News These 13 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (January 22 - February 4)
Including another Ubisoft addition!
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Roundup
Feature Five Guesses For The 'Legendary' Surprise At Xbox Developer Direct This Week
Based on the big rumour so far
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- Xbox Developer Direct
- Features
Guide Xbox Developer Direct 2025: Event Date, Start Times & Where To Watch The Showcase
Everything you need to know
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- Guides
- Xbox Developer Direct 2025
- Microsoft
Talking Point What Are Your Plans For This Week's Big Xbox Event?
Will you be watching it live?
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- Xbox Developer Direct
- Showcase
- Talking Point
- Features
Talking Point It's Been Three Years Since Xbox Announced The Activision Blizzard Deal
Covering Xbox has been a whirlwind ever since
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- Features
- Activision Blizzard
- Talking Point
- Microsoft
News Xbox Fans Hoping For 'Marcus Fenix Collection' News After Phil Spencer Revisits Gears Classics
What's Phil planning?
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- Gears of War
- Marcus Fenix Collection
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TodayTue, 21st Jan 2025
News These 13 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (January 22 - February 4)
Including another Ubisoft addition!
It's that time again! Microsoft has officially revealed the second batch of Xbox Game Pass titles for January 2025 today (as well as the first title for February) which includes 13 games in all - although some are already part of certain tiers. Prior to now, it had already been confirmed that Eternal Strands,...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Roundup
News Xbox Fans Hoping For 'Marcus Fenix Collection' News After Phil Spencer Revisits Gears Classics
What's Phil planning?
Remember a few years ago when some sort of Gears of War remastered collection seemed to be constantly churning away in the rumour mill? Well, those rumours have died down quite a lot over the last year or so - but Xbox boss Phil Spencer's recent gaming activity is getting people's hopes up once again. Basically, Phil has been...
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- Gears of War
- Marcus Fenix Collection
- Phil Spencer
- Microsoft
News Multiple Xbox Games Drop To 'Lowest Price Ever' In This Week's THQ Nordic Sale
We might be grabbing some of these!
Xbox always refreshes its deals on a Tuesday, and we've got a couple of new sales that have gone live on the Microsoft Store - one is a Publisher Spotlight Sale, and the other is dedicated to THQ Nordic and Handy Games titles. You'll find some great stuff in the Publisher Spotlight Sale (we've included some...
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- Deals
- THQ Nordic
- Roundup
News Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (January 21)
A new day one arrival
Welcome to your latest addition to Xbox Game Pass! Today, Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders hits the library as a wintery follow-up to the much-loved Lonely Mountains: Downhill - and it's a day one XGP launch to boot. Here's what you can expect from Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders when it comes to the Game Pass catalogue today:
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
YesterdayMon, 20th Jan 2025
Rumour Leaker Names Multiple Xbox Games Potentially Releasing On Switch 2
Microsoft might be going big with this thing
Last week, Nintendo officially announced the Switch 2 as its next console, set to launch worldwide in 2025. Off the back of that announcement, we touched on how we'd like to see Microsoft support the console in a big way with new Xbox ports - and it sounds like we might be about to see that become a...
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- Microsoft
- Nintendo
- Switch 2
- Rumours
Feature Five Guesses For The 'Legendary' Surprise At Xbox Developer Direct This Week
Based on the big rumour so far
Happy Xbox Developer Direct week! January's big Xbox showcase is now just a few days away, and the big question on everyone's mind is what the fourth surprise will be at the event - it's been purposely teased by Team Xbox: "...visit a surprise location to see another studio’s brand new game." The rumour that's...
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- Xbox Developer Direct
- Features
News PS5 Pro Surprisingly Loses To Xbox Series X In HDMI Bandwidth Test
"The Xbox Series X can do 4K120 at full RGB/444"
Did you know that the Xbox Series X has better HDMI 2.1 bandwidth than the PS5? You might know that, because it was tested a few years ago by a YouTuber named Vincent Teoh, and he's returned to test the PS5 Pro recently as well. As it turns out, the PS5 Pro features the same spec as the PS5 in this...
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- PS5 Pro
- HDMI
- Random
Guide Xbox Developer Direct 2025: Event Date, Start Times & Where To Watch The Showcase
Everything you need to know
It's almost time for the Xbox Developer Direct! Yep, the 2025 edition of Microsoft's dev-focused showcase returns this Thursday, with multiple titles confirmed for the show already. In this guide, we're going to tell you everything you need to know about the Xbox Developer Direct 2025 ahead of it airing later in the...
