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The Xbox Series X|S tag on WindowsForum.com covers news, releases, and discussions centered on Microsoft's current-generation console hardware. Recent threads highlight game launches optimized for the platform, including titles like Forza Horizon 6 and Madden NFL 26, as well as the arrival of features such as Gaming Copilot, an AI-powered voice assistant coming to the console. The tag also captures industry debates, like the GTA 6 preorder competition between Xbox and PS5, and practical topics including Smart Delivery, Xbox Play Anywhere, and the Xbox Design Lab controller customization service. For players and IT-minded readers, this tag offers a mix of gaming updates, platform comparisons, and Microsoft ecosystem developments.
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    Sword of the Sea Xbox Series X|S Store Listing: October 29 Release Date Still Unconfirmed

    Sword of the Sea has appeared on the Xbox Store as a Series X|S listing. The listing is real, but it is not a formal launch announcement. Giant Squid never announced an Xbox version. Neither Giant Squid nor Microsoft has confirmed the listing. Several early headlines described this as a done...
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    Sword of the Sea Xbox Series X|S Store Listing Appears: Fictions Publisher, Release Date and Game Pass Unconfirmed

    Sword of the Sea has turned up on the Xbox Store as an unannounced Xbox Series X|S listing. Neither Giant Squid nor Microsoft has confirmed it. Headlines are calling this an "Xbox Series X is getting a PS5 exclusive" story. That framing runs ahead of the evidence, and the details are more...
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    Sword of the Sea Xbox Series X|S Listing Appears: Release Date and Game Pass Still Unconfirmed — Megathread

    Sword of the Sea has an Xbox Store product page, even though developer Giant Squid has never announced an Xbox version. The game is a surfing adventure that launched in 2025 on PlayStation 5 and PC. Here is what the listing shows, what it leaves out, and why it matters for Xbox Series X|S...
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    Mafia III Definitive Edition on Xbox Series X|S: Free 60 FPS Upgrade, Fixes and Owner Guide

    Mafia III: Definitive Edition now has native versions for Xbox Series X|S and PS5. This is a re-release of an existing game, not a new numbered installment. Here is what changed, who gets it free, and how much of it applies to the Xbox side. What shipped on October 8 The Xbox Store listing says...
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    Ordinary Oddness Announced for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S: PC Requirements and Gameplay Details

    Tencent Games subsidiary COSMICPUP STUDIO has announced Ordinary Oddness, an Unreal Engine 5 open-world action RPG headed to Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC. Gematsu reports that the PC release is planned for Steam, Epic Games Store and WeGame. There is no announced release date, but the...
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    Xbox Series X|S Modern Warfare 4 Background Takeover: Disable Event-Themed Ads

    Xbox Series X|S owners booted up on October 23, 2026, the launch day of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, and found their home screen had changed. Some found that their chosen backgrounds had been replaced with the game's key art. The setting behind it is real and it can be switched off. But...
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    VGChartz September 2026 Console Estimates: PS5 Leads Worldwide as Xbox Series X|S Trails

    PlayStation 5 won September 2026 worldwide, and Xbox Series X|S finished last of the four consoles tracked. That is the headline from VGChartz's latest hardware estimates. They come with caveats, and the Xbox rows are where the story matters most for Windows and Microsoft readers. The headline...
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    Xbox Games Release Schedule October 26–30: Game Pass Titles, Preorders and Every New Launch

    Next week's Xbox schedule is a big one. Xbox Wire's weekly roundup for October 26 to 30 lists about 50 releases, so a few dozen "Get it now" buttons are on the way. Only a handful are tied to Game Pass. This guide sorts the list by day and separates subscription titles from paid launches and...
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    Xbox Series X|S Hits All-Time US September Sales Low as PS5 Leads 2026 Hardware Market

    Circana's September 2026 report put Xbox hardware at a new low in the US. Sony, meanwhile, had its best month in more than a year. The PlayStation 5 led US console sales by both units and dollars. Marvel's Wolverine debuted at No. 1 on the software chart. For Windows and Xbox readers, the Xbox...
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    Phantom Blade Zero on Xbox Series X|S: No Port Announced, Earliest Possible Release Date

