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News Cyberpunk's Netflix Anime Has Reportedly Boosted The Game's Player Count
Cyberpunks far and wide are returning to Night City
Cyberpunk 2077 arguably had one of the most disastrous launches in video game history but appears to finally be on the mend with CD Projekt Red releasing multiple quality-of-life updates, and even a next-generation patch, to improve the experience across multiple platforms. It's now got another...
News Xbox September 2022 Update Adds Tons Of Features, Including New Game Install Options
Choose install location by game type!
Xbox has detailed its September console update for all users, and it's safe to say it's a biggie! There are a lot of notable new features packed in here, including new install options, the ability to change your Xbox controller LED colour, and much more. Let's start with the installs shall we? We brought news...
News 'Scorn' Dev Shows 8 Minutes Of The Game's Opening Level Ahead Of Xbox Game Pass Launch
Yep, still looks grim!
Scorn developer Ebb Software has revealed eight full minutes of Scorn gameplay ahead of the title's Xbox Game Pass launch next month. This one freaks us out every time we see it to be honest, but we're still going to give the game a go when it releases on October 21st! This new gameplay sequence goes through the very start of...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Visits SEGA Booth At TGS 2022, Where Persona 5 Royal Was Playable
The series finally returns to Xbox next month
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has been snapped alongside Xbox's Sarah Bond, both visiting the Persona booth at this year's Tokyo Game Show before the series returns to Xbox. Microsoft has had a big presence at TGS 2022 with their own showcase, however, it appears the team hung around for much more than that...
News Here Are The Worldwide Release Times For Grounded 1.0 On Xbox
Arriving September 27th
Next week sees the long-awaited launch of Grounded 1.0. Yes, although the game has been playable for some time now, it's releasing in its final form worldwide. As part of this, Obsidian has shared the times the game will launch around the globe. Depending on your location it'll either be released on 27th / 28th of September...
News Live Out Your Filling-Up Fantasy In 'Gas Station Simulator' On Xbox Next Month
Toppin' up the tank
It's finally time, folks! Put down Deathloop for a moment, consider holding off on hitting up Assassin's Creed Odyssey on Game Pass too, because Gas Station Simulator heads to Xbox real soon. In fact, you've only got about a month to prepare yourselves! One of Steam's biggest hits (we ain't kidding) is almost here, as Gas...
Rumour Xbox Initially Planned To Launch 9 Exclusives In 2023
But how will things actually pan out?
Due to 2022's unfortunate slate of delays, we've always looked at 2023 as a pretty stacked year for Xbox Game Studios. Redfall, Starfield, and Forza Motorsport are all planned for the first half of next year, however it appears Xbox originally had a pretty packed lineup planned for 2023 anyway. VentureBeat...
Deals 300+ Games Included In This Week's Xbox Sales (September 20-27)
Anything take your fancy?
The latest batch of Xbox deals are now live on the Microsoft Store, featuring just over 300 games across Deals with Gold, Spotlight, Bundles and a Publisher Spotlight Series Sale - the same one that was also live last week. We've rounded up just a few of the highlights from this week's sales in the table below, while...
News Deathloop Xbox Series X And S Performance Modes Revealed
Six modes across both consoles!
After a year's worth of exclusivity on PS5, Bethesda's Deathloop is finally coming to Xbox, including Game Pass, this week! That's right, Arkane Studios brings its latest shooter to Xbox Series X and S today, September 20th, and here's how the game is set to perform across both new-gen Xbox consoles. Xbox Series X...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (September 20)
Stuck in the loop
Microsoft is bringing two titles to Xbox Game Pass today, including one much-anticipated Arkane shooter! Yep, former PS5 exclusive Deathloop hits the service today, September 20th, alongside spaceship salvaging simulator Hardspace: Shipbreaker on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S (it's already on PC as well). Here's a little more...
Video Halo Infinite Shows Off Forge Mode's Scripting & Bots
Part two of a four part series
A few weeks ago, 343 Industries released its first in a series of Halo Infinite videos showcasing the game's Forge mode. The latest episode has now been released, and this time around it focuses on scripting and bots - including a look at nodes and much more. Here's the rundown via Halo Waypoint, and above is the full...
News 'Return To Monkey Island' Receives Amazing Reviews, But It's Not Coming To Xbox Yet
Just Switch and PC for now
If you're a Monkey Island fan, then you probably already know at this point that the new, long-awaited Return to Monkey Island sequel won't be available on Xbox at launch - which is even more painful after seeing the review scores! Currently, the game is sitting on a Metacritic average of around 90 for PC, with the likes...
