# Big Walk boycotts Xbox for Palestine

> Big Walk game developers boycott Xbox to support Palestinian-led BDS movement.
- Title: Big Walk boycotts Xbox for Palestine · NME | Shortify
- Summary: Big Walk game developers boycott Xbox to support Palestinian-led BDS movement. House House developers refuse to release Big Walk on Xbox following…
- Keywords: big walk, house house, xbox, bds, palestine, gaza, microsoft, genocide, apartheid, bds movement, boycott, music
- Source: NME — https://nme.com/news/gaming-news/big-walk-best-reviewed-games-2026-boycotting-xbox-support-palestine-3973211
- Published: 2026-10-15T11:47:50+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: big walk, house house, xbox, bds, palestine, gaza, microsoft, genocide, apartheid, bds movement, boycott, music
## Big Walk game boycott
House House developers refuse to release Big Walk on Xbox following Palestinian-led BDS movement's call to boycott Microsoft over alleged complicity in Gaza genocide.

> 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
## Big Walk's rating
Big Walk is one of 2026's best-reviewed games with only Sektori and remasters of Resident Evil 2 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt rated higher.
## BDS movement's claim
BDS alleges Microsoft is 'perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal apartheid regime and ongoing genocide against 2.3million Palestinians in Gaza'.

> Microsoft is 'perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal apartheid regime and ongoing genocide against 2.3million Palestinians in Gaza'
## Microsoft's response
Microsoft has refused to address worker concerns about involvement with Israel and declined to comment on contracts with Israeli military.
## Key takeaway

House House developers refuse to release Big Walk on Xbox following Palestinian-led BDS movement's call to boycott Microsoft over alleged complicity in Gaza genocide.