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Category: ID@XboxDecember 19, 2025 Outbreak: Shades of Horror Gifts Co-op Festive Frights on Xbox Series X|S Today Julia Wolbach, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Dead Drop Studios LLC This year’s festive feast is being served with an extra heaping of zombie flesh! My name is Julia Wolbach, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Dead Drop Studios. I’m overjoyed to welcome you to the doomed city of Cypress Ridge just in time for the holidays because Outbreak: Shades of Horror is releasing on Xbox Series X|S today! Unwrap Your Very Bloody Gift When you dive into Outbreak: Shades of Horror, you’ll…
Category: GamesDecember 19, 2025 Getting Started with Xbox Cloud Gaming Will Fulton, Xbox Wire Editor Consoles and PCs now have a powerful new partner offering even more ways to play: the cloud. With Xbox Cloud Gaming, you have access to a huge and dynamic library of the latest and greatest titles, wherever there’s a compatible screen, a stable internet connection, and a cloud-supported Xbox Game Pass subscription. Xbox Cloud Gaming is now out of beta and available with Xbox Game Pass Essential, Premium, and Ultimate subscriptions, meaning it’s easier than ever to check out cloud streaming. Overall cloud gaming hours…
Email us at PSPodcast@sony.com! Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or download here Hey, everybody! Sid, Kristen, and Brett are back this week to discuss their top games of 2025, both in terms of hours played and the ones they can’t stop thinking about. This episode also includes a spoiler-filled Ghost of Yōtei interview with Sucker Punch Creative Directors Jason Connell and Nate Fox. Stuff We Talked About Holiday Cards 2025 — Celebrate the holidays with festive cards from our studio friends and developers. See if you can find your favorite characters getting into some yuletide shenanigans. Marathon new features and…
Last week, we asked you take off and share your best moments in Microsoft Flight Simulator using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here’s this week’s highlights: Akkan_Vader shares a birdseye view of their plane above a sprawling city TheSkinnyRage shares their plane taking off into the night Akkan_Vader shares their plane on the tarmac ready to take off Search #PSshare #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme, or be inspired by other great games featuring Photo Mode. Want to be featured in the next Share of the Week? View and download image Download the image close Close…
Category: GamesDecember 19, 2025 The Journey of BlazBlue Entropy Effect X Michael Jiang, CEO, 91Act and Director of BlazBlue Entropy Effect X SummaryLearn how the team at 91Act worked to develop a follow-up to their BlazeBlue fighting game series.BlazBlue Entropy Effect X combines multiple genres in a way that feels distinctly BlazBlue.BlazBlue Entropy Effect X launches February 12, 2026, for Xbox Series X|S. From day one, the team at 91Act carried an ambitious vision: to stand out on the global stage of action game development. Even their name, “91Act,” is a pun of the phrase “Jiu Yao ACT” (means “We…
Unforgettable stories and characters, outrageous combat, and some hilarious mini-games – the acclaimed Yakuza / Like a Dragon series has a massive following for all the right reasons. With Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties’ launching on PlayStation 5 February 12 next year – and to celebrate the franchise’s 20th anniversary, with the first game Yakuza launching on PS2 20 years ago this month – it’s only fitting to mark the moment with some of the developers who know these hard-hitting titles best. So we sat down with Executive Producer Masayoshi Yokoyama, Chief Director Ryosuke Horii, and Chief Producer Hiroyuki…
Where to start? It’s a familiar mantra to those of us who have ridden into the lavish landscapes of Ghost of Yōtei’s Ezo. With a rediscovered home behind, and a world filled with revenge, myths and secrets ahead, it’s proven a wonderful dilemma to have. And every corner explored, each tale told, and duel won leading to further questions, one of which kept recurring throughout: how did this all come together? To answer, we reached out to ask two people who can speak to Ezo’s secrets best: the game’s creative directors Jason Connell and Nate Fox. Sitting down with them,…
Hello, Proxies! Greetings from the Zenless Zone Zero dev team. I’m Zhenyu Li, the producer of Zenless Zone Zero. As our exploration of Waifei Peninsula deepens, the culminating chapter of Season 2 finally sheds light on long-buried secrets. I am excited to share that Zenless Zone Zero Version 2.5 “To Be Fuel for the Night” will arrive on December 30, bringing abundant content, optimizations, and rewards. Unraveling the secrets hidden within the Hollow’s expansion During past battles, the legendary Qingming Sword resonated strangely deep within the Lemnian Hollow, implying its primordial power has a profound connection to the Hollow. After…
Category: Holiday From Our Worlds to Yours: Thank You for an Incredible 2025 From All of Us at Xbox Published December 18, 2025 As the year winds down, we’re afforded the opportunity to take a beat and look back at a truly memorable year for players. Across Team Xbox we’ve been creating new worlds, telling fresh stories and bringing legendary franchises back to our screens – and ensuring you can enjoy these experiences on more devices than ever before. For all of us, it truly is more than a game. It’s been one of the most game-packed, award-winning years in our history – and none of it would have been possible without you. With 2025 coming to a close, we want to take this opportunity to…
Category: GamesDecember 18, 2025 Free Play Days – Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, NBA 2K26, Fallout 76, Ark: Survival Ascended and More Kyle OceanMarketing Manager, Xbox Before the end of the year, you’ve got some gaming to do with Free Play Days! NBA 2K26, WWE 2K25, PGA Tour 2K25, Ark: Survival Ascended and The Forgotten City (Console and PC) are available this weekend for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and Essential members to play from Thursday December 18 until Sunday, December 21. Enjoy even more time with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (Zombies and MP Only), unlocked until…