News Microsoft Is Looking To Bring More Original Japanese Titles To Xbox
In the vein of 'Blue Dragon' and 'Lost Odyssey'
We have to admit, we've been really impressed by Xbox's efforts in Japan as of late, especially its recent Tokyo Game Show livestream, which was jam packed with Japan-flavoured Game Pass announcements. As it turns out, this doesn't look like the end of Xbox's upward trajectory in the Japanese market -...
News Phil Spencer & Team Xbox Take Trip To Kojima Productions
"Great seeing you and the team today"
We're always keen to see where Phil & co. are visiting, especially when it could hint at what's to come in the world of Xbox. Well, late last week it appears that Phil Spencer, along with Sarah Bond and a bunch of other Team Xbox members, visited Hideo Kojima's studio; Kojima Productions, ahead of the team's...
News Bethesda Fixes Pesky Skyrim Anniversary Main Menu Bug
Better late than never
Last November, Bethesda surprised The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim fans with a new Anniversary Edition of the game. It added in fishing, creation club mods and much more to the console versions of the game, but also introduced some bugs. One, in particular, that's been causing some players issues is a bug that freezes the game's...
News Phil Spencer: It's 'Not The Right Move' To Raise Price Of Xbox Series X|S
He says there are "no plans" right now
Xbox boss and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has been speaking as part of a new CNBC interview this week, and one of the topics that was brought up was the potential of Microsoft raising the prices of Xbox Series X and Series S. Of course, this topic came to light last month when Sony announced that the...
News Eight Games Announced For Game Pass At ID@Xbox Fall Showcase 2022
TWD, a Valheim date & more!
As usual, today's ID@Xbox Fall Showcase treated us to a bunch of new Xbox Game Pass reveals, including some particularly noteworthy additions such as Valheim and the excellent The Walking Dead: The Final Season! Here's a rundown about each of the games that were revealed in the show today: Amazing Cultivation...
News Lots Of Games Reduced By 80-90% On Xbox This Week (September 13-20)
Take your pick from multiple sales
Looking for some cheap Xbox games from September 13th to September 20th? Well, considering that we've got over 600 games on sale on Xbox this week, it should come as no surprise that a bunch of those have been discounted by 80-90%, resulting in some fantastic bargains once again! The 90% discounts are in the...
Review NBA 2K23 - A Surprisingly Strong Season For Basketball Fans
A nostalgic trip through b-ball history
It's once again reached that time of year when another entry in the NBA 2K franchise slam-dunks onto our consoles and, yes, it's sometimes difficult to muster much excitement for these annual instalments, easy to dismiss them as just another incremental update that looks and plays almost identically to the...
News Discord Voice Chat Is Now Available On Xbox One, Series X|S
It's not just for Insiders anymore
Following its rollout for Xbox Insiders a few months ago, Discord Voice is now officially available for everyone on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, allowing you to chat on Discord directly from your console. To get started, all you need to do is head to the Discord mobile app, link your account to your...
Deals All 70+ Backwards Compatible Games In This Week's Xbox Sales (September 13-20)
Original Xbox and Xbox 360 classics
This week's selection of Xbox deals is now live, and considering there are over 600 (!) games discounted as part of the sales, it should come as no surprise to hear that over 70 of them are backwards compatible OG Xbox and 360 titles! Below, we've included every single Xbox 360 and original Xbox game available...
Deals 600+ Games Included In This Week's Xbox Sales (September 13-20)
It's a massive selection this week!
It's a very busy Tuesday for new Xbox deals, as over 600 games are now discounted on the Xbox Store across a wide variety of sales, including a Tokyo Game Show Sale, Publisher Spotlight Series Sale, Retro Couch Co-Op Sale, Edgerunners Sale, Assassin's Creed Franchise Sale, Deals With Gold and a Spotlight Sale...
News Assassin's Creed Mirage Collector's Edition Pre-Orders Now Live
Take a look
At Ubisoft's latest broadcast, it held its first-ever Assassin's Creed showcase - officially revealing Assassin's Creed Mirage, out in 2023. As part of this announcement, it also revealed the game's Collector's Case. It's available to pre-order right now from the Ubisoft store alongside the standard and deluxe editions. Here's what y
News Ubisoft Shows First Look Gameplay Of 'The Division Heartland'
Welcome to Silver Creek
At today's Ubisoft Forward showcase, the developer has brought a first official look at The Division Heartland, its upcoming free-to-play spin-off for The Division series. There's not a whole lot of gameplay in here, but there are a few sneak peeks at the game's location - 'Si
News 343 Shows Off The Power Of Halo Infinite's Forge Mode In New Video
Take a look at that Giga Grunt
Following on from 343's Halo Infinite Season 3 update last week, it's now released its first official look at the game's Forge mode. This is the first installment of a four-part "Forge Fundamentals" series and this first episode looks at the basics of building. There's a recreation of an area from Infinite's story...
