Hours before launching, the official Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game account on X announced that the Xbox edition of the title isn’t coming out today, July 23, as planned. Instead, it’s now releasing on Xbox Series X|S sometime before September 3 because of “unforeseen circumstances on a backend feature.” It’s…

Halo: Campaign Evolved is now live for everyone who purchased the $70 Digital Premium Edition. Unfortunately, not all of those people are actually able to play right now, as fans on Xbox and Steam face various issues including apparent server outages. Early Access started today, July 23, with the full…

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Zombies has had an excellent run, but that run is set to come to an end soon with Season 5 Reloaded’s Rex Infernus. The finale of this chapter of the Dark Aether saga will see the crew battling the Warden, visiting the Revelations house…

Image via Blizzard Published Jul 23, 2026, 2:07 PM EDT James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a third-generation Texan who…

Vice President of Engineering Jared Palmer has left Xbox just two months after being appointed to help solve some of the gaming division’s most complicated product and technical problems. The executive’s departure comes as Xbox attempts to restructure its platform, leadership, and wider business. In early May 2026, Jared Palmer…

Microsoft has rolled out a test for its free, ad-supported version of cloud gaming. Select members of the Xbox Insider program can start testing this out today. As announced by Microsoft, ads play before people get into a session. The ads do not interrupt the gameplay experience like they might…