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Microsoft teased its plans for next-generation Xbox hardware back in February, saying that it was focussed on delivering the “largest technical leap” for a new console generation with the next Xbox. Now, more details about Microsoft’s plans for its next console have emerged, reiterating the same claim.

Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored hacking group named Midnight Blizzard was trying to breach its systems again, by using information it stole from the tech giant's corporate emails in January.

Four Microsoft first-party games will launch on Sony’s PlayStation 5 and the Nintendo Switch, the company confirmed late Thursday after weeks of speculation over its exclusive titles releasing on rival platforms. The announcement came on the Official Xbox Podcast from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, who also shed further light on the reasons b...

Microsoft will let go of 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week, it said on Thursday, the latest cuts in the technology sector that has extended massive layoffs over the past years into 2024.

Microsoft employee's email accounts were recently accessed by a Russian-linked hacking group, according to the company. The hackers managed to gain access to a “small number” of email accounts. Impacted employees included senior leadership and workers in cybersecurity and legal departments. The company expects some disruption as it fixes older ...

Plunging temperatures, whipping wind and buckets of snow derailed the final stretch of caucus campaigning in the US state of Iowa Friday as Republican presidential hopefuls delivered their last pitches to voters.

Unseasonably cold weather and blizzards came early for northeast China on Monday, with the country's most northernmost province, Heilongjiang, cancelling flights and closing schools, according to state media and government notices.

Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and other Activision Blizzard games won’t be available on Xbox Game Pass until 2024. Xbox CEO Phil Spencer attributes the lengthy regulatory issues the company faced in its acquisition as the reason for not including Activision Blizzard titles immediately. There was a lot of uncertainty about the British CMA appro...

Xbox maker Microsoft closed its $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,75,620 crore) deal for Activision Blizzard on Friday, swelling its heft in the video-gaming market with best-selling titles including Call of Duty to better compete with industry leader Sony.

The UK competition watchdog has cleared Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy 'Call of Duty' developer Activision Blizzard.

Diablo 4 is coming to Steam on October 17, as part of Blizzard’s promise to bring more of its PC catalogue to Valve’s platform. The date coincides with its season 2 content launch — dubbed ‘Season of Blood’ — which grants players vampiric abilities and a new questline that has them team up with vampire hunter Erys, voiced by Hollywood a...

SAG-AFTRA members have voted to authorise a video game strike, with an overwhelming 98.32 percent in favour. This doesn’t necessarily mean that the strike is happening, but rather that the performers are serious about halting work if the union and video game companies fail to reach a proper agreement. Just like the writers’ strike, the actors a...

Overwatch 2 has made history as the worst-rated game on Steam, within three days since its arrival on the platform. Most of the negative reception — 101,826 at the time of writing — is attributed to the cancellation of the long-advertised PvE mode and its change in direction to a live-service system. Only nine percent of the overall ratings are...

Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal is back in the hands of Britain's antitrust regulator after an appeals court granted an adjournment, and the grounds for why the UK should reconsider its block on the US software giant's takeover were published.

Diablo IV’s much-awaited season 1 update is almost upon us and ahead of that, Blizzard has rolled out a new patch. The hefty 8GB patch 1.1.0a brings a range of balance changes, fixes some bugs, and adds unique items, albeit the community seems dissatisfied due to the numerous nerfs that have made the gameplay feel like a ‘slog’. Dubbed ‘Sea...

Microsoft teased its plans for next-generation Xbox hardware back in February, saying that it was focussed on delivering the “largest technical leap” for a new console generation with the next Xbox. Now, more details about Microsoft’s plans for its next console have emerged, reiterating the same claim.

Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored hacking group named Midnight Blizzard was trying to breach its systems again, by using information it stole from the tech giant's corporate emails in January.

Four Microsoft first-party games will launch on Sony’s PlayStation 5 and the Nintendo Switch, the company confirmed late Thursday after weeks of speculation over its exclusive titles releasing on rival platforms. The announcement came on the Official Xbox Podcast from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, who also shed further light on the reasons b...

Microsoft will let go of 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week, it said on Thursday, the latest cuts in the technology sector that has extended massive layoffs over the past years into 2024.

Microsoft employee's email accounts were recently accessed by a Russian-linked hacking group, according to the company. The hackers managed to gain access to a “small number” of email accounts. Impacted employees included senior leadership and workers in cybersecurity and legal departments. The company expects some disruption as it fixes older ...

Plunging temperatures, whipping wind and buckets of snow derailed the final stretch of caucus campaigning in the US state of Iowa Friday as Republican presidential hopefuls delivered their last pitches to voters.

Unseasonably cold weather and blizzards came early for northeast China on Monday, with the country's most northernmost province, Heilongjiang, cancelling flights and closing schools, according to state media and government notices.

Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and other Activision Blizzard games won’t be available on Xbox Game Pass until 2024. Xbox CEO Phil Spencer attributes the lengthy regulatory issues the company faced in its acquisition as the reason for not including Activision Blizzard titles immediately. There was a lot of uncertainty about the British CMA appro...

Xbox maker Microsoft closed its $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,75,620 crore) deal for Activision Blizzard on Friday, swelling its heft in the video-gaming market with best-selling titles including Call of Duty to better compete with industry leader Sony.

The UK competition watchdog has cleared Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy 'Call of Duty' developer Activision Blizzard.

Diablo 4 is coming to Steam on October 17, as part of Blizzard’s promise to bring more of its PC catalogue to Valve’s platform. The date coincides with its season 2 content launch — dubbed ‘Season of Blood’ — which grants players vampiric abilities and a new questline that has them team up with vampire hunter Erys, voiced by Hollywood a...

SAG-AFTRA members have voted to authorise a video game strike, with an overwhelming 98.32 percent in favour. This doesn’t necessarily mean that the strike is happening, but rather that the performers are serious about halting work if the union and video game companies fail to reach a proper agreement. Just like the writers’ strike, the actors a...

Overwatch 2 has made history as the worst-rated game on Steam, within three days since its arrival on the platform. Most of the negative reception — 101,826 at the time of writing — is attributed to the cancellation of the long-advertised PvE mode and its change in direction to a live-service system. Only nine percent of the overall ratings are...

Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal is back in the hands of Britain's antitrust regulator after an appeals court granted an adjournment, and the grounds for why the UK should reconsider its block on the US software giant's takeover were published.

Diablo IV’s much-awaited season 1 update is almost upon us and ahead of that, Blizzard has rolled out a new patch. The hefty 8GB patch 1.1.0a brings a range of balance changes, fixes some bugs, and adds unique items, albeit the community seems dissatisfied due to the numerous nerfs that have made the gameplay feel like a ‘slog’. Dubbed ‘Sea...