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Microsoft has confirmed a major Xbox presence at Gamescom 2026, with 140 gaming stations and 25 upcoming titles available for visitors to play. The Xbox booth will be located in Hall 7 at booth A 0.61 during the event, which runs from August 26 through August 30. Microsoft is using this year’s appearance to mark 25 years of Xbox and plans to feature games

Sega has opened applications for a closed network test of Crazy Taxi: World Tour, giving selected players an early opportunity to try the game’s online multiplayer before its planned 2027 release. The test will run from September 11 through September 13 on PC through Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Applications remain open until August 31, although registration does not guarantee access. Participants

GOG has confirmed that it is actively developing Linux support for its Galaxy launcher, responding to one of the most common requests from its community. The company has not announced a release date, testing schedule or detailed feature list. Development is still at an early stage, and GOG says the work will require major changes to the launcher’s architecture, tools and development standards. GOG

Double Fine Productions has laid off 23 employees as the Psychonauts developer adjusts to life as an independent studio following its separation from Microsoft. Studio founder Tim Schafer said the reductions were necessary to protect the company’s future. Double Fine employed around 80 people before the cuts, meaning the layoffs affected close to 30 percent of its workforce. The studio became part of Xbox

AMD has released its Adrenalin Edition 26.7.1 graphics driver with support for the new Radeon RX 9050, the upcoming Gears of War: E Day multiplayer beta and the open world survival game Out of Control Evolution. The update also fixes several problems affecting Radeon RX 7000 and RX 9000 series graphics cards. These include crashes in Blender, missing interface elements in Fortnite and incorrect

Nvidia has released the GeForce Game Ready 610.88 WHQL driver with support for Halo: Campaign Evolved, the upcoming Gears of War: E Day multiplayer beta and the dark fantasy extraction game Mistfall Hunter. The update is recommended for anyone playing Halo: Campaign Evolved on a GeForce graphics card, particularly those using the RTX 50 series. It includes a fix for crashes that could occur

Microsoft has confirmed that a failure in a shared licensing service caused the widespread Xbox outage that disrupted games, accounts, the digital store and mobile services on July 27, 2026. The affected service operated outside the Xbox division but was required for several important functions. When it began failing, some players could no longer sign in, launch games or confirm ownership of purchased content.

Ubisoft has reportedly cancelled Project Maverick, an extraction shooter set in the Far Cry universe, while continuing development on a mainline sequel and a separate open world project. Project Maverick had been in development for several years and was reportedly rebooted in 2025. It was expected to combine Far Cry’s shooting and survival systems with an extraction format, where players enter dangerous areas, collect

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl will receive a major free update on August 20, 2026, alongside the release of its Cost of Hope expansion. The update will move the game to Unreal Engine 5.5.4 and introduce additional content and improvements to the base experience. The game will also advance to version 2.0, marking one of its largest updates since launch. The developer has not

Microsoft’s plan to make Xbox Helix compatible with PC games could create a difficult pricing problem as the company prepares its next generation gaming hardware. The original concept presented Helix as a console and PC hybrid that could offer access to external stores while remaining easy to use in a living room. That level of openness would give players more choice, but it could