October2023
Video Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Impresses In New Open World Preview
Coming to Xbox in December!
We've been looking forward to Massive Entertainment's upcoming Avatar game for ages at this point, so, we absolutely leaped at the chance to try out Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora early at a recent Ubisoft preview event. As you can see up above, we sent our video producer Craig along to the virtual event; spending two to...
News Ubisoft Ending Online Services For Three Xbox 360 Titles Early Next Year
Assassin's Creed & Splinter Cell listed
Ubisoft has today announced it will be decommissioning some "additional online services" for older games and three Xbox 360 titles are listed. These games include Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed Liberation HD and Splinter Cell: Conviction. The online services tied to these games will terminate on 25th...
News Ubisoft's Pirate Game Skull & Bones Gets New Release Window, Again
It's now expected between January and March 2024
If the reports are true and Star Wars Outlaws is Ubisoft's "large game" pushed out of an "early 2024" release window, it seems we might already have another Ubisoft title to fill the same launch period. According to the video game company's latest earnings report, an update on Skull and Bones says...
News Ubisoft Delays Large-Scale Game, Reports Suggest It's Star Wars Outlaws
The new title was previously confirmed for 2024
There's some big news on the Ubisoft front today, with the company revealing in its latest financial report that it has delayed a "large game" that was scheduled to launch early next year. While there's no specific title mentioned, there are suggestions it's the anticipated Star Wars Outlaws game by...
News Far Cry Spin-Off 'Project Maverick' Reportedly In Development At Ubisoft, Alongside Far Cry 7
"Its multiplayer game is called Project Maverick"
Up for some more Far Cry soon? Well, you could be in luck! According to a new report from Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson, Ubisoft has got that much Far Cry on its plate that it's decided to split its next entry into two entirely different releases. Yep, Ubisoft Montreal is reportedly developing both...
News Assassin's Creed Mirage Becomes Ubisoft's 'Biggest New-Gen Launch' So Far
"Thank YOU for joining us on this incredible journey"
Ubisoft has taken to Twitter to thanks fans for making Assassin's Creed Mirage its "biggest new gen launch" yet, at least in terms of pure units sold. The back-to-basics entry arrived on Xbox Series X|S last week, whisking players off to 9th-century Baghdad, while stripping back many of the RPG...
News Ubisoft's Free-To-Play Shooter 'XDefiant' Looks Like It's Been Delayed, Again
Will it come out this year?
So, what's going on with XDefiant? Ubisoft's upcoming free-to-play FPS was supposed to launch this summer — following a few well-received playtests earlier this year — but its full release never materialised after the game f
News The Crew Motorfest Is Getting A Lengthy Free Trial This Month, Alongside An Xbox Discount
The open world racer will be part of Xbox's deals of the week
We were mighty impressed with The Crew's third outing when Motorfest arrived on Xbox last month - and you too will soon be able to decide what you make of Ubisoft's new open world racer. Yep, the team is unleashing a free five-hour trial tomorrow, October 10th, and you can jump in until...
News Assassin's Creed Mirage Seems To Have Turned Out Great On Xbox Series S
Complete with a 60FPS performance mode!
We've seen enough Xbox Series S negativity to last a lifetime in recent months with the whole Baldur's Gate 3 drama, but how about some positivity this week? Well, Assassin's Creed Mirage has just dropped, and Digital Foundry's initial look at the game has provided some lovely-looking results on Xbox Series X...
News Ubisoft Shows Off Gorgeous Assassin's Creed Mirage-Themed Xbox Series X
One of the prettiest custom consoles we've seen!
Assassin's Creed Mirage is out now on Xbox, and to celebrate, Ubisoft France has created an absolutely gorgeous Series X system that'll rival any of the custom consoles we've seen so far. Adorned with main character Basim front and centre, and with a bunch of cool Assassin's Creed art covering the...
September2023
News Halo's Master Chief Drops Into Ubisoft Team Shooter Rainbow Six Siege
Spartan 117 reporting for duty
If you happen to like Rainbow Six Siege and the Halo series, today is your lucky day. Ubisoft's multiplayer shooter has launched a new crossover with the Master Chief! It's an Elite set for Sledge that outfits him in the armour of Spartan 117, based on the gear the Chief wears in his latest outing in Halo Infinite...
News Ubisoft CEO Explains Decision To Buy ActiBlizz Cloud Rights From Xbox
"That’s what pushed us to go forward..."
Back in August, it was revealed that Microsoft had struck a deal for Ubisoft to buy the cloud gaming rights to Activision Blizzard titles, and now Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has revealed what "pushed us to go forward with the deal". Speaking to the Financial Times this week, Guillemot enthused about the...
