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Category: Next Week on XboxNovember 21, 2025 Next Week on Xbox: New Games for November 24 to 28 Will Fulton, Xbox Wire Editor Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox on PC, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in! Terminator 2D: NO FATE Reef Entertainment Ltd ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Terminator 2D: No Fate – November 26Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart…
This November 25, our liminal-spaces fever dream game Pools is coming to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation VR2. To say we’re excited is an understatement of the year; we’re actually buzzing about the prospect of seeing our game coming out in a few days of this post being published. Apart from seeing our game appear on a console that a lot of us have grown up with, what really excites us is seeing how people will react to the PlayStation 5 and PS VR2 specific features that we implemented. That is something we’re really excited for, and I thought that it…
Category: GamesNovember 21, 2025 Football Manager 26 Console: 7 Tips For New and Returning Players Andrew SinclairPR & Content Exec, Sports Interactive Football Manager 26 Console is out now, ready for you to step into the dugout and take your favourite team to footballing glory. Delivering instinctive play, FM26 Console brings new foundations for you to shape your football destiny. Optimised for play with a controller, FM26 allows you to zone in on the managerial essentials while experiencing much of the classic thrills and depth Football Manager is known for the world over. And, thanks to Smart Delivery, you’ll get…
Infinity Nikki celebrates its first anniversary with the landmark release of Version 2.0. Launching on November 26, this expansive update—the largest in the series’ history—invites players into a renewed vision of Itzaland, built on the pillars of freedom, creativity, and connection. This anniversary release evolves Infinity Nikki into a more expressive open-world dress-up adventure. A host of major upgrades redefine the Itzaland experience across exploration, combat, storytelling, and customization. The Infinity Nikki 2.0 update introduces breathtaking new regions that showcase the revolutionary gameplay mechanics such as Nikki’s very first weapon, the Archery, and redefine open-world exploration. Experience a whimsical land…
The striking thing about Nioh 3, even compared to the first two games, is how many options you have in any given fight. A huge number of weapons, stances, and abilities to create a vast array of fast-paced attacks, and help you survive against devastating, powerful opponents. Publisher Koei Tecmo recently gave me a chance to go hands-on and explore a new area of Nioh 3, complete with a pair of tough bosses to battle. Here’s everything I found, saw, and fought along the way. Venturing through a corrupted city and a new time period Nioh 3 puts you in…
Category: Xbox Partner PreviewNovember 20, 2025 Xbox Partner Preview | November 2025: Everything Announced From Our Amazing Partners Danielle Partis, Xbox Wire Editor Xbox Partner Preview returned today, shining a light on our third-party partners with world premieres, new announcements, DLC reveals and much more. During the 30-minute broadcast, we revealed five brand new games, released three that you can play today, and announced nine new titles that will be playable day one on Game Pass Ultimate -from partners such as IO Interactive, Poncle, THQ Nordic, and Future Friends, alongside other powerhouse developers. The broadcast kicked off with the world…
Category: Xbox Partner PreviewNovember 20, 2025 Xbox Partner Preview | Raji: Kaliyuga – Breaking Down a Sequel Adding So Much More Than a New Story Shruti Ghosh, Co-founder, Art and Narrative Director, Nodding Heads Games As part of today’s Xbox Partner Preview broadcast, we’re thrilled to reveal a sequel to Raji: An Ancient Epic, the multi award winning indie action-adventure title set in ancient India. Raji: Kaliyuga isn’t just a simple follow-up to the original’s story, but a whole new game entirely – with an additional playable character, new action mechanics and, most ambitiously, an entirely new third-person perspective. When Raji: An Ancient Epic was first created, Nodding Heads Games was a…
Category: Xbox Partner PreviewNovember 20, 2025 Xbox Partner Preview | Breaking Down the Background and Boss Fight in the New Tides of Annihilation Gameplay Trailer Kun Fu, Game Producer, Eclipse Glow Games SummaryTides of Annihilation is an action-adventure game set in a modern-day, invasion-fractured London, where the lone survivor, Gwendolyn, seeks the Holy Grail to rescue her sister and restore the world. A core unique feature is the Dual Frontline Battle System, that allows Gwendolyn to summon and command spectral forms of the Knights of the Round Table, utilizing their attacks and customizable abilities in combat. The new trailer highlighted a spectacular boss fight…
Category: Xbox Partner PreviewNovember 20, 2025 Xbox Partner Preview | Eminem Takes Center Stage in Hitman World of Assassination’s Latest Elusive Target Mission Yann Roskell, Senior Global Communication Manager, IO Interactive SummaryHitman World of Assassination’s latest Elusive Target stars worldwide hip-hop superstar Eminem starting December 1 – December 31.The bald battles the blonde as Agent 47 teams up with Eminem against his dangerous counterpart, Slim Shady.The mission is available for free as part of the Starter Pack for new players and as an Elusive Target for Hitman World of Assassination players, for a limited time. Hitman World of Assassination’s latest…
Category: Xbox Partner PreviewNovember 20, 2025 Xbox Partner Preview | A Deep Dive into CloverPit’s Bizarre, Brilliant Roguelite Slot-Machine Hell Matteo Gonano, Game Developer, CloverPit SummaryCloverPit just surprise-launched during the Xbox Partner Preview broadcast, and is available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox on PC and via Xbox Game Pass. The game’s combination of horror atmosphere and slot-machine spectacle makes for a unique, compelling roguelite experience. The announcement also includes a first teaser for the first DLC, Unholy Fusion, that lets players combine charms in new ways. CloverPit is a game of contradictions. It’s a horror experience that traps you inside a tiny cell with no exit, with your only lifeline being a single slot machine. Win, and you…