The GDC Festival of Gaming has come to a close after uniting all facets of the international games industry for five days of learning, networking, inspiration, celebration, and headline-making news.

Microsoft says devs can now get a working Xbox development setup in about 30 minutes, alongside new free tools designed to support cross platform development.

Ironically, two of the first games Bethesda published for Microsoft were PlayStation exclusives resulting from a previous deal with Sony: the outstanding Deathloop and the very good Ghostwire Tokyo.

Microsoft appears to have quietly erased all traces of its controversial “This is an Xbox” marketing campaign from the official Xbox website.

Microsoft Gaming's VP of Next Generation Jason Ronalds has announced that Xbox's backwards compatibility program is coming back.

Amid a complex transitional period for Xbox, Microsoft seemingly cancels the controversial 'This is an Xbox' marketing campaign.

According to Microsoft's own benchmarks, GDeflate is still the way to go for developers wanting to let the GPU handle asset loading, but Zstd is better for CPU-intensive projects. Zstd does also offer ...

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Project Helix looks like more than a routine Xbox refresh. It could be the moment Microsoft turns Xbox into a true PC-console hybrid strategy.

Microsoft is now focusing on the 'future of play' and meeting players where they are, indicating more widespread broadening initiatives could happen.

Ronald says the next Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, will have a custom AMD chip with “an order of magnitude increase in ...

It's unclear when the next-gen Xbox will launch, but Microsoft plans on shipping the first prototypes of the upcoming console to game developers next year. “I’m excited to share we’ll send alpha ...