After reversing course on Internet connections and DRM limitations, Redmond reveals that its next-gen console and Kinect motion sensor won't be tied at the hip as earlier planned. Our team tests, ...

Miguel "Migz" Llado started playing games and consoles in the early '90s. From the Famicom generation up to now with the Xbox Series S, he has enjoyed many years with different games and platforms. A ...

Speculation had been mounting for months that a move like this was in the cards at Microsoft, but now it's actually happening: head of Xbox Phil Spencer confirmed today that starting on June 9 (in all ...

Nic Healey is a Senior Editor with CNET, based in the Australia office. His passions include bourbon, video games and boring strangers with photos of his cat. Microsoft has made yet another policy ...

After Xbox head Phil Spencer tweets about a console power boost, the company confirms units without Kinect can access more of its GPU. Nick Statt was a staff reporter for CNET News covering Microsoft, ...

Microsoft stopped producing the Kinect for Windows v2 sensor today after phasing out the original sensor not long ago. The company emphasized, however, that this does not mean it will stop supporting ...

Backwards compatibility has been one of the key selling points of the Xbox One, and now that the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S are almost ready for a worldwide launch, it'll be a big focus for the ...

Microsoft discontinued the Kinect today, ending the motion-sensing Xbox peripheral's lifespan after seven long years of gaming mediocrity and wasted potential. Although the Kinect wasn't exactly a ...

Xbox One was announced by Microsoft earlier this week, and the console - described as an all-in-one "ultimate home entertainment system" - will be launched later this year. Outside of the most obvious ...

What just happened? Microsoft's Kinect device is no longer being produced. You might think that this happened years ago, and you'd be right. The version being killed ...