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Xbox had a terrible 2025: Microsoft canceled games and raised console and Game Pass prices, Costco stopped selling Xbox, and Valve's Steam Machine upstaged it (Devindra Hardawar/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/2025-was-the-year-xbox-died-130…

2025 was the year Xbox died
The Xbox brand effectively died this year. But can it be resurrected as a PC platform?

Neue Xbox-Chefin Asha Sharma: Muss eine Spiele-Managerin selbst zocken?
Asha Sharma hatte mit Videospielen bisher nicht allzu viel am Hut. Jetzt wird sie Xbox-Chefin. Ist das ein Problem?
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Na, wer von euch hat in den letzten Monaten heimlich zur PlayStation geschielt? 👀 Die neue Xbox-Chefin hat da wohl was mitbekommen... 🎮
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11185220?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_bei…

Arm-Based Windows 11 PCs Can Now Download and Play Games from the Xbox App https://www.thurrott.com/games/331882/arm-based-windows-11-pcs-can-now-download-and-play-games-from-the-xbox-app

Just opened up Xbox.com to see UCLA Women's Basketball star, Lauren Betts on the front, representing NBA2K26.
#ucla

Neue Xbox-Chefin verspricht „Rückkehr der Xbox“ ohne KI-Müll
In einem internen Memo stellt Asha Sharma nach dem Abgang von Phil Spencer ihre Strategie für Spiele und Hardware bei Microsoft vor.
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Xbox Kinect (who remembers that?) was great so I can imagine why Nex Playground is successful.
#gaming

Nex Playground | The Active Play System for Kids and Families
Level up your family time with the award-winning active play system. Jump in, sweat and laugh as your family creates magical memories together.

Sources: Microsoft is preparing to launch a session-based ad-supported Xbox Cloud Gaming tier in 2026; users note Xbox Cloud Gaming now references "ad support" (Jez Corden/Windows Central)
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EXCLUSIVE: Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting ad-supported access VERY soon
Users have been noticing that Xbox Cloud Gaming has begun referencing "ad support" while launching games.

Xbox-Erdbeben: Phil Spencer und Sarah Bond gehen
Microsofts Xbox-Sparte bekommt eine neue Chefin: Die frühere CoreAI-Managerin Asha Sharma löst Phil Spencer ab, der sich in den Ruhestand verabschiedet.
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Memo: Xbox President Sarah Bond, long thought to be Phil Spencer's heir, is leaving; Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty is promoted to Chief Content Officer (Ryan McCaffrey/IGN)
https://www.ign.com/articles/phil-spencer…

Phil Spencer Retiring, Sarah Bond Out, Matt Booty Promoted as Microsoft AI Exec Asha Sharma Named New Xbox Boss – EXCLUSIVE - IGN
Big changes are being made at the top of Microsoft's gaming division.