Opinion Xbox Series X Still Hasn't Been Fully Utilised Yet, But 2026 Could Be The Year
So many proper 'next-gen' games coming
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- Xbox Series X
- Microsoft
- 2026
- Features
News Two Surprise Indies Are Launching On Xbox (Via Game Pass) This Week
Both with fantastic reviews as well!
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Indie Games
- My Friendly Neighborhood
- Back To The Dawn
News These Eight Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (July 17-August 1)
Your latest batch of new titles
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft
- Round Up
- Xbox Series X
Poll Which Of Xbox's Fall 2025 Games Are You Most Excited About?
Come take your pick!
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- Polls
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- Xbox Game Pass
News EA Sports FC 26 Launches For Xbox In September, Includes 10-Hour Game Pass Trial
A new season begins
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- EA Sports FC 25
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.3 Adds VRR, New Quests & More On Xbox This Week
Here's what's coming in the new update
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Opinion Xbox Series X Still Hasn't Been Fully Utilised Yet, But 2026 Could Be The Year
So many proper 'next-gen' games coming
It's weird to make such a statement, but, I genuinely don't believe Xbox Series X has been properly taken advantage of almost five years into its lifecycle, and I'm surely not alone in that feeling. In recent years, we have finally started to see the cross-gen period fizzle out — which is good news for...
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- Xbox Series X
- Microsoft
- 2026
- Features
News EA Sports FC 26 Launches For Xbox In September, Includes 10-Hour Game Pass Trial
A new season begins
We've got a date for one of the biggest Xbox launches on the calendar! EA Sports FC 26 will officially release for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S this September, and you can watch the reveal trailer up above. EA is putting a big focus on prioritising player feedback this year, advertising gameplay features such as...
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- EA Sports FC 25
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.3 Adds VRR, New Quests & More On Xbox This Week
Here's what's coming in the new update
Cyberpunk 2077 isn't going anywhere just yet, and the team over at CD Projekt RED has today detailed the game's 2.3 update - featuring new vehicles & associated quests, a new auto-drive system, VRR support on current-gen consoles and more. The new update, which is out tomorrow (July 17), also packs in new...
- Xbox
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- CD Projekt RED
News Oblivion Remastered Update 1.2 Adds New Difficulty Options, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Update: Out today on Xbox
Bethesda has today unveiled its latest patch for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, with new difficulty options a key area of tuning for the development team this time around. Oblivion Remastered Update 1.2 is rolling out now for Steam Beta users, with the Xbox patch to follow shortly. Here's the team's quick note...
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- Oblivion Remastered
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Xbox Game Pass
Talking Point The Xbox Summer Sale 2025 Is Upon Us, So What Are You Hoping To See?
Last chance to give us your wishlists
Right, it's finally almost time for the big Xbox Summer Sale! At some point over the next few hours (or potentially days), we're anticipating the sale will begin - set to bring us hundreds and potentially over 1000 discounts on the Xbox Store. Looking back to 2024, there were 800+ deals in the "Ultimate Game...
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- Xbox Summer Sale
"The game industry is in a weird spot right now."
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 was five years in the making, and we felt it lived up to expectations despite not being quite as good as Pro Skater 1+2 - which seems a great achievement considering it didn't spend that long in development. Recently, someone on the game's official Reddit page suggested...
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- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4
- Industry
News Who Needs GTA 6?! Bus Simulator 27 Has Just Been Announced For Xbox Series X|S
With an Unreal Engine 5 glow-up!
Bus Simulator is back! It's just been announced today that Bus Simulator 27 will be coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S at some point in the future, and it's being powered by Unreal Engine 5 for the very first time. The screenshots of the open world (as seen below) look seriously beautiful, with the open world...
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- Bus Simulator 27
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Rumour Xbox Is Working On Next-Gen Cloud Gaming, Including PC-Based Streaming
"Here's what we expect to see"
Despite questions about Xbox's next-gen hardware plans, one thing that's for sure is the team's continued focus on cloud gaming, which is quickly becoming a core feature of the ecosystem. This week, Microsoft began rolling out the 'Stream Your Own Game' cloud service to PC, and it sounds like the Windows platform could...
