A massive leak from the FTC v. Microsoft court battle showed Microsoft's roadmap for a mid-generation Xbox Series X console, but that wasn't the only news. The same document also revealed Microsoft's tentative plans for the next-generation Xbox -- what it calls a "hybrid game platform." The system would combine local hardware and cloud computing to create an "immersive game & app platform" arriving around 2028, according to a leaked May 2022 presentation hidden inside another PDF. "Our vision: Develop a next generation hybrid game platform capable of leveraging the combined power of the client and cloud to deliver deeper immersion and entirely new classes of game experiences," one of the slides reads. "Optimized for real time game play and creators, we will enable new levels of performance beyond the capabilities of the client hardware alone."

"Microsoft Monday" is a weekly column that focuses on all things Microsoft. This week "Microsoft Monday" features news about the Flipgrid acquisition, next-gen Xbox and Surface details leaking, a preview of Office 2019 for Mac, how AI is being used for determining which Windows 10 devices are ready to be updated and much more! Today Microsoft announced that it has acquired social education company Flipgrid. Microsoft is making Flipgrid free for all educators and is offering prorated refunds to everyone that bought a subscription in the last year. The terms of this deal were undisclosed.