Microsoft reveals what--or who--stood in the way of its Xbox mobile store ambitions in a new court filing.

With consoles stagnating, mobile represents a big growth vector for Xbox, and making a bigger splash on mobile was a big reason why Microsoft shelled out $68.7 billion to buy Activision in 2023. But things haven't gone according to plan for Microsoft, and instead of launching the dedicated Xbox app that it wanted to, the company had to settle for web-based mobile storefront due to restrictions.

Now in a new amicus brief filed in the Epic v Apple appeals case (Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc., 25-2935, 9th Cir.), Microsoft essentially holds Apple responsible for thwarting its mobile store ambitions.

Xbox Game Pass subscribers get a surprise perk with a new collection of old-schol games that can be played at no extra cost.

Microsoft today announced a unique partnership with Antstream Arcade, a company that offers its own retro game streaming service that offers over 1300 classic games. Antstream appeared on Xbox in 2023, and came to PlayStation in late 2024.

Parts of Antstream's legacy collection are coming to Xbox Game Pass for free. Game Pass subscribers can download a special app called Retro Classics that includes access to 50 legacy titles from the heyday of arcades and early home consoles. All Game Pass users will get access, including those who are subscribed to Xbox Game Pass Core, Xbox Game Pass PC, and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.

Xbox conquered the sales charts for the month of April in the United States, not only topping the chart with Oblivion Remastered but also having 4 games in the top 5 best-sellers list.

NOTE: The data referenced below does not include the majority of digital sales on Nintendo platforms, and does not include digital sales for Nintendo first-party games on the eShop.

Microsoft's cross-platform strategy (aka Project Latitude) is working quite well. Once again, Xbox is overlapping the competition in specific geographies with its multitude of cross-platform releases. The staggered launches of Oblivion Remastered, Forza Horizon 5, and Indiana Jones on PlayStation 5 have helped propel Xbox to the top of the US charts for the month of April.

Oblivion Remastered is a mega-hit for Bethesda and Microsoft in terms of both sales and engagement, new data from Circana reveals.

Oblivion Remastered is doing incredibly well for Xbox. The new remaster was the best-selling game of April in the United States, according to new reports from Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, and the game also vastly eclipsed the sales of its 19-year-old predecessor in the region.

"The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Remastered was the best-selling game of the month, instantly becoming the 3rd best-selling game of 2025 year-to-date. It was the best-selling title across each of the PlayStation, Xbox and PC platforms," Piscatella wrote on Bluesky.

More chatter has been coming through from the grapevine about the dedicated Xbox handheld and it dispels any notion that Microsoft might be mulling an ARM chip, and will instead use an AMD SoC (as you might expect).

A regular hardware leaker, Kepler (often seen on X), made the revelation in a post on the NeoGAF forums as flagged by Wccftech.

The leaker noted:

"In the long run, open source wins," Frank Azor says at the end of a lengthy conversation. At Computex 2025, we got the chance to sit down with AMD's Consumer and Gaming Marketing chief to discuss the evolution of FSR 4 and the latest FSR 'Redstone' announcement.

FSR 'Redstone' introduces new AI rendering technologies that will rival DLSS 4's impressive AI-powered Ray Reconstruction, Neural Radiance Cache, and Frame Generation for real-time Path Tracing in games. It's due for release in the second half of 2025.

"Look at G-Sync and FreeSync," Frank Azor concluded. "It took a while, but FreeSync won. And that's par for the course; it just takes some time." This is where our conversation concluded. He used the open-source nature and widespread adoption of FreeSync as a reference point for how FSR would one day kill DLSS as the go-to solution for Super Resolution and Path Tracing technologies. Of course, there's a lot more to it than that.

TRYX has showcased some really interesting innovations at Computex 2025, with the company leveling up the AIO offerings with their new STAGE.

Named accurately, STAGE is a new AIO that offers two 4-inch screens and a mirror base that forms into a literal stage for users to place small toys or figurines to display. The stage turns the CPU pump into something fun for users, with TRYX telling me the company is aiming STAGE at the younger audience who are particularly into small toys and collectibles. While aimed at kids, I can definitely see this product being popular among those who simply want to display their favorite collectible within their PC build.

TRYX also showcased the Turris, a huge CPU cooler that features two built-in fans and one removable fan. While the size of this product should translate to great performance, it's not the factor that separates it from the competition, as TRYX has placed a 5-inch LCD panel on the top of the cooler. Users are able to customize the LCD panel to display system data such as CPU temperature, component usage, etc. Additionally, TRYX informs me that users can play any video they want, with the company's software supporting the most popular video file types.

There's a mistake in the second trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 that recently emerged, and gamers have been quick to jump on it, threatening - in tongue-in-cheek style - to cancel their pre-orders for the game.

You can see the faux pas in the trailer as highlighted on Reddit above (hat tip to PC Gamer), and it happens in the scene where Jason is leaning out of a car and shooting a gun.

What should happen is the gunshot is fired, followed by the muzzle flash lighting up Jason's body and face, but what actually occurs is the lighting effect comes a smidge too early - just before the trigger is pulled. Whoops.

Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 is set to be released on Sony's PlayStation 5 at some point this summer, the developer has confirmed.

Ninja Theory told us that the Norse-themed action-adventure sequel will debut on the PS5 at some stage in the next three months in the above post on X (flagged by Wccftech), with a slight tweak to the game's title, adding an 'Enhanced' on the end.

The announcement came on the one-year anniversary of the release of Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, which arrived back in May 2024 on Xbox Series X and S consoles, and Windows PCs.

KLEVV, known for its premium PC components in both memory and SSD spaces has unveiled a selection of new offerings at Computex 2025.

At the forefront of KLEVV's new offerings is its next-gen DDR 5 modules that have reached speeds above 10,000MT/s. These speeds were on display at the KLEVV booth, with the company partnering with various motherboard vendors such as MSI and GIGABYTE to showcase these blazing-fast speeds. Below you will find what KLEVV had on display memory-wise.

First up is the Genuine V RGB DDR5, which the company informed me was now available in a sleek Black RGB version, as well as a Charcoal Gray version that doesn't feature any RGB. The Genuine V RGB features speeds between 6,000 MT/s and 8,000 MT/s in the following capacities: 16, 24, and 32GB per DIMM. KLEVV also showcased its new LPCAMM2 memory, which features a compact heatsink design. This module features speeds of up to 8533 MT/s, and arrives in the following capacities: 16, 32, 64GB per DIMM.