Microsoft has been on quite a roll, increasing Xbox console prices and then subscriptions, both of which were met with a mass exodus of gamers leaving the Xbox cult. And it seems to be a bit of a “How ...

Game development is a business that's only continued to get more and more expensive over the years, with part of that cost coming from the price of development kits — specialized hardware that studios ...

Players aren't the only ones facing higher price tags from Xbox. According to a report by The Verge, Microsoft has upped the cost of the Xbox Development Kit from $1,500 to $2,000. That's a 33 percent ...

Microsoft isn't done with Xbox price hikes just yet. After home console hardware and subscriptions, the company is now raising prices of development kits for studios. Just a few weeks ago, Microsoft ...

Microsoft Gaming shared updates on its newly announced next-generation hardware Project Helix during the Xbox Developer Summit keynote address at Game Developer Conference 2026, including that it ...