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TodayThu, 24th Sep 2026
News Starfield Developer Says They'd Be Surprised By A Sequel, But Reckons It Could Be Really Cool
“It’s, in a way, too bad"
It's now been three years this month since Bethesda unleashed Starfield on the world after what felt like a really long development cycle, and while it still has a ton of fans who can't wait to see what else Bethesda is cooking up for the game in the future, there are others who felt like it couldn't quite deliver on...
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- Starfield
News Multiple Games From The '90s Are Making Their Xbox Debuts This Week
And they're actually available to play today!
I don't know about you, but the older I get, the more I find myself retreating towards retro games as my ideal form of entertainment, rather than the sprawling open-world epics of today. Don't get me wrong, I still love a big AAA title when the mood strikes, but there's something particularly cosy about...
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- SIN Reloaded
- Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Xbox Studio 'World's Edge' May Have Cancelled A Game As Part Of Activision Shift
It appears the team were impacted heavily by layoffs
Yesterday, we covered some of the Xbox layoffs from this week and how developers such as The Coalition and World's Edge were involved, and now World's Edge in particular has been getting a lot of chatter online today. This is mainly because of a suggestion that a game (or at least a "project")...
- Xbox
- World's Edge
- Industry
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (September 24-27)
Presenting your latest batch of weekend freebies!
As is tradition each and every Thursday, we've got your latest batch of Xbox Free Play Days titles and it's pretty good. First honourable mention is the return of PGA Tour 2K25. I thoroughly enjoyed this last time it was included in the weekend freebies. Solid golf game for anyone looking to whack...
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- Free Play Days
- Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft
- Xbox Series X
News Xbox Is Adding New 'Game Tile Tags' To Help Track Achievements And Other Things
Is it cool? Or does it clutter the dashboard?
It looks like Xbox has begun rolling out a new dashboard feature that visualises things like achievement progress and social information when viewing your games tiles. At the moment, the tags appear to be limited to certain Xbox Insiders, presumably those enrolled on Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead rings. At...
- Xbox
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Insider
- Updates
News Lots Of Ubisoft Games Are Discounted By 85-90% In Xbox's New Publisher Sale
Plenty of great titles at low prices!
A whole bunch of new sales have gone live on the Xbox Store today to mark the late September period, and we believe there are actually more to come before the end of the week. Before we get to the big roundup though, we wanted to specifically highlight a bunch of Ubisoft games that have been discounted by...
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- Ubisoft
- Discounts
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Xbox Quietly Pushed Out A Small Console Update To Everyone This Week
Not the Disc to Digital update we're waiting for though
Xbox system updates are happening all the time if you're part of the Xbox Insider program, but when it comes to public console updates that get pushed out to everyone, we're usually only getting around one of them per-month. Therefore, we've been keeping an eye on the Xbox Support website in...
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- Console
- Updates
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News 'We're Not Resetting Our Roadmap' - Bethesda Boss On Obsidian And The Xbox Studios Shakeup
It's said to be mainly a change in reporting structure
When Xbox announced its major shakeup of studios earlier this week, one of the companies that was affected was Obsidian, which is now officially part of the Bethesda group rather than Xbox Game Studios as it was beforehand. This has naturally led to questions about what the future holds for...
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- Bethesda
- Obsidian
- Xbox Game Studios
News 15+ Xbox Games Are Out Today, Including One Of The Biggest Releases Of The Year (September 24)
Remember, don't eat the mould
Welcome back to your daily fix of new games launching on Xbox today! Looks like we've got a haul and a half to get through. The biggest of which is Remedy's latest supernatural, superhero, super action-RPG, Control Resonant, which also happens to be a super game overall. It's well worth picking up if you're a fan of...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Round Up
- Xbox Game Pass
YesterdayWed, 23rd Sep 2026
And your next Xbox Game Pass Addition!
It's a hump day daily roundup of all the latest Xbox games launching today. I'm not sure if you guessed from the title, but we're a little short on games. That said, Ultimate, Premium, and PC Game Pass subscribers are being treated to Mad King Redemption. It's an old-school brawler with roguelite elements, so...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Round Up
- Xbox Game Pass
News Former Xbox Studio Suffers 'Significant' Layoffs Hours After Going Independent
"Development of State of Decay 3 remains actively underway at Undead Labs"
Yesterday, Undead Labs announced it had completed its separation from Xbox and was now a fully independent operation. Just mere hours later, however, the State of Decay developer returned with news that a significant number of employees had been let go. In the same message...
