❌

Vue lecture

Il y a de nouveaux articles disponibles, cliquez pour rafraîchir la page.

5 more AWESOME Xbox April indies: Take a break from getting beat up in Hades 2

✇Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.
[email protected] (Cole Martin)
Manage a bookshop or break out as a hit content creator in these newly released games brought to you by ID@Xbox.

Key art for the games Tiny Bookshop, REPLACED, Hacked: The Streamer, Content Warning, and Before I Go.

Key art for the games Tiny Bookshop, REPLACED, Hacked: The Streamer, Content Warning, and Before I Go.

“Teaming up again” — Xbox CEO signals deeper Discord integration built around Game Pass flexibility and cross‑platform play

✇Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has hinted at a renewed partnership with Discord, potentially tied to increased flexibility in Game Pass. While details remain unclear, the move follows recent pricing changes and ongoing speculation around new subscription tiers and features.

Glossy Discord and Xbox logos hover against a dark blue background. The Discord logo is purple, and the Xbox logo is green, conveying a modern and tech-savvy tone.

Xbox and Discord are going to be pals for some time.

“We wanted to make sure the shape mattered” — Double Fine explains how KILN’s sculpted art defines its combat and characters

✇Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.
A new developer interview reveals how Double Fine shaped Kiln’s gameplay, detailing its origins, long development cycle, and the design decisions behind its unique collision system.

Whimsical animated characters that look like colorful pottery with faces run joyfully along a path at night. The word "Kiln" appears above them.

Promotional image for Double Fine's Kiln

Xbox is cleaning house for next-gen, and Social Clubs were just in the way: Is it moving further away from its social roots?

✇Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.
Xbox has removed Social Clubs, prompting questions about the future of its social features. I'm exploring what could be next, and whether Xbox is moving away from its social roots.

Xbox logo breaking

Xbox has removed Social Clubs, prompting questions about the future of its social features.

Did Asha Sharma kill another ill-fated Xbox project? The "Xbox Mobile Store" seems to be dead. [UPDATE: Xbox responds]

✇Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.
[email protected] (Jez Corden)
Previously announced for launch in July 2024, the ill-fated Xbox Mobile Store seems to be dead, with all test URLs relating to it now hitting a 404 error.

Xbox logo on a smartphone screen with a thumb hovering over it

RIP Xbox mobile game store. We hardly knew ye. Well, we never knew ye.

"A heartfelt thank you": After 28 years, Microsoft legend, former Halo exec and Xbox Film/TV lead Kiki Wolfkill has left the company

✇Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.
[email protected] (Jez Corden)
Kiki Wolfkill spent almost three decades leading various initiatives across the Xbox platform, from art leadership, to transmedia initiatives, and video game production.

Kiki Wolfkill, former Microsoft Xbox/TV lead and Halo Transmedia director

Kiki Wolfkill at the Halo TV show premiere for Paramount+.

Baldur's Gate 3 director reacts to Xbox Game Pass removing Call of Duty from day one access alongside price drop — "It is a good thing creatively"

✇Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.
[email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
Due to Microsoft's new Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price drop, Call of Duty games won't come to it day one anymore — something that may benefit the series.

Xbox Game Pass banner

Both Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7 were available on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on day one, but that won't be the case for other Call of Duty games moving forward.

"I think I know someone who would be perfect for that role": Is former Xbox director Larry Hryb 'Major Nelson' teasing interest in Microsoft's Xbox senior manager position?

✇Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.
[email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
Microsoft recently opened up a new Xbox brand senior manager position, and a comment from ex-director Major Nelson has many wondering if he's going for it.

Asha Sharma and Larry Hyrb selfie

A photograph of Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb and Xbox's new CEO Asha Sharma meeting up recently.

“It may feel different at first”: Microsoft Teams will stop you from leaving meetings or raising your hand accidentally

✇Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.
[email protected] (Sean Endicott)
Microsoft is moving the Raise Hand and Leave buttons in Teams meetings to reduce accidental clicks. The update, scheduled for June 2026, also adds a customizable meeting toolbar with pin, unpin, and reorder options.

The Microsoft Teams app on a laptop arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Microsoft Corp. risks a hefty European Union fine after regulators accused the company of abusing its market power by bundling the Teams video-conferencing app to its other business software. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A couple of Teams features are being moved within meetings to reduce mis-clicks.

“Coming soon”: It looks like you'll finally be able to spend Microsoft Rewards directly on your Xbox console

✇Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.
Microsoft is expanding its Rewards program with a new feature that will allow Xbox users to spend points directly on console.

Bold Microsoft logo with vibrant colors and a gold medal icon on the left, reflecting on a glossy floor. The scene conveys achievement and innovation.

A Microsoft Rewards coming soon page has popped up, showing off the new feature.

"Protect and elevate the Xbox brand": Microsoft hires for major new comms role, pointing to a potential shift in PR strategy

✇Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.
Xbox is hiring a senior brand and reputation lead, suggesting a renewed focus on messaging, consistency, and how the platform presents itself across media, partners, and its community.

Xbox Logo

Xbox is hiring a senior brand and reputation lead, suggesting a renewed focus on messaging.

"Project Helix will be available as a 1st party Xbox console": Microsoft pushes back on swirling third-party hardware rumors

✇Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.
While OEM devices are not ruled out, the company remains committed to building and selling its own hardware, offering clearer direction amid ongoing speculation.

Xbox Series X

While OEM devices are not ruled out, the company remains committed to building and selling its own hardware, offering clearer direction amid ongoing speculation.

Xbox's Starfield just topped US game sales for the first time since launch after its PS5 release — is Bethesda's RPG selling well on PlayStation after all?

✇Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.
[email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
Starfield was the best-selling game in the US during the same week that the Xbox RPG came to PS5 and got some sizable content updates from Bethesda.

Starfield

For the first time since the game's launch, Starfield has become the best-selling game in the US in the wake of its release on PS5.

It's time for Xbox to stop apologizing for its existence

✇Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.
[email protected] (Jez Corden)
If there's one thing I think Xbox should change under new CEO Asha Sharma — it's in how Xbox presents itself to the public. Xbox needs to stop hiding.

Xbox logo with sad doge meme crudely MS Painted on top.

Xbox hides its branding from its own events, barely integrates its services, and has the smallest marketing presence for its size on Earth. Why?

"It really is coming along": Xbox games head Matt Booty was asked which upcoming game from Microsoft stands out — here's what he said (and why I agree)

✇Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.
[email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
Recently, Xbox's games chief Matt Booty was asked which upcoming projects from the brand stand out, and the RPG Clockwork Revolution came to mind for him.

A screenshot of the trailer from Clockwork Revolution by inXile entertainment.

First revealed in 2023 during the Xbox Games Showcase, Clockwork Revolution is shaping up to be one of the most exciting new games from Xbox Game Studios and InXile Entertainment.

'People of Note': Turn-based combat becomes a full-blown musical experience in this new Xbox Play Anywhere title from Annapurna Interactive

✇Windows Central - News, Forums, Reviews, Help for Windows 10 and all things Microsoft.
[email protected] (Cole Martin)
People of Note is a turn-based RPG musical available now on Xbox from Iridium Studios and Annapurna Interactive blending turn-based RPG mechanics that follows a would-be popstar that has to assemble a genre-bending band of musicians and experience music in a whole new light.

People of Note screenshot with Cadence and Fret performing together.

People of Note is available now on Xbox with Play Anywhere support.

❌