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Iron Man is a Duelist in Marvel Rivals who shines when afloat in the air as he rains down beam projectiles upon enemies. Controlling him requires some maneuvering so you must know the best ways to put his weapons and abilities to use.

The game’s roster features Marvel’s iconic lineup of heroes and occasionally villains, bringing characters like Spider-Man, Hulk, Loki, Black Panther, and more into the spotlight.

Among these fan favorites is the legendary Iron Man. Here’s everything you need to know about his abilities and some tips to make the most of this high-tech hero.

Iron Man’s weapons

AttackStatsWhat it doesRepulsor BlastCasting: Straight-line projectile that generates a spell field upon impact
Ammo: 100
Critical Hit: No
Special Mechanic 1: After firing the one-handed repulsor twice in a row, the next attack will fire two repulsors at once
Special Mechanic 2: Repulsor Blast and Unibeam share the same ammo count
Projectile Speed: 60 m/s
Damage: 55
Range: 3m spherical radius
Spell Field Damage: 35
Spell Field Damage Falloff: 40% falloff at 3m
Fire Rate: 1.67 rounds per second
Ammo Consumption: 10 damage per roundFire nano pulse cannons forward“Two-handed Repulsors

Projectile Speed: 80 m/s
Damage: 65
Range: 5m spherical radius
Spell Field Damage: 40
Spell Field Damage Falloff: 40% falloff at 5m
Fire Rate: 1.39 rounds per second
Ammo Consumption: 16 damage per round“Repulsor Blast (Armor Overdrive)Casting: Straight-line projectile that generates a spell field upon impact
Ammo: Infinite
Critical Hit: No
Projectile Speed: 80 m/s
Damage: 55
Range: 5m spherical radius
Spell Field Damage: 55
Spell Field Damage Falloff: 40% falloff at 5m
Fire Rate: 1.33 rounds per secondFire nano pulse cannons forwardRepulsor Blast (Gamma Overdrive)Casting: Straight-line projectile that generates a spell field upon impact
Ammo: Infinite
Critical Hit: No
Projectile Speed: 80 m/s
Damage: 60
Range: 5m spherical radius
Spell Field Damage: 60
Spell Field Damage Falloff: 40% falloff at 5m
Fire Rate: 1.33 rounds per secondFire nano pulse cannons forwardUnibeamCasting: Channeled
Ammo: 100
Critical Hit: No
Special Mechanic: Repulsor Blast and Unibeam share the same ammo count
Beam Length: 25m
Damage: 120 damage per second
Ammo Consumption: 10 per secondFire nano pulse cannons forwardUnibeam (Armor Overdrive)Casting: Channeled
Ammo: Infinite
Critical Hit: No
Beam Length: 25m
Damage: 180 damage per secondFire nano pulse cannons forwardUnibeam (Gamma Overdrive)Casting: Channeled
Ammo: Infinite
Critical Hit: No
Beam Length: 25m
Damage: 220 damage per secondFire nano pulse cannons forward

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Iron Man’s abilities in Marvel Rivals

AbilityStatsWhat it doesInvisible Pulse Cannon (Q)Casting: Straight-line projectile that generates a spell field upon impact
Energy Cost: 2800
Projectile Speed: 25 m/s
Dispersive Spell Field: 15m length, 5m width, 5m height
Damage over time: 300 per second
Explosion Range: 10m spherical radius
Explosion Damage: 1000
Spell Field Damage Falloff: 5% falloff at 10m
Special Mechanic: As the projectile travels, it creates a dispersive spell field that deals Damage Over Time to nearby enemiesFire a devastating pulse cannon in the targeted direction, delivering catastrophic damage to the targeted area upon impactHyper-Velocity (L Shift)Movement Boost: 100%
Max Energy: 120
Energy Cost: 15 per second
Energy Recovery Speed: 10 per secondActivate Hyper-Velocity state for swift forward flightHyper-Velocity (Armor Overdrive)Movement Boost: 100%
Max Energy: Infinite Activate Hyper-Velocity state for swift forward flightArmor Overdrive (E)Duration: 10s
Cooldown: 20sActivate Armor Overdrive state, enhancing the damage of Repulsor Blast and UnibeamMicro-Missile Barrage (F)Casting: Scatter-type projectile that generates a spell area upon impact
Missiles: 16
Projectile Speed: 15 m/s
Range: 2m spherical radius
Spell Field Damage: 20 damage per round
Cooldown: 8s
Special Mechanic: Launch missiles directly beneath Iron ManWhen Hyper-Velocity or Armor Overdrive is used, Iron Man can launch a missile bombardmentMicro-Missile Barrage (Armor Overdrive) (F)Casting: Scatter-type projectile that generates a spell area upon impact
Missiles: 18
Projectile Speed: 60 m/s
Range: 2m spherical radius
Spell Field Damage: 15 damage per round
Cooldown: 6s
Special Mechanic: Launch in the direction of Iron Man’s crosshairWhen Hyper-Velocity or Armor Overdrive is used, Iron Man can launch a missile bombardment

