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Reçu — 26 mars 2026 ⏭

The $30 Xbox Game Pass problem could be fixed without dropping the price

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26 mars 2026 à 09:00
Subscription fatigue is real, and at $360 a year, Game Pass Ultimate is a major culprit. However, the grapevine suggests a major shake-up is coming under new leadership. If Xbox wants my $30, they need to stop giving me what they want to sell and start giving me what I actually play.

The Xbox logo coming up over a mountain with several characters around it. The words, "Xbox Game Pass" are below the Xbox logo.

Subscription fatigue is real, and at $360 a year, Game Pass Ultimate is a major culprit.

Here are the Forza Horizon 6 PC, Steam Deck, and ROG Ally full system requirements

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Par : [email protected] (Michael Hoglund)
26 mars 2026 à 06:17
Playground has released the recommended hardware needed to power Forza Horizon 6, and it's not as bad as you'd think.

A screenshot of Forza Horizon 6.

Forza Horizon 6 looks to be continuing the series' reputation for optimization on PC.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 director sticks up for NVIDIA's DLSS 5 AI tech, says "This is just a little uncanny beginning" — "No way haters will stop this"

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
25 mars 2026 à 19:39
NVIDIA's upcoming DLSS 5 AI tech has been widely criticized by game players and devs alike, but KCD2 director Daniel Vávra believes it has a bright future.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Daniel Vávra, the lead dev of Warhorse Studios' Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, believes that DLSS 5 will catch on with developers and be refined over time.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says 1,000 devs laid off over Fortnite slump are "once-in-a-lifetime quality folks" — asserts the cuts weren't performance-based

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
25 mars 2026 à 17:57
After Epic Games laid off 1,000 of its employees over poor Fortnite performance, CEO Tim Sweeney was singing their praises on social media.

Tim Sweeney on stage wearing a Fortnite shirt.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney on stage giving a presentation wearing a Fortnite shirt. On Tuesday, the company laid off 1,000 employees from its workforce.

Reçu — 25 mars 2026 ⏭

Razer Viper V3 Pro drops under $120 — The Razer V4 Pro is overkill for most gamers

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)
25 mars 2026 à 16:14
Razer's Viper V3 Pro just hit $119.99. While the new V4 Pro has higher ceiling specs, the V3 Pro remains a top-tier e-sports mouse with a pro-proven 35K sensor.

Image of the Razer Viper V3 Pro wireless gaming mouse.

The Razer Viper V3 Pro was one of the best gaming mouse on the market until yesterday, but it's now a much better value.

Crimson Desert, Marathon, Monster Hunter Stories 3 lead latest Xbox Stream Your Own Game additions

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25 mars 2026 à 16:10
Xbox has added over 45 new titles to its Stream Your Own Game feature, including Crimson Desert, Marathon and Monster Hunter Stories 3 and more.

Stream your own game latest additions

The latest Xbox stream your own game additions

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 brings back fan-favorite multiplayer maps and modes in Season 3

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Par : [email protected] (Cole Martin)
25 mars 2026 à 14:09
Season 3 adds an array of new and returning maps and modes to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 when it launches on April 2.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Season 3

Black Ops 7 Season 3 blends the old and new with more outrageous operator skins and nostalgic maps.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 campaign's Endgame mode is going free to play for a limited time with the April launch of Season 3 — plus new content and changes to Combat Rating are on the way

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Par : [email protected] (Cole Martin)
25 mars 2026 à 13:00
Treyarch aims to release Black Ops 7 campaign's Endgame mode for free as part of Call of Duty: Warzone with the Season 3 update on April 2. Free-to-play access to Endgame is only for a limited time.

Black Ops 7 Endgame Season 3

The Endgame mode from Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a 4-player PvE experience blending futuristic military combat against The Guild and horrific nightmare ghouls together on the Avalon map.

Xbox ranked as the number 5 game publisher of 2025, trouncing Nintendo, PlayStation and other big hitters

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25 mars 2026 à 10:29
Xbox has been ranked the 5th best game publisher of 2025 by Metacritic, beating Nintendo and PlayStation with strong review scores and consistent releases across its studios.

