The Latest Breaking News from Xbox

As Xbox fans discover just how brutal Helldivers 2 can be, Arrowhead's CEO thanks "gigachad" veterans for being "being so nice to all the new divers"

For Super Earth!

GamesRadar · Aug 28, 2025

Starfield's second story DLC is coming alongside more free updates for the Xbox RPG — and it sounds like Bethesda is finally improving the space gameplay

Starfield will get another expansion, with paid DLC and free updates currently in development, says Bethesda Game Studios producer Tim Lamb.

Windows Central · Aug 28, 2025

Arrowhead CEO humbly asks Helldivers 2 fans to "stop s****ing your pants" as servers wobble under the weight of 500,000 concurrent divers following Xbox recruits joining the fight and a new Halo ODST Warbond

That's a lot of bugs squashed and oil spilled

GamesRadar · Aug 28, 2025

Test your Helldivers 2 knowledge with this quiz — How well do you know PlayStation's first game published on Xbox?

Helldivers 2 is now available on Xbox, so test your knowledge and see how many of these questions you can get right!

Windows Central · Aug 27, 2025

This classic Call of Duty title has returned to the Microsoft Store — it had been removed over hacking concerns

Sledgehammer Games' Call of Duty: WWII was added to the Microsoft Store at the end of June, only to be removed on July 4 due to RCE hacks. 41 days later, WWII is back on the storefront.

Windows Central · Aug 27, 2025

Unreasonably good Xbox FPS featuring Vin Diesel was so under the radar, not even the studio noticed when it got canceled: "They basically forced the publisher to restart the game"

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay "was cancelled for two weeks, and we didn't know about it"

GamesRadar · Aug 27, 2025

Microsoft is Making it Even Easier (and Cheaper) to Stream Games via Game Pass — Everything You Need to Know

Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers, and more.

Tom’s Guide · Aug 27, 2025

The Outer Worlds 2 feels like a classic "bigger, bolder, better" sequel, but Xbox only let me scratch the surface

Xbox Game Studios and Obsidian Entertainment invited me to preview The Outer Worlds 2, and I'm even more excited to play this sci-fi RPG at launch now.

Windows Central · Aug 27, 2025

I played The Outer Worlds 2 and it's made me fall in love with my Xbox again

Having played an hour or so of The Outer Worlds 2, it's looking like Obsidian has done it again

T3 · Aug 27, 2025

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says Unreal Engine 5’s performance problems aren’t about the engine — they’re about when developers choose to optimize

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney explains why Unreal Engine 5 games often struggle with stuttering and poor performance, pointing to late optimization and the need for developers to rethink their workflows.

Windows Central · Aug 27, 2025