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At Microsoft’s X018 conference, the company announced the first big expansion for Forza Horizon 4. The DLC is called Fortune Island, and it’s set to launch on December 13. It keeps you racing through the UK but takes you to some northern British Isles with particularly craggy mountainsides and dangerous weather like lightning storms. The new setting isn’t without its peaceful charms, though, as you’ll be able to witness the aurora borealis.

Naturally, Fortune Island will come alongside a new set of cars to drive as well. The game has already started rolling out the five custom-built Ford vehicles from the GymkhanaTEN video series. Car Pass members can already grab the 1977 Ford GymkhanaTEN, F-150 Hoonitruck, and the 1993 Ford Escort Cosworth Group A. Later this month they can also get the 1965 Ford Hoonicorn Mustang V2 and the 2017 Ford Fiesta RS, followed by the 2016 Ford GymkhanaTEN Focus RS RX in December.

Fortune Island is part of the expansions bundle for $35, which is available for Ultimate Edition owners at no additional cost. If you’re a Game Pass subscriber, you’ve already gotten access to Forza Horizon 4 as part of your subscription, and you can get the expansions as a bundle or individually for 10% off.

Setting the expansion in the rocky north should prove a challenge for experienced racers, especially given the game’s marquee feature of changing seasons. GameSpot’s Forza Horizon 4 review found the seasons had a real impact on gameplay, and contributed to a diversity of race types.

“Everything you do in Horizon feels valuable, no matter how big or small–from the basic thrills of speeding a fast car down a gorgeous mountain highway to spending time tinkering with your favorite ride to manage seasonal road conditions to just hanging out with friends and strangers online and goofing off in friendly games,” said critic Edmond Tran. “The charm of the Horizon series is as palpable as ever, a winning, all-inclusive recipe that celebrates the joy of driving above all else.”

Deep Silver has announced a special version of 4A Games’ Metro Exodus will be when it launches in 2019. Titled the “Spartan Collector’s Edition,” the package is limited to 4,000 units and is available to pre-order now from the Metro Exodus website.

“The Spartan Collector’s Edition ships in a gigantic, barrel-shaped package, based on an in-game design that adds to the authenticity,” Deep Silver explains. It contains a statue of Artyom–the main character of the series–which is hand-painted resin and stands at 10.5 inches high. There’s also a replica of Artyom’s Spartan Order dog tag, collectible postcards, and two patches.

The Spartan Collector’s Edition can be purchased as a stand-alone item or complete with a copy of The Aurora Limited Edition, which has a copy of the game, an art book, and the Metro Exodus expansion pass, packaged in a custom metal outer case inspired by Metro Exodus’ in-game locomotive, The Aurora. The Spartan Collector’s Edition will cost $149.99 on its own or $234.99 bundled with the Aurora Edition.

Take a look at the full contents of the Spartan Collector’s Edition with descriptions, courtesy of Deep Silver, below.

• A Premium Artyom Statue: This highly detailed, hand-painted resin statue stands at 10.5 inches high and captures the iconic scene from the Metro Exodus announcement trailer of Artyom fighting off a deadly Watchman. Each statue is individually numbered.
• Authentic Spartan Order Dog Tag: A finely crafted replica of Artyom’s Spartan Order tag.
• Artyom’s Memories Collectible Postcards: Arytom’s most treasured items are postcards from the world before it was devastated by nuclear war. Fans of the Metro series will recognize Artyom’s collection, given to him by those he encounters on his journey.
• Spartan Order Patches: Two authentic Spartan Order patches to wear with pride.

Metro Exodus is set to release February 22 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Check out our full pre-order guide for more purchasing options.

At X018, the Xbox fan event taking place in Mexico City, Microsoft announced that mouse and keyboard support will arrive on Xbox One on November 14, and Xbox Insiders will be able to use it on select games at launch, with more titles adding support later. Among these games is Epic Games’ Fortnite and Digital Extremes’ Warframe.

In November, Bomber Crew, Deep Rock Galactic, Strange Brigade, Vermintide 2, War Thunder, and X-Morph Defense will also be updated to offer keyboard and mouse support. Beyond that, Microsoft has named Children of Morta, DayZ, Minion Master, Moonlighter, Vigor, Warface, and Wargroove as games “adding support in the future.”