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- Undead Labs
- State of Decay 3
- Xbox Game Studios
- Industry
News Microsoft Files Patent Which Could Bring Game-Pausing Ads To Xbox
Say it isn't so...
Microsoft has filed a patent focused on injecting in-game ads at predictable times during gameplay. The filing, titled 'Contextually Aware Management of Interactive Software Application Access', describes the process of suspending your game and running "promoted audiovisual content to the user". In laymen's terms, this means ad...
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- Microsoft
- Xbox Series X
- Industry
News Devs From The Coalition, World's Edge, And Other Xbox Studios Confirm Layoffs
"Well, that's that"
Yesterday, Xbox announced a further 268 job cuts across Halo Studios and other first-party development teams. Although the post detailed a major restructuring that'll see things like Halo move under Activision, the specifics on who and which studios were affected were quite light. In the past 24 hours, it looks like developers...
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- The Coalition
- Halo Studios
- World's Edge
- Industry
News Unlocking Xbox's New Mythic Achievement Sounds Incredible, And Here's How It Might Work
Answering the big DLC question
Xbox players have yearned for a completion achievement akin to Sony's Platinum Trophy for yonks now. Just a little something extra for hunting down all the challenges tucked away in our games. Not too long ago, Xbox Boss Asha Sharma all but confirmed something was in the works, which seems to have been recently...
- Xbox
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Microsoft
- Achievements
Tuesday22nd Sep 2026
Desert Power!
It's time for another daily roundup of all the new games launching on Xbox today - hooray! Today, we're opening things up with the two newbies for Xbox Game Pass. First up is Well Dweller, which unexpectedly is getting insane review scores right now. As it stands, the metroidvania is holding down a 91 on Metacritic. It scored a little...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Round Up
- Xbox Game Pass
News Activision Issues Statement After Taking On Some Of The Biggest IP In Xbox History
Halo, Rare and World's Edge now fall under the Activision banner
There's been a whole bunch of news today amidst job cuts and studio reorganisations over at Xbox, and one of the big stories is that Activision is now becoming responsible for Rare, World's Edge and making a new Halo game. It remains to be seen what kind of role Activision will have...
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- Activision
- Halo
- Rare
- World's Edge
News Xbox Announces Four Major Studio Changes And Cuts 286 Jobs
"We are reorganizing our studios"
Earlier today, rumours starting doing the rounds that layoffs were incoming at Xbox, and it's now been confirmed that 286 roles are being eliminated across "Halo Studios, other first-party studios, and the XGS management and central functions layer". All of this is part of the 3,200 job cuts that were announced...
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- Xbox Game Studios
- Industry
- Layoffs
News Xbox Game Studios Suddenly Looks Very Different In New Fan-Made Infographic
Just a handful of studios left under the XGS umbrella
Today's announcements regarding the restructure at Xbox Game Studios have switched things up in a big way over at Microsoft, with Activision in particular now taking responsibility for some major names in Halo, Rare and World's Edge. All of this means that Xbox Game Studios itself is now leaner...
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- Xbox Game Studios
- Industry
News Here's Your First Look At Dune: Awakening On Xbox Series X And Series S
It's out now on Xbox Game Pass
Amidst everything going on in the world of Xbox today, we've got a highly-anticipated new Game Pass title dropping on the service in the form of Dune: Awakening, which is now available for Ultimate, PC and Premium members. Therefore, we thought we'd bring you some raw gameplay footage of both the Xbox Series X and...
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- Dune: Awakening
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Comparison
News Xbox Confirms Activision Will Develop The Next Halo Title
Halo Studios suffers layoffs too
Woah! It's been officially confirmed that Activision will be developing the next Halo game. Xbox CCO Matt Booty shared a message titled 'Continuing Our Reset' with employees across various Xbox teams, outlining the next steps for the company's big restructure through 2026. There's a lot going on in the post. Like,...
