One of the many announcements that came out of PlayStation's State of Play event earlier this week was the reveal that No Rest for the Wicked, the action RPG from Ori developer Moon Studios, would launch out of early access this coming October 2026 and launch on PS5, but not Xbox Series X/S or Nintendo Switch 2. It's not uncommon to see Switch/Switch 2 versions of games arrive later, but what's the holdup for Xbox? Well, according to Moon Studios boss and creative director Thomas Mahler, the responsible party is the Xbox Series S. As spotted by VGC after the […]

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Earlier this month, it was finally confirmed that Nintendo could hold out no longer. The Nintendo Switch 2 is going up in price, with a $50 increase going into effect globally on September 1, 2026. It's a sign of Nintendo, like XBOX and PlayStation, succumbing to the combined pressures of elements like the memory shortage and tariffs, but according to veteran analyst Joost van Dreunen, this final domino falling is "the canary in the coal mine" that if even Nintendo can't stick to its traditional guns, "none of the old rules" of the video game industry are relevant. If van […]

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Video game studios don't often comment on rumours, but when they do they offer welcome points of clarity for players. Today, Activision chose to comment on a rumour that ran rampant yesterday and most of today, which was that the next Call of Duty game (which is largely reported to be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4) is being made for last-gen consoles, specifically PS4. The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the shooter franchise cleared the air on that, and seemingly confirmed one of the biggest questions surrounding 2026's Call of Duty entry. "Not sure where this one started, […]

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Recently crowned Xbox boss and Microsoft Gaming chief executive officer Asha Sharma hasn't really done much that we've been able to see - yet - but what we have seen so far, and what we'll be able to pin on her in the future just got a little clearer thanks to a report from Windows Central. Earlier this month, the internet noticed that Microsoft had attempted to remove its "This is an Xbox" marketing campaign from existence. Trailers were taken down, posts deleted, and everywhere it could be removed, that messaging was removed by Microsoft. Now, as Windows Central reports, […]

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Yesterday, during the Xbox Partner Preview March 2026 event, we learned that AdHoc Studio's beloved superhero supervisor adventure story, Dispatch, would finally be making its way to Xbox Series X/S consoles. What's more, is that like the PS5 and PC version of the game, the Xbox Series version will not be censored. But the studio is still working to find a solution for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 versions. Following Dispatch getting its Xbox Series X/S in yesterday's event, when AdHoc announced the news on its studio's X (formerly Twitter) page, unsurprisingly, some of the first comments thrown […]

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Earlier today, PlayStation confirmed that it would be increasing the price of the PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal, after a leak from a French retailer tipped off that the change would happen just yesterday. Now, according to Ampere Analysis analyst Piers Harding-Rolls, hardware increases in games are not done there. We should expect to see increases from Microsoft and Nintendo in the future as well, which would be the first Nintendo Switch 2 price increase and the third Xbox Series X/S price increase. Speaking to Eurogamer, Harding-Rolls, while reacting to the price increases this morning, said, "The supply chain […]

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Weappy Studio's upcoming 2D platforming adventure, The Eternal Life of Goldman, was showcased today during the Xbox Partner Preview event. We got a new trailer with a lot of new gameplay snippets we hadn't seen in previous trailers, and the news that a demo is now available for Xbox Series X/S players after it was already available on Steam. We also learned that when The Eternal Life of Goldman does arrive, it'll be available on Xbox Game Pass on day-one. But, one key thing we did not learn from today's trailer, is when it'll be arriving, as it still, unfortunately, […]

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