Fight against eldritch forces with... a fishing pole? Battle fish (and a lot more) with magic spells, powerful abilities, and ultimately save Honeywood in Nice Day For Fishing, coming to Xbox Series X/S this year.

Microsoft announced Wednesday during Gamescom 2025 that not only will its Xbox Ally handhelds be released on October 16, but the company is spinning up a new initiative to support optimized gaming on these devices called the Handheld Compatibility Program.

The Xbox Broadcast at Gamescom 2025 is set to go live on August 20, 2025, at 6 AM PDT. The stream will go live across the official Xbox Twitch and YouTube channels at the given time and will showcase various games coming to the platform in the future. Besides upcoming titles, Xbox is also ready to showcase its new handheld ROG Ally console.

Join Cloud and his allies as they strike back against Shinra to try to save the planet in the expanded remake of Square Enix's iconic RPG. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade comes to Xbox Series consoles in Winter 2025.

The brand returned to the biggest consumer gaming event that takes place annually in Cologne, Germany, with a first look at Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, and new gameplay for The Outer Worlds 2, Ninja Gaiden 4, and a new DLC for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, called The Order of Giants.

A new Xbox Game Pass update has been revealed and it's bringing with it a slew of new games to check out, including a couple of Gamescom highlights

If you want to tune in, the Xbox broadcast will start at 9:00 a.m. ET/6:00 a.m. ET, so save that in your calendar. You'll be able to watch it on the official Xbox YouTube, Twitch, X (Twitter).

During Gamescom 2025 ONL, Wargaming, the developer behind the massively popular World of Tanks franchise, unveiled World of Tanks: HEAT, a standalone tactical shooter that takes the series in a new direction.