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- Halo
- Layoffs
- Halo Studios
- Activision
Roundup The First Reviews Are Going Live For Well Dweller, And Critics Are Calling It An All-Timer
Available later today for Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers
Xbox Game Pass is getting two new releases today, although we weren't expecting it to pan out quite like this. During the lead-up to launch, Dune: Awakening was the Game Pass title grabbing headlines and cultivating genuine hype, but it's actually Well Dweller that's stealing the...
- Xbox
- Well Dweller
- Kyle Thompson
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Xbox Warns Ninja Theory Could Be Closed As Two Agreements Fall Through
But they're "continuing to explore other paths forward"
A couple of months ago, Xbox announced that it would be saying goodbye to four studios in Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs, with the latter two being sold off. Hellblade developer Ninja Theory is apparently in particularly dire straits though, with Xbox warning that...
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- Ninja Theory
- Hellblade
- Industry
- Xbox Game Studios
News Arkane Studios' Future With Xbox Remains A Total Mystery
Will Marvel's Blade ever see the light of day?
Xbox has revealed its next steps in the company's continued reset, but it's still uncertain what the future holds for Marvel's Blade developer Arkane Studios. In a company-wide message, Xbox CCO Matt Booty detailed the next wave of layoffs, the future of Halo, Forza and Fable, as well as restructuring...
- Xbox
- Marvel's Blade
- Arkane Studios
- Microsoft
- Industry
Monday21st Sep 2026
News Here's What Samson Looks Like On Xbox Series X|S
Here's how the Xbox versions stack up
Today marks the launch of Samson - A Tyndalston Story on consoles and we've got our first proper look at the game on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Liquid Swords' GTA-like action-adventure suffered from a rocky PC launch back in April. The team has since been hard at work implementing fixes to make the game...
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- Samson
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Comparison
News 'We Are Ready To Do The Work' - Former Xbox Studio Bungie Outlines Plans For The Future
A future that includes both Destiny and Marathon
The team over at former Xbox studio (and current PlayStation studio) Bungie have been speaking today about their plans for the future, which includes a focus on both Destiny and Marathon as part of embarking on a "new chapter". In a blog post as well as a video, it's mentioned that Bungie has lost...
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- Bungie
- Destiny
- Marathon
News Xbox CTO Explains What Caused 'Phantom Achievements' To Appear
Oh my god Scott's back again 🎵
Last week, Achievement Hunters and casuals alike were caught out by odd 'phantom achievement' bugs that affected their 100% completion percentages. Multiple Xbox users reported that previously completed games were now displaying 98% despite having unlocked all available achievements for certain games. Xbox CTO and...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Microsoft
- Xbox CTO
News Xbox's Platinum Trophy Equivalent Appears To Be Called A 'Mythic Achievement'
Who's going for the Mythic?
We may have caught our first real glimpse at Xbox's new 100% completion achievement, and it appears "Mythic" is what they're calling it. This comes from Xbox Insider and overall Achievement Hunter Stallion83, who has a whoppin' total of 3,309,665 gamerscore - sheesh! He posted a screenshot of what looks like an a game...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Microsoft
- Achievements
Guide Xbox Adds More Perks For Game Pass Members (September 2026)
The latest freebies for XGP subscribers
The Xbox Game Pass Perks program is continuing to add a bunch of freebies for Game Pass members throughout September 2026, including for the likes of Diablo IV, Rainbow Six Siege, Aniimo and much more! Specifically, since we first published this guide at the start of the month, the following Perks have been...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Perks
- Guides
- Xbox Series X
Roundup All The Xbox Reveals From The Tokyo PC Gaming Show, Including Multiple Game Pass Titles
10 Xbox-related trailers in all
The latest showcase involving Xbox games has just taken place over the past 24 hours in the form of the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct 2026, which featured 10 Xbox-related trailers alongside all the other PC-focused announcements. As you can see below, there were multiple Xbox Game Pass titles on display here as well,...
