Xbox app rolls out to more smart TVs from Hisense
Microsoft announced that it is rolling out the Xbox app to millions more people via Hisense smart TV models. The aim is to bring...
Microsoft reports strong Q2 results amid big Xbox layoffs
This will probably anger game developers and gamers. Microsoft reported strong fiscal-fourth-quarter revenues of $90 billion, up 18% from a year earlier. Analysts had...
Double Fine lays off 23 staff members after going independent from Xbox
Double Fine confirmed that it has laid off 23 members of its staff following its recent move to independence from Microsoft. CEO Tim Schafer...
On top of everything, Xbox had a major service outage today
In case being an Xbox player wasn’t tricky enough, the company has had a major outage that began last night and has extended well...
Microsoft tests ad-supported game streaming with Xbox Insiders
Microsoft Xbox announced today it is starting to test an ad-supported way to stream select games from your library for a limited time, available...
Hard reset: The who, what and why of Xbox’s bad week of layoffs and studio closures
Note: A version of this article was first published in our weekly Inside the Industry newsletter. It’s been expanded here with new facts. Last...
Microsoft Xbox is the new Burning Platform | Jon Kimmich guest post
This story was written as a guest post by Jon Kimmich. Dean Takahashi asked me what I thought of this week’s Xbox layoff and...
CWA union says Xbox treated workers as disposable
Microsoft eliminated an initial wave of 1,600 jobs across its Xbox division, including hundreds of union video game workers represented by the Communications Workers...
Xbox layoff reactions | The industry and ex-employees react to Microsoft’s biggest course correction in gaming
This post was put together by GamesBeat’s staff including Alex Lee, Dean Takahashi and Jolie Feld. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced today that Microsoft...
Microsoft brings Mojang and King under the Xbox umbrella
Microsoft is bringing Mojang and King closer to the core of the tech giant’s gaming division. Amid a wave of layoffs today, July 6,...