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Gamescom 2026 Opening Night Live included a busy pre show for Xbox players, with 11 games receiving trailers, release dates, platform confirmations or demo announcements. The lineup covered several genres, including strategy, simulation, action RPGs, psychological horror, Metroidvania games and cooperative adventures. Some titles are arriving within weeks, while others are scheduled for 2027. The announcements included a September 15 release date for Train

Microsoft has confirmed the release date, price and preorder details for the Xbox Series X25, its limited edition console created for Xbox's 25th anniversary. The Xbox Series X25 will launch on November 13, 2026, priced at $899.99 in the US and £759.99 in the UK. The console includes the matching X25 controller and a copy of Halo: Campaign Evolved as part of the package.

IKEA and Xbox have officially revealed their first joint gaming furniture collection, introducing nine products designed for living rooms, bedrooms and other shared spaces where gaming is part of everyday life. The collection is called YXSTABY and includes a lounge chair, thumbstick inspired stool, TV stand, side table, controller display box, laptop support, monitor stand, D pad cushion and D pad platter. The range

Rockstar Games has publicly addressed the recent wave of GTA 6 leaks, calling the situation difficult for the development team and acknowledging that leaked footage is not how it wanted players to see the game. The statement arrives shortly before Rockstar's planned GTA 6 Extended Look presentation. More than 10 separate leaks had reportedly circulated by the time the company responded, with gameplay clips

Path of Exile 2 will officially leave early access on December 11, 2026, when its free to play 1.0 version launches for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC. The announcement came alongside a new look at the Duelist, a melee focused class built around one handed and two handed swords, parries, combat stances and a wide range of modified attacks. The update also

Holstin is an upcoming survival horror game that combines a 1990s Polish setting, pixel art visuals and a perspective switching system that lets you move between top down and third person views during gameplay. The game is scheduled to launch in 2027 for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Xbox Cloud Gaming, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC through Steam and GOG. It will

Shadow of the Road now has a confirmed release date, with the tactical CRPG scheduled to launch on November 12, 2026, for PC. The game will be available through Steam, the Epic Games Store and GOG, while no Xbox or Xbox Play Anywhere version has been announced. Published by Owlcat Games, Shadow of the Road is set in an alternative version of Japan during

Fable has received an extended gameplay showcase at Gamescom 2026, offering a closer look at how Playground Games is rebuilding the series around more flexible combat, character relationships, exploration and player choice. The new footage runs for around 18 minutes and follows the protagonist through a quest involving their grandmother and village, both of which have been turned to stone by a hero named

Halo co creator Joseph Staten has reflected on how the series might have developed if Bungie had continued expanding Halo 3 with more stories in the style of Halo 3: ODST. Staten said he often thinks about what could have happened if the team had kept building on Halo 3 through additional expansions that introduced new stories and gameplay ideas. His comments came as

Microsoft is preparing to launch a new Xbox disc to digital program for Insiders that will let supported physical games unlock digital entitlements on the same account. The feature, known internally as Positron, is scheduled to begin rolling out to Xbox Insiders on Monday. It will work on Xbox One and Xbox Series X consoles equipped with disc drives, with support for thousands of

The Future Games Show at Gamescom 2026 is set to deliver another large round of gaming announcements, with more than 40 Xbox and PC titles scheduled to appear alongside 13 world premieres. The event follows Gamescom Opening Night Live and will include new trailers, gameplay demonstrations and developer interviews. Confirmed games include Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault and Tides

Microsoft says more than 7,000 apps and games are now compatible with Windows on Arm, marking another step forward for the platform as more PC makers prepare new Arm based Windows devices. The compatible software list now includes well known applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Blender, DaVinci Resolve, Firefox, GIMP, LibreOffice, Signal, Spotify and VLC. The growing catalog addresses one of the biggest

One of the most widely circulated Windows XP product keys was not created through a clever crack or technical exploit. According to former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer, it was a legitimate corporate volume licensing key that leaked and was later paired with special Windows XP installation media. The key became infamous during the early 2000s because it allowed compatible versions of Windows XP to

Windows XP is reaching its 25th anniversary in 2026, marking a quarter century since one of Microsoft's most influential operating systems first arrived. Microsoft released Windows XP to PC manufacturers on August 24, 2001, before making it available to consumers on October 25 of the same year. The operating system went on to become one of the longest lived and most recognizable versions of

Microsoft is adding a new PowerToys feature called Window Hopper that lets you switch between multiple windows belonging to the same application. The idea is similar to Alt+Tab, but with a narrower focus. Instead of cycling through every open window on your desktop, Window Hopper only moves between windows from the app you are currently using. For example, if you have several File Explorer

Samsung has introduced a new Odyssey gaming monitor lineup at Gamescom 2026, led by a 27 inch Odyssey G6 capable of reaching a 1,100Hz refresh rate in its fastest display mode. The new range also includes three OLED models covering 32 inch, 42 inch and 49 inch sizes. Samsung is targeting different parts of the enthusiast gaming market, from competitive esports players who prioritize

Samsung Display is expanding its QD OLED lineup with a new 24.5 inch Full HD panel aimed directly at competitive gaming. Mass production is scheduled to begin by the end of 2026, with the new size targeting FPS and esports players who prefer smaller, faster displays. Several PC monitor manufacturers have already announced plans to use the 24.5 inch panel in upcoming products. Detailed

Amazon is significantly expanding its AI infrastructure partnership with NVIDIA, committing to deploy up to 3 million NVIDIA GPUs across AWS while also preparing support for NVIDIA's Vera CPUs. The expanded agreement triples an earlier commitment announced in March, when Amazon and NVIDIA outlined plans involving 1 million GPUs. The new arrangement adds another 2 million GPUs as demand for large scale AI computing

Fujitsu is preparing its next generation Monaka processor for production shipments in 2027, with a design that combines a 144 core Arm CPU built on a 2nm process with separate 5nm SRAM and I/O dies connected through advanced 3D packaging. Monaka is being developed as the successor to Fujitsu's A64FX processor, which powered Japan's Fugaku supercomputer. The new chip targets AI and high performance

Microsoft appears to be preparing new remote PC controls for Phone Link that would let Android smartphone owners shut down, restart, sleep, or update their Windows 11 computers from their phones. The feature has not been officially announced yet, but references found in Phone Link components point to several power controls being added. These include restart, shut down, update and restart, update and shut