Team-Up ability

AbilityStatsWhat it doesGamma Overdrive (E)Duration: 10s
Cooldown: 20s
Team-up target: HulkHulk charges Doctor Strange and Iron Man with gamma radiation. When Doctor Strange uses Maelstrom of Madness, he unleashes excess gamma energy. When Iron Man uses Armor Overdrive, he will initiate a gamma upgrade

How to play Iron Man in Marvel Rivals

Iron Man’s abilities in Marvel Rivals are designed for mobility and long-range poke damage, making it essential to stay on the move while dealing consistent damage from a distance.

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Hyper-Velocity is key to his mobility, enabling him to quickly traverse the terrain. Use it strategically to reposition yourself or escape dangerous situations. Since Iron Man has the advantage of flight, staying airborne will make you a more elusive target. However, be mindful of hitscan opponents who can land precise shots if your movements are predictable or stationary.

Iron Man’s kit excels at dealing poke damage from long range, so position yourself behind your Vanguards to maximize effectiveness. Focus on wearing down enemies’ health from a safe distance, making it easier for your frontline teammates to secure eliminations.

Lastly, Armor Overdrive enhances your weapon damage and grants access to micro-missiles. Activate this ability before engaging in team fights or use it to cover your retreat when disengaging with Hyper-Velocity. By timing your abilities effectively, you can dominate the battlefield while maintaining a safe position.

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Now that you know how to play Iron Man in Marvel Rivals, check out our other Duelist guides like Black Widow and Hawkeye.

Python 3.15.0 is now available

python.org/downloads/release/python-3150/

This is the stable release of Python 3.15.0

Python 3.15.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language,
and it contains many new features and optimisations compared to Python 3.14,
in 5,643 commits from 1,012 contributors.

Major new features of the 3.15 series, compared to 3.14

Some of the major new features and changes in Python 3.15 are:

Interpreter improvements

• PEP 661: Add
  Code:

  sentinel
  built-in type
  
  
• PEP 686: Python now uses UTF-8 as the default encoding
  
  
• PEP 798: Unpacking in comprehensions
  
  
• PEP 810: Explicit lazy imports for faster startup times
  
  
• PEP 814: Add
  Code:

  frozendict
  built-in type
  
  
• PEP 829: Package startup configuration files
  
  
• The experimental JIT compiler has been significantly upgraded, with 7-8% geometric mean performance improvement on x86-64 Linux over the standard interpreter, and 11-12% speedup on AArch64 macOS over the tail-calling interpreter
  
  
• Improved error messages
  
  

• PEP 799: A dedicated profiling package for organizing Python profiling tools
  
  
• PEP 799: Tachyon: High frequency statistical sampling profiler
  
  
• More color
  
  

• PEP 728:
  Code:

  TypedDict
  with typed extra items
  
  
• PEP 747: Annotating type forms with
  Code:

  TypeForm
  
  
• PEP 800: Disjoint bases in the type system
  
  

• PEP 782: A new
  Code:

  PyBytesWriter
  C API to create a Python bytes object
  
  
• PEP 788: Protection against finalization in the C API
  
  
• PEP 803, 820, 793: Stable ABI for free-threaded builds and related C API
  
  

• PEP 831: Frame pointers are enabled by default for improved system-level observability
  
  

• The official Windows 64-bit binaries now use the tail-calling interpreter
  
  
• The official macOS binaries now install free-threading support by default
  
  

• Online documentation
  
  
• PEP 790, 3.15 release schedule
  
  
• Report bugs at github.com/python/cpython/issues
  
  
• Help fund Python directly (or via GitHub Sponsors) and support the Python community
  
  

Quote:I had this idea to whip up a little TUI adventure game that takes you through a What’s New in Python 3.15. I present to you “whatsnewt”:

From the README:

Quote:A TUI text adventure through what’s new in Python 3.15.