Hands On Assassin's Creed Mirage Is An Enjoyable Return To The Series' Roots
We spent multiple hours with Ubisoft's latest AC title
Assassin's Creed Mirage is shaping up to be a bit of a throwback to the series' origins when it launches later this year, with more of a focus on tight, stealthy gameplay - and plenty of assassinations of course. Ahead of the game's upcoming launch, we played a good few hours of Mirage (more...
News The Crew Motorfest Free Trial Weekend Now Live On Xbox
A generous day one offering from Ubisoft
The Crew Motorfest is now out for all players, and a very nice introductory offer from Ubisoft has accompanied the standard edition launch. All players across Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S can go hands-on with the game for absolutely free, for a limited time. That free trial period is now live and runs from...
Guide The Crew Motorfest: Frame Rate Options On Xbox Series X And S
Here are all the Xbox details
The Crew Motorfest launches this week on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One - including via a Ubisoft Plus subscription if you'd like to access the game that way. Each console has a slightly different performance profile, so here's how things are shaping up with The Crew Motorfest on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series...
News 'XDefiant' Failed Certification Last Month, Ubisoft Explains Next Steps
"We have spent the last 3-4 weeks fixing those issues"
Ubisoft's upcoming free-to-play shooter XDefiant went through multiple rounds of testing earlier this year, and the full release is somewhat imminent on Xbox Series X and S. However, the team has recently run into some certification issues with Sony and Microsoft, which has ultimately delayed...
News Open-World Racer 'The Crew Motorfest' Looks Surprisingly Good On Xbox One
Last-gen still pulling its weight
A pretender to the Forza Horizon throne is almost here in The Crew Motorfest, Ubisoft's upcoming open world racer that hits Xbox platforms on September 14th. As you'd expect in 2023, lots of the focus so far has been on the current-gen versions of the game, and yet, Motorfest is still looking surprisingly shiny on...
August2023
News 'Beyond Good And Evil 20th Anniversary Edition' Xbox Rating Surfaces Online
Is Ubisoft's action-adventure making a comeback?
If you happen to be a fan of Ubisoft's classic action-adventure Beyond Good & Evil and were hoping to see the game make a return for its 20th anniversary, you might be in luck. A new rating for the Beyond Good and Evil 20th Anniversary Edition has surfaced on the ESRB, and it's been rated for all...
Soapbox Go Buy The Best Console Version Of Far Cry 3 While It's Cheap On Xbox
The 360 version is on sale again!
Update (Tue 29th Aug, 2023): We first ran this story a few months ago, and now Far Cry 3 for Xbox 360 is on sale again! Therefore, we're giving it a little bump so you can decide whether it's something you're interested in purchasing. Original story (Sun 21st May, 2023): Over the last few months I've somehow...
News Cancelled Immortals Fenyx Rising Sequel Was Reportedly An 'Ambitious' Change For Ubisoft
Instead, the team appears to have returned to Assassin's Creed
Last month, we learnt that Ubisoft had reportedly cancelled a sequel to Immortals Fenyx Rising, much to the disappointment of many of us here at Pure Xbox HQ. In the month or so since, outlet Axios has b
News The Crew Motorfest Goes Gold Ahead Of September Launch On Xbox
"We can not wait to see you all at Motorfest"
Ready for another open world racer? Ubisoft has you covered very, very soon! The Crew Motorfest has officially gone gold ahead of launch - meaning no more delays are expected for this arcade racer set on the beautiful islands of Hawaii. How soon can we play, you say? Well, the latest Crew title hits...
News Far Cry's New Director Is Teasing 'Big Things' Ahead For The Series
"We have big things in store"
It's getting on for two years since the last mainline Far Cry game launched, and it's looking like the series will be taking a different route with its next entry, at least behind the scenes. The franchise now has a new director, who has lofty aims for the future of the franchise. Ubisoft's Drew Holmes is that new...
News Xbox Is Offering 'Buy One, Get Two Free' On Assassin's Creed Games This Week
But to be honest, it's a pretty bad deal!
Just a day after we highlighted Xbox's new "Buy Two, Get One Free" offer on select EA games, we've got another promotion offering "Buy One, Get Two Free" this week - and this time it's aimed at Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed series. In theory this could be a great idea, but it just doesn't seem to represent...
News Five Assassin's Creed Games Will Be Free-To-Play On Xbox This Weekend
Lots of assassinating to be doing!
Ubisoft has announced its own selection of free-to-play games this weekend - all from its premiere Assassin's Creed franchise. We're also expecting our usual set of Free Play Days titles in addition to these, so there's going to be lots to try out for free on Xbox this weekend! The five AC games in question are...
Deals All 30+ Backwards Compatible Games In This Week's Xbox Sales (August 1-8)
Some Xbox classics are on offer this week!
As part of this week's Xbox sales & promotions we have another selection of classics discounted! There are some great Original Xbox and Xbox 360 titles on offer this week, so we'll drop all of those games down below. Be sure to check out our other deals posts too - there's a substantial add-on sale...