Brendan Lowry is a Windows Central writer and Oakland University graduate with a burning passion for video games, of which he's been an avid fan since childhood. He's been writing for Team WC since the summer of 2017, and you'll find him doing news, editorials, reviews, and general coverage on everything gaming, Xbox, and Windows PC. His favorite game of all time is probably NieR: Automata, though Elden Ring, Fallout: New Vegas, and Team Fortress 2 are in the running, too. When he's not writing or gaming, there's a good chance he's either watching an interesting new movie or TV show or actually going outside for once. Follow him on X (Twitter).
Latest articles by Brendan Lowry

Call of Duty: Warzone is testing bots in Black Ops Royale, and everyone's pissed
By Brendan Lowry published
Call of Duty The Call of Duty: Warzone developers have announced they're testing Casual mode-style bots in the new Black Ops Royale mode next week, and fans are angry.

Ex-Overwatch director says Blizzard threatened layoffs over revenue numbers
By Brendan Lowry published
Gaming Years after his departure from Blizzard, former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan has revealed why he left the studio, citing layoff threats over revenue.

Steam's Valve responds to lawsuit from New York Attorney General against its loot boxes
By Brendan Lowry published
PC Gaming Valve, maker of Steam and games like Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and TF2, has responded to a New York lawsuit filed against the loot boxes in its games.

Rejoice! Microsoft's Xbox Backwards Compatibility program is coming back this year
By Brendan Lowry published
Xbox During its GDC keynote, Microsoft and Xbox announced that the Xbox Backwards Compatibility Program is returning in some fashion later this year.

Minecraft Live 2026 just got its official trailer and date — here's when to watch
By Brendan Lowry published
Minecraft Minecraft developer Mojang has announced the date and time for the first Minecraft Live 2026 show in a new trailer. Here's everything you need to know.

Xbox 360 lead calls the Red Ring of Death a "Tylenol moment" — here's what he means
By Brendan Lowry published
Xbox In a new interview, former Xbox VP Peter Moore has reflected on the Xbox 360's notorious "Red Ring of Death" and how Microsoft ended up dealing with it.

Former Xbox VP talks building Microsoft's brand, "throwing punches" for Bill Gates
By Brendan Lowry published
Xbox Peter Moore, former Xbox VP and one of the visionaries responsible for the Xbox 360 and the brand as a whole, has discussed his time at Microsoft.

Bungie's Marathon won't copy Destiny 2 and its terrible content vaulting
By Brendan Lowry published
Gaming Content vaulting is widely hated in Destiny 2, so with Marathon, Bungie wants to make sure its content is "evergreen" and won't go away in the future.

Marathon dev Bungie isn't playing around, threatens takedowns against datamining leaks
By Brendan Lowry published
Gaming Bungie, the developer of Marathon, has warned players it will issue takedowns to anyone who datamines and leaks upcoming content for the game.

Battlefield 6 devs laid off — EA says it's good for the best-selling shooter, actually
By Brendan Lowry published
Gaming Battlefield 6 was 2025's best-selling game, but it's still facing layoffs as EA attempts to "better align our teams around what matters most."

Twitch FPS legend Shroud "can't believe" Marathon is so hard
By Brendan Lowry published
Gaming Marathon and ARC Raiders are both extraction shooters, but Bungie's FPS is a far harder game — so much so that the Twitch star Shroud "can't believe" it.

Marathon's Outpost map has released and can be unlocked now, and boy is it brutal
By Brendan Lowry published
Gaming Marathon's new Outpost map has been unlocked, and compared to the other maps in Bungie's extraction shooter, it's far more brutal and dangerous.

We asked how you feel about Xbox's new console "Project Helix" — here's what you said
By Brendan Lowry published
Xbox Microsoft has officially announced the next Xbox, Project Helix — and it'll be a hybrid console-PC. We asked how you felt about that; here's what you said.

Slay the Spire 2 dev throws playful shade at Marathon after flying past its player count
By Brendan Lowry published
Gaming Both Marathon and Slay the Spire 2 have launched on the same day, and so far, Mega Crit's roguelike deckbuilder is more popular than Bungie's FPS on PC.

Battlefield 6 dev says it can't make maps faster because of team size
By Brendan Lowry published
Gaming Fans of Battlefield 6 want its devs to add new maps to the shooter faster, but the game's producer says they "don’t want to sacrifice quality."

ARC Raiders recorded private Discord DMs in "serious privacy and security violations"
By Brendan Lowry published
Gaming An issue with ARC Raiders' Discord integration led to the game recording private DM messages between players in "serious privacy and security violations."

Heads up, don't buy Marathon on Steam — get a PC key here instead and save
By Brendan Lowry published
Deals Bungie's new extraction shooter Marathon has the potential to be a massive hit, and you can get the FPS for less thanks to these deals on codes for it.

Marathon's release date and launch times are here — here's when you can play
By Brendan Lowry published
Gaming Bungie's new extraction shooter Marathon is finally almost here. Here's everything you need to know about its release date, launch times, and more.

Rumored Fallout 3 and New Vegas remastered dev says "Nope" — I don't buy it
By Brendan Lowry published
Xbox The rumored developer of Fallout 3 and New Vegas remastered has denied involvement with the projects, but teased it at the same time with its wording.

An old Xbox AI patent is going viral for the wrong reasons — assistive tech is good, actually
By Brendan Lowry published
Xbox New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's AI background has thrust an old Microsoft patent into the spotlight. Its system would let assistants help you in-game.

Xbox's Starfield reportedly has a PS5 release date according to a new leak
By Brendan Lowry published
Xbox Newly leaked information suggests Xbox and Bethesda's Starfield RPG is launching on PS5 in just a few weeks.

Whoa, Xbox may be teasing Cyberpunk 2077 coming to Game Pass
By Brendan Lowry published
Xbox CD PROJEKT RED's Cyberpunk 2077 is a hugely popular RPG, and a new tease from Microsoft and Xbox suggest it could come to Game Pass soon.

We may finally know who's making the Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters
By Brendan Lowry published
Xbox A new teaser from a game development studio suggests it's working on the upcoming Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters.
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