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Xbox Game Studios has flaunted extraordinary lifetime player numbers for some of its most successful first-party games, including Forza Horizon 5, Halo Infinite, Sea of Thieves, and more. Xbox's first-party portfolio is set to grow even larger this year, with several major titles planning to release, like Ninja Theory's Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 in May, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Avowed in the fall.

The 20 best-selling video games for January 2024 have just been revealed, showing which titles have drawn in the most customers since the start of the year. 2023 was pretty eventful for the gaming industry, both in landmark events like Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard buyout finally being completed and the releases of some highly-anticipated titles. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Starfield are just a few of the chart-topping games released in the past year.

Some newly surfaced evidence suggests Starfield's Creation Kit 2 could be entering beta soon. But the upcoming test may only be reserved for Starfield modders participating in Bethesda's Verified Creator Program.

Steven Spielberg has revealed his pick for the best movie he's ever made. 

Microsoft first-party games Pentiment, Grounded, Hi-Fi Rush, and Sea of Thieves will soon be available on Nintendo Switch and Sony PlayStation platforms. Xbox confirmed on Wednesday that much like other popular multi-platform games like Minecraft, Call of Duty, Overwatch and Diablo, players will soon be able to access these exclusive games on their Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles. This move underscores a larger trend in the gaming industry towards greater accessibility and cross-platform interoperability. By adopting this strategy, the company hopes to encourage greater inclusivity and reach a wider range of gamers.

Xbox and Rare have confirmed that Sea of Thieves is coming to PS5 on April 30, and will feature full cross-play across Xbox, PlayStation and PC.

Microsoft has confirmed multiplatform release plans for four first-party titles.

Last week, Microsoft confirmed it would bring more first-party titles to other platforms. There was plenty of speculation as to what those games would be, but after various announcements today, the roster has been set.

Xbox has announced a PlayStation release date for Sea of Thieves, its popular pirate live service game from British studio Rare.

During Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, we learned about two of the Xbox Game Studios titles that are going multiplatform. The games in question are Obsidian Entertainment’s Grounded and Pentiment, and the latter will launch tomorrow on Nintendo Switch.

Wii scuba diving adventure series Endless Ocean is returning with a new game for Nintendo Switch.

The first two Xbox games coming to Nintendo Switch have now been confirmed, courtesy of today's Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase.

Earlier this month, a barrage of rumors hit the web, giving a grim outlook on Xbox’s future in the console wars. The thoughts going around were that Microsoft was exiting out of consoles and would be bringing their first-party video game titles to competitor platforms. This turned out not to be exactly true, but we are finding out games like Grounded and Pentiment are heading to the Nintendo Switch. 

Pentiment and Grounded have both been confirmed for a Nintendo Switch launch.

The director of much-loved 1992 point-and-click adventure game Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis doesn't think using Nazis over and over again is a good idea.

Jurassic 4 has found a new director: Gareth Edwards has stepped in to take over from David Leitch after the Bullet Train helmer dropped out of the project mere days after his involvement was announced. 

The developer of the Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London has recently announced that Neil Newbon will play an unannounced role in the game. Newbon is known for playing the vampire Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3 and his voice acting will probably be a fine addition to the ambitious Fallout 4 total conversion mod.

Starfield’s latest update has added support for AMD FidelityFXTM Super Resolution 3 and Intel Xe Super Sampling.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle sees Indy going up against Nazis, his favorite punching bags, but one veteran director and writer thinks that's a mistake.

Even though the wait for a new Fallout game is going to be a very long one, 2024 will still be a big year for the series. The TV adaptation of the iconic series hits Amazon Prime in April, and to mark the occasion, Bethesda wants as many of you as possible to play through almost the entire Fallout series. That's why it's releasing the Fallout Special Anthology which includes seven titles from the series, starting from the very beginning.

Nintendo has announced the year's first Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, scheduled to take place February 21, at 6am PT (7.30pm IST). The showcase is confirmed to be around 25 minutes long and will focus on games coming to the Nintendo Switch in the first half of 2024. The event will be available to watch on Nintendo's YouTube channel on-demand. There are no further details available about the games that will be presented at the Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, but one could expect a few surprises, especially with Microsoft confirming last week that four Xbox-exclusive titles would be released on PS5 and the Switch.

Brotato has been installed over a million times since its release on Xbox Game Pass. Many excellent games have been added to Xbox Game Pass in 2024, and Brotato was among the best surprises of these additions, considering it’s a low-budget indie title that managed to make an excellent impression among most of its players.

