Revealed during the 2026 Xbox Game Showcase, Revelations is a new expansion for Doom: The Dark Ages that will be available on July 7. Id is using terms like "Hell freezes over" to describe the expansion and writes, "Wounded and betrayed, the Slayer is thrust into a merciless purgatory only escapable by confronting haunting truths and forging new strength with the help of a mysterious ally. He must ascend from the prison of his mind and fight an abomination of the gods to set his followers on the path to freedom."

The trailer for the expansion, expectedly, shows off violent and brutal first-person combat with a voiceover that says, "This place is your pain given shape." The Slayer is also using a new weapon, a glowing javelin, that appears to replace his shield.

Again, Doom: The Dark Ages' Revelations expansion will be available on July 7. You can read Game Informer's Doom: The Dark Ages review by following the link.

Call of Duty is one of the leading names in first-person shooters, but with so many competitors over the years, even it has to adapt to stay relevant. DMZ is its most recent answer to that, bringing the trendy extraction shooter gameplay popularized by Escape from Tarkov, Arc Raiders, and Marathon to Activision-Blizzard's most profitable franchise. Today's Xbox Games Showcase gave us the first look at gameplay since the mode's beta experience, and you can look for yourself below.

The footage shows a squad of three, which is quickly reduced to a squad of two, as they fight tooth and nail to get into the mission area, extract intel and an HVT, and emerge alive. As is usually the case in the genre, those plans go sideways, and the players quickly dash their hopes of accomplishing all their objectives and just aim to get out alive. Footage shows players shooting down enemies, looting fallen soldiers for ammo, weapons, and other resources, reviving teammates, and ultimately attempting to escape via helicopter before getting attacked by an enemy aircraft.

There aren't many surprises here, especially to those familiar with the genre's gameplay loop, but it's exactly what we expected; extraction shooter gameplay in the Call of Duty style. You'll be able to try it yourself when Modern Warfare 4 drops on October 23 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and PC. For more on the game, check out our hands-on preview with the multiplayer. For more Xbox, check out the new details about Halo and Fable or check out our Summer Game Fest Coverage hub.

The team at inXile has been hard at work on Clockwork Revolution, but every new showing is increasingly impressive. Today’s presentation showed off some of the major cast members that will be joining in on the adventure, but also highlighted the way the game will feature time travel as a core mechanic, letting the player go back to the city 25 years earlier in 1867, and then letting you manipulate how things will be in the present. 

The moment-to-moment gameplay looks to follow in the spirit of games like BioShock and Dishonored, encouraging players to use a variety of tools, paths, and strategies to navigate large open environments, bring down foes, and (frequently) dispose of threats in amusing ways. 

Today, we learned the game is now targeting a 2027 release date, and it is one of a couple of big games from Xbox that will be Xbox console exclusives when they launch. 

During the 2026 Xbox Games Showcase, Microsoft revealed a new special edition Xbox Series X console that will be available in November of this year. The console is a standard Xbox Series X with 1 TB of storage, but it has a number of classic Xbox details.

Firstly, the system and controller and are a translucent green recalling the Halo special edition version of the original Xbox. The controller's face buttons are also styled to look like the face buttons of the original controller, the bumpers are black and white in honor of the original black and white buttons, and the home button glows green. The controller will be available separately from the console, as well.

You can read more about the system on the Xbox Wire blog here, though prices and an exact release date have not yet been revealed.

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, the highly anticipated 2D action game from the teams behind Dead Cells, launches this October. More specifically, developers Evil Empire and Motion Twin, and publisher Konami, will release the next installment of Castlevania on October 15 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC. 

Set 23 years before Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, which launched on the NES way back in 1989, Belmont's Curse puts players in control of a new Belmont protagonist, who takes up the holy Vampire Killer whip to destroy all manner of medieval and unholy creatures. Given it's a new 2D sidescrolling action game from the minds behind the excellent Dead Cells, it's unsurprising that today's new look at Belmont's Curse gameplay is an impressive one. 

Check it out in the Castlevania: Belmont's Curse release date trailer below: 

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse launches October 15, 2026, on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC.