Since becoming Xbox CEO in February 2026, Asha Sharma has overseen sweeping changes, including studio divestments, a brand reset, and a renewed commitment to consoles. She has also advanced next-generation hardware plans, revised Game Pass pricing and features, and launched Xbox Labs.
Xbox is officially selling gaming by the hour. Cloud Playtime lets players without Game Pass buy blocks of streaming time, and it's live now for Xbox Insiders to test, according to Xbox Wire. The packs come in three sizes at introductory prices: 10 hours for $3.99, 25...
Shigeru Miyamoto has been selected to receive Japan’s Order of Culture, becoming the first person from the video game industry chosen for the prestigious honor.
Veteran game writer Chris Avellone has accused a BioWare producer of advocating against job applicants because of their apparent political beliefs.
Gears of War: E-Day reportedly cost more than half a billion dollars, intensifying scrutiny of its modest launch sales.
Netflix reportedly attempted to secure exclusive film and television adaptation rights to Microsoft's massive library of Xbox gaming franchises in a deal worth $500 million. However, Xbox leadership apparently believed its intellectual properties were worth...
A trailer for BioWare’s canceled next Mass Effect game has leaked online, giving fans a glimpse of the project following the studio’s closure announcement.
PS6 memory costs alone could run Sony more than $680 per console, according to a well-known hardware insider, and that's before Sony pays for a processor, a case, or a controller. The claim comes from KeplerL2, who's accurately reported on AMD hardware in the past. In...
EA’s DICE and Respawn studios are reportedly teaming up on Star Wars: Battlefront 3, following recent rumors linking Bungie to the sequel.
NetEase is toughening penalties for abusive chat in Marvel Rivals. The developer is cracking down on so-called "toxic speech" in text and voice chat, with penalties that include mutes lasting up to a full year and long-term bans for the worst offenders. In an...
BioWare’s planned shutdown will end more than 30 years of game development and halt work on its next Mass Effect installment.
Bungie could become the next studio to tackle Star Wars Battlefront, according to a rumor naming the Halo creator as a potential developer.
Ubisoft wants to shut down RedLynx, the Finnish studio behind the Trials series, and it's cutting 70 jobs at Ubisoft Singapore at the same time. "Today, we informed our teams of a proposal to close RedLynx in Finland, subject to the local change negotiation process,...