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Follow Xbox Series X|S coverage spanning new game announcements, release dates, patches, technical issues, Game Pass developments and wider platform updates across Microsoft's current generation console lineup.
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Latest Xbox Series X|S stories, releases and platform changes.
Turok
Turok: Origins has a new gameplay trailer from PlayStation, giving Saber's series revival a clearer shape as a co-op action game about dinosaur combat, alien threats and DNA-powered upgrades. The game is confirmed for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC, but still has no release date.
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A new report says PS5 can account for 75% to 80% of console launch-month sales for some AAA single-player games. The split is less extreme for multiplayer games, but still shows Xbox facing a steep console sales gap.
Genshin Impact
Genshin Impact Version Luna VIII launches July 1 after scheduled maintenance, adding Sandrone, the Sunny Summer Fontinalia event and a new round of story and quality-of-life updates.
State of Decay
Undead Labs, the Xbox-owned studio behind State of Decay 3, is reportedly among several teams at risk as Microsoft prepares another wave of layoffs. The report comes weeks after Xbox gave the survival sequel a 2027 launch window.
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Microsoft has reportedly paused new Xbox Game Pass publishing deals, raising questions about the subscription service's third-party pipeline. Existing deals should keep the catalog moving in the short term.
Assassin's Creed
Ubisoft has outlined the console modes for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced. PS5 and Xbox Series X get 60 FPS performance options, while Xbox Series S is listed with a 30 FPS fidelity mode.
The Crew
The Crew Motorfest Season 10 starts July 1 with 18 new vehicles, including a beta drift handling version of the Ford Mustang GT and a Crew Credits-only Radiant bundle.
Virtua Fighter
Virtua Fighter Crossroads has revealed Bakunawa Killer in a new official trailer. The masked roster addition has already set off speculation around their link to Pai Chan, Lau Chan and Lei-Fei.
Wuthering Waves
Wuthering Waves is launching on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox PC on July 10 alongside Version 3.5. Xbox Game Pass members will be able to claim a recurring Gift Pack and a one-time exclusive Sigil.
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This week’s new-game slate mixes Nintendo rhythm comedy, Star Wars board-game tactics, college football early access, cozy life storytelling, occult horror and a Konami retro collection.
PaydayTomb Raider
Payday 2 is leaving Xbox Game Pass on June 30 after spending nine years in the catalog. Seven more games are leaving the service the same day, including Slay the Spire, Unpacking and two Tomb Raider titles.
Tekken
Bob returns to Tekken 8 on August 19, giving Season 3 its next confirmed DLC release after Kunimitsu. Bandai Namco's gameplay trailer puts the veteran fighter back in the current game's faster, Heat-driven meta.
