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As hinted by Asha Sharma earlier today.As you've probably seen, Xbox has announced 3,200 job cuts as part of a major restructuring plan, with 1,600 of those cuts taking place today - including at popular Xbox studios and publishers such as Obsidian, Activision and Bethesda.Xbox boss Asha Sharma effectively confirmed this herself earlier today, mentioning that "we are also making reductions across other units" (in addition to the four studios that were revealed to be departing the brand) and nami
Let's get an idea of how things are shaping up.So, you've probably seen the news today that Xbox is eliminating 3,200 job roles and getting rid of four studios in the process, with all of those development teams falling under the "Xbox Game Studios" banner at Microsoft.<related ids="203447">Read the full article on purexbox.com
As part of the major Xbox reset.In her statement regarding the restructure at Xbox and the job layoffs / studio departures earlier today, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma mentioned that investment was shifting to "higher priority projects" in some cases at certain studios.Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, who is well-known for being one of the most reliable "insiders" in the business, says that ZeniMax (the parent company of Bethesda) will face a "significant overhaul" as part of this restructuring.Read the full
Following a massive wave of layoffs.You've probably seen the news already today - Xbox is laying off 3,200 employees over the next 12 months (with half of them leaving immediately), and at least four studios will be departing the brand as part of it.<related ids="203447">Read the full article on purexbox.com
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The news we were dreading.We've been waiting ages for Xbox to announce what's happening with the layoff situation, and it's now been confirmed that 3,200 roles are being eliminated throughout fiscal year 27, with 1,600 of those taking place today.In addition, Compulsion Games (We Happy Few, South of Midnight) and Double Fine Productions (Psychonauts 2, Kiln) are transitioning to independent studios, while Ninja Theory (Hellblade) and Undead Labs (State of Decay 3) are being sold off. Arkane Stud
The latest day one addition to XGP.Ready for some new additions to Xbox Game Pass? Well, July is already looking stacked, but we're expecting Microsoft to update the list imminently (probably on Tuesday), and before then we've got a new day one title for July 6th!This game is called Winds of Arcana: Ruination, and it's making its debut on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S following a PC release in late 2025. It's a 2.5D action-platformer developed by the Indian indie studio known as Brewed Games (
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The competition's joint top-scorer as things stand.The World Cup has been absolutely fantastic for anyone who loves the game of football / soccer over the past few weeks, and one of the standout talents has been Norway and Manchester City striker, Erling Haaland.As things stand, the superstar striker is joint top-scorer alongside Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi, and scored both goals as Norway incredibly toppled Brazil in the Round of 16. In other words, he's the talk of the sporting world right
It reportedly hasn't been "fully finalised" yet.There's obviously been a lot of talk over the past few days about Sony's decision to cease physical discs for PlayStation consoles as of 2028, and some people have been urging Xbox to not make the same "mistake" in the process.It's been a belief for a while now that Xbox's next console (known as Project Helix) won't include a disc drive out of the box, but apparently that still hasn't been "fully finalised" yet - at least according to a report from
If your ideal action game involves equal parts swordplay, spellcasting and uncovering hidden corners of a sprawling world, Winds of Arcana: Ruination deserves a place on your radar. Better still, you won't even need to buy it if you're a Game Pass subscriber. The post Winds of Arcana: Ruination Casts A Spell On Game Pass With Day One Xbox Launch appeared first on TheXboxHub.
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Not confirmed, but we thought we'd give you the heads up.At the start of every month, we usually bring you a roundup of games that are getting delisted over the next few weeks, but there's nothing confirmed for July as things stand - although we've noticed two games that are likely candidates.Again, we should make it clear that there's no guarantee either of these will leave the Xbox Store in July, but we reckon both Funko Fusion and Star Trek: Legends could be delisted (potentially without warn
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COD: Vanguard? RV There Yet? Persona 5 Royal?We're still waiting for Xbox Game Pass to really take off in July, so before we get there, we thought we'd take a look back at what ended up being a pretty busy month in June, with multiple major titles added to the service along the way.Some of the big hitters last month included Call of Duty: Vanguard, EA Sports FC 26, Persona 5 Royal and Jurassic World Evolution 3, and we had some big indie hits in the form of RV There Yet? and Abyssus.Read the ful
The latest freebies for XGP subscribers.The Xbox Game Pass Perks program is continuing to add a bunch of freebies for Game Pass members throughout July 2026, including for the likes of EA Sports FC 26, Where Winds Meet, Rainbow Six Siege and others.As we've mentioned before, it seems most Xbox Game Pass Perks are now accessible to Essential, Premium and Ultimate members, but there are exceptions where only Ultimate members can get access. Fortnite Crew and the Rocket League Rocket Pass are notab
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It's the Xbox 360 for us.One of the big talking points this week has been Sony's decision to cease disc-based releases for PlayStation consoles as of January 2028, and we're still waiting to hear whether Xbox will do the same thing for Project Helix (although apparently a disc-to-digital program is in the works either way).<related ids="203265">Read the full article on purexbox.com
We've reviewed plenty of accessories, pieces of gaming and audio gear over the years, and whilst our focus will always be Xbox, we've discovered that a great set of earbuds can transform far more than your gaming sessions. The post The Best Wireless Earbuds We’ve Reviewed appeared first on TheXboxHub.
Some early predictions!What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in August 2026? Well, Microsoft hasn't confirmed anything just yet, but based on some games that were added to the service this time last year, we can at least make a few predictions ahead of time.We know that a lot of Xbox users want more advance notice of games leaving Xbox Game Pass, but Microsoft usually gives us around two weeks right now - and don't forget, publishers sometimes secure late deals with Microsoft to keep their games on Game
