Death Stranding Director's Cut (Xbox Series X|S) News Articles
Monday2nd Feb 2026
News Death Stranding Director's Cut Gets Huge Player Bump Thanks To Xbox Game Pass
One of last month's biggest XGP additions
One of the most high-profile additions to Xbox Game Pass last month was the arrival of Death Stranding Director's Cut from Kojima Productions, and perhaps unsurprisingly, the title absolutely shot up the Xbox player charts last week as a result. As shared by Circana's Mat Piscatella, prior to its Game Pass...
Wednesday21st Jan 2026
News Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (January 21)
Including a MASSIVE addition from Kojima Productions
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! Following yesterday's XGP update that mapped out the rest of January, we have three big titles landing in the library today, including Kojima's once-PS4 exclusive Death Stranding. Here's some more details on tha
Wednesday14th Jan 2026
News Xbox Partners With Kojima To Fix Major Save Bug In Death Stranding Director's Cut
It had been plaguing the Xbox PC version
We've been absolutely loving Death Stranding Director's Cut ever since it landed on Xbox Series X and Series S in late 2024, but there's been a major bug that's been plaguing the Xbox PC / Play Anywhere version for ages now. Basically, if you played the PC version for anything longer than around 30-60...
Monday23rd Jun 2025
News Death Stranding 2 Debuts To Impressive Reviews Ahead Of Hopeful Xbox Release
We've got the first one, and the second should follow eventually
If you've got any interest at all in Death Stranding 2, you've probably been looking at all the reviews that have hit the web today. And, unsurprisingly, Hideo Kojima's sequel is faring extremely well with the critics so far. Looking at Metacritic, Death Stranding 2 currently has an...
Monday31st Mar 2025
News New Death Stranding Record Hints At Potential Of PS5 Ports On Xbox
The sequel could get a lot more sales from it
Death Stranding has undoubtedly been a hit ever since it arrived on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S late last year, but unfortunately, there's no sign of Death Stranding 2 coming to Xbox alongside its PS5 launch on June 26th. The release of the first game definitely seems to have been beneficial for the...
Tuesday17th Dec 2024
News Xbox Appears To Be Getting More Ex-PlayStation Exclusives In 2025
Death Stranding has been a clear hit
We've heard a lot this year about Xbox games jumping over to PlayStation, but we've also seen a fair few ex-PlayStation exclusives arriving on Xbox as well - two particularly notable examples being Death Stranding and Genshin Impact. And, according to Windows Central, this trend is set to continue in 2025. The...
Friday15th Nov 2024
News Death Stranding's New Xbox Update Fixes The Only Real Problem We Had With It
A 10/10 game gets even better
When we published our 10/10 review of Death Stranding for Xbox Series X and Series S recently, we only had one thing to put in the "cons" section - and that was related to a Quick Resume bug that had caused issues for some players. We didn't actually run into a problem with it, but it was clearly causing a headache in...
Thursday14th Nov 2024
News Death Stranding Megafan Shares A Bunch Of Great Tips For Xbox Newbies
Spoiler-free, and extremely helpful!
Death Stranding is clearly doing the business right now! In addition to getting an "Outstanding" 10/10 review from us here at Pure Xbox, it's also nearly topping the charts in the "Top Paid" section of the Microsoft Store as we speak. We're seeing loads and loads of Xbox players picking the game up for the first...
Tuesday12th Nov 2024
News Death Stranding Director's Cut 'Quite Remarkable' On Xbox Series S
"Xbox Series S is absolutely fascinating"
Shortly after the surprise release of Death Stranding Director's Cut on Xbox, we put out a quick comparison of the game running on Series X and S - and now the folks over at Digital Foundry have taken a closer look at the Kojima Productions title.
Friday8th Nov 2024
News Here's How Death Stranding Director's Cut Compares On Xbox Series X And S
Stranding side-by-side
With Death Stranding Director's Cut launching out of nowhere on Xbox yesterday, we've taken a look at how the game stacks up across both current-gen Microsoft machines - and the early results are rather good. While there certainly are differences across both Xbox Series X and S, this is a game that really looks the part on...
PSA Death Stranding Has A Major Quick Resume Bug On Xbox
It'll hopefully be fixed very soon
Yesterday's surprise release of Death Stranding Director's Cut on Xbox Series X|S has proved extremely popular over the past 24 hours, but something you should be aware of is a Quick Resume bug that's plaguing the game at launch. As shared by Windows Central's Jez Corden, the bug involves not being able to save...
Thursday7th Nov 2024
News Kojima Productions Now Owns Death Stranding IP Following Xbox Release
Sony no longer in full control
Well, there you have it - Death Stranding is officially on Xbox thanks to the team's new Director's Cut launch. Five years since PlayStation published the original release, we can finally go hands on with Death Stranding on Xbox, and some new information from developer Kojima Productions tells us why this is finally...
News Surprise! Death Stranding Director's Cut Is Now Available On Xbox Series X|S
With a 50% launch discount!
Well, this came out of nowhere! Kojima Productions has just shadow dropped Death Stranding: Director's Cut onto Xbox platforms - yep, the game is out now on Xbox Series X|S! To celebrate the game's first appearance on Xbox consoles, publisher 505 has launched the Director's Cut with a 50% discount for the next two weeks...
