Every Wednesday, dive into the Indie Select Hub — your gateway to a fresh, curated indie collection plus four themed spotlights that rotate weekly! You can always find this collection hub in the XBOX Store and on XBOX.com/IndieSelects. The year is flying by, and summer has brought no shortage of standout games. With so many […] The post Indie Selects for August 2026: Adventure is Calling This Summer appeared first on XBOX Wire.

Starting today, XBOX Insiders can try out new XBOX console updates designed to make it easier to capture and share memorable gameplay moments, track your progress, and manage the games and content you care about most. From new ways to include chat audio in game captures, to enhanced achievement sorting, greater control over cloud saves, […] The post Available for XBOX Insiders: More Control Over Captures, Saves, and Wishlists appeared first on XBOX Wire.

The first half of August will see a long list of games join Xbox Game Pass, as well as the Gears of War: E-Day open beta for Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass subscribers.

Grab your COG tags, we’re jumping into the Early Access Open Beta for Gears of War: E-Day! You can also grab your Dateviators to Date Everything!, and your bat to rule the field in Cricket 26. Lots of accessories in this next round of games coming soon to XBOX Game Pass! Gears of War: E-Day […] The post Coming to XBOX Game Pass: Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta, Cricket 26, Date Everything!, and More appeared first on XBOX Wire.

Beast of Reincarnation doesn’t hesitate to throw you into its wide, weird world. Game Freak’s unexpected action-RPG takes cues from greats from across the genres – you can feel the influence of everything from Dark Souls to Bayonetta – and adds its own fresh ideas to the mix. All of which means there’s a lot […] The post Beast of Reincarnation: Early-Game Tips to Help You Manage the Miasma appeared first on XBOX Wire.

The feature is expected to get a "gradual" launch between 2027 and 2028.

25 years ago, XBOX set out to bring players together through the games and worlds they love, and today, that mission is still what drives everything we do.   Today, we’re sharing a few more ways we’re celebrating 25 years of play including, the latest XBOX updates, community-created designs for gamerpics, backgrounds, and themes, curated Game Pass collections, the full FanFest Tour schedule and sweepstakes details, and more.  Community-Created XBOX Designs  From left: Wallpaper by Klobrille and Gamer […] The post Celebrating 25 Years of Play: New Community Designs, XBOX Updates, FanFest Tour Dates, and More appeared first on XBOX Wire.

And I don't even know if it's worth the original price.

If you’re just starting your journey in Zombie Graveyard Simulator, here’s our first piece of advice: don’t let the peaceful daytime fool you. A well-organized cemetery is your best defense when night falls and trust us, you’ll appreciate every upgrade once the zombies start pouring in. We’re excited that you can jump into Zombie Graveyard […] The post Keep Your Cemetery Running (and the Zombies Out) in Zombie Graveyard Simulator appeared first on XBOX Wire.

OK, It’s summer 2022. I’m making a house interior for my Renaissance-paintings-come-to-life style adventure game, Death of the Reprobate (one of three critically-acclaimed titles in The Immortal John Triptych) and I’ve ended up with more doors than I anticipated. These games are made entirely from chopped up Renaissance paintings, so I can’t just remove a […] The post How a Bucket Full of Pink Cow Dung Became an Item in The Immortal John Triptych appeared first on XBOX Wire.

Produced by Brazilian studio The Root Studios and published by Nuntius Games, Shard Squad is a bullet heaven roguelite featuring charming pixel art visuals, and it finally arrives on XBOX consoles today with Xbox Play Anywhere support after months of anticipation. Starring an adorable cast of little monsters known as Shards, the game blends action […] The post Hard Work Pays off as Shard Squad Comes to XBOX appeared first on XBOX Wire.

Hi, I’m Jake Yeom, CEO and Game Designer at CIRCLEfromDOT, a Korean development team working on our first game – the high-octane hardcore top-down shooter, Kusan: City of Wolves. You play as Jin in Kusan: City of Wolves, an ex-solider turned gun-for-hire living in the heart of a city where the line between predator and […] The post How to Smash, Slash, and Shoot Your Way to Victory in Kusan: City of Wolves appeared first on XBOX Wire.