
Samuel Tolbert
Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Bluesky @samueltolbert.bsky.social.
Latest articles by Samuel Tolbert

Warhammer 40K Space Marine remastered for Xbox and PC, coming to Game Pass
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox During Warhammer Skulls 2025, Relic Entertainment revealed that a remaster of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is coming to Xbox, PC, and Game Pass in June 2025.

Warhammer Skulls 2025: Everything announced for Xbox and PC
By Samuel Tolbert published
Gaming Here is everything announced at Warhammer Skulls 2025 for Xbox and PC, including Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy.

Xbox introduces limited Witcher 3 10th anniversary controllers
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Xbox has launched two new limited edition controllers that are available now.

Xbox dominates April 2025 sales charts in the US
By Samuel Tolbert published
Gaming The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered was the best-selling game of April 2025 in the U.S, per the latest Circana report.

Xbox Game Pass gets Retro Classics with over 50 Activision games
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox Xbox Game Pass gets Retro Classics, a collaboration with Antstream Arcade bringing older Activision games to streaming starting now.

Xbox Game Pass gets Metaphor: ReFantazio, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, and more
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox Xbox Game Pass is getting Metaphor: ReFantazio, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, and many more games in the coming weeks.

Xbox's Hellblade 2 comes to PS5 this summer
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 is coming to PlayStation in Summer 2025 as an "Enhanced" edition, with Xbox and PC players getting a free update.

DOOM: The Dark Ages crosses 3 million players since launch
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox DOOM: The Dark Ages has already crossed 3 million players, a milestone it reached seven times faster than DOOM Eternal, according to publisher Bethesda.

Avowed game director leaves Obsidian for Netflix's Night School Studio
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox Avowed game director Carrie Patel shared that she has left Obsidian Entertainment and is now a director at Netflix-owned Night School Studio.

Helldivers 2's Super Earth Illuminate invasion is here
By Samuel Tolbert published
PC Gaming The Illuminate invasion of Super Earth is now underway in Helldivers 2, threatening managed democracy in the streets and cities.

The Witcher 3 turns 10, and it's still one of my favorite games ever
By Samuel Tolbert published
Gaming I look back at The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as it celebrates its 10th anniversary, as CD Projekt RED's fantasy RPG is still one of my favorite games of all time.

DOOM: The Dark Ages gets Path Tracing update in June
By Samuel Tolbert published
PC Gaming DOOM: The Dark Ages' promised Path Tracing update is slated to launch in June 2025, NVIDIA has confirmed.

Here are all the Xbox games launching from May 19 through May 25
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox Onimusha 2 returns with better graphics and textures as one of the many new Xbox games this week. Here is what's coming from May 19 through May 25.

Gears of War: Reloaded — Everything you need to know
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox Gears of War: Reloaded is a new remaster of the classic game, and it's coming to Xbox, PC, and PlayStation 5. Here's everything you need to know.

Xbox Insiders can customize their console Home screen even more
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox Some Xbox Insiders can now test further customizing their Xbox home screens, pinning games and hiding system apps.

These are the best pre-built gaming PCs we've tested
By Cale Hunt last updated
PC These pre-built systems are highly configurable and ready to ship so you don't have to wait.

Gears of War movie gets director, Bullet Train's David Leitch taking the lead
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox The Gears of War movie from Netflix and Xbox has a director, with David Leitch (Atomic Blonde, Bullet Train, The Fall Guy) helming the project.

Obsidian shares roadmap for Xbox RPG Avowed
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox Obsidian Entertainment's Avowed has a roadmap, with arachnophobia mode, New Game Plus, and more slated to arrive for the Xbox RPG.

DOOM: The Dark Ages' soundtrack is now available
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox DOOM: The Dark Ages' soundtrack is available right now, and you've got some options for how you want to listen to it.

Best Xbox gaming keyboards in 2025
By Zachary Boddy last updated
Gaming We've compiled a list of the very best Xbox gaming keyboards to pair with your current-gen Xbox Series X|S console, for more control in-game.

Best SSD for Xbox Series X|S in 2025
By Samuel Tolbert, Rebecca Spear last updated
Xbox With Xbox Series X and Series S demanding high-speed SSD storage, these are the best SSD external drives to expand your console.

Sony could raise PS5 prices in response to tariffs
By Samuel Tolbert published
Gaming Sony is weighing increasing the price of some products, which means the PlayStation 5 could see a price hike as a result of tariffs.

16 Ubisoft games can now be purchased in the Xbox PC app
By Samuel Tolbert published
Xbox 16 Ubisoft games are now available to purchase through the Xbox PC app, including the recent Assassin's Creed Shadows.
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