With the announcement of Helldivers 2 coming to Xbox, it got me hoping for other PlayStation titles making it onto Microsoft's systems someday.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/helldivers-2-coming-to-xbox-7-games-for-playstation-to-bring-to-microsoft

I own three pairs of Surface Earbuds, and all of them are now dead after not being used for over a year. If you're still using yours, make sure to keep them topped up to keep them alive.

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/surface/microsofts-usd200-surface-earbuds-are-killing-themselves-make-sure-you-charge-yours-regularly-to-keep-them-going

The recent layoffs seem to be part of Microsoft's strategy to improve its sales of AI tools metrics, with customers requesting technical support and demos.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-replacing-salespeople-with-solutions-engineers

Microsoft has culled many second-party publishing projects at Xbox, but OD isn't one of them.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/hideo-kojimas-od-is-still-in-development-with-xbox-at-least-for-today

The Redmond giant has laid off over 15,000 people in 2025, and a report claims it's all in the name of freeing up spending money to invest more heavily in AI infrastructure, as Microsoft closes in on NVIDIA as most valuable company.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/report-microsofts-2025-layoffs-revolve-around-its-desperate-usd80-billion-ai-infrastru

Helldivers 2 coming to Xbox brings the prospect of crossovers to mind, and I can't think of one more perfect than a collab with Halo and its ODSTs.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/helldivers-2-on-xbox-could-strike-halo-gold-im-begging-you-please-add-this-one-thing

Microsoft has added bold, italic, and Markdown support to Notepad for Windows 11, updating the famously simple text editor with formatting tools.

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/you-can-now-make-text-bold-or-italic-in-notepad-hell-has-frozen-over

StopKillingGames completed its goal despite one prominent developer opposing the movement.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/the-big-stop-killing-games-petition-just-hit-1-million-signatures-in-partial-thanks-to-one-dev-who-tried-to-kill-it

A report from Bloomberg indicates that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer enjoyed playing ZeniMax Online Studios' new MMORPG months before it was canceled.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-ceo-phil-spencer-zenimax-new-ip-canceled

EA has announced that its ambitious live-service extraction shooter, Anthem, will sunset servers on January 12, 2026. The game will be unplayable, as it was designed to be an online-only experience.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/ea-to-sunset-anthem