Guide Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In June 2025
All the confirmed reveals so far
News Four Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In June 2025 So Far
An early look at what's ahead
News Xbox Retro Classics: The Full List Of Games Included At Launch
Classic Activision titles on Xbox Game Pass
News These 11 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (May 21 - June 3)
Your latest batch of new titles
News Here's A Look At The Updated Xbox Game Studios Roadmap From May 2025
Following a busy month of announcements
News - May, 2025
Saturday31st May 2025
Guide Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In June 2025
All the confirmed reveals so far
Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in June 2025? It can be pretty difficult to keep track of all the comings and goings in the world of Xbox Game Pass every month, so we've put together this handy guide to provide an overview of what's coming to Xbox Game Pass in June 2025. Here's a full...
Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (June 2-6)
Including the first two Game Pass titles of June!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for June 2-6! Things are looking quiet in terms of major new Xbox releases over the next few days, but we've still got plenty of interesting stuff on the way - including Ridge Racer, Zenless Zone Zero,
Talking Point Will This Lost Xbox Game Studios Title Appear At Microsoft's 2025 Showcase?
It was announced 4 years ago!
It's almost time for the Xbox Games Showcase 2025, which means we're all starting to try and think about what games might make an appearance this year. While you'll have to wait a tiny bit longer for our full Pure Xbox predictions, we have started wondering about one game in particular. Where the heck is Contraband
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 31 - June 1)
Any new XGP titles to jump into?
Another weekend has arrived! As we move over into June here, there's plenty of recent May Xbox Game Pass additions to be getting stuck into - which is what we think we'll be catching up with over the next few days. Here's what games we're playing this weekend: Ben Kerry, Staff Writer: I've got to give Spray Paint...
Friday30th May 2025
News Six Xbox Games Are Shutting Down Their Servers In June 2025
It's a sad month for these Xbox titles
Every month, we bring you the latest news in terms of Xbox games that are shutting down their servers, and June's looking like a pretty busy month for server closures - including the departure of Ubisoft's free-to-play FPS, XDefiant. This is easily the most notable server closure over the next few weeks,...
News Xbox First-Party Game 'Tell Me Why' Is Now Free To Claim For Everyone
Part of the yearly June tradition
Every single year since 2021, Xbox has been giving away Don't Nod's Tell Me Why for free as part of Pride Month, and that's exactly what's happening again in June 2025, with the game already showing as free on the Xbox Store right now. Specifically, you're looking for the "Tell Me Why: Chapters 1-3" version of the...
News Xbox Building A Handheld 'Makes No Sense', Says Former Blizzard Boss
He says sidelining it is the right strategy
The big news of this week from an Xbox perspective is that the first-party Xbox handheld rumoured for 2027 has reportedly been sidelined, with Microsoft said to be focused on supporting third-party handhelds for now. Reacting to the news, former Xbox executive and Blizzard president Mike Ybarra suggested...
News Sony Has Approached Subscriptions 'Healthier' Than Xbox, Says Former PlayStation Boss
"Not to overpromise and to allow people to spend money"
Since leaving Sony, former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida has been pretty outspoken about the industry at large - and this week, he's commented on why he believes his former employer has approached the subscription service model in a "healthier" way than Xbox. Acknowledging his bias as a...
News Rust Console Edition Adds Fantastic Upgrade Offers Ahead Of Xbox Series X|S Launch
The news we wanted to hear
In case you hadn't heard, Rust Console Edition is getting a new version for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on June 26th, and its Xbox One counterpart will be shutting down in October (it's already been delisted on Xbox too). When the news was first announced, we weren't sure whether existing Rust Console Edition players...
News Microsoft Signs 'Historic Tentative Agreement' With QA Devs At Bethesda
"In a first for the video game industry..."
The Communication Workers of America (CWA) has announced that unionized QA developers at Bethesda owner ZeniMax have signed a "historic tentative contract agreement" with Microsoft, after "nearly two years" of negotiation. The deal — which is still being finalised with it only being 'tentative' at this...
News Xbox 'Hits You Can't Miss' & 'Super Giant Swords' Sales Now Live, Get Up To 90% Off
Microsoft has put two more promos live
Earlier this week, we posted our typical weekly deals roundup that focused on a new Bundle Sale on the Microsoft Store - but Team Green is getting a little more unpredictable these days in terms of its sale dates, with two more promotions going live a little later this week. <related ids="182909"> These...
News DOOM: The Dark Ages Xbox Patch Nerfs Super Shotgun & Cheap 'From Behind' Deaths
id has released some new patch notes
DOOM: The Dark Ages dev id Software has made a number of balance tweaks to the game since launch earlier this month, and a new update this week adjusts the series' famous Super Shotgun - amongst making some other tweaks and fixes. The team describes these changes as "tunables" and basically makes them on the...
News Amidst Price Increases, Expedition 33 Developer Says $50 Tag Was A 'Win-Win' For Everyone
"We doubled down on it"
There's been an awful lot of talk recently about the price increases that are being applied to many AAA games these days, including at Xbox where some first-party titles will be increasing to $79.99 in the future. We expect this to become the norm at most top-level publishers going forward (GTA 6 might even be priced higher...
Pick One What Was Your Favourite Xbox Game Pass Game In May 2025?
DOOM? Modern Warfare 2? Dredge? Tell us!
We're officially finished with Xbox Game Pass additions for May 2025 (unless a crazy shadow drop arrives later today or tomorrow!), meaning it's time to look back on the past few weeks and sum up our favourite titles of the month. It's been a really busy month for Xbox Game Pass as well, with 18 titles being...
Thursday29th May 2025
News When Will The Xbox Summer Sale 2025 Be Revealed?
It's almost that time of year again
The Xbox Summer Sale 2025 is set to begin soon, during which a large number of digital Xbox games are expected to be discounted for around two weeks. The official date of the sale hasn't been announced at the time of writing, but we've provided some educated guesses below as to when we think it might be available...
News Xbox Has Reportedly 'Sidelined' Plans For A 2027 First-Party Handheld
Priorities said to have shifted
For a while now, we've been hearing rumours that Xbox will be teaming up with ASUS for a third-party Xbox handheld device later this year, and then building a dedicated first-party Xbox handheld for some point in 2027. While the ASUS device has been all-but revealed (and is still expected for 2025), the 2027 Xbox...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (May 29 - June 1)
Featuring two free trials for all players!
Free Play Days has arrived for the coming weekend! This time out, Microsoft's promotion contains five games - two as free trials for all Xbox members and three titles that Game Pass members can jump into at no extra cost. Without further ado, here's the full list of Xbox Free Play days titles this week:...
Talking Point What Are Your Plans For The Xbox Games Showcase 2025?
Watching alone? With friends? In a cinema?! Tell us!
