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TodayFri, 7th Feb 2025
News Lots Of Games Are Discounted By 90% On Xbox This Weekend (February 7-10)
The biggest discounts on the Xbox Store right now
Looking for some cheap games on Xbox over the weekend? We haven't got as many as usual now that the huge Xbox Lunar New Year Sale has officially finished for 2025, but there's still some good stuff in here - including Borderlands 3, Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary, The Last Campfire and a whole...
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News Xbox Pledges Support For 'iicon', A New Industry Event From The Organiser Of E3
Taking place April 2026
The Entertainment Software Association, also known as the ESA, has announced 'iicon' - a new event that aims to "connect visionaries, thought leaders and innovators from across industries to harness the power of interactive entertainment". This is the same organisation that put together E3, gaming's central summer convention...
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- Microsoft
- E3
- Iicon
- Sarah Bond
News Upcoming Game Pass RTS Gets April Release Date For Xbox Series X|S & PC
Going commando in two months
Commandos: Origins, the return of the classic stealth RTS series, now has an official 2025 release date. The Xbox Series X|S & PC title launches on April 9th, and as previously announced - it'll be available day one on Xbox Game Pass. Origins marks the series' first brand-new entry since the mid-2000s
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Commandos: Origins
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- Xbox Series S
News Hogwarts Legacy 2, Batman Arkham Sequel Detailed In Revealing Warner Bros. Report
Harry Potter DLC also in the works
A new report from well-known journalist Jason Schreier has detailed some of the inner workings at Warner Bros. Games right now, off the back of its recent cancellation of online brawler MultiVersus. The report g
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- Hogwarts Legacy 2
- WB Games
- Warner Bros
- Batman Arkham
News New Financial Report Provides Estimated Xbox Series X|S Sales Figure As Of Late 2024
Take-Two drops new estimates
As we know by now, Microsoft no longer provides accurate sales figures for Xbox Series X|S consoles, meaning we often have to go off estimates to get an idea of how the systems are selling. As it turns out, it's not just us that has to try and work things out either - mega-publisher Take-Two has provided a fresh consoles...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Microsoft
- Take-Two
News Microsoft Rewards Is Practically Giving Away Six Big Movies Right Now
Perfect if you're a LOTR or Hobbit fan
Looking for something to spend your Microsoft Rewards points on? Well, there's a fantastic deal doing the rounds in certain regions which allows you to pick up six Lord of the Rings / Hobbit movies for just 1,500 points each. This is part of something called the Middle-earth Movie Collection, and we can verify...
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- Xbox Rewards
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- Lord of the Rings
- Hobbit
News Xbox Play Anywhere Title Available For Free With Amazon Prime Gaming This Month
Playable on Xbox & PC
Amazon has announced another batch of free titles coming to its Prime Gaming service for the rest of February, and the list features one particularly interesting inclusion - a game you can play on Xbox. Yep, Amazon Prime Gaming typically focuses on PC titles playable on various platforms (Steam, GOG, Epic Games, etc.), but...
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- Bethesda
- Amazon Prime Gaming
Guide Avowed: Release Date, Release Times, Early Access Details For Xbox & PC
Obsidian's epic RPG is almost here!
Avowed is the first Xbox first-party game of 2025, and we're kicking things off in a big way! This is an epic fantasy RPG from the geniuses at Obsidian, and we're crossing our fingers that it's going to prove one of the highlights of the year. As is often the case with Xbox first-party titles, we're getting both...
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- Release Date
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News GTA 6 For Xbox Series X|S Is Still Targeting A 'Fall' 2025 Release
Take-Two's CEO reassures fans
There have been concerns about whether Rockstar can deliver Grand Theft Auto 6 this year, but according to its parent company Take-Two, it really is arriving this Fall 2025. This information comes from the company's latest financial earnings update, with Take-Two Interactive Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick mentioning...
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- GTA 6
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Xbox Loses Upcoming Game Pass Title As Football Manager 25 Gets Cancelled
"We know this will come as a huge disappointment"
We've unfortunately got a title to remove from our big Xbox Game Pass in 2025 list today, as it's been announced by Sports Interactive that Football Manager 25 won't be releasing in any fashion - it's been totally cancelled. The developer had been planning for FM25 to mark a massive overhaul for the...
