The game will be available with Xbox Game Pass Premium, Ultimate, and PC Game Pass subscriptions. You can find more information about the different subscription levels here. This news comes after the recent addition of Final Fantasy II and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza to the service today.
In Skyrim, players can follow many different questlines related to various groups. The main story and the Civil War are the most important, as the Civil War lets you choose a side – either the Imperial Legion or the Stormcloaks – and decide who rules Skyrim. This choice not only changes things within the game, but could also have a lasting impact on the overall story of The Elder Scrolls series. Since The Elder Scrolls 6 hasn’t been announced yet, it’s unknown if Bethesda will acknowledge the outcome of the Civil War in the next game.
The newest update to Monster Hunter Wilds has improved the game’s performance, addressing a long-standing request from players. As a result, reviews on Steam are starting to become more positive, potentially shifting the game’s overall rating from mixed to favorable, as noted by Reddit user Archaeus20.
The movie premiered on Wednesday, January 28th, at the TCL Chinese Theatre. Reports from the red carpet event indicate the atmosphere matched the film’s dark and intense mood. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi arrived in matching outfits that really stood out against the white background, instantly drawing everyone’s attention.
Recently, a player discovered a surprising reason why the game struggles to run well on Steam: it repeatedly checks how much downloadable content you have. The more DLC you own, the smoother the game seems to run, and the player provided strong proof to support this idea.
The game now supports 4K resolution, features sharper textures, and runs at a smoother frame rate. It’s unknown whether players with the original PS4 version will get this update, but it adds weight to speculation about a possible remastered version. Warhorse Studios hasn’t confirmed anything, only hinting at “something new” coming after the last downloadable content for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
2025 was a tough year for Microsoft-owned Zenimax, and that impacted the team working on The Elder Scrolls Online. They had to cancel a major, unannounced game project, which created a demoralizing atmosphere. One quality assurance tester described it as working “among a graveyard.” The remaining, smaller development team will now focus on continuing to support The Elder Scrolls Online.
According to a recent financial report for the third quarter of 2025, the game has sold over 11 million copies. It achieved this milestone in approximately 11 months, which is similar to the sales rate of the franchise’s most popular title, Monster Hunter World.
Monster Hunter Wilds has been facing several problems. Although the game had some issues with how difficult it was, these were quickly overshadowed by its poor performance, particularly on computers. Updates haven’t fully fixed the issues for players, and a strange bug even caused the game to run better if you had all of the downloadable content installed.
Okay, so the new Monster Hunter Wilds update – version 1.040.03.01 – is dropping for Steam players tonight at 6 PM Pacific Time (that’s 2 AM UTC on January 28th for those of us keeping track globally). Heads up though, it looks like there are some performance hiccups with the DLC check on PC. I just saw a really helpful video from Digital Foundry explaining the issue, and I’m linking it here so you can check it out.