The Latest Breaking News from Xbox

'Only the survival of our studio would make us consider such a painful action': Tim Schafer announces Double Fine layoffs just 3 weeks after Xbox cut it loose

A total of 23 people have been put out of work.

PC Gamer · Jul 28

After escaping Xbox, Double Fine lays off 23 people as Tim Schafer says "only the survival of our studio would ever make us consider such a painful action"

"The people we are losing were all important"

GamesRadar · Jul 28

Xbox Helix and Steam — and why it no longer makes sense

One of the coolest new features of the next-gen Xbox is the promise of PC-like openness. But ... does it still make sense from a strategic point of view? Does it still fit Xbox's wider plan under Asha? Let's discuss.

Windows Central · Jul 28

Visa Is Reportedly Planning To Cut Thousands Of Jobs. AI Played a Role In The Decision

Visa is planning to cut thousands of jobs in an efficiency push, according to a new report.

International Business Times · Jul 28

Xbox is back online, tech lead pledges "we'll do better" so similar failures "can't ruin your night again" after outage stopped fans playing digital and physical games

"I care less about the one-line root cause," says chief technology officer Scott Van Vliet

GamesRadar · Jul 28

16-hour Xbox outage even stopped physical games from working — company blames licensing issue for incident that prohibited gaming across three generations of console

Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet said that a licensing service sitting outside Xbox, which the platform depends on, began failing late on July 26 and took roughly 16 hours to clear.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 28

Why Capcom never gave Dragon's Dogma 2 the 4-player co-op it was made for is beyond me — and this upcoming PC mod proves it

I recently came across DD2gether by ButFrog, which aims to add 4-player online co-op for the base Dragon's Dogma 2 game and its upcoming Dark Arisen DLC expansion at a later date. If you're sad that Dragon's Dogma 2 doesn't have co-op, then this is a mod that should be…

Windows Central · Jul 28

One year later, XBOX's Adaptive Joystick has changed our accessible gaming life for the better — as Microsoft's efforts slow down

XBOX's Adaptive Joystick transformed console and PC gaming in my home, and now it looks like Microsoft's accessibility efforts are facing some uncertainty.

Windows Central · Jul 28

XBOX has made a full recovery of its live services for most users: Here's Microsoft's latest report on the situation as of 6:48 PM ET, July 27

Xbox has announced that it is aware that people are encountering errors that are preventing them from logging into Xbox Live, cutting off access to their Xbox game library in the process. So Xbox has dispatched engineers to fix it.

Windows Central · Jul 28

Top 5 new Action RPGs to play in 2026

Looking to try a new action RPG in 2026? Look no further.

Dot Esports · Jul 28