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- Football Manager 25
- PC
YesterdayThu, 6th Feb 2025
News Multiple Free Betas Are Available To Xbox Players This Weekend
Along with a bunch of free demos and FPD titles
We know the Pure Xbox community loves freebies, and we love bringing them to you! So, let's take a look at three free Xbox betas that are available over the next few days - the biggest one being Capcom's Monster Hunter Wilds. You can download the Monster Hunter Wilds Beta Test via the Xbox Store right...
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- Free Games
- Playtest
- Monster Hunter
News Avowed Has A 60FPS Mode On Xbox Series X, Confirms Obsidian
"Up to 60FPS"
Back in 2024, Microsoft confirmed that the console versions of Avowed would aim for 30FPS - but it's looking like developer Obsidian has since managed to squeeze more out of Xbox Series X in the meantime. In a new rapid-fire interview with game director Carrie Patel, the lead dev confirms that Series X players can enjoy Avowed at
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- Xbox Game Pass
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News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (February 6-9)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Xbox Free Play Days has been revealed for the coming weekend, and all three options this week launched within the last six months, so you've got some very recent releases to get stuck into here. One of those is last year's 9/10-rated Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - although it's only multiplayer and Zombies that will be...
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- Free Play Days
- Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft
Review Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics (Xbox) - Here Comes A New Challenger!
Better late than never
Although it felt like Xbox almost missed out on the Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection, in the end, things got sorted and now roughly four months after the original release, the Xbox One version is ready to take you for a ride. Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is made up of seven titles
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Reaction Resident Evil 9 Should Stay Far Away From Flops Like Re:Verse
Campaign is all we need
Today, Capcom has announced the impending closure of Re:Verse, its weird multiplayer spin-off that launched as an additional extra to 2021's Resident Evil Village. Following Resident Evil 3's bundled-in Resistance online mode, Capcom has now delive
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- Resident Evil 9
- Re:Verse
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News Xbox Partners With Currys To Offer Console Repairs In UK & Ireland
Even if they're out of warranty
It's been mentioned a couple of times over the past few months how Microsoft is working hard to make Xbox console repairs more accessible moving forward, and that continues today with a new partnership in the UK and Ireland. This means that Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S owners in these regions (and presumably Xbox...
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- Currys
- Repairs
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Metal Gear Solid Delta Release Date Leaks As Konami Plans August Launch On Xbox
MGS3 remake is coming in hot
The upcoming release date for Konami's Metal Gear Solid 3 remake has leaked online, via a trailer uploaded early to the PlayStation Network. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater launches on August 28th across Xbox, PlayStation and PC - also now evident on the
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- Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Hands On Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator (Xbox) - Awaken Your Inner Mr. Bean
0 days since last accident
Today marks the review embargo for Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator, and although we've been checking it out here at Pure Xbox, we haven't played enough to give a full verdict. In our first few hours with it though, we've found it to be very much what you'd expect from the dev behind 2022's Police Simulator: Patrol...
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- Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Space Marine 2 'Datavault' Update Adds New Map, Enemy & Difficulty Level On Xbox
Squad up, marine
Developer Saber Interactive has today announced its Datavault update for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, and it's a pretty chunky update overall. New PvP map 'Tomb' headlines the new features here, alongside a tough-as-nails difficulty level and some other fresh SM2 content. 'Absolute' difficulty, as it's known, is Space Marine...
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- Space Marine 2
- Saber Interactive
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Killer Instinct Developer Iron Galaxy Axes Multiple Jobs As 'Last Resort'
A "measure" to ensure its long-term survival
There's some very sad news coming out of Killer Instinct developer Iron Galaxy today - with the US-based team announcing it's "parting ways" with "some" of its developers and support staff. This decision has been a "last resort" and it cuts the team down to just 66 people (it reportedly had over 250...
