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News Alan Wake Remastered Free Copies Are Being Revoked By Xbox
More than a month after the glitch occurred
Right at the tail end of January, we shared news on an Xbox glitch for Alan Wake Remastered where players could claim the game for free via a Free Play Days trial for Alan Wake 2. Well, unfortunately, Microsoft has begun revoking these free copies - more than a month aft
News Microsoft Shares Updated 'Xbox Play Anywhere' Games List As It Unifies Console & PC
"Over 1,000 titles are now supporting Xbox Play Anywhere"
We've been banging on about how Microsoft needs to promote the incredible Xbox Play Anywhere feature a lot more than it does, and low and behold, a bunch of Xbox handheld rumours have seemingly prompted an announcement! It's being officially confirmed today that Xbox Play Anywhere now...
News Xbox's 2025 Handheld Likely To Be PC-Focused, But Console Games Could Work In Future
How the 2025 & 2027 devices are shaping up
So, with multiple reports out there now about Xbox's 2025 handheld console, we're seeing some confusion amongst fans about what this device will actually be, and whether it will support console games. Initial reporting on the system suggests that it'll basically be an Xbox-branded
News Microsoft Has Reportedly Discussed Acquiring IP From Ubisoft
As the French company looks for buyers
In recent months, we've seen that Ubisoft is still seeking investment from somewhere as it wrangles with game delays and general management difficulties - and a new bit of information has come to light today that suggests Microsoft has held discussions with the company over the future of its gaming IP. In an...
Talking Point Will Xbox Manage To Create 'Something Legendary' With The Next Halo?
Moving past infinite
Late last year, Microsoft revealed a "new dawn" for its legendary Halo series - with 343 Industries also rebranding to 'Halo Studios' in the process. While we've not heard much about the franchise's next entry since this announcement, the Xbox developer is indeed hiring for this new project - and it's asking aspiring workers to...
News Xbox Is Delivering Some Of Its 'Biggest Updates Ever' As Forza & Age Move To PS5
Some very nice bonuses for Xbox players
While there's been a mixed reception from Xbox fans so far regarding Microsoft's continuing multiplatform efforts, there's definitely one nice bonus to some of these games having an extended shelf life - massive free updates for the existing Xbox versions. Yep, next month, both Forza Horizon 5 and Age Of...
News Xbox Series S Needs A 'Significant' Marketing Push For GTA 6, Insists Analyst
"One last hurrah for this generation"
Last month, we heard that GTA 6 publisher Take-Two believes Rockstar's upcoming epic will help sell Xbox consoles later this year - and now a new Windows Central piece with the help of analyst Rhys Elliot goes into how Microsoft should be lookin
News Activision Blizzard Aims To 'Meaningfully Elevate' BlizzCon When It Returns In 2026
"Something is coming...ready yourself"
Xbox studio Blizzard has announced that its BlizzCon event is taking another year off this year after skipping 2024 - and the convention's 2026 edition will "meaningfully elevate this iconic celebration", according to the team. Addressing followers in a fresh announcement post, the World of Warcraft maker says...
Talking Point If The Next-Gen Xbox Is More 'PC-Like', Will You Still Buy It?
Straddling the line
So, yesterday a pretty interesting report came out of Windows Central that discussed several aspects of Microsoft's next-gen console plans - including the fact that multiple handheld projects are currently in the works over at Xbox. However, what we want to talk about here is this notion that
News Xbox Login Raises Concerns About Preservation Of Forza Horizon 5 On PlayStation
Sony's been criticised for doing it on PC as well
Xbox's new strategy has it releasing more games on more platforms, but there are still certain steps new players must follow if they want to join in on the fun. One of them happens to be mandatory Microsoft account logins. We've seen this with Sea Of Thieves and now sure enough, it's come up with...
Reminder Seven Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass This Weekend (March 15)
There's a few days left to enjoy these titles
As we fast approach the middle of March, we've got to remind you about seven games that are leaving Xbox Game Pass this Saturday, a few of which are particularly notable - such as Lies of P and the pictured-above Evil West. You've got just about four days left if you want to try any of these (they're...
