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Friday11th Sep 2026
News Former PlayStation Boss Reveals His 'Surprised' Reaction To Kojima's New Xbox Partnership
You and us both, Yoshida!
Yesterday's reveal of Kojima switching from PlayStation to Xbox with his new PHYSINT game has been making headlines across the industry, and we've seen some interesting reactions on both the Xbox and PlayStation sides! Just to catch you up, Kojima's new Xbox partnership on PHYSINT apparently comes as a result of...
News Samson Is Getting A Big Update Alongside Its September Release On Xbox
More like "Damn, son"
Earlier this month, Samson: A Tyndalston Story was announced for consoles and pointed towards a September 21st release to coincide with a big PC update. Now, the developers have shared a 37-minute deep dive video showcasing all of the quality of life fixes and new features that are on the way. Sadly, the gameplay was captured...
News Xbox Disc To Digital Gets Multiple New Updates, Including Three More Supported Games
With more "fixes and changes" to come in the near future
It's been a little over two weeks now since Xbox first announced the Disc to Digital program, and we've already seen a few improvements being made to it - most notably the addition of Ubisoft titles as of this week. Xbox has now created a central hub in the form of a
News Four Xbox Games Are Out Today, Including A Divisive New Sports Title (September 11)
Icy what you did there
Congratulations on making it to Friday, people! Now, how's about another daily roundup of all the games coming to Xbox on September 11? It's a quiet one today, with only four games releasing on Xbox. Headlining the newbies is the latest ice hockey romp, EA Sports NHL 27. Recently, the game has received some flack for its use...
Thursday10th Sep 2026
News Xbox Achievement Record Smashed As Brazilian Player Reaches 10 Million Gamerscore
"It is DONE!"
We've got a major new Xbox record that's been smashed this week! A Brazilian known as Marcello Malta, who goes by the name of SiegfriedX on Xbox, has officially become the first person to ever reach 10 million gamerscore. Malta shared his accomplishment on social media just under 24 hours ago, and has already received well over...
News Modern Warfare 4 Adds Special Pre-Order Bonus To Celebrate Xbox's 25th Anniversary
"Fully functional and ready to use at launch"
Haven't committed to pre-ordering Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 yet? This little pre-order bonus may just swing it for some people, as it involves a special Xbox-focused livery to celebrate the brand's 25th anniversary. Simply put, if you pre-order any digital version of Modern Warfare 4 for Xbox...
Roundup Here's What The Previews Are Saying About Final Fantasy VII Revelation
"Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will be even more of a time-sucker"
We've got the early word on Final Fantasy VII Revelation, with several outlets saying pretty much the same thing: that it's massive! Previews started flooding in today for the upcoming JRPG that'll serve as the climactic conclusion to the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy. The general...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (September 10-13)
Presenting your latest batch of weekend freebies!
Would you look at that? Thursday, again! That means it's time for your next batch of Xbox Free Play Days titles and it's a doozy this week! Headlining the bunch is Borderlands 4, likely to celebrate the launch of a new vault hunter, Loveless. Not a bad start, huh? Well, if that doesn't tickle your...
Feature 25+ Of The Best Discounted Games From Xbox's Publisher Spotlight Sale
Major discounts on major games!
Another week, another set of massively discounted games to rummage through. We love a good sale, and right now, there are plenty of big-time bangers on offer. As usual, we've been busy sifting through Xbox's currently sales to find you the best deals worth picking up. What we've found this week is a big helping of...
News Xbox Reveals More Of What To Expect From Tokyo Game Show Showcase Next Week
"Moments built specifically for this stage"
We're exactly a week away from another Xbox showcase! The Xbox broadcast at Tokyo Game Show 2026 is officially happening on September 17th, and we've been treated to a few more details of what to expect from it. Xbox says that the showcase will be focused around "an exciting lineup of games coming to the...
News 10+ Xbox Games Are Launching Today, Including Two New Game Pass Additions (September 10)
Wheelin' and dealin'
We're back with another daily roundup of all the games coming to Xbox on September 10. It's a fairly busy one today, with more than ten new games on the docket. Leading the charge is the high-speed thrills of Hot Wheels Infinite Rush, followed closely by The Royal Writ, a medieval deckbuilder I've personally have had my eye on...
News WARDOGS Is Coming To Xbox In 2028, And Is Available Today With Steam Early Access
Wishlist the hit 100-player tactical FPS now
WARDOGS is launching into Steam Early Access today, and the developer has announced plans to bring its tactical 100-player FPS action to Xbox and PlayStation sometime in 2028. The game has been doing numbers on YouTube lately, with creators hyping up the game during closed beta tests ahead of today's...
