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TodayTue, 16th Dec 2025
News Forza Motorsport Won't Get Any Major Updates In 2026, But Support Will Continue
"We hope you continue racing with us in 2026"
As another year of Forza Motorsport comes to a close, the team at Turn 10 has shared what's next for the game in 2026, which includes various bits of support and fresh content but nothing in terms of major updates. In a blog post on the official Forza website, it's mentioned how the game will receive...
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- Forza Motorsport
Roundup The First Reviews Have Arrived For Fallout Season 2
What do the critics think?
Today's the day for Fallout Season 2 on Amazon Prime! Although the official release date was set as December 17th for the first episode of the season, this was switched earlier this week to December 16th - with the release time being 6pm PT / 9pm ET in the US. You can see confirmation of this down below: With just...
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- Fallout Season 2
- Prime
- TV
News Former Arkane Austin Director Was 'Shocked' That Xbox Closed The Studio After Redfall
"It is what it is."
In a new interview with former Arkane Austin lead Harvey Smith, the legendary game designer talks about his "shock" in learning that the team behind Dishonored and Prey was being closed down by Microsoft following the poor launch of co-op shooter Redfall. Speaking on an episode of the My Perfect Console podcast (via K
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- Arkane Austin
- Harvey Smith
- Redfall
- Microsoft
News Final Fantasy 7 Remake Comparison Shows Difference Between Xbox Series X And Series S
Here's how both Xbox versions stack up
Today has marked the release of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade demo for Xbox, and therefore we can finally see how the game stacks up on both the Series X and Series S! As always, this early footage is coming from the YouTube channel Fuzion Xbox Testing, which has shown off both versions complete with...
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- Final Fantasy 7 Remake
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Comparison
News Two New Features Highlighted In The Xbox December 2025 Update
One mobile focused, one PC focused
Xbox is back again with its "December Update" of new features, and it's actually quite a small roundup this time around, highlighted by two new arrivals along with the usual set of new Play Anywhere, Stream Your Own Game (etc.) titles. The big feature is something we've already covered here at Pure Xbox, and...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Xbox One
- PC
News Terminator: Survivors Is Now Single-Player Only & Has Ditched Its 2025 Early Access Release
We have an update from the Nacon Milan team
During Nacon Connect 2024 yesterday, the company formally unveiled Terminator: Survivors, a new open-world survival game based on the famous film franchise. The team has locked in a PC Early Access launch date, with console versions arriving later on, including Xbox. That Steam Early Access release lands...
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- Terminator Survivors
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Nacon Connect 2024
Rumour COD 2027 Will Be A New Sub-Series With 'Completely New Characters' On Xbox
A direct response to Black Ops 6 & 7?
Last week, Xbox's Call of Duty team put out a statement announcing that there'll be no more "back-to-back" Modern Warfare or Black Ops games in the series following poor sales for
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- Call of Duty
- COD 2027
- Sledgehammer Games
- Microsoft
News OG Xbox Fan Spends Over A Year Making A 'Complete List' Of 630 Unreleased Games
Seriously impressive work!
We saw some absolutely amazing games releasing on the original Xbox over 20 years ago, but there were hundreds more that could have released for the system but never saw the light of day at the time. Many of these have sprung up over the years in individual articles, developer discussions, YouTube investigations and...
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- Original Xbox
News Hyper Realistic Shooter Unrecord Will Now 'Accelerate Development' With Tencent
"We’re confident this collaboration will help us"
Remember back in 2023 when Drama Studios' FPS Unrecord went viral for basically looking like real life? Well, news on the game has been pretty scarce since - but today, we're hearing that mega-publisher Tencent has stepped in to help fund and release the full product. Yep, coming by way of
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- Unrecord
- Drama Studios
- Tencent
News Wreckreation Dev Launches Patreon Campaign To Keep Development Going
"We have four tiers to choose from, with various rewards for each"
Earlier this year, we highlighted the then-upcoming launch of Wreckreation - an open world driving and building game made by Three Fields Entertainment, which itself is made up of various former Burnout and Need for Speed developers. Unfortunately, the release seems to have gone...
