Minecraft: Xbox Edition - Skin Pack 1

Confirming earlier rumors and reports, Microsoft and Discord announced a new partnership today that includes a new version of Xbox Game Pass called the Starter Edition.Available to Discord Nitro members, the Starter Edition of Game Pass includes a library of 50+ console and PC games, and Discord Nitro is staying the same price, which is $10/month or $100/year. The Game Pass Starter Edition also includes 10 hours of cloud gaming access per month.Some of the games included with the Game Pass Starter Edition include Fallout 4, Stardew Valley, DayZ, Deep Rock Galactic, Grounded, and Overcooked 2.C

Mojang's blocky sandbox game is currently inaccessible--a rarity for Minecraft. The last major widespread Minecraft outage was in October 2025, when the global Microsoft Azure cloud disruption affected services, including Minecraft authentication and Xbox Live. Around 12:30 AM PT on June 1, players began to report problems with launching Minecraft via Downdetector. Attempting to connect to the game via the Minecraft Launcher shows the message, "Oh no! Something went wrong, and we couldn't connect to the Minecraft services. Please connect to the internet to refresh your offline access." A furth

Mojang Studios showed up for its Minecraft Live May 2026 presentation with reveals for A Minecraft Movie 2, Minecraft Dungeons 2, and more, and we were there to gather all of the highlights.

Microsoft has confirmed the lineup of games coming to Xbox Game Pass during the second half of May as well as the early part of June. Here's what to expect.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma suggested that Xbox will no longer reference PS5 or Switch in future showcases, unnecessarily reigniting a console war