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'Final Fantasy Tactics' highlights the lack of organic growth for Xbox Play Anywhere
By Jez Corden published
Xbox After launching several games on Xbox Play Anywhere, Square Enix has passed on XPA for Final Fantasy Tactics. Why?

Here are the latest changes coming to Windows 11
By Ben Wilson last updated
LIVE Microsoft continues to update Windows 11 and its related apps, so we're tracking the latest changes, new features, and any news related to the operating system.

Xbox Game Pass gets Space Marine remaster, another Activision game, and more
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox Xbox Game Pass is getting Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Master Crafted Edition, Crash 4, and more games soon.

Massive Legion Go deal drops price to $499.99 — here's how it beats the Nintendo Switch 2
By Sean Endicott published
Deal The Nintendo Switch 2 is out of stock, but the Legion Go is $200 off and may be a better handheld for you.

Microsoft-backed AI startup Builder.ai collapses after faking AI services
By Zac Bowden published
AI AI startup Builder.ai, once valued at $1.5 billion and publicly backed by Microsoft, has just collapsed after it was discovered that its AI was actually just 700 Indian engineers.

New Xbox Game Pass games (Jun. 2025): What's coming, leaving soon
By Zachary Boddy last updated
Xbox Game Pass As Xbox Game Pass grows ever bigger, I'm keeping careful track of the best new additions, upcoming arrivals, which games are leaving soon, and much more.

Windows Insiders get new Canary build, but Recall and Click to Do are still absent
By Sean Endicott published
Windows Microsoft’s latest Canary Channel build adds energy saver settings and brings back Phone companion in the Start menu, but key AI tools like Recall remain unavailable.

Xbox quietly adds Baldur’s Gate 1 & 2, could we get Baldur's Gate 3?
By Jennifer Young published
GAMING Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 Enhanced Editions have just arrived on Xbox Game Pass
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