Feature 30 Xbox Series X|S Games To Look Forward To In April-December 2026
Nine months of fantastic new games are ahead of us!
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News 'Xbox Game Pass Flex' Is An April Fools' Joke, But Could It Actually Happen One Day?
It actually sounds plausible
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- Xbox Game Pass Flex
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News '$1000 Consoles Will Be The Norm' - Analysts Discuss Cost Of PS6 & Next-Gen Xbox
Recent price hikes spell out an expensive future
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- Project Helix
- PS6
- Next-Gen
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Talking Point How Many Random Peripherals For Xbox Games Do You Still Own?
Any toys-to-life stuff? How about Rock Band or Guitar Hero?
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News 'There Is No Shop' - Halo Dev Eases Concerns Over Xbox Fanta Skin For Campaign Evolved
What other skins might we see?
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News Ubisoft Teams With Xbox To Bring 'Heroes Of Might And Magic: Olden Era' To PC Game Pass
The new game releases in early access on April 30th
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Talking Point How Many Random Peripherals For Xbox Games Do You Still Own?
Any toys-to-life stuff? How about Rock Band or Guitar Hero?
You know what? I've been really tempted to play some Disney Infinity 3.0 lately. I own the Xbox One version — not the Xbox 360 version shown in the image above — and it's still great fun to play as a huge Star Wars fan. At the same time, I can't help but glance over to Steam and see...
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News 'There Is No Shop' - Halo Dev Eases Concerns Over Xbox Fanta Skin For Campaign Evolved
What other skins might we see?
We're getting closer and closer to the release of Halo: Campaign Evolved later in 2026 (exact date TBD), and we've also got a peek at a new in-game skin — you can see it up above, and it's quite evidently inspired by Fanta! That's because it's part of a new Xbox promotion in which free content is being given away...
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News Ubisoft Teams With Xbox To Bring 'Heroes Of Might And Magic: Olden Era' To PC Game Pass
The new game releases in early access on April 30th
We've got another Game Pass confirmation for April! It's been announced that Ubisoft and Hooded Horse have teamed up with Xbox to bring Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era to both the Xbox PC app and PC Game Pass on April 30th, which happens to be its early access release date. This is the...
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News Some Unlikely Games Have Entered The 'Top Paid' Xbox Charts In Recent Weeks
Including titles you might not even be aware of!
There was a time when we used to scan the "Top Paid" Xbox charts all the time for an idea of how certain games were selling on the platform, but unfortunately they're not as good as they used to be - they only seem to get updated on rare occasions now, and there aren't specific charts for each region...
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News 'Xbox Game Pass Flex' Is An April Fools' Joke, But Could It Actually Happen One Day?
It actually sounds plausible
You have to be careful what you're reading on days like this! If you hadn't clocked it yet, today is April Fools' Day, and therefore we're seeing loads and loads of fake stories doing the rounds on the likes of social media. One that's been getting a lot of attention actually relates to Xbox. The folks over at Insider...
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News The Elder Scrolls Online Is Coming To PC Game Pass With Xbox Play Anywhere Support
New Seasons content also unveiled for 2026
We've had a new announcement for PC Game Pass overnight, as it's been revealed that Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls Online is finally coming to the Xbox PC app on June 2nd, 2026 - and it'll also include Xbox Play Anywhere support. This means that if you already own The Elder Scrolls Online for your Xbox...
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Feature 30 Xbox Series X|S Games To Look Forward To In April-December 2026
Nine months of fantastic new games are ahead of us!
Update: As mentioned, we're updating this feature on a monthly basis, and it's now been adjusted for April. We've taken a few games away, added a few in, and changed a handful of dates around for games like Aphelion. With 2026 now starting to kick into gear, it's time to look ahead at what this...
