REDMOND, Wash. — Washington-based tech giant Microsoft has announced a significant price increase for its ultra-popular Xbox consoles, controllers, games, and accessories in the United States and ...

Update 4, July 3, 2025: As layoffs hit the Bizzard part of the Microsoft Gaming business, it was announced that mobile game Warcraft Rumble would receive no further updates. As explained in an ...

The announcement of studio closures usually makes a pretty large stir in an already dynamic and lively field of video game creation. The latest revelation about the closure of many studios under ...

“We must make choices now for continued success in future years and a key part of that strategy is the discipline to prioritize the strongest opportunities,” Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said in ...

The games industry has seen round after crushing round of layoffs over the past few years – a consequence largely of an over-extended industry recoiling from dramatically higher interest rates, though ...

As reported last week, Microsoft is again laying people off from its Xbox division, this time at mobile game developer King, with Bloomberg reporting that around 10% of the studio is being cut, or 200 ...

The Outer Worlds 2 was originally supposed to be the first Xbox title with a $79.99 price tag. But the company is reducing it to $69.99, citing market conditions. Microsoft is backpedaling on plans to ...

At least five employees at Halo Studios have been fired as part of company-wide layoffs at Microsoft on Wednesday, according to a developer with knowledge of the situation. An estimated 200 to 300 ...

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