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Xbox says it is rebuilding a more reliable pipeline of exclusive games, even if some titles sell fewer copies by staying off rival platforms. The comments come from Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball, who has offered one of the clearest explanations yet of how Microsoft is thinking about exclusives after years of shifting messages around multiplatform releases. The question around Xbox exclusives has

Xbox is rethinking parts of its next generation hardware strategy as rising component costs create new pressure around affordability, flexibility, and long term console design. The company still plans to ship Project Helix, its upcoming Xbox hardware, but recent comments from Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Mathew Ball suggest the final model may need to change as the market becomes harder for console makers and

Arkane’s Blade project appears to still be moving forward, despite recent concerns that the Xbox backed Marvel game may have been canceled. The game was missing from the latest Xbox Games Showcase, which led to fresh rumors about its future, but a small response from one of the developers has helped calm some of that speculation. Blade was first announced in December 2023 during

Halo: Campaign Evolved and Gears of War: E-Day are bringing back one of Xbox’s most missed features: split screen campaign co-op. Both games will support two player couch co-op on console, giving longtime Xbox fans a feature that helped define the platform’s early identity. For many players, split screen was not a bonus feature. It was part of how Xbox games were experienced. Halo:

Nintendo’s June 2026 Direct was packed with major Switch 2 news, including a new Xenoblade game and the official reveal of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake. But the showcase was not only important for Nintendo players. Several games shown during the event are also coming to Xbox and PC, giving the Direct a wider impact across platforms. The biggest name in

Minecraft is getting a native Nintendo Switch 2 version in 2026, giving players a version built to take better advantage of Nintendo’s new hardware. The release will also bring the Vibrant Visuals graphics upgrade to Switch 2, adding improved lighting, shadows, reflections, fog, and other visual enhancements that were not available through the backward compatible Switch version. Minecraft has already been playable on Switch

Capcom has finally confirmed Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, giving the acclaimed action RPG the major expansion many fans had been hoping for since the base game launched in 2024. The expansion is set to release on October 9, 2026, alongside a new Nintendo Switch 2 version of Dragon’s Dogma 2. The announcement came during Nintendo Direct, where Capcom revealed that Dragon’s Dogma 2

Nintendo has officially confirmed The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for Nintendo Switch 2, and fans are already divided over the game’s updated version of Link. The remake was revealed with a short trailer during Nintendo Direct, showing only a limited look at the project, but one brief shot of young Link has been enough to start a heated debate across the

Destiny 2’s final major update has brought a huge wave of players back to Bungie’s long running MMO shooter. The Monument of Triumph update launched on June 9, marking the end of active development for the game, and fans have responded by flooding the servers in numbers Destiny 2 has not seen since The Final Shape expansion in 2024. SteamDB showed Destiny 2 reaching

Square Enix is facing fresh criticism after fans accused new Kingdom Hearts promotional art of using generative AI. The artwork was released alongside the announcement of Kingdom Hearts Collection I to III for Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox on PC, but the celebration quickly turned into debate as players began pointing out unusual visual errors across the image. The concern

The Wolf Among Us 2 may not follow the old Telltale release model when it finally arrives in 2027. After years of delays and silence, comments from Telltale and co-publisher PM Studio suggest the long-awaited sequel could release all of its episodes at once instead of making players wait between chapters. That would be a major change for a series built around episodic storytelling.

Kingdom Hearts 4 has finally resurfaced after years of silence, with Square Enix showing a new 90 second trailer during Nintendo Direct. The game was first announced in 2022, but since then, fans had little more than its original reveal trailer and scattered hope that development was still moving forward. The new footage is not a full gameplay breakdown, and Square Enix still has

A long running legal dispute involving Destiny 2 streamer Jake Strauss, known online as GernaderJake, has taken another unusual turn after streamer and musician Mitch Jones gave him $180,000. The money covers the original loan Strauss says he made to a boutique PC company and the legal costs he has spent trying to recover it. The situation began in 2022, when Strauss loaned $100,000

99 Nights in the Forest currently has two active codes in June 2026, giving players a small number of free gems that can be used toward classes and talent rerolls. The rewards are not huge, but gems are valuable enough that players should claim them while they are still available. The Roblox survival crafting game sends players into a dark forest filled with danger,

Stars Reach is trying to bring back a kind of MMO that has become rare: a living sandbox where players shape the world, build communities, create economies, and leave lasting marks on the game. Instead of following the usual theme park MMO structure built around fixed zones, scripted quest hubs, and planned raids, Stars Reach is leaning into player freedom, simulation, and social systems.

Arc Raiders is facing renewed scrutiny over duplication exploits and cheating concerns, with a new creator investigation showing how badly the game’s loot economy can be affected when high value weapons and gear are copied or traded outside normal progression. The issue is especially serious because Arc Raiders is built around finding loot, surviving with it, and risking it in future runs. In an

Be Quiet is making a smaller version of its Light Mount gaming keyboard, giving players a tenkeyless option for desks where the full size model takes up too much space. The new Light Mount TKL was shown at Computex 2026 and is expected to launch in August, though Be Quiet has not announced the price yet. The original Light Mount earned strong praise because

Corsair has introduced the TC80 gaming chair, a new model that aims to move away from the loud racing style design that has defined many gaming chairs for years. The company is positioning it as a more affordable seat with a cleaner look, muted colors, subtle branding, and a more professional overall style. That direction makes sense. Many gamers now use the same setup

MSI has shown off a new gaming keyboard called the Strike Alloy TMR, and the company is clearly trying to pack it with nearly every major feature now associated with high end competitive keyboards. The keyboard includes TMR switches, an 8,000 Hz polling rate, rapid trigger support, hot swappable switch beds, and a water resistant design that MSI demonstrated by using the keyboard while

Cooler Master is experimenting with a massive liquid cooling concept designed to handle up to 2000W of heat from both the CPU and GPU. The prototype, called Project AIO Liquid Cooling Solution, was shown at Cooler Master’s Taiwan headquarters during Computex 2026 and looks aimed more at extreme workstations than ordinary gaming PCs. The cooler uses a huge 360 x 360 radiator, which is