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YesterdayTue, 31st Mar 2026
Time Extension "The best Evercade handheld experience that is available"
Evercade maker Blaze has just lifted the lid on its latest system, the Evercade Nexus. The Nexus joins the EXP, VS, Alpha and Super Pocket as part of th
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News ROG Xbox Ally's Late March Update Adds New Quality-Of-Life Features
Improvements to the Xbox full screen experience
We've got an interesting new update for the Xbox app on the ROG Xbox Ally today! Multiple new features have been added to the Xbox full screen experience, and they'll make things a little more convenient for Xbox handheld users. The first of these is a new "Display" tab that's accessible when pressing...
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- Handhelds
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News Here's What Asha Sharma Has Been Playing On Her Xbox Gamertag Over The Past Month
A peek at the new Xbox boss's account activity
It feels like a lifetime ago now, but all the way back in late February, new Xbox boss Asha Sharma shared her Xbox gamertag with the community before being criticised for "faking" it with an artificially inflated gamerscore, to which she clarified that her whole family was sharing the account and that...
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News Fable, Grounded 2 Co-Developer Loses Studio Head Following Mass Layoffs
The team has supported multiple Xbox studios
In another bit of disappointing industry news this week, Eidos-Montréal has announced that 124 employees have been let go — alongside the departure of the team's studio head, David Anfossi — as "a result of changing project needs and impacts across production and support teams". The studio took to
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Feature 10 New Xbox Indie Games That Should Be On Your Radar In April 2026
Including many coming to Game Pass!
A new month is about to kick off, and looking at the list of games coming to Xbox in April 2026, it's actually quite ridiculous how many great-looking indies are on the way over the next few weeks! Many of them are on Xbox Game Pass, too. The likes of Hades 2, Replaced, Vampire Crawle
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- April 2026
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News '$1000 Consoles Will Be The Norm' - Analysts Discuss Cost Of PS6 & Next-Gen Xbox
Recent price hikes spell out an expensive future
With the recent price hikes happening in PlayStation land, we're pushing towards a world where four-figure console costs are almost the norm; PS5 Pro will become $900 from next week. While the upgraded PS5 model is an enthusiast bit of kit, it sounds as though we may have to get used to these sorts of...
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- PS6
- Next-Gen
- Microsoft
News Darksiders Warmastered Edition Is Getting Re-Released For Xbox Series X|S
On the same day as the Forza Horizon 6 launch!
Fancy a new version of Darksiders Warmastered Edition?! That's exactly what we're getting, as THQ Nordic has announced today that the game will be re-released for Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PS5 on May 19th, 2026. At the time of writing though, very few details are being shared in terms of what to...
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News Xbox Has Already Given Forza Horizon 6 Access To A Few Lucky People
Look out for previews next week
We're getting closer and closer to the first major Xbox first-party release of 2026! Forza Horizon 6 is just around the corner, releasing on May 15th for early access and May 19th for the full release, and some people are playing it already. Last night, various content creators started taking to social media to...
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Pick One What Was Your Favourite Xbox Game Pass Addition In March 2026?
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2? Cyberpunk 2077? Absolum? Tell us!
It's been a really busy month for Xbox Game Pass, and as that month comes to an end, we thought we'd take a look back at what Microsoft has served up for us over the past few weeks - including some major AAA additions! Of course, we're talking about the likes of Kingdom Come: Deliverance...
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Monday30th Mar 2026
News We Find Out What The 'Evercade Nexus' Is Tomorrow
Time Extension Enter the Nexus
Evercade maker Blaze has just teased a new piece of hardware called the 'Evercade Nexus'. Adopting a similar approach to the one used when the company announced its Evercade Alpha series of bartop arcades, Blazed has teased nothing but a name and predictably triggering plenty of speculation. "Evercade Nexus is coming soon," says...
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Feature All New Games Coming To Xbox In April 2026
Release dates for every April Xbox launch
Welcome to our roundup of all new Xbox games coming out in April 2026! Below, we've listed every Xbox game with an April 2026 release date, including all confirmed Xbox Game Pass titles for April 2026 so far. Without further ado, here are all the new games coming to Xbox in April 2026: The Biggest New...
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Time Extension "When something is ready to be released, it should demonstrate real quality"
The dual topics of decompliation and recompilation have been getting plenty of attention lately, thanks to the fact that, via these two processes, we're seeing a flood of classic games being natively ported to modern-day systems, along with a raft of improvements and...
