Category: XBOX Games Showcase June 7, 2026 Senua: Answering the Big Questions About Ninja Theory’s Unexpected New Action-Adventure Joe Skrebels, XBOX Wire Editor-in-Chief The original Hellblade famously ended with the line, “There are more stories to tell.” Senua feels like Ninja Theory has expanded that to a philosophy of, “There are new kinds of games…
New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced during today’s Xbox Games Showcase that Gears of War: E-Day is an “Xbox console exclusive.” I don’t recall E-Day having been announced for PlayStation in the first place, so I momentarily wondered if the emphasis was on console there—no PC? Nah, a Microsoft rep has confirmed to PC Gamer…
Category: XBOX Games Showcase June 7, 2026 State of Decay 3: Answering the Biggest Questions After the First Gameplay Reveal Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Summary State of Decay 3 reveals its new shared world co-op survival experience, where players build communities, shape settlements, and survive together in an open world. We get answers to…
Category: XBOX Games Showcase June 7, 2026 Fable: Meet the Incredible Cast – Including the Villain Played by Hayley Atwell Joe Skrebels, XBOX Wire Editor-in-Chief Fable just revealed a new story trailer during XBOX Games Showcase, showing off new gameplay, characters, a sense of the story beyond our Hero, and a lot of action, from…
Category: XBOX Games Showcase June 7, 2026 Halo: Campaign Evolved Launches July 28, Pre-Orders Available Now Brian Jarrard, Community Director, Halo Studios Summary Halo: Campaign Evolved launches July 28, 2026, with early access beginning July 23. It will be available on XBOX Series X|S, XBOX on PC, cloud, and included with Game Pass. Play it on both console and PC at…
Aion 2 didn’t have the most graceful launch in town—its release in Korea and Taiwan last year was notoriously pay-to-win and NCSoft’s stock price tanked immediately in the following days—but that hasn’t stopped it from preparing a launch overseas for this year. Thanks to a trailer from Friday’s Summer Game Fest, we finally know when:…
I’m halfway through like, six games right now, and I’ve dropped all of them to play Mina the Hollower. This game managed to catch me off-guard even though I adored Shovel Knight, and even backed Mina the Hollower on Kickstarter way back when. That’s an unexpected benefit to crowdfunding games that take years to finish:…
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch 1 & 2 in May. And we’re back for the latest round of eShop Selects, looking back at last month’s eShop-only releases and picking our top three favourites. Plenty of games came out in May, although many of them also got day-and-date physical releases, so we…
One thing that’s really nice about loving the same things you did when you were a kid as an adult is that all of a sudden you’ve got your own money to spend on whatever you want. I’m a firm believer that every now and then we deserve a treat for working so hard, and…
2026 marks the 25th anniversary of Xbox—but in a shaky set of years for gaming at Microsoft, this one has been among the shakiest. Old CEOs are out, new leadership is in, and we’ve all been left wondering how Xbox might try to steady its prolonged tailspin. This summer’s Xbox Games Showcase is our first…