Feature I'm Playing Fable 1 For The First Time, And Here Are Five Things That Have Surprised Me
Better late than never, eh?
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Feature Sony Is Hosting A Huge State Of Play This Week, Do You Think We'll Get Any Big Xbox Reveals?
An hour-long show with third party games
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- PlayStation
- State Of Play
News Crisol: Theater Of Idols Brings Its 'Gripping' Survival Horror Adventure To Xbox This Week
"Prepare to sacrifice everything."
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News Replaced's Final Previews Are In, And We Could Be In For A Big Surprise On Xbox Game Pass
The next indie hit on XGP?
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Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties
Launching this Wednesday on Xbox Series X and S
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News Microsoft Apparently 'Expects' The Xbox Series Era To Last, Despite Next-Gen Plans
"A longer tail than usual..."
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Feature Sony Is Hosting A Huge State Of Play This Week, Do You Think We'll Get Any Big Xbox Reveals?
An hour-long show with third party games
Sony has announced that a huge PlayStation State of Play event is to go ahead this Thursday, February 12th - which you can read more about over at our sister site Push Square. Naturally, our PlayStation-loving pals have been all over this already, but we'll also be on-hand here at Pure Xbox to see what...
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- Features
- Sony
- PlayStation
- State Of Play
News Crisol: Theater Of Idols Brings Its 'Gripping' Survival Horror Adventure To Xbox This Week
"Prepare to sacrifice everything."
If you caught our "Games Coming to Xbox Next Week" roundup over the weekend, you may have wondered what the thumbnail image was for that article — it was Crisol: Theater of Idols, which releases for Xbox on February 10th. This is a little-known survival horror adventure game developed by the Madrid-based team...
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- Crisol: Theater of Idols
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Replaced's Final Previews Are In, And We Could Be In For A Big Surprise On Xbox Game Pass
The next indie hit on XGP?
At the tail end of last year, we finally got a proper release date for the long-in-development indie title Replaced, which is heading to Xbox Game Pass on March 12th. Now, ahead of its highly-anticip
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Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties
Launching this Wednesday on Xbox Series X and S
We've got quite a few big releases arriving on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S this week, and one of them is a new version of Yakuza 3 known as "Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties", which officially launches on Wednesday, February 11th. There's definitely been some discourse about whether Yakuza 3 needed a...
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News Microsoft Apparently 'Expects' The Xbox Series Era To Last, Despite Next-Gen Plans
"A longer tail than usual..."
In recent days, we've started to see lots of news and reporting about Microsoft's next-gen Xbox plans, but what about Xbox Series X|S? Are those consoles set to carry on being supported? Well, despite
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News Helldivers 2 Drops To 'Lowest Price Ever' On Xbox Following Surprise Weekend Discount
It was quietly reduced on Sunday
If you've been interested in picking up Sony's Helldivers 2 since it launched on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S last August, now might be the perfect time — it's just received a discount that brings it to its lowest price ever! This past Sunday, Xbox very quietly reduced the price of Helldivers 2 from £34.99 /...
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Report Xbox Working With OEMs To Build Next-Gen Options For 'A Range Of Price Points'
A first-party handheld could still happen eventually too
Yesterday, we highlighted Windows Central's latest report on the next Xbox console regarding its release window and price, but that report also mentioned how Microsoft is working with OEMs to provide a range of next-gen options. According to the outlet, the next first-party Xbox console will...
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News Game Pass Shooter High On Life 2 Now Available To Preload On Xbox Series X|S
And it's a decent install size as well!
Looking forward to High on Life 2 next week? Well, the game is now available to preload on Xbox Series X|S - including via Xbox Game Pass if that's the way you're accessing the Squanch Games sequel. The upcoming Game Pass FPS weighs in at just about 60GB on Xbox Series X and 44GB on Xbox Series S, which is...
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Sunday8th Feb 2026
News Indie Publisher Spends $0 Marketing Their New Game, Sells Most Copies On Xbox
"It happened passively, purely through store visibility."