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- Wreckreation
- Three Fields Entertainment
News Microsoft Forces Removal Of Halo Multiplayer Mod In Counter-Strike 2
"It was fun while it lasted"
It's not often we see Microsoft taking action against mods for all sorts of popular games, but clearly the company feels a new Counter-Strike 2 mod overstepped the line, issuing a DMCA notice against something called "Project Misriah". The focus behind this mod was to bring a Halo 3-like experience to CS2's multiplayer,...
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- Microsoft
- Halo
- Counter-Strike
News Dead Island 3 Is Officially In Development, Studio Provides Release Window Target
"The primary focus is now Dead Island 3"
Developer Dambuster Studios has released its most recent financial statements online, and the documents confirm that Dead Island 3 is now in development - with the team currently targeting a Q1/Q2 2028 release window for its Dead Island 2 sequel. The team teased a ne
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- Dead Island 3
- Dambuster Studios
- Deep Silver
News IGN Highlights These Five Games As The Best Xbox Titles Of 2025
"There was no shortage of great games to celebrate"
The folks over at IGN have now crowned their best Xbox game of the year, picking from a list of fantastic titles that are said to represent "the five best games that landed on Xbox in 2025". It comes as no surprise that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 takes the win here, while everything else isn't...
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- Best Games
- IGN
News Xbox Game Pass Mega-Hit Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Getting A Free Expansion In 2026
Say hello to Sea of Sorrow
After waiting years and years for Hollow Knight: Silksong to finally grace Xbox, developer Team Cherry has announced a free expansion for 2026, dubbed 'Sea of Sorrow'. In typically cryptic fashion, you can get a tiny glimpse of Sea of Sorrow in the trailer up above, ahead of its planned release next year. We'll also chuck...
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- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Xbox Game Pass
- Team Cherry
- Xbox Series X
PSA Silent Hill 2 Is Still Heavily Discounted On Xbox Through The New Year
Christmas gift to yourself?
Towards the end of November, Silent Hill 2 finally started rolling out on Xbox Series X|S after a year's PS5 console exclusivity, with a 50% launch discount. This was a pretty generous release offer from Konami, and we weren't sure when it was going to expire - but the Xbox Store is now showing that fans will at least be...
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- Silent Hill 2
- Konami
- Bloober Team
- Xbox Series X
News Square Enix Drops Free Final Fantasy 7 Remake Demo On Xbox Series X|S
Available now!
After confirming a January 2026 release date back at TGS in September, Square Enix has just dropped a free demo for Final Fantasy 7 Remake on Xbox Series X|S; available now for all players! The Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade Demo clocks in at roughly 20GB on Xbox Series X and S, and contains "the entire first chapter - the mako...
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- Final Fantasy 7 Remake
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Square Enix
YesterdayMon, 15th Dec 2025
News Microsoft Rewards Is Allowing You To 'Double Your Points' Until The End Of 2025
Update: The offer has been extended!
Fancy topping up your Microsoft Rewards earnings over the next week? Well, there's a new promotion on the Microsoft Rewards dashboard that's allowing you to "double your points" until early December through Bing searches, which you can do on PC, mobile or through the Microsoft Edge browser on Xbox. To find it,...
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- Microsoft Rewards
- Xbox Rewards
News Xbox Announces Start Date And First Five Deals For The Countdown Sale 2025
Over 1,000 games set to be included
We've still got one more massive Xbox sale to come before the end of 2025! Microsoft has confirmed today that the Xbox Countdown Sale 2025 will officially start on Thursday, December 18th, and it'll include over 1,000 games in all. The company has also revealed the first five deals for the Countdown Sale,...
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- Xbox Countdown Sale
News Metacritic Reveals The 10 Worst-Rated Video Games Of 2025
We think #1 is harsh!
It's that time of year again where we not only celebrate the best games of the year, but also look at the worst games of the year — and the latter is exactly what Metacritic has been highlighting over the past couple of days. In their list of the 10 worst games from across the industry, they've picked out the lowest-scoring...
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- Metacritic
- Worst Games
News Divinity: Original Sin 2 Receives Surprise Free Upgrade For Xbox Series X|S
"Now available on the latest generation of consoles!"
