Xbox va enfin mettre à jour son système de succès avec une fonctionnalité réclamée depuis longtemps. C'est la nouvelle PDG, Asha Sharma, qui l'annonce, sans toutefois préciser quand.

Microsoft reportedly plans to let developers bring Xbox 360 games to PC and next-generation Xbox devices, with a gradual rollout expected between 2027 and 2028. A separate disc-to-digital program would also give players transferable digital licenses tied to their physical Xbox discs, preserving the ability to resell or trade them. The Verge reports: With 360 games, developers can opt into making them backward compatible, and they will have control over things like a game's price and if it's available on Game Pass. The feature is expected to have a "gradual" rollout between 2027 and 2028 "across next-gen devices." The "full launch" of original Xbox games on PC is also set for October 2026; the initial program announced in July included just four games. The document also includes details about a way for players to get a digital version of a game that they already own on a physical disc, which The Verge's Tom Warren reported on in July. The document says that if a player puts an Xbox One or Series game on disc into an Xbox One or Series X console with a disc drive, they'll be granted a digital license that's bound to "that disc and the player's account." The license will stay with a player across Xbox devices, but if the disc "changes hands," the license will transfer to the new person. That should mean that gamers can still trade and sell discs; once the original owner of a disc does so, they can't play the digital version they got from that disc anymore. According to the document, a public beta for the disc-to-digital program was set for July with general availability set for August. We understand Microsoft had originally planned to test its disc-to-digital program with Xbox Insiders in July, but the beta was delayed. It's unclear if the timeline of August general availability is still accurate.

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Le 1er août 2026 a rimé avec une forte hausse des consoles Xbox Series X et Xbox Series S. L'occasion de découvrir qu'en France une Xbox Series X coûte désormais au minimum 750 €.

Microsoft has announced Xbox Backward Compatibility for PC, a new preservation program that will let players run select classic Xbox games on Windows PCs and handhelds like the ROG Xbox Ally. Tom's Hardware reports: "This marks the beginning of a broader effort to preserve XBOX games from the past and bring them to PC over time," the company said in a blog post authored by Xbox "VP next generation" Jason Ronald. Alongside backward compatibility, the company says games will also include new features. The four titles in the announcement are: BLiNX: The Time Sweeper; Conker: Live and Reloaded; Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge; and Fuzion Frenzy. You can now buy all of these games on PC, and they're also included in all Xbox Game Pass plans. Anyone who already owns these titles digitally on console can also now play them on PC or handheld, with support for Xbox Play Anywhere and Xbox Cloud Gaming. Crucially, this appears to be a digital-only preservation effort, so it won't help anyone who only owns physical copies of these games. Xbox has reportedly been testing a way to digitize physical games as far back as Xbox One, but that hasn't yet materialized yet. Alongside the preserved original gameplay, Xbox claims these games will let users customize graphics settings, with up to 4x resolution scaling, VSync support, Fullscreen and Windowed modes, anisotropic filtering, and enhanced anti-aliasing, with more features to come in the future. Notably, Xbox will add achievements to select original Xbox games on console and PC.

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On a tous envie de se rafraîchir par ce temps, et parfois, même une compétition de kayak à la télé ou plonger dans un cours d'eau dans un jeu vidéo peut suffire à « rafraîchir » (notez les guillemets). Est-ce pour cela que ce jeu de surf est partout sur Internet ?

Alors que Microsoft taille massivement dans Xbox, un article publié par Bloomberg le 7 juillet 2026 révèle que les bénéfices de Minecraft auraient servi à financer une partie du reste du catalogue. De quoi relire autrement dix ans de stratégie très coûteuse.

Michael Maynard est l'une des nombreuses victimes du reset de la branche Xbox. Du haut de ses 20 ans de carrière au sein du studio id Software, sévèrement touché, il livre un avis sans concession sur Microsoft.

Xbox traverse une période difficile et vient d'annoncer, le 6 juillet 2026, la suppression de 3 200 emplois ainsi que la fermeture de quatre studios majeurs. On apprend également que le Game Pass n'atteint même pas la moitié de son objectif d'abonnés pour l'année 2026.

On l’avait vu venir, mais le choc est tout de même là : Microsoft annonce le licenciement de milliers d’employés au sein de sa division Xbox et se sépare au passage de quatre studios de développement. Une vaste restructuration qui fait de lourds dégâts.