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Xbox is telling every console owner to install a mandatory update by August 17, 2026, or risk running into the same bug that locked players out of games they already owned last month. The update closes a hole exposed by a July 26–27 outage that Xbox’s own chief technology officer, Scott Van Vliet, called “unacceptable”…

Following its initial PC release in March, iRacing Arcade is heading to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S later this week on 21st August.

Asus and Microsoft sell two versions of the same handheld idea, and the price tag between them is bigger than most people expect. The ROG Xbox Ally starts at $599.99. The ROG Xbox Ally X costs $999.99. That’s a $400 gap for a device that looks nearly identical on a store shelf, runs the same…

ASUS just backed off one of the more polarizing bets of its 20th-anniversary lineup. On August 14, 2026, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Verge that the ROG Xbox Ally X20, the OLED flagship handheld unveiled at Computex in June, will ship as a standalone device instead of being locked to a roughly $2,000 bundle…

Handheld gaming PCs stopped competing on chips alone in 2026. The bigger fight is over what greets you when you press the power button. Valve’s SteamOS, Microsoft’s Xbox Full Screen Experience, and the plain Windows 11 desktop are now the three real choices shaping how a $600-to-$1,800 handheld actually feels to use, and the gap…

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We’re excited to announce that iRacing Arcade will launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S this Friday, August 21.

A new and enhanced version of the original Mafia remake is available for free on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, but only for select users.

Peter Levin of Griffin Gaming Partners explains to Yahoo Finance Executive EditorBrian Sozzi why Xbox could be strategically expendable within Microsoft while its franchises, platform, and intellectual property may represent a multibillion-dollar standalone asset. He then breaks down why Grand Theft Auto takes a decade to develop—and why GTA VI could generate extraordinary demand.

Microsoft quietly rewired how tens of millions of people access Xbox games this month. Starting with the August 4, 2026 content wave, a new Game Pass Premium tier began appearing on individual title listings, slotted between the long-running Ultimate plan and the PC-only subscription. It isn’t a splashy rebrand with a keynote attached. It’s a…