I missed having Xbox Remote Play on my ROG Ally — but then I found my Steam Deck can do it even better

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)

26 juin 2025 à 09:30

After using a now deceased ROG Ally for Xbox remote play I was ready to wait it out until I discovered this app exists and does it even better.

XBPlay on Steam Deck remote playing an Xbox console.

7 upcoming day one Xbox Game Pass games I need to play yesterday — and I'm looking forward to even more

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Par : [email protected] (Zachary Boddy)

26 juin 2025 à 08:00

Xbox has already confirmed a ton of upcoming, day one additions to Xbox Game Pass, so here are 7 that I can't wait to play (but I'll have to anyways).

Screenshot of Keeper from the Microsoft Store.

Final Fantasy VII Remake coming to Xbox is cool — but I'm sticking with the PC version and mods that let me fight Darth Vader

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26 juin 2025 à 08:00

With the Xbox version of Final Fantasy VII Remake on the horizon, it's time we look back on the PC version and celebrate its incredible catalog of insane mods.

Promotional screenshot of Cloud fighting Darth Vader in a modded version of Final Fantasy VII Remake

Gears of War: Reloaded preorders — where to buy and everything you need to know

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Par : [email protected] (Samuel Tolbert)

26 juin 2025 à 07:00

Gears of War: Reloaded is coming this year, so get ready for this return to the original outing with our preorder guide and everything else you need to know.

Baird curb stomping a Locust in Gears of War: Reloaded

WWE 2K25 gets the WrestleMania 41 arena and its second DLC — but where's the missing celebrity from the first one?

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)

25 juin 2025 à 17:03

2K has released the second DLC pack for WWE 2K25, as well as the WrestleMania 41 pack for owners of the Bloodline Edition, and the Riyadh Crown Jewel arena. But DLC 1 is still incomplete.

CM Punk in the ring at Crown Jewel, Riyadh, in WWE 2K25.

I'll replay Xbox's Hellblade 2 when it gets its 60FPS performance mode — I wish it had launched that way to begin with

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Par : [email protected] (Samuel Tolbert)

25 juin 2025 à 16:41

Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 Enhanced Edition is slated to launch on Aug. 12, 2025, with a 60 FPS performance mode, developer commentary, and more.

Screenshot of Senua's Saga: Hellblade II running on Xbox Series X, Windows PC, or ASUS ROG Ally.

I would love for Final Fantasy to return to turn-based combat, and thanks to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33,it might

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25 juin 2025 à 16:05

Square Enix recently held a shareholders meeting, answering various questions from the media. One reporter asked if Square Enix is willing to make future Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games 'command-based' while citing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Square Enix responds that they respect 'command-based' RPGs and will continue to make their games like so.

Trailer screenshot of Sephiroth in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

STALKER 2's latest free update restores major A-life AI features to NPCs — making them more like the original game at last

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25 juin 2025 à 09:09

GSC Game World has uploaded the fifth major free update to its critically acclaimed survival shooter, Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl. This update features restorations for NPC AI and A-life, new weapons and loot to find, and tons of balance changes and quality-of-life improvements.

Trailer screenshot of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl's Patch 1.5 update.

Forget about Steam in the Xbox PC app — I want Game Pass in the app I actually use

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)

25 juin 2025 à 07:30

The PC Xbox app can now aggregate your game libraries, including Steam. That's great, but Game Pass coming to Steam would be a lot more meaningful.

Steam and PC Game Pass

Warhammer 40K's best alternative CRPG to Baldur's Gate 3 is 69% off on PC — just in time for its "Lex Imperialis" DLC

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25 juin 2025 à 06:58

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader's 2nd DLC expansion recently launched. To mark the occasion, the base game has gone on sale at various retailers.

In-game screenshot of an Imperium statue in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

Borderlands 4 dev says it's getting this beloved feature late — here's why it won't be at launch

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)

24 juin 2025 à 18:33

Gearbox Software's Borderlands 4 is getting the beloved Photo Mode feature, but it's not coming at launch. Here's why.

Rafa, one of Borderlands 4's new Vault Hunters, hacking and slashing with electro-blades.

Microsoft and Xbox just gave this Halo fan game their blessing — it's Vampire Survivors with Master Chief, and I'm having a blast

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)

24 juin 2025 à 17:24

Spartan Survivors is an amazing fan-made Halo game that's essentially Vampire Survivors with Master Chief, and Microsoft and Xbox just gave it a green light.

Official artwork for the Spartan Survivors fan game.

Whoa, this 10 year old game is getting a massive new update this week — I'm finally going back to finish it after all this time

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)

24 juin 2025 à 16:02

A full decade after its release, Dying Light — Techland's beloved 2015 zombie action game — is getting a huge new update this week. Here's what's coming.

Dying Light

"Deus Ex" just turned 25 years old and it's still the best PC game of all time — you only need $2 to play it on practically anything

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Par : [email protected] (Ben Wilson)

24 juin 2025 à 16:00

Ex-Ion Storm game Director Warren Spector has celebrated the 25th anniversary of Deus Ex with a touching video message, and I can't help but play it again.

Deus Ex (2000) on an ASUS ROG Ally with a pink and purple background

Where to buy a Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition — and why it's a better bargain than the "normal" Meta Quest 3S

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)

24 juin 2025 à 16:00

The Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition adds an Elite Strap, exclusive Xbox controller, and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, all for just $100 more than the standard model.

Meta Quest 3S (Xbox Edition) photographs

Microsoft is reportedly planning yet more major cuts at Xbox — as early as next week

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Par : [email protected] (Samuel Tolbert)

24 juin 2025 à 10:05

Microsoft is planning major cuts at Xbox as early as next week, according to a report from Bloomberg.

Xbox Sign

Rogue Trader continues to be one of the best Warhammer 40,000 games of all time — thanks to this second DLC expansion

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24 juin 2025 à 09:00

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader’s second DLC expansion, Les Imperialis, has over 15 hours of awesome new stories, quests, gameplay changes, and more.

Trailer screenshot of the Adeptus Arbites in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

After a year of waiting, Microsoft's Meta Quest 3S "Xbox Edition" is here — our hands-on review of this (very) limited edition partnership

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Par : [email protected] (Jez Corden)

24 juin 2025 à 09:00

Last year, Microsoft revealed it was working on an Xbox edition Quest VR headset with Meta, of Facebook fame. Was it worth waiting for over a year? Our review.

Xbox Meta Quest 3S

Xbox is bringing more games to "Stream Your Own Game" for Cloud Gaming — as well as a feature we've wanted for years

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Par : [email protected] (Samuel Tolbert)

24 juin 2025 à 05:00

As more games come to "Stream Your Own Game" for Xbox Cloud, a new update provides better details on saves synced across cloud and consoles.

Xbox pop-up showing details on when and where a game was last saved

Star Wars Battlefront 2 player counts are blowing up Steam charts again — It's thanks to a deal so good it must be from a galaxy far, far away

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)

23 juin 2025 à 17:24

Thanks to an amazing Star Wars Battlefront 2 deal on Steam and other platforms, the game's resurgence is still going strong. In fact, it's stronger than ever.

Star Wars Battlefront 2

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