It's kinda crazy to think about, but we're literally just over a week away from the Xbox Games Showcase 2025! Yes, this week might have been a quiet one, but things will be looking very hectic indeed come Sunday, June 8th. We don't really know what to expect from this year's event so far, aside...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (May 29)
Your final May 2025 additions
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today's two new arrivals mark the final batch of XGP titles for May 2025, and we're closing out with a bang as one of 2024's GOTY contenders enters the library. <related ids="182661"> Here's what you can expect from your new Xbox G
News Rematch Now Playable For Free On Xbox Ahead Of Game Pass Release
As part of a massive final beta
We've been keeping an eye on Rematch for ages now, especially since it was announced for Xbox Game Pass and the previews suggested it could be a huge hit - so we're very glad to report it's playable for free on Xbox right now! If you're interested in checking out Rematch before the full
News Former Game Pass Title Atomic Heart Has Been So Successful It's Spawned A New Publisher
More than 10 million people have played it!
Do y'all remember the bonkers soviet shooter Atomic Heart from back in 2023? Well, its Xbox Game Pass launch has helped contribute to 10 million players in just over two years - and the game has been that successful for developer Mundfish that it's opened a brand-new publisher as a result. Mundfish...
Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Elden Ring Nightreign
FromSoftware is back
As we covered in our launch guide yesterday, a brand-new FromSoftware game is out this week on Xbox - in the form of Elden Ring Nightreign, a fresh co-op adventure from the Souls team. But, what about reviews? Well, we haven't had chance to go hands-on here at Pure Xbox, but the game's review embargo has now lifted, so, here's w
News Marvel's Black Panther Game Reportedly Cancelled As EA 'Sharpens Focus' On Its Lineup
Another studio closure looks imminent
A couple of years ago now, Marvel and EA announced that they were collaborating on a Black Panther game being crafted by new studio Cliffhanger Games, but that all looks to be coming to an end here in 2025 - with nothing to show for it. Per a new IGN report, EA has cancelled this Black Panther project and is...
News Xbox Game Pass Hit Atomfall Gets Its First Story Expansion Next Week
Game Pass members get 10% off!
Atomfall developer Rebellion has unveiled the game's first story expansion — Wicked Isle — bringing a whole new area, storyline, treasures and more to the Xbox Game Pass survival title. Available June 3rd as a paid expansion, Wicked Isle is set on 'Midsummer Island' - "a whole new location to the game, with its...
News CD Projekt's 'Cyberpunk 2' Now In Proper Development As Game Enters Pre-Production
"Cyberpunk 2 and its development team have progressed"
Things are getting busy right now over at Polish game maker CD Projekt RED. Following the recent unveiling of The Witcher 4 at The Game Awards 2024, the team has now confirmed that Cyberpunk 2 — formerly known as Project Orion — has now entered the pre-production stage. This news basically...
Wednesday28th May 2025
Report Xbox Elite Series 3 Is Real, And It's Improved 'Leaps & Bounds' Over The Elite 2
"I have it on good authority..."
Earlier today, we brought you a tidbit of fresh information on Rare's Everwild courtesy of Jez Corden's Xbox Games Showcase predictions piece - and in there, the
News Microsoft Has 'Strong Confidence' In Rare's Everwild, Says Xbox Reporter
"The game is now on track"
Ahh, it's almost Xbox Games Showcase time, which means we're going to see lots of rumours and speculation on what Microsoft might be preparing to show as part of its 2025 event. To that end, Windows Central reporter Jez Corden has just put out a massive predictions piece ahead of next month's show - and while lot
News Xbox Is An Official Partner For Next Week's Summer Game Fest 2025
Summer gaming season is upon us!
We know that the Xbox Games Showcase 2025 is right around the corner here on June 8th, but we actually have another major event to look forward to now - with Xbox just confirmed as an official partner for this year's Summer Game Fest show. SGF, as it's otherwise known, has basically become the de-facto E3...
News Xbox Copilot Now Live For Testing As Microsoft Introduces Its AI Companion
Ask the Xbox app for help
A couple of months back, Microsoft publicly announced its 'Copilot for Gaming' program to the world; a new AI tool that allows players to directly ask for game help through the Xbox mobile app. Well, today, the team has started testing out the AI companion on iOS and Android - in certain regions. For now, you'll need the...
Guide Elden Ring Nightreign Release Date, Release Times & Download Size On Xbox
Everything you need to know ahead of launch
Elden Ring Nightreign is launching on Xbox this week, and with this being a co-op focused title by FromSoftware, players will want to be hopping online ASAP to get stuck in and see what's what. <related ids="182960"> So, we've gathered up all of the launch details you need for this new Elden Ring...
Talking Point Are You Interested In This Week's New FromSoftware Release?
The game's launch trailer has arrived
FromSoftware has become one of the industry's most celebrated development studios recently, especially in the wake of Elden Ring and its chunky 2024 expansion Shadow of the Erdtree. Having said that, we're seeing a slightly cooler reception to anything Elden Ring Nightreign related so far, so we're checking in...
News Xbox Shares New 'Join The Adventure' Ad To Show Off Incredible Game Pass Lineup
"There’s always a new world to dive into"
The last few months of Xbox Game Pass have been pretty incredible - we've had a bunch of fantastic first and third-party additions; building out an amazing lineup of games to play as part of the service. And, this week, Microsoft has decided to shout about that fact with a stylish new Game Pass advert -...
News 'To A T' Brings Another Day One Launch To Xbox Game Pass Today (May 28)
From the creator of Katamari Damacy!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, we have another day one launch entering the library, in the form of "a charming, colorful adventure game from the creator of Katamari Damacy". Here's a quick introduction to this new Game Pass title coming to the library today: To A T (Series X|S, PC, Cloud)...
Tuesday27th May 2025
News Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (May 27)
Div 2 hits XGP!
Welcome to your first Xbox Game Pass update of the week! Today, Ubisoft's ever-popular shooter The Division 2 hits the Game Pass library, a good few years after it first launched for Xbox One. However, Ubisoft is still updating The Division 2 all these years later - in fact, this XGP release actually coincides with a huge new update...
News GTA-Like 'MindsEye' Gets Full Overview Ahead Of Xbox Launch Next Month
Part action-thriller, part community toolset
We've been interested in MindsEye for a good while now, especially with its Rockstar Games pedigree behind it in the form of lead dev Leslie Benzies - but to be honest, we've struggled to get a real grasp so far of what this game actually is. Well, today, the team at Build a Rocket Boy has
News Xbox 'Bundles Sale' Now Live, Featuring Some Hefty Discounts On AAA Titles
Definitely worth a look!
With another Tuesday now here, we have a fresh set of weekly deals available on the Xbox Store - and a chunky 'Bundles Sale' is the main promotion worth highlighting this week. As the name suggests, this promo focuses on franchise and publisher bundles containing multiple titles. However, some of these can still be had for...
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's New Sales Milestone Has Some Crazy Coincidences
Something about this game and the number 3...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been pretty much living rent-free in our heads since it launched on April 24th, and speaking of that launch date... the turn-based RPG has just hit a series of spooky milestones that we can't quite believe. Announced today by the developer on social media, Expedition 33...