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- Killer Instinct
- Industry
News EA's Madden NFL 25 Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 6)
For Game Pass Ultimate members
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update - this time a fresh addition to the EA Play library. Yep, later today, Madden NFL 25 will enter EA's service, meaning Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass members will be able to enjoy the title at no extra cost. Here's a quick introduction to your new Game Pass...
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- Madden NFL 25
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News Pure Xbox Game Club February 2025: Ninja Gaiden 2 Black
Come join the PX Game Club!
Want to enhance your Xbox Game Pass experience? Come join the official Pure Xbox Game Club! We can't take credit on staff for this — the PX Game Club is the work of PeaceSalad, ralphdibny, Balta666 and the rest of the contributors over at the Pure Xbox forums, who have established a community that meet
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Wednesday5th Feb 2025
News Battlefield 6 Gets Xbox Release Window As FPS Prepares Its New-Gen Return
All hands on deck
As part of a new financial call this week, EA has given its new Battlefield game a more defined release window, as the publisher plots the series' Xbox return. Battlefield 6 is set to hit PC and current-gen consoles in "fiscal year 2026" - which is sometime between April 2025 and March 2026
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- Battlefield 6
- EA
- DICE
- Xbox Series X
News Xbox Exec Showcases Incredible Avowed Advert In Times Square
"Our global media campaign launches"
Things may feel a little quiet right now considering how close we are to Xbox's big Avowed launch this month, but marketing on the game might just be about to heat up. The Obsidian RPG is now the star of a huge animated billboard in Times Square, as Microsoft's "global media campaign launches" this week for the...
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- Avowed
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox Series X
Roundup Capcom Spotlight (February 2025) - Every Game Coming To Xbox
Onimusha, Monster Hunter and more!
Capcom just held its first 'Spotlight' broadcast of 2025 including a Monster Hunter Wilds showcase, and if you didn't see the show but are curious to know what Xbox-related news was shared, here's a roundup. It included the shadow drop of MvC Fighting Collection, the surprise Onimusha 2 remaster announcement, and...
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- Capcom
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Roundup
News Xbox App Recommends Trying Out Delisted First-Party Game, Confusing Fans
"Tailored to your tastes" in delisted games
Ahh, delisted digital video games. These things float around in the internet ether, accessible for owners to re-download on supported systems, but no longer purchasable on associated storefronts. However, that doesn't always stop platforms from accidentally advertising them, as has seemingly happened here...
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- Xbox App
- Forza Horizon 3
- Microsoft
News Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass Standard (February 5)
Including a massive first-party addition
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, Microsoft is bringing three more titles to it's Game Pass Standard tier - all three of these games are already available in the XGP Ultimate library. Without further ado, here are your new Game Pass Standard
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News Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection Available Now On Xbox
Download it today
Capcom's Spotlight showcase has officially wrapped and as many fighting fans expected, there's been an update on Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics. The big news is it's now available to download digitally on Xbox One (obviously, you can also grab it via your Xbox Series X and Series S). This follow
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- Xbox Series S
- Xbox One
- Capcom
Talking Point It's Been A Year Since Phil Spencer Announced The 'Xbox Business Update' Event
What followed was a turning point for Xbox
As we move further and further into 2025, Xbox's multiplatform approach is now a very tangible reality, but at one time it seemed like an unbelievable change of course for a console platform holder. That time, funnily enough, was exactly one year ago today - when boss Phil Spencer ended rampant speculation...
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News Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Hits Massive Sales Milestone In Just 24 Hours
Delivering the goods
THQ Nordic and developer Warhorse Studios has announced a pretty incredible sales milestone for their Xbox RPG Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. The sprawling Series X|S sequel has sold one million units across all platforms within 24 hours of release - it only launched yesterday, February 4th! Meanwhile, over on Steam where player...
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- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News EA Seems To Think That Live Service Would Have Helped Xbox RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard
We're not so sure
Late last month, we heard from publisher EA that Dragon Age: The Veilguard had "underperformed", selling about half of what was expected during its launch quarter. Of course, this being a mega-publisher with investors to please, EA has to put the blame on something - and it sounds like the game being a contained single-player RPG...