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- Recompilation
Feature Five Things We Want To See From Xbox's Gears Of War: E-Day Direct
Taking place this June!
Well, well, well! With today's announcement of the 2026 Xbox Games Showcase ft. Gears of War E-Day Direct, we're finally set for another look at Microsoft's upcoming Gears of War title this summer. It's been almost two years since E-Day was first revealed, and developer The Coalition has been very quiet on the game since...
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News Xbox Games Showcase Announced For June 2026, Featuring Gears Of War: E-Day Direct
"It’s time for another look at the future of gaming"
Here we go, folks! The Xbox Games Showcase for 2026 will officially take place in just a few months' time, and the special "Direct" taking place after its conclusion will be for none other than Gears of War: E-Day. As always, we can expect a mountain of reveals for Xbox during the main show...
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- Xbox Games Showcase
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News Three Final Xbox Game Pass Additions For March 2026 Are Available Early This Week
Including a new day one title!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update, and our final one for March 2026! Indeed, we've got three games coming to the library across the last two days of this month - including the pictured Resident Evil 7 and a brand-new day one drop. Here's the lowdown on your final Xbox Game Pass additions of the month (March...
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- March 2026
News 'Race To The Bottom Pricing' Isn't Advisable For Xbox Game Pass, Suggests BG3 Director
They argue that such tactics can hurt the industry
Just under a week ago, a report started getting a ton of attention when it suggested that new Xbox boss Asha Sharma might be considering a price revamp of sorts for Xbox Game Pass, potentially in the form of a new tier that could offer cheaper access to the service. From a consumer standpoint, we're...
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News Super Meat Boy 3D Reviews Go Live Ahead Of Xbox Game Pass Launch
"I screamed, I shouted, I cursed the developers’ mothers"
As we mentioned earlier today in our "final Xbox Game Pass additions for March 2026" roundup, Super Meat Boy 3D is launching day one for the service on Tuesday (March 31st), and the reviews have therefore gone live already. It's generally good news as well! Plenty of the critics are...
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News 'Part Of The Return Of Xbox' - Asha Sharma Explains Why FanFest Is Returning To LA This Summer
There wasn't an official one for XGS 2025
You've heard of Xbox FanFest, right? This is the name for an official Xbox community program that aims to bring Xbox fans together in various ways, and it's usually highlighted by a special in-person celebration in Los Angeles for the annual Xbox Games Showcase that takes place each June. Last year though,...
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- Asha Sharma
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News 'Found It For £5' - GTA IV Xbox 360 Dev Kit Discovered In Edinburgh With Unseen Beta Content
The most unlikely of finds at a car boot sale
You don't hear something like this every day! The GTA 4 community has been buzzing this weekend with the discovery of an unseen beta for the game, and it originates from the most unlikely of places - a car boot sale in Edinburgh. Yes, someone took to the GTA Forums the other day to reveal how they'd...
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- GTA 4
- Rockstar Games
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Sunday29th Mar 2026
News Xbox's 2027 Game Pass Lineup Is Off To A Great Start Following March Partner Preview Event
Our first 2027 games announced!
This week's Xbox Partner Preview wasn't exactly light on Game Pass reveals; we got 14 new announcements as part of the March showcase. While most of these titles are set to drop this year, the event did give us our first glimpse at what to
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Feature Xbox, Now's The Perfect Time To Put This Brilliant Last-Gen COD On Game Pass
It's exploded in popularity!
So far, Microsoft has been rather sporadic when it comes to putting Call of Duty titles on Xbox Game Pass. They've committed to dropping brand-new entries into the library with the likes of Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7 arriving day one, but the back catalogue hasn't been as predictable thus far. While we've talked plenty...
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- Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Xbox Game Pass
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- Features
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (March 29th 2026)
Time Extension Wind Waker! Sonic X-treme! Evercade!
Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Sonic X-treme Designer On The "Fork In The Road" That Killed Saturn's Most Famous Unreleased Game: Much has been written about Sonic X-treme over...
