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Microsoft's weekend Free Play Days promotion on Xbox runs September 10-13 with Borderlands 4, F1 25 2026 Season Edition, Surviving Mars: Relaunched, CarX Drift Racing Online and Dustborn for Game Pass members, plus Madden NFL 27 free for all Xbox players.
Nearly 1,900 Blizzard workers represented by the CWA have ratified contracts covering World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, QA and shared services, securing AI guardrails, layoff protections, remote and hybrid work benefits, and wage floors up to about $70,400 ahead of BlizzCon 2026.
Microsoft is ending unlimited Xbox Cloud Gaming for Game Pass subscribers in November, replacing it with tiered monthly hour caps and a new pay-as-you-go option for players without a subscription.
Microsoft's long-rumored disc-to-digital entitlement program goes live for Xbox Insiders on August 31, letting supported Xbox One and Xbox Series X discs unlock a permanent digital license, Play Anywhere access, and cloud streaming without surrendering the physical disc.
According to a Eurogamer Spain Gamescom podcast, Sony is weighing a one- to two-year delay to its January 2028 digital-only cutoff after publishers raised concerns that Microsoft's next console, codenamed Project Helix, could pull disc-favoring players and major third-party support away from PlayStation.
Microsoft has officially confirmed its Xbox Disc-to-Digital feature: Xbox Insiders can insert supported Xbox One or Xbox Series X discs on August 31 to claim a digital entitlement that unlocks Xbox Play Anywhere and Cloud Gaming, while the physical disc keeps working as before.
Asha Sharma tells the BBC that rising component costs driven by AI demand are reshaping how Microsoft will build Project Helix, while a new disc-to-digital entitlement feature gives 1,000 physical Xbox games a digital future on consoles that may or may not include a disc drive.
IKEA and Xbox have officially unveiled YXSTABY, a nine-piece gaming-inspired furniture and accessories collection co-designed by both teams and built to blend gaming gear back into the home. The collection was announced at Gamescom 2026 and ships in IKEA stores and online from October 1, 2026.
Xbox Game Pass is losing six games in late August and early September, including The Witcher 3 Remastered on August 31 and NBA 2K26 on September 6.
Xbox has stopped tagging PS5 and Switch 2 in a new Minecraft Dungeons 2 trailer, while a fresh Sony ad rebrands Marvel's Wolverine, Ghost of Yotei and more as PS5-only. PushSquare and IGN read the shift as both console makers doubling down on exclusivity messaging.
Microsoft has rolled out a fresh cluster of official Xbox 25th-anniversary celebrations: a new Xbox Gear merchandise store opening today, community-made gamerpics and themes, a free 25th-anniversary profile badge, curated Game Pass anniversary collections, and the full international FanFest tour schedule through November.
Microsoft has published a temporary fix for Windows 11 gaming crashes affecting ARC Raiders, THE FINALS, and MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls, tracing the issue to the inpoutx64 driver shipped with RGB peripherals and components on Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2.
Moon Studios CEO and Ori series creator Thomas Mahler has publicly denied rumours that a third Ori game is in development at Xbox, even as reports suggested a surprise Gamescom 2026 reveal.
The website and Telegram channel tied to the anonymous leaker known as Cyberleek have gone offline, days after Take-Two filed subpoenas targeting Microsoft and Discord for any data that could identify the person behind the campaign.
Tim Schafer has confirmed that Double Fine has fully transitioned out of Microsoft ownership and now earns all revenue from sales of Psychonauts 2, Keeper and its other Xbox-era titles, while announcing an Amnesia Fortnight 2026 Kickstarter campaign that will let backers pick the studio's next small game.
Take-Two Interactive has filed formal DMCA subpoenas demanding Microsoft and Discord hand over user data tied to the “cyberleek” persona behind the GTA 6 leaks, with both companies given until September 4 to comply. The legal filings mark the publisher’s first concrete courtroom step in the search for whoever is leaking Vice City footage.
Dealabs leaks put the translucent OG Green Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition at €899.99 in Europe, with billbil-kun pointing to a US figure of $899.99 and a November 27 launch on Black Friday. Microsoft still has not announced official pricing.
CEO Guillaume Provost confirms a management buyout is complete, returning ownership of the studio's three games to Compulsion and ending months of speculation that began when Microsoft announced it would divest five Xbox studios.
Microsoft has officially acknowledged that the August 11, 2026 Patch Tuesday update (KB5121003) is causing crashes and unresponsiveness in a limited number of Windows 11 games, with ARC Raiders, MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls and The Finals named on its Release Health page.
Xbox has confirmed its second August 2026 Game Pass wave, with Egging On available today and day-one launches for Vapor World: Over the Mind, Blood Dungeon and Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy. The Xbox Wire announcement also flags titles leaving the service on August 31 and September 6.
