Xbox Game Studios / Microsoft Gaming Latest news (15)

Paul Musiolik, 16 December 2020, 12:50

Lords of the West will be the first expansion for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. The launch is scheduled for early 2021.

Agnes Adamus, 15 December 2020, 21:42

The integration of EA Play and Xbox Game Pass services on PC has been delayed. According to the latest announcement, the merge will not take place until next year.

Jacob Blazewicz, 14 December 2020, 19:44

Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony have announced cooperation in the fight against toxic behavior in video games. The companies want to take action to ensure that „the youngest and most vulnerable players” can safely play online.

Paul Musiolik, 12 December 2020, 21:54

A free car from Cyberpunk 2077 came to Forza Horizon 4. How can you get a Quadra Turbo-R V-Tech, the ride of the game's main protagonist?

Arkadiusz Strzala, 11 December 2020, 17:07

On the aftermarket PlayStation 5 sells almost twice as well as Microsoft's competitors. Almost 60,000 copies of next-gen consoles have found their way to the StockX auction website.

Jacob Blazewicz, 11 December 2020, 16:53

Microsoft has revealed more titles that will be included in Xbox Game Pass offer in the coming months. This includes Skyrim and selected installments of the Yakuza series, but also The Medium and Among Us.

Bart Woldanski, 11 December 2020, 01:47

The first game announced during The Game Awards 2020 was the reboot of Perfect Dark. It will be an SF FPS developed by The Initiative. It's heading for PC and Xbox consoles.

Jacob Blazewicz, 09 December 2020, 20:58

Halo Infinite and Psychonauts 2 will be among the games included in Xbox Game Pass offer next year. Microsoft has also confirmed the launch of Project xCloud on PC and - against Apple's assurances - on iOS mobile devices.

Adrian Werner, 09 December 2020, 12:19

The delay of Halo Infinite will be greater than we expected. The game will not be released until next fall. In return it will offer much better graphics than what we could see in the July gameplay.

Milosz Szubert, 07 December 2020, 20:36

Microsoft has released a new video advertising the Xbox Series X console, called Lucid Odyssey. It was directed by the well-known New Zealand director Taika Waititi, and starring youtuber and streamer MoonLiteWolf.

Darius Matusiak, 04 December 2020, 15:32

MFS2020 is an extremely accurate simulation of flying and the globe. One of curious plane passenger proved it during a real flight.

Jacob Blazewicz, 03 December 2020, 18:14

Microsoft is not hiding its interest in video games, which was also confirmed by Satya Nadella during the recent investor call. The CEO assured that the company's efforts are focused on providing players with the games and services they expect.

Adrian Werner, 03 December 2020, 16:59

Rare informed about changes in the development model of Sea of Thieves. A new season is to start every quarter, during which fresh elements will be introduced to the game. There will also be an opportunity to buy a season pass.

Jacob Blazewicz, 02 December 2020, 22:30

After the acquisition of ZeniMax and Bethesda, Microsoft's shopping continues. This time the company acquired the smash.gg platform, which has been used for years by thousands of esports competition organisers, including in Nintendo's fighting games.

Bart Woldanski, 02 December 2020, 14:01

Microsoft has revealed the date when EA Plays's offer will be included in the Xbox Game Pass subscription on PC. As previously announced, it will happen this December.

Karol Laska, 01 December 2020, 20:30

Gamers will soon be able to play Doom Eternal in Xbox Game Pass. The devs have also prepared a new Master Level map.

Filip Wegrzyn, 27 November 2020, 19:20

Microsoft has advertised Xbox Series X as the most powerful console in the world, but it turns out that current it doesn't fulfill this promise. Benchmarks in some games are worse than on PlayStation 5 and the Redmond giant confirms this and points out that work has already begun on improving the performance of selected titles.

Filip Wegrzyn, 26 November 2020, 19:34

The world-famous Minecraft has reached a new user record this year. Developers from Mojang owe this amazing growth to the Chinese free-to-play version of their hit.

Adrian Werner, 19 November 2020, 18:00

Patch 42848 for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition has been released. It introduces, among others, a battle royale mode and the event on the occasion of the game's first birthday.

Michael Kulakowski, 18 November 2020, 22:52

In the first few days after launch, PS5 sales in Japan were more than five times higher than that of Xbox Series X/S. During that period, Sony's new console found almost 120 thousand buyers.

Adrian Werner, 17 November 2020, 14:09

Halo 4 port launched on PC. At the same time an update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection dedicated to Xbox Series X/S was released.

Paul Musiolik, 16 November 2020, 23:18

Microsoft has a problem with the availability of Xbox Series X|S. The company reveals the reason and reveals when we can expect normal console deliveries.

Jacob Blazewicz, 16 November 2020, 19:59

Tim Stuart from the Xbox branch has commented on the plans for Bethesda. The publishers' games are to appear on Microsoft's platforms either as the first or best versions of these titles.

Paul Musiolik, 14 November 2020, 18:34

The vast majority of people who decided to buy Xbox Series X|S have a Game Pass subscription. Microsoft knew well what to advertise its device with.

Paul Musiolik, 13 November 2020, 20:10

With the release of Xbox Series X, the first information about mechanical failures appeared. The hottest (literally) thing right now is the case of smoking console. Microsoft is investigating the subject, and we've checked what other problems the users are facing.

