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

Battlefield 6 dev says ex-DICE workers are coming back in large numbers
By Brendan Lowry published
News According to one DICE developer, many former devs are coming back to Battlefield Studios to work on the wildly successful Battlefield 6.

ARC Raiders just got Steam Deck Verified with Proton 10's arrival
By Brendan Lowry published
News Thanks to the recent release of a new Proton version, ARC Raiders is now officially Steam Deck Verified and supported on the handheld.

It's official: Battlefield 6 is the best-selling game of the year
By Brendan Lowry published
News Market research for October shows that Battlefield 6 is the best-selling game of 2025, and had a better launch month than any other in three years, too.

Battlefield 6 is getting a free trial next week — here's how it works
By Brendan Lowry published
News Battlefield 6 is going free-to-play with a special free trial soon to celebrate the launch of the California Resistance update.

Battlefield 6 boldly claims it's 2025's best selling FPS as BO7 releases
By Brendan Lowry published
News EA and Battlefield Studios have claimed Battlefield 6 is the "best selling shooter" of 2025 days after the launch of Black Ops 7. Will Call of Duty catch up and snatch the crown?

Battlefield 6's new Eastwood map is awesome — with one big caveat
By Brendan Lowry published
Opinion Battlefield 6's California Resistance update added the Eastwood map, and after playing it, it's quickly become one of my favorites in the entire game.

Xbox exclusive STALKER 2 just got a huge update before its PS5 launch
By Brendan Lowry published
News Update 1.7, the "Expedition Update," is out now for STALKER 2; it's coming days before the Xbox exclusive is getting its long-awaited PS5 release.

Xbox Game Pass has two Game of the Year nominees on it this year
By Brendan Lowry published
News The Game Awards has revealed its 2025 nominees, and 10 of them — including two of the Game of the Year contenders — are available to play on Xbox Game Pass.

I can't believe the COD: Black Ops 7 campaign launched with these issues
By Brendan Lowry published
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has arrived with its story campaign, but players have come to realize it's got some absurd limitations to deal with.

COD: Black Ops 7 just made huge aim assist nerfs at launch
By Brendan Lowry published
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is finally here. However, its launch patch notes include some sizable aim assist nerfs, and not everyone is happy about them.

COD: Black Ops 7 launch times are imminent — here's exactly when you can play
By Brendan Lowry last updated
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is poised to be one of 2025's biggest FPS titles and the biggest game of the holiday season — and ahead of its release, the devs have announced its launch times.

Forget Fallout 4's Anniversary Edition and buy these deals instead
By Brendan Lowry published
Deal The Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition is here, but you shouldn't buy it. Instead, get all of its content for under half its price with these special discounts.

Fallout 4 players are slamming the new Anniversary Edition right now
By Brendan Lowry published
News PC players are condemning Fallout 4's new Anniversary Edition for breaking mods and causing performance issues despite not actually adding content to the RPG.

Elden Ring Nightreign's DLC is The Forsaken Hollows — and it's got a release date
By Brendan Lowry published
News Elden Ring Nightreign's DLC expansion has been revealed as The Forsaken Hollows, and it's bringing new playable characters, bosses, and more to the co-op roguelike spinoff in less than a month.

The PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade could be coming to Xbox soon
By Brendan Lowry published
News The popular 2024 PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade has performed very well on PC and Steam, so Sony is "considering additional platform expansions." Xbox, perhaps?

The Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition price and upgrade, explained
By Brendan Lowry published
News Bethesda has released the Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition in celebration of the game's 10-year anniversary, along with an upgrade for existing players. But should you buy it?

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 showcase for 'Endgame' mode arrives soon
By Brendan Lowry last updated
Gaming One of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's biggest new experiences is the open-world, 32-player PvE mode Endgame — and thanks to a leak, we know we're going to see more about it very soon.

Battlefield 6 brings bots back to servers after the Portal XP nerf
By Brendan Lowry published
News Bots have been unavailable to use in some of Battlefield 6's Portal experiences for quite a while, but a new update has reintroduced them — with some noteworthy limitations.

Xbox fans can play my favorite RPG of 2025 for free this weekend
By Brendan Lowry published
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 stands tall as one of 2025's biggest and best new games, and Xbox fans can play for free and buy it for less this weekend.

Battlefield 6 update has finally made its Challenges less awful with over 90 changes
By Brendan Lowry published
News A new update for Battlefield 6 has been released that significantly reduces the difficulty of the game's progression Challenges, making them far easier to finish.

One of my favorite Xbox Game Pass games is leaving this month, and I'm shocked
By Brendan Lowry published
News Nearly a full year after its launch onto Xbox, Windows PC, and Game Pass, GSC Game World's popular survival-horror shooter STALKER 2 is leaving the program.

ARC Raiders launches strong despite Battlefield REDSEC competition — I'm stoked to play
By Brendan Lowry published
News ARC Raiders has officially come out across Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, and PS5, and is off to a strong start with well over 250K concurrent Steam players and positive reviews from fans.

Azure outage causes widespread issues across Microsoft services
By Brendan Lowry published
News Microsoft's widely used Azure cloud computing platform is experiencing an outage, leading to Office 365, Teams, Xbox, and more going down.
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