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- Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Microsoft
- PC
- Next-Gen
News Xbox Adds 30+ Games To 'Stream Your Own Game' Library, Including Some Big Titles
They're going pretty crazy with this!
Sorry if we're being a bit overkill with Xbox 'Stream Your Own Game' news at the moment, but following its latest announcement yesterday, we had a look to see if any new games had been added - and found over 30 titles in all. These have been added since our last update about 17 games "coming soon" to Stream...
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- Stream Your Own Game
- Xbox Cloud Gaming
News Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition Is Out Now On Xbox, Early Reviews Are Quite 'Mixed'
Some love it, some not so much
The first big Xbox release of this week was Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition - a fresh take on the classic Obsidian RPG from 2006 - and the reviews are a bit all over the place as things stand. The game currently has a decent Metacritic average of 76 based on 4 reviews for the PC version,...
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- Dungeons & Dragons
- Neverwinter Nights 2
News Avowed Update 1.5 Now Live, Obsidian Confirms Major Fall 2025 Patch Still On Track
Avowed's Summer 2025 update is here
Obsidian has just dropped the second major update of its 2025 roadmap for Avowed, featuring improvements to crafting, new abilities and weapons, changes to NPC behaviour and more. Avowed Update 1.5 is now live on Xbox & PC, and we'll chuck the team's full patch notes down below. However, before we get onto...
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- Avowed
- Obsidian Entertainment
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Two Surprise Indies Are Launching On Xbox (Via Game Pass) This Week
Both with fantastic reviews as well!
Microsoft treated us to our latest batch of upcoming Xbox Game Pass titles yesterday, and two of the games in the list had never received release dates for Xbox until this week - both of them highly-regarded indie titles. The first is called My Friendly Neighborhood, which is a survival horror adventure set...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Indie Games
- My Friendly Neighborhood
- Back To The Dawn
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News Ready Or Not Comparison Shows Difference Between Xbox Series X And Series S
Here's how both Xbox versions stack up
Ready Or Not has now officially become available for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S over the past few hours, and therefore we're starting to get some footage of both versions - and it makes for a pretty interesting comparison. Below, you can see both the Series X and Series S variants of Ready or Not courtesy...
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- Ready Or Not
- Comparison
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Guide Ready Or Not: How To Turn On Crossplay Between Xbox, PS5 & PC
Squad up across platforms
So, you've just picked up Ready Or Not for Xbox Series X|S (or PS5) and you're wondering how to activate crossplay? It's actually pretty simple, but there are a couple of things you need to do as crossplay is actually turned off by default. Firstly, load up the game so you're at the main menu where it says "new game",...
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- Ready Or Not
- Cross-Play
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News Xbox Quietly Discounts 100+ Games Ahead Of The Massive Summer Sale
They'll be lost in the shuffle soon
We're eagerly waiting the start of the Xbox Summer Sale following its "Teaser" sale that's ongoing for Xbox Game Pass members right now - we're expecting hundreds more deals to be added when it goes live for everyone. Microsoft hasn't said when the full Xbox Summer Sale will begin, but we're assuming it'll be...
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- Deals
- Discounts
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News Rare Comments On Everwild Cancellation For First Time Since Xbox Layoffs
"It's impossible for something like this not to ripple through the studio"
As you're probably well aware at this point, there were a whole bunch of Xbox layoffs earlier this month across multiple studios and divisions, and Rare's Everwild project was cancelled entirely as part of the cuts. Everyone's been remaining pretty quiet about this at...
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- Everwild
- Rare
News These Eight Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (July 17-August 1)
Your latest batch of new titles
Microsoft has revealed a new batch of Xbox Game Pass titles for the second half of July 2025, which includes a few previously-confirmed titles such as Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, as well as some surprises like RoboCop: Rogue City! Don't forget about High
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- Xbox Game Pass
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- Round Up
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News Starfield DLC Reportedly Still In The Works Alongside The Elder Scrolls 6
An update on Bethesda from Jez Corden
One notable absence from this year's Xbox Games Showcase was Bethesda's Starfield, despite an update from the team back in March stating that "a lot of exciting things are planned for the game this year". While those things clearly weren't ready to be shown off this summer, it's claimed that Bethesda Game...
