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Gaming News Yesterday, 01:17 AM
Marcus Lehto, the Halo co-creator and original Combat Evolved art director, blasted Halo: Campaign Evolved's lack of split-screen PvP on X. He said the remake's absence of the feature was a mistake caused by "lack of oversight and poor planning," and clarified that he meant the game should have offered PvP on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. -
Gaming News August 14, 2026, 07:23 PM
The second open beta of Gears of War: E-Day opened to all players on PC and Xbox Series X|S, and interest kept rising into the follow-up test. According to SteamDB, the event reached 22,084 concurrent Steam players, topping the series' previous beta record before the game itself launches on October 6, 2026. -
Hardware and Technologies August 13, 2026, 10:02 AM
Xbox has officially put one of its Gears of War: E-Day controllers up for pre-order at participating retailers worldwide, while the other will be sold through Design Lab. The standard model launches on September 30, 2026 for $89.99 / £84.99, and Xbox has already added a store page for it. The game itself has not arrived yet, which makes the timing of this release the main talking point. -
Xbox's CEO was brought in to see The Elder Scrolls VI — and got greeted outside Bethesda's office by a giant rat and 800 red flags
Gaming News August 12, 2026, 10:56 AM
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma visited Bethesda's office in Rockville, Maryland, on August 11. The visit had all the trappings of a showcase: she was shown a live playthrough of The Elder Scrolls 6, after which Sharma publicly praised the game's scale and story. Studio employees prepared for leadership's arrival in their own way — they inflated a giant rat outside the building's entrance and planted eight hundred red flags on the lawn. Each flag represented one person who had lost their job since July 2025. -
Gaming News August 12, 2026, 09:51 AM
Photos of a supposed Xbox Elite Series 3 prototype surfaced online after a Reddit user said they bought the controller for $200 on OfferUp. The leak suggests the device may be a genuine Microsoft prototype, though it has not been officially announced. -
Gaming News August 12, 2026, 08:55 AM
Alinea Analytics said Halo: Campaign Evolved drew a notably even audience across consoles in its first two weeks, with Xbox and PlayStation accounting for most of the sales. The remake also generated an estimated $67 million in gross revenue after releasing on July 28, marking the series' first main campaign on a Sony console after 25 years of Xbox exclusivity. -
Hardware and Technologies August 10, 2026, 05:07 PM
SanDisk's new Xbox Series X|S expansion lineup tops out at 2TB, but there is still no release date: the product page only offers a "Notify Me" option for now. -
Gaming News August 8, 2026, 09:36 AM
While Sony winds down disc production for new PlayStation games, other companies' discs keep making it money. Microsoft doesn't print Xbox game boxes itself — that job goes to third-party contractors like Technicolor, who operate under a license for Blu-ray technology. Royalties from that license get split among the format's patent holders, and Sony is one of the major ones. So for every disc sold for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, the Japanese corporation takes a small cut, regardless of who owns the console or the game. -
Gaming News August 7, 2026, 12:18 AM
Funcom has announced that the console version of Dune: Awakening has gone gold, with the game still scheduled to launch on September 22, 2026 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. The studio says development on the console version is finished and it is now ready for release. -
Gaming News August 6, 2026, 07:54 PM
Leaker billbil-kun says Microsoft's unannounced Gears of War: E-Day accessory is called Storm King, with a reveal expected within the next two weeks and a release planned to line up with Gears of War: E-Day. -
Gaming News August 6, 2026, 09:42 AM
On August 5, 2026, Xbox added four new features to Xbox Insider, with testing now underway on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. The update centers on game captures, achievements, cloud saves, and wishlists, and Microsoft says some of the most requested tools are rolling out to Insiders first. -
Gaming News August 6, 2026, 02:13 AM
Microsoft confirmed on X that Xbox is working on a PlayStation Platinum Trophy-style reward for its achievements system, with the feature planned for later in 2026. The reply came after X user @brandonww83 asked when Xbox would add a separate reward for fully completing a game. -
Gaming News August 5, 2026, 01:26 PM
Xbox has already locked in its Tokyo Game Show 2026 stream for September 17, 2026, but Microsoft is still keeping the lineup under wraps. The company will again pair its Tokyo Game Show presence with FanFest Tokyo. -
Gaming News August 4, 2026, 05:37 PM
Microsoft has unveiled the first wave of Xbox Game Pass titles arriving this August. Subscribers can look forward to several major releases, including Beast of Reincarnation, PowerWash Simulator 2, Date Everything!, Cricket 26, Mio: Memories in Orbit, and more. On top of that, Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass members will get early access to the Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta later this week. -
Gaming News August 3, 2026, 10:41 AM
A leaked Microsoft roadmap aimed at Xbox developers and publishers has surfaced, and it suggests the company is planning several changes around disc support and backward compatibility over the next few years. The leak, first shared by insider eXtas1s and covered by материал, centers on Xbox Project Helix and a timeline stretching from 2026 to 2028. -
Gaming News August 2, 2026, 03:35 PM
Microsoft said it would raise Xbox console prices worldwide starting August 1, 2026, and the lineup got smaller at the same time: 2TB models were removed from sale.
The cheapest Xbox models were hit hardest: versions with 512GB of storage became $100 more expensive, while 1TB models went up by $150. Microsoft had already announced the price increase in late June, but the new figures only took effect on August 1. -
Gaming News August 1, 2026, 01:03 PM
Digital Foundry's John Linneman said his sources pointed to Microsoft keeping disc support on Project Helix, though the information predates the company's current Xbox reset.
Linneman added that he does not know whether the situation has changed since then. Microsoft has not officially confirmed disc support for Project Helix, so for now this remains an insider report rather than a formal announcement. -
Gaming News July 31, 2026, 03:00 PM
Asha Sharma has sent an internal memo to Xbox employees outlining the division's roadmap for the coming years. According to the letter, Xbox is expected to undergo a major reset, return to growth, and improve its key business metrics by the end of fiscal 2027. -
Xbox Series X|S are reportedly sold at a loss as Microsoft faces falling hardware and content revenue
News July 30, 2026, 09:56 AM
Microsoft reported another drop in Xbox revenue, and Jez Corden says the Xbox Series X|S is still costing the company about $150 per unit. According to the journalist, Microsoft loses that much on each console even after the planned August 2026 price increase. -
Gaming News July 29, 2026, 07:25 PM
Microsoft's latest Xbox Series X/S price hike may not be enough to turn the hardware profitable, according to Jez Corden. The Windows Central journalist and insider says the company is still losing about $150 on every Xbox, even after the increase set to take effect on August 1, 2026.
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