News Gears Of War 2 Remake Art Shared '10 Years' After It Was Cancelled By Xbox
In development a long time ago
Way back in 2015, current Gears developer The Coalition released Gears of War: Ultimate Edition as its first entry in the famous Xbox franchise - and it looks like at some point, the team was also working on a similar remake treatment for Gears of War 2. Posting out to social media this week (thanks, VideoGam
News Two Games Are Available This Week With Xbox Game Pass (March 11-13)
A couple of fresh additions to the library
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! We have two titles heading the service this week, including today's addition of Enter The Gungeon - so we thought we'd gather both of these up and introduce them today. It's worth bearing in mind that Microsoft has also hinted that some Game Pass shadow dr
News Microsoft Is Reportedly 'Partnering' On An Xbox Handheld Device To Launch In 2025
But it won't be a full-on Xbox console
As per a new report from outlet Windows Central, Xbox is working on a handheld gaming device to launch this year - although it won't strictly be a 'traditional' portable console according to the site. Basically, WC says that it "seems" Microsoft is "working with a PC gaming OEM (think ASUS, Lenovo, MSI, Razer,...
News Xbox Reporter 'Pretty Sure' New Console Is Set To Launch In 2027
"I'm pretty sure new hardware is not 2026"
Last week, Call of Duty-focused reporter TheGhostOfHope doubled down on their prediction that the next Xbox is being planned for 2026 - but this week, Windows Central's Jez Corden says that the console is actually set to launch the year after as things stand. Talking on a new episode of The Xbox Two...
News Former Xbox Exec Compares 360 Era To Microsoft's Current Multiplatform Strategy
"The industry has evolved"
Former Microsoft exec Peter Moore was one of the company's most public-facing figures during the Xbox 360 era, having moved over from gaming competitor SEGA in the early 2000s. These days, the industry is in a much different place to what it was when Moore was at Xbox - and the former exec has been talking about that...
News Bethesda Provides Update On Starfield DLC & Future Plans For Xbox RPG
"The team has been hard at work..."
It's getting on for six months now since Bethesda released Shattered Space — its big DLC expansion for Starfield — and fans are getting restless to hear about what's next for the Xbox RPG. Well, this week, Bethesda has responded to one of those restless fans - giving us a vague but interesting update on the...
News Xbox Makes Metacritic's Top 10 Highest-Rated Publisher List
Microsoft Gaming is coming up
Review scores are often make or break for video game companies, and with this in mind, Metacritic has released its 15th annual publisher ranking. In the top 10 for 2024, Microsoft is ninth on this ladder with Astro Bot publisher Sony in fourth spot. Taking out first is SEGA (jumping from ninth place) with games like...
News Three Games Are Available This Week With Xbox Game Pass (March 4-6)
One per-day from Tuesday to Thursday
When we unveiled the list of Xbox releases for this week a few days ago, we didn't have any confirmed Xbox Game Pass additions at the time, but now we have three - thanks to a new roundup that was revealed by Microsoft yesterday. Annoyingly they're all spread out bet
News Seven Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass In Early March 2025
Update: No longer eight as first reported
Xbox has revealed the first batch of games leaving Xbox Game Pass in March 2025 today, and there are some big ones in the mix - including popular titles such as Lies of P, Evil West, MLB The Show 24 and a whole lot more. We don't know the cloud status of these just yet, but the console and PC removals have...
Talking Point Are You Excited For Xbox's Next Major First-Party Release In April?
Early access begins one month today!
Following a busy February for Xbox with the release of Avowed, March is looking a little quieter for the team, with no major first-party releases currently set to launch this month. However, Compulsion Games' South of Midnight is coming in April - and we want to know if you're excited for the next big release...
News Ex-Platinum Dev Hideki Kamiya Still Wants To Make Scalebound For Xbox
"I’d love to make it again someday"
Remember a few years back when Platinum Games' Scalebound just wouldn't die? The cancelled Xbox exclusive kept cropping up in conversation thanks to recurring rumours and remarks from Platinum staff - and now the game's original lead has brought the Xbox title up once again. These days,
News Xbox Series X|S Sales Down Almost 50% As Fans Question Stock Levels In Certain Regions
Following similar US-only reports last month
A few weeks ago, we posted a story about Circana's latest US sales figures showing Xbox consoles down 50% year-on-year, and now outlet VGChartz has shared similar findings in terms of worldwide sales data for current-gen Xbox consoles. According to the outlet, January 2025 sales for Xbox Se
News Avowed Estimated To Reach 6 Million Players In First Month On Xbox & PC
Data suggests stronger launch than Indy
According to fresh data from outlet mindGAME, Xbox's Avowed is about to reach 6 million players across Game Pass and traditional sales on Xbox & PC. The source also stacks this up against recent Microsoft releases Black Ops 6 and Indiana Jones - which reached 26.2 million and 4 million in their first...
