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Even as Xbox drifts away from consoles and exclusives, former exec says the Xbox 360 set Microsoft up for success: "Look at them now, continuing to be the powerhouse – the global powerhouse"

Steam Machine is "Microsoft's worst nightmare" according to analysts, and one day Xbox games might be more beneficial to Valve than their own publisher: "Xbox console sales have really struggled"

Minecraft was nearly sold to Activision Blizzard for $1.5 billion before Microsoft secured Mojang, says former CEO Bobby Kotick: "I almost bought it"

Xbox Partner Preview stream coming this week with a new look at James Bond game 007 First Light confirmed

Avowed bucks RPG expectations by offering a quick hit of fantasy action, and I don't want you to leave 2025 without playing it

Microsoft's seemingly first IP crossover with Activision Blizzard is giving a Minecraft spinoff to the Candy Crush dev

Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé says the console wars are over because Xbox needs "support from Sony for Microsoft’s software to reach the largest audience"

Fallout 3 remaster reportedly in production as Bethesda boss Todd Howard confirms the developer is working on Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout 76, "and some other things"

Halo Infinite is finished with "major" updates after its next release as devs focus on Halo: Campaign Evolved, fans lament it's "going out on a whimper"

On the Radar with The Outer Worlds 2 – going beyond our verdict with a deep dive on one of 2025's greatest RPGs

Minecraft Mounts of Mayhem will finally let you give your horse the armor it deserves: a top-tier Netherite suit

Obsidian knows that "everyone on the internet" keeps asking for Fallout: New Vegas 2, but its devs are currently happy working on their own IP, and "Xbox has been pretty supportive" too

The Outer Worlds 2 is an RPG that's as much about what you can't do as what you can: "Everybody is going to have a different experience, and they may not see everything, and that's okay"

I love that the Flaw system calls me out on my RPG behavior in The Outer Worlds 2's and then asks me to double-down on it: "Because flaws are optional, we knew we could actually push them a little bit harder"

Sea of Thieves players are roasting Rare like Captain Flameheart for delaying season 18: "Seasons may be delayed but these 'season delayed' drops are always on time"

The Outer Worlds 2 developers have one major combat tip: "Pick a lane and stick with it"

The Outer World 2's Incognito ship is your home base, but it also takes inspiration from the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars and reflects how "the player chooses to play"