We all know it can be hard for indie games to get discovered amidst a sea of new releases across various storefronts, and one publisher recently put this to the test — what if they spent "exactly $0" on marketing their new game? The game is called Skinwalker (3D), and it's been on PS5...
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- Indie Games
- Skinwalker 3D
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Feature I'm Playing Fable 1 For The First Time, And Here Are Five Things That Have Surprised Me
Better late than never, eh?
Like many other members of the Pure Xbox community, I was blown away by the Fable reboot reveal at Xbox Developer Direct a few weeks ago. I know some of us immediately started thinking about revisiting the classics — Fable 1, Fable 2, and whatever else you consider to be a "classic" — but for me personally, it was...
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- Xbox Series X
- Opinion
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (February 8th 2026)
Time Extension Rave Racer! Nobuo Uematsu! Top Speed! Space Station Silicon Valley!
Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Final Fantasy Legend Nobuo Uematsu's Reaction To Yuzo Koshiro's SNES Debut: An old interview with Final Fantasy...
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Report Next Year Is 'Best Case Scenario' For New Xbox Console, Microsoft Still Unsure On Price
WC is back with a new report
We've been hearing quite a lot about the next Xbox console lately, and now Windows Central is back with another fresh report on what they've been learning behind the scenes — including details on its potential 2027 release window. Ea
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News Super Bomberman Collection Gets 'Very Positive' User Reviews Following Surprise Release
It shadow dropped during the Nintendo Direct
If you missed the Nintendo Direct earlier this week, you might not have seen that Konami released the Super Bomberman Collection as a shadow drop — it's literally available right now on the Xbox Store for £15.98 / $19.99. This a collection of the following classic Bomberman titles: SUPER BOMBERMAN...
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- Super Bomberman Collection
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Saturday7th Feb 2026
Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (February 9-13)
Including SIX new Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for February 9-13! We've got a really busy few days ahead of us, with the likes of Romeo Is A Dead Man, Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties, Reanimal and High on Life 2 all releasing for the first time, and there are a whopping six new Xbox Game Pass titles included in the bunch as well!
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- Weekly Roundup
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News Here's What Might Leave Xbox Game Pass In March 2026
Our best guesses for what might leave
What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in March 2026? Well, Microsoft hasn't confirmed anything just yet, but based on some games that were added to the service this time last year, we can at least make a few predictions ahead of time. We know that a lot of Xbox users want more advance notice of games leaving Xbox Game...
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- Leaving Soon
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- March 2026
Talking Point Are You Looking Forward To High On Life 2 Hitting Xbox Game Pass Next Week?
Excited for the High on Life sequel?
High On Life was a divisive old game, wasn't it? Honestly, it all came down to how you took the game's particular brand of humour; some of us at the PX offices enjoyed it, whilst our reviewer PJ ended up on the opposite side of the spectrum, it's safe to say. Despite polarising opinions on it, Squanch Games...
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- Features
- Talking Point
- High On Life 2
- Xbox Game Pass
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 7-8)
Any recent Game Pass additions?
Welcome to another weekend! We're well into February now, and Xbox keeps adding stuff to the 2026 Game Pass library, which means we've got plenty to be getting stuck into over our few days of downtime. Here's what we're playing this weekend: Ben Kerry, Staff Writer: I'm planning on jumping into some more Space...
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- Features
- Talking Point
- What Are You Playing
Friday6th Feb 2026
Report Microsoft Is In The Early Stages Of 'Expanding' Xbox Game Pass
Following a major overhaul last year
Microsoft only overhauled Xbox Game Pass last year with new tiers, prices, perks and more, but it sounds as though the company isn't quite done messing about with its gaming subscription service just yet. In a big report from Tom Warren at The Verge, the tech journalist touches on various topics relating to...
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- Xbox Game Pass
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- Essential
- Premium
News Pragmata Demo Comparison Shows Difference Between Xbox Series X, Series S & Switch 2
Here's how the Xbox versions stack up
Yesterday, Capcom treated us to our first playable demo of the upcoming sci-fi adventure Pragmata, and therefore plenty of Xbox fans have been getting their hands on it already — across both Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. The YouTube channel Fuzion Xbox Testing has been busy publishing some early footage of...
