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Play FARCRY 6, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Avatar, Skull and Bones, and The Crew Motorfest free on XBOX Free Play Days through October 4.
Microsoft announced 268 more XBOX cuts via layoffs and reorganizing its studios. Activision will develop the next Halo, while Ninja Theory faces possible closure.
XBOX Free Play Days brings Madden NFL 27, Borderlands 4, F1 25, Surviving Mars, CarX Drift Racing and Dustborn free through Sept 13.
XBOX heads to Tokyo Game Show 2026 with a September 17 broadcast, Minecraft Dungeons II, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, and FanFest Tokyo.
XBOX will publish Hideo Kojima’s PHYSINT, expanding its Kojima Productions deal beyond OD into film and television.
XBOX Insiders can now pick their startup animation, stream Remote Play at 1440p, test Voice Clarity, search game lists, and download while cloud gaming.
XBOX and TCL are partnering to bring the XBOX app to select TCL Smart TVs in 25+ countries, with Game Pass cloud gaming built in.
XBOX just launched a Designed for XBOX Cozy Collection with 8BitDo, SteelSeries, and KontrolFreek gear in matcha and forest tones. See it all here.
XBOX Game Pass just added RuneScape: Dragonwilds, SpeedRunners 2, Black Ops Cold War, and more this September. See the full lineup here.
Try Control Ultimate Edition, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, ARK: Survival Ascended, Naruto To Boruto: Shinobi Striker, and the Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta with XBOX Free Play Days.
Play Train Sim World 6, Icarus: Console Edition, and Lynked: Banner of the Spark in XBOX Free Play Days this weekend with XBOX Game Pass. Here’s how.
New XBOX Insider update adds Home customization, local save management, and a commemorative Day One profile badge for XBOX One owners.
If you thought August was already a stacked month for XBOX Game Pass Wave 2, buckle up, because the second wave just dropped and it’s bringing some genuinely exciting day-one releases. We’re talking a highly anticipated prequel, a souls-like platformer, and a blood-soaked roguelite dungeon crawler, all landing on the service before the month wraps up.
XBOX Free Play Days brings NBA 2K26, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Wax Heads, and Sports Renovations this weekend.
XBOX Indie Selects for August features six standout games, from cozy ghost stories and dark fantasy to co-op horror and heartfelt adventures.
The latest XBOX Insider update can test chat audio captures, achievement sorting, cloud save recovery, while all players get 1,000-item wishlists.
Microsoft celebrates the XBOX 25th anniversary with community gamerpics, a 25th anniversary badge, curated Game Pass collections, and the full FanFest Tour schedule.
New XBOX Game Pass games: Gears of War: E-Day beta, Cricket 26, Date Everything!, and more land this August.
XBOX Free Play Days brings WWE 2K26, Wildgate, and Polterguys free this weekend. Here’s how to download and play now.
XBOX app now available on Hisense and VIDAA OS TVs, letting Game Pass users stream games without a console.
XBOX returns to gamescom 2026 in Cologne to mark 25 years of play, with Modern Warfare 4, Gears of War: E-Day, and FanFest.
Next Week on XBOX: Every game coming July 27 to 31, including Halo: Campaign Evolved, Dispatch, Mistfall Hunter, and more.
XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC is live, letting you play four classic original XBOX games on PC, ROG XBOX Ally, and Ally X.
XBOX and Meta Horizon+ now includes an XBOX Game Pass starter edition with 50+ games, 10 hours of cloud gaming, and Rewards each month.