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Category: GamesAugust 20, 2025 The Rogue Prince of Persia Gets A Surprise Release: Here’s Some Tips to Get Started Matthew Houghton, Marketing Manager, Evil Empire SummaryThe Rogue Prince of Persia is out today on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, and is available with Game Pass. Discover what makes this 2D action roguelike different from the rest. Get tips and tricks to make the most of the Prince’s acrobatic combat style. Following its appearance during the Xbox @ gamescom 2025 Broadcast earlier today, The Rogue Prince of Persia is available today, and there are a ton of acrobatic moves, magic items, and…
Category: gamescomAugust 20, 2025 ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds Launch October 16: Get Ready to Play! Roanne SonesCVP Gaming Devices and Ecosystem, Xbox SummaryThe ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X launch October 16, with expanded day-one availability. We’re also announcing new handheld experiences today, including the Handheld Compatibility Program. With next-level performance and purpose-built features, these handhelds give players more ways to play anytime, anywhere. Together with ASUS, we are launching the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X on October 16. Since unveiling the ROG Xbox Ally handhelds, the community’s excitement and anticipation have been nothing short of inspiring,…
I’m Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz, Creative Director at Rebel Wolves, working on The Blood of Dawnwalker — a story-driven, open-world RPG set in 14th-century Europe. We recently showcased a closer look at the gameplay at gamescom and wanted to share some of the exciting new details with you. Entering the narrative sandbox You play as Coen, the game’s protagonist and the titular Dawnwalker. While the exact circumstances remain a mystery, an attempt to turn Coen into a vampire fails. As a result, he exists between two worlds — human during the day, vampire at night. This duality sits at the heart of…
Category: gamescomAugust 20, 2025 Hands On: Aniimo is A Creature Collector, Photography Simulator and RPG Battler All in One Danielle Partis Following Aniimo’s reveal at the Xbox Games Showcase last month, I was as keen as anyone to discover what this vibrant, creature collecting “next-generation RPG” had to offer. Fortunately, I didn’t have to wait long – a hands-on opportunity at Gamescom allowed me a day trip around the world of Aniimo, which manages to be three different games all rolled in one. And that is ultimately a very promising thing. The demo wasted no time in letting me get…
Capcom is storming Gamescom 2025 with three huge games set to release in 2026: Resident Evil Requiem, Pragmata, and Onimusha: Way of the Sword. I got a chance to go hands-on with all three to flee from terrors, hack robotic foes, and slice through demons. Let’s dive in. Resident Evil Requiem With the ninth mainline Resident Evil game, on February 27, Capcom is set to return to where it all began: Raccoon City. Capcom’s announcement trailer focuses on FBI analyst Grace Ashcroft, and I played the demo from Resident Evil: Requiem’s June reveal that ties directly into it. The hands-on…
Category: gamescomAugust 20, 2025 High On Life 2: How a Skateboard, a Famous Actor, and Bible Adventures Make Up One of the Wildest Demos Ever Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor SummaryWe go hands-on with the upcoming High On Life 2 at gamesco 2025.Ralph Ineson joins the cast of High On Life 2 alongside the returning actors Betsy Sodaro, J.B. Smoove, and Richard Kind.High On Life 2 launches for Xbox Series X|S on February 13, 2026, and will be available on day one with Game Pass Ultimate. How do you follow one of the most hilarious first-person shooters ever created? Turns…
Category: gamescomAugust 20, 2025 Planet of Lana II Grows Beyond Its Original Form – Just Like Its Heroes Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief If Planet of Lana represented the broad strokes of a painting, then its sequel is where developer Wishfully has painstakingly added the little details. In a first hands-on demo at Gamescom 2025, the first impression is that this is a sequel in the truest sense. This is still a thoroughly modern adventure platformer; it still stars an intrepid human girl and her supernatural alien cat-thing, Mui as a controllable duo; and it still regularly wows with its…
Greetings, brave adventurers and budding swordsmiths! We’re thrilled to announce that Where Winds Meet—our epic Wuxia open-world action-adventure RPG game – will be launching on November 14, 2025. After five years of dedication, we’re finally ready to let you loose in a world filled with legend, danger, and endless adventure. But first, we have some exciting news to share about the game and a special pre-order bundle for PS5. Let’s dive in! Play Video In our latest trailer, we give you a taste of the story and setting, offering a sneak peek into the heart of this chaotic world. Please…
Category: gamescom Hollow Knight: Silksong – Yes, We’ve Finally Played It Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief Published August 20, 2025 The sheer weight of anticipation, expectation and, yes, a lot of memes, gives Hollow Knight: Silksong a pretty unique challenge to overcome as it makes a first impression. Six years since its announcement, and eight years since the original game arrived, it needs to demonstrate two things: that it’s familiar and that it’s different. Not the easiest thing to balance. As paradoxical as it sounds, I’m delighted to say that having played a new public hands-on demo at Gamescom 2025,…
Category: ID@XboxAugust 19, 2025 Distinctive New Sci-Fi Horror Game Routine Launches Later This Year on Xbox Gareth Bagg, Brand Manager, Raw Fury Imagine another version of our world, where people have begun to work and even live on the moon. You’re sent there on a job to repair a fault in a lunar base’s automated security network, but when you arrive, the station is empty. This once thriving tourist attraction is now abandoned and uncomfortably still. As you begin to search for answers, you discover that something else got here before you – and it sees you as a threat. …