20 Bethesda games hit Xbox Game Pass for console, PC, and mobile
Xbox is celebrating its successful acquisition of Bethesda by loading up its subscription service with games from the publisher. On Friday, March 12, Xbox...
Xbox boss says he acquired Bethesda to deliver Game Pass exclusives
Xbox boss Phil Spencer further explained the company’s motivation behind its acquisition of Fallout publisher Bethesda. During a roundtable with key figures at Xbox...
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’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,...
SuperData: Black Friday and Cyber Monday digital game sales fell 10% to $3.9 billion
Digital games earned $3.9 billion worldwide between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, said market researcher SuperData. That represented a 10% decline from a year...
Xbox update begins rolling out with new dynamic backgrounds and more
Microsoft has an update for Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One that is going live starting today. This patch adds new customization features as...
Xbox Series X review — True next-generation gaming
Xbox Series X stands in stark contrast to what is now the last generation of consoles. Xbox One and PlayStation 4 have tons of...
Xbox Series S review — The value king
The Xbox Series S is a $300 next-gen Xbox from Microsoft that will launch alongside the Xbox Series X on November 10. And just...
Xbox’s Bethesda acquisition is evidence of blockbuster gaming’s volatility
Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division is acquiring The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim publisher Bethesda for $7.5 billion. And it’s difficult to overstate how much this...
As Xbox Game Pass Ultimate launches cloud gaming, it must solve the last-mile problem
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is launching the option to stream games from the cloud beginning tomorrow, September 15. This will give subscribers in 22...