This month, join forces to tackle the paranormal crises of a mysterious federal agency under siege in the cooperative first-person shooter FBC: Firebreak, lead your team to victory in the iconic all-out warfare of Battlefield 2042, test your skills as a new Fazbear employee managing and maintaining the eerie pizzeria of Five Nights at Freddy’s:…
“What a colossal waste of talent.”. Last week’s layoffs at Microsoft and Xbox Games were shocking to say the least, with over 9,000 people losing their jobs, including veterans at Rare, Romero Games, and the cancellation of big projects such as Perfect Dark. This comes despite the fact that the tech giant reportedly made $26…
Category: The Game Awards December 12, 2024 The Game Awards 2024: Celebrating a Year of Gaming Excellence and its Exciting Future Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor This year has been phenomenal for Xbox players. We’ve witnessed the launch of exciting new games like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, and Metaphor:…
Ys will start being distributed from February 15th. The PC-8801 version of Nihon Falcom’s influential action RPG Ys is heading to Nintendo Switch on February 15th in Japan, as part of D4 Enterprises’s EGGCONSOLE label of classic reissues, with the rerelease also expected to hit Western storefronts shortly after (thanks @gosokkyu for the spot!). Ys…
Go on, eat the sin cake. In 2021, a monster-catching RPG called Monster Crown hit the eShop, a one-man project aiming to emulate the glory days of Pokémon. Though it had its shortcomings, it mostly captured the essence of its inspiration and evidently it garnered enough of a following to justify the launch of a…
“The game that never was”. Sonic Mania is one of the best Sonic games ever, and while there were hopes it would get a sequel, a few years ago, it was revealed how Sega was eager to move beyond pixel art and ultimately it didn’t go ahead. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
There is a saying, somewhat applicable to our current circumstances, that is spoken only as a curse: “May you live in interesting times.” Helldivers 2 is a triumph by most metrics, but it also happens to be the perfect distillation of that sentiment: “May you develop an interesting game.” Looking back over 2024, I wouldn’t…
Category: Announcements September 15, 2025 Seamlessly Access Your Gaming Library, Apps, and Play History in One Place with Xbox on Windows PCs and Handheld Jason Beaumont, VP of Experiences, Xbox Summary Xbox is bringing your gaming library, select third-party apps, and PC storefronts together in one convenient place. Everyone now has access to the new…
Former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider is not known to be shy about sharing his opinions, and so he did in April, saying that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is “kind of to JRPGs what Baldur’s Gate 3 was to CRPGs.” Not everyone took the statement quite as he meant it, though, and so speaking…
If you recently brought a PlayStation 5 console into your home, you’re in the right place. We know you’re itching to dive straight into PS5’s library of cutting-edge, critically acclaimed titles. There’s a ton of quality titles to recommend, but before you dig in, let’s take a moment to check some of the unique features…