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- July 25
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- Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator are getting some more base map reworks — just in time for their console release?
- The memory crisis just broke PC sales' growth streak — shipments dropped globally in Q2 2026, and only one PC brand saw any improvement
- Halo: Campaign Evolved on PC manages to look good even at low settings, sparing folk from selling their souls for RTX 5000 cards that are rising in price
- Poll: Will you stop buying LG monitors after this week's adware scandal?
- July 24
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- Rumors of a World of Warcraft x Dungeon & Dungeons crossover planned to be announced next week have supposedly leaked and been quickly removed
- "We've got a few more surprises coming" Microsoft talks what's next for Surface and the people's desire for a Surface Studio monitor in new video
- Age of Empires 3: DE's latest expansion is back from the dead — Here's what you can expect from the revived content
- Microsoft finally lets you fix the worst key on your keyboard
- The biggest indie "friendslop" game of 2026 appears to be delivering malware via Steam Workshop — How to protect your PC (and what to do next) (UPDATED)
- Microsoft intervenes after LG gets caught installing McAfee adware onto Windows 11 PCs via their monitors
- Diablo 2's addictive secret might have just been cracked by Path of Exile's co-creator — it's a truly fascinating analysis of ARPG mechanics
- Total War: Warhammer 40,000's first, unedited gameplay deep dive into its ranged combat has firmly convinced me to put this Xbox title on my wishlist
- Steam just MASSIVELY improved gifting, and I hope Xbox copies it
- July 23
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- Xbox Live Services are currently down — could this be why players can't access Halo: Campaign Evolved's early access? [UPDATE]
- People paid big money for Halo: Campaign Evolved's early access on Xbox and they aren't getting it
- Xbox's plan to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to the mass market — Free tier revealed, powered by ads, with access to all games you own
- Xbox is FINALLY boosting download speeds on console and PC — I tested it, and I'm finally consistently getting the speed I pay for
- NVIDIA pushes out a hotfix driver that you'll want to grab before playing Halo: Campaign Evolved
- Xbox's new backwards-compatible games on PC are "already Xbox 360 games" — and that changes everything about what's next
- NASCAR 26 finally has a release date with some serious new features and no delayed PC launch this year
- July 22
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- RuneScape’s CEO makes a bold claim, saying the team is aiming to beat World of Warcraft and become the biggest MMO on the planet
- Blizzard rolls out new BlizzCon 2026 digital bundles packed with rewards for World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and Hearthstone
- Gears of War: E‑Day’s big multiplayer gameplay reveal is locked in, and fans finally know when they’ll see the action
- Xbox Series X|S consoles U.S. sales see an impressive 86% jump in June 2026, as PS5 and Nintendo slide — "Highest units this year."
- Steam Deck sales are going off a cliff but you shouldn't be buying one right now anyway
- Xbox brings back compat to Windows: Microsoft pledges 4 games on PC for the first time, soon with achievements — with more to come
- Free Copilot is turning into a demo as Microsoft shifts real features to paid tiers
- Nvidia says Sega’s $5 million Dreamcast‑era investment saved the company, and 30 years later the partnership is coming full circle
- Google scrubbed it, but Bing kept the receipts that show where LeBron James may play next season
- July 21
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- Microsoft is finally modernizing Windows 11's decades-old File Explorer properties window with a new UI
- Microsoft and Meta are teaming up to offer Xbox Game Pass with the Quest VR Horizon+ subscription — Xbox VR controller improvements coming too
- I didn't expect the biggest new Xbox Game Pass title this past week to be a game about bowling
- These special Surface PCs are reserved for true Manchester United fans
- “It was horrifying”: Xbox sources say Microsoft is finally working to fix its abysmal hacked‑account support after years of user nightmares
- Halo: Campaign Evolved is the star of Xbox Game Pass' 2nd July wave of new games, alongside an original RPG by Game Freak and a classic id Software FPS
- Microsoft Whiteboard is not shutting down, but you still may lose access next month
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past DLC expansion has been confirmed to appear at Gamescom 2026's opening night live ceremony
- Windows 11 is one step closer to fixing laptop touchpads and the Start menu
- Cliff Bleszinski, the lead designer of Xbox 360's original Gears of War trilogy, wants to work full-time on video games again after an eight-year hiatus
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta dates revealed — Here's how and when you can play
- July 20
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- AMD's Ryzen 7 7700X3D looks like a steal at $279, but you'll still end up paying more for less power — what gives?