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- EA
- Dragon: Age The Veilguard
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Tuesday4th Feb 2025
News These Six Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (February 5-18)
The latest roundup of new titles
The Xbox Game Pass lineup for February 2025 has been looking pretty bare until now, so it's time for Microsoft to reveal some new titles! Today, six games have been announced for the service for later this month. As usual, we're getting new additions to the Xbox Game Pass Standard tier in this roundup (including...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Roundup
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Two More Xbox First-Party Games Are Moving To PS5 In 2025
A new age is upon us
As part of an update on the future of Microsoft's 'Age' series, Xbox has confirmed that Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition and Age of Mythology: Retold are both heading to PS5 in 2025. These are the latest Xbox Game Studios titles to be announced for the Sony platform, following the reveal of a Forza Horizon 5 port last week...
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- Microsoft
- Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition
- Age Of Mythology Retold
- PS5
Guide Xbox 'Stream Your Own Game' Titles: The Complete List So Far
Buy it, stream it!
Back in 2024, Microsoft announced a program called Xbox 'Stream Your Own Game', which aimed to make players' purchases available to stream via Xbox Cloud Gaming without them needing to be part of Xbox Game Pass already. This feature is now very much up and running, and it continues to grow with more supported titles all the time...
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- Stream Your Own Game
- Stream Owned Games
- Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Xbox Game Pass
Guide Kingdom Come Deliverance 2: Release Dates & Times For Xbox Series X|S
Arriving this week for current-gen Xbox consoles!
If you've read all the Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 reviews and now you're keen to get your hands on this early Game of the Year contender, we've got all the details you need. The good news? It's out in less than 24 hours' time! You can preload Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 right now by either purchasing...
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- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
- Release Time
- Release Date
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News Reporter Suggests Console Exclusives Will Soon Be 'Obsolete', Especially For Third-Party Devs
Reacting to "fantastic" PC sales for FF7 Rebirth
As we all know by now, Microsoft has well and truly moved into new times with its multiplatform push in recent years; involving Nintendo and Sony systems in its plan to put Xbox games everywhere. While this is proving to be a bold new step for Team Green, it does seem to be a trend that's taking hold...
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- Microsoft
- Exclusives
- Multiplatform
- Steam
Deals Xbox Adds Four Major New Sales To Kick Off February 2025
Hundreds of games discounted until mid-Feb
It's the first Tuesday of the month, and that means we've got a bunch of new sales now live on the Xbox Store! There are four new additions in all - a 2K sale, a Capcom sale, an Anime Month sale and the usual "Deals with Game Pass" sale. You'll find hundreds of discounts as part of all these, including for...
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- Deals
- Roundup
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- 2K
News Far Cry New Dawn Now Live On Xbox Game Pass, 60FPS Gameplay Revealed
Jump into a colourful Hope County at 60FPS
Ubisoft's 2019 shooter Far Cry New Dawn is now live on Xbox Game Pass, and the developer has also dropped its new performance patch alongside this XGP arrival. The good news is that the new 60FPS update looks very smooth on both Xbox Series X and S, and we'll inc
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- Far Cry New Dawn
- 60FPS
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News Wreckfest 2 Enters Early Access In March, But Xbox Players Will Have To Wait
Steam-only for now
Today, developer Bugbear has dropped an update on Wreckfest 2; its carnage-fueled racer that's bound for Xbox Series X and S consoles. The unfortunate news is that the game will release first on PC via Steam Early Access in March, but we have got a new trailer to feast our eyes on - which you can catch up above. As we just...
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- Wreckfest 2
- Bugbear
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Classic Battlefield Content Will Be Returning To BF6 On Xbox Series X|S
Battlefield Portal is back
Yesterday's gameplay reveal for Battlefield 6 may have been light on actual gameplay, but we did get lots of other details about the upcoming EA title, including its new testing program Battlefield Labs. However, some additional details were also shared with journalists and content creators who attended an online presentat
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- Battlefield 6
- Battlefield Portal
- EA
- Xbox Series X
News Xbox 360's Launch Was One Of The 'Scariest' Career Moments For Ex-PlayStation Boss
It was a whole year before the PlayStation 3's release
The Xbox 360 generation is arguably the best era of Xbox gaming, and part of its success was credited to Microsoft getting the jump on the competition at the time. During an interview with MinnMax recently, former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida was asked about the "scariest moment" in his...
