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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.

TechRadar

Bluepoint tech boss suggests Sony's scared of Valve, not Microsoft, and that's why it's pulling back from PC: 'It would be quite ironic if Valve ultimately ended up winning the console war'

Me? I just think everyone's intimidated by the raw power and magnetism of Linux.

PC Gamer

Microsoft has recommitted to its Xbox Backwards Compatibility Program going forward and will be 'rolling out new ways to play some of the most iconic games from our past'

Microsoft has recommitted to its Xbox Backwards Compatibility Program for its future consoles and confirmed it will return in some form later this year.

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Texture pop-in may be about to pop-out of existence thanks to even faster asset streaming ushered in by new Zstandard support in DirectStorage

Racing ahead.

PC Gamer

The next Xbox console, Project Helix, will 'advance the state of the art' and aims to be far superior to the Series X

Following the reveal of Project Helix earlier this month, Microsoft has now shared some of the console's specifications that will offer next-generation performance.

TechRadar

AMD announces next-gen 'FSR Diamond' AI-enhanced upscaling for future Xbox consoles, but the question is whether it's coming to PC and which GPUs will support it

And will it be limited to next-gen RDNA 5 GPUs?

PC Gamer

Microsoft's weird "This is an Xbox" marketing appears to be getting quietly swept under the rug amid leadership changes

This news story is not an Xbox

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Microsoft is paving more PC roads to Project Helix, releasing a Windows 11 Xbox Mode in April for laptops and desktops

This should make navigating Windows on controller easier.

PC Gamer

Xbox mode is rolling out to all Windows 11 PCs next month — and some gamers are excited, while others are worried

The rollout of Windows 11's new Xbox mode has been met with both excitement and skepticism.

TechRadar

"This is an Xbox" campaign vanishes overnight as Microsoft begins to "Build for What's Next"

Microsoft has scrubbed the "This is an Xbox" campaign from official sites, signaling a sharp pivot toward "Project Helix" and a return to console-first branding.

Windows Central

Microsoft confirms its next Xbox, Project Helix, will go out to studios next year — 'We plan to ship alpha versions of the hardware to developers beginning in 2027'

Microsoft has shared new details about its next-generation Xbox console, Project Helix, and confirmed it will be in developers' hands sooner than expected.

TechRadar

Xbox confirms its Project Helix console will roll out in 2027 – but there's a Godzilla-sized catch

Xbox will start to get Project Helix consoles into people's hands from next year, just not consumers

What Is 'Xbox Mode'? New Windows 11 Feature Is Coming Soon Amid New Console Talks

Microsoft's Windows 11 is getting a so-called Xbox Mode feature, which was announced during the Game Developers Conference.

Player One

GreedFall 2: The Dying World: how to buy, different editions, and more

GreedFall: The Dying World offers a different kind of adventure.

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Microsoft reveals new details on its Project Helix PC-console hybrid: here's all the latest on the next Xbox

Microsoft revealed more about Project Helix during GDC 2026. Here's what we know so far.

GamesRadar

Xbox lead thinks "we have been in a golden age for indies" since 2008, and it's "a fantastic time to be a developer" if you ignore all the smoke: "The present is awesome"

Woohoo!

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft confirms next-gen Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, will be powered by custom AMD SoC and feature 'FSR Diamond' — 'Xbox Mode' is also coming to Windows 11

The first official hardware details for Project Helix have been confirmed and Microsoft seems to be heavily leaning toward neural rendering, going as far as to unveil the next-gen FSR "Diamond" stack. Along with the AMD co-developed custom SoC, FSR will enable a significant bump in raytracing performance in the…

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Xbox teases "some iconic games from the past" to be re-released in 2026, after its "game preservation team" spent years "working very hard in the background"

"Being one of the largest publishers in the industry, one of the largest platforms in the industry, we feel a deep responsibility to preserve the games from the past"

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Destructoid

‘This is a passion project for all of us here’: Xbox keeps pushing the envelope on preservation efforts

Keeping old games alive is a great thing, actually.

Windows Central

Rejoice! Microsoft's Xbox Backwards Compatibility Program is coming back this year — "we’re committed to keeping games from four generations of Xbox playable"

During its GDC keynote, Microsoft and Xbox announced that the Xbox Backwards Compatibility Program is returning in some fashion later this year.

Destructoid

Everything can be a console in a few weeks’ time as Microsoft plans to bring an ‘Xbox Mode’ to all Windows devices

Your PC is now an Xbox.

GamesRadar

Early Xbox Project Helix specs promise "next-generation" AI upscaling and an "order of magnitude leap in ray tracing performance" as Microsoft tries to win the next-gen console war before it even starts

Xbox is also responding "the massive increases in storage prices and memory prices" with new compression tech

PC Gamer

Microsoft spills the beans on its Xbox-PC hybrid at GDC while suggesting it's still years away

The AMD-powered box will continue the work started by the ROG Ally X.

GamesRadar

Xbox Project Helix dev kits to roll out in 2027, narrowing possible launch window as Microsoft doubles down on PC integration: "An increasingly important part of the Xbox experience"

"We're bringing the best of Xbox to Windows itself"

Windows Central

Microsoft brings new "Xbox mode" to Windows 11 PCs next month — Prepares major gaming advancements that lay foundations for the next Xbox

At GDC 2026, Microsoft outlined the future of PC and Xbox game development, positioning Windows as the foundation for the next-generation of gaming via unified GDK.

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