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In not remotely shocking news, Xbox has reportedly suffered its 'worst year on record' for console sales

Xbox reportedly had its 'worst year on record' in 2025 in news that should surprise no one.

TechRadar

Microsoft killed his dream MMO despite apparently loving it, says former Elder Scrolls Online head, so he left: "The game I had waited my entire career to create"

Matt Firor left Zenimax after the cancellation of Project Blackbird

GamesRadar

TV house hunter Phil Spencer says MBE for charity work ‘very overwhelming’

The Location, Location, Location presenter was recognised in the New Year Honours for charitable services.

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Xbox can’t wait to get out of 2025 and start talking about the next generation

Microsoft priced itself out of the console market and started talking up the next generation.

TechRadar

Microsoft's year of shame

Can't make a few trillion dollars without ditching game developers, going googoo gaga for AI and supplying tech to the military, I suppose!

PC Gamer

Hideo Kojima says watch the OD teaser trailer "100 times" and you'll get a "big hint" about what his new horror game actually is: "I can't say anything else"

"Mr Phil will be angry with me"

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As Game Pass Cloud Use Grows, Are Madden, EA FC, and 2K Ready for a Streaming-First Future?

Cloud gaming is growing, but sports games are the odd ones out.

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Steam Machine is "Microsoft's worst nightmare" according to analysts, and one day Xbox games might be more beneficial to Valve than their own publisher: "Xbox console sales have really struggled"

Well, that's ominous

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This is the easy heating trick that I'm using to keep my home damp and mould-free this winter

This expert-approved (and super-easy) thermostat hack will keep moisture damage at bay

Ideal Home

Xbox boss Phil Spencer says "we welcome new options for players" as Valve unveils new rival hardware in the Steam Machine, saying new competition is how "gaming moves forward"

Microsoft is all about giving players options

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Phil Spencer reminds everyone that Xbox is 'one of the largest publishers on Steam' as he congratulates Valve on its new hardware with all the enthusiasm of a man paying his taxes

"Congrats on today's announce."

PC Gamer

New World proved that the hunger for a modern MMO is clearly there—but the only studios with enough cash to make them are too shareholder-brained to try

You can't become a titan if you never get time to grow.

PC Gamer

Valve has done a "very good job" of building a "massive marketplace" on Windows with Steam, but Microsoft and Xbox are looking to go one step further: "We're going to be everywhere"

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also adds another hint that the next Xbox will be a PC hybrid

GamesRadar

Hideo Kojima pitched OD as a "really scary game" to Xbox boss Phil Spencer – and he was right, this looks terrifying

Really, really scary

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Windows Central

Microsoft's ambitious new Xbox: Your entire Xbox console library, the full power of Windows PC gaming, and no multiplayer paywall

The new Xbox platform is said to be a "premium" experience, and now we have some details on what it'll look like.

TechRadar

Xbox boss Phil Spencer wants to 'lower the barrier to entry' to the publisher's games on competing hardware

Phil Spencer talks about Xbox's multiplatform strategy: 'We are making efforts to lower the barrier to entry'.

Windows Central

Phil Spencer swears Forza Motorsport isn’t dead — just parked indefinitely

Phil Spencer confirms Forza Motorsport isn’t cancelled, explaining that Turn 10 Studios is being given more time while Xbox shifts focus to other projects. His comments come amid layoffs, rising profit demands, and growing fan concern over Xbox’s current direction.

Windows Central

If the Xbox Ally is a public beta test for the next-gen Xbox — Microsoft needs to start working with the community *today* to address feedback

The Xbox Insider Program isn't robust enough for the absolutely gargantuan effort ahead of Microsoft. Bringing Windows up to par with the Xbox console experience may be the platform team's biggest challenge yet.

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Xbox's Phil Spencer leaves it up to developers to decide if they want to use AI, and any top-down mandate "is not really a path to success"

"On the creative side, I really leave it up to the teams"

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Next-gen Xbox console will focus on "connecting all your devices in one place," Phil Spencer teases, with the handheld ROG Xbox Ally a sign of things to come

Lining up with Sarah Bond's recent comments

Windows Central

Phil Spencer says next-gen Xbox is first-party — the Xbox Ally hints at what’s next

Phil Spencer has confirmed that Microsoft is developing the next Xbox console, describing it as a first-party device and hinting that it builds on the Xbox Ally’s cross-platform vision. As Xbox faces mounting pressure to hit ambitious profit targets and redefine what “next-gen” means, the company’s future hardware could blend…

PC Gamer

Xbox boss Phil Spencer says 'nurturing and protecting creative teams that want to go take risks' is the priority, admits 'we don't always succeed at that'

The Microsoft Gaming CEO spoke about his priorities at a media industry event, but contradictions haunt the company's grand strategy.

Inverse

We Just Got A Rare Look At Xbox’s Leaked Game That You'll Never Get To Play

Months after 'Everwild' was canceled, a former artist has shared screenshots of Xbox's pacifistic adventure game.

Windows Central

In its quest for infinite money, Xbox is alienating its fans and everything it once was — will it even be worth it in the end, Microsoft?

Microsoft's quest for new users and new revenue threatens hollowing out everything Xbox once was. Socials are a wasteland, the hate is on a level not seen since 2013. Does Xbox even care, and does it even matter?

GamesRadar

Fable's Peter Molyneux was happy to become a Microsoft partner as he's "absolutely motivated by praise," especially from Xbox boss Phil Spencer: "He's someone that absolutely loves the game industry"

"So I let myself forget how awful it had been, being SVP at EA."

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