A highly anticipated title slated to release for Xbox and PC in 2025 may also be making its way to the PlayStation 5 on day one.

Just as Xbox has announced that one of its much-loved franchises is heading to PlayStation, Sony is removing one from going in the other direction – well, to Xbox Game Pass as a free title, anyway. Xbox Game Pass subscribers have for the last four years enjoyed annual releases of MLB The Show – the fully licensed baseball game made by Sony itself.

At least one video game developer is in favor of Microsoft's push to bring Xbox titles to other consoles, and he thinks Sony should do the same.

Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin' in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he's not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that's far too old for him, watching football on the telly and probably eating somewhere.

As Xbox pushes for a more inclusive gaming ecosystem, the console wars could be over. Will Sony adapt or continue its exclusivity model?

Phil Spencer says Xbox is still sticking to making hardware but is committed to releasing more games across more devices and platforms.

Data firm Ampere has released some interesting stats about the month of December in gaming - stats that name Microsoft as the top publisher in the world for the final month of 2024. According to the analyst group,

Xbox continues to eliminate console exclusivity, and Xbox owners are starting to question their own console purchases.

Xbox CEO Phil Spencer says Xbox could be moving away from exclusives to bring its games to PlayStation and the Nintendo Switch 2.

PlayStation 5 players are about to get access to another hit Xbox exclusive. Multiplayer racing hit Forza Horizon 5 will come to Sony’s platform four years after it was first released. It’s the latest Xbox Game Studios release to make the jump as Microsoft transitions to being one of the biggest third-party publishers in the world.