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Halo: Campaign Evolved: Release date rumors, platforms, and everything else we know about the Halo remake

Master Chief is returning in 2026 with a ground-up remake of the original Halo that's promising new content on top of a totally remade presentation.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone devs on making one of the biggest live-service games in the world — "Some teams see launch as the finish line. For us, it’s the starting gun"

As Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone starts Season 2, its devs joined us to talk how they're handling the challenges of live-service game development.

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Skyrim is already on Switch 2, so Todd Howard had no choice but to announce some other stuff: Fallout 4 arrives this month, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle coming in May

Fallout 4's physical edition is coming in late April

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As GTA 6 looms near Fable's fall release date, Xbox Game Studios head isn't super worried about Rockstar: "They're going to do what they're going to do"

"There's always other games, and there's always other things we have to consider"

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Xbox Game Studios boss has played a "bunch" of the Fable reboot, and his "brain pops" thinking about its 1,000 NPCS: "Fable is going to be an incredible RPG"

"I've messed around with the combat and the Living Population, and it's just mind blowing"

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The head of Xbox Game Studios says 'we're going to try and be more consistent' with its PS5 game release strategy

Xbox Game Studios boss Craig Duncan says its PS5 strategy is working, but admits it has been "inconsistent" in regards to certain titles.

TechRadar

Xbox Game Studios lead can't say when State of Decay 3 will rear its head again, but he "will certainly see a lot more of it in the coming year"

Undead Labs' zombie threequel was announced in 2020

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If every Xbox game can hit Fable's apparent AAA quality — it's destined for a bright future

Xbox might have shed exclusivity, but in a post-Roblox world, it absolutely had no choice.

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Why Playground Games' ambitious open-world Fable reboot is a fresh start for the series: "This has to be Playground's Fable"

Big in 2026 | Playground Games has been wanting to do "something other than Forza" for 10 years, and the Fable reboot feels like a match made in Albion

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This huge, hotly anticipated Xbox game is "coming on really well," but Xbox's publishing lead can't say more — "I think the [PR] in this room will murder me"

Six years after its initial announcement in 2020, Xbox's State of Decay 3 is "coming on really well" according to Xbox Game Studios head Craig Duncan.

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Xbox Game Studios head says "we want our games to reach the most players that we can," signalling more PS5 releases — Microsoft is done with Xbox exclusives

Craig Duncan, the head of Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios, says that the publisher wants "to reach the most players that we can" with its game releases.

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"Sometimes we are inconsistent": Fable hits PS5 day one so Microsoft can get the RPG to "as many players as we can," but Xbox Game Studios head wants to "maintain optionality" for multiplatform launches

"We just want to do the best job, by each platform, by each game"

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Forza Horizon 6 finally returns to the wristband career mode the series has drifted so far away from: 'You'll start out as just a tourist in Japan'

You've gotta earn that supercar.

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"We're going to try and be more consistent with what we do": The head of Xbox Game Studios on the Developer Direct reveals, multiplatform strategy, and hard lessons learned from 2025

Exclusive Interview | Craig Duncan sets the stage for Xbox's most important year of the generation

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Fable's "shades of gray approach to morality" directly ties into the RPG's living population, with a reputation system I can't wait to play with

How Fable's approach to morality will shape some of the RPG's biggest choice and consequence innovations

TechRadar

Forza Horizon 6's Developer Direct showcase was brilliant — these three big changes are what excite me most about the upcoming open-world racing game, but potential genAI usage has me concerned

Better player housing, touge battles, and iconic Japanese street racing locales — yep, Forza Horizon 6 looks pretty exceptional.

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One game surprised me the most in the Xbox Developer Direct — and it's a wacky brawler that's releasing this year

Xbox Game Studios has revealed Kiln, a pottery brawler from the team behind Keeper and Psychonauts 2.

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Forza Horizon 6 looks like the pinnacle of open-world racing games, and a vibe check from Playground sold me immediately: "It really is just about driving wherever you want and exploring"

Big in 2026 | Our Xbox 2026 Spotlight series continues with an exclusive interview with Playground Games to discuss the most expansive Forza game ever made

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Everything announced at the Xbox Developer Direct 2026

All the announcements, reveals, and news about Fable, Forza Horizon 6, Beast of Reincarnation, and Kiln

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"We've stuck with the ambition we had right at the start": How Fable's open world fantasy lets you meddle in the lives of over 1000 living NPCs

Big in 2026 | Fable is making a comeback after 16 years, and Playground Games' general manager Ralph Fulton takes GamesRadar+ through its most ambitious feature

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Fable 4 is officially just Fable, and after a 16-year wait it finally launches this fall across Xbox, PC, and PS5

Six years after Playground's Fable game was first announced, we finally know what it looks like

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Clockwork Revolution could be the most expressive Xbox RPG in years, with inXile aiming to "bring the level of reactivity from our isometric titles into something first-person"

Big in 2026 | Our Xbox 2026 Spotlight series continues with an exclusive interview with Brian Fargo, studio head of inXile Entertainment

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With Gears of War: E-Day aiming to recapture "the vibes of the original games", The Coalition believes its upcoming prequel "has the potential to be one of the best stories in the Gears franchise"

Big in 2026 | Our Xbox 2026 Spotlight series continues with an exclusive interview with The Coalition to discuss the next mainline Gears of War game

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Halo: Campaign Evolved is a faithful remake tasked with relaunching a legendary franchise: "We see this as a way to grow, expand, and reconnect the Halo community"

Big in 2026 | Our Xbox 2026 Spotlight series kicks off with a new Halo Studios interview, exploring the promise and potential of its Combat Evolved remake

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Minecraft is getting cuter with its first update of the year, and you can already try out the new baby mobs

Mojang Studios has already begun testing the first new features included in Minecraft's first 2026 update, with adorable baby versions of our favorite mobs.

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