News Xbox Is Officially Taking Over From PlayStation On Hideo Kojima's New 'PHYSINT' Game
Sony decides to step away
How about this for a story to wake up to! It's been announced overnight that Sony has decided to step away from Hideo Kojima's new PHYSINT game, which is described by the man himself as a "genre-defining action-espionage title", and Xbox Game Studios has stepped in to publish the project instead. Yes, a game is really...
Wednesday9th Sep 2026
News Xbox Releases The Full List Of 55 Achievements In Gears Of War: E-Day
Following a leak earlier today
Earlier today, we mentioned how Xbox had been caught up in a massive leak of achievements that occurred via the Steam platform, and Gears of War: E-Day was one of the games that had its achievements revealed as a result. It seems Xbox has now decided to reveal all 55 achievements in Gears of War: E-Day publicly in...
News Six New Console Features Begin Rolling Out Today For Xbox Insiders (September 9)
Customisable startup animations, better streaming, badges & more!
Who's up for changing your Xbox's startup animation? Oh yeah!! These six features begin rolling out to select members of the Alpha and Alpha-Skip-Ahead rings in the Xbox Insider program today (September 9th), and they'll eventually become available for everyone in the weeks and/or...
News Dragon Quest Gets Two Shadow Drops On Xbox Today, Including A New Remaster
Who doesn't love a shadow drop
What a treat! During today's Nintendo Direct, two Dragon Quest titles each got their own version of a shadow drop on Xbox Series X|S. We've known Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World is coming to Xbox in December, but now players are able to have a crack at an all-new demo of the game. In addition, Square Enix...
News Multiple Games Announced For Xbox Following September 2026's Nintendo Direct
Don't worry, they're not all Switch exclusives!
It's been a busy week for the folks at Nintendo, with a special showcase yesterday highlighting the new Ocarina of Time remake and dominating the headlines in the process, while yet another showcase has just been taking place today in the form of the Nintendo Direct for September 2026. This one was...
News SteelSeries Unveils Aeon Pro Xbox Controller With OLED Screen & 'Unlimited' Battery Life
Be prepared to pay a premium though
We've seen quite a bit of chatter about the new SteelSeries Aeon Pro Xbox and PC controller over the past 24 hours, which is now available to buy at the quite eye-watering price of $259.99 via the SteelSeries website. However, they're certainly packing a lot of features into this thing! The SteelSeries Aeon Pro...
News Spoilers For Three Upcoming Xbox First-Party Titles Revealed In Massive Achievement List Leak
Fable, Gears of War: E-Day, and many more...
Spoilers for some major Xbox titles, the existence of unannounced games, and a whole bunch of other big-name games have been spotted online due to an achievements list leak from PC storefront Steam. Exophase, a website used for tracking achievements/trophies, published an extensive list of Steam...
IGN gave it a 10/10!
Welcome back to another daily roundup of all the games coming to Xbox on September 9. It's a relatively quiet one today folks, but leading the charge nonetheless is the 1.0 release of Valheim, a Norse-themed survival adventure that launches out of Early Access today and is already receiving incredible reviews. IGN gave the...
News Loads Of Ubisoft Games Have Suddenly Joined Xbox Disc To Digital Overnight
And more companies may follow soon!
This is great news to wake up to on a Wednesday! The Xbox Disc to Digital feature, which is still in testing for Xbox Insiders as things stand, has suddenly started to incorporate Ubisoft games for the first time. Yesterday, there was a lot of chatter on social media about how the likes of Ubisoft, SEGA and...
Tuesday8th Sep 2026
Random Someone Has Rebuilt The Xbox 360 Avatar Editor With A Full List Of 21,425 Items
"The full catalogue is in it"
How about this for a cool project! An Xbox fan has taken it upon themselves to rebuild the classic Xbox 360 Avatar Editor with a "full catalogue" of 21,425 items, accessible via a browser in the form of a website known as 360sona. The creator shared their website with the Xbox Reddit community earlier today,...
News 'It's Been A Very Positive Experience' - Denshattack! Director On Recent Xbox Game Pass Launch
It remains one of the best games of 2026
Once in a while, we're completely surprised by the quality of an Xbox Game Pass day one release, and back in July, the "Tony Hawk but you're a train" game Denshattack! was exactly that. Denshattack! is a vibrant blend of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, SSX, and even a little bit of Jet Set Radio Future, all smushe
News Clutch Developer Doesn't Want To 'Kill' Forza Horizon, But Improve On Its 'Fairly Weak' Areas
"We’re not so silly as to claim that we’re going to kill Forza Horizon"
When you think of a driving game on Xbox, it's likely your first thought will be some variation of Forza. Whether that's Motorsport or Horizon, Forza dominates the majority of high-speed thrills for Microsoft. That's something Maverick Games creative director Mike Brown...
