259 articles — 28 patch notes, 231 news
Former Bethesda artist Nate Purkeypile says Fallout 3 was 'very, very constrained' by 2008 hardware, and the upcoming remaster is a chance to deliver what the team originally envisioned.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has confirmed the team is building a Platinum Trophy equivalent for Xbox achievements, finally giving completionists the recognition they've been asking for since 2005.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has confirmed that a Platinum Trophy-style reward for completing all achievements in a game is in development and targeting a launch later this year.
The Grounds transforms EA SPORTS FC 27 into a persistent social space where up to 100 players meet, compete in Clubs, and play everything from 1v1 matches to Bocce Ball.
Game Freak's non-Pokémon action RPG has landed, and critics can't agree on whether it's brilliant or mediocre. A 3.5-point gap between the lowest and highest review scores tells the story.
Microsoft's August Game Pass wave brings 11 games including the Gears of War: E-Day beta, Grounded 2 in early access, and a surprise Game Freak RPG. The Gears beta starts August 6, but there's a catch.
ProbablyMonsters' gothic action RPG Crimson Moon launches September 1 at just $19.99, dropping into one of the most stacked release windows of the year with a price tag that dares you to take a chance on it.
Microsoft's EU and UK Xbox price hikes are now live, pushing the disc-equipped Series X to €799.99. That's roughly $900 for hardware that launched in November 2020.
After yet another round of price increases, the Xbox Series X disc model has climbed from its original $499.99 launch price to $799.99. UK and European buyers are getting hit even harder.
The full UK and European Xbox price increases have landed, and they're even steeper than the US hikes suggested. A disc-drive Series X now costs £670.
Argonaut Games has announced Croc 2: Kingdom of the Gobbos, a remaster of the 1999 platformer coming to PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Switch, and PC in Q4 2026. The studio says the first remaster's success made the decision easy.
Digital Foundry's testing reveals that Halo: Campaign Evolved runs better on PlayStation 5 than Xbox Series X, with cutscene stuttering absent on Sony's hardware and the PS5 Pro delivering the cleanest image of any platform.
Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo are now playable in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, bringing a New York City course and the Pizzafire Van with them for $5.99.
Sandfall Interactive's Game of the Year winner was built to be beautiful on high-end hardware. Getting it running on Switch 2 with a team of 26 is a different problem entirely.
Tim Schafer says only the studio's survival could justify the cuts. Around 23 people are out, barely three weeks after Xbox let Double Fine go independent.
A single internal Microsoft licensing service went down and took Xbox sign-ins, game libraries, and game launches with it. Xbox's CTO has now explained what happened and why recovery was so uneven.
Xbox servers locked players out of their own libraries today, just days after PSN went down. Two major outages in one week are doing more for the pro-disc argument than any petition could.
Messhof, the studio behind competitive fencing classic Nidhogg, is launching its bullet heaven platformer Blood Dungeon on August 25 across all major platforms.
Bethesda insists The Elder Scrolls 6 roadmap hasn't changed after Xbox cut 50 people from the studio. Current staff previously told IGN the layoffs would have a 'substantial and cascading effect' on the game.
A major Xbox outage is preventing players from signing in, viewing their game libraries, and launching downloaded titles they already own.
Microsoft's first wave of original Xbox games on PC via backwards compatibility skips the classics everyone actually wants in favour of Blinx, Fuzion Frenzy, and Crimson Skies.
IO Interactive's first major patch for 007 First Light fixes over 200 issues and adds new content, but PS5 players are staring down a 23.84GB download while Xbox owners breeze through at 1.39GB.
Konami has confirmed Castlevania: Belmont's Curse will run at 30fps on Nintendo Switch, half the 60fps target on PS5, Xbox, and PC. No Switch 2 version is currently planned.
Microsoft's ad-supported cloud streaming test is live for Xbox Insiders, and the most interesting angle isn't the ads themselves. It's that Xbox One owners can now stream Series X games without buying new hardware.