Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’s release date on the PS5 will reportedly be announced on Monday. The action-adventure title from Bethesda launched on PC and Xbox Series S/X in December 2024, with a PS5 launch slated for 2025. While Microsoft and Bethesda have not confirmed the release date for the PS5 versions of the … Read more
Microsoft will push for more film and TV adaptations of Xbox games, the company has said. A film based on Minecraft is set to release in theatres next month, and the Xbox parent found success with the Fallout TV series on Amazon Prime Video last year. A TV series based on Halo, Microsoft’s biggest gaming … Read more
Amazon.com devices chief Panos Panay is adding a premium tier to the next generation of artificially intelligent Alexa gadgets. The introduction of tonier hardware, which will coexist with lower- and mid-priced products, is a bid to give consumers more choice while generating new excitement for an Alexa franchise that has lost luster in recent years. … Read more
Microsoft is said to be working on an Xbox-branded gaming handheld in collaboration with an OEM partner. A report earlier this week said that an Xbox handheld, codenamed “Project Keenan”, would launch later in 2025. A new report, however, says that handheld is not Xbox hardware and will be a partner device manufactured by Asus. … Read more
The US Federal Trade Commission is moving ahead with a sprawling antitrust probe of Microsoft that was opened in the waning days of the Biden Administration, signaling that Donald Trump’s new FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson is going to prioritize scrutiny of tech giants. FTC staff in recent weeks have continued to work on the investigation, … Read more
Bethesda is reportedly gearing up to announce a remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The Microsoft-owned studio could even launch the rumoured remake project before June and as early as later this month. Leaked court documents in 2023 had shared details on several unannounced projects at Bethesda, including a remaster of Oblivion. The studio … Read more
Xbox hardware has been staring at an uncertain future since Microsoft pivoted its gaming strategy to launch first-party titles on rival platforms in 2024. Console sales in the US reportedly hit a record low for the company in 2024. Despite Microsoft’s struggles as a platform owner, Xbox chief Phil Spencer has said the company is … Read more
A US judge on Tuesday denied billionaire Elon Musk’s request for a preliminary injunction to pause OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit model but agreed to a fast-track trial in the fall of this year, the latest turn in the high-stakes legal fight. Musk does not have “the high burden required for a preliminary injunction” to … Read more
Microsoft finally launched its Copilot app for macOS on Thursday. The Redmond-based tech giant had previously launched the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot app for iOS and iPadOS, and now Mac users will also be able to access the app natively. Similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT app for Mac, users can activate Microsoft’s AI chatbot with a … Read more
Microsoft rolled out unlimited usage of two new Copilot features to the free tier on Tuesday. The two features — dubbed Voice and Think Deeper — were released to all Copilot users recently. However, those on the free tier could access them with a rate limit. Now, the Redmond-based tech giant is removing the rate … Read more