    Xbox Series X|S owners hoping to play Phantom Blade Zero have an answer, and it isn't the one they wanted. The game launches on October 29, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and PC. No Xbox version has been announced. The more useful detail is the timed console exclusivity. It sets a minimum wait for...
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    Modern Warfare 4 Performance Mode Requires VRR on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S: Check 120Hz Settings

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launches on October 23, 2026. Days before that, Infinity Ward posted a warning about Performance Mode on consoles. The headline version, "buy a new monitor," is louder than the facts support. Here is what the announcement says, what it doesn't say, and what to...
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    Graytail Comes to Xbox Series X|S and PC in November 2027 With Play Anywhere

    Graytail, the 2.5D pixel-art mystery adventure from the two-person studio Concode, is heading to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC. Those versions join its previously announced Steam release. Gematsu reported the news on October 20, 2026. Xbox Wire's recap of the ID@Xbox and IGN Showcase gave the...
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    Waveling Island Coming to Xbox Series X|S and PC in Early 2027, No Game Pass Date Confirmed

    Waveling Island has been announced for Xbox Series X|S and PC, and the question is when it arrives and where you'll be able to get it. BerserkBoy Games, the developer behind Berserk Boy, announced the pixel art creature-collecting simulator for Xbox Series and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store...
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    Croak Launches on Xbox Series X|S and PC in March 2027, Day One on Game Pass

    Croak, the hand-drawn frog-prince platformer, now has a March 2027 release window on Xbox Series X|S and PC. The announcement also puts it in Game Pass on day one. Gematsu reports that developer WoodRunner Games will launch the game on Xbox Series and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store in March...
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    We Were Here Tomorrow: Crossplay, Xbox Game Pass Requirements, PC Specs and Price

    Total Mayhem Games' We Were Here Tomorrow is out. It's a two-player, online-only co-op puzzle game, and it launched with crossplay between Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and Windows PCs on Steam. Before you ask a friend to play, check four things: platform, subscription, microphone and price...
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    Shoresy: Legends of the North on Xbox and PS5: Release Dates, Price and Local Multiplayer

    Shoresy: Legends of the North, the hockey RPG based on Jared Keeso's TV comedy, has left Steam and come to consoles. TheXboxHub reports that it is out now on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 for £12.49, bringing the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs and the unmistakable attitude of the Shoresy...
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    Japan Console Sales September 2026: Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and PS5 Tracker Data Compared

    When third-party hardware trackers release their monthly snapshots of the Japanese console market, the numbers usually read like a familiar script: Nintendo dominates the storefront, Sony holds the secondary perimeter, and Microsoft’s Xbox hardware fights for every single shelf space inch...
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    Razer Wolverine V4 Pro Review: 8,000Hz PC Performance, Capacitive Sticks and Xbox Limits — Megathread

    When a controller carries a $199.99 price tag, it is no longer just a plastic box with thumbsticks—it is a high-stakes investment in your gaming desk setup. For years, the premium peripheral race on Windows PC and Xbox has revolved around the same familiar suspects: Microsoft’s own Xbox Elite...
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    Starlight Scouts Launches on Xbox Series X|S With 4-Player Local Co-Op

    Indie developer Jobi’s Adventure Development Club and publisher JADC Games have released Starlight Scouts on Xbox Series X|S, bringing a budget-priced space exploration and training adventure to Microsoft's current-generation consoles. Announced on October 16, 2026, and covered by Neil Watton at...
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    Feed the Deep Comes to Xbox Series X|S and Windows Store in 2027 With Play Anywhere

    There is something universally humbling about running out of oxygen in a pitch-black underwater cavern while an eldritch horror breathes down your neck. Now, console and Microsoft storefront players are officially invited to share in that claustrophobic panic. Indie developer Luke Muscat—best...