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Players, in Steve and Alex skins, explore a village with a farm and animals in Minecraft (2011), Mojang Studios, Xbox Game Studios
January 7, 2025
Notch is considering if he should make a spiritual successor to Minecraft, dubbing it "Minecraft 2," but emphasizing it would…
December 30, 2024
Consoles span decades of improvements from the simplest Pong to the latest PS5 Pro, and on this list you will…
A player threads the needle under a bridge in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2024) Xbox Game Studios
November 22, 2024
Thanks to a myriad of technical and server issues, 'Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024' failed to take off on launch day.
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October 18, 2024
Alan Hartman, the current head of Xbox Studios, prepares to retire next month, and a former Rare boss will be…
Juno (Xanthe Huynh) checks the status of her Orbital Ray in Overwatch 2 (2022), Activision Blizzard
September 28, 2024
As part of Microsoft's previously announced redundancy reductions, Activision Blizzard will soon pink slip nearly 400 employees.
Indiana Jones (Troy Baker) senses something is off in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (2024), MachineGames
September 13, 2024
Microsoft has undertaken another round of gaming layoffs, this time cutting 650 employees from their Xbox and Activision Blizzard divisions.
Kait (Laura Bailey) looks out on the aftermath of the Locusts' latest attack in Gears 5 (2019), Microsoft
July 16, 2024
Xbox parent company Microsoft has reportedly shuttered one of their internal DEI teams due to "changing business needs".
Joanna Dark (TBA) is looking a little bland in Perfect Dark (TBA), Microsoft
July 4, 2024
For the third time this year, Microsoft is reportedly set to hit their Xbox division with a round of sweeping…
June 20, 2024
'Halo' series composer Marty O'Donnell has revealed that, more than anything, the video game industry's number one fear is outrage…
Joanna Dark (Laurence Bouvard) lives to fight another day in Perfect Dark Zero (2005), Microsoft Game Studios
May 11, 2024
A new report suggests that development on Microsoft's planned 'Perfect Dark' reboot is currently "in a very rough place".