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- Starfield
- Shattered Space
- Bethesda
- Microsoft
News Three Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late July 2025
The latest batch of departures
Microsoft has revealed a relatively short list of three games leaving Xbox Game Pass at the end of July, including Capcom's action-strategy title Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess. All three of these games will depart right at the end of the month on July 31st, around which time we'll hear about our first set of...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft
- Leaving Soon
- July 2025
News Xbox Brings 'Stream Your Own Game' To PC App For The First Time
Live today for Xbox Insiders
Xbox has been building out its "Stream Your Own Game" feature with loads of new additions over the past few weeks and months, and now it's expanding once again - this time in the form of dedicated integration for the Xbox PC app. As of today, Xbox Insiders in the PC Gaming Preview can use the app to stream over 250...
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- Stream Your Own Game
- PC
News John Wick Hex Is Being Permanently Delisted On The Xbox Store This Week
You've got two days left to buy it
It's never fun to hear about games being delisted, and this latest example doesn't give us much time to prepare for it either - it's been announced that the 2020 indie game John Wick Hex will be delisted across all platforms on July 17th. A publisher statement doesn't go into much detail about this, simply...
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- John Wick Hex
- Delisted
Report Activision Blizzard's King Team Sees Axed Job Roles 'Replaced' By AI
200 jobs have been cut at the studio
We apologise in advance for bringing another AI story to you today, but a fresh report from MobileGamer suggests that Activision Blizzard's King team is a part of the Microsoft Gaming business seeing human job roles shift to AI. It had previously been reported by the likes of Bloomberg that
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- King
- Candy Crush
Poll Which Of Xbox's Fall 2025 Games Are You Most Excited About?
Come take your pick!
With June's Xbox Games Showcase event we learnt a lot about Microsoft's release calendar for the rest of 2025 — as you'd expect for a big summer livestream — and the rest of the year is set to bring some big games from the team. Three of those big games land within two weeks of each other in October, which is shaping up to...
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- Features
- Polls
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- Xbox Game Pass
News High On Life Returns To Xbox Game Pass Today, And Now Is The Perfect Time To Play It
The sequel is just around the corner
We're not sure where the time went, but it's now been three years since High On Life debuted on Xbox Game Pass to a divisive reception and huge success - and it's returning to the service today for Ultimate, PC and Standard members. If you haven't had a chance to play High on Life before, now is the perfect time...
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- High on Life
- Xbox Game Pass
News Xbox's Full Black Ops 7 Reveal 'Kicks Off' Gamescom 2025 In August
"Kicks off Gamescom in a massive way"
Following its prestige slot as the show closer for Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase last month, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will officially blow the doors off Gamescom 2025 in August. Opening Night Live host Geoff Keighley has announced the news on
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- Call Of Duty Black Ops 7
- Gamescom 2025
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Monday14th Jul 2025
Roundup Here's What The 'Ready Or Not' Reviews Are Saying Ahead Of Its Xbox Release
Are you ready?
Ready Or Not brings its authentic SWAT-based shooting to consoles this week, including an Xbox release, which we've been keen to keep up with here at Pure Xbox. <related ids="185119"> Unfortunately, we haven't had the time to put together a full review for Ready or Not here on the site, but a good few outlets are now sharing...
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- Ready or Not
- Review Roundup
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Xbox Hardware Isn't Dead But 'Big Changes' Are Coming, Says Digital Foundry
"No, Xbox hardware isn't dead."
In recent weeks, and in the wake of the ROG Xbox Ally, there's been lots of speculation about the future of Xbox hardware and where Microsoft is taking things - and over the past few days, the folks over at Digital Foundry have had their say on proceedings. The DF team believes that Xbox is still taking hardware...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Microsoft
- Xbox Hardware
News ASUS Seems To Have Accidentally Leaked The ROG Xbox Ally Prices (In Europe)
Is this our first official confirmation?
Microsoft has yet to announce anything official about the ROG Xbox Ally prices, but we've had reports about what both versions of the handheld might cost - and now the creators seem to have leaked the prices for parts of Europe. This was spotted by outlet 3DJuegos recently, taking a screengrab of a Google...
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- ROG Xbox Ally
- Handhelds
- Prices
News Xbox Fan Shares Fresh Dashboard Concept That Cleans Up The Home Screen
We want it!!
