Xbox console, subscription, and first-party news
Xbox’s restructuring stopped being background noise this month: 268 more jobs cut, real public criticism of leadership’s handling of it, and Game Pass still shifting underneath subscribers. Full recap inside.
Elder Scrolls VI speculation collided with real Bethesda layoffs this month, while Xbox delivered a strong Gamescom showing and fully detailed its 25th anniversary console. Here’s the complete August recap.
Hello Games marked the game’s 10th anniversary by teasing its next content update, though no details or release date have been shared yet.
Star Wars Zero Company, Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2, Silent Hill: Townfall, and The Witcher 3: Remastered all land in the next few weeks.
Balance Patch 1 cleared up several crash and UI issues, but fighting the boss Zmey can still cause weapons to disappear entirely.
The Witcher 3: Remastered is a free upgrade launching September 29, Path of Exile 2 finally has its 1.0 date, and Silent Hill: Townfall got a release window too.
Real gameplay footage keeps leaking ahead of GTA 6’s November launch. Take-Two is pursuing federal subpoenas, and scammers are exploiting the chaos with fake “playable build” malware.
Mortal Shell II, a major STALKER 2 expansion, Gamescom, and a stacked August 27 all land in the next two weeks.
Forza Horizon 6’s save data loss bug remains unresolved since June, and Gears of War: E-Day’s beta revealed a few things worth knowing ahead of October.
A client-side fix for a major recent Xbox outage became a required update starting August 17.