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We learned earlier this week that Sony had pulled out of PHYSINT, forcing Kojima Productions to find a new publisher and ultimately landing with Xbox. Now, a new report has shed some light on why the relationship between Sony and Kojima broke down. 

Roughly a decade ago, Konami had a very dramatic falling out with Hideo Kojima, the legendary game director behind the Metal Gear Solid series. As a result, Sony garnered some swift PR by helping Kojima start up his new studio and funding his latest IP, Death Stranding. Now, almost another ten years on, Sony has split up from Kojima.

Microsoft’s disc‑to‑digital program launched at the end of August with support for thousands of Xbox One and Xbox Series X titles. However, as players have begun testing the feature, it has become clear that a number of major publishers are not participating yet.

Microsoft appears to be exempting some Xbox Game Pass subscribers in certain regions from the upcoming cloud‑gaming time limits, while also testing personalised subscription discounts for select users. According to a screenshot shared by Reddit user the_spensa and additional reports highlighted by PureXbox, some subscribers have received emails stating they …

Following months of silence, Playground Games have reaffirmed that Forza Horizon 6 will be coming to PlayStation 5 before the end of the year.

In an unsurprising move, Microsoft has reportedly slashed its unlimited Xbox Cloud Streaming due to the “compute demands for AI.”

As Sony and Microsoft prepare for next‑gen hardware, it is becoming increasingly unlikely that either company will be able to offer disc drives, even as optional add‑ons, regardless of whether they actually want to. It has come to light that the supply chain for disc drives themselves is going extinct. 

Almost a decade since its cancellation, Hideki Kamiya is still hoping Microsoft will revive the ill-fated action-RPG Scalebound.

Xbox Game Pass is set to lose one of its most marketed features: no longer offering unlimited cloud streaming from November onwards.

Microsoft has a new collection of peripherals, bringing together cosy-themed gaming gear from 8BitDo, SteelSeries, and KontrolFreek. Available now, the Cozy Collection lineup includes a custom keyboard, mouse, wireless controller, earbuds, and thumb grips styled in matcha and yuzu colour palettes. 8BitDo contributes three peripherals to the range, starting with …

The next wave of Xbox Game Pass titles has been announced. This month, we will see Black Ops Cold War added, continuing the slow roll out of older COD titles to Game Pass.

Playground Games has shared plenty of new Fable gameplay this summer, and now we’re starting to get a clearer picture of how long the studio’s first RPG will actually be. According to the developers, players can expect a reasonably sized adventure rather than a massive, hundred‑hour epic.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has revealed that Project Helix will actually be more than one device. Like the Xbox Series generation, Microsoft intends to have multiple hardware offerings for its next-gen push. 

Ahead of its arrival next year, State of Decay 3 will be hosting a closed beta test later in 2026, with sign-ups available now.

Initially planned to arrive before the end of the year, insiders have claimed that Forza Horizon 6’s PS5 launch has been seemingly delayed.

Razer has announced the Razer Xbox 25 Anniversary Collection, a limited-edition peripheral lineup created in collaboration with Xbox to mark the brand's 25th anniversary. The range includes translucent green versions of three core products: the Basilisk V3 Pro 35K mouse, the BlackWidow V4 75% mechanical keyboard, and the Hammerhead V3 …

Funcom have confirmed that Dune: Awakening will be officially getting cross-play support – albeit some time after the game’s PS5 and Xbox launch.

After months of leaks, Microsoft has today announced its new disc-to-digital program, allowing players to obtain digital licenses for their physical games, without sacrificing any of the benefits of physical media, such as being able to sell or trade your unwanted games later down the line. In a blog post …

Following a slight controversy back during Summer Game Fest, Microsoft has now stopped listing its competitors' platforms on trailers.

A rumour circulated over the weekend claiming that Microsoft had quietly greenlit a sequel to Ori and the Will of the Wisps, with development supposedly handed to another studio. However, Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler has now dismissed the speculation, stating that “the Ori 3 rumors are nonsense”.

A few days on from revealing the updated PC system requirements for The Blood of Dawnwalker, the team at Rebel Wolves has now also announced a major change for the launch-day version of the game on consoles. At first, the game was going to launch without a true ‘Performance' mode …

Microsoft’s translucent green Xbox Series X25 is set to launch later this year to mark the Xbox's 25th anniversary, and a new report now claims the limited‑edition console will retail for €899.99 in Europe, with a release date scheduled for Black Friday 2026.

Following Compulsion Games, Double Fine Productions have confirmed that they are once again officially independent from Microsoft.

Compulsion Games is officially independent once again, with its back-catalogue of titles such as South of Midnight now being self-published.

Saber Interactive and Boss Team Games have now locked in the release date for Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival, confirming that the new horror title will arrive this October. Alongside the date, the studio has also released a new trailer to set the tone for the game’s twisted take on the Hellraiser universe.

Ampere Analysis has issued a new forecast warning that next‑generation consoles from Sony and Microsoft could see sales drop by as much as 40% over their first five years. The decline would be driven primarily by expected price hikes, with analysts increasingly anticipating launch prices above $1,000.

Microsoft has announced the next wave of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass, headlined by Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, which arrives as a day‑one release later this month. A number of other new titles will also be joining the library across console, PC and cloud.

The previews have been out for a while and by most accounts, Star Wars: Zero Company is going to be a must-play title for anyone who is a fan of XCOM style strategy. Ahead of the game's launch next week, one final trailer for the game has dropped.

For the last few years, Sledgehammer Games has been the odd one out in the Call of Duty-sphere, with Activision primarily focusing on Treyarch's Black Ops series and Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare. Microsoft may have a new plan for Sledgehammer in the near future though, one that involves Halo.  Since …

The Kingdom Hearts panel at D23 this year did not disappoint. Not only did we get a new trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4, but a 2027 release date was also confirmed, alongside a new anime series.