News Square Enix's Next Dragon Quest Remake Heads To Xbox Series X|S This October
Well, two remakes actually!
Last year, on what's now known as 'Dragon Quest Day' (May 27th), Square Enix announced Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake for Xbox Series X|S - and this year, the team has revealed an October release date for its next remake in the legendary JRPG series. That's right, Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake is coming to Xbox Series...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Update 1.05 Now Live On Xbox, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Almost 20GB on Xbox!
Ubisoft has just delivered its 1.05 Title Update for Assassin's Creed Shadows on Xbox - and it features some major changes and additions to the game, including a crossover with multiplayer horror title Dead by Daylight. This DBD-flavoured event adds a new free quest to the game with bonus rewards upon completion, alongside a...
News Test Drive Publisher Regains WRC License After EA Decided Against Codemasters Sequel
To start releasing games from 2027
Right at the start of the month, we brought news that EA had effectively given up on the WRC license, with developer Codemasters announcing that it was no longer working on the franchise. Well, just a few weeks later, ex-WRC publisher Nacon has announced that it's regained the license to work on future WRC titles...
Monday26th May 2025
Feature Best Xbox Survival Games
And whether or not they're on Game Pass!
Survival. It's something we all need to get good at...if we want to survive. Yes, just talking about the topic of survival (as a master of the art, you understand) gets me excited to regale you, dear reader, with many of my most famous survival stories from across my very exciting and dangerous real world...
News Gears Of War: Reloaded Beta Seemingly Happening Ahead Of Xbox Release
Spotted on Steam
At the start of this month, Microsoft officially announced Gears of War: Reloaded for Xbox Series X|S, PC and PS5 - with the full game arriving in just a few months here in August 2025. However, the team seemingly has time to sneak in a pre-release beta for the title - at least, that's what a new Steam database entry suggests...
Talking Point This Classic Activision Racer Came To Xbox 15 Years Ago, And We Sorely Miss It
Blurred lines
A few of us here at PX HQ are massive arcade racing fans - in fact, pretty much all of us like belting around fictional tracks and digital courses at silly speeds for the heck of it. Today, then, we're here to commemorate 15 years of one of our absolute favourites of the genre; an Xbox classic. Activision's 360 racer Blur is now a...
News Hellblade 2 Is Getting A Physical Release On Xbox, But Not By Microsoft
ESRB rating reveals all
Following the reveal of Hellblade 2's enhanced edition arriving alongside a PS5 port, the ESRB has this week posted about a physical release of the Ninja Theory title - but Microsoft isn't listed as the game's publisher this time around. That's right, Limited Run Games will be the publisher for Hellblade 2 on dis
PSA You Can Now Redeem Custom Xbox Gift Card Amounts Via Microsoft Rewards
No more $5 increments!
Last week, we covered Microsoft's big May update for the Xbox platform - including the introduction of Retro Classics, which was a huge surprise to us here at PX HQ. However, that release did overshadow what was a huge console update overall - and we think one new feature in particu
Talking Point Will We See Another 'Anniversary Event' For Xbox 360 Turning 20 This Year?
We certainly hope so!
Four years ago, Xbox hosted a massive 'Anniversary Celebration Event' for the Original Xbox, and we really really enjoyed what this event brought to the table. We had some fantastic announcements from Team Green, we got that incredibly insightful
News Capcom Is Expanding Its Dev Studios Following Years Of Record Profits
First new building opening in 2027
Earlier this month, we posted about another incredibly successful year for Japanese game maker Capcom, and now it's announced its intentions to expand considerably over the next few years in the wake of that success. As shared by the folks over at VGC, Capcom says it's building a new development base in Osaka; to...
Sunday25th May 2025
News Xbox Extends Metro 2033 Giveaway, Available To Claim Now
Update: you have a few more days to grab it!
Back in mid-April, Metro 2033 Redux received a special 100% discount on all platforms including Xbox to celebrate the original game's 15th anniversary, but the Xbox version never quite worked properly - leading to disappointment. As a result, the Metro team vowed to fix the issues and run the free...
Saturday24th May 2025
Talking Point Will You Be Buying The 2025 Xbox Handheld From ASUS?
If it ever gets revealed, that is
Earlier this month, we saw some leaked images and details of the 2025 Xbox handheld console - which is seemingly in development right now over at ASUS. While the device hasn't been formally announced yet, this early leak did give us our first idea of what the console can do, and we're curious to know if you folks...
Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (May 26-30)
Including some major Game Pass additions!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for May 26-30! We've got lots of games to take note of this coming week, including Elden Ring Nightreign, F1 25, and some big Xbox Game Pass drops like The Divis
News More Amazing Games Are Discounted By 90-95% On Xbox This Weekend
Don't miss out if you're interested!
Looking to pick up some cheap Xbox games this late-May weekend? Well, just like we highlighted last week, there are some fantastic games discounted by 90-95% on Xbox right now, and Xbox has added to the list over the past few days with many more incredible reductions on great titles. For us, the highlights are...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 24-25)
Anything from this week's sales?
Another weekend is upon us, folks! With DOOM: The Dark Ages' big release now passing, it's been a somewhat quieter week in the world of Xbox - but we still have absolutely loads to be getting stuck into here. Here's what we're playing over the weekend: Ben Kerry, Staff Writer: This weekend, getting stuck into...
Friday23rd May 2025
News Tainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalon Debuts On Xbox To 'Very Positive' Reviews
"This game is a love letter to open-world FPP RPGs."
Today's the day for Tainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalon on Xbox! We included this RPG in our list of "10 exciting Xbox indie games to look out for in May 2025", and it seems like it's lived to the hype - at least for the most part. Over on Steam, Tainted Grail has a "Ver
Feature 'Retro Classics' Raises Questions About The Future Of Xbox Backwards Compatibility
"A step in our commitment to game preservation"
Xbox Retro Classics was a nice surprise when it landed at no extra charge on Xbox Game Pass earlier this week, and we've been having a ton of fun with loads of retro Activision games that were never expected to be playable on Xbox. However, with this program being streaming-based courtesy of the fine...
News Xbox Insiders Can Now Remove Tiles On The Dashboard, And It Looks Weird
How about those ads though, Microsoft?
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced a bunch of new features for the Xbox dashboard, including the ability to remove some tiles from the home screen to free up space. Well, The Verge's Tom Warren has now shown this feature off via the Xbox Insider program - at looks a little weird if we may say so...
Report BioShock Announcement Set For This Summer As 2K Prepares Franchise Return
Rapture reportedly involved
It's been a little while since we've heard anything concrete on the next BioShock game, but rumours have been swirling about this one for a while now - and a fresh report today claims that an announcement on the franchise is imminent. According to outlet MP1st, publisher 2K is "preparing an announcement related to the...
News Xbox Exclusive Space Marine Remaster Now Available To Preload, Supports Play Anywhere
Day one on Xbox Game Pass!
