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The must-have gaming gifts every gamer wants for Christmas

From customisable controllers to light-up keyboards, we round up the items guaranteed to elevate your gaming experience

Evening Standard

Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says there's a reason Steam is so popular: "It's almost as if it isn't providing a s**t service"

Valve's storefront continues to be indispensable to players and developers

GamesRadar

Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix announces layoffs for US and UK teams — as AI creeps into game testing

Square Enix is laying off large chunks of its remaining U.S. and U.K. teams, while the company is also aiming for generative AI to play a huge part in future QA.

Windows Central

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Xbox fans, you can play my favorite RPG of 2025 for free this weekend — and if you like it enough, you can buy it at a massive discount, too

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 stands tall as one of 2025's biggest and best new games, and Xbox fans can play for free and buy it for less this weekend.

Windows Central

Valve just made Steam Deck downloads much easier – and I hope this feature comes to all SteamOS handhelds

Valve has just released a new Steam Deck 'display-off low-power download' update, but it's currently only available via the beta and preview channels.

TechRadar

Sony reportedly working on 'Cross-Buy' feature for unified game ownership between PlayStation 5 and PC — Leaked icons indicate Sony's answer to Xbox Play Anywhere is coming

You might be able to buy PlayStation games once and own them across PC and PS5 together, similar to Microsoft's Xbox Play Anywhere. A new "Cross-Buy" feature has been datamined inside PlayStation Store, added only a few months ago, hinting that it's been in the works for quite some time…

Tom’s Hardware

NVIDIA’s latest driver update wrecks Forza — here’s how to fix it

Reports from frustrated players suggest NVIDIA's latest game ready driver is breaking Forza Horizon 3 and other older titles, but there's a workaround.

Windows Central

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The Thrustmaster eSwap X2 H.E. is, by default, the best Xbox controller from the brand to date - but the lack of improvements is disappointing

The Thrustmaster eSwap X2 H.E. remains a great controller, but one you don’t need to buy if you already own a previous eSwap pad.

TechRadar

How to play Black Ops 7 early using New Zealand trick

Early access!

Dot Esports

Skate 4: How To Do A Boneless

Not to be confused with chicken nuggets.

Operation Sports

New Battlefield 6 update has finally made its Challenges less awful with over 90 changes — I can finally do them without wanting to tear my hair out

A new update for Battlefield 6 has been released that significantly reduces the difficulty of the game's progression Challenges, making them far easier to finish.

Windows Central

PlayStation forced Microsoft to give up Xbox exclusives — now it wants to destroy Xbox at cloud gaming and Xbox Play Anywhere cross-buy as well

PlayStation's new "Stream Your Own Game" feature has over a thousand titles, utterly destroying Xbox Cloud Gaming's "Stream Your Own Game" feature. Although, it is limited to a specific piece of PlayStation hardware ...

Windows Central

Revenge of the Savage Planet director isn't happy with the sequel's revenue, despite it bringing in millions of players on Xbox Game Pass: 'If you give stuff for free, what you've done is told people not to pay for it'

Revenge of the Savage Planet director thinks the industry's obsession with free games and subscription services is 'existentially dangerous'

PC Gamer

Sony's 'Cross-Buy' PS5 symbol leaks, hinting at PC crossover similar to 'Xbox Play Anywhere' – and I'm hoping Rockstar considers this for GTA 6

Sony's stamp on the PC ecosystem looks like it might grow stronger, with a new leak hinting at cross-purchases for games, and it would be ideal for Rockstar's upcoming GTA 6.

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Xbox wants to know how fun Ghost of Yotei is in a new survey, and fans immediately have some questions of their own: "Does this mean the game will be available on Xbox?"

Xbox is probably just doing some market research, but fans can live in hope

PC Gamer

Victrix Pro BFG Reloaded review

A boon for fight pad lovers, but not a controller for the mainstream.

Windows Central

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 release date and launch times are imminent — here's exactly when you can play the Xbox Game Pass FPS juggernaut

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is poised to be one of 2025's biggest FPS titles and the biggest game of the holiday season — and ahead of its release, the devs have announced its launch times.

Windows Central

One of the biggest PC hits of the last few years is FINALLY launching on Xbox — get into the factory-building action

Coffee Stain Studios drops the successful factory building simulator, Satisfactory, on Xbox and PlayStation.

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Windows Central

Xbox Game Pass adds Black Ops 7 in November — but some big games are leaving, which has us bummed

The next batch of games headed to Xbox Game Pass have been revealed, including Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Winter Burrow.

PC Gamer

World of Warcraft director says it's not getting easier in Midnight because it's coming to consoles: 'There's no reason for us to hide anything about this'

WoW will remain a PC game first and foremost.

Operation Sports

Study Says 72% of Devs Think Steam Basically Has a Monopoly on PC Games

Other storefronts exist, but Steam dominates the PC market.

Windows Central

Xbox PC Game Pass crackdown breaks family setup — wiping child save files and disabling parental controls (UPDATE)

A quiet policy shift has broken a long-used family setup on PC, risking parental controls and wiping saves without warning.

Destructoid

How to play Black Ops 7 early – ‘New Zealand trick’ explained

It's lovely down there this time of year.

GamesRadar

Obsidian knows that "everyone on the internet" keeps asking for Fallout: New Vegas 2, but its devs are currently happy working on their own IP, and "Xbox has been pretty supportive" too

How about Fallout: anything that isn't 76 at this point...

Windows Central

Handheld gaming mode is officially rolling out to more than just the Xbox Ally — here's how you get it right now

The newest Insider build of Windows 11 is bringing the new handheld gaming mode to other handheld gaming PCs, and you can try it right now.

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