Category: XBOX NEWS
Stay up to date with everything happening on Xbox from the Tower Casuals team at the Boss Rush Network. From Game Pass updates and new releases to hardware news and industry announcements, our writers, producers, and podcasters at Boss Rush Media and the Boss Rush Network cover it all. Check out articles, podcast discussions, videos, and more as we break down everything in the world of Xbox.
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XBOX CASUALS EPISODE 47: Perfect Dark and Everwild CANCELLED, The Initiative Shut Down by Xbox
Xbox just dropped a bombshell on the industry—studio closures, major game cancellations, and massive layoffs. What does it all mean for the future of Xbox? Let’s break it down.
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No, Phil Spencer is Not Retiring from Xbox
After a flurry of rumors earlier today, Microsoft has confirmed in a statement Thursday that CEO of Gaming Phil Spencer is not planning to retire anytime soon.
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Celebrate with the Bungie Foundation for Bungie Day 2025 on July 7
Bungie Day returns July 7, uniting the Destiny 2 community for charity, rewards, and fun. Support the Bungie Foundation via Tiltify to unlock exclusive in-game items and help make a real-world impact through programs like Little Lights.
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Protect Super Earth on Xbox as Helldivers 2 makes the Jump to Xbox August 26, 2025
Arrowhead Game Studios surprisingly announced that Helldivers 2 is officially launching on Xbox Series X|S on August 26, with full crossplay support across Xbox, PlayStation, and PC.
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BREAKING: Perfect Dark Cancelled after Microsoft Closes The Initiative
Microsoft has confirmed the closure of The Initiative, the Xbox game studio established in 2018 to lead high-profile projects like Perfect Dark. The news follows earlier reports that Perfect Dark was in danger, and now it’s official—the game is cancelled, and the studio is being shut down.
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Xbox Hit by New Wave of Layoffs as Microsoft Begins to Restructure their Gaming Division
Microsoft is cutting more jobs across its Xbox divisions, starting with staff from Activision’s King team and Bethesda’s ZeniMax marketing group. Xbox head Phil Spencer said the move is meant to help the company focus on key growth areas and work more efficiently.
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Destiny 2 Delivers New Cinematic Trailer for The Edge of Fate Expansion Launching July 15th
On Tuesday, during a special Destiny 2 developer livestream, Bungie unveiled a new cinematic trailer for The Edge of Fate, launching July 15 as the first chapter of The Fate Saga.
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Capcom Presents: Celebrating 30 Years with Resident Evil Requiem
More details emerge on Resident Evil: Requiem, set to release in 2026, marking the 30th anniversary of the franchise.
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Capcom Spotlight: Taking a Closer Look at New IP, Pragmata
The June Capcom Spotlight kicks off with a closer look at their newest IP, Pragmata.
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XBOX CASUALS EPISODE 46: Let’s Talk About That Xbox Summer Showcase
Xbox Summer Showcase and Summer Game Fest have come and gone, so Corey and Josh are here to recap the two major presentations and discuss the games shown off for Xbox. Did it deliver or were they duds? Let’s discuss.
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BREAKING NEWS: ROG Xbox Ally Handheld and Xbox Play Anywhere
Breaking news! Xbox handheld announced in partnership with ROG.
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XBOX CASUALS EPISODE 45: State of Play Xbox Games and Predicting the Summer Showcase
This week on Xbox Casuals: An Xbox Podcast, Corey Dirrig and Josh Finney recap all the Xbox games featured in PlayStation’s latest State of Play and share predictions for the upcoming Xbox Summer Showcase.
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Everything Announced at Epic Games State of Unreal 2025 Event
Everything announced at today’s State of Unreal 2025 event showcasing the latest in Unreal Engine technology, and the upcoming games utilizing it.
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Nothing but 3s: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sells 3.3 Million Copies In First 33 Days
A little humor shows how far one Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has come as it hits nothing but 3s in its sales and popularity.
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Dragon Quest I and II HD-2D Remake Release Date Announced
Dragon Quest I and II HD-2D Remake has a release date, which Square Enix announced in a blog post.
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XBOX CASUALS EPISODE 44: Game Pass gets Massive Games, Marathon’s Art Debacle, & Xbox Wins on PS5
This week on Xbox Casuals: An Xbox Podcast, Josh Finney and Corey Dirrig discuss the massive influx of great games coming to Game Pass, including Metaphor: ReFantazio, Xbox games topping the PS5 charts, the Marathon art controversy, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and more.
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TOWER CASUALS: THE DESTINY PODCAST EPISODE 239: Rite of the Nine, Heavy Metal, and Marathon’s Art Controversy
This week on Tower Casuals: The Destiny Podcast, Corey Dirrig and Josh Finney discuss Marathon’s alleged art asset plagiarism, the excellence of Rite of the Nine event, the mixed reaction to the Heavy Metal event, TV shows like The Last of Us, Daredevil, and Andor, and more.
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XBOX CASUALS EPISODE 43: Xbox is PlayStation’s Biggest Publisher, Gears of War Reloaded, and More
This week on Xbox Casuals, Corey and Josh talk about the announcement of Gears of War Reloaded coming to Xbox Series X and S, PC, and for the first time, PlayStation 5. They also dive into Xbox becoming the biggest publisher on Sony’s platform, a strong fiscal quarter, the possible end of two iconic media…
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PAX East 2025: Interview with Playism’s Shunji Mizutani and Michael Kobayashi
Ed interviews Shunji Mizutani and Michael Kobayashi at Playism Booth at PAX East 2025.
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XBOX CASAULS EPISODE 42: Can We Keep Up with Xbox First Party and Game Pass Releases?
This week on Xbox Casuals, Corey and Josh discuss how Xbox first party is finally delivering on the promise they set out on over a decade ago with first party offerings in 2025, how they will support Nintendo Switch 2 and other platforms, the cool Doom special edition controllers, and more.
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TOWER CASUALS: THE DESTINY PODCAST EPISODE 236: Bungie Reveals Marathon and Destiny 2: Edge of Fate Expansion
This week on Tower Casuals, Corey and Josh discuss Bungie’s reveal stream of theirupcoming extraction shooter, Marathon in depth, their thoughts on the game overall, the tease of Destiny 2’s Edge of Fate expansion, lore on The Nine, theories on where the story could lead, and more.
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Marathon Returns: Bungie’s Extraction Shooter Aims its Sites on September
Bungie has officially pulled back the curtain on Marathon, its long-awaited sci-fi extraction shooter, revealing stunning gameplay and confirming a release date of September 23, 2025, launching on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC .
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XBOX CASUALS EPISODE 41: Xbox Summer Showcase Predictions Time
This week on Xbox Casuals, Corey and Josh discuss the Xbox Summer Showcase, Nintendo Switch 2’s implications on the future pricing of games, Marathon’s tease, and more.
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TOWER CASUALS: THE DESTINY PODCAST EPISODE 235: HERESY ACT III’S FINALE AND NINTENDO SWITCH 2
Josh flies solo this week for a quick discussion on the opening salvo of Heresy’s Act III and a road trip to the Sunless Cell strike before breaking down some new crossover events in Sea of Thieves and Brawhalla before dissecting some of this week’s news on the Switch 2* and economic fronts.
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