Microsoft has officially confirmed it’ll bring four formerly exclusive games to rival platforms like PS5, but it won’t say which ones. As part of a bizarre podcast featuring executives Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty, the trillion-dollar tech titan danced around the rumours which have been doing the rounds for weeks now.

Microsoft will not release Starfield and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on PS5 – yet. Xbox boss Phil Spencer stressed these two titles are not part of the four unnamed outings it’s officially bringing to Sony’s system, but in a follow-up interview with The Verge he seemed hesitant to rule out the possibility of them ever getting converted in the future.

Microsoft will bring four first-party titles to PS5, but it’s refusing to name which. Said titles will not include Starfield and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which will remain exclusive to Xbox and PC, until circumstances change. Xbox bigwig Phil Spencer, however, has seen the success of Helldivers 2 – and is struggling to see the advantage of the PlayStation-published shooter not being available on Xbox.

More great games are coming to the PS5, and that’s never a bad thing. Microsoft announced during a highly massaged corporate message that it’ll bring four first-party titles to rival systems, although it wouldn’t name any names. Fortunately, the rumours have been so strong that we can surmise they’ll be rhythm brawler Hi-Fi Rush, historical adventure Pentiment, nautical outing Sea of Thieves, and survival game Grounded. These fit Xbox boss Phil Spencer’s description of two smaller titles and two live service experiences.

Microsoft only announced four first-party titles for PS5 today, and it’s refusing to name which ones, although the likelihood is that Sea of Thieves, Grounded, Hi-Fi Rush, and Pentiment will all get ported. However, its stance is wishy-washy when it comes to other releases, with Spencer claiming he doesn’t believe “we should as an industry ever rule out a game going to any other platform”.

Fable might be with us sooner than expected, with the series revival reportedly aiming to launch in 2025. If true, we could be in for another big trailer this summer, following on from the more extensive look at the game we got last year.

Microsoft’s first-party pipeline is looking set for a packed 2024, with the likes of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and Avowed, among others, set to launch this year, but will that momentum carry forward into 2025? Obviously, it’s far too early to have a concrete answer to that question just yet, but it looks like one long-awaited Xbox game – Fable – is targeting a release next year.

Leaker Nate the Hate, also known as NateDrake on Resetera, has provided updates on three upcoming Xbox games: the rumored new Banjo-Kazooie game, the unannounced next game from id Software, and the long-awaited Fable reboot. Leakers have been causing some headaches for Xbox recently, with reports spreading online that the company was looking to go completely multi-platform with some of its biggest games.

After watching episode 10, many fans are wondering whether there is a release date and time scheduled. Is the episode expected to come out soon or has the show ended? Here’s all you need to know.

There were plenty of concerns about Microsoft’s future for the gaming division. Rumors were flooding the web that gave a grim outlook on Xbox. Now we learned these rumors were mostly false and that there shouldn’t be any concerns that Microsoft is bowing out. Instead, Xbox is ramping up its focus on delivering an excellent platform for players. In fact, to ease some player’s minds about the future of Xbox, several executives offered a business update yesterday. 

Near the end of the latest Official Xbox Podcast, Xbox has confirmed it's planning its June showcase for 2024. The June games showcase is Xbox's biggest event each year, giving fans a glimpse at what they can expect from its first-party studios and the games they're building. The showcase is also usually filled with a smattering of third-party Game Pass partnerships, revealing new games coming to the service throughout the second half of the year and beyond.

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It's been 24 years since the original Xbox launched, but its 'father' says fans are still worrying about the same thing following the latest console tease. 

Xbox has reportedly weighed up the idea of releasing Microsoft Flight Simulator and the next Doom game for rival consoles.

A reliable Xbox insider has claimed that Gears of War, Flight Simulator, and the next Doom game to other platforms, although it seemingly hasn't made a decision about them just yet.

If you're not happy with Helldivers 2 skipping Xbox, you're not alone. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has suggested that he wants the popular shooter to be released on Microsoft's console too, saying that he's "not exactly sure who it helps" for Helldivers 2 to be a PlayStation 5 console exclusive.

Four Microsoft first-party games will launch on Sony's PlayStation 5 and the Nintendo Switch, the company confirmed late Thursday after weeks of speculation over its exclusive titles releasing on rival platforms. The announcement came on the Official Xbox Podcast from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, who also shed further light on the reasons behind Xbox's business decision and confirmed that the next generation of Xbox consoles were in development. Microsoft has not yet revealed the four Xbox exclusives coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch, but The Verge reported that said games would be Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Sea of Thieves and Grounded.

