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GTA 5's $40 Current-Gen Upgrade Goes Free Tomorrow
Rockstar is dropping the $40 price tag on GTA 5's current-gen upgrade for last-gen owners, effective tomorrow. It's a smart play five months out from GTA 6.
Grand Theft Auto 52 min read
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FC 26 Hits Game Pass Just in Time for the World Cup
EA Sports FC 26 arrives on Game Pass tomorrow, perfectly timed with the 2026 World Cup in full swing. It leads a wave of seven new additions stretching into early July.
EA Sports FC 262 min read
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Third Xbox Leader Gone This Week as Treyarch Boss Exits
Mark Gordon's retirement from Treyarch after 22 years makes him the third senior Xbox figure to leave in a single week, as Microsoft's gaming division continues to shed leadership.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Ninja Theory Told It's Closing Days After Revealing New Game
Ninja Theory debuted Senua at Xbox Games Showcase on June 8. A week later, staff were told the studio is being closed.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Microsoft May Spin Off Xbox Like LinkedIn or GitHub
Three sources told The Information that Microsoft has considered spinning Xbox out into a standalone business unit, a move that could pave the way for a sale or joint venture.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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$80 Billion In and Xbox Still Can't Figure Out Money
Satya Nadella went on stage and essentially admitted that after 25 years and tens of billions in acquisitions, Xbox still doesn't know how to make money.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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Even an Index Fund Beats Xbox's Profit Margins
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits Xbox has been subsidizing entertainment rather than monetizing it, with YouTube making more off Xbox games than Microsoft does.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Praised in April, Killed in June: Compulsion Falls
Two months after Xbox CEO Asha Sharma called Compulsion's Peabody Award 'a well-deserved recognition for storytelling that truly matters,' the studio is reportedly being shut down.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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YouTube Makes More Money Off Xbox Than Microsoft Does
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella dropped a brutal admission during a live podcast event: YouTube is making more money off Xbox games than Microsoft is.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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Xbox Game Studios Loses Its Head as Sharma's Reset Rolls On
Craig Duncan and Louise O'Connor are both out at Xbox Game Studios, just days after Asha Sharma's internal letter outlined an aggressive reset of the entire Xbox division.
Nathan Lees3 min read
Patch Notes
Forza Horizon 6 Patch Notes (15th June 2026)
Playground Games rolls out fixes for leaderboards, drag racing balance, and a major Horizon Play progression overhaul.
Forza Horizon 64 min read
Patch Notes
Directive 8020 Patch Notes - Bug Fixes to Improve (15th June 2026)
A month after launch, Supermassive Games tackles the notorious character model glitches and progression blockers plaguing console players.
Directive 80203 min read
Patch Notes
007 First Light Game Update 1.0.5 Patch Notes (15th June 2026)
Update 1.0.5 brings back the fixes from the rolled-back 1.0.4 patch, plus new stability improvements and mission-blocking bug fixes.
007 First Light8 min read
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Down $500M in Five Years, Xbox Fast-Tracks Fallout
Microsoft's gaming division has lost nearly half a billion in annual revenue over five years. Now Xbox is rushing its biggest franchises to market while the company quietly considers whether to spin off or sell the whole operation.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Onimusha on Switch 2 Locked to 30fps, Half Other Platforms
Capcom's Onimusha: Way of the Sword will cap at 30fps on Switch 2 while PS5, Xbox, and PC target 60fps. A variable mode pushes it to 40fps, but the gap is hard to ignore.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword4 min read
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Quick Resume May Be Nuking Forza Horizon 6 Save Files
One of Xbox's signature convenience features may be the culprit behind Forza Horizon 6's devastating save wipe bug, and Playground Games is scrambling to push fixes across all platforms.
Forza Horizon 64 min read
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Valor Mortis Date Was Already Wrong When Xbox Aired It
The September 24 release date shown during the Xbox Games Showcase was already dead by the time it aired. One More Level knew it was moving Valor Mortis to October 13 before the showcase even started.
Valor Mortis3 min read
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Two CoDs Ducked It, but MW4's Campaign Ships a Week Early
Campaign early access is back for Call of Duty after a two-year gap. Digital pre-orders unlock MW4's story mode on October 16, a full week before launch.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 42 min read
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3% Profit Margin Forces Xbox Into Sweeping Layoffs
Xbox will end its fiscal year with a 3% profit margin despite spending over $20 billion on the platform. CEO Asha Sharma is now planning significant layoffs in July as part of a full business reset.
Nathan Lees4 min read
Patch Notes
007 First Light Game Update 1.0.4 Patch Notes (11th June 2026)
IO Interactive's latest patch tackles save corruption, out-of-memory crashes, and a handful of progression-breaking bugs that were locking players out of missions.
007 First Light7 min read
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Sharma Pulled Halo Trailer From PlayStation State of Play
Bloomberg reports that Xbox CEO Asha Sharma pulled a Halo trailer from Sony's State of Play presentation, a move that could damage the fragile Xbox-PlayStation relationship just as Xbox prepares for sweeping layoffs and budget cuts.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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$20B Spent, Revenue Down: Xbox Braces for July Layoffs
Asha Sharma's internal memo lays bare the math: $20 billion spent over five years, annual revenue down nearly half a billion. Now layoffs are coming.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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A $900 Xbox? Sharma Pushes Radical New Plans for Helix
With RAM costs spiralling and Project Helix potentially hitting $900 or more, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says the old console playbook is dead and new business models are coming this year.
Nathan Lees5 min read
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Dragon Quest Monsters Returns to PlayStation After 24 Years
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World hits PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, and PC on December 3, bringing the monster-catching spin-off back to PlayStation for the first time since 2002.
Dragon Quest Monsters2 min read