Microsoft's Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC ships four classic games first, but the rollout also road tests the Windows hardware behind Project Helix.
Amazon's fix for Luna's six-year discovery problem drops the Luna name entirely, folding free cloud games into a new Prime Video Games tab for Fire TV.
Microsoft's Xbox Backward Compatibility launches on Windows PCs three weeks after cutting 3,200 Xbox jobs, while Steam Deck still leads the handheld market it targets.
Boyd Gaming's adjusted earnings beat estimates in the second quarter, but net income fell 13% and its Las Vegas Locals casinos kept losing ground.
Halo Campaign Evolved's early access broke for paying buyers Thursday, and Halo Studios points to a distinct entitlement bug separate from Xbox Live's outage.
Serenity Forge is growing its physical games business just as Sony confirms it will end PlayStation discs by 2028 and Circana data shows sales collapsing.
Arizona regulators are investigating suspended Cardinals scout Ryan Gold, a case exposing the gap prediction markets leave in NFL draft-leak monitoring.
Battlefield 6's August 18 Top Gun crossover lands months after designers vowed no Nicki Minaj style skins, and as its Steam player count slides 95%.
A studio built to revive canceled games launches Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game July 23, betting its comeback on non-bending fighter Sokka.
Epic Games Store's mobile app gives Android and EU iPhone users a free weekly game, part of Epic's fight against Apple and Google's app store rules.