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How to play all Fallout games on handhelds like Xbox Ally X — the best settings to maximize performance and battery life

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From Fallout 1 to Fallout 76, this guide breaks down the exact steps, fixes, and settings needed to get every Fallout game running smoothly on Windows handhelds.

Fallout Games and their boxarts behind an Xbox Ally X with Pip Boy giving a thumbs up.

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Gears of War: E-Day is The Coalition's "most ambitious game yet," says studio head — and the upcoming Xbox sequel will be the "best place to jump into the Gears universe"

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Par : [email protected] (Samuel Tolbert)
The Coalition studio head Mike Crump says Gears of War: E-Day is the team's "most ambitious" game yet, and it's launching in 2026.

Gears of War: E-Day art with the crimson skull

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Fallout Season 2 and Call of Duty collide in a new Black Ops 7 and Warzone crossover — Season 1's 'Reloaded' update will add content from the TV show

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
Following the premiere of Season 2 of the Fallout TV show, a special crossover between Call of Duty and Fallout has been announced for BO7 and Warzone.

Lucy in Fallout TV series Season 2

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Don't delete your Xbox games to make room for the 2026 lineup — Seagate's cards now come with a Christmas discount that fixes the AAA storage crunch

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Christmas has come early for Xbox players as retailers have acquired discount deals on the Seagate Storage Expansion Card for Xbox Series X|S to upgrade their storage space for 2026's upcoming Xbox titles.

Photograph of the 1TB Seagate Storage Expansion Card for Xbox Series X|S

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Want five months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for less than $100? — This Christmas promo bypasses the price hike

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Newegg is offering a special discount for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which has reduced its price by 15%. This discount also stacks up to five times, so you can get five months ' access for less than $100.

AI generated screenshot of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate visualized

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This huge Call of Duty deal on Black Ops 7 is a great last-minute Christmas gift — Xbox's new massive FPS makes a great holiday stocking stuffer

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 stands tall as one of 2025's biggest new games, and is on sale for a big discount. It's a great last-minute Christmas gift for gamers.

An official screenshot of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.

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Final Fantasy 7 producer Yoshinori Kitase shares his top 3 Xbox games right now — as FF7 free demo hits Xbox Series X|S and Xbox PC

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Par : [email protected] (Jez Corden)
Final Fantasy VII is finally coming to Xbox in a few weeks. To celebrate, Square Enix shared a video with us detailing some of the producer's favorite Xbox games.

Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy 7 remake

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As Fallout Season 2 debuts, Todd Howard addresses a New Vegas misconception that Bethesda hates the RPG — "Huge respect for the folks at Obsidian"

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Does Bethesda hate Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas? Many seem to think so, though Todd Howard has now addressed the misconception himself to deny that assumption.

Fallout: New Vegas

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We have a new update on Xbox's The Elder Scrolls 6 from Todd Howard and Bethesda devs — "It’s progressing really well. The majority of the studio’s on VI"

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Todd Howard and other Bethesda devs have given an update on The Elder Scrolls 6 development, saying "it's progressing really well" even though it's still "a long ways off."

Todd Howard from Bethesda

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Hyperkin is positioning its controller as the holiday underdog, offering Christmas discounts that challenge Xbox’s own gamepads

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The Hyperkin Competitor, one of the best Xbox controllers I've played in years for its excellent performance and side-scroller-friendly control layout, is on sale at Amazon with a 15% discount.

Photographs of the Hyperkin 'Competitor' controller

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'Death Howl' is an evocative Xbox indie that combines turn-based tactics, retro-horror pixel art, atop a powerful story

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Par : [email protected] (Cole Martin)
From the publishers behind emotional narratives like This War of Mine and Indika, Death Howl offers a gut-wrenching story about a mother who travels to the spirit realm in search of her lost son only to face restless spirits in tactical combat.

Death Howl screenshots

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South of Midnight to launch on PlayStation and Nintendo Switch 2 next year

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Compulsion Games' stop-motion adventure set in the American Deep South is yet another Xbox Game Studios title making its way to other consoles as the developers announce a spring launch for PlayStation and Nintendo Switch 2.

Screenshot of South of Midnight.

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The Xbox Year in Review is still MIA, but don't worry, TrueAchievements is here to save the day

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2025 is about to draw to a close, so it's time to look back on what your Xbox journey has been this year with TrueAchievements' My YearOn Xbox web app, as Microsoft doesn't have an official way to track a player's end-of-year stats as of yet.

TrueAchievements 2025 highlights card showing too many hours played in Call of Duty.

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DOOM: The Dark Ages's take on Horde mode just got a huge update — and players can now share favorite encounters with friends

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Par : [email protected] (Samuel Tolbert)
DOOM: The Dark Ages' Horde-like Ripatorium mode gets expanded heavily with Update 3, letting players share their favorite encounters with each other.

DOOM: The Dark Ages Ripatorium 2.0 image

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