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- Round Up
- PC Gaming Show
- Showcase
News The Missing Tail Is Getting Millions Of Views Ahead Of Its Upcoming Xbox Release
This cozy co-op adventure is going viral
Over the past few weeks, we've been subtly noticing this game called The Missing Tail getting a ton of trends online, and it turns out the "cozy co-op adventure" title has been racking up millions of views following its announcement. The trailer you see above has over 200,000 views alone, and many people...
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- The Missing Tail
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Physint's Xbox Exclusivity Remains Up In The Air As Kojima Discusses New Partnership
"They're not thinking of just funding a game"
Hideo Kojima has been speaking more about PHYSINT over the weekend — the game that has switched publishers from PlayStation to Xbox — revealing additional details about what's been going on behind the scenes. In his interview with IGN, Kojima discussed a bunch of topics including how the game's...
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- PHYSINT
- Hideo Kojima
Poll Which Gears Of War Launch Trailer Is Your Favourite?
I bet you remember the 'Mad World' one
It's been 15 years since we shed a tear and poured one out for a certain COG solider in Gears of War 3. And seeing as we're now just mere days away from the release of Gears of War: E-Day, I thought, what better time than now to ask you: which Gears of War launch trailer is the best? Just a few days ago, The...
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- Gears of War
- Polls
Feature Indie Games Survey 2026
Indie Know
If you're reading this, then you've already taken the first step to getting involved with our Indies Games Survey for 2026. Completing this survey will help us get to know you – our audience – better, and this in turn will help to shape and evolve the site in a way that directly benefits you. Don't click off the page yet! We've...
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Sunday20th Sep 2026
News Five Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass Over The Next Few Days
Three "Day One" releases, and two games joining new tiers
Ready for a new week of Xbox Game Pass titles?! As revealed by Microsoft, we've got quite a lot of stuff happening across Game Pass over the next few days, including three brand-new releases that are classed as "day one" launches. The highlight here for many will be Dune: Awakening, which...
- Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass
News Fable Has Survived A Decade Of Development Because It's Seen As 'Vital' By Xbox, Says Director
The contract was first signed for it in 2017
Over the past 10 years, we've seen a lot of great Xbox games ship on Series X and Series S (amongst other platforms) despite their long development cycles, but others have unfortunately fallen by the wayside along the way. We're talking games like Everwild and Perfect Dark — projects that clearly had a...
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- Fable
News Final Fantasy VII Revelation Could Have One Of The Biggest Download Sizes In Xbox History
Just to warn you
The next few months are going to be painful for Xbox storage space, folks. Not only have we got the likes of GTA 6 and Fable on the way, which are surely going to be well over the 100GB mark (and the rest), but the director of Final Fantasy VII Revelation has also suggested it's going to have one of the biggest download sizes in...
- Xbox
- Final Fantasy 7 Revelation
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Saturday19th Sep 2026
Feature These 50+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (September 21-25)
Including three more "day one" Xbox Game Pass launches!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for September 21-25! We've got a few really big games coming out over the next few days in Control Resonant, EA Sports FC 27 and Dune: Awakening, the latter of which is also joining Xbox Game Pass at launch, while there are plenty of other interesting indies...
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- Features
- Weekly Roundup
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News Control Resonant Comparison Shows Difference Between Xbox Series X And Series S
How the Xbox versions stack up
We've got another big release coming to Xbox in a few days' time in the form of Control Resonant, and considering all the reviews started going live yesterday, that means we've also got some raw Xbox Series X and Series S footage. There are two great sources for this - Digital Foundry and Fuzion Xbox Testing. Digital...
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- Control Resonant
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Comparison
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 19-20)
Anything on your must-play list?
We love a weekend because it means we get to spend time with our loved ones. Yes, Games. This week we got a few of September's remaining batch of Xbox Game Pass releases, but it's also worth remembering the Free Play Days games, and be sure to check out all the be
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- Features
- Talking Point
- What Are You Playing
Talking Point So, Are You Getting The Premium Upgrade For Gears Of War: E-Day?
Launch is just around the corner!
Yep, it's almost that time again! Gears of War: E-Day will officially be with us on October 6th, but for those people who don't mind paying a little extra, the Premium, Premium Upgrade and Collector's Editions are launching on October 1st. We're going to focus specifically on the Premium Upgrade version of Gears of...