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- Guides
- Xbox Developer Direct 2025
- Microsoft
News Resident Evil 6 ESRB Rating Spotted Ahead Of Xbox Developer Direct
Could it be this "legendary Japanese IP"?
Today, a new ESRB rating for Resident Evil 6 has been spotted online, with Capcom's 2012 Xbox 360 title looking set for another re-release in some form. To be clear, the Japanese developer hasn't announced a new version of RE6 in any way at this time - so the exact nature of this rating is still quite...
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- Resident Evil 6
- Capcom
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Xbox Could 'Rival 3D Mario' With A New Banjo-Kazooie Game, Says Ori Developer
"...and probably sell similar numbers"
We've been hearing for years and years and years about how Xbox might do something with the Banjo-Kazooie IP at some point in the future, but as things stand, it doesn't seem like anything particularly noteworthy is happening. A lot of people have shown support for it, including the CEO of Moon Studios (best...
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- Banjo-Kazooie
- Ori
Talking Point It's Been Three Years Since Xbox Announced The Activision Blizzard Deal
Covering Xbox has been a whirlwind ever since
Well folks, over the weekend, we officially passed the three-year mark since Xbox first announced its intentions to purchase mega-publisher Activision Blizzard. Yep, January 18th, 2022 was when the news first sent shockwaves throughout the industry - the most expensive gaming acquisition ever. Of...
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- Activision Blizzard
- Talking Point
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Talking Point What Are Your Plans For This Week's Big Xbox Event?
Will you be watching it live?
With the Xbox Developer Direct for 2025 now just a few days away, this is our chance to do what we always do - ask you what your plans are for it! In other words, will you be watching this live, or just catching up after the event? If you're not a big fan of the lengthy summer showcases, the nice thing about Developer...
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- Xbox Developer Direct
- Showcase
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- Features
News Xbox's Black Ops 6 Team Is Making Changes To Servers, Crossplay, Anti-Cheat & More
A new community update
If you've been keeping up with Black Ops 6 and the current Call of Duty scene as of late, you'll probably have noticed quite a bit of negativity in the community. Over the holidays, it seems that plenty of issues have cropped up regarding online servers, cheaters and the likes - and developer Treyarch has now tackled these...
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- Call of Duty Black Ops 6
- Microsoft
- Xbox Game Pass
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Is 'Progressing' And Still Expected On Xbox Game Pass
A rare update for the highly-anticipated sequel
It was all the way back at the Xbox Games Showcase in 2022 that Hollow Knight: Silksong was first announced as a day one Xbox Game Pass release, and to be honest, we've barely heard anything about the game ever since! Last year was pretty much radio silence aside from the Xbox Store page going live in...
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- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Update
- Xbox Game Pass
Saturday18th Jan 2025
News Six Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass In Late January 2025
Including a modern-day classic we gave 10/10 to!
It's that time again! Microsoft has revealed the next batch of games leaving Xbox Game Pass in late January today, which includes six titles in all - with the likes of Death's Door and Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem amongst them. In fact, Death's Door is one of those games that received an extremely ra
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Leaving Soon
Guide Xbox Handheld: Everything We Know So Far, Including The Latest Rumours
Your all-in-one guide to Xbox's handheld plans
What's going on with the Xbox handheld?! For quite a while now, we've been hearing about plans for Xbox to develop such a device, and even Xbox boss Phil Spencer has talked about it on a series of occasions. There's definitely something happening behind the scenes at Microsoft right now, even though it...
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- Xbox Handheld
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- Rumours
- Leaks
Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (January 20-24)
January is getting BUSY now!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for January 20-24! We're really starting to get busy now with these new Xbox releases for 2025, with over 20 of them confirmed for the next few days - including the likes of SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada and
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- Weekly Roundup
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- Xbox Series X
Talking Point Xbox Series X|S Owners, How's Your Storage Looking In 2025?
Our yearly feature returns!
Every year here at Pure Xbox, we poll the community about how well you've been managing your Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S storage, and so we're doing the same again for 2025 - in a year where games are getting bigger than ever! Looking back over the past couple of years, it comes as no surprise that free space appears...
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- Talking Point
- Features
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 18-19)
Diving into Xbox Free Play Days?
