Overview
- House House formally announced on Thursday that it will not release Big Walk on Xbox in alignment with the Palestinian‑led BDS movement’s designation of Microsoft Games and Xbox as a priority boycott target.
- Big Walk remains available on PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 2 and was a major commercial success, selling more than one million copies within days of its August release.
- The studio acknowledged that excluding Xbox harms the game’s core social design and said it understands and shares players’ disappointment at some groups being unable to play together.
- Coverage noted an unresolved question about scope because Big Walk is still playable on Windows via Steam, and House House has not announced any changes to that availability.
- House House’s move follows other developers who have divested from Xbox over Microsoft’s reported Azure and AI ties to Israeli government and military uses, a step that could increase industry pressure on Microsoft and shape future platform politics.