Adam Hales

GAMING Project Groundside transforms Halo Wars into a first-person shooter, letting players control Spartans, Marines, and vehicles.

Xbox South of Midnight's creative director, David Sears, says he probably wouldn't have funded the game if he were running Xbox.

Handhelds A new Steam Deck plugin called Decky Xbox Dashboard brings the Xbox Series interface to Valve's handheld, complete with familiar navigation, game pages, and more.

GAMING Halo: Combat Evolved has reportedly been ported to Roblox, and it's not alone. Left 4 Dead, Counter-Strike, and even PS4 emulation are joining the chaos.

GAMING Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is reportedly down 32% compared to Black Ops 7, while Steam player counts also paint a worrying picture.

GAMING Droid Deck now lets Android users play Xbox Game Pass PC games locally, without relying on Xbox Cloud Gaming.

WINDOWS PHONE Windows Phone might be dead, but ztOS is bringing its iconic interface back to life on Samsung's Galaxy S9.

GAMING Xbox Labs is experimenting with classic Xbox 360 dashboards, including Blades, NXE, and Metro, and fans are hoping it leads somewhere.

GAMING Private equity firms reportedly explored purchasing Microsoft’s Xbox division, which is valued at between $100 billion and $150 billion, although talks never progressed to formal negotiations.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 now supports cross-play between PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, with no console modding required.

PC Gaming PlayPort brings Windows PC games to iPhone, with Portal 2, Hollow Knight, and The Witcher 3 already running.

WINDOWS Microsoft says AI is helping its designers work faster, contribute code fixes, and tackle Windows 11’s long-standing problems.

PC Gaming An Oblivion Remastered fan has used Claude AI to create a performance patch that reportedly boosts average FPS by 37%, offering another example of how AI tools are being used by gaming communities.

GAMING Xodus Nexus brings Xbox games to Linux, letting Steam Deck users install and play supported titles through Proton.

GAMING An impressive Gears of War: E-Day VR mod features full body tracking and manual weapon reloads, offering a glimpse at what a first-person or virtual reality Gears game could look like.

GAMING A new translation layer is bringing Xbox One games to iOS and macOS, with Minecraft already playable.

Halo Halo: Combat Evolved is now running on SEGA Dreamcast, with the ambitious fan port reaching 60 FPS in rare moments.

Xbox PS5 emulation has made its way to Xbox One, with Quake II and Marvel Cosmic Invasion running on Microsoft's older console.

Xbox Xbox's Brandon Stirrup says the gaming industry is already using AI, despite widespread negative sentiment among players.

GAMING Halo 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are running together, letting Master Chief explore the Mojave with Halo weapons and vehicles.

GAMING Nintendo Switch games are now running on Xbox Series X through an emulator in Developer Mode.

Halo Halo Studios reportedly had ambitious plans for Halo 2 and Halo 3 remakes, including multiplayer, Forge, Firefight, Theater, and more.

MINECRAFT Blockintosh is bringing Minecraft Bedrock Edition to Apple Silicon, complete with the advantages Mac players have been missing.

Halo Halo-64 brings Halo: Combat Evolved multiplayer to the Nintendo 64, featuring all 13 multiplayer maps, four-player split-screen, bots, Firefight, and Rumble Pak support.

GAMING Gears of War: E-Day has received another major post-launch update, introducing Ranked Versus alongside fixes for stability, performance, Campaign progression, account linking, Weapon Mods, and more.