Author: Sarah Connor
First and foremost, on behalf of everyone at San Diego Studio, thank you to the fans for making 2025 a huge year for MLB The Show! Our mission has always been to create a baseball experience that resonates with everyone from longtime veterans of the franchise to brand-new players picking up the game for the first time. And this year, the team brought fresh ways for you to enjoy the sport you love. The development team really leaned in, bringing fans all-new ways to enjoy their favorite sport from Road To The Show’s new high school and college journeys, to…
Category: Mobile GamingNovember 6, 2025 Candy Crush Saga’s Music Season: All the Details, Including a New Thundercat Music Video Collab Emily PestellBrand Communications Manager, King Every year, Candy Crush Saga celebrates Music Season, a unique event bringing the joy of music to the Candy Kingdom. This year’s Music Season hits all the right notes with an in-game event that lets players create their own soundtrack while helping the Kingdom get concert-ready. The adventure unfolds through a five-week, music-fuelled expedition, a reimagined version of Candy Crush’s fan-favourite Saga adventure feature, filled with fresh challenges, collectible rewards, and a new harmony between…
Category: GamesNovember 6, 2025 Free Play Days – Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Wild Bastards, Crime Boss: Rockay City, Trailmakers and Big Helmet Heroes Kyle OceanMarketing Manager, Xbox Happy November! Let’s kick it off with five games to try with Free Play Days! Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is available this weekend for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and Essential members to play from Thursday November 6 until Sunday, November 9. Crime Boss: Rockay City, Trailmakers and Big Helmet Heroes are free for all Xbox members to try during Free Play Days. Wild Bastards is free for all Xbox members to try…
Suri: The Seventh Note is a rhythm-action platformer and our love letter to the games we grew up playing and adore. Set in a magical world, it features music-infused platforming gameplay, unlockable movement abilities, and dramatic escape sequences set and synchronised to an epic soundtrack. You can check it out for yourself in our first-ever official gameplay trailer right here. Use headphones for the best experience. Play Video If you like what you saw (and listened) you can wishlist it right now. Doing so helps us immensely. Why? Adding the game to your wishlist helps bring attention to indie projects…
Category: ID@XboxNovember 5, 2025 Face the Eternal Night — Everdark: Undead Apocalypse Awakens on Xbox Series X|S Miguel Ojanguren – Everdark Labs Project Manager From Comic Panels to Console Screens Before it was a game, “Everdark” existed as a dark, gritty graphic novel — a world of eternal night where humanity’s last survivors hunted ancient bloodlines beneath a blood-red moon. The creators wanted to bring that intensity to life: the torn leather, the neon-lit rain, the smell of gunpowder and fear. What began as a side project among friends — illustrators, programmers, and horror fans — soon evolved into something…
Category: PlaytestsNovember 5, 2025 Join the Pillars of Eternity Public Beta Today! Tim, Xbox Program Manager We are excited to invite Xbox Insiders on Windows PC to join the Pillars of Eternity Public Beta. This beta introduces a major new way to play the original Pillars of Eternity: Turn-Based Mode. Your feedback is invaluable, so explore, experiment, and share your feedback to help shape the next update! To participate in the Pillars of Eternity Public Beta, you will need to either own Pillars of Eternity OR have access to the title via an active Game Pass subscription. About the Game:…
Category: ID@XboxNovember 5, 2025 Creating Dark Quest 4: The Making of a Modern Dark Fantasy Adventure Argi Baltzi, Director, Brain Seal From Idea to Reality As with all Dark Quest games, the starting point for Dark Quest 4 was Hero Quest – a game I’ve been a fan of for years – and this entry set out to keep that board-game aesthetic intact. We’ve always loved the idea of a party of heroes setting out to explore a dungeon, uncover its secrets, and smite some monsters along the way. This time we deliberately preserved the room-by-room exploration that defines the…
Category: GamesNovember 5, 2025 How Treyarch is Bringing a Rusted Pick-up Truck to Life in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Zombies Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor SummaryTreyarch Design Director Kevin Drew shares some of the behind-the-scenes stories about the creation of the Wonder Vehicle, Ol’ Tessie.Players will be able to drive and customize their own Ol’ Tessie vehicle, treating it like a member of their crew in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Zombies.Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 launches November 14, 2025, for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox on PC, ROG Xbox Ally handhelds, Cloud, Battle.net, Steam,…
Category: GamesNovember 5, 2025 How KOF Studio Modified Chun-Li for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Yasuyuki Oda, Producer, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves SummaryChun-Li from Street Fighter joins Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves!The team worked hard to respect both her aesthetic and mechanical design legacy while integrating her seamlessly into City of the Wolves.Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is 60% off in the Microsoft Store, with Chun-Li available as free DLC for all players. Get ready, fighting game fans! The queen of kicks is styling her way into South Town! Chun-Li descends with power, elegance and…
It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, and free-to-play games topped last month’s download charts. October players were hunting down the Yōtei Six and enemy soldiers as Ghost of Yōtei and Battlefield 6 dominated the US and EU PlayStation Store charts. Battlefield Redsec won the battle royale to claim the top spot on the free-to-play charts in both the US and EU. Check out the full listings below. What titles are you playing this month? PS5 Games US/CanadaEUBattlefield 6Battlefield 6Ghost of YōteiGhost of YōteiNBA 2K26EA Sports FC 26EA Sports FC 26Grand Theft Auto VARC RaidersARC RaidersDispatchMinecraftEA SPORTS Madden…