Take-Two Interactive today announced that it has acquired privately-held Nordeus for up to $378 million.
The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu features a four-page interview with Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo on the company’s 45th anniversary, which it celebrated this week. Kondo discusses the Trails series, Kyoto Xanadu, Ys series, and Dragon Slayer Project.
Jason Ronald, Vice President of Next Generation, Xbox: "This is a summary of my Xbox Developer Summit keynote address, delivered March 11 at the 2026 Game Developer Conference."
This sounds awesome, can’t wait for more details.
“Project Helix is powered by a custom AMD SoC”
RIP the rumors saying this was just off the shelf hardware and built by ASUS.
“we’re committed to keeping games from four generations of Xbox playable for years to come. As part of our 25th anniversary later this year, we’ll be rolling out new ways to play some of the most iconic games from our past.”
Interested to hear more about this too
I’ve got a 5090 in my PC. MS will need to give me a serious reason to buy their next console. It will potentially be the first Xbox console I don’t buy. If they go back to exclusivity then I’m in.
Technically, you will automatically have a next Gen Xbox simply by enabling the Xbox full screen experience app on you PC in April.
If you have an RTX 5090 PC, I am not sure why you would bother with console gaming.
If you are still gaming on consoles, then exclusive games are likely not the main reason because the last major PlayStation exclusive launched in October 2025. It would mean your PS5 was powered off this whole time.
You likely see value in console gaming because of the convenience of gaming on a couch in front of your TV. It is also more likely that friends you meet in the real world will have a console versus a gaming PC. If Microsoft can create a console that gives you access to your PC games from your couch, you may find that type of experience compelling.
I am making a lot of assumptions, but perhaps you can shed some light on this based on your perspective.
Xbox is just a PC going forward.
[The Verge] “Microsoft says you should build next-gen Xbox games by building them for PC“
They are creating so much confusion which is never good for consumers. What it is is a pre-built PC. It will either stream old Xbox games or play the PC version via Xbox Anywhere. Xbox going forward is an app that runs on top of Windows 11. It is the Xbox Experience App. If you don't have a PC you can buy the prebuilt PC which will be running on the AMD SoC. If you do have a PC when the Xbox mode launches in Windows 11 in April... you have the next Gen Xbox. Congrats.
I see it differently, it’s actually way simpler now. If you have a PC, you know it runs Windows and you can just use that as an Xbox. And if you want a dedicated Xbox box that plays both PC and Xbox games, you get the Xbox box. It’s a specially branded hardware piece, but this Helix news is just announcing that every PC is now an Xbox in that same storefront ecosystem. Not many difficult choices there.
It's just simpler now because if you have a PC, you know it most probably runs Windows and you will be able to use that as an Xbox. And if you want a dedicated Xbox box that has PC games and Xbox games, you just get the Xbox box. It’s a specially branded hardware piece, but this Helix news is basically announcing that every PC on the market can be an Xbox in that same storefront ecosystem
PS5 and XSX games are built on PC first today. This is nothing new.
Wolverine even had a PC leak and it’s not even out on PS5 yet
So.......a pc that can also play old gen Xbox games. No native Helix games just pure PC via Windows Store/Xbox app that will be optimized for helix and access to Steam, Uplay, EA Launcher, GOG, Epic Games. So like I predicted a a few days ago. A PC with a built in series x for BC or some form of emulation.
As a PC owner and a owner of a Series X. Absolute zero interest in this. However, I'm interested in Xbox Mode on PC they are releasing. I wonder if they will allow you to play your digital Xbox library of games on a normally PC at some point now that's what I'm interested.
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