YesterdayMon, 9th Sep 2024

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  18

  Soapbox 12 Months Later, I Definitely Still Miss Xbox Games With Gold

  It's a been a year since it ended

  How can it have been 12 months since Xbox Games with Gold departed us? Time really does fly, and in the past year we've seen its replacement - Xbox Game Pass Core - prove pretty popular amongst those who want XGP access at a cheaper price point. But for me, a regular subscriber to Ultimate, I still find myself...

  • Yesterday, 6:30pm
  • Xbox
  • Soapbox
  • Features
  • Xbox Games With Gold
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  11

  News Bungie Reveals 'Future Of Destiny 2' As Original Game Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

  Has it really been 10 years?

  We're really in anniversary mode at the moment, as following the recent celebrations for both Starfield and Gears 5, we've got also got Bungie celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Destiny, which first launched on September 9, 2014. As a result, there are a few cool things taking place - like an art gallery experience...

  • Yesterday, 5pm
  • Xbox
  • Destiny
  • Bungie
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  3

  Reminder Persona 3 Reload Expansion Releases For Free On Xbox Game Pass This Week

  You can still claim it via XGP Perks

  The upcoming lineup of Xbox Game Pass titles for September 2024 is looking pretty light as things stand, but we're expecting more reveals soon - and a lot of people are probably forgetting about a free expansion releasing this Tuesday. OK, so it's not technically "free"... you need to be subscribed to Xbox Game...

  • Yesterday, 4:30pm
  • Xbox
  • Persona 3 Reload
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  7

  Review NBA 2K25 (Xbox) - The Best NBA 2K To Date Is Marred Somewhat By Microtransactions

  Hoop dreams, and microtransaction nightmares

  We didn't get a chance to review 2K's NBA offering in 2024, but after playing the game in our own free time, we found ourselves hanging up our Air Jordans in pretty short order, as the whole thing just felt way too familiar to 2023's effort - which we'd already pumped hundreds of hours (and an...

  • Yesterday, 3:30pm
  • Reviews
  • Xbox
  • NBA 2K25
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  6

  News Leaked Crazy Taxi Reboot Footage Appears Online Ahead Of Rumoured 2027 Release

  Please say it's not THAT far away?!

  It was back at the end of last year that SEGA announced it was working on reboots for a variety of franchises including Crazy Taxi, and at the time we were treated to short snippets of gameplay footage for each title. This time we've got much more than that though. Over on Twitter, an account known as Ryan from...

  • Yesterday, 2:40pm
  • Xbox
  • Crazy Taxi
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  8

  News 'Rugrats: Adventures In Gameland' Brings Its NES-Inspired Platformer To Xbox This Week

  "Toggle between the 8bit and HD art styles"

  Update (Mon 9th Sep, 2024): Well, the original plan for Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland is that was coming to Xbox in March (as mentioned in the original story below), but it ended up getting delayed until September 10th. If you're interested, you can check out the brand-new trailer for the game up above,...

  • Yesterday, 2pm
  • Xbox
  • Rugrats
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  17

  News Star Wars Outlaws Will Tweak Its 'Unfair' Stealth In Next Xbox Patch

  The team says it needs adjusting

  It feels like Star Wars Outlaws has had a bit of a mixed launch - some people love it, including us here at Pure Xbox where we gave it a "Great" 8/10 in our review, but others aren't having as much of a good time so far. One of the things that keeps getting brought up is how punishing the early stealth sections can...

  • Yesterday, 12:35pm
  • Xbox
  • Star Wars Outlaws
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  9

  Feature 10 Exciting Xbox Indie Games To Look Out For In September 2024

  It's a busy month for great new releases!

  Earlier this month, we highlighted some of the biggest new releases of September 2024 for Xbox, but what about the indie games? Today, we're using the opportunity to highlight some smaller titles that you might have glossed over. We've picked out 10 examples down below, but this is far from the full list -...

  • Yesterday, 12pm
  • Xbox
  • Indie Games
  • September 2024
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  28

  News Heaven 17 Musician Insulted By 'Pathetic' Offer From Rockstar Games For GTA 6

  That's them off the soundtrack, then!

  The development of GTA 6 is naturally being kept very under wraps at Rockstar Games right now, but clearly there's work being done on the soundtrack - as revealed by a very disgruntled Heaven 17 musician over the weekend. Martyn Ware, who co-founded the pop band in the '80s after previously doing the same with...

  • Yesterday, 11:10am
  • Xbox
  • GTA 6
  • Rockstar Games
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  18

  Rumour 'Whole Slate' Of Modern Final Fantasy Games Expected To Release On Xbox

  But how long will that take?

  Back in late August, Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki Yoshida insisted the future was bright for Square Enix games on Xbox, and once again we've been hearing positive rumours about the FF series in recent days. Windows Central's Jez Corden appeared on a recent episode of the Xbox Two podcast where he...

  • Yesterday, 10:20am
  • Xbox
  • Rumours
  • Final Fantasy
  • Square Enix
  • Xbox Series X

Sunday8th Sep 2024

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  13

  Review Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown (Xbox) - An Open World Racer That Needed More Time To Shine

  This crown needs polishing up

  Disclaimer: Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown has been suffering from some major server issues since its early access launch on September 5th, and given that the game is always-online, we've deducted an extra point off the score as a result. Without these issues, we'd be looking at one point higher than what the game has...

  • Sun, 2pm
  • Xbox
  • Reviews
  • Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S

Saturday7th Sep 2024

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  9

  News Here's What Might Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass In October 2024

  Some early predictions!

  What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in October 2024? 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 Pass, but...

  • Sat, 2:30pm
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Leaving Soon
  • October 2024
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  10

  Poll What Do You Think Of Xbox's Age Of Mythology: Retold So Far?

  How are you getting on with it?

  So, we're a few days into the full launch of Age of Mythology: Retold on Xbox and PC Game Pass, and this is a very significant new release for Xbox Game Studios - the first time an Age game has ever launched for both PC and console. In fact, we're going to be seeing a whole bunch of people who have never played the...

  • Sat, 4pm
  • Xbox
  • Age of Mythology: Retold
  • Poll
  • Features
  • Xbox Series X
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  5

  Feature These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (September 9-13)

  Including some major AAA releases!

  Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for September 9-13! We've got another busy few days ahead for new releases, with the likes of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP and

  • Sat, 1pm
  • Xbox
  • Features
  • Weekly Roundup
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  48

  Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 7-8)

  We're still on Star Wars Outlaws

  Another weekend begins! If you're looking for things to play, we've got a few new releases on Xbox Game Pass, a couple of sport-focused Free Play Days titles, and hundreds more deals available to grab on the Xbox Store right now. Here's what we're playing this weekend:

  • Sat, 12pm
  • Xbox
  • Features
  • Talking Point
  • What Are You Playing
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  3

  News Bethesda To Share More About Starfield's First Expansion 'Soon'

  "Stay tuned"

  In case you missed it, it's now been a year since Bethesda launched Starfield on the Xbox Series X|S. As part of this milestone, it's taken to social media to remind members of Constellation about the first major expansion Shattered Space. After taking a moment to thank "the millions of players" for playing the game in its first year,...

  • Sat 7th Sep 2024
  • Xbox
  • Starfield
  • Shattered Space
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S