Microsoft knows how to time a release perfectly. With the second season of Prime Video’s Fallout series just around the corner, the company has released a pair of controllers that draw inspiration from the game’ most recognizable device: the Pip-Boy. The Xbox controllers are available in two versions: a normal Wireless model and a top-tier Elite Series 2 variant.
For years, GTA Online users have been making money, avoiding cops, and living in Los Santos. Rockstar Games’ latest update, A Safehouse in the Hills, finally gives players access to those huge hilltop houses. These assets will be available on December 10 for almost all of your platforms, including the PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC, transforming your crew into the ultimate icons of extravagance.
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One box, untouched since leaving the factory 8 years ago, sold for $42,500. That’s the price of a sealed physical copy of Fortnite, the Xbox One edition from 2017 that started the battle royale craze before the world knew what was coming. This was the standard retail release, with the Storm Master Weapon Pack sticker on the cover, sealed and graded a perfect Wata 10 A++.
Rockstar dropped the news on Thursday, just before parent company Take-Two Interactive’s earnings call. Fans who held out hope for the May 26, 2026 date woke up to a six-month slide instead. This is the second official delay for GTA 6, which was originally aimed at Fall 2025 before moving up earlier this year.
Microsoft has spent years developing its cloud streaming service, and today is the big moment. After more than five years in beta, Xbox Cloud Gaming has transitioned from preview to full production. Subscribers can now stream games at higher resolutions, with improved visuals and smoother animation, without the need for a high-end console or PC. These improvements will primarily affect the top-tier Game Pass Ultimate subscription, but they will also extend cloud access to lower-tier plans.
A single frame from Halo: Campaign Evolved depicts Master Chief standing on the Ring’s beach, with sunlight cutting through palm fronds so sharp you can count the veins. Twenty-four years after the original Halo debuted on a clunky Xbox, the same shore shines in Unreal Engine 5.
Tito Perez of Macho Nacho Productions spent months staring at a grainy photograph of Microsoft’s 2000 Xbox prototype. A 40-pound X carved from solid aluminum, polished so it mirrored the room like a dark mirror, and topped with a glowing green diamond. The original is kept away at Microsoft headquarters, a relic that no one could touch. So he created his own, a version that could actually play games.
Halo: Campaign Evolved, set to be released in 2026, transports you directly to the sandy beaches of Installation 04, where the waves crash stronger and Covenant dropships hum with dread. Built from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5, this rendition of the original 2001 campaign delves deeper into what made those levels linger with you for decades.
Two helicopters carve a path through the warm Miami night, and in one of the choppers, Emmanuel Rodriguez (aka “Master” – the man behind Team Ninja’s community outreach) gripped a controller tight with one hand. Swae Lee the rapper (you probably know his voice from hits like “Sunflower”) sat beside him and they were both completely locked in to a game that needed lightning-fast decisions and reflexes. What happened next engraved Ninja Gaiden 4 into the record books – literally.
Holiday decorations are frequently locked in traditional patterns – snowmen, reindeer, and lines of dazzling lights that have illuminated living rooms for generations. But Hallmark’s latest Keepsake ornament mixes things up in a really exciting way. The ornament resembles an old Xbox 360 console – yep, the one from nearly two decades ago – and is 3.25 inches tall, perfectly capturing late-night gaming sessions and heroic fights against extraterrestrial opponents.