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Woot has launched a new Best of PC sale with deals across gaming desktops, laptops, monitors, PC components, storage, and accessories. The lineup includes everything from RTX-powered gaming PCs and Copilot+ laptops to SSDs, RAM, cases, and so on, with prices starting at just $4.99 Prime shipped (a $6 delivery fee will apply otherwise). There’s…

Update, 7/27/26, 7:24 p.m.:After suffering an outage that began late yesterday evening, several Xbox online services have been restored according to the Xbox Status page. 

Xbox is currently suffering a major service outage, days after PlayStation was hit with a similar issue. Services such as booting up digital games, logging into your account, and browsing the Xbox Store are said to be affected.

UPDATE 5:30 p.m. ET:Xbox says it’s “making progress on recovery” and that “most players should be able to launch titles and complete purchases again.” However, it warns that, “Some may still see occasional failures as we finish up.”

There is no greater joy than playing the first couple of hours of a game. All of the unfinished games in my various libraries that have only a couple hours of playtime are a testament to this.

Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders have been live for a few weeks now and Rockstar Games just shared an update explaining more details about how region restrictions differ between the PS5 and Xbox versions of the game.

Players of indie hit Meccha Chameleon have been warned to update the game and steer clear of its original Discord server after malicious Steam Workshop maps infected PCs.

Microsoft’s Play Anywhere initiative is growing once again. Now, Ubisoft games are included for the first time, meaning for titles like Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, you now only need to purchase the game once to get access across both Xbox consoles and PC. 

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Microsoft’s Xbox is currently experiencing widespread service disruption. The tech giant’s games division has confirmed outages affecting multiple parts of its online ecosystem