Xbox Game Studios list

Xbox Game Studios list

Kerbal Space Program 2 is the scam that won't die — How this game is still allowed on Steam as "Early Access" is beyond me

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Par : [email protected] (Michael Hoglund)
25 mars 2026 à 09:22
How this game is still allowed to be on Steam as an Early Access title is beyond me.

Kerbal Space Program 2 screenshot of a Kerbal overlooking a stone.

RIP Kerbal Space Program 2, or at least, for now.

Explaining Halo Studios' outsourcing — a broader shift in leadership strategy and approach to game production revealed

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25 mars 2026 à 08:26
A new report details how Halo Studios is approaching outsourcing on Halo Campaign Evolved, including Abstraction’s role and how leadership strategy is shaping development.

MAsterchief and UNSC Marines hitting the beach in The Silent Cartographer

Key art for Halo: Campaign Evolved, showing Master Chief with text of the game's name

One of the best and most iconic games I've ever played is only $1 on PC — grab it as the entire Fallout universe goes on a huge sale

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Par : [email protected] (Michael Hoglund)
25 mars 2026 à 08:03
Fallout: New Vegas for a dollar. Seriously.

Wallpaper artwork for the Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition.

Fallout: New Vegas for a dollar. Seriously.

OpenAI shock as firm shuts down popular Sora AI video generation app in desperate bid to temper spending

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Par : [email protected] (Michael Hoglund)
24 mars 2026 à 19:29
Open AI has announced that it's shutting down Sora, its popular AI video generation app and model that also powers Microsoft's Bing video generation service.

A smartphone with the Open AI and Sora logos being dispalyed.

Open Sora no more.

This popular MMO is coming soon to Xbox consoles exclusively, at least for now — it's free to play, and getting a big visual upgrade too

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
24 mars 2026 à 17:37
The popular sandbox MMO Albion Online is headed to Xbox Series X|S in April, and for the time being, it will be exclusive to Xbox in the console space.

A screenshot of Albion Online taken from one of the game's trailers.

A screenshot of a player character in Albion Online taken from one of the game's trailers.

Razer unveils Viper V4 Pro with 50K sensor, 8,000Hz polling, and an optical scroll wheel

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)
24 mars 2026 à 17:17
The Razer Viper V4 Pro features a 50K sensor, 180-hour battery life, and a more durable optical scroll wheel in a 49g symmetrical design.

Razer Viper V4 Pro

The Razer Viper V4 Pro maintains the symmetrical shape of its predecessor while upgrading the internals.

Xbox publishing lead says devs should get ready for the next-gen Project Helix console by "developing for Xbox on PC" — and by supporting this key feature

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
24 mars 2026 à 16:21
Want your game to run natively on the next-gen Xbox console Project Helix? Microsoft says you should be developing for Xbox on PC" and Xbox Play Anywhere.

Project Helix logo and Xbox colors in a collage

Project Helix is the codename for Microsoft's next-gen Xbox console, and it's quite unique in that it will be a console-PC hybrid.

Microsoft's new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is considering making Game Pass cheaper after last year's price hike — "lower-priced tiers" could be on the way

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
24 mars 2026 à 15:14
Xbox's new CEO Asha Sharma is reportedly exploring bringing "lower-priced tiers" to Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service in order to attract new customers.

Xbox Game Pass neon sign

Xbox Game Pass has become a colossal part of Microsoft's gaming business, but Xbox's new CEO Asha Sharma reportedly wants to expand it further with "lower-priced tiers."

Xbox and Netflix have “kicked around ideas” — could a Game Pass bundle be in our future?

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24 mars 2026 à 14:55
Xbox’s new CEO Asha Sharma has reportedly discussed a potential Netflix partnership, with both companies exploring the idea of a subscription bundle.

Xbox and Netflix logos

Could we see a future where both of these services are in a single bundle?

Xbox Mode is now officially rolling out, while console players will start to see their cloud save sync status

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24 mars 2026 à 14:23
Xbox Mode is beginning to roll out on PC, replacing the Xbox Fullscreen Experience, while console users in Alpha Skip Ahead can now view cloud save sync status in Game Cards.

Xbox Ally

The artist previously known as Xbox Full Screen Experience is now Xbox Mode.

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