox buyout. Read more
- Microsoft's Deal for Hideo Kojima's Physint 'Substantially Below What Xbox Would Typically Spend to Develop a Premium Game' Microsoft’s high-profile deal for Hideo Kojima’s Physint is reportedly “substantially below what Xbox would typically spend to develop a premium game.” Xbox snapped up Physint…
- Xbox Disc to Digital feature rolls out to all Xbox players to enable playing disc-free, but selling your media revokes access All Xbox gamers can now get digital versions of their game library with the rollout of the Disc to Digital feature, which allows them to secure a digital license for the game tied…
- Xbox rolls out disc-to-digital program worldwide, but won't somebody please think of the hard drives After a lifetime of PlayStation fandom, Microsoft's handling of the digitalization era of gaming is a bittersweet pill to swallow. While Sony has been largely ignoring outrage…
- Xbox Mythic Achievements roll out to Insiders and are retroactively awarded as far back as Xbox 360 games The rumoured Xbox Mythic Achievements - the equivalent of PlayStation's Platinum Trophies - have been officially announced, and they're rolling out for Xbox Insiders now. Read more
- Xbox's disc-to-digital feature rolls out for Series consoles and Xbox One, allowing you to digitise your game-disc collection After about a month in testing , Xbox's disc-to-digital feature has officially launched for all owners of Xbox consoles. The feature allows users to turn Xbox One and Xbox Series…
- Xbox's Disc-to-Digital Feature Is Officially Out to the Public In the past month, Xbox has received feedback from Insiders who got early access to the disc-to-digital program . That feedback has helped the company improve the feature before…
- Xbox Begins Testing Its Platinum Trophy Alternative, 18 Years After Sony Introduced System Achievement unlocked. Look, there’s no way of revising history: Trophies were developed as a response to the Xbox 360’s achievements. The popularity of the feature clearly caught…
- Xbox’s Platinum Trophy Equivalent Officially Revealed After leaking earlier this week, Xbox has officially revealed Mythic Achievements , the company's answer to PlayStations Platinum Trophy. Players don't have to wait long to get…
- Xbox Disc-to-Digital Program Keeps Getting Larger, Adding Big Publisher Xbox 's disc-to-digital feature is currently in its testing phase and is only available to those who are part of the Insiders program. This allows the company to receive feedback…
- Double Fine's first game since being dumped by Xbox will be out in just 2 weeks It's been less than three months since Xbox kicked Double Fine Productions to the curb as part of the great "streamlining" that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is so excited to see .…
- Double Fine's releasing its next game, Thank You Bus Driver, just months after splitting from Xbox Double Fine's wasted no time at all as an independent game studio (again) after splitting from former owner Xbox earlier this summer. The storied developer is releasing its whacky…
- Industry insiders and Tokyo gossip suggest Kojima is getting less money from Xbox than original PlayStation budget for Physint The facts: Hideo Kojima's return to stealth-action, Physint, is no longer a PlayStation joint, and Microsoft picked up the ball . It still has big Hollywood talent, with Bill…
- Latest Xbox layoffs reportedly devastated Age of Empires developer and canceled its next game The latest stage of Xbox's delicately named " reset " arrived last Tuesday —but its impact on World's Edge Studio, the developer now behind the Age of Empires series, was only…
- Xbox Almost Spoiled the Best Time of Year for Games Patch Notes is a weekly newsletter bringing you the best of Polygon, sent on Fridays and published on the site on Sundays. You can subscribe here .
