It's currently set for release in Q2 2026, coming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on day one, though it will also be available to purchase on Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5.

Microsoft announced Wednesday during Gamescom 2025 that not only will its Xbox Ally handhelds be released on October 16, but the company is spinning up a new initiative to support optimized gaming on these devices called the Handheld Compatibility Program.

Catch up on all reveals from Xbox at Gamescom 2025, including new game trailers, announcements, and release dates, in this guide.

Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch the Xbox showcase at Gamescom 2025, including every game announced.

Survivor is a single player auto-shooter where you need to survive hordes of aliens and try to strike it rich at the same time. Deep rock Galactic: Survivor comes to Xbox Game Pass, Series X/S, Xbox Cloud,

Yep, these are the same folks that brought us Friday the 13th: The Game, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Predator: Hunting Grounds - basically, they love translating big movie series' into multiplayer games. The good news with this Halloween adaptation is that there'll be some sort of single-player component too.

With all that said, "wrap up" is a pretty difficult phrase to define here. Microsoft has made an effort to make its software cross-generational since the Xbox One. Announced games will still be compatible with the Xbox Series consoles, and future, unannounced ones likely will, too.

A new Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S free download released by Microsoft has brought back some sweet OG Xbox nostalgia.

A widely shared Facebook post that criticises Britain's Online Safety Act and suggests the law makes it harder to use a Microsoft Xbox than enter the country is misleading.

Hell Let Loose is getting a sequel that takes place during the Vietnam War. At Gamescom, Team17 and Expression Games announced Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, a platoon-based "hardcore" FPS featuring 50v50 multiplayer battles focused on team play and strategy.

An Xbox One game from the year 2014 was delisted nine years later in 2023, and now, two years after this, it has returned to sale.