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This new wireless gaming headset from RIG delivers 'studio-grade' audio and has been 'custom-tuned for first-person shooters'

RIG has revealed a new wireless gaming headset for online shooter fans.

TechRadar

Xbox leaders lay out new priorities for the company's future, and promise 'flexible pricing' and a focus on 'daily active players' by prioritizing 'hardware, content, experience, and services'

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Xbox Chief Content Officer Matt Booty have shared a detailed plan for the company's future, which includes a focus on player engagement and another name change.

TechRadar

South of Midnight is even better on PS5 than it was on Xbox — PlayStation gamers, you no longer have to miss out on a sublime and underrated mix of fighting, platforming, and Southern Gothic folklore

South of Midnight's gorgeous, stylized presentation really pops on PlayStation 5, while its peppy performance ensures owners of Sony's platform will be fully immersed in one of last year's best single-player, story-driven action-adventures.

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Xbox outlines broad plan to revitalize brand with a back-to-basics approach that focuses on console — New Xbox strategy reprioritizes console, while bolstering cloud and services

Microsoft Gaming has been rebranded to just Xbox and the new leadership at the company is looking to shift focus to what worked in the first place. The new open letter titled "We are Xbox" goes over four main points that the brand is putting at the center of this…

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Ranking the biggest Xbox "problems" on Asha Sharma's to-do list: Exclusives, Xbox Helix, Game Pass, and more

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma just crossed sixty days in the job, and has tackled some big issues facing the platform already. But there's potentially much harder stuff on the horizon.

Windows Central

Leak claims a new Xbox Game Pass tier called 'Starter Edition' that includes '50+ games' and more will be bundled with Discord Nitro

Xbox is reportedly planning to roll out a new Game Pass tier that will be bundled with a Discord Nitro subscription.

TechRadar

Xbox Free Play Days has acquired MLB The Show 26, Age of Mythology: Retold, and more for all Xbox players to enjoy — this upcoming weekend only

Microsoft has announced a collection of games that can be played for free temporarily from April 23 to April 26, 2026. These games are MLB The Show 26, Age of Mythology: Retold, Anno 117: Pax Romana, and The Survivalists.

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Microsoft Gaming is gone as Xbox Project Helix gets more interesting by the day

The Phil Spencer era of Xbox is most certainly over, as Sharma takes the brand in a new direction

'Our presence on PC isn't strong enough,' Xbox bosses admit

At the same time, the "Microsoft Gaming" name adopted in 2022 has been dropped, and it's all back to Xbox again.

PC Gamer

After laying off 15,000 employees in a year, Microsoft will now reportedly pay yet more employees to quit voluntarily in historic first

7% of Microsoft's US workforce is said to be eligible for the buyout

GamesRadar

Everything announced for Xbox and PC at the ID@Xbox and IGN April 2026 Showcase — new indie games on Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Play Anywhere, and more

Couldn't catch the ID@Xbox and IGN April 2026 Showcase live? No worries — we've got a full overview of everything announced right here.

Windows Central

Go big or go home: Seagate's new storage solutions can save up to 256 TERABYTES of data

And there are options for every budget

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Xbox will "reevaluate" its approach to exclusive games and AI, new CEO and CCO say "our new north star will be daily active players"

"To achieve our master plan, the way we work must transform"

GamesRadar

Microsoft goes back to Xbox and ditches Microsoft Gaming as new leaders admit "players are frustrated" with the console and pricing: "We have to be honest about where we are"

Here comes the re-rebrand

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"Xbox will be where the world plays": Microsoft confirms Xbox is once again looking into acquisitions, huge manifesto for the future detailed

In a new memo penned by Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and its CCO Matt Booty, Microsoft details its vision and plans for the future of the Xbox brand

Windows Central

Echo Generation 2, the long-awaited sequel to one of my favorite indie Xbox RPGs, has announced its release date with an insane new trailer

During Microsoft's recent ID@Xbox Showcase 2026, a new trailer for Echo Generation 2 appeared, revealing more gameplay, insane bosses, and its release date.

Destructoid

‘We are Xbox’: New leadership further pledges to bring brand back to its previous glory

They're saying and doing a lot of the right things so far.

Windows Central

Xbox is back as Asha Sharma scraps Microsoft Gaming in favor of the 'Return to Xbox' initiative

Microsoft is scrapping its corporate "Microsoft Gaming" brand to refocus on its core identity: the "Return of Xbox."

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Xbox has a new Game Pass tier in testing: "Starter Edition" appears in the code, includes limited cloud streaming and first party games (UPDATE)

Ahead of an official announcement, the code for Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Cloud Gaming suggests that a new "Starter Edition" may be imminent for reveal.

Destructoid

From rabbit slaves to entirely new dimensions created, here are 5 black magic tricks game devs used to make your favorite games

Don't underestimate the power of unbound imagination

Destructoid

Xbox may have dropped Call of Duty from day one Game Pass, but there are reasons to hope for OG fans

Call of Duty still has a role to play on Game Pass.

GamesRadar

10 Best Xbox RPGs to play in 2026

From The Outer Worlds 2 to Cyberpunk 2077, here is our list of the best RPGs to play on Xbox today.

Windows Central

Forza Horizon 5 sold 5 million copies on PS5 — proving at least for live service the move away from exclusives makes sense

Forza Horizon 5 hits 5M sales on PS5, proving multiplayer Xbox hits thrive when they go multi-platform.

TechRadar

Report claims a new 'pick-your-own' Xbox Game Pass plan is in the works, allowing users to decide what content they want for their membership

This comes after Xbox cut the price of Game Pass Ultimate

Windows Central

"Pearl Abyss delivers": Crimson Desert's biggest Xbox patch so far brings major gameplay changes and meaningful updates

Crimson Desert’s patch 1.04 introduces difficulty settings, expanded storage and housing systems, new content, combat adjustments, and visual improvements in one of its largest updates yet.

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