News GTA 6 Has No Major Xbox Competitors This November, But Nintendo Is Going Against It
Ocarina of Time remake arrives just two weeks before the Rockstar title
Well, well! It's been a year of publishers purposely avoiding the month of November to get out the way of GTA 6, but Nintendo clearly doesn't care about that - they've just set a November 5th release date for the Ocarina of Time remake. This slots the game between Modern...
Talking Point The Xbox 360 Launched With 12 Gamerpics, Do You Remember Yours?
Gamerpics can tell you a lot about a person
Gamer Pictures have been around for near enough 21 years now, launching alongside the Xbox 360 in 2005. They were the precursor to Avatars when it came to player expression - a neat way to show off who you were and what you liked at a glance. But did you know the Xbox 360 only featured 12 gamerpics at...
News Multiple Intriguing Horror Games Are Releasing On Xbox This Week
Worth keeping an eye on
We've already highlighted a few particularly interesting new under-the-radar releases coming to Xbox this week, such as the SEGA Saturn game Culdcept The First Saturn Tribute and the 2000s-style FPS Sprawl Zero, but there are also a few horror releases that we reckon are worth keeping an eye on at least. The game you see in...
News Bus Simulator 27 Has Arrived, And Here's A First Look At Reviews & Xbox Footage
Tickets, please
Ready for freakin' Bus Simulator 27?! The latest entry in the popular series has arrived on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S today following a brief period of early access for Deluxe Edition buyers, and therefore we've already got some reviews and raw Xbox Series X|S footage to analyse. There are three different game modes on offer...
News Seven New Xbox Games Are Out Today, Including A Call Of Duty Game Pass Release (September 8)
Chilling in more ways than one
We're back with another daily roundup of all the games launching today, and, of course, the latest drop from September's Xbox Game Pass lineup! We've got seven games launching today, with the addition of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War for most tiers of XGP. Of the newbies, Mewgenics and Halloween are the most...
Monday7th Sep 2026
News GTA 6 Release Times Suggest Some Xbox Players Will Get Access Earlier Than Others
New Zealand being first in the queue
It looks like we know the release times for GTA 6! Various outlets have been reporting on them today, including the likes of IGN and Digital Foundry, as the official PlayStation Store has begun listing the
Talking Point How Many Games Do You Plan To Convert With Xbox Disc To Digital?
Assuming they're compatible, that is
Everyone's still talking about Xbox Disc to Digital following its reveal a couple of weeks ago, and the good news is that it's now available in every Xbox Insider ring, meaning a full public release shouldn't be too far away. With that in mind, we thought we'd use this quiet Monday afternoon to ask which games...
News A 1997 SEGA Saturn 'Classic' Is Making Its Xbox Debut This Tuesday
Culdcept returns with modern features
We're always intrigued by retro games launching on Xbox for the first time, and we've got something from the SEGA Saturn era arriving on Xbox One, Series X and Series S this Tuesday in the form of Culdcept The First Saturn Tribute! This is a self-described "classic fusion of board and card games" that first...
News Double Fine Reveals First Game Since Leaving Xbox, And It Has 250K+ Views Already
Back on the road
There's been quite a lot going on at Double Fine Productions over the past few weeks, with the company leaving Xbox and announcing plans for an indie Kickstarter project (along with teasing a hypothetical Brutal Legend 2, dropping a huge update for Kiln and
Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush
Launching this week on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S
We've got a new Hot Wheels game arriving on Xbox this week! Just like with Hot Wheels Unleashed 1 and 2, this one's being made by the racing specialists over at Milestone, and the focus this time is to "race beyond the orange track and jump into a Hot Wheels-sized world with four islands to...
News Xbox Appears To Be Experimenting With Cheaper Game Pass Offers For Ex-Members
Sign up for 12 months at a reduced rate
Over the years, we've never really seen Xbox discounting Game Pass for anyone aside from when they host special $1 trials for various tiers, but it seems like they've begun a new system of discounts for some ex-members specifically. A particular Reddit thread has been getting a ton of attention over the...
News Sprawl Zero Hits Xbox This Week, And It's Inspired By The 'Golden Age Of 2000s FPS'
Survive a brutal cyberpunk city collapsing under military rule
When we were compiling the usual list of "games coming to Xbox next week" prior to Saturday, one of the games that really caught our attention was Sprawl Zero, which arrives for Xbox Series X and Series S on September 8th. The reason? Well, they describe it as being "a fast-paced...
News Xbox Is Telling Some People They Don't Need To Worry About Cloud Gaming Time Limits
Emails being sent to users in specific countries
Last week, we obviously got the announcement that Xbox was putting time limits on cloud gaming for all Game Pass users from November onwards, although it turns out a few lucky people are excluded from those restrictions. Emails were sent out over the weekend to Xbox Game Pass subscribers in the likes...
