Microsoft related news and articles

The share of digital trade of video games is growing. Sales of digital downloads reached $61 billion in 2015, with a 34% increase of games downloads for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 platforms. It seems that a major transformation is taking place in the way consumers purchase games and, as such, existing trading models may […]

Microsoft sent out a survey to Xbox One owners to examine opinions on a digital ‘buy back’ program, allowing returning completed games for store credit.

Phil Spencer’s latest announcement appears to pave the way for hardware upgrades, graphics cards and other performance modifiers for consoles similar to PC.

Playstation executives have responded to the recent suggestions that Microsoft is considering inter-console multiplayer functionalities in the future.

Details on the upcoming Gears of War 4 have been leaked through the cover story of Game Informer’s April edition.

Microsoft bosses have revealed that the Lionhead development studio behind the Fable franchise has been dissolved and shut down all of its operations.

A leading Xbox executive has expressed his delights at the latest edition to the Gears of War franchise, which has since been acquired by new developer The Coalition.

The founder of the company that brought Gears of War to Xbox and PC has criticized Microsoft for its future methods pertaining to its Universal Windows Platform. As reported by the Guardian, Microsoft’s new development platform has caused controversy for its apparent attempts to allow the Xbox creator to dominate software development. Microsoft’s UWP development […]

Phil Spencer has recently spoke about Microsoft’s decision to cease reporting Xbox sales figures, saying that it was not a move to hide their console’s measures of performance.

A number of Xbox One gamers were reportedly able to purchase and play Red Dead Redemption, which Microsoft referred to as an administrative error in their backwards compatibility program.