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- Xbox Series S
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News Xbox Drops Multiple Games To Their 'Lowest Price Ever' In Five New Sales
Still no sign of the Lunar New Year Sale yet though
This week has been a little bit weird for new Xbox sales — we were expecting the major Xbox Lunar New Year Sale to begin on either Tuesday or Thursday night, but there's no sign of it. Instead, we've got five new sales in the form of 2K Publisher, Focus Publisher, Anime, Hogwarts Anniversary and...
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- Deals
- Lowest Price Ever
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- Xbox Series X
News Arcade Archives Brings Two Racing Classics To Xbox, But No Sign Of 'Console Archives' Yet
Rave Racer will be making its home console debut
If you haven't heard of the Arcade Archives series, it's the name for a bunch old arcade games that are being re-released for modern platforms by HAMSTER Corporation, and they're constantly pumping these things out on Xbox — recent releases include Space Invaders 1 and 2, Ridge Racer, Aqua Jet, The...
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News One Of 2026's Prettiest Xbox Game Pass Titles Gets New March Release Date
Thanks to this week's Nintendo Direct
Yesterday's Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase was packed with Xbox-related news, but only one new Game Pass title showed up; giving us another game to add to the service's March lineup. That game is Planet of Lana 2: C
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- March 2026
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News If You Like EarthBound, This New Xbox Game Is Getting Heavy Comparisons To It
"The best EarthBound-like you've never heard of"
We'll be honest — Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass was not a game that was on our radar prior to this week. We overlooked it for our February 2026 Xbox indie roundup, but it could end up becoming one of the most beloved indie releases of the month (at least for EarthBound fans!). The game is described...
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News The Original Hollow Knight Just Got An Xbox Series X|S Upgrade, And It's Free On Game Pass
"With higher frame-rates, higher resolution and additional effects"
We know it felt like an age for Hollow Knight: Silksong to finally arrive last year, but Team Cherry is quickly following up that release with a brand-new version of the original Hollow Knight; and that free Xbox Series X|S upgrade is out now! Yep, the OG Hollow Knight from 2018...
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- Xbox Game Pass
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- Xbox Series S
News Xbox Sparks Confusion With $5 Gift Cards For 'Participating In The Black Ops 7 Campaign'
It's seemingly related to the Vault Edition Upgrade
Every now and again, Microsoft likes to give away free Gift Cards to various Xbox users — usually as a result of a major sale on the Xbox Store — but this is one of the most confusing examples yet. Earlier this week, a bunch of Call of Duty fans began sharing that they'd received a free $5...
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- Black Ops 7
- Xbox Gift Cards
Thursday5th Feb 2026
News Xbox Is Reportedly Releasing A Brand-New Controller Revision In 2026
A year before next-gen is set to arrive
As part of a huge report over at The Verge, journalist Tom Warren has revealed that Microsoft's next-gen Xbox controller revision is coming this year, after it was originally cancelled in 2024 when plans reportedly changed at Xbox HQ. Indeed, we heard about the Xbox 'Sebile' controller revision years ago -...
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Time Extension "I was telling [the Xenogears team], 'Please tone down some of this stuff.'"
Last week, we published the first half of our conversation with the localisation legend Richard Honeywood. In that previous article, we covered the surprisingly eventful journey of how the Australian game developer originally moved to Japan, his
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News Xbox Release Windows Teased For Halo, Gears, Kiln & New Starfield Content In 2026
"Here’s what Xbox is working on..."
2026 is undoubtedly a stacked year for new Xbox first-party games, and we already know that Forza Horizon 6 is arriving in May and Fable is arriving in the fall, but what about the rest of the lineup? Well, The Verge's Tom Warren has shed more light on this today in a new report, pointing out that there's a...
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- Reports
- Halo
- Gears
- Starfield
News Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 5)
Including one new EA Play addition!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! We've got three games coming to the service today, including a new EA Play title in the form of Madden NFL 26 - which will drop later on in the day. Here's a quick breakdown on your new Xbox Game Pass additions for today (February 5): Madden NFL 26 (Console, PC,...
