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News Xbox PC App Gets New Performance Indicator, More Game Collections
Among other features
Microsoft has unveiled its latest update for the Xbox App for PC, and it brings a pretty major feature in the form of a 'Performance Indicator'. This addition basically predicts how well a game will run on your PC, based on its performance on similar setups. "Now the app compares the game’s performance on PCs with similar...
News Ereban: Shadow Legacy Is A Stylish Stealth Platformer Hitting Xbox Game Pass In 2023
Know your legacy
Ereban: Shadow Legacy is yet another Game Pass title revealed at the big Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase yesterday, June 12th. This debut title from Baby Robot Games really stuck out to us though, with its unique visual style and slick stealth action gameplay. For now, publisher Raw Fury seems laser focused on the game's PC...
Review The Quarry (Xbox for PC) - A Supermassive Return To Form
Teenage sicks right through the night
Disclaimer: We reviewed The Quarry on PC (Steam), as we were unable to obtain an Xbox review code ahead of time. Therefore, this review contains no details on the performance of the Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S versions. Fans of Supermassive Games' superlative 2015 interactive horror, Until Dawn, have had quite...
News Microsoft Flight Simulator's Free Top Gun Expansion Is Now Available
Take to the skies
Update (Wed 25th May, 2022 19:30 BST): Today's the day! The Microsoft Flight Simulator Top Gun expansion is now available for free, promising to "push your piloting abilities to the limits and beyond!" To access it, all you need to do is load up Microsoft Flight Simulator and search for the in-game marketplace, where the Top Gun...
News Vampire Survivors Is Heading To PC Game Pass This Week
"Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn!"
Today's Xbox Game Pass update for May included a bit of a surprise in the form of Vampire Survivors. This PC-only action game is all about slaying as many creatures as possible before time runs out... and that's about it, in a good way! Here's a quick developer breakdown: Mow down...
News Zombie MMO The Day Before Has Been Confirmed For Xbox Series X|S
Update: And it's now switching to Unreal Engine 5
Update (Thu 5th May, 2022): Remember this? The Day Before is still coming to Xbox Series X and Series S, but it's undergoing some changes ahead of release, with the game switching to Unreal Engine 5 for development. That means the initial release date for The Day Before is now set for March in 2023,...
News Here's A Look At The Halo Infinite Season 2 'Lone Wolves' Opening Cinematic
Dangers await
Halo Infinite's second season will ramp up the "seasonal narrative" storytelling, and during 343's Livestream today, head of creative Joseph Staten provided a breakdown of the 'Lone Wolves' story: "Who are Lone Wolves? They're Spartans who are operating deep behind enemy lines, far away from support lines... they inspire interesting...
News 343 Just Teased Something During Halo Infinite's Season 2 Livestream
What could it be for?
During the latest Halo Infinite Season 2 Livestream, an unexpected cinematic appeared on screen during a showcase of the Season 2 Battle Pass. Head creative for Halo Infinite, Joseph Staten made note of it seperately in a post on social media. You can see it for yourself about 1 hour and 13 minutes into the live stream:...
News Bethesda Is Retiring Its Games Launcher On PC, Will Migrate To Steam
"We’re saying goodbye to the Bethesda.net Launcher"
Update (Wed, 27th April, 2022 16:40 BST): Bethesda's migration process is now open! If you wish to move your Bethesda library over to Steam, the publisher has detailed the process in a new blog post. Original article (Wed 23rd Feb, 2022 06:00 GMT): Starfield and
News Halo Infinite 2022 Roadmap Released, Campaign Co-Op Targeting August
Season 3 will begin this November
343 has released its Halo Infinite update for the month of April over on the Halo Waypoint blog. In this latest update, it's shared the game's roadmap for the remainder of 2022. While some items and dates are "certain", others are marked on this roadmap as either "targets" or "goals". In other words, it's very much...
News Xbox's PC Game Pass Has Just Launched In Five More Countries
Jump in, Southeast Asia
Xbox has been working hard to make Game Pass as widely available as possible across multiple platforms. Now, in this ongoing mission to "bring the joy" to gamers around the world, it's announced PC Game Pass for Southeast Asia. This subscription service is now live in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam -...
News Minecraft Dungeons' Second Free Seasonal Adventure Is Now Live
It's time to shine in Luminous Night
Minecraft Dungeons has added more and more content over time, and the latest update marks the second seasonal adventure. In Luminous Night a new free adventure awaits. In this second season, you'll explore the tower by night (or rather, "in a whole new light") with floors of mysterious murals, perplexing...
Random The Microsoft Windows Twitter Account Sure Is Interested In Persona 5
What's going on here?
