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Microsoft feels like the new Sega - why the recent studio closures feel like the collapse of the Xbox ecosystem
As the next generation of consoles gets kicked off, it feels like Xbox is retreating rather than making a case for dominance.
July 29, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The $1.15 billion dollar bet Microsoft made to save the Xbox 360 from the Red Ring of Death
When your Xbox 360 got hit with the RROD, Microsoft was ready to get a new console into your hands as quickly as possible.
July 11, 2025
Trent Cannon
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How the failure of the Sega Dreamcast helped the Xbox 360 overachieve, according to one of the people who built both
One former Sega of America executive helped Microsoft plan for Sony's inevitable marketing onslaught and devise a strategy to counter it.
July 09, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The maker of Candy Crush is cutting roughly 200 people as Microsoft announces a new wave of layoffs
Microsoft Gaming boss Phil Spencer told workers that even though the company's future "has never looked stronger," the layoffs were the result of "tough decisions"
July 02, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Without naming Trump's Tariffs as the cause, Microsoft has increased the price of the Xbox consoles, games, and controllers by around 20%
This coupled with Nintendo suddenly charging $80 for their first-party games means that pretty much ever major game company is likely to do the same.
May 01, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Minecraft changed my life, and it helped me change the lives of the kids I care for (even after they grow up)
How Minecraft helped me become a better childcare provider & mentor
April 11, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Xbox boss Phil Spencer sees community as central to his idea of gaming
Spencer cites the "shared love of this art form of video games" as the core of his view of what gaming should be during his PAX West 2024 keynote
August 31, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Watch Xbox boss Phil Spencer's PAX West Storytime event!
A rare chance to hear what Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has to say about Xbox, Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, and more.
August 29, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
First Halo season 2 trailer is all about the Fall of Reach
Remember Reach.
December 05, 2023
Fran Ruiz