LaunchBox for Windows 13.26 Released!

[AstroBob]

Version 13.26 - Released February 10th 2026

Release Summary

Release Summary: https://feedback.launchbox.gg/changelog/launchbox-for-windows-1326

Full Changelog: https://www.launchbox-app.com/about/changelog

 

New Features:

•  Added full FinalBurn Neo arcade ROM import support across both the Single Platform Import wizard and drag and drop imports, making it easier to bring FBNeo based arcade collections into LaunchBox
• Added a new Big Box option that lets video audio play alongside background music, giving you more control over how your setup sounds with proper music priority behavior

 

Improvements:

• Smarter auto play behavior for thumbnails so videos only auto play when a game has music and background music resumes properly when it does not
• Optimized music playback in LaunchBox to run off the main thread and reuse the same VLC session, improving overall performance and playback stability
• Improved background rendering safety so image and video backgrounds are handled correctly across views without images being treated like videos
• Hardened video volume handling to prevent rare errors when video players are shut down or reloaded
• Improved image caching reliability to better handle file system edge cases and ensure cached images are written successfully
• Reduced memory usage in Carousel and Media List views by ensuring image resources are properly released to help prevent memory leaks over long sessions
• Addressed multiple reported issues related to music playback reliability and session management

 

Fixed:

• Background and game music now loop properly in Big Box and LaunchBox instead of stopping at the end of a track
• Background music no longer restarts or skips the current track when the screensaver activates
• Game music no longer continues into the screensaver when it should stop
• Game music priority and audio mixing inside the screensaver now behave correctly when the relevant option is enabled
• Background music reliability in Big Box with better playback tracking to prevent music from stopping early or behaving inconsistently at the end of a track
• Platform videos in LaunchBox now stop playing correctly when the platform details pane was closed
• Restored video playback on Platform Hybrid views where videos were previously not playing
• RetroAchievements scanning for 7zip compressed games by extracting ROMs to a temporary location before scanning, allowing compatibility checks to work correctly for archived files
• Arcade imports no longer incorrectly reject files that are not listed in Metadata.xml when force metadata is not enabled, improving support for non MAME Arcade files such as Hypseus Singe
• A problem that could cause the Single Platform and drag and drop import wizards to become unresponsive near the end of the import process should no longer occur
• Resolved an issue where the left sidebar could fail to show or hide correctly

[AndrewSpec]

2 hours ago, AstroBob said:

Added a new Big Box option that lets video audio play alongside background music, giving you more control over how your setup sounds with proper music priority behavior

That was so annoying before when you have great music (thanks to @faeran for sharing that on the stream) and it stopped while scrolling games.

[thoraiden]

This is awesome and thank you all for the quality of life improvements and hard work!