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- Xbox 360
- Microsoft
News Ninja Gaiden 2 Black Analysis Compares Xbox 360 Original To Unreal Engine 5 Remaster
Another great Game Pass addition
This week, Digital Foundry has been back at it, testing out the recent Ninja Gaiden 2 Black remaster that shadow dropped onto Xbox Game Pass last month. In short, DF says that this new version of the Xbox 360 classic "isn't perfect - but it's the best version yet", whic
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News Live Service Shutdowns Won't Be Further Scrutinised By UK Government
Shutting down the shutdown complaints
In recent years, there's been increased scrutiny around online video games abruptly shutting down, with WB's MultiVersus the latest casualty soon to be added to the list. This scrutiny recently led to a petition on the matter being put forward to the UK government - a petition that's now seen a somewhat...
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- Industry
- UK Government
- Live Service Games
News PGA Tour 2K25 Joins Latest Batch Of Free Demos On The Xbox Store
"Step up to the first tee and get started..."
If you've been eyeing up PGA Tour 2K25 ahead of its Xbox release later this month, you'll be pleased to hear that a free demo has just gone live for the game on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S - complete with a bunch of cool features! Specifically, by downloading PGA Tour 2K25 'First Look' on the Xbox...
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- PGA Tour 2K25
- 2K
- Free Demos
Monday3rd Feb 2025
News 10 Xbox Games Are Shutting Down Their Servers In February 2025
It's a sad month for these Xbox titles
A couple of months ago, we highlighted a bunch of Xbox games that were set to turn off their servers in early 2025, and unfortunately we've been informed about many more since then - so it's time to take a look at February's lineup! As things stand, there are 10 Xbox games set to shut their servers this month,...
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- Servers
- Delisting
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- February 2025
News Battlefield 6 Gameplay Revealed, Early Testing Program Coming To Xbox Series X|S
'Battlefield Labs' opens its doors
Four years on from Battlefield 2042, EA has finally showcased a sliver of gameplay from its next Battlefield title. Not officially Battlefield 6 just yet but certainly the next mainline release, the game is now in the pre-alpha stage and is welcoming public playtesters in the coming months. That public playtesting...
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- Battlefield 6
- EA
- DICE
- Xbox Series X
Talking Point February Marks Microsoft's First Xbox Game Studios Release Of 2025
Are you excited for it to launch?
Well, 2025 is officially kicking into gear now that January has come and gone - some of the biggest game publishers in the world are set to drop major projects this month. Of course, one of those is Xbox with Obsidian's Avowed - and we're just checking in to see how excited everyone is for this upcoming first-party...
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O Come, all ye (hardcore) faithful
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is a hard-ass game, no matter how you choose to approach it. It's a hard game to play, to get a footing in and to stick with in its early hours. It's hard, too, in how it refuses to readily explain its myriad of interlocking mechanics and systems, or to help in many of the ways we've...
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- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Ex-PlayStation Boss Compares Xbox's New Strategy To SEGA, Says It's A 'Balancing Act'
"It does have historical precedence"
Xbox effectively going "multiplatform" over the past year has been big news across the gaming landscape, and the latest update on this new strategy was the announcement that Forza Horizon 5 would be coming to PS5 this spring. Speaking to Reece Reilly of 'Kiwi Talk
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- Microsoft
- Multiplatform
- SEGA
News Xbox Indie Showcase 2025 Announced For This Month, Game Pass Surprises Expected
In partnership with IGN
Ready for another Xbox showcase after the amazing Developer Direct in January? Well, you're in luck! It's been announced today that the annual Xbox indie showcase (otherwise known as the ID@Xbox indie showcase) will take place on Monday, February 24th at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT - and just like last year, it's being hosted...
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