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Category: Games From Concept to Combat: How Stadium Came to Life in Overwatch 2 Dylan SnyderSenior Game Designer, Overwatch 2 Published April 24, 2025 SummaryA new groundbreaking experience for Overwatch 2 is here, and it will change the way you play the game.Senior game designer Dylan Snyder talks about how Stadium came to be and shares his favorite Hero builds.Stadium is just getting started—keep that feedback coming! Calling all heroes! As you may have seen, Stadium launched in Overwatch 2 on April 22! As a member of the Overwatch development team, I’m here to share a behind-the-scenes look into how…
Category: GamesApril 24, 2025 Towerborne’s Class Mastery Update Deepens a Distinctive Looter Brawler Experience Danielle Partis Squad up, Aces, – Towerborne comes to Game Preview next week, inviting Xbox Series X|S console, Windows PC, Xbox Cloud and Game Pass into The Belfry alongside Steam players. Towerborne is getting a substantial update, furthering its vision of an innovative, replayable Looter Brawler experience. This official cross-platform expansion deepens and extends gameplay, unlocking richer loot, additional skills, and enhanced customization. As an Xbox Play Anywhere title, your progress, gear, and friends sync seamlessly between Xbox and PC. While this isn’t the game’s official…
The buzz of excitement is ramping up into a full roar as EA Sports F1 25 gets ready for lights out on May 30. And with it comes a whole paddock of improvements, tweaks, and new features to ensure unfamiliar racers and track veterans alike all feel at home. I recently had an opportunity to talk with the developers at EA Codemasters about the upcoming racing game’s newest gameplay features. “We’re never short of feedback,” says EA Codemasters’ Creative Director Gavin Cooper. “We listen to the community and that informs a lot of our features this year.” The wealth of…
Category: GamesApril 24, 2025 Free Play Days – Alien: Isolation, Make Way and NHL 25 Kyle Ocean, Marketing Manager, Xbox Cancel your weekend plans, we got something for everyone this weekend with Free Play Days! Alien Isolation, Make Way and NHL 25 are available this weekend for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Standard and Core members to play from Thursday April 24 at 12:01 Pacific until Sunday, April 27 at 11:59 Pacific. How To Start Playing Find and install the games on each of the individual game details page on Xbox.com. Clicking through will send you to the Microsoft Store, where you…
It’s time to settle some Unfinished Business. This standalone game picks up where RoboCop Rogue City left off. Though it’s not required to play (or own) RoboCop Rogue City before getting into Unfinished Business, you’re more than welcome to. Play Video Unfinished Business starts with a group of mercenaries tearing into the Metro West precinct, leaving after stealing components from RoboCop’s medical chair and making off for OCP’s latest project, the OmniTower. Welcome to the OmniTower The OmniTower is a massive housing complex designed to house residents evicted from their homes in Old Detroit to make way for Delta City.…
The release date for “Super Robot Wars Y,” the latest in the “Super Robot Wars” series for console, has been set for Thursday, August 28! All included titles have been revealed, along with key visuals and new systems. The newly released trailer features a wealth of up-to-date information, including battle animations of the included titles, original characters for this game, and the opening theme song “Hangeki Fight Back!” by JAM Project. Play Video All titles and key visuals have been newly revealed! This title will feature new appearances by SSSS.DYNAZENON, Godzilla Singular Point, and Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from…
Hello, my name is Martin, and I’m the CEO and Creative Director of Flatter Than Earth, the studio behind the theatrical adventure platformer Once Upon a Puppet. Our magical, story-driven 2.5D puzzle-platformer takes place in a vibrant world of theatre, where classic platforming meets puppet-inspired gameplay in a tale of friendship, self-discovery, and redemption. You’ll play as Drev, an ambitious Actor, and Nieve, a talented Stagehand and Tailor. Bound together by magic, they must work as one to navigate the kingdom of theatre, unravel its secrets, and face the Shadow King. But before you step onto the stage, here are…
Category: GamesApril 23, 2025 How to Become the Bloody Barbarian (and Other Game-Breaking Builds) in Soulstone Survivors Allan Smith, Programmer & Game Designer, Soulstone Survivors Soulstone Survivors is an action roguelite that rapidly transforms you from a peasant to a god. It’s kind of like if you were playing a Path of Exile character from level 1 to 99, but in about 20 minutes, and no matter what power fantasy you can dream of – from a Wizard who controls the elements, to a holy Paladin, to a nuke-hurling Engineer – you will find it in our game. After a…
Category: GamesApril 23, 2025 Team Up Instantly – Sunderfolk’s Mobile Integration Redefines Xbox Co-Op Kim Velasquez, Sr. Community Manager, Dreamhaven SummaryCouch co-op RPG Sunderfolk is available today for Xbox Series X|S.Use your phone to control turn-based action on a shared screen.Up to four players can join seamlessly, either in-person or remote. Sunderfolk is officially out today, and the team here at Dreamhaven is so excited for Xbox players around the world to experience the wonder and whimsy of Arden, and the mysterious evil that threatens its animal inhabitants. The creators at Secret Door hand-crafted this game with a deep love…
Category: AnnouncementsApril 23, 2025 Xbox App Now Available on LG Smart TVs Lori WrightCorporate Vice President, Xbox Marketing, Partnerships and Business Development Starting today, the Xbox app is available on select LG Smart TV models, making it easier than ever for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members in over 25 countries to play games directly from their TVs. This rollout includes 2022 OLED TVs, select 2023 LG Smart TVs, and newer models, along with smart monitors running webOS24 or later versions. It will soon expand to StanbyME screen. With this update, players can enjoy hundreds of games in the Game Pass…