Yesterday, the big Warhammer Skulls showcase delivered some fantastic news with the Game Pass-bound Space Marine Master Crafted Edition - and we have some additional information on it to bring to you folks today. Not only is the upcoming Space Marine remaster seemingly skipping a PS5 release for now, making it a rare Xbox...
News Game Of Thrones: Kingsroad Isn't On Xbox Yet, But Perhaps That's For The Best Right Now
The popular new F2P title has launched to "Mixed" reviews
Back at The Game Awards in December 2024, we were instantly excited to see Game of Thrones: Kingsroad getting announced as a brand-new GoT video game, only to realise that it was coming to PC and mobile devices only. Flash forward a few months, and Game of Thrones: Kingsroad has officially...
News The Witcher 3 Xbox Controller Sells Out, Instantly Targeted By Scalpers
The price has increased massively in some countries
Yesterday's announcement of The Witcher 3's two new Xbox controllers (celebrating the franchise's 10th anniversary) proved extremely popular, to the point where they've started selling out in multiple regions already. The problem is that they're exclusive to the Microsoft Store, meaning that when...
Rumour Xbox's Starfield Is Moving To PS5, Should Be Announced This Year
"It's just a matter of when"
At this point, it's actually somewhat of a surprise that Xbox hasn't moved Bethesda's Starfield over to PS5 yet given everything else that's been ported to the console - but it sounds like the plan is for that to change in the near future. According to prominent leaker NateTheHate — who was heavily involved in all the...
News Zenless Zone Zero Arrives June 6th On Xbox, Free Game Pass Content Included
An exclusive Starter Pack is also now available
Back at the start of April, we mentioned that Zenless Zone Zero (or "ZZZ") had received a release window of June 2025 for Xbox, and now we know the specific date is June 6th - when it'll arrive as a free-to-play title on Series X and S. The "urban fantasy ARPG", which has proved extremely popular on...
News Sequel To Halo And Portal-Like Shooter Now Free To Download On Xbox
Splitgate 2's open beta goes live
The portal-powered arena shooter Splitgate was a surprise hit when it originally released, but its life was ultimately cut short when the development team decided to focus on a sequel. Now, after ongoing tests, the open beta for Splitgate 2 is available for multiple platforms including Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One...
News Stalker Trilogy Enhanced Edition Gets Its First Xbox Patch, Here's What's Included
A small patch with some notable fixes
Stalker: Legends of the Zone Trilogy got its proper next-gen update this month, and to continue with its support for these Stalker classics, the team at GSC Game World has delivered the collection's first Xbox Series X|S update. Patch 1.0.1 is now live for Stalker Trilogy Enhanced Edition, and although the list...
Thursday22nd May 2025
News Xbox Game Pass Standard Grows As Microsoft Adds Two Recent Releases To The Library
Some big games joining XGP Standard!
Earlier today we brought you folks the latest Xbox Game Pass update from Microsoft - but that was for the main XGP library; let's not forget about Game Pass Standard here too. Yep, Microsoft's mid-tier subscription service has added two games today, and these a
News 'Space Marine Master Crafted Edition' Brings Remastered Classic To Xbox Game Pass
A "thoughtful restoration" of Space Marine 1!
As part of today's big Warhammer Skulls showcase, the team has announced that the first 40K: Space Marine title is getting a new-gen remaster! Yep, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Master Crafted Edition is in the works at developer SneakyBox - and it comes to Xbox Game Pass on day one! Better yet,
Review Xbox Retro Classics - A Great Addition To Game Pass, With Just One Caveat
Stream Activision's classics from the '80s and '90s
Yesterday marked the surprise launch of Xbox Retro Classics for all tiers of Xbox Game Pass, allowing players to dig into a list of over 50 Retro Classics games from the 1980s and 1990s that are all based on Activision-owned IP. I've been checking out Xbox Retro Classics ever since it dropped...
News The Witcher 3 Special Edition Xbox Controllers Now Available To Buy
Exclusive to the Microsoft Store
We've got another shadow drop announcement today, as Xbox has unveiled a set of The Witcher 3 Special Edition Xbox controllers that are exclusive to the Microsoft Store, and you can literally buy them right now if you want to. The standard "The Witcher 3 10th Anniversary Special Edition Xbox Controller" comes in at...
News Starfield May 2025 Update Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
There's a cool new "Watchtower" Creation as well!
Bethesda has released the May 2025 update for Starfield across Xbox and PC today, which is primarily focused on bug fixes for both the main game and the Shattered Space DLC, although there are a few cool new features too. For example, you can now pick "Very Low" graphical settings when using a poor...
Friday23rd May 2025
News Microsoft Celebrates As Xbox Vs. FTC Officially Comes To An End
The Activision Blizzard dispute is over
We never thought we'd see the day, but it's finally happened! Fresh off a recent blow in the fight against the Xbox Activision Blizzard takeover, the FTC has announced today that it's dropping its case against Microsoft. In a filing, the FTC said that "the public interest is best served by dismissing the...
Thursday22nd May 2025
News Xbox Adds More Dynamic Backgrounds Based On Third-Party Hits
Take a look
Xbox's library of dynamic backgrounds for the Series X and S has slowly expanded over time and we're now also regularly getting third-party designs. With this in mind, the latest two designs are based on the Atlus RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio and The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, with the Witcher background focused around the game's 10th...
News Free Play Days Features Eight Xbox Games This Weekend (May 22-25)
Huge Warhammer promotion included!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Free Play Days lineup! This weekend's selection features eight Warhammer titles as part of a massive promotion for the franchise, so there's plenty to go at on Xbox with FPD this week. Here's the full list of Warhammer titles now live on Xbox Free Play Days: Blood Bowl 3 Warhammer...
News After Eight Years, Star Wars Battlefront 2 Is Suddenly Exploding In Popularity Again
"The community is louder than ever."
What a crazy ride it's been for Star Wars Battlefront 2. Remember all the controversy surrounding its lootboxes back at launch? There was a time when it seemed like Battlefront 2 was going to be the most poorly received video game ever made, and yet eight years later, it's still being played by a massive number...
News Lies Of P's New Difficulty Update Is Causing A Stir On Social Media
Arriving alongside the Overture DLC
There's still no date for the Lies of P "Overture" expansion just yet, but we've been hearing more about it over the past few days, alongside an upcoming free update for the base game that's going to give players new difficulty options. Whenever this difficulty update arrives, Lies of P will feature new...
Roundup All The Xbox Reveals From The Warhammer Skulls Showcase 2025
Including a new Xbox Game Pass title!
Today marked the Warhammer Skulls Showcase 2025, which revealed a bunch of Warhammer announcements for Xbox. Below, you'll find a complete roundup of everything we saw (Xbox-related) at the event. Here's the complete Xbox rundown from the Warhammer Skulls Showcase 2025: Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy -...
News Xbox Tops The List In New 'Best-Selling Games' Roundup For The US
Hardware sales have even grown as well!
