Microsoft reveals Xbox Series X wraps to customise your console with Starfield and camo

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration – or NASA, as it's more commonly known – wants to know why the millions of us obsessed with Starfield haven't applied to «be a NASA intern» yet.

Remedy Entertainment’s Alan Wake 2 has received extensive new gameplay, focusing on new protagonist Saga Anderson. The early mission sees the FBI agent venturing through Watery, gathering information and clues before going to a theme park called Coffee World. Check it out below, courtesy of IGN.

By Tom Warren, a senior editor covering Microsoft, PC gaming, console, and tech. He founded WinRumors, a site dedicated to Microsoft news, before joining The Verge in 2012.

Microsoft has revealed the lineup of games that will be added to Game Pass in the first half of September, and there’s quite a few notable titles for subscribers of the service to look forward, starting with Nomada Studio and Devolver Digital’s platforming adventure title Gris, which is available on Game Pass today, on cloud, console, and PC.

Microsoft has confirmed the next batch of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass for console, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming.

Further evidence suggesting Microsoft is preparing to release a native Xbox Series X/S version of Minecraft has emerged.

Starfield is nearly upon us, and reactions are already circulating the internet, including our own Starfield review. You can get plenty of opinions about the game's overall quality, but given Bethesda's history on consoles, you might be wondering about the game's performance. Luckily, there's good news on that front.

As Starfield's long-awaited launch approaches, Bethesda's Todd Howard has reportedly sent a memo to staffers that's become public. It's touching for the most part, though Howard doesn't miss the opportunity to let everyone know that he's aware people will be using the infamous New Zealand trick to play the game. 

By Tom Warren, a senior editor covering Microsoft, PC gaming, console, and tech. He founded WinRumors, a site dedicated to Microsoft news, before joining The Verge in 2012.

While the Xbox Series S has always been a bit divisive, controversy over the machine, and whether its holding back current-gen development, has reached new heights. This has largely been spurred by Baldur’s Gate III, which is not launching on Xbox Series X/S because Larian Studios are having trouble splitscreen co-op working on the Series S. There is also increasing reports of Series-S-related grumbling among studios, as the reality of development is, you have to largely design multiplatform games around the limitations of the lowest spec hardware you’re releasing on.

An Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S mid-generation refresh is not in the works, as Microsoft is focusing on the currently available hardware to let developers get the most out of it.

Microsoft has taken the wraps off a new line of Xbox Console Wraps, a bespoke customisation option for gamers who want to restyle their console or have a limited edition console look, without shelling out another £450+ for a new machine.