20 articles tagged with #Xbox
IndustryA senior Obsidian designer has confirmed Fallout: New Vegas 2 was a real plan at one point - before it evaporated, and a revival reportedly won't happen for at least six years, if ever.
ReviewsForza Horizon 6 has finally taken the series to Japan, and according to Pure Xbox, Playground Games absolutely nailed it - delivering the biggest map and most polished entry in the franchise's 14-year history.
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.
IndustryXbox has pulled its funding from IO Interactive's online fantasy RPG Project Fantasy, according to Eurogamer, triggering layoffs at the studio behind Hitman and the upcoming 007 First Light.
IndustryRatings confirm Playground Games' Fable reboot is still headed to PS5, even as Xbox's new leadership muddles around with its exclusivity policy. A release date reveal is expected at this summer's Xbox Showcase.
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.
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?
ReleasesThe Coalition is shaking up Gears of War: E-Day's iconic Active Reload mechanic as part of a broader effort to make the prequel accessible to newcomers - and longtime fans already have their Lancers revved.
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.
ReleasesHalo Studios dropped a three-minute cinematic story trailer for Halo: Campaign Evolved - complete with a PS5 sighting and a July 28 release date that has the internet absolutely losing it.
