All the trailers for games that don't have a delta or Alan in their name.

We already saw the new trailers for Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater and Alan Wake 2 from the Xbox Partner Preview event. Now, it's time to check out all of the other games that were shown off during today's short showcase stream. ...

With all of those first-party studios, it's nice to see Microsoft extend a hand to their third-party partners.

Microsoft, by way of their Xbox division, says that they will host a special broadcast this week. On Wednesday, October 25 at 10AM (PT), the Xbox Partner Preview broadcast will show off new and upcoming third-party games from Xbox partners.

The show will run for a bit over 20 minutes and include trailers and gameplay footage for new and upcoming game releases....

Oh, you thought we were done with this? Ha.

Microsoft had a major spotlight shown on them today after several court documents made their way online via a little whoopsie by Microsoft themselves. We had the mid-gen Series X|S refresh info, Bethesda's release schedule, next-gen Xbox, and even word that Phil Spencer wanted to buy Nintendo and other studios.

There were even some leaks we didn't share with you today. Leaks like how Microsoft was (or is) planning a mouse and...

The reveal comes from Microsoft themselves.

The Elder Scrolls 6 won't be coming any time soon, according to Microsoft's own documents. Not only the next Elder Scrolls title still several years away, it looks like it won't be headed to the PlayStation 5 (or whatever PlayStation is out at the time of release).

These new details come from Microsoft's own documents that were filed as part of the legal battle between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Microsoft concerning...

8 strikes and you're out.

Xbox is introducing a new strike-based punishment program that they hope will decrease bad behavior on their platform.

A new Xbox Wire blog post from CVP of Xbox player services Dave McCarthy details this new system. McCarthy says that players that are found to violate the Xbox community standards will receive a strike. These strikes will remain on your record for six months. If you manage to receive a total of eight strikes, their account will...

Xbox is well behind the competition from Sony and Nintendo.

Microsoft has flat-out admitted that they have long lost the console wars. This remarkable but unsurprising admission came in its proposed findings of fact that Microsoft submitted on the first day of its court battle with the FTC. Special thanks to IGN for sharing this information.

This week's court battle came after the FTC filed a preliminary injunction to halt Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision...

Pricing for the Series S and PC Game Pass to remain unchanged.

Microsoft announced that they will soon increase the prices of both the Xbox Series X hardware and Game Pass subscriptions. This new report, courtesy of The Verge, says that the price increases will begin on August 1, 2023, for the hardware and as early as July 6, 2023, for Game Pass.

A statement issued to The Verge from the head of communications at Xbox Kari Perez, confirmed the price increases. On August...

Starfield, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Fable, and more.

Just doing a quick recap post for now of all the trailers that were shown off during the rather meaty Xbox Games Showcase that aired today. I'll have longer write-ups about some of the games either later today or this week. ...

Development so troubled that developers hoped it would just get cancelled.

It may come as no surprise to you to hear that the development of Redfall from Arkane Austin was plagued with issues at all levels. This includes a lack of oversight from Xbox management, staffing issues, and an ever changing design basis for the game itself. When Redfall launched last month, it was met with plenty of poor review scores from critics and players. It was filled with a myriad of technical bugs,...

This approval "represents a significant improvement for cloud gaming."

Hot on the heels of the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocking the merger between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard comes the approval of the merger from the European Commission (EC). This approval brings Microsoft's $70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard that much closer to being completed.

Interestingly, the European Commission had very similar conclusions and concerns...

Wasn't this already announced?

Microsoft just announced that there will be an Xbox Games Showcase streamed live on June 11 at 10AM (PT). The Xbox Wire announcement suggests we will see a blend of both first-party and third-party titles that are coming to Xbox platforms in the months and possibly years ahead.

There were no specific developers or games shared in today's announcement. All we can say with certainty is that the titles shown off will be coming to Xbox, PC, and...

The deal will bring some titles to Nintendo platforms and Nvidia's streaming services.

Microsoft has agreed to a 10-year deal that will bring Xbox titles to Nvidia's cloud streaming services and to Nintendo platforms. This is being done in an effort to appease antitrust regulators that still feel as though Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard would lead to anti-competitive behavior or even a monopoly.

In the deal with Nvidia, games like Minecraft...

Employees across several Microsoft owned studios were just let go from the company.

Microsoft announced plans to layoff 10,000 employees, a decision that CEO Satya Nadella calls "difficult but necessary." A statement issued to employees, made public by Microsoft, does not go into detail just how many departments are being impacted. However, we do know that the Xbox division at Microsoft did not come away unscathed.

Several studios under Xbox were impacted by...