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News Remember 2004's 'Ghostmaster' On The OG Xbox? It's Just Received A Remake For Series X|S
Available now on the Xbox Store
All the way back in 2004, a little-known game called "Ghost Master: The Gravenville Chronicles" made its debut on Xbox following its PC release a year earlier, and that game has just received a new remake for Xbox Series X and S! The new version is Ghost Master: Resurrection, described as " back the essence of the...
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Feature Five Things We Want To See From Xbox's New Leadership Team In 2026
In the midst of a massive year for the brand
What a year this is turning out to be already for Team Xbox! We thought it was going to busy with the 25th anniversary celebrations and the releases of Fable, Forza Horizon 6, Gears of War: E-Day and Halo: Campaign Evolved, but we never considered that Phil Spencer would retire and Asha Sharma
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- Matt Booty
Saturday28th Mar 2026
Guide Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In April 2026
All the confirmed reveals so far
Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in April 2026? It can be pretty difficult to keep track of all the comings and goings in the world of Xbox Game Pass every month, so we've put together this handy guide to provide an overview of what's coming to the service over the next few weeks...
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Feature 10 Discounted Games You Should Buy In The Xbox Spring 'Preview' Sale 2026
So many fantastic games on offer!
Xbox's big Spring Sale for 2026 has begun in preview form, with more than 600 games now available at discounted prices for Game Pass members. The sale will open up to all Xbox players shortly (likely with even more games added), but it's safe to say that we've been having a good browse already to see what's what...
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Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (March 30-April 3)
Including five more Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for March 30 - April 3! We haven't got any major AAA releases lined up for the next few days, but there are still plenty of interesting indies to look out for, while Xbox Game Pass is treating us to five additions highlighted by Resident Evil 7 and Super Meat Boy 3D on March...
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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 28-29)
Is it time for some Yakuza?
Welcome to the final weekend in March! This week, the clocks change here in the UK, which means an extra hour of much-needed sunlight - at the expense of an hour's sleep of course. When we're not adjusting our body clocks for British Summer Time, here's what we're playing over the next few days: Ben Kerry, Staff Writer:...
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Friday27th Mar 2026
News Microsoft Issues Statement On Why 'This Is An Xbox' Campaign Has Been Retired
MS spokesperson confirms it's been nixed by the new Xbox boss
It's official, folks! Following a report earlier this week that suggested new Xbox boss Asha Sharma had directed the scrubbing of the "This is an Xbox" marketing campaign, it's now been confirmed by a Microsoft spokesperson. We don't know who the spokesperson is, but they responded to...
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News Sony Announces Major PS5 Price Hikes, Here's How They Compare To Xbox Series X|S
Series S looking like a bit of a bargain!
Sony has today announced what our good friends at Push Square are calling "gigantic" PS5 price increases, including a $200 price bump on the company's flagship PS5 Pro console. Of course, Microsoft has done similar things in recent months and years - heck, we even compared just how much Xbox Series X and S...
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News New Marvel & Mega Man Collections Are Out Now On Xbox, And The Reviews Are Decent
Here's a closer look at each of them
We've got a couple of big releases on the Xbox Store today for fans of retro games! Both the Marvel MaXimum Collection and Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection have just released, and they're getting decent reviews so far. Let's start with the Marvel MaXimum Collection, which doesn't yet have enough reviews
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- Marvel Maximum Collection
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News Life Is Strange: Reunion's Review Situation Is Weird, But It Seems Great On Xbox Series X|S
The first impressions from players are very positive
Yesterday marked the release day for Square Enix's Life is Strange: Reunion, but there wasn't a whole lot of fanfare around it - mainly because the reviews were so few and far between. We don't exactly know what's happened here, but the Metro reported that their review copy only arrived on the...
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- Review Roundup
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Talking Point Xbox GPU Members, What Do You Think Of 'Ubisoft+ Classics' So Far?
The program was added to Ultimate almost six months ago
It's been almost six months now since Xbox announced that, as part of a massive overhaul to Xbox Game Pass, a service called "Ubisoft+ Classics" would be integrated into the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass tiers. In the process, around 40 games from Ubisoft's back catalogue were added...