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News Multiple Games Announced For Xbox Following February 2026's Nintendo Direct
Including a March date for an Xbox Game Pass title!
As you may have seen earlier today, Nintendo held a special "Partner Direct Showcase" featuring third-party games that are soon heading to the Switch and/or Switch 2, but a few of them are also coming to Xbox. This includes the likes of the Super Bomberman Collection (out today!) and Final Fantasy...
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News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Hits Xbox Series X|S This June, Pre-Order Discount Now Available
Square Enix quickly follows up Remake's Xbox release
Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is heading to Xbox Series X|S on June 3rd, 2026, following an appearance at Nintendo's Partner Direct earlier today. Yep, despite today's showcase appearance only mentioning the Switch 2 version, Square Enix ha
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News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (February 5-8)
Live now for the next few days!
Xbox's latest Free Play Days promotion is rolling out now for the coming weekend, and it looks as though we've got six games to be dipping into for free over the next few days, taking the form of a 2K takeover. Here's what's on Xbox Free Play Days this week: Civilization VI Lego 2K Drive
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News "Don't You Dare Look Sad About It" - Former Xbox VP Sandy Duncan Has Passed Away
Time Extension "I'll see you again, somewhere down the road"
Sandy Duncan, who served as Vice President of Xbox's Europe division, has passed away, we're sad to report. Duncan held the role at Xbox until 2002, and in 2005, he founded YoYo Games Ltd, the creator of GameMaker: Studio. His last role was at Ferno Time, a watch-selling business he established in...
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News Two Upcoming Capcom Titles Get Free Demos On The Xbox Store
Now live for Xbox Series X|S!
Following today's Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, two upcoming Capcom titles have received free demos - and that includes their Xbox Series X|S versions as both of them approach their respective launches in the next few months. Both of these demos are now live and available to download via the Microsoft Store; one of...
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News Valve Admits Its New Console Plans Have Been Affected By Component Crisis
Will Xbox be in a similar position?
Late last year, Steam owner Valve announced a new set of hardware to launch in early 2026, and while a first half of the year release is still on the cards for now, the company admits that ongoing RAM and SSD shortages have started to affect its plans. In a new blog post addressing Steam users this week, Valve...
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News Three Xbox Games Dated For Nintendo Switch 2, Starfield Also Rumoured For PS5 In April
First-party giants heading to other platforms
We've got more Xbox first-party games heading to other consoles in the near future, with three of them being featured as part of today's Nintendo Direct showcase — those being Fallout 4, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition...
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- Nintendo Switch 2
- Indiana Jones
- Fallout
- Starfield
Wednesday4th Feb 2026
Guide Xbox Adds More Perks For Game Pass Members (February 2026)
The latest freebies for XGP subscribers
The Xbox Game Pass Perks program is continuing to add a bunch of freebies for Game Pass members throughout February 2026, including for the likes of Rainbow Six Siege, Fortnite, Stumble Guys and various other games. We expect many more to come over the next few weeks, and we'll update this guide when we spot...
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News AMD Mentions Next-Gen Xbox Console, Says It's 'Progressing Well' To Release In 2027
Sounds promising!
Yesterday, we covered the latest rumour surrounding the next Xbox console (that it would release in late 2027 at the earliest), and now AMD has come out and hinted that a 2027 launch is very possible. As part of last night's earnings call, AMD CEO Lisa Su specifically mentioned that development was "progressing well" on the next...
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News Black Myth: Wukong Gets Its First Xbox Discount Since Launching Last Summer
Running for the next 3 weeks!
After a lengthy delay and plenty of controversy to go along with it, Black Myth: Wukong finally launched on Xbox last summer, exactly one year later than the PS5 release. Since then, the Xbox faithful have seemingly been pretty happy with it — going off the Microsoft Store rating at least — and it's now received its...
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- Xbox Series S
- Microsoft Store
News Xbox Reveals New Safety Data, With Over 300 Million Pieces Of Content Removed In 2025
14.8 billion pieces were moderated throughout the year
Xbox has today released its sixth Transparency Report spanning the period between January 1st and December 31st of 2025, and it contains all sorts of details about how Microsoft has moderated content on the Xbox platform. The bit we're most interested in is towards the end — it talks about...