Stop us if you've heard this one before, but Xbox is doing really well right now. April 2025 was an incredible month for Microsoft as a gaming publisher, with multiple new releases selling extremely well across a variety of platforms. As revealed by Mat Piscatella of analyst group Circana, two Xbox games were...
News Two More Games Are Available This Week With Xbox Game Pass (May 21-22)
One arriving via EA Play
Yesterday's Xbox Game Pass update was a fairly major one; adding a bunch of titles to the lineup for the end of May and early June. Two of those additions were slipped into this week - so we're here to round those up today and give you a taste of what's new on Xbox Game Pass for the rest of the week.
News Monster Train 2 Launches On Xbox Game Pass To Phenomenal Reviews
One of the top-rated games of 2025
Earlier today, we mentioned in our roundup of the latest two Xbox Game Pass titles for this week that Monster Train 2 was quietly added to the service, and it's been getting some absolutely incredible reviews so far. In fact, Monster Train's 2 Metacritic average of 89 (for PC) places it amongst the very
Wednesday21st May 2025
News Xbox Retro Classics: The Full List Of Games Included At Launch
Classic Activision titles on Xbox Game Pass
Out of nowhere, Xbox has announced a brand-new feature for Xbox Game Pass members today in the form of Xbox Retro Classics, as as mentioned elsewhere on Pure Xbox, it includes over 50 Activision games at launch. We've got the full list of those games for you below, and keep in mind that more will be added...
News These 11 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (May 21 - June 3)
Your latest batch of new titles
Microsoft has revealed the full Xbox Game Pass lineup for the next few weeks, as we begin creeping into June 2025's selection of titles. Before that though, a handful of additions close out the May 2025 Game Pass list, including the fantastic
News Xbox Announces 'Retro Classics' For Game Pass, 50+ Activision Titles Included
A collaboration with Antstream Arcade
In a huge surprise announcement today, Xbox has introduced a new feature called "Retro Classics" for Xbox Game Pass members that allows you to play over 50 old games from Activision - with many more to come in time. Retro Classics is part of a collaboration with Antstream Arcade, and takes the form of a...
News Xbox's New Retro Classics Collection Features A PlayStation 1 Game
MechWarrior, is that you?
While compiling our full list of Xbox Retro Classics launch games earlier today, I couldn't help but notice we've got a PlayStation 1 game in the mix! MechWarrior 2 is that game, first released for the PS1 back in April of 1997. To explain, Xbox Retro Classics uses Antstream Arcade's streaming technology to stream the PS1...
News Xbox Is Making Loads Of Old First-Party Titles Cloud Gaming Compatible This Week
This is a big update to the service
While Microsoft continues to deliver chunky updates to its 'Stream Your Own Game' collection, as part of today's Xbox Game Pass roundup, the team has announced a different sort of Xbox Cloud Gaming refresh. Out of the blue, 15 Xbox titles will become cloud compatible in gen
News Xbox Game Pass Is Adding Another 'Game Of The Year' Next Week
A 10/10 addition to Game Pass
We talked recently about how last month might have been the best ever for Xbox Game Pass, but May 2025 is trying its very best to get that crown as well - especially thanks to a Game of the Year title that's joining next week. Stunning RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio, which was crowned 2024's Game of the Year by the likes of...
News Hellblade 2 Announced For PS5 Alongside 'Enhanced' Edition On Xbox
"We look forward to sharing more details soon"
Microsoft has announced the next Xbox game that's moving over to PS5 consoles, with Ninja Theory's Hellblade 2 now set to launch on PlayStation this summer. We don't have a specific date yet, but the Xbox studio has announced an "Enhanced Edition" of its 2024 adventure that will include a PS5 port...
News One Of The Worst Xbox Games Of All Time Has Dropped To $2.99
Still not worth it?
Every year here at Pure Xbox, we highlight the best and worst games of the past 12 months according to Metacritic's rankings, and nobody seemed overly surprised when The Lord of the Rings: Gollum took the "worst" award in 2023. This was a game that had a lot of hype behind it pre-launch, but clearly was suffering from...
A bumper update
Today, Xbox has announced an absolutely massive console update that brings loads of new features to the table - actually, it's more of an entire platform update than just a console one! Starting out, we have the surprise release of Retro Classics from Xbox Game Studios - a collection of old school titles which we've detailed in full...
News Xbox Mobile Store Plans Being 'Stymied' By Apple, Says Microsoft
"This solution has been stymied by Apple"
Some of you may remember that back in 2024, Microsoft had every intention to launch its own mobile app store to "shift consumers away" from Apple & Google - but we're here in 2025 with no such storefront, with that move seemingly being delayed by the iPhone maker. With fresh details coming from
News Ubisoft Working On New 'AAA' Rayman Game As Studio Begins Hiring
Rayman revival
Some now-deleted job adverts from Ubisoft have sparked particular interest today, and for good reason - they relate to a brand-new Rayman game from the company's Milan studio. Gathered on Reddit and shared by our friends at Nintendo Life, two job adverts were spotted for this upcoming Rayman project - one of wh
Talking Point What Game Franchises Would You Pay $80 For On Xbox?
Price increases are inevitable
Since Nintendo revealed that $80 games are coming to Switch 2 — and Microsoft announced price increases that include upcoming AAA titles — the cost of video games has been a hot topic. Recently, outspoken Borderlands 4 lead Randy Pitchford also chimed on this by
News Atomfall Was 'Immediately Profitable' Despite Launching On Xbox Game Pass
Rebellion is already considering sequels and spin-offs
There have been concerns raised about Xbox Game Pass potentially detracting from game sales, but as we already heard from the Atomfall developer in April, Microsoft's subscription service helped this title become a "huge success". Rebellion has elaborated on this during a chat with The Game...
Tuesday20th May 2025
News RoadCraft Is Out Now On Xbox, And It's Getting Some Excellent Reviews
"The dev's best vehicle sim to date"
Saber Interactive has done an amazing job with the likes of MudRunner and SnowRunner over the past few years, and the team is back again with RoadCraft this week - a game where you run a disaster recovery company. As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use...
17 of the top Xbox racers you can enjoy in 2025
If you're looking for the best Xbox racing games, the good news is that you're pretty spoilt for choice on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S! Whether you're a simulation purist or you prefer the more arcade-oriented racers on the market, there's definitely something for you in this list. Remember, all of...
Feature Best Xbox Horror Games
Enough to scare the bones off ya
Looking to scare yourself silly on Xbox? The good news is that there are plenty of fantastic horror games on the platform, including a bunch that reside in the Xbox Game Pass library. Horror is quite a hard gaming genre to pinpoint, because there are so many different styles you can go for. From third-person...
News Xbox Reportedly Been 'In Talks' Over Putting Steam On Next Console
As well as other PC storefronts
There's been a lot of discussion over the past few months about whether the idea of Steam being included as part of the next Xbox console could happen or not - but apparently it's something that Microsoft has been in talks over. In a report on Windows Central today, editor Jez Corden has advised that not only Steam,...
