by Megan Spurr, Community Lead, Xbox Game Pass Get your mouse, touch screens, or controllers ready for some scrolling! We have a big list of games coming soon to Xbox Game Pass, featuring some dead gods, some not-so-dead gods, driving and skating, and more. Let’s jump in! Coming Soon Curse

Street Fighter stars Cammy and Guile are arriving in the Fortnite Item Shop on 8 August at 10am AEST. The Guile Outfit showcases the classic green fatigues first worn in the original Street Fighter II and adds a beach-ready Glistening Guile Variant and K.O. Backbling. A member of Delta Red,

Today, Ubisoft® announced that Far Cry 5 will be available to play for free from August 5 – 9 on Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Epic Games Store and Ubisoft Store on Windows PC. Players will have access to the entire game in solo

Today, Ubisoft® announced a new time-limited PvP event for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, Containment. The event starts tomorrow, August 4, and will run for three weeks until August 25. Inspired by the upcoming game Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction, Containment sets the players in a reworked version of the

Overnight, the Age of Empires team celebrated the launch of The African Royals DLC for Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, available now on Microsoft Store and on Steam. Dive into the heart of Africa as you explore a new continent for Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition with two

Leading gaming accessory maker Turtle Beach Corporation announced its exclusive, patented Superhuman Hearing® game audio setting has been shown to significantly improve gaming performance. In a recent study conducted in partnership with Real Industry – an educational non-profit transforming how students interact with industry – Turtle Beach put over 100

SEGA® Europe Ltd. and Two Point Studios™ Ltd. are proud to announce the crossover event of the millennium, as the immovable object of Two Point Hospital™ and the unstoppable force of Sonic the Hedgehog™ collide in an explosion of costumes, items and joy. To celebrate Sonic’s 30th anniversary, players can

Wizards of the Coast are pleased to inform you that on 25 August AEST, they’ll be unveiling Magic Showcase 2021. Magic Showcase 2021 goes beyond the playmat, delivering first looks at tabletop and digital gaming in 2022, exciting entertainment and consumer product releases, new partnerships, and reveals you won’t find

Fortnite just announced that Grammy-winning and multi-platinum artist Ariana Grande will join millions of players worldwide as the headliner for Fortnite’s in-game Rift Tour this weekend. From 7 to 9 August locally, players can jump into Fortnite for a can’t-miss musical journey across new realities. “Working with Epic and the

Prime Matter and Dark Crystal Games are pleased to announce that the official release date for Encased – the upcoming isometric dystopian sci-fi RPG – will be on Tuesday 7 September 2021. Set in an alternative 1976, the game has players exploring a hostile area called The Dome; a sealed

Both beloved Ori titles, Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps, can now be purchased together as one for the Nintendo Switch with the release of Ori: The Collection. Fans can pre-order this double pack at Australian retailers from today. Available 12th October, Ori:

A record-breaking superstar will feature in Fortnite’s next musical journey: Rift Tour. From 7 August to 9 August AEST, players can jump into Fortnite for an experience like no other, filled with magical new realities. “Fortnite is a place for the imagination and the impossible. With Rift Tour, we’re bringing

Saber Interactive has released a new Gameplay Overview Trailer for World War Z: Aftermath, breaking down all the content coming to this next evolution of the ultimate co-op zombie shooter inspired by Paramount Pictures’ blockbuster film. Experience new story episodes, melee combat, first-person mode, a new class with electrified weaponry,

Film noir psychological horror game Dollhouse is coming to Nintendo Switch in October of this year, after being launched on PlayStation®4 and Steam earlier. The game comes to Switch in both physical and digital formats and contains features specific to Nintendo Switch. Switch specific experience Dollhouse on Switch makes use

You belong to The Ascent Group, but can you survive without it? Publisher Curve Digital and Swedish indie studio Neon Giant are excited to invite gamers to make their mark in the brave new world of Veles, as the studio’s highly anticipated debut title The Ascent launches today on PC,