Every now and then, certain corners of the Xbox community decide to have a go at redesigning the console dashboard in an attempt to clean things up a little bit - and a fresh version posted over at Reddit is looking pretty darn sweet if we may say so ourselves. User JoeRasp96 has shared a selection of screens from their new 'Xbox...
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- Xbox Dashboard
- Xbox Home Screen
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Phasmophobia Is Getting A Complete Overhaul On Xbox In 2026
Welcome to 'Horror 2.0'
Late last year, after multiple lengthy delays, spooky ghost-hunting hit Phasmophobia finally came to consoles - selling three million copies in the process. Since then, developer Kinetic Games has updated the game on Xbox, but not in the same way as it has planned for 2026. The team is plotting a complete overhaul next year...
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- Phasmophobia
- Kinetic Games
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Oblivion Remastered Is Getting A Physical Release For Xbox Series X
But will it contain the game on disc?
Good news, everyone! It's been confirmed today that Oblivion Remastered will indeed be getting a physical release for both Xbox Series X and PS5 in October, and pre-orders have actually begun over at The Game Collection in the UK. The Game Collection was the company that broke the news a few hours ago, and they...
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- Oblivion Remastered
- Physical
- Xbox Series X
Reminder Xbox Game Pass Is Losing Six Games On Tuesday (July 15)
Final warning!
Things are seemingly about to get quite busy with Xbox Game Pass this week - Microsoft is set to make an announcement about the next batch of games for July 2025 very soon - so we thought we'd take this chance to issue a reminder about what's leaving the service on Tuesday. As we mentioned earlier in the month, six games are leaving...
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- Reminders
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News Xbox Is Using The Most Ridiculous AI Image To Advertise New Jobs
"You posted an image where almost everything is wrong"
In the wake of the Xbox layoffs, we highlighted earlier this month how an Xbox producer had come under fire for suggesting AI could help with people losing their jobs, and unfortunately the trend continues! This latest example is actually even crazier. One of the members of the Xbox Graphics...
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- AI
- Industry
News Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Brings Its Stealth Adventure To Xbox This Week
"Experience an isometric, narrative-driven stealth game"
Over the weekend, we included Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream in our roundup of games "coming to Xbox next week", and we thought we'd highlight it in a bit more depth today - especially considering it's out in less than 24 hours' time! If you haven't come across it, Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream is...
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- Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Need For Speed Supposedly 'Shelved' As EA-Backed Fan Site Winds Down
No need
Earlier in the year, we brought news that Need for Speed was officially 'on ice' as Unbound developer Criterion moved over to work on Battlefield 6 - and the fresh discovery of an NFS fan site being closed down points towards a longer hiatus for EA's premiere racing seri
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- Need for Speed
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- SpeedHunters
News THPS 3+4 Has Some Amazing Mods If You're Playing On PC
If only they'd make their way to console too
It's still very early days for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, but if you're interested in taking the Steam or PC Game Pass version to the next level, you'll be glad to hear a bunch of mods are available for free right now! These are over on NexusMods, where you'll find a bunch of custom characters such as...
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- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4
- PC Game Pass
Saturday12th Jul 2025
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (July 14-18)
Including a couple of big new FPS titles
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for July 14-18! We've got a few big games on the way, including two major FPS titles in Ready Or Not and RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business, while High On Life returns to
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News Two Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In August 2025 So Far
An early look at next month
As we always do around this time of the month, we're taking a look today at what's ahead for August 2025's Xbox Game Pass selection, with two titles having been confirmed for the library next month so far. As it stands, two Xbox first-party releases are the only games we know about for now - including the...
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- Xbox Game Pass
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Talking Point Are You Excited For Double Fine's Follow-Up To Psychonauts 2?
Will it be a keeper?
During Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase last month, we thought one first-party game in particular flew under the radar a little bit - that being Double Fine's Keeper. Yep, the studio that brought us
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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 12-13)
Getting your skate on?
Welcome to another weekend! It's been a busy week on Xbox, with the Activision team launching its latest effort in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4. We'd imagine a fair few of you are trying that one out on your Xbox consoles this weekend! Here's what we're playing over the next few days: Ben Kerry, Staff Writer: Tony Hawk's Pro...