Rumour Microsoft Is Apparently Still Bringing Call Of Duty 2025 To Xbox One
Last-gen lives forever
Last year's Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 still launched as a cross-gen title in the year 2024, despite developer Treyarch moving over to the series' newer engine for the very first time - and it's sounding like whatever COD 2025 turns out to be will be coming to Xbox One & PS4 as well. According to sources at CharlieIntel,...
News Xbox Glitch Sees 'Dragon Ball FighterZ' Get 100% Discount
Free Play Forever
This week, Xbox included Bandai Namco fighter Dragon Ball FighterZ in its Free Play Days selection - a program that allows free access to games for a limited time each weekend. However, just like we saw last month with Alan Wake Remastered, it appears that some players are man
News Xbox Plans April Release Dates For Two Upcoming PS5 Ports
Indy on the horizon
In recent months, Microsoft has announced PS5 versions of some of its biggest Xbox titles - but not many of them have actual release dates just yet. That's about to change though - because alongside Age of Mythology's arrival next month, Xbox is set to move two more games over in April 2025. First off, let's talk Forza Horizon...
Talking Point With Fable Now Delayed, Which Xbox First-Party Game Launches This Fall?
Microsoft has a gap to fill
Well, Microsoft delivered the news this week that its big Fable reboot has been delayed - and before this recent turn of events, the Xbox RPG was probably the team's biggest release planned for late 2025. However, even with this delay, Xbox still has some major games planned for this year including South of Midnight and...
News Xbox Highlights 10 More Titles Coming To The 'Stream Your Own Game' Service
And even more are in the works
Since Microsoft began making some non-Game Pass titles playable with Xbox Cloud Gaming, the team has been expanding the service fairly regularly - and in the latest Xbox update overview, Microsoft has announced another 10 games that will be playable soon. Unlike recent updates to the service, these aren't actually...
News Microsoft Announces Major GDC Presence With 'Xbox Expanding To Any Screen' In 2025
"Xbox is expanding to any screen on any device"
This year's Game Developers Conference is coming up real soon, with GDC 2025 taking place March 17-21 in San Francisco, California. As expected, Xbox is going to be present in a big way - and it sounds like Microsoft is taking the brand's new multiplatform push pretty seriously here. As part of its...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (February 27 - March 2)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Xbox Free Play Days has landed! This week, Xbox fans can go hands on with three titles for free over the coming days - including Bandai Namco's ongoing fighter Dragon Ball FighterZ. Here's your full list of Free Play Days titles for the weekend ahead: Catan - Console Edition Dragon Ball FighterZ Worms W.M.D You'll...
News Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 Has Been Rated, And It's Coming To Xbox & Other Major Platforms
Singapore goes early
After a bunch of rumours, reports and official teases, it seems that Xbox & Activision are preparing to release a
News Xbox Has Officially Delayed Fable Into 2026
"We are going to give Fable more time"
Talking on a fresh episode of the Official Xbox Podcast, new Xbox Game Studios head Craig Duncan has announced that Microsoft's Fable reboot has been delayed. Previously planned for a 2025 launch, Playground Games' new attempt at the Xbox fantasy RPG will now arrive in 2026. Duncan says that the pushback will...
Random Xbox Fans Want Microsoft To Bring Back 'Snap Mode' On Series X And S
Discussing the beloved Xbox One feature
Every now and then, Microsoft's 'Snap Mode' feature creeps its way back into the conversation like an estranged relative at a family gathering - and this week, the Xbox community has been talking fondly about the feature on Reddit. Posting out to the online forum yesterday, user Joshrelates kicked off the...
News 'Mecha BREAK' Dev Talks Xbox Console Exclusivity & Future Game Pass Plans
Potential Game Pass goodies
Earlier this month, we covered upcoming third-person shooter Mecha BREAK — specifically how Microsoft is helping bring the title to market — and a fresh interview with the game's developer has now dropped - bringing details of the MS partnership, a potential
News Five Xbox Titles Added To Microsoft's 'Stream Your Own Game' Library
Available to play on the cloud
Xbox has added another batch of titles to its 'Stream Your Own Game' library this week - with four being Xbox Game Pass titles that are about the depart the service in the coming days. The fifth and final addition to this new game streaming batch is
News Ubisoft's Watch Dogs: Legion Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 25)
Take back London
Welcome to another Xbox Game Pass update! Today, Ubisoft's 2020 open-world adventure Watch Dogs: Legion heads to the library - as a huge AAA addition to the service. Here's a bit more about this new XGP addition, alongside a little something on why we think Watch Dogs: Legion is worth exploring on Xbox. Watch Dogs: Legion...
