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Last year, we learned that Xbox cancelled a reboot of Perfect Dark . The game, in development at The Initiative, was cancelled as part of 2025's wave of wide-ranging cuts at Microsoft and Xbox . In 2026, of course, things have only gotten worse for the company . Read more

The Coalition, the Microsoft-owned studio behind Gears of War: E-Day, Gears 4 and Gears 5 has mostly survived the wide-ranging cuts and layoffs initiated by Xbox CEO Asha Sharma in her attempt to bring the gaming division back to profitability . Read more

Star Wars: Zero Company maker Bit Reactor is bringing back developers who were furloughed ahead of launch. Read more

Sony reportedly wants to revive a selection of its long-dormant PlayStation classics with the help of smaller third-party developers, and a new Ape Escape game is apparently up first. Read more

Microsoft has revealed the first batch of games coming to Xbox Game Pass this month, though subscribers only have a week left to try the award-winning Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 before it waves goodbye. Read more

State of Decay studio Undead Labs has spoken out after rebuying its independence and leaving Xbox last month, revealing it has "got to make some changes" to State of Decay 3 because of layoffs it suffered as a result. Read more

Call of Duty recently kicked off a week of Modern Warfare 4 DMZ news, which brought us a first look at the "action extraction" mode and some insight into developer Infinity Ward's guiding philosophy . Read more

Monster Hunter Rise is coming to Android and iOS through Netflix, new store listings have revealed today. The game, which originally launched on Nintendo Switch in 2021 and later came to PC, Xbox and PlayStation - and that I thought was superb , even in its most barebones release state - seemingly got a 'soft launch' today on both Apple and Android storefronts. Read more

Forza Horizon 6 's highly-anticipated release on PlayStation 5 has apparently been delayed to 2027, according to new information. Yes, this is not the first time we've heard that - The Verge's Tom Warren and IGN said as much in late August . Read more

Aion 2 has arrived, and there's a lot to like if you've got a hankering for a new MMO: meaty combat, challenging boss encounters, a seemingly endless grind for completionists, and, yes, it's free to play. However, one of my very favourite things about it is the character creator. Read more

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has reportedly told the company that Xbox has "started to return to growth" following wide-ranging restructuring that has reorganised the gaming division and resulted in more than 1,800 job losses. Read more

Microsoft has reportedly reiterated its plan to have multiple Xboxes - of some description - for the next and 10th generation of consoles. The suggestion being that there's a main console accompanied by some kind of portable, on-the-go games machine. Read more

Xbox has denied reports suggesting it obtained exclusive game-streaming rights for Grand Theft Auto 6 . The initial suggestion came from a report on The Verge , which cited an all-hands meeting in which CEO Asha Sharma allegedly told staff that Xbox plans to do something "no other platform holder is doing" around GTA 6. Read more

Of all the games I thought I'd see converted to virtual reality, the Diablo games weren't among them, for some reason. But one industrious modder has set about changing that, converting probably the most well-liked Diablo game, Diablo 2 . Read more

Sega has invited chaos upon itself by launching an official Sonic the Hedgehog Discord channel. Unsurprisingly, it's proven immediately popular, and strictly locked down. There is no fan art channel as of writing. Read more