Monsters Are Coming! Launches on XBOX Series X|S on August 6 — With a New Update Built for Challenge Seekers

Summary Monsters Are Coming! launches on XBOX Series X|S on August 6, 2026. A new update introduces The Joker, a chaotic new Hero built around randomness, weapon swapping, and unpredictable upgrades. The X-Fortress joins the Townhall roster, rewarding precise city organization and powerful tower placement. Weekly Challenges, stackable Challenges, new modifiers, and a Codex expand…

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Celebrating 25 Years of Play: New Community Designs, XBOX Updates, FanFest Tour Dates, and More

25 years ago, XBOX set out to bring players together through the games and worlds they love, and today, that mission is still what drives everything we do.   Today, we’re sharing a few more ways we’re celebrating 25 years of play including, the latest XBOX updates, community-created designs for gamerpics, backgrounds, and themes, curated Game Pass collections, the full FanFest Tour schedule and sweepstakes details, and more.  Community-Created XBOX Designs  From left: Wallpaper by Klobrille and Gamer…

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How a Bucket Full of Pink Cow Dung Became an Item in The Immortal John Triptych

Summary How an improvised design element snowballed into a strange puzzle. The unexpected chain of reactions that weaved three titles together. A look into my design process for The Immortal John Triptych. OK, It’s summer 2022. I’m making a house interior for my Renaissance-paintings-come-to-life style adventure game, Death of the Reprobate (one of three critically-acclaimed…

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Hard Work Pays off as Shard Squad Comes to XBOX

Summary Now available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox on PC. Control adorable monsters in a a bullet heaven roguelite. The Brazilian developer’s own words about his first game and realizing a dream. Produced by Brazilian studio The Root Studios and published by Nuntius Games, Shard Squad is a bullet heaven roguelite featuring…

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