December 2023 Is An Incredibly Important Month For Microsoft & Xbox Fans

The ticketed timed-research event Eggs-Pedition Access for gives worthwhile rewards to players participating. It will be available until December 31st at 8 pm local time in your region, so there is still plenty of time to complete it and gain all its benefits. It includes incubators, gift storage, and extra XP, which are all helpful for player growth and new Pokémon exploration. Furthermore, players can get even more rewards from using extra items such as Lucky Eggs and Star Pieces throughout the timed-research period.

It’s another weekend with Xbox Free Play Days, but this time there’s a twist to proceedings. Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer and EA Sports FC 24 will be playable by any and all Xbox gamers through this weekend for free – no Xbox Game Pass Core or Game Pass Ultimate is required).

It’s another weekend with Xbox Free Play Days, but this time there’s a twist to proceedings. Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer and EA Sports FC 24 will be playable by any and all Xbox gamers through this weekend for free – no Xbox Game Pass Core or Game Pass Ultimate is required).

Grand Theft Auto V leads the pack of new titles coming to the PlayStation Plus Extra and Deluxe/ Premium game catalog, this month. Starting December 19, all higher-tier PS Plus members can hop back into the lively city of Los Santos and experience a tale of perilous heists and betrayal as a street hustler, a retired bank robber, and an impulsive criminal's lives become intertwined in a twisted odyssey. While the game has been out for quite some time now, this addition perfectly lines up with the new GTA Online update ‘The Chop Shop,' which brings a salvage yard and drift racing into the mix. GTA V will be available to play on both PS4 and PS5.

Publisher Bandai Namco and developer Spike Chunsoft have officially announced Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC (Steam). A release date was not announced.

DON’T NOD has announced Lost Records: Bloom & Rage for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC (Steam). It will launch in 2024.

This week is the week of The Games Awards, aka Geoffest, aka the Ke3ghleys - an absolute banquet of trailers, release dates and game announcements for the Maw. There are a few reveals in the offing. Some, we already know about, and may even have written up in advance; others, we'll learn about together with your good selves when the livestream begins at 4.30pm Los Angeles time on 7th December, which equates to 12.30am on 8th December (ouch) in the UK. There's the trifling matter of the first GTA 6 trailer on 5th December, too.

Happy December, Polygon readers! The winter holidays are only a few short weeks away, but don’t fret: There’s plenty of presents in the form of movies new to streaming to enjoy in the meantime. With November now behind us, we’ve combed through the latest movies to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Max, and more to bring you the best of what December has to offer.

Xbox Game Pass is adding 12 new titles to its December catalogue, including two day-one releases. The standout here has to be the Remnant franchise — both From the Ashes and its newly launched sequel Remnant II, celebrated for its souls-like shooter experience that pits players against tough-as-nails fantastical monsters, across procedurally-generated levels. Its challenges can also be tackled in co-op, so it's best advised that you check out the sequel because it will have a larger active player base. Another major addition this month is Far Cry 6, setting you against the vibrant tropical island of Yara to topple its ruthless dictator Antón Castillo (Giancarlo Esposito), who is hellbent on using the Viviro, an unstable form of cancer treatment, to restore his land to former glory. It arrives December 14 on Xbox Game Pass.

The entire year of 2023 has been a huge one for video games with an almost daily influx of incredible new games covering all genres and platforms for anyone to enjoy. December slows things down a little but still has some incredible titles launching, such as the heavily wishlisted survival horror game, , arriving early in the month. Meanwhile, is coming out of early access for a full release, and the DLC adds some anticipated new content.

Microsoft has announced the first two new games to be added to the library and they’ll be arriving in December 2023. After promising to update the list of games two or three times a year, this will be the first update since the program launched in September.

SPINE, which was first announced as a team-based action game back in 2021, has resurfaced with a new gameplay trailer and direction—it is now a single-player story-focused action game. It will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam.