Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Around the World in 80 Flights

A new report sheds more light on the situation at Xbox that led to the big news this week that Microsoft was cutting 3,200 jobs at the gaming company, divesting from studios, and making other cutbacks to "reset" the business. Bloomberg reported that Microsoft spent "nearly $80 billion" in the past 10 years on deals to help revitalize Xbox and realize its dream for Xbox Game Pass, but those plans did not pan out the way Microsoft envisioned. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said this week that the big bets made under previous leadership--including Game Pass, acquiring studios, and putting its games on riva

Well, this isn't a good idea after laying off thousands of people: a global Xbox FanFest tour. Yet apparently it's still going ahead, even after Microsoft fired the person who pitched and created the show in said layoffs. Face, meet palm. Read more

Microsoft has insisted it will not “reverse course” on its recently announced plan to return to exclusive Xbox games, but fans say they are finding it hard to trust what the company says.

The requirements are still light, but I remember what I was rockin' at launch.

While the new Xbox leadership team under CEO Asha Sharma has been on a charm offensive lately--while also promising a "reset" for the division that suggests layoffs are on the way--Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella got down to brass tacks recently. During a panel at the New York Times Hard Fork event, Nadella spoke about how Xbox will have to find a way to become more profitable as it enters a new era. "No one can accuse Microsoft of not having invested for the last 25 years," Nadella said. "And now we have to turn this into a sustainable business that delivers what is fundamentally one of the best