Tag: Xbox Game Studios
News Microsoft Targeting Halo PS5 Release in the Summer
Gears of War: E-Day in second half of 2026
Microsoft is planning to put out Halo: Campaign Evolved on PS5 during the summer months, according to a new report from The Verge covering Xbox's plans for 2026. Sources speaking to the outlet claim Microsoft is "tentatively targeting release over the summer". It then has Fable in autumn, and Gears of...
News Want a Head Start on Forza Horizon 6 PS5? Cross-Save Lets You Begin on PC and Xbox
New feature across PS5, Xbox, and PC
If Forza Horizon 5 is anything to go by, then this year's Forza Horizon 6 could well be a racing game worth playing in the years to come. Playground Games has proven it supports its titles well after launch, but with the delay to the PS5 version pushing it out of the initial May 2026 release window, you'll be...
News Xbox's Obsidian Seemingly Kills The Outer Worlds, Third Game Not Planned
But more Avowed games are coming
It doesn't look like Obsidian Entertainment has any plans to make a third entry in The Outer Worlds series, as a sit-down interview with Bl
News Comedy TV Classics Inspire Fable PS5 with Interview Cutscenes
The Office! Peep Show! The IT Crowd!
Ever since the 2004 original released on the first Xbox, the Fable series has always embraced British comedy. So, as the franchise transfers hands from Lionhead Studios to Playground Games, that legacy continues. In the trailers released prior to the announcement that Fable is coming to PS5, footage showed...
News PS5 Fans Just Can't Wait to Play Xbox's New Fable Game
Teaser trailer tops one million views
Fable looks like it’s going to be a big hit when it makes its PlayStation debut later this year, day-and-date on PS5. The game’s teaser trailer, which was released late last week, has now topped more than one million views on the official PlayStation YouTube channel, with more than 26k likes. It’s more...
Another Xbox stalwart is making the jump
Fable is coming to PS5 day-and-date and it’s going to be huge. Already the game has racked up outrageous engagement on Sony’s social media channels, with its PlayStation teaser trailer approaching 500k views at the time of writing – and its X (or Twitter) post attractin
News Kiln Is a Pottery Party Brawler from Double Fine, Coming to PS5 in 2026
The great pottery throwdown
Xbox and Double Fine have announced the studio's next game — an online party brawler named Kiln. This team-based multiplayer game is all about making your own ceramic character before taking them into matches. The trailer is probably the best way to explain it: Kiln is a game of two halves. First, you'll use the...
News Fable Announced for PS5, Releases in Autumn 2026
First gameplay teaser revealed
Playground Games won't just have Forza Horizon 6 to put out on PS5 this year: it's now confirmed it is making Fable for PS5 too, and it's launching day and date with the Xbox Series X|S and PC versions this Autumn 2026. Catch the newest gameplay teaser above. While the first three Fable games never made their way...
News Forza Horizon 6 Confirmed to Launch on PS5 in 2026, Gameplay Revealed
May 2026 release for Xbox, PC
Playground Games has now announced Forza Horizon 6 will launch for Xbox Series X|S and PC on 19th May 2026, and then a PS5 version will follow later this year. For the game's complete segment in the Xbox Developer Direct, have a look above. Here's the setup and overview of Forza Horizon 6: Discover the breathtaking...
News New Forza Horizon 6 Leak Supports a May 2026 Xbox Launch, Box Art Tease
Toyota cars on the front
A new leak from Dealabs leaker BillBil-Kun has lent further weight to Forza Horizon 6 launching for Xbox Series X|S and PC on 19th May 2026, or four days prior via the Premium Edition. In a new report, they corroborate the earlier leak from an in-game Forza Horizon pop-up screen that pointed to an initial May 2026 launch...
News 'We Want to Honour the Halo Legacy on PlayStation': Xbox on Halo's PS5 Remake
Well Halo there
It's still taking some getting used to, but Xbox is now a huge publisher on PlayStation, and it's bringing one of its most beloved series to Sony's platform for the first time ever this year. Halo: Campaign Evolved is a remake of the original first-person shooter, albeit stripped of its competitive multiplayer. Announced last year,...
Rumour Xbox's Cancelled Cyberpunk RPG from ESO Dev Emerges in Leaked Video
Project Blackbird returns
Supposedly leaked footage from Project Blackbird — the sci-fi, cyberpunk-style project that was in development at ZeniMax Online — is doing the rounds online. Said footage looks pretty much conceptual from where we're sitting — this certainly isn't gameplay or anything like that — but it gives a decent impression...
