Seamus Blackley suggests the division's new CEO, Asha Sharma, will act like a 'palliative care doctor, who slides Xbox gently into the night.'

Amazon is giving gamers a fresh opportunity to pick up the Xbox Series X at a meaningful discount. Microsoft’s most powerful console is currently marked down by $80, taking its $650 retail price and bringing it to $570. In a market where console prices have trended upward instead of down, that reduction is nothing to sneeze at.

Ahead of its release next month, Bungie is looking to do some server stress-testing for Marathon, and anyone who joins in will get some digital goodies for their efforts. The studio--which is owned by Sony--has also revealed rewards for Xbox gamers,

There’s new leadership in charge at Xbox, but no clear sign of where the division is heading.

There are more than a few things that just don't add up for somebody who probably deserved better than to go out like this.

The console war just got a lot more interesting after Xbox's shocking announcement

"The distress it's in kills me"

Former Microsoft executive Stephen Elop, when he was reportedly a candidate to become the next CEO, was reported to have been interested in selling off Xbox if he got the job. Current Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reportedly considering killing off Xbox entirely, but that did not happen, of course.