Surprise! Larian Studios has announced that the Xbox One game Divinity: Original Sin 2 has received a free upgrade for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and it's available as of today. The team says you can access the free upgrade by searching for the "DOS:2 Upgrade Pack" on the Xbox Store, but...
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- Divinity: Original Sin 2
- Upgrade
News The Much-Hyped Action-RPG 'Phantom Blade Zero' Officially Has One Year Of PS5 Exclusivity
Confirmed in latest trailer
Upcoming action-RPG Phantom Blade Zero has quite a bit of hype behind it, especially now that it has attached a September 2026 release date to proceedings. However, that date is just for PS5 and PC - and it now appears there's a one-year exclusivity window in place with Sony and PlayStation. Yep, despite
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- Phantom Blade Zero
- S-GAME
- PS5
- Sony
News Xbox Game Pass Premium Is Free For 14 Days With New Discord Quest
As long as you're not subscribed already
We've already highlighted how Xbox Game Pass has introduced a $1 offer for the holidays across all tiers of the service, but Discord is also providing a special promotion that allows you to get 14 days of Xbox Game Pass Premium for free! If you log into your Discord account (you'll need one already - it...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Discord
News Xbox's DOOM: The Dark Ages Wins Digital Foundry's 'Graphics Of The Year' Award
December XGP title Routine also gets a mention
Over the weekend, our Pure Xbox community GOTY article went up, discussing the biggest and best games of the year from a wholistic perspective. However, if it's just graphics we're talking about, the Digital Foundry team is best positioned to give us a verdict — and this weekend, the outlet has handed...
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- DOOM: The Dark Ages
- Digital Foundry
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Random Xbox Fan 'Bummed' After Winning 'Grand Prize' But Forgetting To Check Their Email
They missed out on a special King of the Hill controller
Every now and again, we've reported on situations here at Pure Xbox where people have missed out on claiming prizes for various reasons. Last year, for example, someone missed out on a custom Barbie Xbox Series S: And then two years ago, someone won Game Pass for life but ended up...
- Xbox
- Random
News Bungie's Marathon To Release In March 2026, Pricing And More Details Revealed
There's a new 22-minute documentary as well
Bungie is back today with its latest update on survival extraction FPS Marathon, which now has a release window of March 2026 and has been re-confirmed to release on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S in addition to PS5 and PC. You can get a fresh look at the game in the 22-minute documentary above, and it...
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- Marathon
- Bungie
News Katamari Creator Returns To Japan And Considers His Future Following Poor Sales For 'To A T'
"If I feel that I don't belong in the games industry, I'll have to look elsewhere."
Keita Takahashi is a legend of the gaming industry, having created the Katamari franchise that began with Katamari Damacy on the PS2 back in 2004, and it's a series that still continues to achieve success to this day. His latest title that was released earlier this...
- Xbox
- To A T
- Industry
News Skyrim On Switch 2 Suffers 'Kinect-Level Input Lag', Says Digital Foundry
Only 30FPS, too
Last week, we brought you the news that Xbox & Bethesda's latest Switch 2 game was indeed Skyrim (surprise!), with the team shadow-dropping the port on Nintendo's new system with no prior announcement. You'd think a game that has its roots in the Xbox 360 era would run rather well on a 2025 system, but Digital Foundry's early...
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- Digital Foundry
- Skyrim
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Bethesda
News Stalker 2 Gets Free 'Stories Untold' Update Following Recent Xbox Game Pass Departure
"Completely free for all owners of the game"
Stalker 2 has just arrived on PS5 following around a year of console exclusivity on Xbox, and with its new multiplatform nature, developer GSC Game World has even more updates planned for the open world survival shooter. Arriving December 16th "completely free for all owners of the game", Stalker 2:...
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- Stalker 2
- GSC Game World
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News The Official Trophy For The 2025 Xbox Bowl Is Quite Something
All the players are getting ROG Xbox Ally systems as well
Back at the start of December, it was announced that Xbox and ESPN were joining forces to host the "Xbox Bowl" college football game between Missouri State and Arkansas State, and that game actually takes place this Thursday. Ahead of kickoff, we're now getting a look at what the actual Xbox...
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- Xbox Bowl
- ESPN
- College Football
Talking Point What Do You Hope To See From 'Control Resonant' On Xbox?
