Xbox has added two new dynamic backgrounds for Xbox Series X and Series S owners to use for free. The two new backgrounds are calledHalo Infinite: Courage and Wasteland 3: Cult of the Holy Detonation. The new Halo Infinite background shows Master Chief in battle, as pink laser beams fly past him. The Wasteland 3 background, meanwhile, is based on the Cult of the Holy Detonation DLC and shows the titular Holy Detonation, a nuclear explosion frozen in time....

Xbox Series X already plays thousands of games thanks to its advanced backwards compatibility support, Microsoft claims. Discussing what it calls “the most powerful and compatible next-gen console” in a new blog,Xbox Series Xdirector of program managementJason Ronaldreiterated that the system will be backwards compatible with existingXbox Onegames and accessories, including backward compatibleXbox 360and originalXboxtitles, which will “look and play better than ever before”. RonaldsaidXbox Series X is capable of increasing the resolution of selected older games up to 4K and doubling their frame rates from 30 fps to 60 fps or 60 fps to 120 fps, with all the heavy lifting carried out at a system level, meaning no extra work is required by developers....

The official art book for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has seemingly been leaked online. Although the game is still some three months away from release, Reddit user JustJulienOffic posted images on Sunday claiming that a friend had sent them “an interesting look” at its art book. The book will be included with the Collector’s Edition of the game, and according to the user is “a little over 200 pages” in length....

A new King Kong game has gone viral due to its unusually poor graphics, with one player labelling it “a complete scam”. Skull Island: Rise of Kong was released for consoles andPCon Tuesday, and quickly social media filled with videos highlighting its shoddy presentation, which at certain points appears to be incomplete. One clip, which has been liked over 30,000 times on Twitter, shows a cut-scene in which the developer appears to have inserted a static image in place of incomplete animation....

Over 19,000 Ranked Play bans have been dished out to Black Ops 6 players during the mode’s first week of availability, according to Activision. Ranked Play launched on November 20 and is accessible to players who have achieved at least 50 wins in multiplayer. The game’s publisher detailed its progress in combatting cheaters in an update posted onXthis week. It said there have been “over 19,000 Ranked Play bans” and that it’s making “hourly sweeps to remove cheaters from the Ranked Play mode and leaderboard....

A further 30 minutes of Battlefield 2042 gameplay has been published online, as EA fights to contain leaks from the invite-only technical playtest. The unofficial videos below were taken fromBattlefield 2042’s technical playtest,which is being held this week, in breach ofEA’s rules for invited players. DeveloperDICEhas saidthat players who breach its rules for sharing media will be banned from the technical test, future playtests and maybe even in the final game itself....

Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures have released the second trailer for the Minecraft live-action movie, which is viewable above. Following the release of a teaser trailer in September, the new trailer offers a longer look at the film, which will be released on July 19, 2025 internationally, and on April 4 in the US. Helmed by Jared Hess, who previously directed Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre, the film’s headline stars are Jack Black and Jason Momoa....

A newly discovered bug in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet can crash the game during the final battle. This article contains spoilers for the game’s final battle. The game received its version 2.0.1 update a few weeks ago, and players are now reporting that since the update rolled out, the game can now crash during the final battle of the main storyline. Specifically, the game can crash when the player has to select their ride LegendaryPokémonwhile fighting the Paradise Protection Protocol....

The Pokémon Company has announced a two-part Pokémon Scarlet and Violet expansion. The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Part 1: The Teal Mask and Part 2: The Indigo Disk will be released this fall/autumn and winter 2023 respectively. Revealed during aPokémonPresents broadcast on Monday, the DLC will see players travel to the land of Kitakami and encounter brand-new Pokémon. Both parts of the expansion will introduce older Pokémon not found in the Paldea region....

Another new Xbox Series X/S controller has seemingly been leaked ahead of its official announcement. Reliable leakerbillbil-kunshared a blurred image of the Velocity Green controller on Twitter. According to billbil-kun, the controller will be released on February 28 at a price of €59.99, meaning anXboxannouncement is likely imminent. This reveal comes just two weeks afterMicrosoftlaunched its latest Xbox controller design,Stellar Shift, which itselfwas leaked by billbil-kunbefore its announcement. The image shared on Twitter has been deliberately blurred so as not to reveal the full details....

Activision Blizzard is planning to release more remastered games this year, it said during its Q4 earnings call on Thursday. The Call of Duty publisher has seen critical and commercial success with its remasters in recent years, including Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Crash Team Racing, and the ten-million-selling Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. Last year Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 received favourable reviews from critics and debuted as the fastest-selling game in the franchise, selling one million copies within its first two weeks....

Another image of what is reportedly the Nintendo Switch 2 dock has been published. The image, published by journalist Laura Kate Dale claims to show the dock forNintendo‘s next, currently unannounced, console. According to Dale, theSwitch 2will ship with a 60W charger. Furthermore, according to Dale, the charger for the originalNintendo Switchwill not be powerful enough to power the system while docked. Likely, the system will still be chargeable via the previous cable, but it’s likely to be far less efficient....

The Anime Defenders Christmas update codes are live. Anime Defenders codesare in for the Christmas update, giving you the gems you’ll need to grab its latest meta-defining new units like Exorcist and Crazed Brawler. Anime Defenders,which continues to be one of the biggestRobloxTD games on the platform, now features over 200 units as of UPD 8. Power up the best, or go at things casually, Just be sure to use ourAnime Defenders code listto grab the latest units....