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Game Pass Ultimate is limited to just 15 hours per month.

XBOX is about to place some laughably bad time restrictions on cloud gaming for Game Pass subscribers. Starting in November, players will get, at most, just 15 hours per month of cloud gaming access, and that is only for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.

Those with lesser subscription tiers will get even less time to game on the cloud. Game Pass Premium subs will get just 10 hours per month, and Game Pass Essential...

Oh, is everything an XBOX again?

XBOX's new CEO Asha Sharma says the next XBOX, still dubbed Project Helix, will be more than one device. Sharma says that Microsoft has been working on a "great family of devices."

This super huge news was teased by Sharma during an interview with the BBC at gamescom 2026. This is really just about everything Sharma had to say about Project Helix and XBOX's new hardware. The following statement was made after the BBC asked if...

Testing begins August 31st.

This week, Xbox officially announced their disc-to-digital program. While they haven't given it a catchy name yet, the program will allow you to convert the physical disc games you own into digital licenses. This means you'll be able to play those games anywhere.

XBOX claims that "most" XBOX One and XBOX Series X disc-based games support this new feature. Once live, players will be able to claim a digital entitlement "by inserting...

This could be seen as an upgrade to their regular food, depending on who you ask.

McDonald's is preparing a special, unique 25th-anniversary celebration for XBOX. The fast-food giant is partnering with XBOX to offer several promotions based on XBOX properties. These promotions range from exclusive in-game unlocks to actual food items based on popular franchises.

The extent of these promotions isn't exactly clear. We do know that Fallout will have at least one food item...

The company that laid off 1,600 will be at Gamescom.

XBOX says that they will have a presence at next month's gamescom. The XBOX booth will feature "25 upcoming games and 140 gaming stations." Almost as if part of some sick joke, XBOX says that their booth "will be packed with ne worlds to explore, developers to meet, and experiences that showcase what's next for XBOX."

Some of those upcoming titles include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Fable, Minecraft...

The start of a broader backwards compatibility push.

XBOX just released the first handful of titles in their new XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC program. This will allow you to play classic XBOX games on PC and various PC-focused handheld devices, which just happens to include the ROG XBOX Ally and XBOX Ally X.

The four titles offered today are part of the "early release" of XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC. Today's releases not only allow you to play these...

Laid off a day before the new DLC released.

Update as of July 8, 2026: According to updated reporting, the number of employees laid off from id Software has now hit at least 136.

A WARN Notice filed in Texas confirms that 158 people were laid off from ZeniMax just within the state of Texas. The notice was sent to Gamedeveloper.com after a request was made by the Texas Workforce Commission.

Of those 158 employees that were laid off, 136 come from id Software....

And obviously the Blade game might get canceled.

Arkane Studios joins four other XBOX owned studios that are being put on the chopping block. According to "sources familiar with Microsoft's plans" talking to The Verge, Microsoft is "currently weighing closing at least five studios, including the developers behind Marvel's Blade."

Those sources tell The Verge that Microsoft has plans to cancel Blade as part of their monumental cost cutting measures...

If they can turn Battleship into a movie, they can turn anything into a movie.

Entertainment Weekly released a very lengthy write-up about basically all things XBOX today. The feature talks about the recent XBOX Games Showcase, the new leadership at XBOX, and then dives straight into how XBOX is continuing to expand into Hollywood adaptations of some of their biggest franchises.

First up is an update on the live-action Gears of War film that Netflix is working on. This...

These studios are also in "negotiations" with XBOX.

Since news broke about the impending closure of Compulsion Games, we have learned that two other XBOX studios are in "negotiations" with Microsoft that will determine their fate. Those studios are Ninja Theory and Double Fine Productions.

A report from The Verge says that employees at Ninja Theory were told about the closure during a team call on Monday. Nothing seems to be set in stone just yet...

Microsoft's culling has already started.

The multi-award winning studio, Compulsion Games, isn't safe from the mass layoffs that were coming to Microsoft's XBOX division. Compulsion Games, the studio that developed 2025's South of Midnight and previous titles of We Happy Few and Contrast, is on the verge of being shuttered.

According to a report from Kotaku, Compulsion Games is currently "in 'negotiations' with Microsoft." These negotiations are to determine...

July will be brutal.

Once again, XBOX is planning to carry out another round of mass layoffs across their various studios and divisions. This is according to a new report from Bloomberg, and anybody capable of seeing the writing on the walls since Asha Sharma took over as head of XBOX.

Bloomberg, citing multiple anonymous sources, say that layoffs will arrive after the end of Microsoft's current fiscal year. The end of the fiscal year is June 30th for Microsoft. These...

Several XBOX themed items are now available in Europe.

It's the summer of XBOX, at least as far as 8BitDo is concerned. The well-known peripheral maker is ready to paint Europe in translucent green with the arrival of a themed keyboard, mouse, controller, and even a numpad accessory.

First up is the Retro 87 Mechanical Keyboard - XBOX Edition. Priced at €119.99 / £104.99 / $119.99 this keyboard sports the "iconic green color scheme made famous by the original...