Key facts
- Microsoft held the final stop of its eight-city Xbox FanFest tour in Seattle, the city where the original platform began, on November 13, 2026, marking 25 years since the original Xbox launched.
- Xbox Wire announced that Halo's cooperative survival mode Firefight is coming to Halo: Campaign Evolved as part of a free Winter Update, with FanFest attendees able to play it at the Seattle event on November 13, 2026.
- Fable launches on February 23, 2027 for Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam and Xbox on PC, and PlayStation 5, with Premium Edition pre-orders offering up to five days of early access.
- Push Square reported there is no word yet on whether Wolfenstein 3 will be multi-platform or an Xbox exclusive, and the game is likely at least a few years from release.
Microsoft held the final stop of its eight-city Xbox FanFest tour in Seattle on Nov. 13, 2026, marking 25 years since the original Xbox launched. The official 25th anniversary falls on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced that Wolfenstein 3 is officially in production at MachineGames, with actors Brian Bloom and Debra Wilson reprising their roles as BJ Blazkowicz and Grace Walker. Bethesda Softworks and MachineGames jointly confirmed the production. Sharma said, “This is a franchise with an important place in gaming history, and I’m excited to see the team continue its story.”
Push Square reported there is no word yet on whether Wolfenstein 3 will be multi-platform or an Xbox exclusive, and the game is likely at least a few years from release. IGN reported Amazon is developing the Wolfenstein series into a television series. MachineGames studio head Jerk Gustafsson told Noclip in an interview the previous year that the team had always seen BJ’s story as a trilogy and still had a story to tell.
MachineGames shared a script image for Wolfenstein 3 showing Chapter 01, titled Nazitraz, set in an interrogation cell. The studio put the series on hold after Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus released to rave reviews in 2017 to develop 2024’s Indiana Jones and the Great Circle before returning to Wolfenstein.
At the Seattle event, Xbox Wire announced that Halo’s cooperative survival mode Firefight is coming to Halo: Campaign Evolved as part of a free Winter Update, and FanFest attendees could play it there. Xbox also said Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC now includes 25 original Xbox games, such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Xbox has added Achievements to select titles including KOTOR.
Xbox Wire announced Xbox Playback, a feature that lets players review personal history including first game, total time played, most-played game, top years, and longest streak. Slaughter Mode arrives for DOOM: The Dark Ages on Nov. 16 at no extra cost for owners of the Revelations DLC, Premium Edition, or Premium Upgrade, featuring escalating rounds of randomized enemies, bosses, and arenas with stacking rewards. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma confirmed that id Software’s next project is now in development.
Fable launches on Feb. 23, 2027 for Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam and Xbox on PC, and PlayStation 5, with Premium Edition pre-orders offering up to five days of early access. Xbox shared a four-minute Fable quest gameplay video on Nov. 12, 2026, showing the Hero of Briar Hill and a local hero named Arden investigating corrupted magic in Deepwood. Xbox said the Official Xbox Podcast would break down the new Fable gameplay footage on the day after FanFest.
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