Big Walk is one of the biggest surprises of 2026. Created by House House (Untitled Goose Game), its August release caught many off guard, scoring 91 on Metacritic, earning huge praise from players, and cementing its place as a Game of the Year contender for the upcoming awards season.
The game launched on PlayStation 5, PC, and the Nintendo Switch 2, but was conspicuously absent from Xbox. Two months later, its developers have confirmed why, citing Microsoft's inclusion as a target of the BDS Boycott.
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement is a Palestinian-led boycott that targets Israel and companies associated with it. It aims to use economic and political pressure to push the country to comply with international law. Microsoft, and therefore Xbox, is included in this due to its continued supply of cloud computing and AI services to the Israeli military.
It's because of this boycott that Big Walk will not be coming to Xbox platforms any time soon.
"We have made the decision not to release Big Walk on Xbox, in accordance with the Palestinian-led BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement’s call to boycott Microsoft, and their designation of Microsoft Games (and Xbox) as a priority boycott target,"...
