Tag Archives: Series X

Following price increases for the Xbox console, accessories, Game Pass and more, Microsoft has now raised the cost for its Xbox dev kits by 33%.

Following a surprise patch earlier this year on PC, Remedy has announced that Control on PS5 and Series X|S are set to receive their own update.

Following reports that Costco was no longer stocking Xbox consoles, the US retailer confirmed “we don’t have any plans going forward to carry an Xbox console.”

Back in May of this year, shortly before cancelling a number of projects and shutting down studios, Microsoft had raised prices on Xbox Series X/S consoles. Now just a few months later, Microsoft is hiking up prices once again, meaning an Xbox Series X will soon cost $650 as standard.  …

Almost a year after it was first teased, Satisfactory is set to officially come to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S this November.

Following in Genshin Impact’s footsteps, Krafton has now announced that PUBG will officially end support for last-gen consoles this November.

Following reports that Turn 10 has been downsized and Forza Motorsport cancelled, the team have now spoken out on the future of the racing series.

Earlier this Summer Microsoft shocked everybody when they announced that a ton of their ongoing Xbox projects would be cancelled, with just some of the victims including Perfect Dark and The Initiative; Rare’s Everwild; Zenimax Online’s Project Blackbird and Turn10 – to name a few. One project which was said to be safe from all this was Avalanche Studios’ Contraband. Unfortunately, it seems as though it too has now been cancelled.

In the wake of Microsoft’s latest firings, the console maker has shared its earnings report – with Xbox software being up, while hardware continues to decline.

The past couple years for Xbox has been a bit of a whirlwind. From spending almost $100 billion on acquiring studios to becoming a 3rd-party games publisher, the future of Xbox is somewhat unclear. According to one of the founding members of Microsoft’s Game Studios (who worked at the company since 1995) “it looks like Xbox has no desire or literally can’t ship hardware anymore.”

Following the announcement that Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled has sold 10 million copies a ‘leaker’ is claiming that a port is coming to current-gen and PC.

While fans eagerly await its final chapter, The Long Dark has gotten a surprise update bringing a ton of visual enhancements to PC and current-gen consoles.

Microsoft has announced its next wave of Game Pass titles, including Metaphor: ReFantazio, Tales of Kenzera and much more arriving throughout the rest of May.

As part of the latest firmware update, Xbox users can now declutter their consoles’ homescreens with new app customisation options.

Over 10 years on since its initial release, Ubisoft has released a free update to Far Cry 4, adding 60fps support for PlayStation 5.

Avowed marks the biggest first-party Xbox game for 2025 so far, with the Obsidian Entertainment-developed RPG arriving on Microsoft’s console (and PC) just under a month ago. Being Microsoft, the company rarely shares sales figures for its games. That being said, according to the game’s director, the higher-ups at Xbox are “happy” with Avowed’s player numbers.

As they do every month, Microsoft has announced the line-up of Game Pass titles which are set to leave the service in a couple weeks’ time.

In a surprise update, Night Dive Studios’ Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Remaster has gotten a native current-gen upgrade alongside a ton of new features.

The ESRB has published more listings for current-gen versions of a bunch of Resident Evil games, with RE: Revelations reportedly coming at some point.

During the 1990s and early 2000s, instead of PlayStation, Nintendo and Xbox, the video games industry’s 3 console giants consisted of the aforementioned PlayStation and Nintendo – but also SEGA. Unfortunately, following the failure of the Dreamcast, the console maker would pivot to becoming a 3rd-party publisher. With Microsoft seemingly set to go a similar route, Xbox Head Phil Spencer has now directly addressed these comparisons.

While details on its performance have been somewhat mixed, the team at Obsidian have now confirmed that Avowed will offer a 60fps mode on Series X at launch.

With us comfortably into 2025 now, Microsoft is looking back to last year, sharing some stats on the best-performing Xbox games across its digital storefront in 2024. From total units sold to Daily Active Users, the top 20 titles from each category have now been revealed.

While the PlayStation 5 is currently outpacing sales of the PS4, the same cannot be said for Microsoft’s Series X|S compared to its own last-gen system.

As promised, Microsoft’s Xbox Developer Direct offered a ton of new details on the upcoming DOOM: The Dark Ages, including its long-awaited release date.

Tomorrow, Microsoft will be going live with its Xbox Developer Direct, in which the console maker is said to be showing off 4 titles in total – including DOOM: The Dark Ages and South of Midnight. According to one insider, Microsoft is keeping its cards close to its chest, with “a few other surprises” said to be announced during the event...

Microsoft is bringing a ton of titles to its Xbox Game Pass Standard and Ultimate line-up throughout the remainder of January.

Microsoft has announced its latest Xbox controller – the translucent red ‘Pulse Cipher’ Special Edition – costing £69.99.

It seems as though Capcom is set to once again re-release a bunch of Resident Evil titles to modern consoles, according to the ESRB.

The GSD have released their annual European game sales report – revealing some troubling stats for Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S console(s).

Following multiple unfortunate delays, Phasmophobia finally came to consoles in late October – selling 1 million copies in its first month.