Xbox: Last News

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Microsoft Gaming will lay off approximately 650 employees, or 3% of the Xbox owner’s global workforce, in a new round of eliminations following last year’s completion of its Activision Blizzard acquisition. The cuts will primarily impact staffers in “corporate and supporting functions,” per Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer.

Sony has finally announced the release of its latest console – and not everyone is happy.

Black Myth: Wukong has launched to resounding success on PC and PlayStation, but its Xbox version is nowhere to be seen. Now we know why.Black Myth: Wukong developer Game Science claimed the game, which was due to launch on Xbox alongside PC and PlayStation, was delayed because the team was “currently optimising” the Xbox version in order to “to meet our quality standards.”According to a comment given to Forbes, by Microsoft, the company “can confirm that the delay is not due to Xbox platform limitations that have been raised to us.” This is referring to speculation that Black Myth: Wukong is delayed due to the need for feature parity on Series X and the less powerful Series S console, something developers have complained about in the past.Microsoft have not explained what exactly is delaying the game coming out on Xbox, but the statement implies it is due to some sort of exclusivity deal between Game Science and Sony.

Enotria: The Last Song has revealed via its Twitter account that it would be indefinitely delayed on Xbox, alleging Microsoft has taken months to reply.In a blog post, developer Jyamma Games wrote: “Unfortunately, at this time, we have to announce an indefinite delay of the Xbox version. We understand how disappointing this news is to the Xbox community.

Xbox Game Pass is a subscription service that allows you to play all its games for a monthly fee, but games don’t stay there forever. Here are the games leaving the service this month.As reported by GameRant, the biggest game leaving Game Pass in September is FIFA 23. The football simulator was only added in May 2023, but as it’s part of the newly named and yearly EA Sports FC series, the next iteration, EA Sports FC 24, is already on Game Pass.Also leaving is Payday 3.

Xbox Game Pass will be welcoming another new day one release on its subscription service when Train Sim World 5 arrives onto Xbox Series X|S next month.There are already four big games confirmed for September on Game Pass, but Train World Sim 5, which has been going since 2017, will come as a free upgrade for existing owners of Train Sim World 4, for the first 30 days of its release on September 17.For those that don’t own the previous game, Train Sim World 5 will come at no extra cost if you’re already subscribed to Xbox Game Pass. The game will feature three playable routes: West Coast Main Line between London Euston and Milton Keynes, Frankfurt–Fulda Kinzigtalbahn line, and Los Angeles–San Bernardino.Otherwise Gematsu reports that the standard version will cost £39.99, the deluxe version will be £59.99, and the special edition will be £104.99.

Grand Theft Auto 6 is due to come out in the latter half of 2025 for console gamers, but there’s no news yet of a PC launch date.For two of Rockstar‘s recent games, Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2, PC versions of the games came out in April 2015 and November 2019, respectively. That’s a year-and-a-half and a year-long wait.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Warner Bros. Games released the new trailer for its upcoming video game “Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions” Thursday, featuring Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Cho Chang and more iconic “Harry Potter” characters playing everyone’s favorite wizarding sport. “Quidditch Champions” lets players take on the Quidditch positions of either Beater, Chaser, Keeper, or Seeker in single player career mode, competitive multiplayer or online co-op mode.

Gearbox Software has confirmed when Borderlands 4 will be released via a teaser trailer – check it out below.Last night (August 20) Gearbox and 2K Games used Gamescom Opening Night Live to officially reveal Borderlands 4, five years after Borderlands 3 first launched. Two spin-offs have been released since, New Tales From The Borderlands and Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, but Borderlands 4 is the next mainline entry in the franchise.According to the official description of the game, “In this next instalment of the definitive looter shooter, players will assume the role of a legendary Vault Hunter as they blast their way through hordes of enemies in search of new treasures to loot on an all-new planet.”Borderlands 4 is due to release at some point in 2025 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC, however a more specific launch date has yet to be announced.Last month, Gearbox boss Randy Pickford teased the Borderlands 4 announcement.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle” has received a release date for Xbox with plans to launch on PlayStation 5 next year. Xbox announced out of video game convention gamescom on Tuesday that the Bethesda Game Studios-produced game will drop Dec.

Borderlands might not be the most popular celebration of Gearbox Software’s video game, but it might be enough to steer newbies to the source material.The looter shooter phenomenon has been a fixture of the gaming landscape since 2009 and has spawned multiple branching spin-offs, covering everything from fantasy-themed shooters, narrative adventures, to some now-defunct mobile games.Gearbox has teased another mainline entry, but if you’re craving more Borderlands right now, there’s plenty of options.Before we jump in, you can save money through various bundles. Borderlands Collection: Pandora’s Box includes every game in the series (excluding Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands) and their respective DLCs, and is available for £30.99 digitally on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Nintendo Switch (until August 15).

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Riot Games‘ popular free-to-play tactical shooter “Valorant” is no longer a PC-only game. As of Friday, the title has officially launched across Xbox Series X and S consoles and PlayStation 5 in the United States and Canada, Europe, Japan and Brazil, following limited beta testing.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer In the story trailer for Funko‘s first-ever console video game “Funko Fusion,” the brand’s titular Freddy Funko is introduced to the title’s supervillain: his evil copycat, Eddy Funko. The “deeply twisted and immensely powerful shapeshifting counterpart” to Freddy is voiced by “Invincible” star Clancy Brown, who promises Freddy and characters from “Shaun of the Dead,” “Five Night’s at Freddy’s,” “The Umbrella Academy” and more NBCUniversal franchises scattered across the game: “Your worlds will fall.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III” will be available on Xbox Game Pass beginning Wednesday, just before the Season 5 launch for the first-person shooter. The game’s arrival on Game Pass comes on the heels of Xbox increasing the price of its Game Pass subscriptions and limiting availability of content across tiers.

Deadpool & Wolverine film, Xbox has released two controllers with detachable butts.There are two controllers that feature the colourschemes of Deadpool and Wolverine’s iconic costumes. One red and black, the other yellow and blue. From the front, they just look like colourful controllers, but flip them over and they have been embellished with massive butt cheeks.Unfortunately, these robust behinds aren’t so robust, as they’re only attached via a series of small magnets, so they’re easily detachable and, in fact, hollow.

Deadpool and Wolverine fans are desperate to get their hands on the cheeky new Xbox controllers released to promote the upcoming Marvel film.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Warner Bros. Games has acquired Player First Games, the developer of the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned video game company’s new free-to-play platform fighter game “MultiVersus.” Per WBD, Player First Games will continue to be run by co-founders Tony Huynh, head of Player First Games, and Chris White, head of technology, will now report to Carlos Barbosa, vice president and studio head of Warner Bros.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. One of the most anticipated games of the year is now available to purchase and college football fans are excited to play as their favorite teams to win the College Football Playoff National Championship for themselves.

The Halo television adaptation is coming to an end… for now.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The live-action “Halo” series has been canceled at Paramount+, Variety has learned. The big budget series based on the popular Xbox video game franchise aired two seasons at the streaming service.

Xbox users across the country will see the fee they pay for their Game Pass change in September and unfortunately for them the price is going up, not down. Earlier this week Xbox sent an email to its customers sharing their monthly fee for the Ultimate Game Pass will go up from £12.99 to £14.99.