Hella nice, but hella expensive. Thanks, 2026.

Over the past several months, Sega has pulled back the curtain on many high-profile projects from its global studios. At Gamescom 2026, six of our titles will make their playable debut for the public: Total War: Warhammer 40,000, Persona 4 Revival, Crazy Taxi: World Tour, Stranger Than Heaven, Alien Isolation 2, and Sonic Pico Park.  […]

Crazy Taxi: World Tour is an almost refreshingly uncomplicated palette cleanser free of skill trees, crafting systems, and the other chaff that seems to be in every game you play nowadays. I just hope they manage to make the levels worthy of the “World Tour” moniker this new ride has.

Players have spent decades building their XBOX libraries. Some games were purchased on disc. Some were purchased digitally. Many span multiple generations of hardware. Our goal is to make it easier for those libraries to move forward with players. Today we are introducing a feature that brings the benefits of digital to physical discs, giving […] The post Your Discs. Now Also Digital. appeared first on XBOX Wire.

Today, we’re excited to open pre-orders for the XBOX 25th anniversary collection, featuring the XBOX Series X25 Limited Edition console and Special Edition controller. From the translucent OG Green design to the details and tributes hidden throughout the hardware, every detail was created to celebrate the players, games, and moments that have shaped XBOX over […] The post Pre-orders Begin Today for the XBOX 25th Anniversary Collection appeared first on XBOX Wire.

Get the band together and battle through the Clone Wars.

The galaxy far, far way is a ripe battleground for strategy games, although Star Wars has only seen a handful of them over the years. Developer Bit Reactor, in collaboration with Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games, are changing that with its band of misfits and mercenaries taking charge in an explosive turn-based tactics title on […]

At XBOX Games Showcase earlier this year, we played a Minecraft Dungeons II demo that took us to the hacking/slashing/looting/shooting heart of this upcoming ARPG sequel – but today at gamescom 2026, I got to play a new version that showed us much more of what will surround that core mechanical experience. In a 30 […] The post Minecraft Dungeons II: The New Features Being Shown at gamescom 2026 appeared first on XBOX Wire.

Getting tactical with the boys.

"They're basically incredibly intelligent versions of the autocorrect."

Last week, I was able to play 2 hours from the middle of METRO 2039, the fourth and upcoming METRO game headed to XBOX Series X|S and XBOX on PC in February 2027. Building on the rich world, crunchy gameplay, and bespoke engine tech that 4A has built up over more than 15 years with […] The post METRO 2039 Isn’t Kidding Around appeared first on XBOX Wire.

Gamescom looms on the horizon, and this year Capcom heats things up as it overclocks the Blue Bomber in Mega Man: Dual Override, then cools them off with a venture into the frigid and hostile Norgan region in Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen. I got to go hands-on with both to see what Capcom is […]