PSA Xbox Series X Loud Or Overheating? Here's How To Open And Clean It
A top tip for ultra quiet gaming time with no shutdowns
Right. Hands up. I'm putting my hands up and I'm admitting it freely. I am a dirty beast. I live in a pigsty and it is covered in dust. OK, maybe it's not that bad (it is), but it's certainly very dusty at times in my house, and especially in the little secret room where I go to play all my...
News Microsoft To Make Registration 'Free' For Individual App Developers As Of June 2025
Potentially affecting Xbox as well
Yesterday, it was announced by Microsoft that individual developers will no longer to need to pay to publish their apps on the Microsoft Store for PC as of June 2025, with the company waiving the fee of $19 that they're currently charged. Microsoft says that it's "creating a more inclusive and accessible platform...
News RoboCop: Rogue City Drops To 'Lowest Price Ever' With Incredible Xbox Deal
Another cracking offer
Earlier today, we posted about Xbox's latest set of offers including some absolutely incredible deals - and we think the current digital discount for RoboCop: Rogue City deserves its own recognition here. Down a whopping 90% from its normal price, the 'Alex Murphy Edition' of 2023's Unreal Engine 5 RoboCop title is just...
News Xbox 'Critically Acclaimed' Sale Now Live, Amazing Bargains Available This Week
Don't overlook this week's Xbox offers
Tuesday has arrived, and so has the weekly refresh of deals on the Xbox Store! The highlight for many will probably be the "Critically Acclaimed" Xbox sale that's just gone live, although there's also an amazing Nacon Publisher sale, the usual batch of Xbox Game Pass exclusive discounts, and loads of sales...
News Stalker Trilogy Comparison Shows Off Xbox Series X|S Enhanced Edition
Subtle enhancements to some open world classics
Stalker Trilogy Enhanced Edition is out now for Xbox Series X|S, and as this new next-gen upgrade lands, an interesting comparison between the old and new versions has cropped up online. Of course, we've thrown this comparison video up above for you all to take a look at. The clip doesn't state which...
News Red Dead Redemption 1 & 2 On Xbox Now More Expensive In Some Countries, Including The UK
Getting some extra juice before GTA 6?
In a somewhat strange turn of events, Rockstar has bumped up the non-sale prices for Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2 in certain regions, including here in the UK. Using the data tools over at DekuDeals, We're seeing £5 price increases for the digital versions of Red Dead 1 & 2 on the Xbox...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (May 20)
Sim city
Welcome to another Xbox Game Pass update! Today, we have a pair of fresh titles entering the library, and if you're into your simulators - you're in luck! Here's what's new to Xbox Game Pass today, May 20. Firefighting Simulator: The Squad (Console, PC, Cloud): "Firefighting Simulator lets you experience what it means
Wednesday21st May 2025
News Avowed Game Director Leaves Xbox & Obsidian For Netflix Studio
After spending 11 years at Obsidian
There's been a big departure from the team at Obsidian Entertainment, with Avowed game director Carrie Patel announcing on LinkedIn that she's now joined Night School: A Netflix Game Studio has of this month. Patel had been at Obsidian for 11 years and 7 months, contributing to not only Avowed, but also The Outer...
Tuesday20th May 2025
News Sea Of Stars Adds Eight Hours Of Free Story DLC On Xbox Game Pass
Throes of the Watchmaker
As if Sea of Stars wasn't already amazing enough, the game has gone and added eight hours' worth of free story content as DLC today, taking the form of a side-adventure known as Throes of the Watchmaker. You'll need to have rolled credits in the main version of Sea of Stars in order to access this free DLC, after which...
News Xbox & Bethesda Say DOOM: The Dark Ages Is id Software's 'Biggest Launch' Ever
Hits milestone 7x faster than DOOM Eternal
Exactly one week on from DOOM: The Dark Ages' early access launch, Xbox and Bethesda have announced a huge player milestone for the id Software FPS - which has now become the "biggest launch" in the studio's history. A week after the game's initial release, DOOM: The Dark Ages has now hit three million...
Talking Point 25 Years On, What Do You Think Of The 'Perfect Dark' Franchise?
Amazing? A missed opportunity? Come tell us!
Believe it or not, it's been 25 years this month since Perfect Dark began its life for the Nintendo 64 on May 22nd, 2000 - and unfortunately it's been a rocky ride since then, with just two games having been released in 25 years. That original game was amazing, of course, and some people still think it...
News Witcher 3 Celebrates 10 Years On Xbox With A Special Anniversary Trailer
What's your fondest memory?
Before Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red was crafting The Witcher 3 and while it's now focused on the development of the next major entry in the series, it's taken a brief moment out of its busy schedule to pay its respects to Geralt's third outing. It's now been 10 years since this particular title made its original debut...
Monday19th May 2025
Banjo Got High on No Man's Sky
You know, I'd sort of forgotten how much I enjoyed 2020's Journey to the Savage Planet. Typhoon Studios' debut was a fantastically unique and colourful one that challenged you to think at all times, as you made your way across what was - and still is - a great big planet-sized platform-puzzle populated by cute aliens...
Talking Point Do You Have High Expectations For The Xbox Games Showcase 2025?
Does Microsoft have enough in the tank?
With Xbox formally announcing its 2025 showcase in April, the anticipation for this year's show is starting to build - we're now less than two months away from the event kicking off on June 8th. Last month, we asked you guys what your dream reveal for this year would be, but now we want to keep things a little...
News Xbox Fan Shares & Compares Recent Aggregate Review Scores For First-Party Releases
Solid, but room for improvement?
Earlier this month, Xbox super-fan Klobrille shared another one of their Xbox Game Studios roadmaps, giving us a glimpse at the team's upcoming pipeline of first-party titles. We always like a good look at these graphics to see what's ahead, but it's also worth looking back every now and then - and after
News One Month On, Oblivion Remastered Has A Pretty Low Completion Rate On Xbox
Game Pass likely a factor
Just under a month ago, Bethesda shadow dropped Oblivion Remastered after what felt like an eternity of rumour and speculation, and we were here for it. The hype around launch was certainly real, with the game exploding in popularity shortly afterwards - but that hasn't resulted in the majority of its user base blasting...
News Fantasy Life's Xbox Debut Was Delayed Due To 'Ongoing Technical Issue' With Microsoft
The issue does not affect PC and PS5
Last week, we posted about how Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time got a pretty fantastic rating in its first public review - but if you were keen to get stuck into Xbox's first-ever Fantasy Life ASAP, you're going to have to wait a little bit longer. Right on the eve of developer Level-5 unleashing its...
News Despite Xbox's Multiplatform Push, Activision Abandons COD Warzone Mobile
"Thank you for your dedication and passion"
Since finally acquiring Activision Blizzard in late 2023, Microsoft has continued to boast about the size and success of Call of Duty Warzone Mobile - but this weekend, it's decided to pull the plug on Warzone's iOS and Android spin-off. Making the announcement via its support page, Activision has now...