Weekend time! There's plenty to check out on Xbox over the weekend, with the highlight being a massive array of Xbox Free Play Days titles from EA Sports, and there are also a small number of new Xbox Game Pass additions as well. Here's what we're playing this weekend: Fraser Gilbert, Editor: I feel like there's...
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- Features
- Talking Point
- What Are You Playing
Friday17th Jan 2025
Guide Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In January 2025
The list as it stands right now
Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in January 2025? It can be pretty difficult to keep track of all the comings and goings in the world of Xbox Game Pass every week, so we've put together this handy guide to provide an overview of what's coming to Xbox Game Pass in January, as well as the...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- January 2025
- Guides
News Lots Of Games Are Discounted By 90% On Xbox This Weekend (January 18-19)
Bag yourself a ridiculous bargain!
Looking for some cheap games on Xbox during mid-January? Well, it's time to bring back our 90% discounts feature! Looking at the current deals on the Xbox Store, there are plenty of games that have been discounted by 90% until at least the start of next week, including some AAA titles. In the table below, we've...
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- Deals
- Discounts
Rumour Xbox Reporter Teases One More Potential Surprise At Developer Direct 2025
A strong emphasis on "maybe"
We're less than a week away now from Xbox Developer Direct 2025, and with yesterday's Switch 2 reveal now firmly in the rear-view mirror, all eyes are on Microsoft and its next big showcase. The question is, how many surprises will be packed into this year's show? We already know about
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News GTA 6 Raising Prices To '$80 Or Even $100' Could Cause Industry To Follow Suit, Says Analyst
"Breaking a key price barrier"
Video game prices continue to be a bit of a sore subject, especially in a world where the cost of practically everything seems to only be going up and up. Unfortunately, those rising costs are leading to ballooning game budgets - and an investment analyst believes GTA 6 could provide a potential "moving up" point for...
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- GTA 6
- Grand Theft Auto 6
- Take-Two
- Rockstar
Talking Point Will Microsoft Fully Reveal Its Next-Gen Xbox This Year?
Or will Xbox stay quiet in 2025
A year ago next month, Microsoft first started talking about its next-gen Xbox - a console that's supposedly going to provide the "largest technical leap" ever seen from generation to generation. The thing is though, we still don't really know what that means, even if Xbox fans have pondered the topic for months now...
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- Talking Point
- Next-Gen Xbox
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News Xbox Reminds Us Engagement Is At 'All-Time High' Going Into 2025
Big milestones have been achieved recently
Earlier this week, Microsoft reached out to ourselves here at Pure Xbox (and seemingly a series of other outlets) aiming to provide some context about a report headlined "Microsoft’s Gaming Business Falls Short, Despite Activision" - by an outlet known as The Information. Now, we'll be honest... we...
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- Industry News
Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About 'Tales Of Graces f Remastered'
Out today on Xbox!
Tales of Graces f Remastered makes its debut on Xbox today, alongside other major platforms, and that means lots of reviews for the remaster have cropped up online in recent hours. Things are looking pretty good for Bandai Namco's latest re-release, so we've gathered up a bunch of the critics' opinions on Tales of Graces f...
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- Review Roundup
- Tales of Graces f Remastered
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Report Majority Of Devs Expecting To Release New Games In 2025, Driving Industry Growth
Survey sheds positive light on 2025
Let's have a bit of Friday night positivity, shall we? Despite what's been a rough year-or-so for the gaming industry, the outlook seems a bit better for 2025 so far - and a new report backs that up, as a majority of game developers expect the industry to grow this year. Of 150 senior Unity game devs surveyed in...
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- Industry News
- New Games 2025
- Unity
Thursday16th Jan 2025
News Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal Trailer Gives First Official Look At The New Console
Nintendo Life The wait is over!
Nintendo has finally unveiled its next console in an official reveal trailer: Say hello to the Nintendo Switch 2! Following months of leaked details and industry rumours, the official Switch 2 trailer confirms many previously leaked hardware details, including a larger screen and magnetic Joy-Con, and showcases previously...
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- Nintendo Switch
Feature Xbox Release Dates In 2025: A List Of New Games Coming Out This Year
Your month-by-month guide to all Xbox releases
Looking for a list of every game coming out on Xbox in 2025? You're in the right place! Below, we've provided a month-by-month guide to all the Xbox releases that have been announced for 2025 so far - with many more to come of course! Don't forget that we've provided a separate guide for every Xbox...
