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College Football 27 joins Xbox Free Play Days for all members, with discounts and trials for three more games through September 6.

Xbox’s August 24–28 lineup brings Star Wars Zero Company, a Plague Tale prequel, MGS4’s Xbox debut and more than 30 games.

Microsoft’s exit from Circana’s digital panel leaves Xbox, Activision and Bethesda sales charts relying more on estimated figures.

The Modern Warfare 4 beta adds the Entrenched campaign mission, multiplayer content and Zodiac Resurgence across two testing periods.

Xbox Free Play Days brings the E-Day beta, Sunderfolk and Asdivine Cross to Game Pass subscribers from August 13 through 16.

Microsoft still loses ~$150 per Xbox Series X even at $800, and the memory crisis driving those losses could force Sony into a $1,000-plus PS6.

Xbox lost $1.7 billion in FY2026 as hardware revenue collapsed 29% and content services declined, raising questions about the platform’s future strategy.

Dataminers reveal Microsoft’s Xbox Backward Compatibility emulator uses Xbox 360 architecture, meaning it can already execute Xbox 360 code on PC.

Xbox players who paid for Halo: Campaign Evolved early access were locked out on July 23 as authentication failures and an Xbox Live outage hit simultaneously.

CWA Canada says Bethesda Montreal union members were laid off in a three-minute call with no questions allowed, as Microsoft cuts 3,200 Xbox roles.