Remedy back to doing what it does best
One of the most exciting announcements to come out of The Game Awards this year was the reveal of Control Resonant; the next single-player offering from Remedy Entertainment.
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- Remedy
- Control Resonant
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Republic Will Be Out Before 2030, Says Casey Hudson
"I'm not getting any younger!"
One of the biggest reveals from The Game Awards last week was undoubtedly Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, despite rumours that the upcoming RPG won't be out until around 2030. Well, director Casey Hudson has now followed up on those rumours; reassuring fans that the game "will be out before then". Taking to...
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- Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Republic
- Casey Hudson
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Saturday13th Dec 2025
News Two Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In January 2026 So Far
An early look at next month
As we always do around this time of the month, we're taking an early look today at what's ahead for January 2026's Xbox Game Pass selection, with two titles having been confirmed for the service next month already. Our headline game so far, simply by nature of the fact that it's coming for both console and PC players, is...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft
- January 2026
Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (December 15-19)
Including two former PS5 console exclusives
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for December 15-19! The releases are slightly slowing down as we head into the Christmas period, but we've still got loads of interesting launches over the next few days including the former PS5 console exclusives Fort Solis and Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the...
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- Features
- Weekly Roundup
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
Poll What Is Your Xbox Game Of The Year For 2025?
Get your votes in!
It's that time of year again! We're looking to crown a Pure Xbox Game of the Year for 2025, and in order to do that, we're going to need you to vote for the best Xbox games of the past 12 months — only the top ten will make the final cut! Last year's winner ended up being Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, closely followed by...
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- Game of the Year
- Features
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 13-14)
Starting to tackle the backlog?
Welcome to our latest 'What Are You Playing' discussion! With another weekend upon us, we're starting to think about what games we might play over the next few days - and yes, those Christmas backlog plans are also creeping up! Here's what we're playing this weekend: Ben Kerry, Staff Writer: This week of Xbox Game...
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- Features
- Talking Point
- What Are You Playing
Friday12th Dec 2025
News Amazon Offering Free Outfit For Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis When Linking Xbox Account
Available to claim ahead of release
While Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis didn't get a proper release date at The Game Awards aside from a broad 2026 window, the game does seem pretty far along - and publisher Amazon Games is offering the chance for fans to grab a little Tomb Raider Remake bonus for linking accounts ahead of launch. As shared by...
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- Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis
- Amazon Games
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Two PS5 Console Exclusives Are Finally Releasing On Xbox Next Week
Including a Five Nights at Freddy's title!
We've got a couple of PS5 console exclusives jumping over to Xbox next week! The first of these is Fort Solis, which we actually mentioned yesterday on Pure Xbox but you may have missed it considering how busy The Game Awards has been, and it's a visually-stunning walking simulator that puts a big emphasis...
- Xbox
- PS5
- Fort Solis
- Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Adds Lots Of New Features In Today's Free 'Thank You' Update
Here are the patch notes
To finish off the night after winning eight awards at The Game Awards 2025, the team behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is rolling out a special "thank you" update containing a bunch of new features and improvements for the game. Some highlights include a new playable environment featuring new enemy encounters and...
- Xbox
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Updates
News Xbox Announces Developer Direct Showcase For January, Teases 'A Lot' Of Game Releases In 2026
Playground Games will definitely be part of Dev Direct
In the midst of everything happening at The Game Awards this evening, Variety has suddenly come out with a Matt Booty interview that reveals the Xbox Developer Direct showcase will officially be returning in January of 2026. Booty says there's way too much to fit into one show, but confirms...
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- Developer Direct
- Showcase
- 2026
News 'Highguard' Is A New Free-To-Play Xbox Shooter From Some Of The Devs Behind Titanfall
And it's out next month!!
We've got a big surprise coming out of TGA today as new studio Wildlight Entertainment announced Highguard; a new free-to-play shooter coming to Xbox next month. What's the big news then, you ask? Well, some of the folks behind Titanfall and Apex Legends are at the helm of this one; which is some pretty incredible FPS...