You wake up in the Startup Foyer, somewhere inside the interpreter, and work your way to the Release Gate. Along the way there are eighteen puzzles, and every one of them is a real 3.15 feature you have to actually use. You’re not just answering boring questions, you’re actually writing and running code, in a Python 3.15 interpreter.

Some puzzles require a type checker, and in those cases, answers are verified by pyrefly, which is a dependency for exactly that reason, and the verdict quotes what it says back.

The easiest way to play it is to run:

Code:

uvx --python 3.15 whatsnewt

And yes, there are easter eggs

Mists of Pandaria Timewalking is now live! Don't forget to pick up your A Shrouded Path Through Time quest for a Cache of Amani Treasures.Mists of Pandaria Timewalking Guide

Mists of Pandaria Timewalking

Mists of Pandaria contains 6 dungeons for you to run through to earn gear and Timewalking Badges:

Gate of the Setting Sun: 5 Timewarped Badge

Mogu'shan Palace: 5 Timewarped Badge

Scholomance: 5 Timewarped Badge

Shado-Pan Monastery: 5 Timewarped Badge

Stormstout Brewery: 5 Timewarped Badge

Temple of the Jade Serpent: 5 Timewarped Badge

At the end of your first dungeon, you'll loot an item that grants 500 Timewarped Badges. This can be turned in Mistweaver Xia.

/way #554 43.0 55.4 Mistweaver Xia

Mistweaver Xia

Two mounts are available for Timewalking Badges (Copper-Maned Quilen Reins and Yu'lei, Daughter of Jade).

Copper-Maned Quilen Reins
Raised in the stables of the Iron Qon, these mounts are ardently steadfast, never leaving their posts even when they sensed the demise of their masters.

Yu'lei, Daughter of Jade
Warmth and wisdom emanate from this great creature, which glows like moonlight passing through the finest jade.

For the full list of rewards, check out our Mists of Pandaria Timewalking Guide.

Since the very beginning, we knew Rockbeasts was something special. To us, at least. Not because it’s the biggest game, or the safest bet. Quite the opposite. It’s not built around a genre you can neatly file it under. It’s built around a theme, a very specific fantasy that comes straight from our own experiences and our own love of music – and how it shaped us. That’s what makes it special. It’s also exactly what makes it hard.



For anyone just discovering us: Rockbeasts is a rock and roll management RPG. You’re not the frontman, not the drummer, but the manager. Your job is to take a band from a garage full of ego, feedback, and half-finished songs, all the way to the biggest stages out there. Along the way, you’ll juggle resources, wrangle personalities, put out fires (sometimes literal ones), and try to keep the whole beautiful mess together long enough to make it big.

Games like this, the ones driven by feeling rather than formula, don’t play nice with algorithms. They’re harder to pitch, harder to categorize, harder to put in front of the people who’d actually love them. We knew that going in. We also knew that if this idea ever got the right support behind it, it could become something much bigger than what we could build alone.

That support has arrived.



We’re beyond proud to share that Lichthund is partnering with Critical Role, both creatively and on the publishing side. Their experience, talent and honestly, their taste for stories with real heart, combined with everything we’ve poured into our game, is exactly the combination we always hoped for. This partnership is what should let Rockbeasts become the game we always wanted it to be, instead of the game we had to settle for.

It took us a moment to get here. And there’s still a lot we need to handle as we want to make Rockbeasts the best version of itself. But we’re ready. As if we were to enter a rock stage ourselves.Matthew Mercer and Sam Riegel will share that stage with us, as they are officially joining Rockbeasts’s cast. Seeing our characters played by them is a dream come true. If you know Critical Role (and if you don’t, please do yourself a favor and check them out), you know what these two bring to a character: chaos, heart, and a level of commitment that makes a script feel like a true adventure. That’s exactly the energy our game needs, because managing a band this unhinged was never going to be a quiet job. And there’s more to come, so please stay with us on this last mile leading to the release – and here’s the second, equally exciting part…



Rockbeasts launches on PS5 in January 2027!

That’s when you’ll finally get to sit in the manager’s chair, wrangle your own beautifully broken band, and try to get them to the stage they deserve – in one piece, if you’re lucky.

We’ve been building toward this moment for a long time. For those of you already with us – thank you from the bottom of our hearts for believing in something a little different. For those we’re just about to meet – welcome and enjoy the tour.

You can wishlist Rockbeasts now in preparation for launch in January 2027.

Summary

• Knowledge based metroidvania.
  
• Creators discuss the challenges of building a new genre.
  
• Out now on XBOX Series X|S, PC, and Day One with Game Pass.
  

Capcom have just open sourced a key component of their AAA game engine RE Engine, the game engine powering most of their modern titles including Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Devil May Cry, Monster Hunter, Dragon’s Dogma and more. The open sourced component is RE:Dox, a C# powered “data engine”. While not as flashy as the renderer or interactive as the physics engine, data is a huge part of just about every large game so a high performance, easy to use, modular JSON driven data engine should be incredibly useful to the wider game development community. Best of all it is released under the permissive Apache 2 open source license.

First.. What is RE:Dox?

Quote:RE:Dox is a high-performance, token-based structured data engine for .NET, developed as one of the core components of ‘REX’ Technology for CAPCOM’s next-generation game engine.

RE:Dox is not just a JSON serializer. It parses structured data into a compact, fixed-size token DOM / IR, then uses that structural index for reading, editing, format conversion, serialization, deserialization, and automatic parallel deserialization.

Quote:RE:Dox combines three goals that usually conflict:

• the parse speed of a tape DOM (
  Code:

  System.Text.Json.JsonDocument
  ),
  
  
• the editability of a node DOM (
  Code:

  System.Text.Json.Nodes.JsonNode
  ),
  
  
• the flexibility of
  Code:

  Newtonsoft.Json
  (position-independent
  Code:

  $type
  ,
  Code:

  $id
  /
  Code:

  $ref
  , out-of-order constructor binding).
  
  

What you get:

• High-performance serialization and deserialization — on the benchmark datasets below, up to ~1.8x faster sequential deserialization, up to ~2.8x faster automatic parallel deserialization, and up to ~1.6x faster serialization than System.Text.Json.
  
  
• Lower allocation on tested workloads — for example,
  Code:

  canada.json
  deserializes with about 2.56 MB allocated by RE:Dox versus about 8.53 MB by System.Text.Json. JSON, JSON5, CBOR, MessagePack, INI, and DOX are integrated with the core model; TOML, XML, HTML, and CSV are currently preview components.
  
  
• One converter model across formats —
  Code:

  DataConverter<T>
  targets the format-agnostic
  Code:

  DataReader
  /
  Code:

  DataWriter
  abstractions instead of a specific wire format.
  
  
• Mutable token DOM — edit objects and arrays without replacing the document with a heavyweight managed object tree.
  
  
• Trivia-preserving JSON5 editing — comments and other preserved trivia can survive document edits and re-encoding.
  
  
• Compatibility layers for System.Text.Json, Newtonsoft.Json, and DataContractJsonSerializer.
  
  
• Apache-2.0 licensed.
  
  

One Weekend. Seven Worlds. Endless Possibilities. Screamer and Family Man are available in Free Play Days this weekend for XBOX Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and Essential members to play from Thursday, October 8 until Sunday, October 11.

Additionally, ARC Raiders is free for all XBOX members to try from October 8 until October 11 (XBOX Game Pass Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and Essential membership not required).

Watch out! These games are time bound. High On Life 2, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Little Nightmares III, and Rogue Waters are available for all XBOX players to try out with timed trials.

How to Start Playing

Scroll down and find and install the games on each of the individual game details page on XBOX.com. Clicking through will send you to the Microsoft Store, where you must be signed in to see the option to install with your XBOX Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and Essential membership. To download on console, click on the Subscriptions tab in the XBOX Store and navigate down to the Free Play Days collection on your XBOX One and XBOX Series X|S.

Keep the Fun Going

Purchase the game and other editions at a limited time discount and continue playing while keeping your Gamerscore and achievements earned during the event! Please note that discounts, percentages, and title availability may vary by title and region.

Free Play Days (Game Pass Membership Required)

Screamer
High-octane action and anime aesthetics collide in this arcade racing game, featuring fighting mechanics and a storyline that hits hard. In this world, some race for glory while others seek power or revenge. Every race is a fight and every battle is personal. For a limited time, get 60% off the Standard Edition or the Digital Deluxe Edition and keep playing after the weekend is over.







Screamer

Milestone S.r.l.

☆☆☆☆☆
84

★★★★★

$59.99

$23.99

Get it now

Family Man
Family Man is part of Xbox Free Play Days, so you can try it all weekend for free, and grab the game for 85% OFF! Family Man is a dark, story-led RPG that asks the question: When pushed to the limits of your own morality, how far would you go for the sake of your family? Make difficult decisions, earn cash to put food on the table, and decide just how moral your compass is.





Family Man

No More Robots

☆☆☆☆☆
47

★★★★★

$19.99

$2.99

Get it now

Free Play Days For All

ARC Raiders
This October, we’re celebrating a year of ARC Raiders by giving new Raiders the chance to play for free for an entire weekend! Speranza is throwing open its hatches to new Raiders looking to enlist by scavenging the surface to thrive in a desolate world.

Experience ARC Raiders’ biggest update since launch: Frozen Trail. An unprecedented disruption has drawn dangers to the Rust Belt unlike anything we’ve seen before. With a colossal new threat eviscerating anything in its path, both the Nomads’ trails and Toledo itself threaten to become collateral damage of ARC’s ill-equipped salvage operation. Plus, from October 8 through October 15, you can buy the ARC Raiders base game, Deluxe Edition, and Deluxe Edition upgrade, at 50% off.







ARC Raiders

Embark Studios

☆☆☆☆☆
11953

★★★★★

$39.99

$19.99

Get it now

High On Life 2
You’ve done it. You’ve taken down an intergalactic cartel, brought humanity back from the brink of extinction, and hunted dangerous bounties to the far corners of the galaxy. Bounty hunting has brought you fortune, fame and love; but when a mysterious figure from your past reappears and puts a price on your sister’s head, your cushy life gets thrown into chaos.

An intergalactic conspiracy threatens the fate of humanity! Team up with a wide cast of talking alien guns as you shoot, stab, and skate your way through the exotic locales to take down the bad guys and save your favorite species (humans)!







High On Life 2

Squanch Games, Inc.

☆☆☆☆☆
2090

★★★★★

$39.99

$31.99

Get it now

PC Game Pass

Xbox Game Pass

Free Trial

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Enter the Chornobyl Anomalous Zone in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl — a vast open world where anomalies, mutants, and rivals stand in your way. Explore, scavenge, and try to survive in this brutal and dangerous land.

The massive Update 2.0 improves performance, significantly transforms the look and feel of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, and introduces new features that make the journey more immersive than ever. Test your luck in the Zone during Free Play Days, then continue your journey with 30% OFF the full game!







S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

GSC Game World

☆☆☆☆☆
7190

★★★★★

$59.99

$41.99

Get it now

Free Trial

Little Nightmares III
Face your childhood fears in Little Nightmares III, a haunting adventure filled with dark mysteries and unforgettable horrors. Explore the secrets of the Spiral, solve puzzles, and evade terrifying creatures lurking around every corner.







Little Nightmares III

Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.

☆☆☆☆☆
592

★★★★★

$39.99

$19.99

Get it now

Rogue Waters
Rogue Waters is an addictive Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite pirate adventure. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Free to play for 2 hours in a timed trial during Xbox’s Free Play Days and 75% OFF to buy! The high seas await. Will ye heed the call?







Rogue Waters

Tripwire Interactive LLC

☆☆☆☆☆
45

★★★★★

$29.99

$7.49

Get it now

Free Trial

Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.

Set sail as Captain Cutter, a pirate caught in a deadly struggle for power and vengeance. Navigate dangerous waters, unleash mythical sea creatures, and outwit enemies as you chase legendary treasure and confront dark secrets.
● Embark on a journey of loyalty, betrayal, and revenge, as you unravel the mysteries of the Sea Shepherd prophecy and face the immortal Captain Blackbone.
● Use your Pirate Cave (HUB) to equip ship upgrades & crew members before each run.
● Each run generates new encounters, requiring careful navigation as you work your way toward Captain Blackbone.
● Enjoy a rich, story-driven adventure across 3 acts, with endless replayability.

Recruit and grow your pirate crew, discovering their hidden potential as you lead them into battle. It's your responsibility to mold them into the legendary pirates they were destined to be.
● Recruit from 6 unique classes, each with distinct abilities and playstyles for your ship’s crew.
● After each run, upgrade your crew’s skills to increase their effectiveness.
● Damage persists across runs, requiring you to swap out crew members to allow them time to heal.

