Microsoft is officially announcing its Xbox Nano controller today, a smaller and cheaper controller that’s designed to fit into your pocket. The more compact controller is also designed for “younger players, smaller hands, or anyone seeking something portable for play on the go.” The $49.99 Xbox Nano is Microsoft’s smallest controller, and it’s shorter than […]
Retro gaming is going through a wild time at the moment, thanks to decompilations and recompilations that are letting gamers port classic titles to new devices, or merge code from two different games into a single new experience. Microsoft has witnessed skateboarding being modded into Call of Duty and Halo being played in a web […]
Minecraft Dungeons 2 is an acceptable approximation of a Diablo game, but it’s lacking across the board.
Playground Games first revealed earlier this year that Forza Horizon 6 would be arriving on PS5 in 2026, but the launch is now being pushed back. I reported last month that there would be a delay to early next year, and Forza Horizon 6 is now officially debuting on January 26th, 2027. The delay means […]
Xbox is launching a new division, called “XP,” that’s dedicated to Xbox experiences that aren’t video games, including films and TV adaptations, consumer products, live events, and partnerships with creators and brands. Different teams at Xbox already do this work, but it will all now fall under the centralized XP division. XP formalizes four “investment […]
However, Clair Obscur is now gone from the service. Je suis désolé.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told employees that Microsoft is getting ready to do something around Grand Theft Auto VI that “no other platform holder is doing” during an employee all-hands this morning. According to sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans, Sharma’s brief teaser was actually about Xbox managing to land a deal for game streaming rights […]
Gears of War: E-Day looks amazing and delivers excellent old-school action in both its campaign and multiplayer modes.
The YXSTABY collection is playful but practical — and it’s finally available to buy.
There are few blockbuster games that are as confident as Gears of War: E-Day. A prequel to one of Xbox’s most transformative titles, E-Day knows exactly what it wants to be: a brutal, tense, and self-aware action game, one that is stronger because it doesn’t deviate from that premise. Twenty years since the original Gears […]