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- Safety
News Huge Fantasy RPG Crimson Desert Launches Next Month With Xbox Play Anywhere
We've been waiting a while for this one!
Crimson Desert, the highly-anticipated open-world RPG from developer Pearl Abyss, has recently been given a March release date - and thanks to the game's Xbox Store listing, we now know that the game will support Xbox Play An
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News MindsEye's 'Most Significant' Update Has Just Arrived On Xbox, Here Are The Patch Notes
The studio remains heavily committed to this game
It was back in June of last year that MindsEye launched to horrific reviews (and it ultimately ended up being crowned the worst-reviewed title of 2025), but developer Build a Rocket Boy has been working so hard on the game ever since. Case in point, we're now at Update 7 for MindsEye on Xbox Series...
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- Updates
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- Xbox Series S
News 'We've Been Talking To Microsoft' - Epic Games Wants Its Store On The Next Xbox Console
The company says it'll be there if possible
There's been a lot of talk about the next Xbox console this week, and now Epic Games has something to say about it — Epic Games Store VP and GM Steve Allison has revealed that the company wants its store on the next-gen system. Speaking to Windows Central in a new interview, All
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News Blizzard Unveils Major 2026 Plans For Overwatch 2, Including A Slight Name Change
"The Reign of Talon has officially begun!"
Blizzard has today pulled back the curtain on what's in store for Overwatch 2 in 2026, and there's certainly a lot to look forward to — the game's even getting a slight name change, as it's reverting to just "Overwatch" from now on. The main plan for 2026 is to tell a "multi-faceted, fully-connected...
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- Overwatch
- Blizzard
News We'll Start Seeing More GTA 6 This Summer Ahead Of November Launch, Says Take-Two CEO
"Rockstar’s launch marketing set to begin this Summer"
GTA 6 is, for now anyway, set to launch for Xbox Series X|S this November - something that Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has again reiterated this week as part of the company's latest financial results. There's still hope for the highly-anticipated title to come out this year, then, but it's...
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- GTA 6
- Take-Two
- Rockstar Games
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Tuesday3rd Feb 2026
News These 10 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass, Including Three Major Additions (February 5-17)
Microsoft reveals the latest batch
Microsoft has today revealed the first official roundup of Xbox Game Pass titles for February 2026, with 10 games joining the service from February 5 to February 17, including three major additions in High on Life 2, Madden NFL 26 and Avatar: Frontiers o
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News Obsidian Says Two Of Its 2025 Titles Didn't Meet Sales Targets, Vows To Learn For The Future
"That sucks. What are we learning?"
Xbox's Obsidian Entertainment released a whopping three games throughout 2025 alone; one of them being a smaller effort in Grounded 2, while Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 delivered big AAA experiences to players last year. And, as it turns out, those latter two failed to meet sales targets at Xbox. In a new piece...
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- Avowed
- The Outer Worlds 2
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 3)
One of them being a HUGE shadow drop!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, we've got two titles coming to the library - one of which ended up being a surprise addition that arrived in the early hours of the morning here in the UK. Here's a quick roundup of both of today's new Xbox Game Pass titles (February 3): Final Fantasy 2...
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Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Carmageddon: Rogue Shift
Out this Friday for Xbox Series X|S
We've been keeping a very close eye on Carmageddon: Rogue Shift over the past few months, hoping that this "brutal roguelite" could live up to the hype and give us something special to look forward to when it releases on February 6th. The first reviews have just started going live for the game today, and they're...
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- Xbox Series S
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Rumour New Xbox Console Won't Release Until At Least Late 2027, Could Be Delayed Further
"I'm not sure if Microsoft is still committed to the late 2027 timeline"
There's been a lot of speculation over the past 12 months about exactly when Microsoft might be preparing to release the next Xbox console, and it sounds like nobody's very sure at the moment — the company itself might not have even nailed down a window yet. We've heard...
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