Xbox Game Studios News Articles
Saturday18th Jul 2020
News Expect Additional World Premieres At Next Week's Xbox Pre-Show
"You don’t want to miss this"
On 23rd July, Microsoft will be hosting its highly anticipated Xbox Games Showcase. It promises to reveal the first gameplay footage of Halo Inifinite's campaign and various other first-party titles. Before the main event, though, is a special Summer Games YouTube pre-show - hosted by The Game Awards creator, Geoff...
Sunday31st May 2020
News Mojang Confirms It's Working On Cross-Platform Multiplayer For Minecraft Dungeons
And promises cool free content for everyone
A while ago, it was discovered the Minecraft Dungeons action-RPG would not support cross-platform multiplayer on release, and that it would be patched in as a free update in the future. So, what's the status on this? In the latest post on the official Minecraft website, Mojang's Cristina Anderca reminded...
Saturday30th May 2020
News Mojang Reveals The First DLC Pack For Minecraft Dungeons, Arrives This July
Welcome to the jungle
After a few leaks, Mojang has now officially confirmed the two DLC packs coming to Minecraft Dungeons. The first one is "Jungle Awakens" and will be released in July, and the second adventure is "Creeping Winter" and will arrive at some point later this year. Here's a bit about what you can expect from the first DLC: In...
Saturday9th May 2020
News Double Fine Confirms Psychonauts 2 Will Be Part Of July's Inside Xbox Event
Gameplay on the way
Microsoft confirmed during its Inside Xbox show on Thursday that the company will be showing gameplay from its lineup of Xbox Game Studios in July. Psychonauts 2 developer Double Fine was one of the development teams mentioned, and its founder Tim Schafer has elaborated on this further. Schafer provided an update via both...
Tuesday28th Apr 2020
News Xbox Dev inXile Fills Senior Producer Role For Unannounced Next-Gen Project
Is it for that "ambitious" RPG it's working on?
It's an exciting time for Xbox fans far and wide as we get closer to the launch of its next-generation hardware. More of Microsoft's first-party studios are obviously gearing up for some big projects as well. With this in mind, it appears Inxile (stylised as inXile) – the developer currently working...
Monday27th Apr 2020
News LinkedIn Profile Reveals More About The Initiative's Secret Project
Is it Perfect Dark?
There have been rumours about a potential Perfect Dark reboot on Xbox Series X for some time now, and it's been suggested that Xbox Game Studios developer The Initiative is behind it. We still don't know for sure, but a former employee's LinkedIn CV might have revealed some hints. The CV belongs to an ex-Technical Designer at...
Sunday26th Apr 2020
News Gears Tactics Dev Says Xbox Game Pass Allows Microsoft's First-Party Teams To "Take Risks"
"And try things" they normally wouldn't
One of the best things about the Xbox ecosystem is Xbox Game Pass. It's an affordable subscription-based service allowing you to play literally hundreds of games – and quite a lot are brand new releases. In an interview with Venture Beat recently, The Coalition operations director Mike Crump explained from...
Tuesday21st Apr 2020
News Nvidia's GeForce Now Service Is Losing Xbox Game Studios Titles
Being removed this Friday
Nvidia has announced that its GeForce Now cloud streaming service is removing titles from an array of publishers later this week, including Xbox Game Studios. The company released the news via its official blog, where it commented that it hoped they’d return in the future. Games from Warner Bros. Interactive...
Wednesday15th Apr 2020
News Former Xbox Marketing Lead Reveals What He Thinks Of The PS5 Controller
Also talks AA batteries
Albert Penello, who worked as part of the Xbox team for almost two decades and was instrumental in the launch of the original Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, has revealed his thoughts on the PS5 controller via Twitter, stating that he likes the design, but also noting some of its potential downsides. In a thread, Penello...
Tuesday7th Apr 2020
News The Long-Awaited Patch For Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Is Now Live
Improves performance and fixes plenty of bugs
As you might have heard, Ori and the Will of the Wisps has been experiencing performance issues since its arrival on Xbox One and Windows platforms last month. Moon Studios – for some time now – has been working on a patch and more recently outlined what it woul
Friday3rd Apr 2020
News Over 25 Xbox Game Studios Titles Are Discounted On Steam This Weekend
More sales!
As if enough sales weren't being thrown our way with the Xbox Spring Sale 2020, the Steam platform on PC is also offering discounts on a range of Xbox Game Studios titles this weekend. Among the included games are Ori and the Blind Forest, Gears 5 and Halo: The Master Chief Collection. You'll find the entire list over at the
