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New data: Xbox Play Anywhere is steadily gaining traction, but challenges remain

By Jez Corden Published

Xbox New data shows Xbox Game Pass adoption has improved in recent months, but big app gaps remain. Can Microsoft do more to boost it?

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Where to find the lowest Xbox Series X|S prices

By Daniel Rubino Last updated

FOMO Prices have risen sharply since August 1 — and may rise again in 2027 as hardware costs continue to climb.

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A soldier in heavy armor swings a blade at an armored enemy on a cobblestone street in front of a damaged building with a vintage police car nearby.
Gears of War: E-Day's multiplayer packs chaos beyond what I imagined

By Alexander Cope Published

Xbox Coalition has released a massive gameplay overview of Gears of War: E-Day's PvE and PvP multiplayer modes, and they're looking to blow their predecessors out of the water.

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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma promises Xbox will "return to growth" by FY28 — How? And what went wrong?

By Jez Corden Published

Xbox Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella promise Xbox will "return to growth" by FY28 — but how?

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8BitDo’s Ultimate 3‑Mode is a standout budget controller with one flaw

By Jennifer Young Published

Review With a killer aesthetic, this 8BitDo pad is great for PC, but console players may want to wait for the official Xbox X25 controller.

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Gears of War: E-Day’s Horde Siege delivers the kind of co‑op intensity the series has been missing

By Jez Corden Published

Xbox Last week I had the opportunity to go hands on with Gears of War: E-Day and its new "Horde Siege" mode, which is far more chaotic, bombastic, and cinematic than I expected.

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I've waited years for these sequels — Gamescom is the ideal time for Xbox to deliver

By Alexander Cope Published

Xbox Gamescom is around the corner, and I'm hoping for any shred of information about these sequels, if they appear at all.

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A glowing green, shattered Xbox sphere floats above a ruined, post-apocalyptic cityscape, with a weathered game controller and disc in the foreground.
Xbox's outage even prevented discs from working and it plans to address it

By Alexander Cope Published

Gaming Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet recently addressed issues concerning Xbox discs not launching games during Xbox Live's most recent outage and plans to make sure this doesn't happen again

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Xbox Helix and Steam — and why it no longer makes sense

By Jez Corden Published

Xbox One of the coolest new features of the next-gen Xbox is the promise of PC-like openness. But ... does it still make sense from a strategic point of view? Does it still fit Xbox's wider plan under Asha? Let's discuss.

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One year later, the XBOX Adaptive Joystick has changed our gaming life

By Ben Wilson Published

Xbox XBOX's Adaptive Joystick transformed console and PC gaming in my home, and now it looks like Microsoft's accessibility efforts are facing some uncertainty.

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