News Studio director Chris Lee steps back from Halo Infinite Latest in a series of high-profile departures from the project in recent years Oct. 28, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Microsoft quietly closes its final quarter before next-gen Update: Company projects 40% growth in hardware sales next quarter, constrained by supply Oct. 27, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Breaking out of the Xbox | Podcast Latest episode available to download now, featuring a deep dive into the next generation of hardware with Digital Foundry's John Linneman Oct. 26, 2020 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News Phil Spencer: "You're going to see lower-priced hardware as part of our ecosystem" Xbox head suggests future tech could include streaming sticks, TV controllers for xCloud access Oct. 23, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Xbox Brazil host says she was fired to protect her from harassment Microsoft says termination of Isadora Basile was unrelated to harassment, was instead due to increased focus on Xbox Wire Oct. 22, 2020 Brendan Sinclair
News Mojang games to require Microsoft account All the titles from the Minecraft developer will be impacted by the change, including Minecraft Java Edition Oct. 22, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Xbox head: Bethesda purchase wasn't to keep games away from other platforms While each game's platforms will be decided on a case-by-case basis, Phil Spencer says Elder Scrolls doesn't need to be on PlayStation to recoup acquisition costs Oct. 16, 2020 Brendan Sinclair
News Xbox Elite Series 2 added to Microsoft controller drift lawsuit The updated lawsuit also shed light on what's allegedly causing the drift Oct. 12, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Aaron Greenberg: "Does the price of a game even matter, if it's in Game Pass?" Xbox games marketing GM responds to question over whether Microsoft will raise game prices Oct. 7, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News US Labor Department investigates Microsoft's efforts to improve diversity Microsoft: "Our continued focus is to work hard to consider and develop the broadest range of qualified candidates for opportunities" Oct. 6, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
Feature Interior Night's mission to turn non-gamers into gamers We speak to CEO Caroline Marchal about the nuanced narrative of upcoming Microsoft exclusive As Dusk Falls Oct. 1, 2020 James Batchelor
Stub EA Play will be added to Xbox Game Pass on November 10 Access to EA's catalogue will start for console in November, with PC users following in December Sept. 29, 2020 Matthew Handrahan
News Xbox Series X previews report shorter load times, 802GB of usable storage Quick Resume feature lets users quickly swap between multiple games Sept. 28, 2020 Rebekah Valentine 1 comment
News Microsoft's game-changing acquisition | Podcast Latest episode available to download now, also discusses the unveiling of Amazon's Luna cloud gaming service Sept. 28, 2020 GamesIndustry.biz Staff 1 comment
News Xbox launching app for remote gameplay on iOS Android version came out in beta just a few days ago Sept. 25, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Japan is Xbox's fastest growing market Microsoft is aiming for simultaneous product launches for Japanese market; cloud streaming expected to launch in Japan in first half of 2021 Sept. 24, 2020 Brendan Sinclair
News Microsoft is open to still more games acquisitions CEO Satya Nadella: "We will always look to grow inorganically where it makes sense" Sept. 22, 2020 Rebekah Valentine 1 comment
News Microsoft commits to becoming "water positive" by 2030 The company wants to replenish more water than it uses by the end of the decade Sept. 22, 2020 Marie Dealessandri
News Microsoft still determined to get Xbox Game Pass on iOS Xbox boss Phil Spencer also says the platform holder plans to "leave ZeniMax alone" following $7.5 billion acquisition Sept. 22, 2020 James Batchelor 1 comment
News Microsoft's Game Pass now has over 15m subscribers That's up from 10 million as of April 2020 Sept. 21, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Xbox buys Bethesda parent ZeniMax for $7.5bn Update: Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo exclusivity agreements to be honored, future releases to be decided on a case-by-case basis Sept. 21, 2020 James Batchelor
Feature PlayStation and Xbox have both failed to sell next-gen | Opinion A new wave of consoles approaches, but neither platform holder offers a compelling reason to invest at launch Sept. 17, 2020 James Batchelor 1 comment
News Xbox updates privacy settings, promises more transparency about data collection Platform holder will no longer collect data from voice search, will allow users to opt-in to additional diagnostics sharing Sept. 16, 2020 James Batchelor
News Xbox shows its hand | Podcast Latest episode discusses Series S, price points, Xbox All Access, EA Play on Game Pass and, er, Nintendo Sept. 14, 2020 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News The Xbox Series S will play the Xbox One S versions of backward compatible titles Games that received Xbox One X enhancements such as 4K won't have them on Series S Sept. 11, 2020 Rebekah Valentine