- This Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 flight stick actually has a feature that changes the game for PS5 pilots
- Microsoft is moving another Outlook feature behind a Copilot paywall
- It seems another studio has broken free of Xbox and gone independent, following Double Fine and other cuts
- Samsung's new GAIA PC chip challenges Microsoft's Copilot+ program — and why I can only see that as a positive for the AI PC industry
- Microsoft just pulled a Sony: The tech giant will get rid of your AI-created podcasts and won't let you save them
- Microsoft issues emergency Windows 11 KB5121767 update to address unexpected shutdowns and overheating on certain Dell PCs
- OPINION: Xbox's mixed messaging on exclusive games isn't encouraging — only the big guns will move the needle for the platform
- July 19
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- Bethesda confirms 'Fallout 5' and 'The Elder Scrolls VI' are built on new Creation Engine 3 — Todd Howard explains the goal to give more power to devs and creators
- Fans clown PlayStation for killing game discs after the latest Wolverine trailer, and Xbox should absolutely be paying attention
- Some Xbox studio leads reportedly "detest" Game Pass — so why did Xbox push ahead with it? "It felt like a race to zero."
- July 18
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- Marathon’s player base is collapsing, and Bungie’s future looks increasingly bleak as concerns grow around the studio’s live‑service direction
- "Personally very difficult, and very difficult for our teams." —Bethesda's Todd Howard discusses Microsoft's deep Xbox cuts, and finding optimism for the industry's future
- July 17
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- This new Windows 11 clipboard utility is genuinely great, but I think the name is holding it back
- Zenless Zone Zero is launching on Xbox on PC and Xbox Play Anywhere soon with its Version 3.1 update in celebration of the game's 2nd anniversary
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 6 has a new beta and it's bringing back Bush Trips
- Obsidian's new Fallout spin-off is REAL — alongside 'Fallout 5' and '3' and 'New Vegas' remakes, as Todd Howard offers praise: "a huge amount of respect."
- Todd Howard interview: Fallout 5, Obsidian's Fallout, remakes, Elder Scrolls 6, Starfield, and more — Bethesda charts its future
- "There have been reports that we've been nerfed into the ground and gutted, and we are not": id Software proclaims it's alive and well, making more DOOM games
- Halo Studios' boss admits Halo 5's backlash was "imminent" as Microsoft abandons its trademark on Halo: The Endless
- July 16
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- Microsoft Comic Chat, an IRC client from 30 years ago that helped popularize Comic Sans, is going open source
- Linux is not a "social warrior project," says its creator Linus Torvalds as he puts his foot firmly down against anti-AI comments
- Final Fantasy Resonance's latest trailer showcases more of its gorgeous HD-2D pixel art — I wish future games would adopt it
- The Xbox Ultimate Game Sale 2026 is live — it might be one of Microsoft's best ever. Here are all of the deals.
