Games

News: Xbox has launched a new division called XP to turn its game franchises into movies, TV, merchandise, and theme parks, naming former Mojang president Kayleen Walters to lead the effort as CEO Asha Sharma pushes to make Xbox the top entertainment company in the world.

News: The Outlast Trials hit an all-time Steam concurrent-player record of 119,526 during this week’s 90 percent off Steam Autumn Sale, more than tripling the co-op horror game’s launch peak from 2024.

News: Playground Games acknowledged on X that it hasn’t been communicating enough with Forza Horizon 6 players, as a new report claims the game’s PS5 port has slipped from this year to January 2027, with a physical disc release alongside it.

News: Skydance, the company formed by Paramount’s roughly $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, has merged Warner Bros. Games and Paramount Games Studio into a single division led by Tony Driscoll, with former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick joining the board the same day.

News: Xbox has walked back a report claiming exclusive GTA 6 cloud streaming rights, with Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball confirming the game won’t stream exclusively through Xbox Cloud Gaming or come to PC after all.

News: Jagex has pulled a RuneScape trailer for the Dragon Slayer II quest revealed at RuneFest 2026, after fans spotted generative AI artifacts like a six-fingered knight, and apologized for what it says is the second such incident with an outside partner in weeks.