Xbox 2025 year in review: pure chaos, terrific games

This was the year Microsoft brought Forza and Gears of War to PlayStation — and finally broke the ultimate taboo and said it would soon do the same for Halo. This was the year it said its next Xbox would be a PC, and an expensive one. This was the year it released a $1,000 handheld it got another company to make. This was the year it closed a AAA studio that never released a game.