- Microsoft blocks Windows 11 KB5101650 update for Dell PCs due to "unexpected shutdowns, poor performance, increased heat, and battery drain"
- July 15
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- Wuthering Waves players slam the Xbox version for poor performance, saying it “looks like a mobile game on low settings”
- Dispatch’s long‑awaited Xbox Series X|S debut is finally confirmed, and it arrives in less than two weeks with full Xbox Play Anywhere support
- The innovative "Kill Block" map for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is my most anticipated new feature for the game's multiplayer — and we finally get to see more of it
- Cracks are starting to show in Xbox Game Pass after Microsoft removed a previously promised first‑party game it literally owns [UPDATE]
- Xbox adds 52 more titles to 'Stream Your Own Games,' including Black Ops 6 and indie classics
- This viral Steam PC horror game is coming exclusive to Xbox on consoles next week, with Game Pass and Play Anywhere
- Microsoft's Snapdragon X2 Surface Laptop 8 and Pro 12 for Business are now available
- I tested Windows 11's overhauled search experience, and I think Microsoft has finally fixed it: Windows Search is now more accurate and easier to use
- GOG gently reminds us that it's the leading PC gaming platform to offer full DRM-free games — yes, you can keep them forever
- July 14
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- The Xbox action RPG that proved to me Game Freak is capable of more than just Pokémon just released a new trailer
- Windows 11's latest update will let you pause updates indefinitely
- Microsoft keeps proving you own NOTHING with them — it blocks another user's entire Xbox game library, including his OneDrive [UPDATE]
- Windows Movie Maker still beats Clipchamp in an important way
- After two years, Once Human is coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC with full cross-progression
- Your Snapdragon X PC just took a step toward becoming a true gaming laptop
- July 13
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- The Call of Duty Black Ops ports on PS4 and PS5 are a hot mess of hackers
- "We are expanding opportunities to collaborate": Former Xbox studio Compulsion Games hopes to team up with other devs following layoffs and divestment
- "The business side ... always gets the last remark": Warframe director says Destiny 2 dying is "existentially threatening" for all game developers
- Microsoft announces major Windows 11 search overhaul that prioritizes clearer, local results, and removes ads: Huge effort to fix search on Windows is finally happening
- DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations Review round-up — This DLC recaptures the speed and challenge of DOOM: Eternal, making the game more awesome than ever
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's offline mode failure proves Ubisoft doesn't actually know what an offline mode is supposed to be
- "I was verbally blasted by Pierre." Xbox and Halo Studios' Pierre Hintze has reportedly 'repeatedly' been referred to HR. Is he the right person to lead Halo?
- Xbox fan successfully sues Microsoft for blocking his entire digital games library — in what could be a huge win for consumer rights
- Force any site into dark mode with Microsoft Edge — no extension required
- The long-awaited IndyCar game from iRacing finally has a name, a release window, and its first official images
- July 12
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- July 10
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- "We still have the crew we need": Xbox's DOOM dev id Software responds to layoffs, assures fans "we're going to keep building the great games and tech"
- "Our next steps are to mobilize": Bethesda union members are protesting Xbox's layoffs with a 'Save Our Devs' march next week after 440 ZeniMax cuts
- Microsoft’s emissions just jumped 25% because AI datacenters are exploding in size, and dropping renewable credits finally exposed how much power the company is burning to fuel its AI ambitions
- As physical media fades, Windows 11’s Cloud rebuild shows how tech giants should handle user choice
- Ubisoft rewards its Barcelona branch for Assassin's Creed Black Flag: Resynced's strong launch with 51 employee layoffs
- A mad gaming genius managed to recreate Minecraft on the Game Boy Color and even the original Game Boy — because why not?
- What's going on with Xbox's id Software? Here's why rumors of the DOOM studio's impending demise are completely premature.
- July 9
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- "I have no idea how they'll continue": Bethesda dev is worried Xbox layoffs could end Fallout 76 updates without help from "an external studio"
