April2020
News Star Wars Battlefront 2 Is "Complete" After 25 Free Content Updates
May the force be with you
After more than two years, the Star Wars Battlefront II creative director Dennis Brännvall has announced the game's "incredible" journey across 25 free content updates will finally come to an end with The Battle on Scarif. Here's a bit more about what to expect from this latest update: Today, we’re bringing you the...
News Battlefield V Is Getting Its Final Major Content Update This Summer
"Thank you all for joining this journey"
It's been almost a year and a half since Battlefield V first launched for Xbox One, and EA has now revealed the game will be getting its final standalone update in the summer, featuring new content, weapons and game tweaks. The company says it's targeting a June release for this update. It won't be the end...
March2020
News EA Hints Battlefield V Might Be Coming To Xbox Game Pass Soon
Bring it on
It was a busy day for Xbox Game Pass yesterday, with Microsoft announcing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks, as well as various incomings and outgoings for the games library. And now, it looks like we may be getting another huge title added soon in the form of Battlefield V. Following a tweet posted by Xbox Game Pass yesterday about the...
May2016
News Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Trailer Hits 1 Million Dislikes
Thumbs slamming down
Call of Duty fans don't appear to be happy with the creative direction of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare as its reveal trailer has received over 1 million "Dislikes" on YouTube. Released only a week ago on May 2, the Infinite Warfare reveal trailer is currently the 7th most disliked video on YouTube and still climbing. In...
October2015
News Mass Effect DLC added to Xbox One Backwards Compatibility
No mass relays required.
Earlier this year, Microsoft surprised many gamers with the announcement that Xbox One would soon be backwards compatible with Xbox 360 titles. Whilst the feature isn't due to hit officially until November, Xbox Preview Program members were given a small selection of games to play. The vast majority of the games were first...
April2015
News Star Wars Battlefront Playable First on Xbox One
The force is is strong with Xbox
As expected, it appears that Xbox One owners will get to play Star Wars Battlefront first, courtesy of EA Access. This beautiful bit of news comes from a tweet from Aaron Greenberg - Microsoft's games marketing lead - replying to a tweet asking if he's ready for the game. [tweet 587781284388155392] At this point,...
January2015
Pure Retro Did You Know That James Bond 007: Nightfire Had a Thrilling Multiplayer Mode?
License to Kill
When the Xbox 360 was the latest and greatest console on the market, that meant the original Xbox was only last-gen, which didn’t make it all that old. But now that the Xbox One has ushered in a new generation, it finally makes sense to slap the retro label on those classic Xbox games. That’s where Pure Retro comes in. From here...
July2012
News Need For Speed: Most Wanted Headed to Kinect
Criterion racer gets Kinect support.
Those beady-eyed folks over at VG247 have spotted something rather special. It appears that Criterion's 2012 reboot of the game is more than likely coming to your Xbox 360 complete with Kinect support in October (or November if you're in Europe.) The official packshots for the game released at E3 don't contain...
November2010
News Harry Potter Casts Magic Spell on Kinect This Week
Today in the US, Friday for Europe
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I is an unexpected milestone for Kinect: it's the first title to be labelled as "Better with Kinect", rather than the usual "Kinect Sensor Required" tag on the box. Whilst the main game is playable with a regular controller, the Kinect-specific content...
