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Next Week on Xbox: New Games for August 11 to 15

August 8, 2025 Next Week on Xbox: New Games for August 11 to 15 Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox PC, and ...
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The hottest upcoming horror game releases of 2025 and beyond

It’s not quite the designated Spooky Season yet, but there’s something about hot summer nights that makes the thought of body-chilling horror hit much harder. Fortunately for fans of the creepy, bloody, and frightening, there are noteworthy PS5 horror games on their way that’ll stick around in your nightmares. Still, ...
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Doom: The Dark Ages Price Drops $25 on PS5 After Its Official Update 2 Patch

Doom: The Dark Ages remains one of the best shooters of 2025 so far, and it seems it’s only getting better with Update 2 dropping this week.Not only does the update add new skins and bug fixes, but a new Ripatorium adds an infinite arena for, well, ripping through foes ...
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Battlefield 6’s beta been treating you to infinite loading screens? EA are on the case

Waiting's been a bit of theme during the early stages of the Battlefield 6 open beta, which has otherwise been earning a lot of thumbs up from FPS heads. If you've recently run into an never-ending loading screen while trying to jump into a Conquest match, the good news is ...
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Bethesda Resurrects Classic Doom Duo Heretic + Hexen With ‘Improved Performance for Modern Platforms’

Bethesda has confirmed Heretic + Hexen — the definitive re-release of two genre-shaping first-person shooters — are out now on PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. id Software worked "in partnership" with Nightdive Studios to release this updated collection, featuring the "two classics that ...
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Classic shooters Heretic and Hexen re-released as an “enhanced” bundle with cross-platform multiplayer and mod support

Wake up, it's the 90s again. Ok, so maybe I've lied to you there, but two classic shooters from the decade that I as a child of 1999 definitely remember fondly have been re-released as one handy bundle with some extra features. Heretic + Hexen is out now. The surprise ...
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Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater’s Multiplayer Mode Won’t Be Available at Launch, But Shouldn’t Come Too Much Later

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is now just weeks from launch, though fans will have to wait a little longer to play Fox Hunt, the game's online multiplayer mode.While the main, single-player portion of Snake Eater will launch for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on August 28, ...
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Microsoft have halted development on Just Cause devs’ 70s co-op smuggler Contraband

Microsoft have brought development work on Contraband, the co-op smuggling game that Just Cause developers Avalanche Studios announced back in 2021, to a standstill. That's the official line, while a report from Bloomberg claims the game's been cancelled outright. Nothing had been been seen or heard of Contraband since its ...
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Nintendo Announces Mario Claymation Show, As Part of New Kid-Themed My Mario Product Line Push

Nintendo has announced a new claymation Mario show that's set to premiere on YouTube. The series, which will feature kid-friendly animated episodes just one-minute in length, will launch alongside a major new push by Nintendo for the kid's product market, with a range of toys, picture books, and more released ...
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LEGO Party Gets The Party Started On Switch This September, Physical Release Confirmed

Pre-orders are now live.LEGO fans are in for a treat with not one but two new titles announced today for the Switch and both are due out later this year.First up we've got LEGO Voyagers - a new two-player co-op adventure all about "friendship and play". There'll even be a ...
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