Today’s not-entirely-unexpected announcement that Destiny 2 will no longer receive “live service content updates” has some fans hoping that Bungie is performing a controlled demolition to make way for Destiny 3. According to sources who spoke to Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, however, Bungie isn’t immediately buckling down on Destiny 3, and doesn’t yet have any…
Today, after 10 expansions, three episodes, 30 seasons, and almost nine years, Bungie announced that Destiny 2’s live service development is coming to an end on June 9, 2026. It isn’t surprising news: To the culture at large, Destiny 2 has become less of a game in earnest and more of a measuring stick for…
I’m 44 years old, and my first-ever PC was my dad’s hand-me-down ZX Spectrum. I’m not sure of the first game I played, but the first one I remember is Horace Goes Skiing. The humble Speccy kicked off the hobby of a lifetime: my habits may have changed over the years, but gaming has been…
Rockstar parent Take-Two Interactive has been adamant that the November 19 release date for Grand Theft Auto 6 is on track, but doubts have lingered: The game has already been delayed twice, after all. But at this point it looks solid: With just six months to go, Take-Two reaffirmed the date in today’s FY2026 financial…
I love the convenience of Steam, particularly in this era of gigabit downloads, cloud saves, and being able to resume a desktop gaming session from the couch on my Steam Deck. But sometimes I stumble across an image from the Old Days so potent it knocks me back in my chair and makes me think,…
Category: ID@XBOX How Table Flip Simulator Turns Life’s Annoyances into Chaotic Fun Harrison Floyd-Marketing Manager PM Studios Published May 21, 2026 Table Flip Simulator starts off with a simple idea: smashing stuff is fun and dials it up to eleven. The story begins with you working at DullMart and your boss demands you work overtime…
Category: Announcements May 21, 2026 XBOX Celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day with Improved Adaptive Thumbstick Toppers and More Kaitlyn Jones, Gaming Accessibility Lead, Hardware and Platform at XBOX Today, in recognition of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we’re sharing an update to the Adaptive Thumbstick Toppers available today through XBOX Design Lab. Improved XBOX Adaptive Thumbstick…
Destiny 2 is over. Bungie announced today that its last “live service” update is coming in June, after which Bungie will move on to other projects it has “incubating.” Fans are naturally upset, though not entirely caught off guard: The mood is rueful and a bit resigned, with plenty of gallows humor and speculation about…
Former BioWare developers launching their own studios may not be the biggest news of all time—lots of them have done it, to varying degrees of success—but the premise of the debut project in the works at Studio Reset has me intrigued: It’s “a neon-noir supernatural mystery game set in a stylized Canadian cityscape.” It’s not…
Category: Announcements May 21, 2026 Introducing the XBOX Game Studios Shop John Friend, Sr. Director, XBOX Consumer Products There’s a lot for fans to look forward to with so many iconic XBOX games on the horizon; and now, there’s a new way to bring those worlds into your everyday life. Today, we’re launching the XBOX…