News Here's Your First Look At Xbox's New Home UI In Motion
It's already rolling out to select Xbox Insiders
Xbox yesterday announced it was working on a brand new 'Home UI' experience for its console dashboards. It'll be released to the public in 2023 and will add some nifty new features like a new 'jump back in bar'. This new dash is already available to Xbox Insiders. If you're wondering how it looks in...
News Holy Smokes! This Game Of Thrones Xbox Series S Looks Amazing
House of the Dragon
Microsoft seems to have a conveyor belt of custom Xbox Series S consoles going over there at Xbox HQ! Their latest effort is a seriously impressive one though, with an elaborate Game of Thrones design completely encompassing a Series S console. This thing looks like it has an entire vault case surrounding it, almost like a...
News Six Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In October 2022 So Far
It's a stacked month already!
Alright, so we know we're a few weeks early here, but we're already excited by what's coming to Xbox Game Pass in October 2022! Six games have been confirmed for next month so far, including some really big day one additions. Read More: Xbox Game Pass In 2022: The Full List Of Everything Announced So Far We've been...
News Xbox Appears To Be Refunding Stalker 2 Digital Pre-Orders
Due to the game's unconfirmed release date
Back in June, Xbox launch exclusive Stalker 2 saw another unfortunate delay into 2023, in large part due to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Beyond next year as a rough launch window, we have no inclination as to exactly when the game will release, and now Microsoft doesn't seem so certain either. As spotted by...
News Evil Dead: The Game Gets New Single-Player Content In Latest Update
Inspired by the 2013 film
Saber Interactive has just dropped another update for its multiplayer spookfest, Evil Dead: The Game, and this one is all about the 2013 movie reboot. Two characters from the film are available via the 'Evil Dead 2013 Bundle DLC', but there are some free additions here too. The most notable freebie is a new single-player...
News Xbox Details September ID@Xbox Showcase Featuring Game Pass Announcements
On a particular anniversary...
Showcase season is continuing well into September this year it seems! Xbox's Tokyo Games Show livestream takes place later this month, and literally a day before that, Microsoft is now delivering a fresh ID@Xbox showcase for us all. The team's ID@Xbox fall show goes ahead on September 14th, at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm...
News EA Announces New 'Ridgeline Games' Studio Led By Halo Co-Creator
The team will be working on the Battlefield series
EA has created a brand-new development studio to help build the Battlefield series moving forward. Ridgeline Games is a new Seattle-based team under the EA banner, and it's been spun up to start developing a "narrative campaign set in the Battlefield universe". Here's what the studio's game director...
News Xbox Unveils New Home UI For 2023, And Your Feedback Is Wanted
Here's a quick overview
Xbox has announced that the team is working on a brand new 'Home UI' experience for its console dashboard, set for public release in 2023. The new UI will change the core console interface a little bit, while also adding features like a dedicated store tile, a new 'jump back in' bar, and more. The new UI in its current form...
News 'The Witcher 4' On Unreal Engine 5 Is The First Part Of A Multi-Game Saga
CD Projekt confirms
Earlier this year, Polish developer CD Projekt RED confirmed that it was moving towards a "New Witcher Saga" in partnership with Epic Games and Unreal Engine 5. At the time, the team didn't really clarify what it meant by labelling the move a 'saga', aside from the fact that it wasn't naming its next Witcher title just yet...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Quietly Adds Mouse & Keyboard Support On Xbox
With the game's 1.6 update!
Cyberpunk 2077 patch 1.6 was a pretty extensive one, adding a smooth 60FPS mode on Xbox Series S amongst some other pretty big features and changes. However, one feature that the team omitted from the patch notes is the fact that the game now supports mouse & keyboard on Xbox. Read More: All Xbox Games With Mouse &...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (September 8-11)
Including some new releases!
After last week's Free Play Days absence, the program returns this weekend with four titles for us all to download and enjoy! There are some notable inclusions this week, including the just-released Madden NFL 23. Here are the games you can download and play this weekend as part of Free Play Days: Conan Exiles Hunt:...
News The Witcher 3 Dev Still Plans To Release Free Next-Gen Upgrade This Year
Q4 is the score
CD Projekt seems pretty busy these days huh? Alongside giving us plenty of news on Cyberpunk 2077 and its upcoming next-gen-only expansion, the team has dropped a little bit of an update on The Witcher 3 and its own next-gen upgrade. In a new investor call
News Halo Infinite Review-Bombed On Steam After Recent Developer Update
The news hasn't gone down well
It's no secret that the fan reaction to Halo Infinite's most recent developer update hasn't been very positive. The news that seems to have caused the biggest stir is 343's decision to drop development on local split screen co-op, a feature that's been in the works in some fashion since launch. Sadly, these...