Starfield on PS5 is still a possibility, according to Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer.

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has revealed his plans for the future of Xbox in a brand new interview. 

Following two weeks of rumours spreading like wildfires, with a recent episode of the Official Xbox Podcast, Microsoft calmed fears that it was headed towards a fully multiplatform future, confirming that though four games (that haven’t yet been named) are indeed coming to rival platforms, major flagship releases like Starfield and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle are going to remain Xbox exclusives (though the possibility of them, too, eventually making the jump cannot be fully discounted).

The last 10-days-or-so have been quite the roller coaster for Xbox fans. Team Green was thrown into turmoil earlier this month by rumors that everything from Starfield, to Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, to even Gears of War may be going multiplatform. Granted, some of those rumors were later walked back, but still, the spectre of a third-party future for Xbox was raised.

The last 10-days-or-so have been quite the roller coaster for Xbox fans. Team Green was thrown into turmoil earlier this month by rumors that everything from Starfield, to Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, to even Gears of War may be going multiplatform. Granted, some of those rumors were later walked back, but still, the spectre of a third-party future with Xbox getting out of the hardware business was raised.

Rare have attempted a Valentines poem which included  rather blatant hint that Sea of Thieves would be heading to PlayStation and Switch. “Rowboats are red, And sometimes they’re blue, Other times they’re green, Occasionally they can be white…” they tweeted.

During a recent episode of the Official Xbox Podcast, Microsoft made a number of key announcements, such as four of its first-party games coming to rival platforms (but not Starfield and Indiana Jones, contrary to prior rumours), Diablo 4 joining Game Pass on March 28, teases of new Xbox hardware later this year, and beyond that, a next-gen Xbox, and more.

Microsoft has announced that it’s bringing four of its first-party titles to rival platforms, and though it hasn’t yet been confirmed what those four games are (besides the fact that Starfield or Indiana Jones are not among them– well, for now, at least), it does very much look like the company is testing the waters for future plans of expanding its multiplatform presence.

Amid a flurry of Xbox news today, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer confirmed that four Xbox exclusives are headed to other platforms. He's not, however, expecting other companies to take the same approach.

If it weren’t enough that Microsoft detailed its plans for bringing first-party titles to other platforms (which doesn’t include Starfield and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle), it also discussed its next-gen hardware. Xbox president Sarah Bond promised the “largest technical leap” in a hardware generation.

Following today’s Official Xbox Podcast, Microsoft made its stance on first-party titles going multiplatform quite clear. While it will launch four titles on other platforms (rumored to be Hi-Fi Rush, Sea of Thieves, Pentiment and Grounded), there’s no change to Xbox’s philosophy regarding exclusives. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer clarified that Starfield and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle aren’t among those titles.

Microsoft finally gave its fans an update on the future of its gaming business during the Official Xbox Podcast today. It clarified some of the speculation around its first-party games going multiplatform, explaining that this move only applies to four titles.

Microsoft just released the latest episode of the Official Xbox Podcast, and it contained lots of crucial details on the future of Xbox. Microsoft addressed everything from how many games it will make multiplatform to the arrival of Activision Blizzard games on Xbox Game Pass to future Xbox hardware.

In the new Xbox business update podcast, the company's leadership has confirmed that four of Xbox's ecosystem exclusives will be coming to rival platforms. The business update was a response to snowballing rumors of Xbox internally planning to go fully third party.

Xbox's Phil Spencer has confirmed that two major Bethesda titles, Starfield and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, will not be going multiplatform. The announcement comes after recent rumors that the Xbox titles would be released on competing consoles.

Xbox has put worrying rumors to rest by teasing fans about its future hardware plans. Reliable insiders and leakers recently caused a bit of an uproar when it was suggested that Xbox could be going completely multi-platform. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer promised to address the issues in an Xbox Business Update stream, which was released to the public on February 15.

Diablo 4 is headed to Game Pass, Microsoft have announced. It'll be the first Activision Blizzard game to arrive on the subscription service since Microsoft acquired them, and it'll arrive on March 28th.

Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty have hosted the latest official Xbox Podcast which was trailered to announce an “Xbox Business Update”. This follows days of speculation that many Xbox exclusive games might be going multi platform, such as Sea of Thieves, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and Starfield. There were even suggestions that Xbox legends such as Halo could be heading to PlayStation!

It's official: Microsoft is bringing Xbox-exclusive games to other consoles. As revealed by Phil Spencer, the CEO of Microsoft Gaming, on the Official Xbox Podcast, players can expect to see a slate of four games expand beyond Xbox and PC. While this presumably means the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, Spencer did not share specifics.

