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Gaming News Yesterday, 01:43 PM
A hidden reward in Halo: Campaign Evolved is pushing fans to speculate about the series' future, after premium edition owners unlocked it early and heard a familiar final line from Sergeant Avery Johnson before the game's full release on July 28, 2026. -
Gaming News July 24, 2026, 12:42 AM
Michael Futter, co-founder of F-Squared, says Sony's plan to move PlayStation releases away from discs is "an extremely anti-consumer decision" that strips players of ownership and long-term access. Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that it will stop producing physical discs for all new PlayStation games at the end of 2027. From January 2028, new PlayStation releases will be available only in digital formats, and boxed retail versions, if sold, will include a download code instead of a disc. -
Gaming News July 22, 2026, 07:41 PM
Microsoft announced the early release of Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC today, bringing select original Xbox games to Windows PCs and supported handheld devices for the first time. The program is live in supported regions through the Xbox on PC app, and the Xbox store already has pages for the first titles. -
Gaming News July 21, 2026, 02:24 PM
Founder Shawn Woods appears to have signaled Alpha Dog Games' return to independence by updating his LinkedIn profile. He now lists the studio as "Independent, again," although Alpha Dog Games has not made an official announcement yet. -
Gaming News July 21, 2026, 01:31 AM
Tyler Bielman, the game director of [gamecard=41334]Hearthstone[/gamecard], said he is not planning to take on a new full-time job after leaving Blizzard. In a farewell message, he also stressed that his departure was personal and not connected to the recent layoffs around Microsoft and Xbox. -
Gears of War 2 has finally hit PC for the first time — but the credit goes to a single fan, not Microsoft
Gaming News July 19, 2026, 11:49 AM
Almost eighteen years after its release on Xbox 360, the shooter Gears of War 2 has finally made its way to PC — and it wasn't Microsoft that did it, but a single enthusiast. A modder going by Helios single-handedly built an unofficial PC port called Gears of War 2: Hollow, which has already spread across the web. And this isn't emulation: the game runs as a fully-fledged Windows application, complete with its own launcher and installer. -
Gaming News July 16, 2026, 02:12 PM
ZeniMax Online Studios says Josh Henderson and Nick Giacomini will take over after a transition period, even as Joe Burba, Susan Kath, Rich Lambert, and Ala Diaz prepare to leave the studio. The changes come alongside Microsoft's Xbox layoffs announced on July 6, 2026, and affect the leadership of The Elder Scrolls Online. -
Gaming News July 16, 2026, 01:49 AM
Joshua Khane said the hack wiped out years of purchases, cloud backups, and family photos, and Microsoft later deleted the account even after confirming he owned it. -
Microsoft Permanently Suspended a Fan's Account Containing Thousands in Games and 25 Years of OneDrive Data
Gaming News July 15, 2026, 07:34 PM
Joshua Khane says a hack left him locked out of an account that held a large Xbox library and 25 years of OneDrive data. He said the account contained many purchased Xbox games, decades of stored files, and other digital content worth thousands of dollars. -
Gaming News July 15, 2026, 06:49 PM
Following the July layoffs at Xbox, employees from Bethesda, ZeniMax Online Studios, and id Software have reportedly voiced growing concerns about job security within Microsoft. According to multiple sources, the latest wave of cuts reinforced a belief that even strong performance and successful game releases no longer guarantee stability, leaving many developers feeling vulnerable about their future. -
Hardware and Technologies July 15, 2026, 10:46 AM
This month’s Windows update is far more massive than Microsoft’s official release notes would have you believe. The July Patch Tuesday batch fixed a grand total of 570 vulnerabilities, including dozens of critical issues and several dangerous zero-day flaws that attackers have likely already been exploiting. The catch? Along with beefed-up security, users are once again rolling the dice on unexpected crashes and glitches. -
Hardware and Technologies July 14, 2026, 10:39 PM
Analysts at S&P Global Market Intelligence Kagan predict that PlayStation 6 will comfortably beat the next-generation Xbox console in sales by 2030. According to their projections, Sony's upcoming hardware is set to achieve much stronger commercial success. -
Gaming News July 14, 2026, 01:48 AM
Following Microsoft's 2026 restructuring and major layoffs, Compulsion Games said it is expanding collaboration opportunities with studios across the games and entertainment industry. The team behind South of Midnight is already inviting partners to work with it as it settles back into independent management after leaving Xbox. -
Gaming News July 11, 2026, 03:20 PM
Microsoft may present Project Positron in the next Xbox Insider update as soon as next week, according to a new report. The rumored feature would let players convert eligible physical games into account-linked digital licenses. -
Gaming News July 11, 2026, 01:40 PM
A Brazilian Xbox user going by Ordo_Liberal lost access to his account, and along with it, his entire digital library of purchased games. When he reached out to support, they claimed the account had supposedly been hacked and refused to restore access — even though he had every security measure enabled — and to top it off, they suggested he simply repurchase the games he'd already paid for. -
Gaming News July 11, 2026, 01:20 AM
id Software is pushing back on rumors about its post-layoff staffing, saying the studio still has the people it needs to keep making the games and technology it's known for. In a statement posted on X, the studio said the changes were spread across teams and that its development capacity remains intact. -
Hardware and Technologies July 10, 2026, 06:42 PM
Microsoft published its 2026 Environmental Sustainability Report on July 9, 2026, and the company said it matched 100% of its annual global electricity consumption with renewable energy in FY25. Still, the report showed emissions rising 25% year over year as Microsoft continued expanding datacenter infrastructure for AI. -
Hardware and Technologies July 8, 2026, 11:48 AM
For years, Microsoft has been telling gamers that the future of Xbox is all about subscriptions and cloud gaming, and that the console itself isn't really that important anymore. But now, it looks like the company is pivoting back to the classic playbook, effectively admitting that betting on a "Netflix for games" just didn't pan out. -
Gaming News July 8, 2026, 01:40 AM
Minecraft has finally introduced an official sitting animation and new camping mechanics, answering a long-standing request from players. Mojang began rolling out these features to testing builds on July 7, 2026, with a full release planned for the third quarter of 2026. The update is now available in Java Snapshots and Bedrock Edition Preview 26.40.30 on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices.
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