According to Microsoft, when the feature becomes available next week, developers will have the tools required to create “tailored mouse and keyboard experiences for they game as they see fit to ensure a fair and fun experience for fans.

The company also took the opportunity to reveal a selection of “Designed for Xbox” mice and keyboard peripherals. Razer has been confirmed to be the exclusive partner for these products and is expected to introduces their line of Designed for Xbox peripherals at CES in January, 2019. Microsoft says these are going to be “created for living room or desktop scenarios, come equipped with a dedicated Xbox key, and support the new Xbox Dynamic Lighting feature enabling immersive in-game lighting effects.”

Of course, the introduction of mouse and keyboard support is a big deal, especially for competitive titles such as Fortnite. Traditionally, it’s believed that those using mouse and keyboard have an advantage as they enable users to be more precise and react quicker. Microsoft seems to be placing the onus on developers to figure out how to implement support in their games, and it will be interesting to see if more developers adopt the input method, and how they plan to handle the potential split in the player base this could cause. For Fortnite specifically, players using keyboard and mouse will be matched against others doing the same.

First-person shooters are, naturally, the genre mouse and keyboard is perhaps best suited for, and some players of competitive titles such as Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Battlefield V, PUBG, Overwatch may welcome the support. This also opens up the console to accommodate a variety of other genres, such as real-time strategy, much better,. Historically, titles in this genre such as Civilization or Halo Wars have been tweaked to work with controllers. Mouse and keyboard support also opens the door to a bunch of touch-based titles to appear on the console.

Microsoft has a ton of new content coming to its biggest Xbox One and PC games of 2018, and that includes State of Decay 2. During its X018 event in Mexico City, the company gave fans their first look at Undead Labs’ next update for the zombie survival game: Zed Hunter.

Zed Hunter arrives as a free update for State of Decay 2 on November 16. It introduces a handful of new weapons to the game, among them the crossbow. Design director Richard Foge described the new weapon as a stealthier way to take out enemies; you’re able to quietly fire bolts at zombies from a distance without drawing attention to yourself. These bolts will also stick to the environment, and you’ll be able to recover them if they don’t break.

In addition to the crossbow, the Zed Hunter update introduces three new “quiet” melee weapons, as well as six new consumables, some of which are based on zombie plague experiments. These will give you abilities in exchange for blood plague accumulation, such as the power to see in the dark. You can watch the reveal trailer for Zed Hunter above.

That isn’t all the new content on the horizon for State of Decay 2. Foge teased that another free update is coming in early 2019. This one will let players experience new challenges and new ways of surviving with their communities. He also teased that players will be able to return to Trumbull Valley in 2019, although he wasn’t able to share any more details beyond that.

Microsoft shared a ton of announcements during its X018 event. The company revealed a new mode coming to Rare’s shared pirate adventure Sea of Thieves called The Arena. We also got our first look at Void Bastards, a stylish shooter from developers behind System Shock and BioShock.

With every trailer and new gameplay feature they release, Just Cause 4 manages to look even more over-the-top and ridiculous in its execution. In the new trailer coming from Microsoft’s X018 event, which showed off the latest games coming to Xbox One and PC, Avalanche Studio’s next open world game aims to outdo everything they’ve done from the last game by several degrees.

In the trailer, we saw Rico face off against his toughest adversaries yet. In addition to showing new weapons and gear, we also saw many returning gameplay features–including Just Cause 3‘s wingsuit. Like in the last game, it allowed players to glide across great distances, to cover ground quickly and with greater agility. However, a new game-changing mechanic is the inclusion of hostile weather. When you least expect it, tornados may hit, causing increased destruction and danger for every character in the world.

During the game’s showing at X018, game director Francesco Antolini spoke about many of the abilities and skills you’ll have to use during the game. In addition to an upgraded grappling hook, allowing you to attach to more objects than ever before, you’ll now have access to an upgraded black market–which can spawn new weapons and items for Rico in an instant. Set for release on December 4, Just Cause 4 is looking to be a massive upgrade from its predecessor, which already held the crown for being the biggest game of the series.