During tonight's Future of Xbox event, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer announced that four Xbox games would be launching on new consoles, and while he wouldn't be drawn on which four Xbox exclusives will be making the jump to other platforms, we can take a pretty good guess based on what Spencer said.

Today's highly anticipated Xbox Podcast brought plenty of news when it comes to Microsoft's plans for hardware and multiplatform game releases, and it also brought confirmation that we're still getting an Xbox Showcase in June even after the death of E3.

Loosely in line with recent rumors, Microsoft Gaming boss Phil Spencer says Xbox is bringing four exclusive games to other consoles. 

Xbox president Sarah Bond has said the next-generation Xbox will mark the biggest jump in hardware capability we've ever seen from one console generation to the next.

Well, Xbox most definitely isn't exiting the console business any time soon, with today's business update absolutely squashing any speculation that Xbox Series X would be Microsoft's final gaming console.

During today's highly anticipated Xbox Podcast, Microsoft confirmed that while four Xbox games are going to other platforms, big titles like Starfield and Indiana Jones are remaining exclusive for now. Nevertheless, Xbox boss Phil Spencer believes that exclusive games are going to become much less important in the industry over the next decade.

Seemingly speaking to Xbox devotees worried by rumors that the core platform is getting thinner, Microsoft Gaming boss Phil Spencer has committed to future hardware generations that "respect the investments that people have made in Xbox." 

Four Xbox will come to PlayStation, Game Pass will continue getting day one releases and the next Xbox will be the “biggest generational leap yet”. Those were all announcements at the Xbox business update podcast, and it was fair and well-explained.

Following mounting reports Xbox is preparing for some kind of multiplatform future, Microsoft has confirmed it'll be bringing four previously Xbox-exclusive first-party titles to PlayStation 5 and Switch later this year, with more likely to come in the future.

It’s been confirmed that four games that were previously released as Xbox-exclusive titles are on the way to other platforms, although it’s not been explicitly confirmed which ones they are. 

The president of Xbox, Sarah Bond, has confirmed that the company is already looking forward to the next-generation of hardware, and aims to deliver “the largest technical leap you will have ever seen in a hardware generation.”

There was quite a bit of uncertainty for the Xbox brand last week. I’m sure you saw the nonstop flood of rumors suggesting that Xbox would see many exclusives leave the brand for other platforms. That also left concerns that we might see Microsoft’s gaming division imploding. We even had rumors that Activision Blizzard games might not even be coming to Xbox Game Pass. But that is not the case as Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty clears the air. 

In a blog post and podcast today, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer made waves by confirming four Xbox exclusives will be going multi-platform. While he didn't reveal what those games would be, he did confirm a couple of games that won't be included in those four titles.

Microsoft will release four games for rival platforms, two of which are service-based and the other two “smaller games that were never really meant to be built as kind of platform exclusives,” Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said in a business updated-focused edition of the Official Xbox Podcast.

Microsoft has confirmed that four unnamed Xbox exclusives will be released on other console platforms, such as PlayStation 5 or Nintendo Switch.

Microsoft today addressed recent reports and rumors about a change to its first-party strategy in an Xbox podcast presentation, confirming that a slate of four titles would be released on non-Xbox consoles.

In a new video update, CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer has revealed that four previously exclusive .

Sarah Bond has teased that the next Xbox console will feature the "largest technical leap" between console generations that players will have ever seen.

Now that Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is fully over the line, and its games now fall underneath the Xbox umbrella, questions have been raised as to when we can expect the publisher's titles to be added to Game Pass. Xbox made it clear that all of its first-party titles will be available to play on Game Pass from the day of launch, and Activision Blizzard and its studios are now considered first-party developers.

The Official Xbox Podcast’s special edition is now available, with Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, president Sarah Bond, and Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty discuss the future of Xbox. Spencer first announced that four first-party titles would be coming to other platforms but wouldn’t name them.

It’s official: Starfield, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle are not coming to PS5 or Nintendo Switch in the foreseeable future. However, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer did confirm that four other titles would launch this year for other platforms.

In a recently uploaded special episode of the Official Xbox Podcast, Microsoft Gaming’s leadership team made some key announcements about select first-party Xbox titles that are headed to PlayStation and Switch (which doesn’t include the likes of Starfield or Indiana Jones, contrary to recent reports), what that means for Microsoft’s future first-party plans, and more. And of course, with first-party being the focal point of the discussion, during the podcast, they also spoke about Game Pass.