News Forza Horizon 6 May Come to PS5 This Year as Xbox, PC Release Date Leaks
19th May for Xbox Series X|S and PC
A pop-up screen in Forza Horizon 5 has confirmed the franchise's sixth entry, Forza Horizon 6, will release on 19th May 2026, or 15th May if you buy the Premium Edition. This release date is for the Xbox Series X|S and PC versions, which Microsoft is putting out first. A PS5 edition follows afterwards at an...
News Hellblade Dev Plotting a More Gameplay Focused Successor, Presumably for PS5
Hack it
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 from Ninja Theory was pegged as a major console exclusive for the Xbox Series X|S when it was announced, after the original had found success on the PS4. The sequel was later be ported to the PS5 as part of Microsoft’s shifting console strategy, where it received a muted reception due to its short running time...
News PS5 Reportedly Hands Forza Horizon 5 an Additional 5 Million Sales
Resulting in $300 million of revenue
The PS5 version of Forza Horizon 5 has now sold more than five million units since its April 2025 launch and made over $300 million in revenue for publisher Microsoft, one Alinea Analytics reporter claims. Rhys Elliott of the analytical firm posted to social media that, as of last week, Alinea Analytics...
News Xbox's Avowed Will Be $20 Cheaper When It Launches on PS5
Microsoft discounts RPG for re-release
Xbox first-party RPG Avowed will cost $20 less than it did at launch when it releases on the PS5 next month, from 17th February. Microsoft originally flogged the Obsidian adventure for $69.99 when it first arrived on Xbox Series X|S and PC – although it was also included in Game Pass, of course. But...
News Fable Has Been 'Targeting' PS5 for a While, Potentially Day and Date
Not just a fable
In case you missed it, Xbox officially announced its Developer Direct presentation, due to take place at the end of January. The company has announced a trio of games that will be the main focus of the show. These include Forza Horizon 6, Beast of Reincarnation, and Fable. Unlike the other two games, the latter of these is...
News Xbox Action RPG Towerborne Totally Reworked for PS5 Release This February
You've got the tower
Towerborne, an Xbox-published action RPG that's been in early access on Steam since May 2024 — and Xbox since May 2025 — is now heading to PS5 on the 26th February, as part of its full 1.0 release. It's interesting to note that Towerborne has actually been a free-to-play title up until now, with cosmetic microtransactions...
News Xbox Exclusive RPG Avowed Is Coming to PS5 in February with Major New Features
A-wowed
Avowed, Obsidian Entertainment's Xbox exclusive RPG, is finally confirmed for PS5, and it's coming to Sony's console very soon. The game hits PS5 on 17th February 2026, a year after its initial launch last year, with pre-orders on PS Store opening soon. Set in the Pillars of Eternity universe, Avowed is a first-person fantasy RPG in...
News Big Updates on Massive Xbox Games, Bound for PS5, Later This Month
Forza! Fable! Beast of Reincarnation?
As was quietly teased towards the tail-end of last year, around the same time as The Game Awards, a big Xbox Developer Direct will take place on 22nd January at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM GMT. If you’re not sure what time that is in your country, we’ve included a guide below: 6:00PM GMT 22nd Jan 2026...
News Xbox Game South of Midnight Comes to PS5 Next Year
During the Spring 2026 season
Compulsion Games has confirmed that South of Midnight will be ported to PS5 in Spring 2026, having released for Xbox Series X|S and PC earlier this year. The developer confirmed the PS5 version (along with a Nintendo Switch 2 edition) in a social media post: Compulsion Games' third game as a studio, it previously...
News Sony Hypes Halo PS5 in Its Hot Games of 2026 Trailer
How times change
If you travelled back in time just a few years and told us Halo: Campaign Evolved would feature in a PS5 montage trailer, we genuinely wouldn’t believe you. But here it is, one of 15 titles featured in a two-minute hype trailer, which we reported on yesterday. Sony’s nestled the Xbox first-person shooter alongside first-party...
News 'It's Fun and Looks Amazing': PSVR2's Next Must-Have May Be Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
"We're pretty close"
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is out now on the PS5 and it’s excellent, but it’s bound to get even better when it adds optional PSVR2 support next year. Those of you who own the headset will know Gran Turismo 7 becomes even better when paired with Sony’s headset, and we’re expecting similar from Xbox Game Studios’...
It's a good choice for newbies
Do you want a flight stick to enhance your Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 experience on PS5? One of the downsides to picking the game on Sony’s console right now as opposed to PC or even Xbox is that you only have one option when it comes to compatible flight sticks, although more are on the way. (More on that...
Stick the landing
Once the exclusive domain of the PC, demand has seen hardcore sims like Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 land comfortably on consoles like the PS5. This particular venture into Sony airspace arrives approximately a year after it crash landed elsewhere, with dev Asobo Studio bundling in all of its various bug fixes from the past 12...
