Xbox gaming revenue up 51% thanks to next-gen hardware and Game Pass
Microsoft debuted the Xbox Series X/S during its fiscal Q2, and that pushed the company’s gaming revenue up 51% year-over-year. But the tech behemoth’s...
Xbox Live Gold was always going to drop the free-to-play paywall this year
On Friday morning, Microsoft announced it was increasing the price of its Xbox Live Gold subscription service. By Friday evening, it reversed that decision...
Microsoft reverses Xbox Live Gold price increase, free-to-play games set free
Earlier today, Microsoft announced a price increase for Xbox Live Gold, the subscription service that lets Xbox users play games online. Somehow, Microsoft was...
Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold price increase feels like manipulation
Microsoft is raising the price of Xbox Live Gold from $60 per year to $60 every six months. It included some caveats to that,...
Former EA exec Peter Moore returns to gaming as Unity SVP of sports and live entertainment
Peter Moore made his mark on video games as one of the top bosses at Electronic Arts, Microsoft Xbox, and Sega of America. And...
Microsoft expands its refund system for Cyberpunk 2077
If you purchased Cyberpunk 2077 digitally on the Microsoft Store, you can get a full refund. This was already true on Xbox, but it...
CD Projekt Red risked the reputations of others to insulate Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 is out, and it’s the only thing people can talk about. But while many people are playing and enjoying it, many others...
Vulkan gets tools, drivers to bring ray tracing to PS5, Xbox, and AMD
The next generation of real-time visuals is ray tracing, and developers can now turn to the open Vulkan graphics API to bring this tech...
Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony commit to making gaming safer
The three big game console makers — Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony — have teamed together to commit to making gaming safer for everyone. This...
Friends remember Microsoft renegade Eric Engstrom, who suggested a DirectX console
Eric Engstrom passed away this week, leaving friends in mourning for one of the renegades of the Microsoft empire and a brilliant tech innovator....