Another week gone by, but a special opportunity to give thanks to everything we're grateful for this year - it's the XboxEra Podcast Episode 290! This week, Jon, Nick and Jesse gather round and give thanks, because it's been a pretty special year for XboxEra. We're on target to have more readers than ever, and November saw us broke some site records for the first time, alongside one of the best years for content overall.
A lot of that of course, has been driven by excellent video games. Jon reviewed Sektori, a twin-stick arcade game that feels like a more evolved Geometry Wars, and proved to be very addictive. Jesse tackled some horror games this week with reviews for A.I.L.A and Bloober Team's Silent Hill 2 Remake, now finally available on Xbox consoles. Genghis checked out Ire: A Prologue, and even got a cool interview up for folks that are interested, and also checked Hymer 2000, so feel free to check that out too.
On the hardware review front, Jon published a review of the XREAL One - a pair of super neat wearable display sunglasses, which make for a perfect companion for your new ROG Xbox Ally X.
On the news front, we chatted about the RAM Price rumour and Xbox, as well as the latest ROG ally updates for your Xbox handheld, and the increase in cloud usage proclaimed by Microsoft. Xbox released a pair of Xbox controllers for your feet, in partnership with Crocs if that's your thing.
Mostly though, we chatted about actual video games, because as great as 2025 has been for gamers everywhere, 2026 looks absolutely insane in terms of output. We can't wait!