News We Could've Had Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on PS5 Much Sooner
How times change
A developer has revealed that a PS5 port of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 was initially turned down by Xbox — prior to the company's pivot to multiplatform releases. In an interview on XDA, head of the series Jorg Neumann speaks about bringing the game to PS5, including an anecdote about a much earlier pitch to bring it to...
News Not Even Hideo Kojima Is Sure if Xbox Game OD Will Be Any Good
He's not sure "if it will work"
Hideo Kojima and his team have only ever made great games, but even he is unsure about how OD, the title he's making with Xbox, will turn out. In an interview with Ananweb (via Automaton), Kojima is asked about his upcoming projects now that Death Stranding 2
News PS5 Players Ponder Avowed Port as Xbox RPG Delays Its 'Biggest Update Yet'
First anniversary plans in motion
Will Avowed eventually come to PS5? Nothing has been made official up until this point, but a port of the Xbox RPG has been speculated upon for an age, given the Team in Green's continued multiplatform push. And now we might have an inkling as to when Avowed could jump the fence. Developer Obsidian — which very...
News Microsoft Flight Simulator PS5 Trophies Want You Racking Up the Air Miles for the Platinum
Time to soar
The latest Xbox Game Studios title making the leap to PS5 is Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, a highly acclaimed aviation sim landing on the console on 8th December, 2025. Aspiring pilots may be interested to know what's expected of them with regards to Trophies, and fortunately, the list has made its way online prior to release. Over...
News Xbox Devs 'Thrilled' to Be Bringing Their Games to PS5
Happy days
Many of Xbox’s first-party studios are allegedly “thrilled” to be able to bring their games to the PS5, according to Bloomberg’s highly reliable Jason Schreier. Last year, Microsoft announced plans to bring “four” exclusive titles to Sony’s console. This eventually snowballed to the point where practically every tentpole...
Nice town, I'll take it
Age of Empires 4: Anniversary Edition is another excellent real-time strategy game from the now venerable series that popularised the subgenre back in the late 90s and early 2000s (with 'popular' being a relative term). Developed by Relic Entertainment and initially published by Xbox Game Studios in 2021, it's now the turn...
News Halo Infinite Is in Fact Finite, Dev Focusing on Campaign Evolved for PS5
"Whole team's combined focus to deliver new experiences"
Halo: Campaign Evolved – the remake of Halo: Combat Evolved coming to PS5 next year – will be the focus of dev Halo Studios moving forwards. As part of a community update, the team has confirmed that it’s ceasing content updates for the existing Xbox and PC exclusive Halo Infinite,...
News Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 May Be the Most Expensive PS5 Game to Date
It all adds up
There’s been a ton of chatter about the rising cost of PS5 games and whether GTA 6 could be the first $100 game. But Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 may get there first. The aviation experience is landing on Sony’s console on 3rd December, and it has four options available at launch: Standard ($69.99/£69.99), Deluxe...
News Obsidian's Already Trying to Improve The Outer Worlds 2's Poor Presentation on PS5 Pro
Sony's proprietary PSSR replaced
PS5 Pro is supposed to be the best place to play console games, and it often is – assuming devs support it properly. Unfortunately, The Outer Worlds 2 released in a disappointing state on Sony’s supercharged system, with a shaky frame rate and an awful implementation of the Japanese giant’s proprie
Rumour Halo 2, Halo 3 Remakes Also Purportedly Planned for PS5
Flooding us with the goods
We reckon Halo Studios’ strategy for the future of Master Chief is beginning to emerge. Halo: Campaign Evolved is coming to the PS5 next year, but the developer has already said the future of the franchise is on PlayStation. So, what’s next, after its Halo: Combat Evolved remake? Well, fan account
Poll Are You Playing The Outer Worlds 2?
Space race
It's a good time to be a fan of choice-driven RPGs, because The Outer Worlds 2 just dropped on PS5. Obsidian's latest release has technically been out for a few days through paid early access, and so far, player impressions seem to be pretty positive overall. The Outer Worlds — the first game — launched for PS4 back in 2019, and so...
News Be Sure to Download The Outer Worlds 2's Day One Patch Before Playing on PS5
Full patch notes out now
The Outer Worlds 2 is out today on PS5 (following on from a brief early access period), and it's got a big old day one update that you should definitely download before playing. This patch doesn't have any major additions or anything, but it does fix a fairly lengthy list of bugs that range from annoying to potentially...