There’s been a lot coming from the XO18 event. In addition to the reveal of new IP Void Bastards, we also saw the reveal of Crackdown 3‘s multiplayer mode, and along with a set of games coming to the Game Pass. If you want to know more about all the interesting new reveals, be sure to check out GameSpot for more coverage.

During Microsoft’s X018 event, Devil May Cry 5 producer Matt Walker and director Hideaki Itsuno appeared on the stream to discuss the upcoming sequel and reveal Void Mode, which will help teach players the tricks of the demon hunting trade. While previous games in the series have attempted to clue players in on how to play the game, this time Capcom is formalizing the process by giving the process its own mode.

At PAX West 2018, Itsuno said the team was working on a training mode, which is “something people have been asking for” but Capcom has had “certain titles where we haven’t been able to get that done correctly.” This time, however, it has “made sure to make the effort.” This mode is of course Void Mode, and during the stream we learned that players will enter “The Void” and experiment with weapons and styles. There are options such as the ability to turn damage on and off to either practice or see how much damage you do. Devil Breakers can be used indefinitely to get comfortable with them.

Itsuno and Walker also provided a showcase of Nero’s Devil Breakers. These are a unique weapon for the character that give him a variety of interesting tools and abilities that he can work into combat and traversal. The Gerbera GP01 is a variant of another Breaker that give Nero movement options using shockwaves. The Pasta Breaker is a Breaker created by the inventor character Nico, and it has a fork on it. It’s the only Devil Breaker that lets you cycle your remaining Breakers. The Sweet Surrender is the only Breaker that can heal Nero, and Break Gauge moves will recover three bars of health at the cost of the Breaker itself. Finally, there’s the Mega Buster, which is inspired by Mega Man, and it changes Nero’s poses and animations to pay homage to Mega Man.

Devil May Cry 5 releases for Xbox One, PS4, and PC on March 8, 2019. Along with Nero, the series’ leading man Dante will be a playable characters. The duo are joined a mysterious third character called V, who is entirely new to the series. In terms of story, Devil May Cry 5 takes place a few years after the fourth game, with Nero running his own demon hunting agency.

The game will continue the series’ tradition of having weird and wacky weaponry, and at New York Comic-Con the Faust Hat–a cowboy hat that has eyes–made its debut. According to Capcom, Faust Hat was designed to offer a risk and reward dynamic. While wearing it, players can fire Red Orbs at enemies from their hands and throw the hat as a weapon too. If you kill enemies, you’ll receive a substantial amount of Red Orbs back. However, throwing the hat at an enemy also “marks” it with its own hat, and if they attack you in return, you’ll lose more Red Orbs.

We played the game at Tokyo Game Show and you can read more impressions of Devil May Cry 5 here.

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At the recent X018 event, Microsoft revealed a new IP inspired by old-school sci-fi and several games from the immersive-sim sub-genre. Coming from developers behind System Shock and BioShock, Void Bastards puts you in the role of one of many prisoners aboard the Void Ark, which finds itself adrift in a hostile interstellar zone known as the Sargasso Nebula. Referred to as a strategy-shooter, Void Bastards blends together traditional shooter gameplay with roguelike mechanics, where the death of one character will be the start of another person’s journey.

Published by Humble Bundle and set for release on PC and Xbox One, Void Bastards focuses on the exploration of the Sargasso Nebula, and surviving the dangers that outer space possess. After choosing your character, you’ll chart out your course in the hostile nebula, exploring many derelict space stations and alien worlds. Over the course of your character’s journey, you’ll acquiring new weapons and abilities, which will help you survive the many threats you’ll encounter in space.

With a strong roguelike influence, Void Bastards also places focus on having players decide where they should go next. While one location in the nebula could have minimal risk and high rewards, one remote space station could lead to certain doom for your character, costing you precious resources and the life of your chosen character.

It was also revealed that Void Bastards would be available on Xbox One Game Pass at launch. During the XO18 livestream, Microsoft revealed 16 games coming to their Game Pass program, which includes Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice and PUBG. For more info on the X018 reveals, in addition to Crackdown 3‘s release date, be sure to check out our continuing coverage of the game.