- Windows now uses AI to find and help fix vulnerabilities, but it's not replacing humans
- "This has had a crushing effect on morale": The Elder Scrolls 6 devs fear Microsoft's Xbox layoffs at Bethesda will cause delays and crunch for the RPG
- Against all odds, Palworld 1.0 proves that Pocketpair has built the ultimate Pokémon alternative and Nintendo should be very worried
- After nearly two decades, Minecraft is finally letting players take a rest on something other than a regular bed in its latest update
- Microsoft Forms just gave me another reason to prefer it over Google Forms
- Microsoft is making Windows 11's search box 4 whole pixels taller for some reason
- Casualties of Xbox's big "reset" keep piling up as the team behind The Elder Scrolls Online has had to let over 200 people go
- Bethesda Union calls for fans to voice their concerns regarding the recent Xbox job cuts at Bethesda, and they aren't sugar-coating their opinions
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV continues to impress with a new gameplay showcase of the game's most unorthodox yet horrifying playable factions
- July 8
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- DOOM dev id Software was "toying around" with game ideas before Xbox layoffs gutted it — a John Wick-style "Gun Fu" game and Perfect Dark were in consideration
- Report: The layoffs at Xbox's DOOM studio id Software are even worse than we thought — devs at Bethesda's Austin office have been hit, too
- Xbox's RPG studio Obsidian is making a new Fallout game with Bethesda and Fallout: New Vegas' game director — and it's canceled an Avowed sequel to do it
- Xbox's Obsidian has reportedly lost a quarter of its workers to Microsoft's layoffs — the Fallout: New Vegas dev has a "huge list of projects" it's not sure how to continue [UPDATED]
- Need for Speed doesn't look like it's got a future and I think it's the most boneheaded move EA could make right now
- Microsoft Teams removal shows why we shouldn't get too excited about preview features
- Former Halo 4 developer says game execs were "stupid, detached, money‑grubbing idiots" after recalling meeting with Xbox boss
- People want more value from Microsoft Rewards, and the new feedback portal makes that impossible to ignore
- "It's a franchise we love": Developers at Toys for Bob express a passionate desire to resurrect the Banjo-Kazooie series on Xbox
- July 7
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- Amazon has a slop problem and this extension cleans it up
- Report: Microsoft will make even more of its games exclusive to Xbox — as multiplatform strategy totally fails. What's going on?
- "We hope our pain was worth it": As Microsoft's Xbox layoffs axe half of id Software, one DOOM dev has a scathing message for anyone "celebrating" them
- "Not every app needs to bundle the universe": This tiny notepad app shows why Windows has become so bloated
- Gears of War: Reloaded leads Xbox Game Pass's July batch, just in time for new and old fans to catch up in preparation for Gears of War: E-Day [UPDATED]
- Xbox's Backwards Compatibility Program and Cloud Gaming lead has been laid off from Microsoft after 37 years — "I wish the team nothing but success"
- IO Interactive regains full ownership of Project Fantasy from XBOX, but closes one of its studios
- How is id Software supposed to keep making DOOM after Xbox reportedly laid off half the studio?
- Microsoft hit with class-action lawsuit over "unreasonable and excessive noise" from datacenter
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 6 is on the way and you can already try it early
- "We've unbanned everyone affected by this bug" — Discord explains how over 8,000 users were banned, and why the platform had to scramble to undo the damage
- Valve releases Windows PC drivers for Steam Machine — but official dual-boot support for SteamOS gaming is still missing
- "This should not be possible": How one indie game was refunded over 55,000 times on Steam — and the mystery behind it
- Xbox is refocusing on console spending that makes up 80% of its business — while stepping away from smaller game studios
- Windows 11 is accidentally wasting up to 500GB of your PC's storage
- 'State of Decay 3' has more wishlists on Steam than Xbox heavyweights 'Halo' and 'Gears of War' — a masterclass in Microsoft short-sightedness
- Windows 11 will soon be able to reinstall itself and your drivers without a USB drive via new 'Cloud Rebuild' recovery method
- July 6
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- "Today is a difficult day": So far, Xbox's cuts haven't targeted Blizzard (for now) — President Johanna Faries emails staff
- As Microsoft's Xbox layoffs wrack Bethesda, the dev's union voices frustration — "When will this cycle of cuts in pursuit of ever-greater profits end?"