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- Release Dates
- New Games
- 2025
News Xbox Store Adds Two Extra Freebies To Enjoy Over The Weekend
Including a First Berserker: Khazan demo!
It feels like we've been talking a lot today about free Xbox games! There's the whole Xbox Free Play Days thing, with EA making eight games free to try, and we also discussed the "Just For You" deals that are going around right now. Beyond that though, there are two extra freebies that we don't want you to...
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- Free Games
- The First Berseker: Khazan
- SMITE 2
News Lucky Xbox Players Are Getting Free 'Just For You' Deals This Week
For the likes of Destiny 2 and EA Sports FC 25
The 'Just For You' section of the Microsoft Store has become pretty popular over the last year-or-so, with Xbox choosing to populate it with a series of great offers - particularly for those who are Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. That remains the case as we speak, but some extremely lucky Xbox...
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- Just For You
- Deals
Soapbox I Hope Xbox Properly Supports Switch 2 When It Launches In 2025
Offering a new & different Xbox experience
A lot has been said, discussed and debated about Microsoft deciding to make Xbox games available on rival platforms, and much of that chatter has been pretty negative so far. Sony's PS5 has been the big focus point for discussion, especially because it's confirmed to be getting some huge Xbox games like...
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- Soapbox
- Switch 2
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News Xbox Fan Shares 'Genius' Method For Putting Console In Idle Mode
We didn't know this was a thing!
It's not often we learn something that we didn't know already about our Xbox consoles here at PX HQ, but browsing the platform's Reddit channel this morning, we've done exactly that. Basically, a user has shared a tip for instantly putting your console in 'idle' mode, and yep - we had no idea you could do this! So,...
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- Random
News Sniper Elite: Resistance's Biggest Features Detailed Ahead Of Xbox Game Pass Launch
Coming later this month
While we're seemingly in for a quiet week on Xbox Game Pass, the service starts to ramp up at the end of the month, including the day one launch of Sniper Elite: Resistance. Yep, following the Game Pass release of Sniper Elite 5 a couple of years back, Rebellion returns to the service at the end of the month with a...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Sniper Elite: Resistance
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
Talking Point What Is Xbox Going To Do With Halo In 2025?
Do you think we'll get an announcement?
This is a really interesting time for the Halo franchise. A few months ago, it was announced that a major shakeup was taking place at 343 Industries, with the company rebranding to "Halo Studios" and embarking on a series of new games using Unreal Engine 5. It served as the beginning of a new chapter with Halo...
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News Xbox Free Play Days Features Eight EA Games This Week (January 16-19)
Jump in for free this weekend
Xbox Free Play Days has officially returned for the new year, and EA is helping kick things off with a bang. Starting today, the publisher is adding eight games in total to the program, including the likes of College Football 25, EA Sports WRC and more. Without further ado, here's your full Xbox Free Play Days lineup...
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- Free Play Days
- Xbox Game Pass
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- EA
News Ex-Witcher Devs Unveil New Dark Fantasy RPG 'Dawnwalker' For Xbox
"From the director of Witcher 3"
As CD Projekt Red focuses on its next big game in The Witcher 4, the former Witcher 3 director and select other industry veterans at the new Polish team 'Rebel Wolves' are now gearing up for their debut title backed by Bandai Namco. If you
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News New Console Repair Options Headline Xbox Sustainability Efforts In 2025
Going all green
Microsoft has detailed some new sustainability efforts relating to Xbox as we move into 2025, and while this sort of stuff often just happens in the background for us as players, Team Green is actually bringing some pretty neat initiatives to the table here - chief among which is a new repairs program for users in the US, which...
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- Microsoft
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Xbox Repairs
Wednesday15th Jan 2025
Rumour Microsoft Reportedly Chose Buying Studios Over 'Winding Down' Xbox In 2021
Update: The company provides some context
Xbox fans, buckle up. Today, a fresh report is circulating from outlet The Information that claims Microsoft thought about winding down its Xbox gaming business back in 2021. According to the report, which is unfortunately paywalled, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella "faced a choice" between buying studios to...