News Xbox RPG Avowed Seemingly Sold Well Despite Being In Game Pass
The dev is 'happy' with sales so far
Avowed has only been live in its standard edition form for just about a week now, but it sounds like it's doing pretty well both critically and commercially - at least in the eyes of Xbox developer Obsidian Entertainment. As part of a recent newsletter over at Bloomberg, game director Carrie Patel touched on...
News Microsoft CEO: Xbox's New AI Model Is A 'Wow' Moment, But Great Games Must Be The Focus
"It's kind of like the CGI moment for gaming long-term"
Last week, we were introduced to a new generative AI model called "Muse" - something that Xbox is using to try and assist game creators in building new titles, and even potentially make things easier to preserve them in the future. An example was shown at the time based around Bleeding Edge -...
Guide Xbox Indie Showcase (February 2025): Date, Start Times, And What To Expect
Update: It's happening today!
As announced right at the start of the month, Microsoft has another Xbox showcase coming up very soon (it's actually now today!), focusing on indie titles from some of the biggest developers and publishers in the scene. So, in this guide, we'll go over everything we know so far about the event - including the date,...
News January Hardware Sales The Worst Since 2020 In The US As Xbox Consoles Decline By 50%
Are we ready for new hardware?
Today, analyst firm Circana (formerly NPD), has revealed some interesting facts & figures about how the gaming industry is performing at the start of 2025 - and while earlier news about software sales was positive for Microsoft, a look at recent hardware sales proves a lot tougher. Now, to be clear, the entire...
News Xbox Sales Charts Dominated By EA & Microsoft In The US To Kick Off 2025
An interesting start to the year
Today, analyst firm Circana (formerly NPD), has revealed some interesting facts & figures about how the gaming industry is performing at the start of 2025 - and we thought Xbox's game sales chart for last month was quite interesting to look at. The top 10 best-selling games on Xbox last month were all published...
News Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Update 3 Now Live On Xbox
Here are all the Xbox fixes
Bethesda and MachineGames have released Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Update 3 - and the patch contains plenty of new features and bug fixes across all platforms. Those new features are primarily for PC players, focusing on frame generation and high-end ray tracing features like path tracing on AMD hardware - which...
News Microsoft CEO Commits To Producing 'Great Quality Games' As Xbox Expands
"We've got to produce great quality games"
Following up on yesterday's announcement of Muse AI, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been talking about Xbox's commitment to gaming in a new episode of the Dwarkesh Podcast - noting that the team has to produce "great quality games" to be successful in this field. Basically, the discussion about...
News How Microsoft Managed Xbox Brand 'Is Not My F**king Fault', Says OG Xbox Creator
Xbox dev has his say on Microsoft's messaging
In a new chat with Seamus Blackley over at VideoGamer, the outspoken OG Xbox creator has touched on Microsoft's messaging around producing the most powerful console hardware - and how his take on Xbox would have been quite different had he stayed with the company. This discussion about Xbox hardware...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (February 20-23)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft's Free Play Days program is now live on Xbox for the coming weekend, and we have an interesting title leading the charge this week. That headliner is Amazon Games' New World: Aeternum, which is playable alongside two other Xbox titles. Here's your full Free Play Days selection for this week: Dragon Ball...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 20)
Jump into two big XGP additions
Welcome to your latest February 2025 update for Xbox Game Pass! Today, two titles are entering the library - including an EA Play addition in the form of Codemasters' latest F1 title. Here's a little more on what to expect from today's two new Xbox Game Pass additions: F1 24 (Console, PC, Clou
News Former PlayStation Exec Says Xbox's New Strategy Is 'Natural' For Microsoft
"It’s pretty straightforward"
Since leaving PlayStation in recent months, industry legend Shuhei Yoshida has had plenty to say about his time working in gaming - and fresh comments this week touch on Microsoft and the company's new strategy with Xbox. Speaking with Last Stand Media, Yoshida covered plenty of topics while guesting on a new podcast...
News Xbox Is 'Exploring' AI To Make Its Older Games Playable On Modern Hardware
"Introducing Muse"
Microsoft has today announced 'Muse AI', a new artificial intelligence program that it thinks "could radically change how we preserve and experience classic games in the future". Muse is a work-in-progress over at the Xbox owner, and it sounds like it could have big implications for the future of gaming. What we're interested in...
News Xbox Exec Thanks Fans For Helping Avowed Go Number 1 On Steam
It's a top seller in multiple regions
Avowed is finally available outside of early access this week, and as a result of the game's standard edition becoming available to purchase, the Xbox RPG has rocketed up the charts on PC platform Steam. At the time of writing, the Obsidian title is number one in Steam's US sales charts - and here in the UK...
