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Reçu hier — 26 février 2026 ⏭

Votre application Xbox vous a spammé de messages ? C’est normal

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Par : Nicolas Lellouche
26 février 2026 à 09:03

Piratage ou simple bug ? Les utilisateurs de l'application Xbox ont été surpris dans la soirée du 25 février 2026 par une dizaine de messages identiques, avec pour objet « Mobile Test Message ». Le groupe confirme qu'il s'agit d'une erreur et que nos données ne sont pas menacées.

Reçu — 25 février 2026 ⏭

Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform

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Par : msmash
25 février 2026 à 20:01
Seamus Blackley, one of the original founders of Xbox who helped convince Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer to back a console project more than 26 years ago, told GamesBeat in an interview that he believes Microsoft is quietly sunsetting the platform under the guise of an AI-driven leadership transition. Microsoft recently announced that Asha Sharma, whose career has focused on AI and software as a service, will replace Phil Spencer as Xbox CEO, and that COO and president Sarah Bond is leaving the company. Blackley said he expects Sharma's role to be that of "a palliative care doctor who slides Xbox gently into the night," arguing that Satya Nadella's all-consuming bet on generative AI has turned every business unit -- Xbox included -- into a nail for the same hammer. He compared the appointment to putting someone who doesn't like movies in charge of a major motion picture studio, and advised Sharma to either develop a genuine passion for games or find a way to leave the job soon.

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Reçu — 24 février 2026 ⏭

« Oui, j’écris mes propres réponses » : la nouvelle patronne de Xbox ferme le clapet de ses détracteurs

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Par : Maxime Claudel
24 février 2026 à 11:45

Prise pour cible par de nombreux détracteurs, qui l'accusent de répondre avec une IA et d'être une fausse passionnée de jeu vidéo, Asha Sharma a formulé une réponse destinée à faire taire tout le monde.

New Microsoft Gaming CEO Has 'No Tolerance For Bad AI'

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Par : BeauHD
24 février 2026 à 02:02
In her first major interview as Microsoft's new gaming chief, Asha Sharma said that "great games" must deliver emotional resonance and a distinct creative voice, while making clear that she has "no tolerance for bad AI." Stepping in after Phil Spencer's retirement, she's pledging consistency, community trust, and a human-first approach to storytelling as Xbox enters a new era. Variety reports: Sharma was quick in laying out her top priorities for Microsoft Gaming in an internal memo announcing her promotion, noting "great games," "the return of Xbox" and the "future of play" as her three main commitments to the gaming community. So first, what makes a great game for Sharma, whose roles prior to CoreAI include top positions at Instacart and Meta? The new Microsoft Gaming CEO tells Variety it's all about games with "deep emotional resonance" and "a distinct point of view." She wants to develop stories that make players "feel something," like the kind of feelings Campo Santo's 2016 first-person mystery "Firewatch" elicited in her. Sharma takes on the mantle as head of the leading competitor to Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo knowing full well she's entering the role as an outsider to the larger gaming community and has "a lot to learn" still. But Sharma says she's got a commitment to "being grounded in what the community is telling us." "I'm coming into gaming as a platform builder," Sharma said, adding that her goal is to "earn the right to be trusted by players and developers" and show the fanbase that "consistency" over time. In her interview with Variety, Sharma acknowledged the tumultuous state of the gaming industry, referencing Matthew Ball's recent State of Video Gaming in 2026 report as evidence that the larger "transformation" of the sector is "protecting what we believe in while remaining open-minded about the future." Due to her strong background in AI, initial reactions to Sharma's appointment have raised concerns about what her specific views are on the use of generative AI in game development. Sharma says her stance is simple: she has "no tolerance for bad AI." "AI has long been part of gaming and will continue to be," Sharma said, noting that gaming needs new "growth engines," but that "great stories are created by humans."

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Reçu — 21 février 2026 ⏭
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Phil Spencer Retiring After 38 Years At Microsoft

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Par : BeauHD
20 février 2026 à 22:00
Xbox chief and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft after nearly 40 years at the company. "Meanwhile, Xbox President Sarah Bond, "long thought by many both inside and outside of Microsoft to be Spencer's heir apparent, has resigned," reports IGN. From the report: The new CEO of Microsoft Gaming will be Asha Sharma, currently the President of Microsoft's CoreAI product. Finally, Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty is being promoted to Chief Content Officer and will work closely with Sharma. "I want to thank Phil for his extraordinary leadership and partnership," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in an email sent to Microsoft staff. "Over 38 years at Microsoft, including 12 years leading Gaming, Phil helped transform what we do and how we do it." [...] Spencer was named Head of Xbox in March of 2014, when he was tasked with righting a ship that had made a number of product choices and policy decisions that rubbed core gamers the wrong way in the run-up to the launch of the Xbox One in Fall 2013. Long hailed by gamers as being one of their own, Spencer could frequently be found on Xbox Live, playing games regularly with fellow Xbox gamers and racking up a healthy Gamerscore. His first major move when put in charge was decoupling the Kinect 2.0 peripheral from the Xbox One package, thus immediately reducing the new console's price by $100 to $399, matching the day-one price of Sony's PlayStation 4. He spearheaded the much-heralded backwards compatibility movement within Xbox, the Xbox Game Pass service was born under his watch, and accessibility made major advances during his tenure in both hardware and software. Xbox Play Anywhere, which sought to let gamers play their Xbox games on any device, be it a PC, console, or handheld, isn't new but has been a big recent focal point. Spencer's time running Xbox will perhaps be most remembered for Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision-Blizzard-King in 2022, which took almost two years to achieve regulatory approval from various agencies around the world. But Spencer began trying to solve for Xbox's dearth of first-party games in 2018, when the first wave of studio acquisitions occurred. Prior to the Activision deal, Spencer's biggest move came with the $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax, parent company of Bethesda, in 2020. The deal gave Xbox total ownership of Bethesda Game Studios and its Fallout and Elder Scrolls franchises along with id Software and its Doom and Quake IPs, among many others. Questions arose from there about whether or not that meant all of Xbox's new studios would produce games exclusively for Xbox consoles, and while some games were kept off of PlayStation platforms temporarily, many weren't and most now seem to come to PS5 eventually, if not on day one.