Xbox and Windows PC already have a number of Persona games, so when are we getting the main course? While there's still no announcement in sight, the official Windows Twitter account has been caught in the act discussing Persona 5, which is rather odd considering the game hasn't been made available on any Microsoft platforms...
News Hardspace: Shipbreaker Launches Day One With PC Game Pass This May
Xbox version also in the works
As if May wasn't already stacked enough for Xbox Game Pass titles, we've got another one arriving exclusively for PC on May 24th in the form of Hardspace: Shipbreaker, which is also coming out of Early Access on that day. The game has been available in Early Access on Steam since June 2020, and has established a "Very...
News 343 To Deliver 'Multiple Updates' For Halo: MCC Throughout 2022
Finish the fight
Yesterday saw the arrival of a huge new update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection, which added The Flood to the game's Firefight mode and much more. If you're eager for additional new content, the good news is the 343 is just getting started for 2022. In the same blog update, the Halo developer spoke about how it was dedicated...
News Halo: MCC Receives A Huge New Update, Flood Firefight Now Live
"We’ve got some unfinished business..."
Following on from last week's teaser, 343 has now updated Halo: The Master Chief Collection with Flood Firefight, Halo 3 & Halo ODST co-op crossplay and full custom browser support. There are various other changes included in this latest update such as UI improvements, updates to the Forge and Mod...
News 343 Teases 'Something New' For Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Could The Flood be coming to Firefight?
Although Halo Infinite is still the primary focus for 343 Industries at the moment, it's still showing some love for Halo: The Master Chief Collection. In an update on social media, the official Halo account has teased that "something new" is coming to the collection game very soon, and it's a picture of The...
News Xbox Is Hosting A Publisher Sale On Steam For The Next Week
New releases, special offers and more
We're getting all excited here at Pure Xbox about the Xbox Spring Sale 2022 today, but there's also another new Xbox sale taking place on PC for the next few days exclusive to the Steam store, featuring some great deals. The sale includes recently released games like Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, Age
Review Tunic - This Zelda-Esque Adventure Was Worth The Wait
Star Fox
When we spoke to Tunic developer Andrew Shouldice recently about the various influences and experiences that played a key role in shaping his upcoming game, he made a point of highlighting the joy of poring over instruction manuals and paper guides as an aspect of gaming’s past that he and his small team have attempted to pay homage to in...
Guide Shredders: How To Do A Triple Backflip
One of the hardest tricks
Shredders is out now on Xbox Game Pass, and you might come across a situation during the game where you're tasked with doing a triple backflip, which isn't the easiest of tricks to pull off. So, how do you do it? Let us help you a bit. You might find that when you do a backflip (by pulling the left stick backwards) in...
News Xbox Game Studios Titles Officially Arrive On Steam Deck
10+ games supported
Over the last few years, Microsoft has grown the Xbox brand on PC. From PC Game Pass to launching games on Steam, largely, the push has been a success. Now, Xbox is beginning to support Valve's new handheld device, the Steam Deck. As Windows becomes supported on Steam Deck, so do a bunch of Xbox Games. The Deck now supports...
News Age Of Empires 4 Releases Its First Roadmap For 2022
Here's what you can expect
The Windows and PC Game Pass title Age of Empires IV recently released its first roadmap for 2022. It runs from March until July, and coming soon is a public update preview of season one. This will be followed by the full release of season one, which includes ranked season play, a content editor beta and mods, hotkey...
News Valve 'Happy' To Work With Microsoft To Get PC Game Pass On Steam
Gabe Newell is up for it
Valve has just launched its handheld PC device the Steam Deck, and Valve boss Gabe Newell is currently doing the PR rounds to promote the system. Of course, he's getting asked all sorts of questions - some that are just about Steam in general. With this in mind, PC Gamer asked him if Valve would be interested in its own...
News Halo Infinite Wins DICE's 'Action Game Of The Year' Award
Update: It's taken out Online GOTY, too
343's latest entry in the Halo series, Halo Infinite, has just taken out the DICE Awards action game of the year. It managed to beat many other games like Deathloop, Metroid Dread, Returnal and The Ascent to win this award. It's great to see the developer's efforts paying off after the bumpy launch which saw...
News Another DLC Character Has Joined Dragon Ball FighterZ
DBFZ has also been added to PC Game Pass
Update [Thu 24th Feb, 2022 06:30 GMT]: The Android 21 (Lab Coat) paid DLC is now available in select regions on Xbox. If she's not playable in your location yet, you might have to wait a little bit longer. In addition to this, Dragon Ball FighterZ is now playable on PC Game Pass. It's already available on...
