Microsoft Wordament

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

If you wished for more pizazz at this year's Xbox Showcase, there's lots of it buried in an growing graveyard of cancelled Xbox games.

The Outer Worlds developer, Obsidian, has apologized for any "confusion" after players complained that the studio reneged on a prior update stating that anyone with the base game in their libraries before May 27 could upgrade to the Spacer's Choice Edition for free.

Big changes have been happening at Xbox over the last couple of months--from Xbox Game Pass price modifications to an all-caps rebranding--and Microsoft's gaming division is now looking to hear directly from its users with the launch of the Xbox Player Voice.Essentially a hangout for gamers to voice their thoughts and ideas, the Xbox Player Voice is a Reddit-like forum for comments that users can vote on so that its visibility is boosted. Teams analyze feedback and ideas that could potentially be implemented in the Xbox ecosystem, but Microsoft did stress that not every idea will make the cut.

As The Elder Scrolls 6 announcement turns eight years old, Microsoft says its eventual reveal will also promise fans that the game is "coming soon."