News Three Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass This Week (September 8-10)
Two major titles and another "day one" indie launch
Welcome to the new week! You may have seen recently that we've been experimenting with a new format where we highlight all the new Xbox releases each day along with any Game Pass titles, and we'll probably continue with this over the next few days - but we also wanted to give the Game Pass...
Sunday6th Sep 2026
Feature Five Reasons Why Star Wars Zero Company Is An All-Timer On Xbox Series X
I have a good feeling about this
Not too long ago, Star Wars Zero Company launched to some rather stellar reviews, and it got me feeling curious. For the past week, it's all I've been playing on my Xbox Series X, and after 40-50 hours of playtime, I'm thinking it may genuinely be one of the best tactics games of the past decade. I wasn't able to...
News Metal Gear Solid 4's Disc Swap Scene Is Slightly Different On Xbox, And Here's How It Plays Out
"It uses high-capacity media, too"
With the release of the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.2 on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S recently, it provided us with our first ever chance to play Metal Gear Solid 4 on an Xbox console - either as part of the collection or as a standalone purchase on the Xbox Store for £26.98 / $29.99. As you may be...
Saturday5th Sep 2026
Poll How Many Hours Of Xbox Cloud Gaming Do You Use Per-Month?
And do you expect to reach the new limits in November?
One of the big announcements of the past few days has been that of Xbox Cloud Gaming and Microsoft's plans to put time limits on the service for most Xbox Game Pass members (aside from in certain markets) from November onwards. We initially covered this a couple of days ago, with the company...
News Here's What Might Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass In October 2026
Some early predictions!
What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in October 2026? Well, Microsoft hasn't confirmed anything just yet, but based on some games that were added to the service this time last year, we can at least make a few predictions ahead of time. We know that a lot of Xbox users want more advance notice of games leaving Xbox Game Pass, but...
Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (September 7-11)
Including three more Xbox Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for September 7-11! We've got a few big releases on the way over the next few days including Halloween: The Game, Mewgenics and EA Sports NHL 27, while Xbox Game Pass is treating us to three ne
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 5-6)
Swords, strats, and slap shots
Weekend enjoyers! We are once again at the end of the week and it's time to play some games. It's been a pretty spectacular start to September with two major releases both reviewing extremely well on Xbox, as well as the latest Xbox Deep Discounts Sale and Free Play Days offering to get stuck into. Alrighty, let's...
Friday4th Sep 2026
News Here's A Look At All Four Graphics Modes In The Blood Of Dawnwalker On Xbox Series X|S
Three on Xbox Series X, one on Xbox Series S
One of the biggest releases of this week has been the open-world dark fantasy action RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker, and considering it has four graphics modes across Xbox Series X and S in all, we've been curious to see how it'd fare. As we often do, we're looking to Fuzion Xbox Testing for some initial...
Is there still hope?
It feels like every now and again, we hear from the folks behind the cancelled Xbox One exclusive Scalebound about how they still really want to make it happen, but this time there's a little bit of a different angle to it. Phil Spencer was in charge when Scalebound got the chop in 2017, and now Asha Sharma is the new Xbox boss...
News Halloween: The Game Launches In 'Advance Access' Today, And Here's What The Reviews Are Saying
Ahead of the full release on September 8th
If you like your Dead by Daylight-style games and you're in the mood for something new, we've got a big release coming up on September 8th in the form of Halloween: The Game, and it's actually playable from today for some people. There's a special "Advanced Access" perk for those who pick up the Deluxe...
News Samson Gets September Release Date & New Console Trailer For Xbox Series X|S
Just over two weeks to go!
Do you remember a game called Samson? Prior to its "Mixed" reception at launch, the game had huge potential. Its blend of Driver and Max Mad gameplay inspired a serious amount of hype building up to what ultimately became a massive flop. Samson's PC launch was rough, to say the least, but that didn't deter the developer,...
News Xbox's Latest Cloud Gaming TV Announcement Is Happening At The Most Awkward Time
Not the best reception
Good news! Xbox Cloud Gaming is expanding to yet another brand of TV manufacturer in the near future, allowing more people to take advantage of the service. Bad news! They've announced it at the most awkward time possible. It's literally been less than 24 hours since Xbox revealed plans to put time limits on Xbox Cloud Gaming...
News How To Download The Free NHL 27 Trial With EA Play & Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Today's the day!
Alongside all of the main Xbox Game Pass releases that have landed this week, we've also got a 10-hour free trial for NHL 27 as part of EA Play - which itself is included as part of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate tier. The official release date for the NHL 27 free trial is today, September 4th. Early access for NHL 27 is expected to...
