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Sources: several Xbox studios, including Hellblade maker Ninja Theory, are in talks with Microsoft to buy themselves back and go independent to avoid closure (www.bloomberg.com)
5 hours ago Microsoft Xbox

Sources: Microsoft considered spinning out or restructuring its Xbox unit as a wholly-owned subsidiary, or creating a joint venture with other partners (www.theinformation.com)
3 days ago Microsoft Xbox

Q&A with Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball about returning to console-exclusive releases, how using in-game ads could offset development costs, and more (www.thegamebusiness.com)
4 days ago Xbox

Xbox CEO Says Current Margins 'Cannot Continue' (games.slashdot.org)
4 days ago Xbox

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty warn of an “Xbox reset” in the next 100 days, citing challenges like annual revenue down ~$500M over the past five years (www.theverge.com)
5 days ago Xbox

Sources: Microsoft's Xbox division is planning major layoffs next month and significant budget cuts for marketing and some other areas (www.bloomberg.com)
5 days ago Microsoft Layoffs Budget Xbox

Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball said Game Pass lost “millions” of subscribers in the months following a 50% price hike announced in October 2025 (www.gamespot.com)
5 days ago Xbox

Xbox Game Exclusivity Will Be Decided on a 'Case-by-Case' Basis, Microsoft Says (games.slashdot.org)
7 days ago Microsoft Xbox

Xbox EVP Matt Booty clarifies Microsoft's new exclusivity strategy, saying new games will be reviewed case-by-case and multiplayer games will stay multiplatform (www.gamespot.com)
7 days ago Microsoft Xbox

'Call Of Duty: Warzone' Is Shutting Down On PS4 And Xbox One (games.slashdot.org)
16 days ago Xbox

Microsoft Hires Analyst With Influential Video Game Blog To Fix Xbox (games.slashdot.org)
25 days ago Microsoft Xbox

Internal memo: Xbox hires game industry analyst Matthew Ball as chief strategy officer, and names Scott Van Vliet, who led Azure AI infrastructure, as Xbox CTO (www.theverge.com)
26 days ago AI Xbox

Discord launches Nitro Rewards, giving Nitro subscribers access to offers from gaming services like Xbox Game Pass and hardware like Logitech G at no extra cost (techcrunch.com)
2026-5-11 Xbox

Microsoft Gives Up On Xbox Copilot AI (games.slashdot.org)
2026-5-7 Microsoft AI Xbox

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says Xbox “will begin winding down Copilot on mobile and will stop development of Copilot on console” as part of a strategic shift (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-6 Mobile Xbox

Memo: Xbox CEO Asha Sharma overhauls the group's leadership, including bringing over executives from Microsoft's CoreAI engineering unit where she worked before (www.cnbc.com)
2026-5-6 Microsoft Xbox

Microsoft's Xbox Mode Is Now Available For All Windows 11 PCs (games.slashdot.org)
2026-5-2 Microsoft Xbox

Microsoft reports Q3 Xbox hardware revenue fell 33% YoY and Xbox content and services revenue, which includes Game Pass, dropped 5% YoY (www.theverge.com)
2026-4-30 Microsoft Xbox

An interview with Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and EVP Matt Booty on the “Return of Xbox” memo, making Xbox Series X and S the “first-class experience again”, and more (www.gamefile.news)
2026-4-26 Interview Xbox

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Chief Content Officer Matt Booty detail their “return of Xbox” strategy, including daily active players as its “new north star” (www.theverge.com)
2026-4-24 Xbox

At a town hall, Asha Sharma said Microsoft is returning to using Xbox for its gaming division, instead of Microsoft Gaming, as “Xbox needs to be our identity” (www.theverge.com)
2026-4-24 Microsoft Xbox

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Gets a Price Cut (games.slashdot.org)
2026-4-22 Xbox

Microsoft cuts Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price from $29.99 to $22.99/month and PC Game Pass from $16.49 to $13.99, but both tiers won't get new Call of Duty games (www.theverge.com)
2026-4-22 Microsoft Xbox

Asus ROG Xbox Ally review: comfortable design, Xbox Full Screen beats Windows 11, and affordable, but sleep/wake issues, weak display, and average performance (www.tomshardware.com)
2026-4-8 Xbox

Microsoft's 'Xbox Mode' Is Coming To Every Windows 11 PC (games.slashdot.org)
2026-3-12 Microsoft Xbox

Microsoft says that Windows 11 Xbox mode, a controller-first, full-screen gaming interface, will begin rolling out in April and work across all PC form factors (www.windowslatest.com)
2026-3-12 Microsoft Xbox

Microsoft says the next Xbox, Project Helix, will have a custom AMD chip, and it will begin sending out “alpha versions” of Project Helix to developers in 2027 (www.theverge.com)
2026-3-12 Microsoft Xbox AMD

Microsoft Confirms 'Project Helix,' a Next-Gen Xbox That Can Run PC Games (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-3-6 Microsoft Xbox

Microsoft's new gaming CEO Asha Sharma teases the next Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, saying it “will lead in performance and play your Xbox and PC games” (www.theverge.com)
2026-3-6 Microsoft Xbox

Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform (games.slashdot.org)
2026-2-26 Microsoft Xbox

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