Microsoft layoffs: First Xbox was put together with chewing gum and tape. Today, it's fighting for revival

Xbox was born from a tiny renegade team inside Microsoft. Nearly 25 years later, the gaming giant is reinventing itself once more.

Xbox’s ‘reset’: all the news about Microsoft’s looming layoffs and studio closures

IO Interactive, the studio behind the Hitman series and 007 First Light, announced that it is laying off staff after a ...
Pure Xbox

Compulsion Games, Double Fine & Undead Labs Issue Xbox Departure Statements

As a new dawn breaks on news that Xbox is cutting 3,200 jobs and releasing four development teams from its Xbox Game Studios ...

An Xbox version of the Echo Aviation flight sim gamepad is coming this fall.

Honeycomb Aeronautical has answered the biggest question I’ve had about its Echo Aviation Controller with a new XPC version ...

ASUS Releases Ally X Driver 26.6.1 for Forza Horizon 6

The new ROG Xbox Ally X GPU update 26.6.1 improves Forza Horizon 6 frame rates and fixes stuttering. Install via Armory Crate ...
Pure Xbox

Two OG Xbox Games With 'Handheld' Tag Could Hint At PC Backwards Compatibility

All eyes are on Xbox this week as we draw closer to what is being talked up as a potential 'bloodbath' for Xbox Game Studios.
Shacknews

How Control Resonant brings the madness of the Oldest House to Manhattan

Art Director Elmeri Raitanen and actor Sean Durrie tallk about expanding Control's story beyond the boundaries of the first ...

Xbox hopes to win back disaffected gamers with new disc-to-digital program

It may be the best hope at keeping physical gaming libraries relevant in the next-generation.
Windows Central

Change is afoot at Xbox's Arkane Studios and MachineGames — with Machine's co-founder taking over Arkane's operations

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