Microsoft Announces Massive Layoffs Following Industry-Wide Job Cuts

Microsoft Announces Massive Layoffs Following Industry-Wide Job Cuts

Throughout the day, we have received news of layoffs affecting key players in the gaming industry, with Black Forest Games, the developer of Destroy All Humans, and People Can Fly, the creator of Outriders, both facing significant job cuts, totaling nearly 100 positions between the two companies. Additionally, Riot Games recently announced extensive layoffs, impacting […]

FTC Leaks Reveal Microsoft’s Ambitious Gaming Industry Plans – To Buy Nintendo

FTC Leaks Reveal Microsoft’s Ambitious Gaming Industry Plans – To Buy Nintendo

In a stunning revelation, the recent leaks from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have uncovered one of the largest scandals to hit the gaming industry in recent memory, implicating tech giant Microsoft. The leaks not only exposed details about Microsoft’s latest Xbox console, which had been prematurely disclosed earlier today, but also shed light on […]

Xbox Series X Successor to Launch in 2028 and Microsoft Working on $99 Handheld Console

Xbox Series X Successor to Launch in 2028 and Microsoft Working on $99 Handheld Console

The amount of leaks emerging from the FTC negotiations regarding the acquisition of Activision Blizzard is staggering. Now there are also documents providing insight into what we can expect in the long term, including the next Xbox console. According to one of the internal documents now fully visible, we can anticipate the successor to the […]

The Elder Scrolls VI: Exclusive to PC and Xbox, and a Possible 2026 Release Date

The Elder Scrolls VI: Exclusive to PC and Xbox, and a Possible 2026 Release Date

A week ago, in a Bloomberg interview with Xbox head Phil Spencer, there was uncertainty surrounding whether The Elder Scrolls VI would follow in the footsteps of Starfield as an exclusive title for PC and Xbox. Now, a new document has surfaced in the FTC v. Microsoft lawsuit, pertaining to the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. […]

Microsoft Reports Impressive Q3 2023 Results with Sky-High Revenues, but Xbox Shows Mixed Performance

Microsoft Reports Impressive Q3 2023 Results with Sky-High Revenues, but Xbox Shows Mixed Performance

Microsoft has just unveiled its financial results for the third quarter (January-March) of its fiscal year 2023, and true to form for this tech giant, the numbers are staggering. The total revenue reached $52.9 billion, with a profit of $18.3 billion. This means that Microsoft earned almost one-third of Activision Blizzard’s valuation in just three […]

X Plane 12 (PC) Review: Giving Microsoft A Run For Its Money

X Plane 12 (PC) Review: Giving Microsoft A Run For Its Money

The launch of Microsoft Flight Simulator was a major milestone in flight simulation, featuring new technologies and realistic planet recreation. It set a high standard for competitors to match. Despite this, Laminar Research released X-Plane 12 two years later, showing their willingness to take on the challenge. Getting started The X-Plane 12 review code I […]

Xbox In Collaboration With Oreo

Xbox In Collaboration With Oreo

Oreo and Microsoft are now making a slightly odd collaboration where they will sell Xbox-themed Oreos. In addition to a cookie with the Xbox logo, there will be cookies with an up arrow, A, B, X and Y on them. In addition to the cookies themselves, you will have some different activities in games where […]

Microsoft Launches Website For Activision Blizzard Acquisition And Outlines Plans

Microsoft Launches Website For Activision Blizzard Acquisition And Outlines Plans

Among other things, Microsoft claims that their purchase of Activision Blizzard will give us “More games on more devices including Xbox, Playstation, phones and online”. They also say it would be beneficial as it would offer a “Choice in how and where people buy games with subscription and one-off purchase options”, since Activision Blizzard’s titles […]

Rumor: Microsoft Wants To Use Ads In Free-To-Play Games For Xbox

Rumor: Microsoft Wants To Use Ads In Free-To-Play Games For Xbox

Nowadays, you do not have to pay to be able to play, this is because there is a large selection of free titles available to you with a tight budget. At the same time, it is natural that developers and publishers need to get some form of income for their hard work. Usually this has […]