- Xbox is reportedly paying a "fraction" of the $400 million Kojima quoted Sony for Physint A reported $400 million budget for Hideo Kojima 's Physint has already been walked back over the weekend, with multiple outlets now saying Xbox is paying nowhere near that figure…
- Minecraft still gains around 300,000 new players a day, Xbox boss reveals More than 300,000 try Minecraft for the first time every single day. Read more
- Xbox Allegedly Paying a 'Fraction' of the $400 Million Budget Kojima Is Rumoured to Have Quoted Sony for Physint PlayStation wouldn't own the IP. It sounds like Hideo Kojima was demanding a significant sum of money from Sony to make the stealth action game Physint – despite him retaining…
- Microsoft CEO says Xbox's "streamlining" is "great to see" despite cuts and layoffs Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has praised Xbox's ongoing "streamlining" under Xbox CEO Asha Sharma just days after another round of layoffs hit the division. Read more
- Microsoft CEO says Xbox's 'streamlining' process is 'great to see' following its most recent round of layoffs Earlier this week, Xbox laid off 268 people on top of the 1,600 jobs it cut earlier this year. It has shoved Obsidian into Bethesda, handed Halo to Activision, said Sayonara to…
- As Resident Evil Requiem Passes $500m Revenue, Analysis Shows 8.6% Sales Were on Xbox, With Remaining 91% Shared Between PS5 and Steam Resident Evil Requiem sold just 8.6% of its copies on Xbox, new sales analysis indicates. Data published today by Alinea Analytics revealed the eye-opening split in platform sales…
- "It genuinely breaks my heart"- Confusion and frustration reign as gaming communities react to Xbox's drastic restructuring this week It's been another difficult week for Xbox and the many studios it operates, as a second wave of layoffs has ripped through the company. The saddest news surrounds the impending…
- "I assume someone is being greedy somewhere" - Tim Schafer discusses current game industry woes following Double Fine's split with Xbox Tim Schafer - the founder of acclaimed developer Double Fine Productions, and the legendary designer behind the likes of Day of the Tentacle and Psychonauts - has spoken out about…
- Xbox's version of PlayStation's Platinum Trophy achievement seems to leak, and it's got a sound-effect that's 15 seconds long I'm not sure what's more surprising: that Xbox never had a Platinum Trophy equivalent, that Xbox feels the need to have a Platinum Trophy equivalent, or that it's adding a…
- Age of Empires studio World's Edge reportedly lost "nearly half" of its staff during yesterday's Xbox cuts and move to Activision Yesterday's Xbox cuts saw organisational restructuring that moved Age of Empires studio World's Edge under Activision's control. The initial announcement did not specify whether…
- Xbox lays off Gears of War: E-Day's story director barely two weeks before the game's launch The story director for Gears of War: E-Day has been laid off as part of yesterday's Xbox cuts , barely two weeks before the game he's worked on for more than four years is…
- State of Decay studio Undead Labs goes independent after Xbox restructuring, but lays off "a significant number" of the team in doing so State of Decay studio Undead Labs has shared good and bad news following Xbox's second round of job cuts this year . Read more
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- Xbox confirms 268 more layoffs, further studio closures, and Obsidian's shift to Bethesda as major restructuring continues Following reports that further job cuts were imminent at Xbox , Microsoft has confirmed more sweeping changes as its major restructuring continues. As a result, some Xbox studios…
- Hellblade developer Ninja Theory heading towards closure in new wave of Xbox cuts, as two separate agreements collapse Ninja Theory - developer of the Hellblade series of games, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, DmC: Devil May Cry, and Heavenly Sword - is entering consultation in preperation for the…
- Next major Halo game being developed by Activision, as Halo Studios all but closes as part of Microsoft's Xbox restructuring Halo Studios (formerly 343 Industries) won't develop the next mainline Halo game because it's being what sounds like drastically reduced in size. Microsoft has instead given…
- Ace Combat 8 Wings of Theve pre-orders have taken flight on Xbox and PS5, and it's your only chance to grab The Belkan War as a bonus Lift off (Image credit: Bandai Namco Aces Inc) Quick Pre-orders US: $69 at Amazon UK: £64.95 at Amazon Ace Combat 8 Wings of Theve pre-orders took off this summer. But as the…
- Second wave of Xbox cuts reported to be happening this week, with "several" studios apparently facing consolidation Xbox is reportedly preparing to lay off hundreds more people this week as the company plans to consolidate several of its studios. Read more
- Microsoft patents idea for in-game PC and Xbox adverts shown during downtime "trigger events" Microsoft has filed a patent for a system that allows PC and Xbox games to serve advertisements during game sessions, seemingly without disrupting gameplay. Read more
- Begrudgingly, an open box ROG Xbox Ally is the only handheld I'd bother with right now The handheld PC scene was off to a refreshing start back in 2022, with the Steam Deck kickstarting a trend of very affordable portables that pack a punch. That was before the AI…
- Xbox's Fable reboot was allowed a 10-year development because the RPG series is "vital to the DNA of the platform", developer Playground Games says Fable developer Playground Games has said "many people within Xbox view Fable as being vital to the DNA of the platform", which is why this game has been allowed such a long and…
