Get the band together and battle through the Clone Wars.

The galaxy far, far way is a ripe battleground for strategy games, although Star Wars has only seen a handful of them over the years. Developer Bit Reactor, in collaboration with Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games, are changing that with its band of misfits and mercenaries taking charge in an explosive turn-based tactics title on […]

At XBOX Games Showcase earlier this year, we played a Minecraft Dungeons II demo that took us to the hacking/slashing/looting/shooting heart of this upcoming ARPG sequel – but today at gamescom 2026, I got to play a new version that showed us much more of what will surround that core mechanical experience. In a 30 […] The post Minecraft Dungeons II: The New Features Being Shown at gamescom 2026 appeared first on XBOX Wire.

Getting tactical with the boys.

"They're basically incredibly intelligent versions of the autocorrect."

Last week, I was able to play 2 hours from the middle of METRO 2039, the fourth and upcoming METRO game headed to XBOX Series X|S and XBOX on PC in February 2027. Building on the rich world, crunchy gameplay, and bespoke engine tech that 4A has built up over more than 15 years with […] The post METRO 2039 Isn’t Kidding Around appeared first on XBOX Wire.

Gamescom looms on the horizon, and this year Capcom heats things up as it overclocks the Blue Bomber in Mega Man: Dual Override, then cools them off with a venture into the frigid and hostile Norgan region in Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen. I got to go hands-on with both to see what Capcom is […]

We’ve seen the grand overview at Developer_Direct, a look at the story and cast in the trailers, and had a walkthrough of the Living Population – but at gamescom 2026, Playground Games gave us our biggest look yet at how Fable’s combat will work in the form of a first ever demo for press and […] The post Fable: Find Out How Combat Works After Our First Hands-on appeared first on XBOX Wire.

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Survivors, start stocking up on supplies because you’re going to want to be ready. Closed beta playtests for State of Decay 3 are on the way before the end of 2026, giving the community its biggest hands-on look yet at the next chapter of the zombie survival series ahead of its 2027 launch. The Undead […] The post State of Decay 3: Closed Beta Playtests Will Open the Game to Even More Players This Year appeared first on XBOX Wire.

The core of Total War’s DNA appears intact so far in Total War: Warhammer 40K, but we will have to wait and see if the heavier focus on ranged combat and the other 40k influence will result in something genuinely special or a creation that has fallen to Chaos.

In the pantheon of the Persona series, its fourth entry is held in high regard, and time will tell if Persona 4 Revival will prove to be the best of the bunch. The little bit I got to see is at least making it a pretty strong contender for that award, and it still very much feels like Persona 4. But anyone who has played it before knows it’s a very long game, so we will have to wait and see whether it's worth tuning in for or changing the channel.