Sunday18th May 2025
News Five Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late May 2025
Including this popular co-op shooter
Microsoft has revealed the list of five games set to leave Xbox Game Pass in May 2025 today, with the big highlight of the bunch of being Remnant 2 - a popular co-op shooter that attracted great reviews at launch a couple of years ago. All of these are expected to depart on May 31st, although there's always a...
Saturday17th May 2025
Feature These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (May 19-23)
Including two new Xbox Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for May 19-23! We've got plenty of exciting new releases on the way including the Stalker trilogy's Enhanced Edition, Fantasy Life i,
News Some Fantastic Games Are Discounted By 90-95% On Xbox This Weekend
Including a couple of all-time classics!
Looking to pick up some cheap Xbox games this mid-May weekend? As usual, we've got a good selection of 90% and 95% discounts on the Microsoft Store via this week's mid-May Xbox sales, including for some incredible all-time classics in the form of The Witcher 3 and Mass Effect Legendary Edition. We actually...
Poll What Do You Think Of DOOM: The Dark Ages So Far?
Xbox's latest first-party release is here
As you're probably well aware at this point, DOOM: The Dark Ages is now completely playable with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate - and has been for a few days as id Software unleashes its latest epic to XGP players. We've had very good fun with this one already - in fact, we deemed it a fantastic follow-up to id's...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 17-18)
We're all DOOMed
Another weekend is upon us, folks, which hopefully means a little spare time to squeeze some gaming in wherever we can. It's been another busy old time on Xbox this past week, with yet another major first-party release arriving in the form of DOOM: The Dark Ages - a title we suspect quite a few of you will be trying out this...
Friday16th May 2025
Feature The Best Xbox Soulslike Games NOT Made By FromSoftware
And whether or not they're on Game Pass
Yes, we all know that FromSoftware make reasonably decent soulslikes - they're fairly good at it, we'd go so far as to say. You know the sorts of things, Dark Souls, Sekiro. Oh, and that Elden Ring business. And Demon's Sou...you get the gist. When faced with the work of the masters who went and invented the...
Saturday17th May 2025
News Xbox Is Adding Three New Ways To Personalise Your Console's Home Screen
Rolling out now to some Xbox Insiders
It's been announced today that your Xbox console's home screen is getting three new personalisation options in the near future, and two of them are actually rolling out to Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead Xbox Insiders this week. Team Xbox says it's responding to direct feedback with this update: "We’ve heard...
Friday16th May 2025
News Multiple Xbox-Related Showcases Officially Confirmed For Next Month
Get ready for a busy SGF 2025
It's almost that time of the year again! The Xbox Games Showcase 2025 is just around the corner, and it's set to be joined by a barrage of other showcases at the same time - many of which will feature Xbox-related reveals as well. This is all part of Summer Game Fest season, previously known as E3 season, with pretty...
Report Red Dead Redemption 2 Next-Gen Upgrade Could Launch On Xbox Later This Year
Before GTA 6?
Red Dead Redemption 2 is still an absolute looker on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, but with that 30FPS frame rate cap still in place, we've always been up for Rockstar improving the experience on current-gen consoles. And, it sounds like that could be happening in the next few months. According to the folks over at GameReactor,...
News Xbox's 2027 Handheld Expected To Include Nintendo Switch-Like Docking System
"There will be a true Xbox handheld made by Microsoft"
Alright, this Xbox handheld stuff is getting a bit confusing, but stick with us here! You've seen us talking about the 2025 Xbox handheld recently (the one that's being made by ASUS), and that's expected to essentially serve as an ASUS ROG Ally with
Talking Point Xbox Fans, How Are You Getting On With Microsoft Rewards In 2025?
How many points have you got right now?
It was around this time last year that we asked Pure Xbox readers how you were getting on with Microsoft Rewards in 2024, so it's time to do it again - especially now that the service has changed quite considerably in 2025! As you may recall, back at the start of the year, the Xbox Game Pass Quests portion of...
News Step Aside Stray, 'Copycat' Brings Its Own Feline Adventure To Xbox This Month
Name on-point
Since Stray announced itself on the world stage, cat games have become all the rage, and a new alternative from developer Spoonful of Wonder certainly doesn't shy away from that fact - with it's aptly-named adventure Copycat. Copycat is a "poignant narrative-driven game about rejection, belonging and the meaning of home"; all of which...
News 8BitDo Unveils 'Paper Thin' All-Button Arcade Controller For Xbox
They Call Me 'Captain Combos'
We are big fans of 8Bitdo's various controllers and accessories for Xbox consoles here at PX HQ, and they've just gone and released another one! Yep, the peripheral wizards have just issued details of their upcoming, and very swish-looking, 8BitDo Arcade Controller for Xbox. With a 'paper thin' design, according to the...
News Gears Of War's Netflix Movie Gets Update As Director Reportedly Chosen
Leitch to be the fall guy
Things are picking up in the world of Gears of War again with Xbox's announcement of Gears of War: Reloaded, and now it seems as though the series' Netflix adaptation is also stepping up a gear in 2025. As shared by The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix and Gears dev The Coalition have landed on David Leitch as director for the...
News Two Intriguing New Releases Get Free Demos For Xbox Series X|S
Including one from the Metroid Dread developer!
Every now and again, we like to highlight some free Xbox demos that have appeared on the Microsoft Store, and there are two recent ones in particular to bring your attention to - both for some very intriguing new indie releases. The first demo is for Blades of Fire, which is a new action-adventure...
News Helldivers 2 Dev '100%' In Control Of Where Its Next Game Launches
"We'll call 100% of those shots"
It's no secret that Helldivers 2 has been an absolute smash hit since it launched just over a year ago on PlayStation and PC. Its success has even led to fan petitions to bring the game to Xbox, and although that seems unl
News Xbox L4G Users Frustrated Over Constant Spam From Bot Accounts
"The feature is so broken right now"
It's been a long time now since the Xbox "Looking For Group" (otherwise known as L4G) feature was first introduced, and unfortunately it's suffered from constant spam and bot issues over the past few years. For those who aren't aware of it, L4G allows you to find other players to team up with in multiplayer...
Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Capcom Fighting Collection 2
Bring the fight to Xbox
This week marks the launch of the Capcom Fighting Collection 2 on multiple platforms and this latest one has thankfully arrived at the same time on Xbox. Obviously, there was a delay with the previous Marvel vs. Capcom release. The reviews are now beginning to roll in, so we've put together the first lot of impressions so...
Thursday15th May 2025
News Avowed Update 1.4 Now Live, Full Roadmap For 2025 Also Revealed
Lots to look forward to
The latest update for Avowed has gone live today on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC in the form of update 1.4, which brings some cool new features to the game including an Aracnaphobia Mode for spider-haters like me! Before we get there though, we also need to mention that the full roadmap for Avowed in 2025 has been...
Talking Point Do You Feel You've Had Value For Money With Your Xbox Series X|S?
Has it been worth what you paid for it?
