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5 more AWESOME Xbox April indies: Take a break from getting beat up in Hades 2

Manage a bookshop or break out as a hit content creator in these newly released games brought to you by ID@Xbox.

Key art for the games Tiny Bookshop, REPLACED, Hacked: The Streamer, Content Warning, and Before I Go.

Key art for the games Tiny Bookshop, REPLACED, Hacked: The Streamer, Content Warning, and Before I Go.

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'People of Note': Turn-based combat becomes a full-blown musical experience in this new Xbox Play Anywhere title from Annapurna Interactive

People of Note is a turn-based RPG musical available now on Xbox from Iridium Studios and Annapurna Interactive blending turn-based RPG mechanics that follows a would-be popstar that has to assemble a genre-bending band of musicians and experience music in a whole new light.

People of Note screenshot with Cadence and Fret performing together.

People of Note is available now on Xbox with Play Anywhere support.

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"You wanna live forever?!": A boomer shooter inspired by the satirical world of 'Starship Troopers' will have you blasting bugs on Xbox

Based on the satirical novel and film franchise, Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! puts the player in the shoes of Major Dietz as they fight back an army of alien arachnids. Or try things out from the bug’s perspective and destroy all humans. Either way, you’re in for a good time.

Starship Troopers Ultimate Bug War screenshot from a first-person perspective featuring a firearm aimed at large arachnid invaders.

Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! is available now on Xbox Series X|S.

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I’m hooked on this solo-dev-made dice roller on PC Game Pass: easy to learn and hard to master

If you’re looking for an addictive gambling-like with roguelike gameplay inspired by games like Balatro, Dice a Million is for you. Roll the dice, rack up as much as score as you can, and answer the mystery phone calls in this solo-developed indie available now on PC Game Pass.

Screenshots of the dice rolling game, Dice a Million, available now on PC Game Pass.

Think you can hit a million with nothing more than the roll of some dice? Dice a Million is your chance to prove it.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 brings back fan-favorite multiplayer maps and modes in Season 3

Season 3 adds an array of new and returning maps and modes to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 when it launches on April 2.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Season 3

Black Ops 7 Season 3 blends the old and new with more outrageous operator skins and nostalgic maps.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 campaign's Endgame mode is going free to play for a limited time with the April launch of Season 3 — plus new content and changes to Combat Rating are on the way

Treyarch aims to release Black Ops 7 campaign's Endgame mode for free as part of Call of Duty: Warzone with the Season 3 update on April 2. Free-to-play access to Endgame is only for a limited time.

Black Ops 7 Endgame Season 3

The Endgame mode from Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a 4-player PvE experience blending futuristic military combat against The Guild and horrific nightmare ghouls together on the Avalon map.

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Solo queuers rejoice! Call of Duty: Warzone update brings back solos and Verdansk (again)

Warzone fans decried Raven Software and Treyarch's decision to only have quad queues for Black Ops Royale. The team has now updated the battle royale modes to bring back Solo queues and the Standard Battle Royale mode with Verdansk as the big map, even in the face of Black Ops Royale's success.

Call of Duty: Warzone screenshots for Black Ops Royale.

Call of Duty: Warzone screenshots for Black Ops Royale.

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'Starsand Island' hits early access on Xbox Game Pass: This Ghibli-esque life sim has evolved into a truly special cozy adventure that just keeps getting better

Starsand Island is finally out in Game Preview on Xbox and PC Game Pass, and it has had quite the glow-up since we last saw it.

A screenshot of a cutscene from Starsand Island featuring the player character and an NPC pulling an arrow back with a bow.

A screenshot of a cutscene from Starsand Island featuring the player character and an NPC pulling an arrow back with a bow.

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is confirmed for Game Pass after Xbox teaser

Warhorse Studios' epic medieval journey, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, is set to follow in the path of its predecessor and join the lineup of games in the Xbox Game Pass subscription service, according to a new social media teaser.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

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Activision confirms spring shutdown date for Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile servers

Just two years after launching, Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile is set to go offline on April 17, 2026. The game was previously delisted from app stores in 2025, and there will be no refunds on unused COD points prior to shutdown.

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile and Call of Duty: Mobile screenshots

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile and Call of Duty: Mobile screenshots

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Forza Horizon 6 is getting full cross-save across PC and console for the first time — even on PS5

Playground Games confirms that Forza Horizon 6 will support cross-platform play, including cross-saves, between PC, Xbox, and PlayStation consoles.

Forza Horizon 6 screenshots

Forza Horizon 6 takes racing shenanigans to Japan this year, and will feature full cross-platform support between consoles and PC for the first time in the series' history.

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Ready your COD Points — Call of Duty reveals Black Ops 7 Season 2 Battle Pass content

As Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 fans gear up for Season 2, Treyarch drops details on the new battle pass, revealing operator skins for the new villain, Victoria Atwood, along with new weapon blueprints.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 operator Phantom and the Eclipse variant featuring a black cloak.

How is it already time for Season 2?

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Hide your Cronus, hide your XIMs — Call of Duty's anti-cheat team targets third party devices ahead of Black Ops 7 Season 2

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Team RICOCHET has announced new changes to anti-cheat security ahead of the launch of Ranked Play and Season 2 coming February 5.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Season 2 screenshot, cropped.

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'Love Eternal' is an upcoming Xbox indie for masochists — where uncanny psychological horror meets brutal platforming

An uncanny atmosphere, a lonely god, and a kidnapped girl from the suburbs come together in Love Eternal, a narrative-heavy horror platformer developed by brlka and published by Ysbryd Games. Love Eternal comes to Xbox in February 2026.

Love Eternal title card.

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Voxel destruction, decade-long time loops, and perfect for handhelds — Plot Twist’s 'Erosion' is set to launch on Xbox Game Pass in 2026

Erosion, the time twisting voxel sandbox from Plot Twist and Lyrical Games, is one to watch. The game challenges players to master the manipulation of time in order to save the protagonist’s daughter from an evil warlord.

Erosion gameplay screenshot.

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

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

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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