XBOX Delays Next Insiders Update For New Surprise Feature Coming Next Week

While PlayStation has a full plate of its own controversies, XBOX is facing a different wall of complaints with its recent decisions. Last week, it was revealed that four developers are exiting XBOX Game Studios: Undead Labs, Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory, and Double Fine Productions. However, while there were no major layoffs in this regard, developers like Obsidian Entertainment & id Software were both hit with a sizable number of firings for the respected studios.

Bethesda was also revealed to be facing its own cultural restructuring too. Bloomberg reveals that the publisher is to focus on its five tentpole IPs moving forward: Doom, Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Quake, and Wolfenstein. One piece of news that Microsoft is pursuing despite decisions made by PlayStation, the XBOX firm has yet to decide on pulling the plug for physical media.

The report discloses that the firm has yet to conclude the discussion if Project Helix will be digital only and its disc-to-digital program has officially began internal testing at Microsoft. More on that matter, it is speculated that the feature could be launching very soon. On X, XBOX Insider program lead Brad Rossetti disclosed the next update for its alpha ring users is to be delayed for something else coming in the following week.

In a quote post, Windows Central’s Jez Corden responded, writing “Positron commeth.” Upon being further questioned if he’s confident in the plans being for Project Positron, Corden commented “yes”. The entitlement program was pressed to feature full license ownership to the console’s account. It disclosed that titles transferred from XBOX One or XBOX Series X|S titles will be eligible for XBOX Play Anywhere & XBOX Cloud Gaming.

Other possible candidates that are on the radar for XBOX in future updates for player ownership is backwards compatibility. Back in March, XBOX’s Jason Ronald stated the feature will receive an update somewhere in 2026. “As part of our 25th anniversary later this year, [the game preservation team] will release some iconic games from the past that are now going to be able to be played in entirely new ways.” You can read the full report by heading here.

What do you hope the update to be launched by XBOX in the coming days will be?