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All upcoming Hideo Kojima games: Everything in development at Kojima Productions
By Josh West last updated
Upcoming From OD to Physint, there's no shortage of upcoming Hideo Kojima games heading to PS5 and Xbox Series X

Grounded 2: Everything we know so far about the upcoming survival game
By Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Guide Grounded 2 was just announced, so here's all the latest news before you dive into a new bug-filled adventure

How Obsidian became Xbox's most prolific studio: "There's not a lot of studios at Microsoft that have an entire external developer making the whole game for them"
By Josh West published
Exclusive | There's a reason 2025 is being called the "Year of Obsidian"

I think the ROG Xbox Ally X can tell us a surprising amount about the "next-generation of Xbox"
By Josh West published

As Play Anywhere takes center stage, the future of Xbox has never been clearer: "Our plan is to keep making amazing games and have them reach as many players as we can"
By Josh West published
Exclusive | Inside Xbox Play Anywhere

Gears of War: E-Day – Everything we know about the upcoming shooter
By Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Guide Gears of War: E-Day is heading our way, so here's all the latest news on the upcoming Xbox Series X game

Grounded 2 is targeting updates every "four to five months" after Obsidian learned the hard way: "When we started with Grounded 1 in early access we were trying to do monthly updates – that was a hassle and it didn't work"
By Josh West published
Feature Summer Preview | Obsidian Entertainment details the lessons learned after its first early access adventure, and how it changed the studio's approach to Grounded 2

With The Outer Worlds 2, Obsidian is dedicated to making sneaky playstyles truly viable: "We have a strike team going room-by-room to see if we can stealth properly through each location"
By Josh West published
Feature Summer Preview | The improvements to stealth in The Outer Worlds 2 reflect the effort Obsidian is putting into creating an RPG that's reactive to your decisions

Obsidian won't rule out bringing Grounded 2 to PS5 in the future, but says that its initial release is "all about being in Game Preview and Early Access"
By Josh West published
Feature Summer Preview | Grounded was a success on PS5 and Switch, so why isn't its sequel following in its footsteps? We speak to Obsidian to learn more

Everything is bigger in Grounded 2, but Obsidian never considered stretching beyond four-player co-op: "It would have undermined what Grounded was really about"
By Josh West published
Feature Summer Preview | Our bite-sized preview of Grounded 2 continues as Obsidian gives us exclusive insight into how it scaled up beyond the backyard
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