News Halo Infinite Leak Teases Forge Mode With Screenshots And Video
Possible spoilers ahead...
We heard a few weeks ago how the team at 343 required more time to finalise its plans before it showed off the co-op and Forge mode in Halo Infinite, but it seems some screenshots and footage of the custom map maker may have already leaked. While we're not showing most of it here, and can't say anything will remain final...
News Minecraft Dungeons Celebrates 15 Million Players With 'Festival Of Frost' Event
Login to receive the "Iceologer Cape" reward
Xbox Game Studios has been celebrating all sorts of sales milestones recently, and the latest one is for the dungeon crawler - Minecraft Dungeons. In an update on social media and the official game site, it's been revealed the 2020 release - available across multiple formats including Xbox and PC - has...
News Two Games Available Today Via The PC Game Pass App (February 8)
A couple of EA Play additions
Update: As a correction, it looks like these have both actually been available since February 5th on the PC Game Pass app, but they simply went under the radar with no formal announcement. In any case, you can download them now. There's also some confusion about why Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is classed as a "new" Game...
News Microsoft Flight Simulator's Latest Free Update Is All About Australia
Flying down under
Microsoft Flight Simulator continues to grow, somehow, and it's now going down under. Australia is the latest region to be enhanced in the sprawling sim, as part of the game's 1.22.2.0 update. That's a mouthful. The addition of Australia brings over 50 of the country's airports, while the developer has also improved data on 100...
News Aliens-Inspired 2D Shooter Hidden Deep Is Coming To Xbox
"Fear the horrors that lurk below..."
Hidden Deep has just launched into Steam Early Access this month. It's a spooky-looking 2D shooter from indie developer Cogwheel Software, who says the game is inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-life. Well, the good news is it's also coming to Xbox. We're not exactly sure how far along things are, but rest...
News Crysis 4 Officially Revealed By Developer Crytek
Update: A teaser trailer is here!
Update: Crytek has officially followed up the Crytek China post by dropping a teaser trailer, which confirms Crysis 4's existence (you can watch it above). Crytek CEO Avni Yerli also had the following to say on the official website: "Right now the game is in the early stages of development so it will be a while...
News Halo Infinite Topped Xbox And PC Sales Charts In December
A strong first month
Well, it looks like Halo Infinite got off to a pretty great start in the US! Despite its Xbox Game Pass launch, Halo Infinite still topped the December sales charts for both Xbox and PC platforms. Only Call of Duty beat it across all systems for the month. We have to say we're quite surprised by the PC sales, given the series'...
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (January 24-28)
Including Taiko No Tatsujin on Game Pass!
After the madness of this month for Xbox Game Pass (and beyond), it looks like things are finally quietening down this week. We've only got a couple of handfuls' worth of new releases heading to Xbox, and only one could be described as a major release — Taiko No Tatsujin: The Drum Master, which is also...
News Netflix Wants 'Best In The Category' Game Subscription Service
A true Game Pass competitor?
Will anything ever be able to properly take on Game Pass? At the moment, Xbox's service is dominating the gaming conversion, especially following the Activision Blizzard purchase announced earlier this week. Netflix seems to think it can compete though, in time. During a recent earnings call, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings...
News Hellblade 2 Developer Shows Off Incredibly Detailed Character Model
Senua's skin
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is being meticulously worked on over at Ninja Theory. And when we say meticulous, we mean it. The developer has showcased its latest main character model on Twitter, and the detail is off the charts. Ninja Theory is using new techniques for its character modelling with Hellblade II, and you can tell. The team...
News Hitman 3's PCVR Support Is Leading To Some Hilarious Gameplay Footage
Accessible with PC Game Pass
As we reported yesterday, IO Interactive's sublime Hitman "World of Assassination" Trilogy has stealthed its way onto Game Pass, both on Xbox consoles and Microsoft's PC variant of the service. One of the most exciting aspects of this trilogy release is the new Hitman 3 Year 2 content, which has seen a bra
News DOOM Eternal Goes Purple With New Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perk
Raise hell in style
The Doom Slayer dressed in all purple? Sure, why not. As part of the latest set of Game Pass Perks, a selection of rather colourful content comes to DOOM Eternal, featuring quite a few cosmetics. In total, there's three packs here for use across Campaign, Battlemode, and the game's photo mode of course. The sets are dubbed "Arch...
News Touch Controls Are Coming To Nine More Xbox Game Pass Titles
For those who game on the go
Tucked into Microsoft's latest Xbox Game Pass update, it was revealed that nine more games now have touch control support. That's good news for on-the-go gamers! All of these titles are of course included in an Xbox Game Pass subscription. If you want to play them on mobile via the cloud, you'll need Game Pass Ultimate...
