TodayTue, 10th Sep 2024

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  Poll How Much Would You Pay For An Xbox Series X Pro?

  Or are you perfectly happy without one?

  Alright, so the big talking point coming out of today's PS5 Pro reveal from Sony is actually how overly expensive the console is, especially considering it doesn't come bundled with a disc drive (although it does have 2TB of storage). Here at Pure Xbox, we argued today that the high price justifies...

  • 6pm
  • Xbox
  • Poll
  • Features
  • Xbox Series X
  • PS5 Pro
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  Reaction PS5 Pro's Extortionate Price Justifies Xbox's Lack Of A New Console

  It's just too costly to make sense

  We've already talked a bit today at Pure Xbox about the PS5 Pro that was announced by Sony a couple of hours ago, and as things stand, it seems very unlikely we'll be seeing anything similar from Microsoft in the near future. Some will definitely take that as a negative, but to be honest we can understand why...

  • 4:50pm
  • Xbox
  • Features
  • Reaction
  • PS5 Pro
  • Xbox Pro
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  48

  News Sony's PS5 Pro Seems Unlikely To Get An Xbox Equivalent This Holiday

  It just been announced for a November release

  The big news in the gaming world today is that Sony has announced a PS5 Pro that will be launching on November 7th for £699.99 / $699.99. The goal of the console is to deliver the highest quality visuals at improved frame rates. From an Xbox perspective though, it's very much business as usual as...

  • 4:18pm
  • Xbox
  • Sony
  • PS5 Pro
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Pro
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  6

  News Xbox Series X Is The Console Of Choice For Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2, Says Analysis

  It's an impressive version

  The good folks at Digital Foundry have been taking a look at Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 to celebrate its launch this week, and interestingly they've found that the Xbox Series X version is comfortably the best on console. In their analysis, they noted that the performance mode generally outperforms the PS5 by about...

  • 3:30pm
  • Xbox
  • Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2
  • Xbox Series X
  • Analysis
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  13

  Guide Xbox Game Pass In 2025: The Full List Of Everything Announced So Far

  The complete list of all games

  Xbox Game Pass is already starting to fill up for 2025, and if you're looking for a list of everything coming to Game Pass in 2025, you've come to the right place! Below, we've picked out the complete list of games announced for Xbox Game Pass in 2025 so far, and we'll keep updating this as more are announced ahead of...

  • 3:01pm
  • Guides
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • 2025
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  51

  Guide Xbox Game Pass In 2024: The Full List Of Everything Announced So Far

  The complete list of all games

  Xbox Game Pass continues to fill up for 2024, and if you're looking for a list of everything coming to Game Pass in 2024, you've come to the right place! Below, we've picked out the complete list of games announced for Xbox Game Pass in 2024 so far, and we'll keep updating this as more are announced throughout the...

  • 3pm
  • Guides
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • 2024
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  2

  News Star Wars Outlaws Update 1.1.2 Now Live On Xbox, Here Are The Patch Notes

  Including stealth tweaks and cross-progression

  The folks at Ubisoft clearly aren't waiting around here, as following a reveal over the weekend that Star Wars Outlaws would be tweaking its stealth in the game's next patch, that update has actually arrived today for Xbox Series X and S! It's mentioned that "some challenging stealth moments" have been...

  • 2:20pm
  • Xbox
  • Star Wars Outlaws
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Update
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  22

  News Xbox's New 'Sonic Legacy Bundle' Includes A Recently Delisted Classic

  Six games for one (high) price

  This one's for the Sonic fans out there! If you've been eager to get your hands on Sonic Generations since the Xbox 360 version was delisted on the Xbox Store last month, a new option has arrived in the form of a Sonic Legacy Bundle. You'll find the Sonic Legacy Bundle on the Xbox Store for £49.99 / $59.99, and it...

  • 1:45pm
  • Xbox
  • Sonic The Hedgehog Legacy Bundle
  • Sonic Generations
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  9

  Preview Towerborne Hands On Preview - A New Xbox Exclusive Launching In Steam Early Access

  Coming to Xbox Series X|S in 2025

  Microsoft's release schedule for 2024 might no longer include a certain action role-playing game (we’re looking at you Avowed), but thankfully there are other titles under this same genre to fill the void. One of these happens to be the beat ‘em up-style game, Towerborne, although admittedly the release model...

  • 1pm
  • Previews
  • Xbox
  • Towerborne
  • PC
  • Steam
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  14

  News Xbox 'Open World' Sale Now Live, 200+ Games Discounted This Week

  Big reductions for major AAA titles!

  Tuesday is here, so that means we've got some new deals on the Xbox Store! The big focus right now is an Open World sale featuring a variety of AAA titles, but we've also got a Focus Publisher sale and the usual set of Xbox Game Pass discounts. In all, just over 200 new offers have been added over the past few...

  • 12pm
  • Xbox
  • Deals
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  7

  News Stalker 2 Dev Reveals Estimated Game Length, Praises Xbox For 'Spectacular' Support

  It's still coming to Xbox Game Pass this November!

  We're getting closer and closer to the arrival of Stalker 2 on Xbox Game Pass this November, and following our recent hands on with the title at Summer Game Fest a couple of months ago, we've been eager to get back to it ever since! It sounds like there's going to be plenty to enjoy when it arrives...

  • 11am
  • Xbox
  • Stalker 2
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Xbox Game Pass

YesterdayMon, 9th Sep 2024

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  29

  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
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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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  14

  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 was that it 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...

  • Yesterday, 2pm
  • Xbox
  • Rugrats
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  10

  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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  21

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

  The team says it needs adjusting

  Update: Well, the patch has already arrived! We've covered more details about it elsewhere on Pure Xbox: <related ids="171585"> Original story: 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,...

  • Yesterday, 12:35pm
  • Xbox
  • Star Wars Outlaws
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  36

  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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  31

  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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  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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  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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  5

  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

Sunday8th Sep 2024

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  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