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Halo: Campaign Evolved board game announced for 2026

Mantic Games and Halo Studios have announced Halo: Campaign Evolved – The Board Game, a new 1-2 player co-op tabletop adaptation launching this year.

🎮 Halo🎮 Halo: Campaign Evolved board game

PolygonNews2 months ago

🟩 Xbox, Multi-platform

Xbox May Have Just Solved A Major Annoyance About Huge Game Updates

Microsoft released an update for Xbox Insiders today to test several new features coming to Xbox Series X|S(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-series-x-review/1100-6484104/). The update brings changes to Gamertags and more, but the most useful of these features allows players to use cloud gaming to play updating titles, fixing one of user's biggest annoyances with the console. An Xbox Wire post(https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/06/24/xbox-insiders-august-2026-console-features/) broke down these new features in more detail. Typically, games that are updating on consoles become unplayable, and that wait can get quite long for large, high-fidelity AAA titles. However, this update makes it so that, if the game is part of the Game Pass catalog and you have a subscription, you'll now be able to boot it up via cloud gaming and play it while the update downloads. If you have the internet bandwidth to support it, this update is extremely alluring. It also shows Xbox is still putting some focus on cloud gaming, even as it recenters its strategy around consoles like the upcoming Project Helix(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/next-gen-xbox-project-helix-wont-get-much-new-info-in-todays-event-exec-says/1100-6539840/). !(https://www.gamespot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/4.-Cloud-playable-update-b9dd870a9661db314986.png?w=1024) There are plenty of other updates for those who don't like cloud gaming to look forward to as well. Game hubs for Xbox 360 games will now show achievements, and a wishlist option will be added to game cards for ones you don't own. Those are small UI tweaks, but they do add things I'm surprised weren't already supported. In 2019, Microsoft's last big overhaul(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-gamertag-update-lets-you-take-someone-elses-n/1100-6467648/) of Xbox Gamertags(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-gamertag-update-lets-you-take-someone-elses-n/1100-6467648/) limited them to 12 characters at most. Seven years later, it's finally upping the limit to 15 characters. Maybe it's finally time for me to change the Gamertag I've had since I was eight years old. Xbox Insiders who are part of the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring are the first to have access to these updates. These updates will roll out to other Xbox Insider tiers in the future before eventually being released to all Xbox Series X|S owners.

🎮 Xbox May Have Just Solved A Major Annoyance About Huge Game

GameSpotNews2 months ago

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Some Retailers Are Refusing To Carry GTA 6’s Physical Release

The news that Grand Theft Auto 6 won't get a traditional physical release and will include a code in a box(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gta-6-physical-copies-wont-include-discs-just-download-codes/) rather than a disc isn't sitting well with many on the internet(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-internet-has-some-things-to-say-about-gta-6s-price/). At least two retailers are joining the dissent, announcing their intent not to sell GTA 6. Video Games Plus (VGP), a Toronto-based retailer, stated that it will not be offering GTA 6 under the company's policy of not selling games that only contain digital codes. VGP added that it would be "pleased" to carry and support the game should Rockstar release it on disc. "We want to be clear that this decision is not a reflection of the game itself," VGP's statement on X reads. "We have tremendous respect for Rockstar Games and the incredible achievement that Grand Theft Auto 6 represents." https://twitter.com/VideoGamesPlus/status/2069773098295910714?s=20 According to VGP's official website(https://videogamesplus.ca/pages/about-us), the retailer was founded in 1990 and entered the online marketplace through eBay before launching its own website. VGP has one brick-and-mortar location in Ontario. Similarly, Delaware-based video game store Loot Box Gaming (LBG) said that while the company is still awaiting further details about GTA 6's release, it will not sell the game if the physical edition is just a code in a box. "If a product can’t honor the people who pay their hard-earned money to purchase it, then we have no business trying to sell it to our customers whom we value above anything else," LBG's statement read. LBG is an online-only retailer that also has roots in eBay, but the store's website(https://lootboxgaming.us/pages/about-us) states that it plans to expand with a retail storefront in the future. https://twitter.com/LootBoxGamingUS/status/2069756247507624039?s=20 Both VGP and LBG emphasized game preservation in their social media posts. These two retailers are small compared to superstores like Target and Walmart, so it's hard to imagine these developments will have much effect on GTA's launch and sales. Still, replies to their statements are largely complimentary and respectful. Meanwhile, GameStop has been silent so far, which is somewhat surprising considering how annoyingly online its social media pages are(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gamestop-declares-the-console-wars-officially-over-with-halo-on-ps5/1100-6535718/), especially in the wake of massive games industry news such as this. GTA 6 is scheduled for a November 19 launch, and as expected, it "features a single-player experience,"(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gta-6-features-a-single-player-experience-at-least-at-launch/) leading many to wonder what the game's online plans will be. GTA 6: 241 Screenshots To Ease The Wait !OfficialCoverArtlandscape Large(https://www.gamespot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/OfficialCoverArtlandscape-Large.jpeg?w=1024) !gtavi-city-tennis-frame (1)(https://www.gamespot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/gtavi-city-tennis-frame-1.jpg?w=1024) !gta bikes(https://www.gamespot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/gta-bikes.webp?w=1024) !4488919-ambrosia02.jpg(https://www.gamespot.com/wp-content/uploads/original/1179/11799911/4488919-ambrosia02.jpg?w=1024) !4488920-ambrosia03.jpg(https://www.gamespot.com/wp-content/uploads/original/1179/11799911/4488920-ambrosia03.jpg?w=1024) !4488921-ambrosia04.jpg(https://www.gamespot.com/wp-content/uploads/original/1179/11799911/4488921-ambrosia04.jpg?w=1024) !4488922-ambrosia05.jpg(https://www.gamespot.com/wp-content/uploads/original/1179/11799911/4488922-ambrosia05.jpg?w=1024) View Images(https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/gta-6-screenshots-images/2900-6525/)

🎮 GTA🎮 Grand Theft Auto

GameSpotNews2 months ago

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Avatar Legends :The Fighting Game, the series' biggest game in years, arrives next month

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game is out next month. It has the potential to be the best Avatar game yet.

PolygonNews2 months ago

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All barn locations in Forza Horizon 6

Here's where you find all the barns hidden in Forza Horizon 6. In this guide, you also learn all the cars you can obtain from finding these places.

🎮 Horizon

PolygonNews2 months ago

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GTA VI is a worrying sign for the future of physical games

Rockstar Games has finally given Grand Theft Auto VI a price ahead of the game's November 19th launch. But while announcing that the game would cost $79.99, Rockstar also confirmed that the physical versions of GTA VI won't include a disc, and instead will only contain a download code inside the box. Not only is &8230;

🎮 GTA🎮 Grand Theft Auto

TheNews2 months ago