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- Microsoft
- Industry
- Bethesda
- Activision Blizzard
News Xbox Series X|S Console Sales In Europe Dropped By Almost 50% In 2024
PlayStation & Nintendo also suffered last year
Throughout the year, we've been tracking multiple sales reports for Xbox Series X and S consoles, and unfortunately - the news hasn't often been very good for Microsoft. Well, a new look at the entirety o
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Console Sales
- Industry
News Microsoft's 'VP Of Next-Gen' Seems To Think That Xbox Console Hardware Isn't Under Threat
We see you, Jason
Xbox exec Jason Ronald was recently named the 'VP of next-generation' over at Microsoft, with the Xbox Series X|S architect now spearheading the team's next-gen console plans. Given his new job title, then, it's probably good news that Ronald seems to think that Xbox consoles are here to stay. Between his undoubtedly busy schedule...
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- Microsoft
- Next-Gen
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Microsoft Is Apparently Working On Some Big Improvements To Xbox Cloud Gaming
As the team "expands its network storage capacity"
Xbox Cloud Gaming is becoming a major part of Microsoft's games business these days, especially as it continues to expand Xbox as a platform, and some new information from
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- Microsoft
- Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Microsoft Has Announced More Layoffs In Its Gaming Division, Says New Report
Amount of job cuts not specified
During 2024, Microsoft made heavy job cuts across multiple divisions including Xbox, and a new report suggests that this culling of staff isn't stopping into the new year. First reported on by Business Insider (paywalled) and shared by GamesIndustry.
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- Microsoft
- Industry
- Layoffs
Talking Point Are You Hoping For Another 'Shadow Drop' At Xbox Developer Direct 2025?
That would be awesome!
As Xbox Developer Direct fast approaches, we're getting quite excited for what we might see in the 2025 edition of the event. We know three of the games that will be showcased, while rumours are pointing towards a "legendary Japanese IP" for Xbox's fourth game of the show. But, what about another shadow drop of some sort?...
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- Talking Point
- Developer Direct
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News Xbox Fighter 'Killer Instinct' Joins EVO 2025 In New Extended Lineup
The battle begins this August
Killer Instinct rolled out a special Anniversary Edition update in late 2023 and now it's making a comeback on the biggest fighting game stage in the world. Today, in a bit of a surprise announcement, EVO revealed its main game lineup for 2025 as well as an "extended" roster - including Killer Instinct. Alongside it...
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- Killer Instinct
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Report Ubisoft Founders Considering A New Business 'Venture' Using Certain Franchises
Which franchises? We're not sure.
The latest twist in the ongoing Ubisoft drama has occurred today, with outlet Bloomberg delivering a fresh report on what's happening behind the scenes at the French game maker. According to this new report, Ubisoft's founders — the Guillemot family — along with major shareholder Tencent, are considering...
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- Ubisoft
- Tencent
- Industry
News Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered Introduces Spruced Up Bosses Ahead Of Next Month's Xbox Launch
"They're back and ready for round 2"
We're about a month away now from Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered landing on Xbox consoles, and the teams at Aspyr and Crystal Dynamics have just shared a fresh look at the spruced up bosses featured in their new collection. Showcased up above in the game's latest trailer, Cleopatra’s Guard, Brother Obscura, and...
- Xbox
- Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Tuesday14th Jan 2025
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (January 14)
A couple of major additions to the library
Welcome to the biggest Xbox Game Pass update for 2025 so far! Today, we have two major titles heading to the library, although one of them is a PC exclusive that debuted all the way back in 1997. That'll be Blizzard's first Diablo title, which makes its way onto Microsoft's modern PC storefront today,...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- PC
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Deals Xbox Is Hosting A Huge 'Buy One, Get Two Free' Indie Sale Right Now
Some good deals, some not so much
Multiple Xbox Store promotions have gone live today, as usual for a Tuesday, and we reckon the pick of the bunch this week is the team's 'Buy 1, Get 2 Free' indie game sale we're seeing on our consoles right now. Don't get us wrong, not everything in this promotion is a particularly good deal, but we are seeing...
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- Deals
- Microsoft
- Indie Sale
- BOGOF
Guide Xbox Game Pass Perks: Everything You Can Claim In January 2025
A new year of Xbox Perks has begun!
The Xbox Game Pass Perks program is a neat little bonus for members of the 'Ultimate' tier who can benefit from a series of cool freebies, and to kick off January 2025, there are loads of free Xbox Perks that you can claim right now! We're doing things a little differently with these guides in 2025 - instead of...
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