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News Xbox Fan Claims To Have Spotted New Game Pass Codename Featuring Older First-Party Titles
An interesting development...
There's been a lot of talk about Xbox Game Pass recently and whether Microsoft might be trying to implement a cheaper version of the program for subscribers (thanks to a report that was widely shared earlier this week), and so it's pretty interesting that one Xbox fan claims to have spotted a new Game Pass codename...
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News Hello Neighbor Receives Unlikely Free Upgrade For Xbox Series X|S
Nine years since its original launch
Of all the games we expected to get the free upgrade treatment for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, 2017's Hello Neighbor was not one of them! Nevertheless, this new "Next-Gen Update" sounds like a pretty meaty overhaul. As detailed on social media, Hello Neighbor is now said to run at 60FPS, complete with "4K &...
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News GOTY Frontrunner Resident Evil Requiem Gets Fresh Photo Mode In New Xbox Update
List of bug fixes also included
Capcom has detailed its latest patch for Resident Evil Requiem — which is out now on Xbox and other platforms — and this latest title update contains the first major feature to be added to the game post-launch: photo mode. Yep, a new in-game photo mode headlines the new Resident Evil Requiem update, and we have a...
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- Resident Evil Requiem
- Photo Mode
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Thursday26th Mar 2026
News Xbox Announces 14 Titles Coming To Game Pass At March's Partner Preview Showcase
A ridiculous amount of new XGP reveals!
Xbox's March Partner Preview showcase is now over, and it was absolutely stacked with Game Pass reveals. Of the 19 games that were showcased during the event, 14 of them are coming to Xbox Game Pass day one - including some massive titles like Hades 2,
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News It Was Asha Sharma's 'Direction' To Scrub 'This Is An Xbox' Marketing, Suggests Report
Update: Microsoft confirms it's been retired
A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned how Microsoft's "This is an Xbox" advertisement on the official Xbox Wire website had been mysteriously removed, and that ad is still giving off a "404 Not Found" message at the time of writing. This naturally led many people to conclude that the "This is an Xbox"...
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- Jason Ronald
- Xbox Exec
News Xbox Spring Sale 2026 'Preview' Now Live, 600+ Games Discounted
Game Pass members get the deals one week early!
It's time to kick-off the Xbox Spring Sale 2026! This year's promotion has begun with one week of exclusivity for Game Pass members, before the sale is blown open to all Xbox players in the near future - seemingly on April 1st or 2nd. We have over 600 games discounted here, including some of the...
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Roundup All 19 Reveals From The Xbox Partner Preview Showcase (March 2026)
Everything we saw at today's event
Today marked the first Xbox Partner Preview showcase of 2026, with the event focusing on third-party reveals that are coming to Xbox (and Game Pass in many cases) at some point in the near future. The show was 30 minutes long, with some of the highlights including Hades 2, Dispatch, Stranger Than Heaven, Stalker...
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Live Watch The March 2026 Xbox Partner Preview Showcase Here
30 minutes of third-party Xbox reveals
Welcome to the Xbox Partner Preview event for March 2026! This is the first version of this specific showcase we've seen in 2026, and as the name suggests, it's focused around third-party games. It's set to last around 30 minutes in all, and here's a bit of what you can expect to see in the show: "During...
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News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (March 26)
Including a surprise addition!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Yes, we did round up all of what were this week's XGP additions a few days ago - but we've had a surprise inclusion today, so we're going to re-remind you folks of what's coming to the library specifically on Thursday, March 26th. Without further ado, here are your two new...
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- Xbox Game Pass
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- Xbox Series S
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (March 26-29)
Live now through Sunday evening!
The latest edition of Xbox Free Play Days has officially begun, and Microsoft has two games for us as part of the program this weekend - including Train Sim World 6: Thomas & Friends Edition (sorry, it's not the recently-released Thomas & Friends: Wonders of Sodor that's included here). Anyway, here's the full Free...
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