20 articles tagged with #Microsoft
IndustryMicrosoft is raising Xbox prices by up to $150 and pulling the 2TB model starting August 2, blaming a components crisis around storage and memory. Non-US pricing has not yet been confirmed.
IndustryNearly 1,000 days after Microsoft's $68.7 billion Activision Blizzard acquisition, Xbox boss Asha Sharma says it's 'hard to say how to think about those decisions.' So that's a 'maybe' then.
IndustryMicrosoft has laid off Chris Munson, the 15-year Xbox veteran behind Xbox FanFest, just three months after the company brought the fan event back. Yes, really.
IndustryXbox Chief Content Officer Matt Booty has confirmed that platform availability for new games will no longer be revealed until a release date is set - meaning the days of vague multiplatform promises are supposedly over.
IndustryMicrosoft has pulled Call of Duty from Game Pass and cut its price, and the GamesIndustry.biz Podcast has data suggesting the strategic thinking behind what looks like a very surprising move.
IndustryLegal documents reveal Microsoft projected Xbox Game Pass would have 77 million subscribers by now. With the service sitting at just 30 million, that's a miss of nearly 47 million users.
IndustryXbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Mat Booty have published a joint memo recapping her first 100 days and announcing a company 'reset' - but is this the start of a comeback arc or just a very polished loading screen?
IndustryMicrosoft reportedly had already planned to close or cut ties with Ninja Theory even while the studio was publicly promoting its next game, according to PC Gamer - making an already grim story somehow worse.
IndustryXbox has shut down its Copilot AI feature to 'get the business back on track,' while new CEO Asha Sharma simultaneously brings in a crew of AI executives from Microsoft's CoreAI division. Make it make sense.
IndustryXbox chief Asha Sharma is doubling down on making Game Pass more affordable, signaling a consumer-friendly direction for Microsoft's subscription service that nobody quite expected.
IndustryMicrosoft drops Game Pass Ultimate's price but removes Call of Duty from day-one availability - and industry analysts say they saw this boss fight coming from a mile away.
IndustryThe Xbox Games Showcase 2026 was barely cold before the PC Gaming Show jumped in with even more Xbox reveals. Pure Xbox has the full roundup of everything you might have missed.
IndustryXbox Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball confirmed at Summer Game Fest week that the 2025 Game Pass price hike cost the platform millions of subscribers - a stat so wild even the company is admitting it out loud.
ReleasesMicrosoft has delayed the Fable reboot to February 2027, pushing Playground Games' highly anticipated RPG even further into the future. Your chicken-kicking adventures will have to wait a little longer.
IndustryXbox boss Asha Sharma has warned that an ongoing memory shortage will likely drive up the price and limit the availability of Project Helix, Microsoft's next-generation console hardware.
IndustryHalo Studios confirmed in an FAQ that PS5 split-screen co-op in Halo: Campaign Evolved will require both players to have PlayStation Plus subscriptions AND Microsoft-linked accounts. Couch co-op just got a two-subscription price tag.
IndustryMicrosoft has increased Xbox Series X|S prices by $100-$150 - and it's the second time in under a year. Your wallet has entered a new game plus of pain.
IndustryMicrosoft is reportedly considering closing acclaimed studios including Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Compulsion Games as part of an internal 'reset', according to Polygon.
IndustryMicrosoft's Xbox has hired an industry analyst - who once claimed gaming is losing the attention war to gambling, crypto, and porn - as its new chief strategy officer, as part of ongoing leadership changes under new gaming boss Asha Sharma.
IndustryMicrosoft reportedly had already decided to part ways with Ninja Theory at the same time Xbox was showcasing the studio's new Senua project - a corporate plot twist worthy of a villain reveal cutscene.