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Friday11th Jul 2025
News Xbox Takes Action After WipeOut For PS1 Gets Ported To Series X|S
A Digital Foundry analysis has finished it off
Yesterday, the folks at Digital Foundry decided to take a look at a game called "Anti-Gravity Racing WipEout" on the Xbox Store, which is actually just a port of both WipEout 1 and WipEout 3 for the PS1 - and it's now been removed. In their analysis, Digital Foundry highlighted why they didn't suggest...
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- WipEout
- PS1
News Some Xbox Game Pass Titles Are Now Playable Natively On Steam Deck
Battle.net integration is proving very useful
One of the big features Steam Deck owners have been requesting for years now is native Xbox Game Pass support, but it's something that's never been added to Steam - and the Xbox PC app isn't officially supported on there either. That's not to say you're totally out of luck though. One option is to...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Steam Deck
Talking Point After Almost Two Years, How Do You Feel About Xbox's Starfield In 2025?
Where does the Bethesda RPG rank for you?
Almost two years ago now, most of us in the Xbox community were eagerly awaiting the next big RPG from Bethesda Game Studios - yep, Starfield was upon us, with its September 2023 release date fast approaching at the time. Since then, the hype has somewhat died down for this big Xbox release, so we want to...
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Guide Ready Or Not Release Date, Release Times & Everything You Need To Know On Xbox
Releasing on console next week!
Looking for some intense tactical FPS action on Xbox? You've come to the right place with Ready Or Not; an upcoming co-op shooter not for the faint hearted. VOID Interactive's console debut officially launches next week, including an Xbox Series X|S release of course. So, we've gathered up everything you need to know...
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- Ready or Not
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- Xbox Series S
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News Forza Horizon 5 Set To Overtake 2024's Game Of The Year With Over 3 Million Sales On PS5
"Forza has set the tone for Xbox’s continued strategy"
We all know at this point that Forza Horizon 5 has been a huge success for Xbox on PS5, but this perhaps puts it into perspective a little more - the sales for that game on Sony's console have almost overtaken the 2024 Game of the Year. That game was Astro Bot, at least according to The Game...
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- Forza Horizon 5
- Astro Bot
- Game of the Year
Rumour Halo 1 Remake/Remaster Started Development In 2023, May Not Include Multiplayer
Expected to be released next year
Back in the summer of 2024, it was reported by The Verge's Tom Warren that Halo Studios was working on "some kind of remaster" for Halo: Combat Evolved that may also be coming to PlayStation at launch. We haven't really heard much since then, although Xbox boss Phil Spencer appeared to tease a Halo project for 2026...
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- Halo: Combat Evolved
- Rumours
News The Console Versions Of Yuzo Koshiro's Earthion Have Been Delayed
Time Extension Steam version is still on track, however
Japanese publisher Superdeluxe Games has revealed that the download console versions of Earthion have been delayed until September. A social media post confirmed that "the release date for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5, and Xbox Series XIS has been postponed from July 31st to mid-September." The PC /...
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- Yuzo Koshiro
- Nintendo Switch
- PS4
News Shadow Labyrinth Brings Its Pac-Man Metroidvania To Xbox Next Week
"A genre-twisting alternate take on the iconic PAC-MAN"
We wouldn't blame you for having overlooked this one, but it should probably be on your radar! Shadow Labyrinth is coming to Xbox next week, and it's a metroidvania Pac-Man game that's been getting plenty of praise ahead of release. It's not actually advertised as a metroidvania though, being...
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- Shadow Labyrinth
- Pac-Man
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Helldivers 2 Prepares For Xbox Release With New Content Drop This Month
Control Group Warbond will be there for us in August
We still can't quite believe that Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox in a few weeks, but it is! Sony's shooter is just around the corner, and it's getting new content ahead of time called "Control Group Warbond" - which is out on July 17th. As far as we know, this is basically a premium Battle Pass...
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- Helldivers 2
- DLC
- Control Group Warbond
News Final Fantasy Dev Suggests PS5 Exclusives Are A Thing Of The Past For The Series
"We will strive for multi-platform release"
We finally got the amazing news we'd been waiting for earlier this year - Final Fantasy 16 was not only shadow dropping for Xbox on the same day it was announced, but Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade was confirmed at the same time. It's been mentioned by Square Enix that the company wants to take a more
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