Two months after the new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma stepped up as Phil Spencer retired , she's taken some time to reflect on the current state of Microsoft's gaming brand alongside Xbox EVP and chief content officer Matt Booty while also detailing plans for the future. …
Last month, I reported on Microsoft's plans to retire SMS codes for authentication and account recovery on personal Microsoft accounts . …
… Alongside this, he states that plans included a Banished Scarab and characters from the Halo books. He also claims Halo Infinite was intended to act as a central hub for future Halo games. …
… It’s a sad day for Bungie, and a worrying time for the studio’s future. …
… Next month, Microsoft plans to add support for AI agents on the Taskbar and Search Box in Windows 11 . …
… Both plans basically share the same offerings, including full keyboard sounds and new effects. However, the annual subscription ships with more features, including priority for community feature requests, and future sound packs and effects. …
… According to sources familiar with the matter, the company has ended production on its latest generation Surface Hub 3 , and the company has scrapped any plans to deliver a Surface Hub 4 in the future. …
… It's worth highlighting that Windows Central executive editor and Xbox expert Jez Corden suggested we could see Call of Duty leave Game Pass in the near future while speaking on the XB2 podcast this past weekend. …
… While this could change in the future, this upcoming wave of Surface PCs will remain firmly in the premium and ultra-premium pricing categories. …
… Microsoft has leaked "Duet" and "Triton" codenames for Xbox Game Pass via its back-end APIs recently, suggesting that packages of services are in the plan's future. …
