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"We're going to try and be more consistent with what we do": The head of Xbox Game Studios on the Developer Direct reveals, multiplatform strategy, and hard lessons learned from 2025

Exclusive Interview | Craig Duncan sets the stage for Xbox's most important year of the generation

GamesRadar

“If you can describe the effect, you can make your own”: Polyend Endless is a customisable stompbox with a text-to-effect generator

NAMM 2026: Polyend’s new pedal can load custom effects coded in C++, or created with Polyend’s text-based Playground generator

MusicRadar

Fable head says "we can't try to make a Lionhead game," and the RPG reboot isn't fantasy either: "We all know what fantasy is – it's The Witcher, it's Skyrim, it's Lord of the Rings"

"Fairytale exists right at the opposite end of that spectrum"

GamesRadar

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Forza Horizon 6 looks like the pinnacle of open-world racing games, and a vibe check from Playground sold me immediately: "It really is just about driving wherever you want and exploring"

Big in 2026 | Our Xbox 2026 Spotlight series continues with an exclusive interview with Playground Games to discuss the most expansive Forza game ever made

GamesRadar

Sorry, the Fable reboot doesn't feature a dog companion, Playground lead confirms: "I was hoping that nobody would ask that question"

We won't be adventuring with a four-legged friend at our side in Fable

GamesRadar

Forza Horizon 6 races into Japan in May with the series' biggest map and widest day one car selection, but stubbornly refuses to confirm whether the kei trucks will be drivable

Also there's a giant mecha, I guess.

PC Gamer

Microsoft finally reveals Fable for Xbox, PC, and PS5 in full — How Fable represents a new dawn for Xbox Games Studios

Playground Games "Fable" is the first RPG from the iconic racing game studio, and dare I say it, it seems like the studio absolutely cooked.

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Everything announced at the Xbox Developer Direct 2026

All the announcements, reveals, and news about Fable, Forza Horizon 6, Beast of Reincarnation, and Kiln

GamesRadar

Fable isn't a sequel, Playground Games lead says, because "we needed to reboot the franchise" and "put our stamp on it" – "It would be inauthentic for us to just try and make Fable 4"

"We needed to put our stamp on it and make it a Playground Fable game going forward"

GamesRadar

"We've stuck with the ambition we had right at the start": How Fable's open world fantasy lets you meddle in the lives of over 1000 living NPCs

Big in 2026 | Fable is making a comeback after 16 years, and Playground Games' general manager Ralph Fulton takes GamesRadar+ through its most ambitious feature

GamesRadar

Forza Horizon 6's Japan map is mondo-huge, Playground's 'Biggest map yet' and 'Also our most full'

Now is the time of Big Japan.

PC Gamer

Forza Horizon 6 finally gives fans what they want — could this be the best open-world racing game of all time?

During Tokyo Game Show 2025, Xbox and Playground Games unveiled Forza Horizon 6, officially confirming Japan as a setting. Here are my thoughts and more.

Windows Central

Forza Horizon 6 is officially taking us to Japan in Playground Games' "biggest map yet": "We can only do Japan once and we want to do it right"

Interview | Forza Horizon 6 is coming in 2026, and we sat down with Playground Games to talk about its Japan setting

GamesRadar

Glenn Close to star as a serial killer in new Channel 4 series based on bestsellers

Don't mess with Maud!

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5 things we didn't get from the Xbox Games Showcase, because Xbox obviously hates me personally

The recent Xbox Games Showcase was filled with exciting reveals and updates, but there were several games that I really wanted. Here are the top five.

Windows Central

Forza Horizon 5 finally has a PS5 release date, and it's coming with a big new Horizon Realms update for everyone

The PS5 version of Forza Horizon 5 has gotten an official release date, and when it launches, the game will also get a new major update as well.

PC Gamer

Fable is delayed until 2026: 'Not maybe the news people want to hear [but] it’s definitely worth the wait'

"Quite frankly the most beautifully realized version of Albion you’ve ever seen."

GamesRadar

Fable is delayed until 2026, but Xbox Game Studios head says: "It's definitely worth the wait"

The action RPG was originally slated to release this year

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GamesRadar

Fable's reboot remains shrouded in mystery – but that's the most exciting thing about it

Big in 2025 | My most wanted Xbox game of 2025 has rung in the new year in silence, but that can only mean good things

Windows Central

Support may be winding down for Forza Horizon 5 as its first update of the year arrives

Forza Horizon 5 "Midnight Muscle" is the game's first proper update of the year, and it may be signalling a decrease in support moving forward.

The Guardian - UK

TV’s latest, young, hip, French detective? Mais oui … it’s Maigret

Georges Simenon’s pipe-smoking, trenchcoat-clad, shabby sleuth has been given a Parisian makeover

GamesRadar

Alan Moore's The Great When is being made into a TV show – and the author is involved, saying "I'm genuinely excited"

The Long London is coming to TV

The Conversation

Ocean life, games and the digital revolution converge in Richard Powers’ Playground

Richard Powers’ latest novel Playground draws a distinction between two different kinds of games. There are finite games that we play to win: the aim is to defeat others and demonstrate our superiority and excellence. Then there are infinite games, played for the pleasure of the game itself. The joy…

The Guardian - UK

Playground by Richard Powers review – an electrifyingly beautiful tale of tech and the ocean

The wonders of oceanic life shine through in a magical book that is at once Anthropocene novel, disquieting AI thriller, postcolonial allegory and a portrait of friendship

The Guardian - UK

Playground by Richard Powers review – the wonder of the oceans

This ambitious, rapturous Booker-longlisted epic explores life underwater, generative AI, climate crisis and the power of play

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