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5 promising games recently cancelled by Microsoft

If you wished for more pizazz at this year's Xbox Showcase, there's lots of it buried in an growing graveyard of cancelled Xbox games.

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Amid reports of closures to Ninja Theory and Compulsion Games, Xbox Game Studios CEO Craig Duncan is stepping down from the role after less than two years

Xbox Game Studios CEO Craig Duncan is reportedly stepping down from his position after less than two years in the role.

TechRadar

Xbox Game Studios head and chief of staff step down as 'Xbox reset' looms

Studio closures are expected as Xbox's new leadership looks for a fresh start.

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"I'm proud to say we delivered": Xbox Game Studios head Craig Duncan departs alongside chief of staff, read his message to Microsoft devs

After nearly 14 years working under Xbox and 18 months leading Xbox Game Studios, Craig Duncan is stepping down and leaving Microsoft.

Windows Central

Xbox Game Studios head leaves after less than 2 years: "I'm proud to say we delivered many flawless launches"

Craig Duncan was previously part of Rare

GamesRadar

They expect you to die! The history of James Bond video games, from the good to the bad to the downright ugly

Interactive takes on MI6’s globetrotting spy have been around almost as long as the films, but that doesn’t mean all of them were a success. Here’s 007’s chequered past of hits, flops and oddities

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Sea of Thieves will get custom games and machinima creation tools

A saltier sort of sandbox.

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Sea of Thieves misses massive comeback — TheBurntPeanut forced off stream due to DDoS attack

Sea of Thieves gained significant attention after streamer TheBurntPeanut brought in 42,000 viewers, but issues like being DDoS'd prevented it from continuing, limiting its potential impact.

Windows Central

Selena Gomez: Rare Beauty must be accessible

Selena Gomez has opened up about her approach to Rare Beauty products.

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Locked in Game Boy jail for 27 years, the wholesome platformer that led to lewd N64 classic Conker's Bad Fur Day is making a comeback on a $70 retro handheld

Alongside 13 other games from iconic developer Rare

GamesRadar

This adorable upcoming platformer is a love letter to video games where the world is broken by design: "If players can imagine an approach and the mechanics support it, it’ll probably work"

Big in 2026 | Bradley the Badger is "both a fun action-adventure and a story about video games" where "there's rarely a single right solution"

GamesRadar

Banjo-Kazooie is BACK ... sort of — 'Banjo Recompiled' for PC brings widescreen, high framerates, and Steam Deck support

Banjo-Kazooie has been recompiled into a native PC release using a fan led project called Banjo Recompiled. The N64 classic now runs on Windows, Linux, and Steam Deck with modern features.

Windows Central

"We're going to try and be more consistent with what we do": The head of Xbox Game Studios on the Developer Direct reveals, multiplatform strategy, and hard lessons learned from 2025

Exclusive Interview | Craig Duncan sets the stage for Xbox's most important year of the generation

GamesRadar

"It gave us more opportunities for variety": How Banjo-Kazooie helped the Nintendo 64 compete with PlayStation

Interview | Banjo creators Chris Sutherland, Ed Bryan, Gavin Hood, Gary Richards and Steve Malpass explain how the series evolved

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After 44 years as second banana, Donkey Kong Bananza makes Nintendo's first star a mascot to rival Mario and Link in the Switch 2 era

Year in Review 2025 | Donkey Kong Bananza once again shows that Nintendo's greatest strength is its knack for reinvention

GamesRadar

Banjo-Kazooie creator reveals that the mythical "Stop 'N' Swop" feature was originally bigger than we ever knew, with Donkey Kong 64 being a planned part of the process

It would've brought Donkey Kong to Banjo-Tooie's multiplayer mode too

Windows Central

"I did not see it coming. I was absolutely blindsided" — star of Xbox's canceled Perfect Dark reboot and the next Tomb Raider shares her "devastating" story

Actress Alix Wilton-Regan was starring in Xbox's now-canceled Perfect Dark reboot, and has now told her story about how "devastating" it was when the axe came down on the project.

Digital Camera World

Love rare cameras? This limited edition card game would make an ideal stocking stuffer –or a post-Christmas dinner distraction

Camera Quartet is a card game themed around camera rarities from the likes of Nikon, Leica and Hasselblad

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Xbox breaks my heart every day there's no Banjo-Threeie announcement, but this Banjo-Kazooie fan game fills the gap and even has praise from Rare and the OG devs: "Incredible work"

Banjo-Kazooie: Mumbomania lives in Dreams

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The Banjo-Kazooie Sequel We’ve Wanted For 17 Years Is Finally Here — But It’s On PlayStation

A dedicated Banjo-Kazooie fan has made a new Banjo game using PlayStation's dreams, earning accolades from the series creators.

Windows Central

A new Banjo Kazooie game is here ... sort of, and it's not on Xbox

A small team of fans has created an unofficial, yet amazing new Banjo-Kazooie game — but it's only playable on PlayStation, through Dreams.

GamesRadar

Before Banjo-Kazooie's mascot was a bear and after he was a human, the N64 icon was actually a rabbit, according to a former Rare developer

"We went from a boy to a rabbit for about a week"

GamesRadar

GoldenEye 007 had a "strong influence" on Banjo-Kazooie's sequel because Rare devs spent "probably every lunchtime for a couple of years" playing the N64 FPS

"It just felt like the next logical step"

GamesRadar

Sea of Thieves players are roasting Rare like Captain Flameheart for delaying season 18: "Seasons may be delayed but these 'season delayed' drops are always on time"

Dang, no mercy

TechRadar

Rare's canceled Everwild has finally been revealed with never-before-seen screenshots showing the game's world, UI, and more

The first screenshots of Rare's canceled action-adventure game Everwild have appeared online, giving us a glimpse of the game's progress before it was scrapped by Xbox.

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