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- Gears of War: E-Day
- Talking Point
- Features
Friday18th Sep 2026
News New Report Delves Into The History Of Xbox Disc To Digital, And Why PlayStation Can't Copy It
"A decision made 15 years ago has resulted in this useful feature"
We're still in the midst of the Xbox Disc to Digital feature being tested by Xbox Insiders ahead of its full public rollout in the near future, and The Verge has been sharing some details this week about how it's managed to come to fruition. In a nutshell, the outlet says that Xbox...
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- Disc To Digital
- PlayStation
News Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Title Avoids 'Full Price' Launch Due To How Busy October Is
Valor Mortis is getting priced at $40 instead
We've already talked about how September and October have been ridiculously busy for new releases this year (primarily due to GTA 6 stealing the spotlight for November), and if the publisher of Valor Mortis is to be believed, it's actually led to them reducing the price of their upcoming Xbox Game Pass...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Valor Mortis
- New Releases
Review Control Resonant (Xbox) - A Brave And Visually Transcendent Sequel
Dylan is very Interesting per se
Control Resonant is an atypical sequel that has spent the last seven years staying up late watching X-Files reruns and scoffing bowls of Sugar Puffs. Remedy takes a leap of faith into a new genre, pulling the camera back to reveal an impeccable, dreamlike vision of Manhattan whilst grounding all that supernatural...
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- Control Resonant
- Remedy
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Jagex Working 'Flat-Out' To Fix Corrupted Saves Issue For RuneScape: Dragonwilds On Consoles
"The entire QA and development teams are working flat-out"
One of the big "day one" Xbox Game Pass releases of September has been RuneScape: Dragonwilds, marking Runescape's official debut on the platform, although unfortunately it's suffering with a pesky issue on consoles. For those who haven't played it yet, this isn't the game that made...
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- RuneScape DragonWilds
News World Of Warcraft: Forever Appears To Play Amazingly Well On The ROG Xbox Ally X
"Feels like a fever dream"
Last Sunday, we mentioned how World of Warcraft: Forever — the new game from Blizzard that's just released in beta form ahead of its November release — was adding native Xbox controller support, and although we haven't tried it for ourselves yet, it seems like this is now the best way to play World of Warcraft on an...
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- World of Warcraft: Forever
- ROG Xbox Ally
Talking Point What Would Seal The Deal For You With Xbox Project Helix?
Is there a number one request you have for the next-gen console?
Things have gone a little bit quiet on the Xbox Project Helix front in recent months, and we know that Asha Sharma and her team are looking at ways to make the console more "efficient" and "affordable" amidst a
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- Project Helix
- Talking Point
- Features
Go on, get stuck into the latest batch of newbies
Who's feeling that Friday energy? Well, whether you are or aren't, hopefully today's daily roundup of new Xbox games will put a smile on your face! Today, we've got a few games to cover but the key fixture is EA Sports FC 27 which launched its Early Access through the Ultimate Edition of the game...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Round Up
- Xbox Game Pass
Roundup Here's What The Critics Are Saying About Control Resonant
Ahead of its release next week
It's Control Resonant review day! Ahead of the game's release next week, the first reviews have just started to go live across the web, and we're also working on one here at Pure Xbox that you'll see in the near future. For those who haven't been keeping track, this is the next entry in the Control series from...
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- Control Resonant
- Review Roundup
- Round Up
Thursday17th Sep 2026
News How To Download The Free EA Sports FC 27 Trial With EA Play & Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Late night or early rise?
In addition to all of the proper Xbox Game Pass releases this week, we've also got a 10-hour free trial for EA Sports FC 27 as part of EA Play - which itself is included as part of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate tier. The official release date for the FC 27 free trial is on Friday, September 18th. Early access for FC 27 is...
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- FC 27
- Early Access
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- Time
Feature 25+ Of The Best Discounted Games From Xbox's Tokyo Game Show Sale
Ninki gēmu ga ōhaba waribiki!
We've got another set of massively discounted games for you to rummage through! We love a proper sale, and right now, there's plenty of top-tier games on offer. As usual, we've been busy browsing through Xbox's current sales to find you the best deals worth nabbing. Tokyo Game Show kicked off this week, which means...
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- Features
- Deals
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
