In 2005, two weeks before the release of the Xbox 360, the offices at Microsoft UK were bustling with energy for the new console launch, and it was my first day on the job. I was a Channel Marketing Manager, working to market the console, all the new games and accessories to gamers across the UK. I was thrown into an exciting whirlwind of a major product launch with Xbox, which was a world away from my previous job, and I knew this was an opportunity I could not mess up, so I would have to quickly find my place somehow. I was also the only gay man of Indian descent in the office. If ..read more

Summary We chatted with Deck Nine Games Director Stephan Frost about the upcoming The Expanse: A Telltale Series. The upcoming adventure game will take players back to the world of “The Expanse” television series. The Expanse: A Telltale Series launches July 27, 2023, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S and is available for pre-order today on the Xbox Store. I first heard about the “The Expanse” novels when the series was described to me as “Game of Thrones in space.” That seemed appropriate as the co-writing collaborators – known singly as James S.A. Corey – were an understudy of George R.R. Mart ..read more

Greetings fellow necromancers and necromancer candidates! I’m Sampo Töyssy from 10tons, and I’m thrilled to announce that Undead Horde 2 launches today on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One! We’re excited to bring our necromantic RPG-hack’n’slash-RTS hybrid to Xbox. In Undead Horde2: Necropolis you become a powerful necromancer with the ability to raise the dead and command them in battle. With each victory, your army will grow stronger, and your city will become more powerful. In essence Undead Horde 2 is an action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack’n’slash. The creation of Undead Hord ..read more

Earlier this month, we shared that PC Game Pass is now available in 40 new countries, the ability to take the expansive Game Pass library everywhere you go with the Asus ROG Ally, and the new PC Game Pass Friend Referral program where you can invite your friends and play together. You can find Friend Referral invitations on the Game Pass Home screen in the Xbox App on PC, just click the “Give PC Game Pass” button to share with up to 5 friends. Now, we’re excited to share the latest Xbox app update to improve your PC gaming experience. Let’s explore the new features and improvements. Improved D ..read more

After the worldwide success of the first chapter, we are incredibly excited to have finally announced Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 – Turbocharged. And let me start with a promise to our community: we have read your comments, watched your streams, and seen your passion for the Hot Wheels brand unleashed through our game. Brace yourself because Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 – Turbocharged will expand the arcade gameplay of its predecessor, adding even more thrilling action to the pack – with a lot of new things to do. This article cannot convey all the innovations of the game, so for now, I will focus on the ..read more

The days of Xbox Live Arcade, Microsoft’s revolutionary approach to digital distribution marked an important time in Techland’s history thanks to the digital-only debut of our Western first-person shooter, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger. Today, we’re going to honor our game’s 10th Anniversary by taking a look back at what made it so memorable and share details about a special crossover event in Dying Light 2 Stay Human. The Legacy of Gunslinger Released on May 22, 2013, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger was touted by fans and critics as the best in the series, thanks to its unique arcade-inspired gamepla ..read more

After collecting feedback from The Sims 4 players, we have made some big changes to the Xbox version of the game. By popular demand, we’ve reversed some previous changes to Build Mode and made other improvements. Most of these improvements are related to controller buttons – to create a more seamless play experience, we’ve tried to make the functions of buttons more consistent across different game modes. Here’s what’s new: Bumper Button Functionality It used to be that the bumper buttons would have different functions depending on what mode you were in. In CAS (Create a Sim), the buttons swit ..read more

Hi everyone, I’m Cédric Babouche, the art director behind Dordogne, a heartfelt narrative adventure in watercolors! French studio Un Je Ne Sais Quoi, part of animation group Umanimation, have been working on this indie creation for the past few years, and it will finally be released June 13! You’ll play as Mimi, a 32-year-old in search of her childhood memories back where she used to spend her summers as a child. And that place is the bucolic region of Dordogne, in the southwest of France. The Dordogne River When we started the project, our starting point was to create a family story. The sou ..read more

Explore the worlds of two unique, narrative-driven games this June with Games with Gold! On Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, sticking to one critical moral decision is harder than you think in the poignant Adios, and then starting on June 16 listen closely as you try the outside-of-the box audio driven adventure The Vale: Shadow of the Crown. Xbox Live Gold members will have exclusive access to these games for a limited time as part of Games with Gold. So will Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members, who receive all the fantastic benefits of Gold plus access to hundreds of high-quality games with Xbox Ga ..read more

Coming Soon: more “available today” notifications! We’re excited to bring you some simulators, slayers, stacking, and more. Let’s get to the games! Available Today Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Cloud, Console, and PC) Chicory: A Colorful Tale is a top-down adventure game in a coloring book world where you can draw on anything. Use your painting powers to explore new places, solve puzzles, help your friends, and change the world! Farworld Pioneers (Console and PC) Available on day one with Game Pass: Explore the universe in this open-world, sci-fi sandbox. Expand, exploit, and adventure alone or wi ..read more