Jacob Blazewicz, 13 November 2020, 18:51

Minecraft received another snapshot with new features from Caves & Cliffs. Snapshot 20w46a adds snow dust, freezing as an affliction and a handful of changes and fixes to the content from the previous update.

Bart Swiatek, 12 November 2020, 21:18

Xbox's CEO Phil Spencer said on Twitter that the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S have had the best launch in the history of the brand.

Adrian Werner, 12 November 2020, 11:47

Mojang announced that on November 17 an update for Minecraft Dungeons will be released, which will enrich the game with cross-play feature that enables users of different hardware platforms to play in one team.

Adrian Werner, 12 November 2020, 11:45

According to Bloomberg, Microsoft has plans to acquire several development studios from Japan. An offer was submitted, among others, to Koei Tecmo.

Adrian Werner, 10 November 2020, 19:01

We have lived to see the launch of Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Thus, the new generation of consoles officially began.

Bart Swiatek, 10 November 2020, 16:32

Tests conducted by internet users and industry journalists show that, contrary to expectations, Xbox Series X handles the loading of games better than PlayStation 5 - despite the theoretically slower SSD used in Microsoft's console.

Agnes Adamus, 09 November 2020, 19:16

Microsoft announced the release date of Halo 4 PC. The refreshed version of the popular FPS will launch in just over a week. It is worth noting that the game will be included in Halo: The Master Chief Collection, available in Xbox Game Pass subscription.

Bart Swiatek, 09 November 2020, 15:34

The Xbox Series X / S features a Western Digital drive based on a standard M.2 NVMe PC interface. The drive can be removed, which should makes it swapping quite easy.

Jacob Blazewicz, 05 November 2020, 14:54

Mojang has released a trial version of the Caves & Cliffs update for Minecraft. Snapshot 20w45a enables us to check out some of the novelties from the upcoming update, such as amethysts, candles and lightning rods.

Adrian Werner, 04 November 2020, 10:48

We have bad news for people planning to buy Xbox Series S. It turns out that the platform will offer only 364 GB of storage space for games and user applications.

Michael Kulakowski, 03 November 2020, 21:20

Todd Howard shared some new details about Starfield, which is currently being developed by Bethesda's devteam. Among other things, we learned that the game will lack multiplayer mode but will offer the largest map ever to apper in a Bethesda game.

Milosz Szubert, 03 November 2020, 18:46

On November 10, at 11 AM PT a special stream will be held to celebrate the launch of Xbox Series X and S consoles, organized by Microsoft. There will be many attractions, including talks with developers of games aimed at the next-gen platform.

Bart Swiatek, 03 November 2020, 13:51

Youtuber, who received a copy of the Xbox Series X from Microsoft, published a gameplay from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Interestingly, when using fast travel, the game loads so fast that no loading screens are displayed.

Paul Wozniak, 29 October 2020, 19:56

Gamesindustry.biz published an interview with Todd Howard, in which he talked about the future of the industry and the exclusivity of Bethesda's titles (on the example of The Elder Scrolls VI).

Bart Swiatek, 29 October 2020, 17:54

Jason Ronald from Xbox informed on Twitter about the backwards compatibility range of Xbox Series X / S. We also learned how much time has been spent testing the feature.

Adrian Werner, 29 October 2020, 12:45

Phil Spencer from Microsoft informed that there are no plans to increase the price of Xbox Game Pass subscription. The service is already sait to be profitable for the company.

Adrian Werner, 29 October 2020, 10:47

Over a million people have already played Wasteland 3. On this occasion, the devs have released a short film set in the universe of the game.

Adrian Werner, 27 October 2020, 13:21

Microsoft has released an extensive video showing the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S console interface.

Jacob Blazewicz, 27 October 2020, 11:59

Phil Spencer from Microsoft raised the issue of the company's plans related to video games. The head of Xbox department referred, among other things, to the possibility of „taking in” more developers and the release of Game Pass on competitive platforms.

Jacob Blazewicz, 22 October 2020, 13:42

Mojang confirmed the rumors about the planned migration in Minecraft. Soon, owners of the Java Edition will have to create a Microsoft account if they want to continue playing the game.

Paul Musiolik, 21 October 2020, 16:13

Halo: The Master Chief Collection will receive a free upgrade to the Xbox Series S|X version. It will appear shortly after the consoles' release.

Michael Kulakowski, 20 October 2020, 21:37

There are many indications that the mysterious new RPG project from inXile Entertainment may be a steampunk fantasy game. Evidence also seems to confirm that the creators of Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, are the key staff of the project.

Adrian Werner, 17 October 2020, 21:55

Phil Spencer from Microsoft gave an extensive interview, in which he addressed issues such as Bethesda's future productions on PS5, the size of next-gen games and the xCloud version for Xbox One.

Karol Laska, 17 October 2020, 21:49

Further works of Double Fine Productions will soon appear in Xbox Game Pass. Fans of classic point-and-click adventure games will certainly be satisfied.

Bart Swiatek, 16 October 2020, 13:39

Tests by VentureBeat indicate that the Xbox Series X heats noticeably less than current generation consoles: Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro.