Kingdom Come Deliverance Gets a New Release, but Xbox Controllers Are First to Change

Warhorse Studios has confirmed that a new game set in the Kingdom Come: Deliverance universe is in development, with Embracer Group’s financial planning placing its release window between April 2027 and March 2028. In the same round of industry updates, Microsoft’s Forza Horizon 6 limited-edition Xbox controller dropped the long-running proprietary headset port, while Naughty Dog added a 10th anniversary Welcome Hub background for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End on PS5. If you want the short version, only two and a half of these five items really matter.

The biggest one is clearly Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Warhorse is being careful with the wording and is not calling it Kingdom Come: Deliverance 3. It is only describing the project as a “new adventure” in the Kingdom Come: Deliverance universe, and that restraint is the interesting part. Either the studio is still holding back a full sequel reveal, or this is a smaller-scale spinoff meant to test the waters. This series was never built to become an annualized product. It belongs more to the old-school RPG line: slow-paced, system-heavy, rewarding when it lands, and deeply frustrating when it does not. With that in mind, the sensible move before April 2027 to March 2028 is not hype, but patience. Wait until Warhorse clarifies the game’s type and scale.

Microsoft’s controller news is less flattering. Call it a 6/10 story, because this is not innovation. It is cost-cutting dressed up as modernization. The Forza Horizon 6 limited-edition Xbox controller removes Microsoft’s long-used proprietary headset port, and Xbox-focused media analysis argues the company is trying to push players toward more universal 3.5mm audio or wireless solutions while simplifying design, lowering cost, and following broader industry trends. The corporate version will be “moving with the times.” Veteran players will read it more plainly: another small reduction in hardware convenience. If you still use an older headset, you may now need to buy an adapter yourself. In 2026, having to check what a new controller has lost before buying it is not a great look.

That said, Valve’s Steam Frame is the one update here that genuinely makes me curious. German VR specialist VoodooDE shared early impressions of a near-final unit and called it the most comfortable headset he has ever used, adding that it is noticeably more comfortable than Meta Quest 3. The numbers help explain why: Steam Frame reportedly weighs about 440 grams, while Meta Quest 3 comes in at 515 grams. That 75-gram gap matters more than it sounds on paper. A headset is not something you pick up for a photo and put back down. Over one or two hours, lighter simply feels lighter. On glasses support, VoodooDE did not test that scenario, but Godot XR lead developer Bastian Oliif had previously said wearing glasses is “no problem,” and Valve has promised custom lenses before launch. At least in direction, this one looks right. The usual caveat remains price.

Ubisoft’s latest financials read like a delayed bill coming due. According to Tweak Town, the company posted a second consecutive annual loss in fiscal 2026, with an operating loss of 1.3 billion euros, slightly narrower than the previous year’s 1.46 billion euros. The uglier number is in R&D: total spending reached 1.855 billion euros, of which about 1.402 billion euros was tied to accelerated depreciation related to canceled or delayed projects, accounting for 75% of total R&D spending. That is well beyond the kind of figure you wave away as a routine restructuring pain point. It looks more like a pile of projects being written off midstream. Ubisoft says multiple new entries in its core IPs and live-service games delivered stable revenue during the fiscal year, and that may be true. But stable revenue is not the same thing as a turnaround. The real concern for players is not whether Ubisoft collapses. It is whether the company becomes even more conservative from here.

As for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, Naughty Dog says all PS5 players can claim a free exclusive Welcome Hub background to mark the game’s 10th anniversary. You can find it on PS5 by selecting “Change Background” and then looking under the “Games” tab. My reaction is simple: claim it if you want, but do not mistake it for a meaningful celebration. A free background costs nothing, but it is still a very small gesture. For longtime players, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End was one of the clearest end-of-generation statements of its era, and it deserves something more substantial than this.

So the practical takeaway is straightforward. If you are an Xbox user shopping for a controller in the near term, verify your headset setup first and do not buy the limited edition on looks alone. If you are interested in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, the smart move right now is to watch for more information rather than mentally promoting it to Kingdom Come: Deliverance 3. And if you are already weighing Quest 3 against the next wave of PC VR hardware, Steam Frame is worth keeping an eye on. There is good news in the industry right now. It is just that most of it is still stuck at the “wait for the next announcement” stage.