It’s official! ZeniMax, parent company to Bethesda and other subsidiaries, is officially owned by Microsoft after the company spent $7.5 billion to acquire it. With the formality of competition committees and EU approval process giving the acquisition the thumbs up, the approved merger now paves the way for Microsoft and Xbox to become the biggest name in the hemisphere for western RPG video games and much more.

Micorosft is looking to bring its Chromium Edge browser to the Xbox. Which means that the Xbox will access it a better browsing experience, including other browser based gaming platforms.

Microsoft has unveiled ambitious plans for Augmented Reality with the release of its new Mesh platform.

Its been a good while since Microsoft hosted any big events to hype up its games catalogue, and with E3 looking liking an unlikely venue for it to dump a bunch of trailers that all start with some chap yelling “world premiere”. Come March though, Microsoft’s preview of the year to come could be looking a lot healthier when a rumoured Bethesda showcase kicks off.

Many people may be moving across to Microsoft's cloud based Microsoft 365 platform, but the company is still readying itself for another off-the-shelf release of its popular Office suite.

There’s still plenty of potential under the hood though, and on the latest official Xbox podcast, director of program management Jason Ronald teased “exciting” new features for the consoles in the near and far future.

Which is excellent news for all you folks wanting in on one of the best racing games in recent memory but don’t feel like fussing about with the clunky Microsoft Store.

E3 looks set to continue as a digital-stream event from June 15 to 17, if the ESA can grab some big names to support the proposal.