For many gamers, the Xbox One was a swing and a miss, as Microsoft began shifting its home video game console into a multimedia entertainment center. It was initially released with the much-derided ...

The National Videogame Museum has unveiled its acquisition of a long-discussed and legendary piece of video game history — the Nintendo PlayStation console, or the Sony MSF-1. It is the oldest known ...

Microsoft’s next Xbox game console is expected to pretty much be a computer that can run console and PC games. So perhaps it’s not too surprising that Microsoft is rolling out an update for Windows 11 ...

PCWorld reports Microsoft’s Project Helix console aims to eliminate barriers between PC and console gaming through a unified player-first experience. The next-generation Xbox will feature advanced ...

Former Xbox executive Peter Moore--who helped run Xbox during its earliest days--has come forward to say the console war between Microsoft and Sony was maybe "all my fault." Speaking to The Game ...

Cloud gaming vs console gaming in 2026 presents a clash of convenience and performance. Streaming platforms like Xbox Cloud Gaming and GeForce Now offer access to hundreds of games on mobile, PC, and ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft’s next Xbox console, codenamed “Project Helix,” is expected to play both Xbox and PC games, further blurring platform boundaries. This convergence matters as it could ...

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is gearing up to spill the beans on Microsoft’s next-generation console. In a post on X today, she revealed that the system is codenamed “Project Helix.” Confirming previous ...

In a surprise announcement, Microsoft’s newly appointed Gaming CEO Asha Sharma confirmed the “return of Xbox” with its fifth-generation console, which is compatible with both Xbox and personal ...

Last summer, we here at Ars made the argument that the company’s next Xbox console should give up the walled garden approach and just run Windows already. Now, newly named Microsoft Executive Vice ...

Project Helix has been confirmed as the codename for Microsoft's next-gen Xbox gaming console. Credit: Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images After a big shakeup at Microsoft's gaming division, ...

Microsoft has confirmed what many have speculated: that its next-generation gaming console will be a hybrid piece of hardware that can play Xbox games as well as Windows PC games. There aren't yet any ...