With prices and features constantly changing, it can be difficult to decide which Xbox Game Pass plan to subscribe to. Here's ...

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

Microsoft plans to optimize Windows 11 for gaming with improvements to background processes, power management, and graphics performance New Xbox Fu ...

Yesterday, I reported that Microsoft's first-party Xbox handheld has been shelved, at least for now. Not to be confused with the ASUS partner device, codename Kennan, the first-party Xbox handheld was ...

Bottom line: Microsoft's gamble on gaming subscriptions has reached a turning point. Xbox Game Pass, once an ambitious bet on a Netflix-for-games model, is now officially in the black, pulling in ...

PC gaming is wonderful. You can customize games as much as you desire, run them at high framerates, and enjoy all sorts of other useful advantages. But one really annoying part of gaming on a PC in ...

The next generation of Xbox hardware will play your "entire Xbox console library," behave like a Windows PC gaming device when you want it to, and do away with pay-to-play multiplayer, according to a ...

Xbox is slipping far behind PlayStation and Switch, and the numbers look worse each quarter. The platform has been hit with layoffs, studio ...

The Xbox app is now a launcher for all of your PC games. The Xbox app is now a launcher for all of your PC games. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, ...

Microsoft seems to have switched from its new Xbox PC branding to Xbox on PC in a matter of weeks. Microsoft seems to have switched from its new Xbox PC branding to Xbox on PC in a matter of weeks. is ...