Category: Next Week on Xbox February 20, 2026 Next Week on Xbox: New Games for February 23 to 27 Will Fulton, Xbox Wire Editor Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox on PC, and Game Pass! Get more…
Now crowdfunding on Kickstarter. It didn’t take us long to fall head over heels for Gun Nose, the upcoming robot mystery game from experienced pixel artist Addy Valentine; in fact, we’d argue it was pretty much love at first sight. The new “top-down action-mystery game” pretty much blew us away when it was announced earlier…
Virtual insanity? Only Nintendo could get its fans excited about a re-release of one of its most dramatic commercial flops, and, as somebody who is old and grey enough to recall the disaster that was the Virtual Boy the first time around, I find it endlessly amusing that its resurrection as a Switch accessory has…
Last week, both Asus and Acer were blocked from directly selling gaming PCs in Germany due to a lawsuit from phone manufacturer Nokia. This not only leaves potential customers with fewer choices when it comes to their next rig, but now that the websites are down, they are left without updates too. Or at least…
If you’re serious about your competitive shooters, you’ll know that every single frame per second counts, so anything that gets in the way of that is something to be avoided. But what if the software you’re using to chat with teammates is actually making things worse? According to some folks, that’s precisely what Discord is…
Late last year, Microsoft said that it was making ‘every Windows 11 PC an AI PC’, so congratulations, you’ve probably already got one in some form or fashion. However, a blog post tucked within the Windows Learning Center entitled ‘Best AI PC features to look for in 2026: A beginner’s guide‘ seems to disagree. Under…
Hayaku! Island of Darkness is getting a prequel. It’s been a long time since we last checked in on Hayaku! Island of Darkness, the excellent-looking NES-inspired Steam game from the Argentine developer Pizia Studios — almost three years, in fact. And it looks like the project has made some incredible progress since then, judging by…
Gone but not forgotten. In case you hadn’t noticed, the world of physical video game retail – as in, games sold in boxes in brick-and-mortar stores – is on its knees at the moment, especially in the UK, where Time Extension is based. The country’s final specialist video game retailer, GAME, has just entered administration…
Catch a Pika. We’ve seen our fair share of Pikachu plushies over the years (it’s only one of the most recognisable faces in media ever, after all), but few have been quite as lifelike as this. Yesterday, Wow! Stuff and RealFX unveiled their latest creation: the Pikachu Puppetronic. As that name suggests, this is a…
One of the features of World of Warcraft: Midnight I’m the most excited for is Prey. In case you’re unfamiliar, Prey is a system (that you have to sign up for) which will ambush you with a specific boss enemy you’re hunting while you’re out in the open world, eventually leading to a 1v1 when…