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- Highguard
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Titanfall
News 'No Law' Is An Open World Cyberpunk Shooter RPG Heading To Xbox Series X|S
"Fight or sneak, shape the city with your choices"
Today's Game Awards showcase gave us our first look at No Law, an open world shooter RPG coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S at some point in the future (no release date yet). Developed by Swedish team Neon Giant, the game sounds pretty ambitious as a "AAA" title that's "built entirely around...
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- No Law
News Here's Everything That Was Revealed At The Game Awards 2025 (For Xbox)
Missed the event? Here's a recap
Weren't able to catch The Game Awards 2025 showcase earlier today? No worries! You can always go back and watch the on-demand version for yourself, which you'll find elsewhere on Pure Xbox. If you don't want to watch it all the way through, we've also detailed all the important reveals in this article. The...
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- The Game Awards
- Round Up
News Gears Of War: E-Day Confirmed For 2026 In New Xbox Game Pass Ad
"With Xbox Game Pass, play your way..."
Although it's been long assumed that Gears of War: E-Day was set to launch next year, the game hadn't gotten an official release window from Xbox - until now. Yep, a new Game Pass ad that premiered during The Game Awards has confirmed that Gears: E-Day is indeed coming out in 2026. You can see the tiny little
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- Gears of War: E-Day
- Xbox Game Pass
- 2026
- Microsoft
Feature One Game In Particular Deserved Way More Love At The Game Awards 2025
I'm going to champion it once more
If you go back a few years to The Game Awards 2021, it felt like Hazelight Studios' It Takes Two was the "chosen one" of that event in many ways, racking up Game of the Year alongside a bunch of other awards. It was a deserved win for a fantastic co-op game that built upon the success of A Way Out a few years...
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- The Game Awards
- Opinion
- Features
News Two New Tomb Raider Games Revealed For Xbox, Including 'Legacy Of Atlantis' For 2026
Remake and a new entry confirmed!
Crystal Dynamics has brought its a-game to The Game Awards tonight by revealing two new Tomb Raider titles - and one is coming to Xbox as early as next year! That 2026 title is known as Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, and it's a full-on remake of the original Tomb Raider title from 1996. The second game in...
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- Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis
- Crystal Dynamics
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Larian Studios Unveils 'Divinity', An RPG With 'Greater Breadth & Depth Than Ever Before'
Who needs Baldur's Gate 3 anyway?
The extremely talented folks over at Larian Studios have revealed their next project today in the form of Divinity, which is described as being "an RPG with greater breadth & depth than ever before". Those are extremely ambitious words considering Larian previously worked on Baldur's Gate 3 - not only one of the...
- Xbox
- Larian Studios
- Divinity
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Devs Bemoan Lack Of Awards At TGA 2025
"We have officially been robbed!"
For those of you who tuned in last night, The Game Awards quickly turned into the Expedition 33-fest as Clair Obscur took home a boatload of awards - and one team that doesn't seem super happy about not getting anything is Warhorse Studios; the dev behind the ex
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- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
- The Game Awards
- Warhorse Studios
News Black Ops 7 Sales & Players Down Massively On Last Year's Call Of Duty, New Data Shows
"Player count has halved in 12 months"
GamesIndustry.biz has shared some new data from Alinea Analytics and Video Game Insights to show that Black Ops 7 is hugely underperforming Black Ops 6 right now, especially on Steam. According to data from Alinea Analytics, "Black Ops 7 sold 401,000 copies on Steam 26 days after launch, co
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- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
- Microsoft
- Activision
News Tomb Raider: Catalyst Will Deliver The Series' Largest World Yet In 2027
And we're very excited to see it
With Amazon and Crystal Dynamics announcing two Tomb Raider titles in one fell swoop this week, 2026's Legacy of Atlantis is getting most of the attention right now - but we want to focus on Catalyst for a minute here, which "delivers
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- Tomb Raider: Catalyst
- Crystal Dynamics
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Matt Booty Explains Why Xbox Ditched Its $80 Price Tag For Outer Worlds 2 & Other Games
"I’ll come back to the phrase meeting people where they are"
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that it was ditching a planned price increase for The Outer Worlds 2 and other "full priced holiday releases", presumably in response to poor sales and negative feedback. Now, Xbox Game Studios boss Matt Booty has been discussing this in an...
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- Price Increase
- Industry
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
