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Spyro is back with a new game, but the team bringing him to life had to overcome a near‑collapse to finish the project

As pressure to right the XBOX ship continues to bear down on the studios that make our favorite games, the recent reveal of Spyro: A Realm Beyond proves that full-stop closure of established studios isn’t the only way to balance the books. Instead of closing, Toys for Bob was able…

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Hideo Kojima says his pitch for OD sounded "crazy" to every publisher except Xbox

"I pitched to many people, to the big companies, and also to the up-and-coming companies. All of them said the same thing"

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Hideo Kojima's 'OD': Creator Shares More Details About His Upcoming Horror Game's Mechanics

Hideo Kojima shares more details about OD, his upcoming horror video game that will feature new mechanics.

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5 promising games recently cancelled by Microsoft

If you wished for more pizazz at this year's Xbox Showcase, there's lots of it buried in an growing graveyard of cancelled Xbox games.

PC Gamer

Home buyers and sellers set to save time and money under housing market shake-up

The Government is planning a package of reforms to help modernise the system and avoid house sales falling through

Evening Standard

Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and other Xbox studios could close

Microsoft's "Xbox reset" is starting to sound more like a bulldozing.

PC Gamer

Microsoft Reportedly Considers Spinning Out Xbox to 'Make It Easier to Sell'

Microsoft wants to overhaul its struggling Xbox, and one of the options the company is considering is making it its wholly owned subsidiary.

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Should Xbox CEOs have term limits, and did this week show why the question matters?

Xbox’s financial troubles and leadership questions overshadowed Windows 11 updates and PC reboot fixes this week.

Windows Central

Kirstie Allsopp's relatable reason for disliking downstairs bathrooms – despite homeowners being 'obsessed' with them

They may be 'one of the top five requests' for homeowners, but the property expert is hilariously not a fan

Woman & Home

‘Not an Allbirds Moment’: Xbox’s CEO says she is grounding the console in gaming roots, not AI

Since stepping into the Xbox CEO role, Asha Sharma has preached a "return of Xbox."

Fortune

Everything announced at the Xbox Games Showcase 2026

From Gears of War: E-Day to Persona 6, we've covered it all

GamesRadar

Xbox Games Showcase 2026 — all the news, reveals, and announcements at Microsoft’s biggest gaming event of the year

Xbox Games Showcase returned for 2026, offering new reveals and trailers for some of the biggest upcoming games, including Fable 4, Gears of War: E-Day, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 and more.

Tom’s Guide

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma kills Copilot for Gaming — overhauls leadership with CoreAI veterans

Sharma took over as Xbox CEO in February after Phil Spencer retired following 38 years at Microsoft.

Tom’s Hardware

Kirstie Allsop says this '11-second rule' is the key to selling your house quickly

The Location, Location, Location star and co-host Phil Spencer shared their tips for attracting buyers on This Morning

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"That's exactly what Xbox needs": Former Meta colleague of Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says her non-gaming background doesn't matter because she has "the spine to push hard calls through"

As Xbox's CEO Asha Sharma wins faith from fans with beneficial changes, her former Meta colleague says her drive is "exactly what Xbox needs."

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Xbox has changed its name and backtracked on Game Pass prices, but is it too little too late?

Opinion | Sharma's answered the Call of Duty

Windows Central

Inside Xbox's "exclusive" conundrum: Will Microsoft pull games like Halo, Gears, and Forza from PlayStation?

The big conversation right now revolves around whether or not Xbox will return to "exclusive" games. It's a big decision, much bigger than perhaps most people realize.

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

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'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.

GamesRadar

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"

Windows Central

It's time for Xbox to stop apologizing for its existence

If there's one thing I think Xbox should change under new CEO Asha Sharma — it's in how Xbox presents itself to the public. Xbox needs to stop hiding.

Windows Central

Ex-Microsoft Xbox lead says he thinks Phil Spencer "did a fantastic job," and believes new CEO Asha Sharma has an "edge" — "I'm very optimistic."

Former Microsoft Xbox lead Ed Fries praises Phil Spencer's work and says he believes Asha Sharma can "make things happen, change the world" as CEO.

PC Gamer

Take-Two boss declines to offer advice to the new Microsoft Gaming chief, says she'll be fine on her own: 'She’s a highly accomplished executive who’s done just great without ever having met me'

Asha Sharma came into Microsoft's Xbox business without a background in gaming, but Zelnick did the same thing at Take-Two and that's worked out pretty well.

GamesRadar

Todd Howard was "really, really sorry" to see former Xbox chief Phil Spencer retire, but says new CEO Asha Sharma "is great"

Spencer is "a good friend" of Howard

TechRadar

Microsoft has reportedly pulled the plug on its strange ‘This is an Xbox’ marketing push

Microsoft has seemingly retired its odd 'This is an Xbox' marketing campaign following new leadership changes.

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