Just as the seasons change, so too do the console generations. Not long ago -- like, two weeks -- the Xbox 360 was just last-gen. Now, it's last-last-gen. Or, more succinctly and better-phrased, two gens ago. And that's where you have to l...

Developer Smilegate has announced that its military shooter CrossfireX will no longer meet its intended 2020 release date. Citing roadblocks caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the free-to-play Xbox One title is now expected to launch ...

Back in September, in one of the year's most industry-shaking announcements, Microsoft confirmed that it had acquired ZeniMax Media, bringing a host of studios including Bethesda, MachineGames, id Software, Arkane, and others under the Xbox...

Xbox head Phil Spencer has been making the rounds as of late. That's bound to happen when you're in the middle of launching a new generation of hardware. We've learned stuff like: He's played a good chunk of Elden Ring and is evidently...

Xbox vice-president of gaming, Phil Spencer, has suggested that there is no truth to the recent reports that Xbox is in the market to purchase a Japanese development studio. In a recent interview with GameSpot, Spencer noted that while the ...

We'll be able to estimate but never truly know how many units the Xbox Series X or the Xbox Series S moved. It could be one, it could be one hundred billion. It could be somewhere in the middle. Microsoft's done disclosing how many consoles...

These days, it feels like Xbox has its eyes set on everyone. Studios are getting gobbled up by Microsoft's gaming division, and Xbox is fresh off of its crown jewel acquisition: Buying Bethesda for $7.5 billion. A dent in anyone's wallet fo...

Can you believe it? We are less than 10 days away from the launch of a brand new generation of gaming. On November 10, Xbox will be first out of the gate with the launch of its Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S hardware, promising power and t...

For the three years Xbox Game Pass has been around, plenty of people have wondered how Microsoft can balance the books on this type of service. There's always a stupidly low-cost introductory offer and then it's a reasonable month price. Xb...

There's an inevitable comparison between every month's PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold games. Sometimes it's a knock-down drag-out war, as it's tough to declare a definitive winner. This month, it's a massacre. Yesterday, Sony revealed...

Backward compatibility is a big point of emphasis for both Microsoft and Sony heading into the new generation of consoles. Sony came out a few weeks ago and confirmed that only 10 games won't make the transition from PS4 to PS5. That's a ve...

You joked about it. You laughed and had a good time. You didn't think the mad lads would actually do it. Xbox has made the Xbox Series X fridge. It, like the console, is a big-ass black rectangle. The Xbox logo is illuminated whenever the ...

I suppose, if we're being pedantic and letting semantics get in the way, this isn't explicitly a Baby Yoda controller. It's a Mandalorian controller. But, something tells me people will just call it "The Baby Yoda controller" so let's ...

Ever since the morning where Microsoft dropped a bigger bombshell than the nukes in Fallout's lore, everyone has made a singular sweeping statement: Xbox acquired Bethesda. That's not technically true yet. Microsoft and ZeniMax have complet...

Xbox wasn't kidding about bringing Game Pass and game streaming to every possible device. They're available -- either as a single service or a duo thing -- on consoles, PC, and Android phones and tablets. Game streaming is coming to PC and ...

As long as Project xCloud has existed, we've always assumed a singular vision for Microsoft's game streaming: Run Xbox-quality games powered by the cloud, played with an Xbox controller on Android devices. Actually, in an effort to make the...

If you haven't been paying attention, Microsoft has been cozying up to Nintendo for several years. They were the first two console publishers that teamed up for Minecraft's "Better Together" update for cross-play; a concept Sony was staying...

For the better part of 2020, Microsoft has faced a class action lawsuit over routine stick drift in several models of Xbox controllers. The Complaint alleges that Microsoft knows of the defects and refuses to repair the problem free of char...

When the next generation arrives, there's going to be a huge emphasis on older games. That's just how Microsoft is rolling this year with a lack of some hard-hitting first-party exclusives: but it makes perfect sense. Microsoft has been com...

Xbox has channeled its inner Epic and is bringing that Fuck You energy to its battle with Apple. Everyone has a problem with the draconian way Apple runs its App Store. Currently, Microsoft is jammed up because it can't bring Xbox Game Pass...

Most of us have to play our games to get our Gamerscore. It's tough work but it's an honest living. Todd Howard, however, just has to exist to earn Gamerscore. Alongside this morning's bombshell news that Microsoft acquired ZeniMax Media, r...

As we barrel toward the next generation of Sony and Microsoft's consoles, we're faced with the looming threat of raised prices around all corners. There has been persistent talk that games will increase from $60 to $70 soon enough. Last wee...

[Update: According to Bloomberg’s Dina Bass, future Bethesda titles will be released for PC and Xbox, with other consoles included on a "case-by-case basis." The acquisition will not affect PlayStation's previously secured timed-exclu...

Microsoft has already said that any dashboard refresh for the Xbox Series X won't be drastic. That's because Microsoft has spent the past few years trying to unify the Xbox experience, and that means making sure that everything looks famil...

While the gaming community is still waiting to hear both a release date and a price for Microsoft's next-gen platform, Xbox Series X, it seems that the rumoured "alternate edition" of the new console is definitely in the works - at least ac...