The PlayStation Plus monthly games lineup for August is here! From Tuesday, 3 August players can test their mettle against dangerous demons, the combative undead, aggressive fauna, and racket-wielding pros as Hunter’s Arena: Legends, Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville and Tennis World Tour 2 join PlayStation Plus. Let’s take

Warner Bros. Games and Turtle Rock Studios today released a new Back 4 Blood trailer showing off the intense cooperative and player-versus-player (PvP) action that participants can expect from the upcoming Open Beta, which begins with Early Access on Aug. 6. The Open Beta will feature the all-new PvP mode,

Earlier on Minecraft.net, it was announced that the next DLC for Minecraft Dungeons, Echoing Void, is available now. With this DLC, players will return to The End to face the Arch-llager and reach the conclusion of this first journey. Echoing Void includes both paid and free content, such as new

It’s getting hot in here! Call of Duty: Mobile Season 6: The Heat launches on Friday, 30 July at 10:00am AEST / 12:00pm NZST, and Zombies return to the game! Players will need to liberally apply sunscreen, as this season is scorching. Not only will players have access to new

Today Outright Games and Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), have shared the first gameplay trailer for their upcoming 3D platform adventure video game “The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem”. This brand new look at the game shows off the scare-rific platform worlds playable in this new adventure; The Gruesome Fun Kitchen, The

Street Outlaws 2: Winner Takes All, the new video game inspired by the speed and excitement of Discovery’s high-octane franchise, is coming Spring 2021, to PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Team up with your favourite Street Outlaws show-personalities and prove your skills behind the wheel

Determined to level up from their 2020 runner up position, Dead Weight have this year claimed victory in the Red Bull Flick 2021 Australian finals. For the second year running, grassroots competition Red Bull Flick, gave amatuer Australian players the opportunity to get their wings – while playing against some

Next week, Starlight Children’s Foundation will be kicking off its annual gaming fundraising event, Starlight GameChangers, in an effort to raise vital funds for sick kids and teens across Australia. Returning for its fourth year during the month of August, Starlight GameChangers – Powered by EB Games – invites streamers

The battle for Troy cannot be waged by man alone. In distant corners of the realm, there are whispers of three ancient behemoths: A winged calamity reigning terror. A slithering serpent with many heads. A beast prowling the abyss. Track them, harness them and turn the tide of war. Experience

by Jorg Neumann, Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator In a pivotal moment for the flight simmer community, today we are bringing Microsoft Flight Simulator to Xbox Series X|S giving aspiring pilots the chance to take flight for the first time on a console. From light planes to wide-body jets, you’ll

Following a successful 12 months in Early Access, fearless developer Ronimo Games (Awesomenauts) and their trusty sidekicks Devolver Digital have unleashed Blightbound 1.0, a dark and stylish multiplayer dungeon crawler, on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Blightbound is an online & local multiplayer dungeon crawler that tasks three heroes

by Will Tuttle, Xbox Wire Editor in Chief While there’s no denying that flashy supercars and built-for-fun off-road vehicles are the stars of the show in the Forza Horizon series, it’s the widely varied, based-on-real-life environments that really make the games shine. Whether it’s kicking up dust while blasting across

Today, Ubisoft announced that Assassin’s Creed® Valhalla’s next major expansion, The Siege of Paris, will be available on August 13. In addition, Season 3, Sigrblot Season, features exclusive rewards and activities accessible to all players. The Sigrblot Festival is live this Thursday, July 29 for all players until August 19.

Mattel, Inc. and Milestone, a leading global racing game developer, today unveiled a massive garage of cars that will be available at launch in Hot Wheels Unleashed™. Featuring 66 vehicles, including Hot Wheels® most celebrated original designs over the brand’s 53-year history, the lineup also includes cars that have become

NEO: The World Ends with You, the action role-playing game developed by SQUARE ENIX®, is available worldwide for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Nintendo Switch™ system. NEO: The World Ends with You transports players to the bustling streets of Shibuya, as they step into the shoes of protagonist Rindo