Face new challenges as the game world shifts procedurally with each run, offering fresh secrets, combat scenarios, and treasures to discover.
● Encounters feature diverse pirate factions and enemy types—choose your battles wisely.
● Your crew will engage enemies on ships and land alike.
● Visit shops to heal, upgrade crew, buy cannons, and repair your ship.
● You can extort shops for loot, but it’ll lead to a fight.

Customize your naval encounters with cannons and ship artillery. Unleash powerful shots during naval combat to destroy enemy ship modules and gain the upper hand in boarding fights.
● Encounters begin with Sea Battles where you can use cannons to target key areas of enemy ships.
● Both your ship and the enemy's have distinct buffs that can be destroyed.
● Crew members can be targeted and killed during battle, so defend your ship and crew before boarding.

Experience a fresh take on turn-based tactical combat that replicates the visceral intensity of cloak-and-dagger duels. Use the environment to gain the upper hand like never before.
● The boarding phase involves hand-to-hand combat where your crew faces off against enemies.
● Use your crew's unique abilities to maneuver and pin enemies against obstacles for fatal damage.
● Leverage the environment by pushing enemies into spikes, grabbing one-time weapons, or swinging into position with ropes.

Legendary sea creatures, once thought to be myths, roam the oceans of Rogue Waters. Free them from captivity and gain their trust to summon them in battle.
Summon 3 sea monsters to assist in the boarding phase:
● The Kraken crushes nearby enemies.
● The Mermaid disrupts and pushes enemies in any direction.
● The Giant Snail drops a deadly spiked obstacle on the deck.

Each run resets your equipment and items, but unlocks permanent upgrades for your crew, ship, and Captain Cutter, allowing you to grow stronger with every battle.

Items and upgrades reset between each run:
● Personal items (character equipment): additional weapons, attack modifiers, and side upgrades for abilities.
● Shipboard weapons (cannons and similar items): each new run begins with a usable, basic starter set.
● Ship modules reset as well.

Each run permanently increases your progress:
● Unlock skill trees for crew members and Captain Cutter.
● Acquire ship and port facility upgrades in the Pirate Cave (HUB).

Don’t miss out on these exciting Free Play Days for XBOX Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and Essential members! Learn more about Free Play Days here and stay tuned to XBOX Wire to find out about future Free Play Days and all the latest XBOX gaming news. 

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Every good drive has a convenience store stop along the way somewhere. Starting today, that stop becomes possible for a limited time inside Forza Horizon 6. XBOX and 7-Eleven, Inc. are teaming up on the new Horizon Meets update – as well as releasing a merch collection and an in-store offer across the US and Canada. 

Here’s what’s coming: 

There’s a 7-Eleven in Horizon’s Japan Now 

If you’re new to the Evolving World, it’s how Forza Horizon 6 keeps changing under your tires. For the Horizon Meets update, Playground Games is dropping a storefront inspired by 7-Eleven into the world, featuring a themed Car Meet. Head to the game’s Nangan region, bring friends, park the rides you’ve made, and download the car liveries and tuning setups on display from other players. 

Stuff to Play With, Wear, and Chase Down 

Beyond the store itself, you can rep 7-Eleven in Forza Horizon 6’s Japan in a number of new ways: 

Konbini Prop Pack: 7-Eleven-themed items you can use to dress up your Estate, your Garages, and your own custom tracks in EventLab. This includes the entire konbini! 



Clerk Uniform: New avatar clothing inspired by the uniform worn by 7-Eleven clerks in Japan, in case you want to look like you actually work at the store. 



Egg Salad Sandwich Collectible: Smash 20 Egg Salad Sandwich Collectibles (find them near the 7-Eleven Evolving World Car Meet) during Autumn and earn Points completion towards the Festival Playlist, as well as a new Forza LINK reward. 



There’s far more coming in the Horizon Meets update – check out Forza.net for all the details. 

The Toyota Supra GR Livery 



Through October 27, fans in the US and Canada can grab an exclusive in-game 7-Eleven Toyota Supra GR livery and a free Slurpee drink with the purchase of an XBOX Gift Card with 7Rewards at participating 7-Eleven stores. 