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Reçu — 19 février 2026 ⏭
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Quels sont les meilleurs jeux sur Xbox Series X et S ? Les 10 valeurs sûres

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Par : Adam Langumier
18 février 2026 à 11:11

Commercialisée en 2020, la Xbox Series affiche aujourd'hui un grand catalogue de jeux, parmi lesquels on retrouve quelques pépites qui valent vraiment le coup d'être lancées sur la console. Qu'il s'agisse d'un cadeau ou juste d'une découverte, voici nos recommandations des valeurs sûres sur la console de Microsoft.

Reçu — 16 février 2026 ⏭

Mauvaise nouvelle pour la PS6 : le lancement repoussé de plusieurs années

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Par : Lisa Imperatrice
16 février 2026 à 15:18

La PS6 de Sony, attendue autour de 2027, pourrait finalement sortir en 2028 voire 2029, ont indiqué des sources proches du dossier à Bloomberg. En cause : la pénurie mondiale de RAM.

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AMD Hints the Next-Gen Xbox Console Could Launch Next Year

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Par : msmash
4 février 2026 à 11:00
An anonymous reader shares a report: Speaking during an earnings call on Tuesday, CEO Lisa Su stated that its development of Microsoft's next-gen Xbox SoC is "progressing well to support a launch in 2027." While the comment doesn't outright confirm the next Xbox will release next year, it indicates that the Microsoft could be ready to launch soon.

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Reçu — 2 février 2026 ⏭

Kinect : comment le plus grand échec de Microsoft a fini par conquérir le monde

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Par : Lisa Imperatrice
2 février 2026 à 19:42

En 2009, Microsoft pariait un milliard de dollars sur une promesse folle : supprimer la manette. Si l'accessoire, baptisé Kinect, a fini par prendre la poussière dans nos salons, sa technologie, elle, a survécu. Des blocs opératoires à l'iPhone, voici l’histoire d’un « brouillon » devenu indispensable.

Reçu — 29 janvier 2026 ⏭

Xbox Hardware Revenue Craters 32%

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Par : msmash
29 janvier 2026 à 16:47
Microsoft's Xbox hardware revenue fell 32% in the final quarter of 2025 and overall gaming revenue declined 9% year-over-year, according to the company's latest quarterly earnings, released as part of results showing Microsoft's total revenue exceeded $80 billion. Xbox content and services revenue, which includes Game Pass, dropped 5%.

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Reçu — 27 janvier 2026 ⏭

Microsoft Is Refreshing the Xbox Cloud Gaming Web Experience

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Par : BeauHD
27 janvier 2026 à 13:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Thurrott: Microsoft is testing a refresh of the Xbox Cloud Gaming web experience in public preview. "This preview is a first look at our new web interface on your browser and lets you try the updated design and product flow before it is rolled out broadly," Microsoft's Patrick Siu explains. "Players who opt in to this preview will see some changes to their experience including updated navigation features and a refreshed look and feel. As this is a preview, some functions may not yet be available or may behave differently than the current web experience. We will continue iterating during the preview period and changes may be made over time." [...] There's no real info about what's in the new experience, oddly. Microsoft notes only that it "lays the foundation for accelerating [their] ability to build new experiences for players," and that it "helps [them] validate the new web platform and refine the experience for everyone." The public preview can be found at xbox.com/play.

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Reçu — 23 janvier 2026 ⏭

On peut deviner les dates de sortie de Gears of War: E-Day et du remake de Halo: Combat Evolved

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Par : Maxime Claudel
23 janvier 2026 à 11:06

Comme attendu, Gears of War: E-Day et le remake Halo: Campaign Evolved n'étaient pas au programme du Xbox Developer_Direct diffusé le 22 janvier 2026. Mais, en donnant les dates de Forza Horizon 6 et Fable, Microsoft en a indirectement parlé.

Reçu — 22 janvier 2026 ⏭

Xbox Developer_Direct 2026 : comment suivre la présentation de Fable et Forza Horizon 6 ?

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Par : Maxime Claudel
22 janvier 2026 à 17:54

Nous sommes le 22 janvier 2026 et Microsoft lance le coup d'envoi des présentations et des conférences de l'année avec une nouvelle édition de son format Xbox Developer_Direct. À en juger par le menu, le rendez-vous ne doit pas être manqué.

Reçu — 19 janvier 2026 ⏭

Seriez-vous prêts à regarder des publicités pour jouer gratuitement à des jeux Xbox ?

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Par : Maxime Claudel
19 janvier 2026 à 16:31

Microsoft pourrait prochainement ajouter une pierre à son service de cloud gaming, avec une formule accessible gratuitement, moyennant des sessions de jeu courtes et mâtinées de publicités.

Reçu — 9 janvier 2026 ⏭

Pour lancer son année anniversaire, Microsoft annonce une conférence Xbox ultra-prometteuse

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Par : Maxime Claudel
9 janvier 2026 à 09:50

Microsoft sera le premier constructeur à dégainer une conférence sur le jeu vidéo en 2026, avec une présentation calée pour le 22 janvier, à une heure raisonnable. Au programme : la première pierre pour fêter les 25 ans de la marque Xbox, avec un aperçu de Fable et de Forza Horizon 6.

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