- Microsoft should be jealous of what this file explorer just shipped
- Report: Mass Xbox layoffs will impact Fallout and The Elder Scrolls devs Bethesda and ZeniMax "significantly" — they'll focus on their "biggest franchises" like DOOM
- Xbox wants to entertain "more than a billion people each day" — and it’s restructuring the entire company to chase that goal
- "Mojang ... will now report directly to me": Xbox CEO takes direct control of Minecraft to better compete with Roblox as Microsoft's huge gaming cuts hit
- Arkane’s Blade project is reportedly "running over budget", and the studio’s future at Xbox is now in question
- I called this flight sim controller the coolest thing I’d ever seen for PC gaming — now it's coming to Xbox to fix its biggest downside
- State of Decay 3 reportedly isn’t obligated to launch on Xbox Game Pass under new ownership
- "AI is changing how work gets done": Microsoft insists 4,800 layoffs aren't because of AI, but points to a shifting workforce
- Xbox hardware "is safe" from mass layoffs with a focus on innovation to reduce the material cost of Helix
- Xbox's big "reset" cuts: Compulsion, Double Fine, Undead Labs, Ninja Theory to leave Xbox — 3,200 roles to be removed
- Microsoft Teams just made it easier to shut down Copilot and other AI tools
- World Cup star Erling Haaland is a big XBOX fan and he should definitely become an official brand ambassador
- Euro Truck Simulator 2's "Coaches" DLC gets nostalgic with a bus-driving gameplay tease — and frustration over missing truck types
- July 5
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- The viral hit of 2026 has sold 15 million copies in a month on Steam, costs $5, and was made by 2 people
- "The consequence of that is that you don't actually possess the data yourself. There are companies that own these servers and let you 'turn the tap' for a monthly fee." Hideo Kojima speaks on the death of physical media
- July 4
- July 3
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- Xbox's Red Ring of Death still haunts gamers as Steam Machine owners report a "Red Line of Death" after GPU failures
- Cyberpunk 2077 has sold over 40 million copies — CD Projekt Red thanks fans who helped keep the game alive all these years
- Minecraft Bedrock just got a huge accessibility upgrade with closed captions: Here's everything you need to know
- Cronos: The New Dawn, one of our favorite modern horror games, has revealed new gameplay footage for its upcoming DLC
- Microsoft Edge finally lets you sign in with a Google account
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 gets its American holiday World Update 22 a little early; fly the stunning new landscapes right now
- "Video games are not mere merchandise; they are cultural assets, and the law in force must apply to them" — French presidential candidate chimes in on Sony's controversial decision to kill off physical gaming media
- What is Project Aion? Inside Microsoft's secret agentic Copilot OS incubation project that runs on Windows and Android
- As PlayStation backs out of physical games, Halo: Campaign Evolved proves they aren't dead, all while reviving "Machinima"
- July 2
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- Sony’s decision to retire physical PlayStation discs sparked a wave of industry reactions — from jokes to outright disappointment
- A Space Marine 2 mod just showed the Halo game fans have been waiting for (and likely won’t get)
- Hideo Kojima’s Xbox horror game ‘OD’ reportedly survives Microsoft’s 100‑day reset and continues development
- As American Truck Simulator leaves the USA for the first time, here are the locations you'll be driving to in British Columbia
- No, Xbox's Obsidian studio ISN'T shutting down — new comments dispute closure claims
- Windows 11 hits a new PC gaming milestone on Steam with over 70% market share — Windows 10's time is running out
- "Piracy is the only extant form of media preservation": Sony killing discs just proved video game historians correct, and I worry about what's next
- Microsoft Copilot OS revealed in LEAKED video: Lightweight Windows OS exploration features new desktop UI built entirely around Copilot and agentic AI
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword has bumped its release date to help it stand out in a stacked month of high-profile game releases
- The long-overdue sequel to the only RTS series I've ever enjoyed has a new gameplay demo — and I'm giddy with so much nostalgia, I feel like a kid again
- What does Xbox's Matthew Ball mean when he says "We are working very hard to rethink everything that we can about Helix"?
- July 1
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- New details emerge on Xbox 'Positron', Microsoft's disc-to-digital program — as it seems likely Xbox Helix will drop discs too
- This PC gaming launcher for Windows handhelds lets you browse stores and compare the best prices — all in one place
- Rockstar Games of 'GTA 6' fame accused of unjust payment disparity, weaponizing payment bonuses, and enforcing crunch culture ... and more
- Microsoft omits controversial workplace check-in feature from June Teams roundup
- PlayStation kills physical games as Xbox and Sony continue making poor decisions
- Microsoft expected to lay off thousands in what has become an annual July restructuring
- One talented modder spent 6 months building the biggest Halo 3 multiplayer mod ever, and it's absolutely incredible on PC
- Are Minecraft community servers illegal? The ESA brands them piracy, pushing back against the Stop Killing Games movement
- Dragon Age writer labels generative AI a "virulent plague" that stops new game developers from actually learning anything
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