News PUBG Creator Shows Off Huge 'Planet-Sized Worlds' For Upcoming Project
Planet unknown
Since PUBG exploded in popularity, various developers who worked on it are trying to create something new. One of those developers is the original creator, PlayerUnknown, who is now working to create "the biggest sandbox worlds ever attempted." We've not seen much on the "prologue" project since its inception. Hell, we don't even...
News Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition Gets A Surprise Release On Xbox
It's been added to Game Pass, too
Xbox has previously noted how it wants to bolster its Japanese video game offerings, and with this in mind, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition is now available on the platform. The Spike Chunsoft visual novel adventure series is currently celebrating Its 10th anniversary, and as part of this, the...
Feature These 15+ Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (January 17-21)
It's a huge week for Game Pass
Ooh, we've got a big week ahead for Xbox Game Pass! No less than six games are joining the service between January 18th and January 20th, and considering Hitman Trilogy contains three games in itself, it's actually eight in all! Here's what's on the way: New Xbox Releases (January 17-21): Optimised For Xbox Series...
News It's 'Awesome' That God Of War Now Supports Xbox Controllers, Says Dev
"We even put in all the glyphs for you..."
One of the big talking points of the week in the world of PlayStation was the arrival of 2018's critically-acclaimed exclusive God of War on PC, and as you might expect, it also contains support for Xbox controllers. The game is available to purchase now on Steam, and speaking to
PSA Xbox Is Trialling A New Way To Earn 100s Of Daily Microsoft Rewards Points
Earn thousands more points per-month
We're always on the lookout for new ways to top up our Microsoft Rewards balance, and while the following method has been trialled by random Xbox users for a while, it seems like it's rolling out to even more people, particularly in the UK. That said, Microsoft is still classing this as a trial for now, and it's...
News Halo Infinite's Free January 2022 Xbox Game Pass Perk Is Now Live
Featuring another snazzy skin
It's time for another Halo Infinite Game Pass Ultimate perk, as January's freebie rolls around. This time out, you can treat yourself to an absolutely-too-bright Warthog skin for your multiplayer endeavours, and a few other sweet bonuses. Those bonuses come in the form of a battle pass challenge swap, and a 2x XP token...
Talking Point Is Forced Cross-Play On Xbox Becoming A Huge Issue?
Cheating, cheating never changes
Cross-play was supposed to usher in a friendlier, more collaborative era of online gaming. PlayStation and Xbox players could finally unite regardless of console, and PC players could get in on the act too. However, it's not really played out that way so far, especially when the PC community is factored in. Reddit,...
News Forza Street Is Closing Down For Good In Spring 2022
Road closed
Forza Street, the mobile-centric spinoff to the Forza series, is officially shutting down this Spring. The title initially released in 2018 on PC, before expanding to iOS and Android devices in 2020. The Forza Motorsport support page details the closure, and what players can expect in the run up to the game's final hour. Forza Street's...
News 343 Industries 'Optimistic' On Halo Infinite BTB Fix In Upcoming Patch
Cheating issues also being worked on
It looks like our hopes and prayers for a proper fix for Halo Infinite's Big Team Battle issues are finally being answered. Halo Community Director at 343 Industries, Brian Jarrard (AKA Sketch) took to the Halo Waypoint forums to talk over what's coming in Infinite's next patch. The team is confident it has a...
News Ubisoft Reveals FPS & Resolution Details For Rainbow Six Extraction On Xbox
Extracting that next-gen power
Rainbow Six Extraction is out real soon, January 20th in fact, for last gen and current gen platforms. On the Xbox side of things, we recently found out that Extraction will be yet another day one Game Pass title, following recent co-op shooters Back 4 Blood and Aliens: Fireteam Elite. Now,
News Forza Horizon 5 Surpasses 15 Million Players Worldwide
An extensive Hall of Fame
According to Forza Horizon 5's virtual Hall of Fame, over 15 million players have taken Playground Games' latest racer for a spin. That's a pretty impressive number, building on the 10 million player count acquired within a few short weeks of the game's launch. The feat was first spotted by Twitter user MauroNL, who went...
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (January 10-14)
Including a couple of Game Pass releases
Our weekly roundup has returned! Recent weeks have been quiet for new releases on Xbox, but we've actually got over 10 of them arriving this week, including a couple of new Game Pass titles in The Anacrusis and Spelunky 2. Here's what's on the way: New Xbox Releases (November 15-19): Optimised For Xbox...