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Microsoft’s PC Xbox Backward Compatibility Hides A 360 Emulator Called XeO3, As Dataminers Crack Open Fuzion Frenzy

A character in 'Fallout 4' explores the exterior of a weathered, industrial building with rusted green and brown metal walls.

Bethesda Pushes Back On Xbox Control Claims, Yet New Fallout By Obsidian Hints Otherwise

Sony’s PlayStation Vita Streams Halo and Forza After Its 2019 Demise, As Modders Turn It Into a Portable Xbox

Matt Booty Defends Xbox’s Murky Exclusive Framework Across 20 Franchises, Yet Even Halo’s Own Roadmap Has Reportedly Collapsed

Xbox’s 3,200 Layoffs Are Actually Even Bigger Due to “Hidden Cuts” to Contractors and the Like, Schreier Argues

A massive demon in 'DOOM Eternal' is being attacked with a chainsaw while shooting flames from its weapon in a fiery landscape.

id Software Claims It Can Still Build Games After Xbox’s 3,200 Jobs Purge, But Dev Says That Statement “Stretches Reality”

Xbox Can’t Be Both Platform and World’s Biggest Publisher, Warn Ex-Sony and Microsoft Execs After 3,200 Layoffs

Compulsion Games, Freed from Xbox, Scrambles for New Partners Just Days After Its Divestment and Return to Independence

Pierre Hintze Berated Halo Teams and Dismissed Work-Life Concerns, Sources Claim, as Xbox Leadership Stayed Silent

A scene from the game Doom Eternal showing a large demon approaching with fireballs in a post-apocalyptic landscape.

Xbox Layoffs Reduce id Tech Engine Team to 1 Developer, As Unreal Engine Dominance Is Set To Grip The Industry

The image features covers of two Obsidian games: Fallout: New Vegas with a soldier holding a rifle in front of the California Republic flag, and Avowed with a colorful, skeletal figure and the game title.

Obsidian Cancels Avowed 2 After Xbox Layoffs, Pivots to New Fallout Led by New Vegas Director

A group of adventurers in fantasy armor stand at the entrance of a cave, overlooking a vast, sunlit valley in a digital artwork. It's an artwork for the game Project Fantasy by IO Interactive.

IO Interactive Doubles Down on Project Fantasy Funding Alone After Xbox Bails, Shuttering Its Istanbul Office to Survive

A futuristic armored character in PRAGMATA with a visored helmet is closely accompanied by a blonde girl in a dimly lit room.

Hideki Kamiya Credits CAPCOM’s Aggressive New-IP Bets for PRAGMATA’s Success, As Xbox Cuts 3,200 Jobs To Retreat To Old Franchises

Arkane Raphael Colantonio seemingly interested in purchasing the studio from Xbox

Raphaël Colantonio Quit Arkane in 2017, Yet Now Dangles a Buyout Offer as Xbox Scrambles to Offload the Dishonored Maker

A collage featuring a character from the game 'Doom Eternal' in a fiery landscape, a warrior from 'Skyrim' in a dark, smoky setting, and the Vault Boy mascot from the 'Fallout' series giving a thumbs-up.

Bethesda Pivots to a Franchise-First Model as Xbox Cuts 3,200 Jobs, Betting Everything on The Elder Scrolls and Fallout

Asha Sharma’s Xbox Reset Cuts 3,200 Jobs as Compulsion and Double Fine Go Indie, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs Sold

Characters from Rare games, including Banjo-Kazooie and Conker, are positioned against a 'Sea of Thieves' backdrop with the Rare and Microsoft Studios logos.

Rare Survived 40 Years and $375M Microsoft Buyout, but a New Rumor Says Its Time May Be Up

The cover art for 'Fallout: New Vegas' shows a character in a post-apocalyptic setting holding a revolver, with a skyline featuring a tall tower and the game title prominently displayed.

Obsidian Reportedly Returns To Fallout After 15 Years, As Xbox Shields Studio From Rumored Restructuring Wave

The CWA and Unionized Xbox Devs Have Been Fighting for Layoff Protections for Months, as Microsoft Drags its Feet on Negotiations: “The Uncertainty is Maddening”

A promotional image shows 'Hideo Kojima Game,' featuring a portrait next to stylized letters, with a fantasy artwork below depicting three adventurers walking through a mountainous landscape.

Xbox’s Funding Purge Catches IO Interactive’s Online Fantasy RPG, yet Kojima’s OD Reportedly Escapes the Chopping Block

“Talent, Not Tech,” is Gaming’s Most Important Resource, and More Mass Layoffs Will Leave Xbox and Others Behind, “Both Short-Staffed and Short-Sighted,” Says Analyst

A character holding a sword is featured in a promotional image for Marvel Blade by Arkane Lyon and Bethesda, set against a red background.

Xbox Reportedly Considering Shuttering “At Least Five Studios,” Including Arkane Lyon and Cancelling Marvel’s Blade

Xbox Layoffs Could Become Gaming’s Largest Ever, and even Undead Labs May Face the Axe Despite State of Decay 3

The CWA and 3,500+ Unionized Xbox Employees Are Ready to Fight Back Against Xbox’s Reported Imminent Mass Layoffs

Two people recording music in a studio, each speaking into a microphone, surrounded by vibrant pink and purple lighting.

New AAA Single-Player Third-Party Games Get “About 75-80%” of Console Launch Sales on PS5, it’s claimed, as Xbox denies PS5’s ‘8-to-1’ Dominance on GTA 6 Sales

The Nintendo Switch 2 Helped Drive US Video Game Spending Growth in May 2026, while PlayStation and Xbox had their Worst May in Over Two Decades

Xbox Series S and X with controllers in front, on a plain background.

Xbox Series X/S Consoles Are Going Up in Price Again Thanks to a 2.5x Increase to Storage and Memory Prices, and Xbox Expects it to Double Again by Fall 2027

A conceptual image of the PlayStation 6 with a sleek design and blue LED lighting, alongside the text 'Project Helix.'

Analysts are Surprised the Steam Machine’s Price isn’t Higher, but this also means “North of $1K is the Floor” for Next-Gen Console Pricing

The Outer Worlds and Avowed Makers Obsidian Entertainment Faces Class-Action Lawsuit over alleged Labor Violations

A pirate with an eye patch holds a miniature island scene with skeletons, pirates, and a ship, from the game 'Sea of Thieves,' with a monkey on his shoulder.

Sea of Thieves Film Adaptation Backed by Spider-Man: Brand New Day Director Revealed as Xbox Expands Film/TV Strategy

The image features the logos 'XBOX + Bethesda' from when Microsoft acquired ZeniMax, with cover art from games including Dishonored, Wolfenstein, The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, Starfield, The Evil Within, and Prey.

Xbox’s $7.5 billion ZeniMax Bet Turns Brutal as Deep Cuts May Threaten Arkane Lyon, MachineGames, and even id Software

Split image featuring two soldiers, one on the left sitting with a handheld weapon across his lap from 'Call of Duty: Black Ops,' and the other on the right kneeling with a handgun from 'Call of Duty: Black Ops II.'

Treyarch and Iron Galaxy are Bringing Call of Duty: Black Ops and Black Ops 2 to PS5

Analyst Says Xbox CEO Asha Sharma’s Next 100 Days Are About Making Xbox Smaller

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EA Sports FC 26 and Call of Duty: Vanguard Lead the Back-Half of June 2026’s Xbox Game Pass Games

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