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Ever since Marvel Rivals launched late last year, fans have been waiting to see whether the game’s contemporary – Overwatch 2 – could compete with what seemed to be a genre-shifting entrant into the market. In a welcome announcement, the upcoming Season 16 for Overwatch 2 is set to add a surprising amount of new content.

Since the launch of Xbox Cloud Gaming, Microsoft has been planning to enable the option for game buyers to 'stream their own games', without needing to make sure the title is available on Game Pass. This year, the feature finally went live, and the library is already quickly growing. 

Ahead of the official PS5 launch of Forza Horizon 5, the racing title has reached a new major milestone of over 45 million players.

Back in 2023 during the FTC lawsuit against Microsoft, the console maker was made to hand over a bunch of internal documents – some of which leaked online. Amongst the unannounced projects was an Oblivion and Fallout 3 Remaster. With the former now all-but-confirmed, one insider has offered an update on the status of the latter.

Over 6 years on from the initial launch of Sea of Thieves on Steam, Microsoft has announced that the title is set to come to the Battle.net launcher next month.

Adding on to many previous leaks, it appears as though Call of Duty World at War, Infinite Warfare and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 are coming to Game Pass.

Unlike the Xbox version, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will include a physical disc on PS5. Unfortunately, it features less than 20% of the data on-disc.

Following tons of leaks and rumours, the classic Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and 3 appear set to be coming to current-gen systems.

Microsoft appears to have found success in Hollywood with its Minecraft movie. The film has gone on to have the best-ever opening weekend box office performance for a video game film adaptation. While the Minecraft Movie was forecast to generate up to $80 million domestically (in the US), the film …

Microsoft has not been secretive about its AI ambitions, particularly in the game development space. Over the weekend, Microsoft released its first AI-powered experimental game – a clone of Quake 2.  Microsoft has released a version of Quake 2 entirely generated by AI. Using Microsoft's own gaming-oriented generative AI model, …

In recent weeks, we've heard rumblings about an upcoming Xbox handheld, in partnership with another big gaming brand. As rumours predicted, that brand appears to be Asus, with an Xbox branded version of the popular ROG Ally handheld. 

Following a slight delay, Black Ops 6 Season 3 is almost here – bringing with it a ton of new additions, including maps; modes; perks and much more.

Xbox Game Pass subscribers are set to get more ‘value’ thanks to a new initiative giving benefits for free-to-play games:

Over the past couple years, we’ve seen Microsoft bring over a select number of first-party Xbox titles to both PlayStation and the Nintendo Switch. Despite Indiana Jones and the Great Circle; DOOM The Dark Ages and Forza Horizon 5 all slated for a PS5 launch this year, one insider has claimed that there are “a lot more” titles planned to be ported in 2025 alone.

Machine Games surprised us all with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. The game quickly became one of my favourites of 2024 but as is the case with most Xbox exclusives nowadays, the title will not remain locked to one console for very long. The PS5 version of the game …

Microsoft unveiled significant advancements in DirectX Raytracing (DXR) 1.2 at GDC 2025, addressing core performance bottlenecks that have traditionally hindered ray tracing adoption. Moreover, it announced that DirectX 12 will soon support neural rendering and cooperative vectors, but it should still take some time before we see them in action. …

Recent leaks have suggested that the next Xbox will be a more open system, like a living-room friendly PC. Now, a recently posted image from Microsoft itself seems to back that idea up. 

Following some successes and notable failures, Xbox head Phil Spencer claims to have “learned” from past mistakes when it comes to video game adaptations.

Microsoft has launched the Xbox Adaptive Joystick, a new peripheral designed to enhance accessibility for gamers with varying mobility needs. This wired controller, exclusively available through the Microsoft store, features seven fully remappable buttons and connects directly to Xbox consoles, PCs, or the Xbox Adaptive Controller.

The ID@XBOX program has been a huge success for Microsoft. The program has led to incredible indie titles getting much needed funding, including the likes of The Binding of Issac, Stardew Valley, Balatro, Cuphead, 33 Immortals and more. So far, the program has generated over $5 billion for indie developers. 

Earlier on in the console generation, the Xbox Series X/S systems appeared to be doing fine, continuing sales at the same pace as the Xbox One generation, while Sony ate up the majority of marketshare with the PS5. Now, analysis shows that the Xbox Series X/S systems have fallen behind the Xbox One in sales. 

Following months of no news, Xbox has now teased the much-anticipated Hollow Knight Silksong – possibly hinting at a 2025 release.

Xbox is set to integrate AI-powered features directly into the gaming experience, aiming to streamline gameplay, enhance discovery, and facilitate re-engagement with titles. During The Official Xbox Podcast, Fatima Kardar, Xbox Corporate Vice President of Gaming AI, and Jason Ronald, Vice President of Next Generation, unveiled this and other upcoming updates.

As they have been doing consistently for years now, Microsoft Flight Simulator has gotten its 19th major world update – featuring Brazil, Guyana and more.

Avowed marks the biggest first-party Xbox game for 2025 so far, with the Obsidian Entertainment-developed RPG arriving on Microsoft’s console (and PC) just under a month ago. Being Microsoft, the company rarely shares sales figures for its games. That being said, according to the game’s director, the higher-ups at Xbox are “happy” with Avowed’s player numbers.

Microsoft has been rumoured to be working on a gaming handheld for decades. Even back during the days of the Xbox 360, there were rumours of an Xbox-style PSP or GameBoy style system. With handhelds now able to offer enough power to run even current-generation games, Microsoft finally looks to …

Recently it was claimed that next year's Call of Duty is already in development for the next-gen Xbox. However, a reliable source has now rebuked this claim, as the next generation Xbox hardware is being planned for 2027 and no development kits exist yet.

Following its internal cancellation years ago, Activision has officially announced and dated Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 - coming this July.

As they do every month, Microsoft has announced the line-up of Game Pass titles which are set to leave the service in a couple weeks’ time.

While Skype was at one point the dominant VOIP software in the market, over the 2010s, Microsoft saw a rapid decline in users thanks to competing technologies and nowadays, services like Discord, Microsoft Teams and Zoom have essentially replaced Skype entirely. Now, Microsoft is shutting Skype down for good.