Category: Microsoft Games

Fable Is “Uncomfortably” Over-Budget, Says New Report

July 30, 2026

I bring shocking news, people: a triple-A videogame has gone well beyond it’s expected budget. You don’t seem surprised. Why aren’t you surprised? This time it’s the upcoming revival of Fable from Playground Games which will launch on Xbox and PlayStation in February of 2027, right alongside God of War: […]

Halo: Campaign Evolved Trophy List Has Gone Live Ahead Of Launch

Halo: Campaign Evolved drops on July 28, bringing the original game to a whole new generation. It’s also bringing the game to a whole new audience – Halo will be on PlayStation for the first time ever. It’s unclear at this point if future games will launch on Sony’s machine […]

Newly Independent Compulsion Games Is Looking to Work With Other Studios

In the wake of Xbox’s huge reset, Compulsion Games has returned to independence for the first time since Microsoft acquired the studio in 2018. It appears the team’s first order of business is finding new projects and partners. Posting on LinkedIn, Compulsion said it is “expanding opportunities to collaborate with […]

Phil Spencer And Sarah Bond Are Exiting Xbox In Massive Shake-Up

The Xbox brand is facing another massive change as both Phil Spencer, CEO of Xbox, and Sarah Bond, the President of Xbox, are leaving the company. IGN broke the story, citing sources who could not be named. Phil Spencer, who has been with Microsoft since 1988 and Xbox since 2001, […]

A New Batch Of Game Pass Games Announced, Adding Kingdom Come : Deliverance 2

It’s a slow news week right now, so let’s check out the latest batch of titles that have been announced for Game Pass, shall we? First, we already have Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora being added today, as was previously announced. It’s available on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate/PC Game Pass, and […]

Obsidian Will Make More Avowed Games, But No Plans For Outer Worlds 3….Yet

In a candid interview with Jason Schreier of Bloomberg, Feargus Urquhart – the head of Obsidian Entertainment – has discussed the less than great sales of both Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2. In the interview, the studio head commented on the future of both franchises. Let’s just cut to the […]

Fable Release Window Announced, Coming To PS5 Day One

To nobody’s surprise, Fable was revealed to be coming to PlayStation 5 on day one when it launches later in Autumn of this year, alongside Xbox and PC. And, of course, it’ll be on Game Pass. The announcement was made at the recent Xbox Developer Direct event where we got […]

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 Ranks as 5th Best-Selling Game Of 2025, A Big Drop For The Series As Battlefield Takes The Win

We know Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has had a rougher year than usual for the series, but now new data is shedding light on just how bad it really has been, at least for a franchise that typically dominates the sales charts. Mat Piscatella of Circana has posted […]

Avowed Coming To PlayStation 5 In February, Along With Big Update

Colour me surprised and call me Barney, Avowed has been announced for PS5. In fact, it’s coming pretty soon. Announced in a short video interview at the New Game+ 2026 showcase, a new yearly event, Avowed will launch in February 17th on PS5 and PS5 Pro, around a year after […]

Xbox Developer Direct Announced For January 22nd, Featuring Forza And Fable

Xbox will be holding its next biggish event on January 22nd 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT, the company has announced. This year’s Xbox Developer Direct places the focuses firmly on Playground games who will be showcasing not one but two of their upcoming titles: Forza Horizon 6 […]