The 7-Eleven x Forza Horizon 6 Merch Drop 



The real-life7-Eleven x Forza Horizon 6 merch drop arrives October 8, exclusively on 7Collection.com with hoodies, shirts, hats, and accessories featuring Toyota cars from the game in original Japanese-inspired art styles. 

See You at the Car Meet 

The Horizon Meets update is available to download now, with the Festival Playlist and Evolving World content rolling out today. Grab a Slurpee drink, pick up an XBOX Gift Card, and we’ll see you in the parking lot.  

The post Pull Up to 7-Eleven in Forza Horizon 6 appeared first on XBOX Wire.

Our ambition at XBOX is to be the number one entertainment company in the world. This means growing our games into enduring franchises that entertain, inspire and connect people across every generation and across the globe.

That opportunity is why we’re creating XP.

As Asha shared in her email this morning, XP is a new XBOX division, led by newly appointed President, Kayleen Walters, spanning film and television, consumer products, strategic partnerships, and live experiences. It brings together capabilities that have existed across various teams at XBOX for years and aligns them behind a shared mission: helping our franchises reach more people, create deeper connections with players and new fans, and unlock new opportunities for these fandoms to grow around the world.

Great games remain at the center of these franchises and at the heart of XBOX. XP will partner with the best creative minds across our studios, along with trusted partners, to build on that foundation and create more ways for people to experience the worlds they love.

The formation of the XP division formalizes four investment areas:

• XBOX PICTURES: Bringing our worlds and characters to new audiences through film, television, and other forms of linear storytelling.
  
  
• XBOX PRODUCTS: Creating products that are authentic to the fandom that allow fans to celebrate and express the franchises they love.
  
  
• XBOX PLACES: Bringing communities together through live events, immersive experiences, attractions, broadcasts, and destinations.
  
  
• XBOX PARTNERSHIPS: Working with creators, brands, and communities to develop new experiences, sponsorships, and brand partnerships.
  
  

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Team,

At Town Hall on Tuesday, I talked about the four Cs and the choices we are making to put them into practice. You’ve seen a lot of our work on Core and Content. Today I want to share two leadership appointments supporting Creator and Connection. Kayleen Walters will transition from her role at Mojang to President of XP, a new XBOX division focused on how people experience our franchises beyond the games themselves, and Maria Angelidou-Smith will join XBOX as CEO of Mojang and Minecraft. Both will report to me.

Kayleen has spent her career building entertainment franchises. Before XBOX, she spent 13 years at Lucasfilm helping guide Star Wars across films, products, and partnerships. At Minecraft, she helped grow consumer products into a multibillion-dollar business with more than 250 licensees and was Executive Producer of A Minecraft Movie, the biggest film in the U.S. last year and a top-five release worldwide. She is also a producer of the sequel.

Kayleen Walters, President of XP

XP is a play on “Experience Points” and formalizes four investment areas for us: XBOX PICTURES for film and television adaptations; XBOX PRODUCTS for licensing and merchandise; XBOX PARTNERSHIPS for sponsors and brand partners; and XBOX PLACES for our marquee broadcast and in-person events, theme parks, and other location-based experiences. Our franchises can mean more to people than the time they spend playing them, and Kayleen knows how to build those experiences with the industry without losing what made people care about the franchise in the first place.

Kayleen’s move also gave us time to think carefully about what Mojang needs in its next leader.

Minecraft is one of the largest communities in entertainment. Hundreds of millions of people play, build, create, teach, watch, mod, run servers, and build businesses around Minecraft. The community doesn’t just consume the product. It helps shape what the product becomes. That was central to our search. Mojang already has an exceptional game development team that knows Minecraft and its players deeply. We wanted someone who has built products for communities at enormous scale, who is deeply technical, and who understands how creators, product, technology, and monetization come together.  

Maria Angelidou-Smith, CEO of Mojang and Minecraft

Maria brings a rare combination of those experiences. She spent nearly a decade at Meta, where she led Facebook Groups used by more than 1.8 billion people each month, as well as Events, Creators, Search, Profile, and Monetization. She later led product and technology at Personio and served as Chief Product Officer at Reddit, another of the world’s largest community platforms. She has built products used by billions of people and led product and engineering organizations through significant growth and change.

Maria brings deep experience to Mojang, along with a respect for what makes Minecraft special. Her first priority will be learning from the teams and communities who know Minecraft best. She starts Monday, October 19.

Please join me in congratulating Kayleen and welcoming Maria to XBOX!

Asha

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