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- Technology & AI
- July 22, 2026
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Microsoft brings original Xbox backward compatibility to Windows PCs
For years, Microsoft has leaned heavily into extensive backward compatibility across multiple generations of Xbox hardware as a major selling point for its consoles. Today, that effort expands past the…
- Technology & AI
- July 22, 2026
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Microsoft is bringing original Xbox games to PC
Microsoft is expanding its Xbox backward compatibility efforts today by bringing original Xbox games to PC. An early preview release will see four classic Xbox games available on PC today,…
- Technology & AI
- July 15, 2026
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Hundreds rally at Bethesda HQ to protest Xbox layoffs, and Ars was there
ROCKVILLE, Maryland—Hundreds of Bethesda Game Studios and Zenimax Online Studios employees and their supporters braved nearly 100°F temperatures to protest sweeping layoffs across Xbox during a lunchtime rally in front…
- Technology & AI
- July 14, 2026
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The OLED Xbox Ally X20 is so good, Asus will sell it solo
The Ally X20 (front) and Lenovo Legion Go 2 (behind). When I first told you about the “OLED Xbox Ally X of my dreams,” I had to curb my enthusiasm…
- Technology & AI
- July 8, 2026
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Microsoft’s Xbox reset is pivoting Obsidian to make Fallout instead of Avowed
As part of Microsoft’s big Xbox “reset,” which includes layoffs affecting 3,200 staffers, jettisoning studios, and shifting investments to focus on “higher priority projects,” Obsidian Entertainment is changing its plans.…
- Technology & AI
- July 8, 2026
- 32 views
If Microsoft sold off Xbox, who would even buy it?
This week, Microsoft took a huge ax to its Xbox business. The company announced that it would be laying off 1,600 workers now, 1,600 more over the next fiscal year,…
- Sports
- July 7, 2026
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Playing Xbox, refreshing Twitter and … eating ta…
From first-rounders to a player taken in a round that no longer exists, major leaguers recall the moment they got picked.
- Entertainment
- July 6, 2026
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How Did Xbox Get Here?
In an effort to save the one-time industry leader, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma on Monday announced 3,200 layoffs and the divestiture of four studios.
- Technology & AI
- July 6, 2026
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The incredible shrinking Xbox: Five studios, 3,200 employees let go
Last month, Xbox executives laid out some “hard truths” about Microsoft’s struggling gaming division that they said would require a difficult “Xbox reset.” This morning, Microsoft revealed the brutal shape…
- Technology & AI
- July 6, 2026
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Former Xbox studios Double Fine and Compulsion will keep games after going indie
Microsoft is spinning off four of its Xbox game studios – Compulsion Games, Double Fine Productions, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs – as part of the restructuring announced today. However,…