News Microsoft Is Finally Adding The Elite Series 2 Controller To Xbox Design Lab
Choose your style
Alongside today's announcement of the Xbox Elite Series 2 Core, Microsoft has revealed that starting this holiday season, its premium controller is coming to Xbox Design Lab! That's right, you'll be able to further customise Elite pads later this year, which is great news for folks who want a more personal premium controller.
News Lots Of Games Are Reduced By 90% In Xbox's Super Saver Sale
More ultra-cheap games
Looking for some cheap Xbox games from September 6th to September 13th? There's a pretty huge batch of games that are discounted by 90% this week thanks to the new Super Saver Sale on Xbox, while we've also got some carryovers from last week with the Open World Sale, which also lasts until September 13th. The 90% discounts...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Says 'Phantom Liberty' Will Be The Game's Only Expansion
One, two. Actually no, just one
After a period away from the limelight, CD Projekt Red came out all guns blazing last night with a bunch of Cyberpunk 2077 news. Announced during the team's Night City Wire livestream, last-gen consoles are being dropped after update 1.6, Xbox Series S has received a new 60 FPS mode, and finally, the team showcased a...
News Here's What's Included In The Xbox September 2022 Update
The first new features of the month
The first (and potentially only?) major Xbox update of September 2022 has begun rolling out publicly to all users outside of the Insider rings this week, and it comes with some notable features that we think are worth highlighting. We've pointed them out below, and we'll update this list if more features are...
News Halo Infinite's Free 'The Yappening' Event Is Now Live On Xbox
Yapyap is backback
At the tail end of August, 343 Industries started to tease its latest free event - one relating to Halo Wars 2's 'Yapyap the Destroyer'. After that sneak peek, the event is now live in Halo Infinite, featuring a free 10-tier Battle Pass, a bunch of new modes, and more. As usual, the Event Pass features a selection of rewards from...
Review Steelrising - Spiders Serves Up A Super Solid Soulslike
To be this good takes Aegis
Hot on the heels of the rather disappointing Thymesia, we've got yet more soulslike action inching its way methodically onto Xbox consoles in the clockwork form of Steelrising. Spiders, the developer behind the excellent Greedfall, has come up with another cracker of a game to add to its resume here too, as this is a...
News Ubisoft Will Reportedly Announce Several New Assassin's Creed Games
Stay tuned for this week's Ubisoft Forward broadcast
Assassin's Creed fans could be in for a treat later this week, with the French company Ubisoft expected to announce "several new games" in the franchise. The reveal will reportedly take place at the upcoming Ubisoft Forward event on Saturday. The company has already teased how it will share a...
Deals All Backwards Compatible Games In This Week's Xbox Sales (September 6-13)
Original Xbox and Xbox 360 classics
This week's latest selection of Xbox deals is now live, and so that means we've obviously got some new backwards compatible discounts as well! Once again, there are plenty of original Xbox and Xbox 360 titles discounted right now. Below, we've included every single Xbox 360 and original Xbox game available over...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Brand-New Performance Mode On Xbox Series S
Update 1.6 patch notes detailed
Alongside today's Cyberpunk 2077 expansion news, CD Projekt Red has revealed that within the game's 1.6 patch, Xbox Series S is getting a new mode! The brand-new performance option will add a 60 frames per-second mode for Series S users, complete with a dynamic 1080p resolution. This is some very welcome news then!...
News Cyberpunk 2077 'Phantom Liberty' Expansion Hits Xbox Series X And S In 2023
After a long wait!
CD Projekt Red has, eventually, given us a sneak peek of its story expansion for Cyberpunk 2077, arriving almost two years after the game initially launched on last-gen consoles. Cyberpunk 2077 'Phantom Liberty' is coming to Xbox in 2023, and in a somewhat surprising move, the developer is ditching last-gen consoles with this...
News DOOM-Esque Rhythm Shooter 'Metal: Hellsinger' Announced For Xbox Game Pass This Month
Shred & tear
We've had our eyes locked onto Metal: Hellsinger since it was announced as an Xbox Series X|S title. The DOOM-Like rhythm shooter looks a hell of a good time - in fact, if the currently available demo is anything to go by, it will be a hell of a good time. Anyway, here's something to sweeten the deal: Metal: Hellsinger is now launching...
News Another 11 Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass Soon (September 15)
It's a huge batch of departures
Microsoft has revealed the next set of games to be removed from Xbox Game Pass in the middle part of September, and it's once again another pretty huge batch, with 11 games seemingly included in all! We say seemingly, because Microsoft hasn't formally provided dates for these yet. As soon as we have more information...