News Millions Tune in for Halo PS5's Reveal on PlayStation's Social Media Accounts
First trailer goes viral
The official reveal of Halo: Campaign Evolved on PS5 attracted millions of views across Sony’s social media accounts. Between the likes of YouTube and X (or Twitter), engagement has been off the charts as prospective players have welcomed Xbox mascot Master Chief to Sony’s machine. On the
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Ninja Gaiden 4?
Go ninja go
We had an inkling that Ninja Gaiden 4 would end up being a bit of a divisive return for the classic action franchise — but, at least based on what we've seen around the web, the game seems to have gone down pretty well with both newcomers and longtime fans. Developed in collaboration between series stalwart Team Ninja and...
News Halo's Worst Level Will Be Much Improved on PS5
Flooded
Who remembers The Library in Halo: Combat Evolved? Even though this author was fresh faced and a lot less cynical in 2001, he still remembers that tedious trudge through blue-grey corridors, fighting endless waves of Flood. It’s something Bungie has reflected on in the years since the game’s release, observing it should have paced the...
Poll Will You Be Buying Halo: Campaign Evolved on PS5?
Hail to the Chief
We knew it was coming, but we still can't quite believe that it's actually happening. Halo was basically considered the last bastion of Xbox following Microsoft's multiplatform spree — and now, it too is going to be a PlayStation franchise going forward. It all starts with Halo: Campaign Evolved in 2026. This full remake of the...
News You Could Test Future Halo Games on PS5, PS4 in Insider Program Update
Sony consoles listed in Halo Insider preference settings
Halo Studios looks to be fully embracing the PS5 and PS4 as it brings its Halo franchise to PlayStation platforms for the first time, so much so the two systems have been listed as preferences in the Halo Insider program. This scheme allows players who have signed up to test upcoming Halo...
News Halo PS5 Will Take Full Advantage of the DualSense Controller
But no word on PS5 Pro yet
The upcoming Halo: Campaign Evolved, a remake of Bungie’s legendary Xbox exclusive Halo: Combat Evolved, will take full advantage of the DualSense controller. The remake’s PS Store page, which is live now and available to add to your wishlist, references full compatibility with the PS5’s controller, including...
Random Fans Can't Believe Halo Is Coming to PS5 Before Killzone
Halo, goodbye
Once famously described by various magazines as a ‘Halo Killer’, some PlayStation fans can’t believe Master Chief will arrive on PS5 before first-person shooter series Killzone. In the aftermath of this weekend’s announcement, where Halo: Campaign Evolved was officially confirmed for Sony’s console, one of the most viral...
News Halo PS5 Is Great, But Why Doesn't It Have Competitive Multiplayer?
The big question
Halo: Campaign Evolved, debuting for the first time on PS5, will feature two-player split-screen and four-player online campaign co-op – but it won’t have competitive multiplayer. Obviously, the LAN tournaments in the original Halo: Combat Evolved were a formative part of the franchise’s appeal, so it’s odd to see any form...
"We're competing more and more against TikTok"
By bringing its signature release Halo: Campaign Evolved to the PS5, Xbox has underlined once and for all that its business is going in a different direction. This was already evident from the success of ports like Gears of War Reloaded and Forza Horizon 5, but Master Chief is so symbolic of...
News Expect More Halo Games on PS5, Dev Says Series Is 'on PlayStation Going Forward'
"It's really a new era"
It sounds like Halo: Campaign Evolved will be just the start of Halo Studios' plans for bringing the FPS franchise to PS5 — and PlayStation in general — as the developer has said Halo is "on PlayStation going forward". Wearing a PlayStation t-shirt while saying it, community director Brian Jarrad made the comment during...
News Halo Confirmed for PS5, Remake of First Game Out in 2026
Just the single player in Halo: Campaign Evolved
Microsoft has officially announced that the Halo franchise is making the jump to PS5 in the form of a remake of the first game, titled Halo: Campaign Evolved. You can already wishlist the game on the PS Store, with the remake coming out in 2026. This is a "faithful yet modernized remake" of the...
News PS5 Pro Is Definitely Not the Best Place to Play The Outer Worlds 2 at Launch
Performance and image stability issues
While the PS5 Pro is turning in utterly outstanding results in first-party games like Ghost of Yotei, third-party publishers are having a tougher time getting to grips with the hardware. The Outer Worlds 2 is the latest effort to perform worst on Sony’s supercharged $750 hardware, according to experts...
News This Is Why Xbox Is Bringing All of Its Games to PS5 Now
Insight into what's been going on at Redmond
Xbox has undoubtedly become one of the biggest publishers on PlayStation – but it may not be entirely through choice. A new article from Bloomberg (paywalled) delves into the business decisions behind Microsoft’s sudden multiformat move, and while little of it will surprise, it does add clarity to...