We're getting close to five years since the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S first hit the market, and although they've clearly struggled in comparison to the PS5 and Nintendo Switch, they've still proved very popular consoles overall. There's an argument in some circles that because of Microsoft's new "this...
News The Witcher 3 Drops To 'Lowest Price Ever' In Unbelievable Xbox Deal
If you haven't bought it yet, now's the time
The Witcher 3 is arguably one of the greatest games we've ever seen on Xbox, but if you've yet to play it for whatever reason, now's surely the time - it's dropped to its lowest price ever as part of an incredible new Xbox deal. Included via this week's new batch of mid-May Xbox sales, The Witcher 3 is...
News 32 Years Later, 'Ridge Racer' Is Finally Getting Released For Xbox
It's Ridge Racer! Riiiiidge Racer!
32 years ago, a little game called Ridge Racer made a huge splash - firstly in the arcades, but then very notably on the original PlayStation as a launch title a year later in 1994. It's certainly a bit dated and lacking in features by today's standards, but it's an undoubtedly important part of gaming history, and...
News Mortal Kombat 1 Fans Disappointed As Definitive Edition Launches On Xbox
"I am not going to preorder the next MK because of it"
Mortal Kombat 1 made its debut for Xbox Series X and S (as well as other platforms) back in September of 2023, and there's a lot of disgruntlement over the decision to release a Definitive Edition by surprise over the past few hours. Mortal Kombat 1: Definitive Edition includes the base game...
News DOOM: The Dark Ages Is Now Playable With Xbox Game Pass
Jump into a medieval war against hell
Microsoft is closing out its first half of 2025 release schedule with an absolutely massive effort from Bethesda & id Software - yep, DOOM: The Dark Ages is here and playable with Xbox Game Pass on day one. We're sure you'll have seen and heard plenty about this next entry in the legendary FPS series...
News Stalker 2 Patch 1.4 Makes Loads Of Changes On Xbox, With A Focus On AI Improvements
Live now on Xbox Game Pass
Stalker 2 developer GSC Game World has today detailed its next big patch, and there's absolutely loads of fixes and improvements tucked into this latest update for the Xbox Game Pass title. The team says that this patch has a strong focus on "big improvements to the combat AI", which is good news, because it's something...
News Xbox Free Play Days: Try These Games For Free (May 15-18)
Included with an Xbox Game Pass subscription
Xbox Free Play Days is back once again - and today we have three titles making up Microsoft's free-to-play program, including the pictured Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin. Without further ado, here's the full list of Xbox Free Play days titles this week: House Flipper 2 Stranger of Paradise...
News Everyone's Going Nuts For 'Cookie Clicker' As Xbox Port Gets Announced
We'd nutever heard of it!
Okay, forgive us for a moment but the majority of folks here at Pure Xbox HQ had never heard of Cookie Clicker until two hours ago - but large swathes of the internet seem to be going mad at its newly-announced console version. This basic 'cookie clicking sim' was first released as a browser game back in 2013, and has also...
News Square Enix Shares A Bunch Of New Kingdom Hearts 4 Screenshots
And provides an update on development
If you’re looking forward to the next Kingdom Hearts game and have been waiting on a project update, you’re in luck. Square Enix’s development team behind Kingdom Hearts 4 has today provided a new update mentioning how they’re currently hard at work on the new title and want it to be a game that lives...
News Lost In Random: The Eternal Die Joins Xbox Game Pass Lineup For June 2025
Release date locked in!
First announced to be joining Xbox Game Pass at Gamescom last year, the folks behind Lost in Random: The Eternal Die have revealed the upcoming roguelite's full release date. You can expect to be playing this one on June 17th, 2025, day one on the service. In this Lost in Random sequel, "players will journey as Queen Ale
News Want A Piece Of Forza Motorsport In Real Life? This Charity Auction Could Be For You
If you have a spare half a million bucks
SpecialEffect, the UK charity, has today listed a rather interesting bit of Xbox history via the online auction platform Bring a Trailer. Yep, a very rare Ford GT vehicle is up for grabs over there - with links to Microsoft, Turn 10 Studios, and Xbox's famous Forza series. Basically, this particular GT model...
Wednesday14th May 2025
Feature 12 Xbox Game Pass Titles To Get Excited For In The Second Half Of 2025
Gears of War, Hollow Knight and so much more!
What an unbelievable year it's been for Xbox Game Pass in 2025 so far! We've seen one of the best ever months for Game Pass in April, while May and June are both stacked with some awesome-looking additions as well. Now that we've highlighted everything from January to June on Xbox Game Pass here at Pure...
News Switch 2 Tech Specs Revealed, Here's How They Compare To Xbox Series X|S
Big differences, obviously
The big news of today concerns the Nintendo Switch 2 and Digital Foundry's reveal of the key tech specs for the console ahead of its launch in June, so we thought we'd take this opportunity to compare the Switch 2 alongside the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. It's not a fair fight, of course, and Nintendo isn't trying to...
News Square Enix Doubles Down On Plans To Release More Xbox Games
Come on then, it's Final Fantasy time
It was this time last year that Square Enix announced an "aggressive" new multi-platform strategy that would see more games being released on more platforms (including Xbox), and the company has doubled down on this again today. In the latest Square Enix financial report, there's once again a reference to this...
News 16 Ubisoft Titles Now Available On Microsoft's PC Store, Adding Fuel To The Xbox Handheld Fire
"For the first time ever..."
Last week was stacked with yet more Xbox handheld news - first through leaked images & details of the system itself, followed by some curious preparations that Microsoft seemed to be making for the device's upcoming launch. One of those preparations was a bunch of Ubisoft PC titles being brought over to the Microsoft...
News All 30+ Backwards Compatible Games In Xbox's Mid-May 2025 Sales
A great selection of Xbox classics!
This week, Xbox has dropped another batch of digital deals across multiple mid-May promotions - and we actually have quite a good selection of backwards compatible offers tucked in here this time around. So, we thought we'd share with you all of the Xbox back compat deals for this week, May 13-20. Here's your...
News Microsoft Discounts 'Refurbished' Xbox Series X|S Consoles In Some Countries
A way to avoid the new price increases
Back at the start of the month, Microsoft announced that it was increasing prices on Xbox consoles, accessories and games, but when it comes to consoles in particular, there are definitely ways to reduce those increases. If you haven't familarised yourself with the new Xbox console prices, we've listed them...
News 'Fantasy Life i' Gets Fantastic First Review Ahead Of Series Debut On Xbox
Fantasising about this one
Back in February, we shared the news that Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time would mark the series' first Xbox entry after almost three decades of waiting - and now the game's first review has dropped, and it's looking like the new Fantasy Life title could be a bit of a banger. Courtesy of our friends over at...
News Stalker: Legends Of The Zone Trilogy Gets Free Xbox Series X|S Upgrade Next Week
The Enhanced Edition enters the zone
After landing on Xbox consoles a year ago, Stalker: Legends of the Zone Trilogy is finally getting its free Xbox Series X|S upgrade next week - bringing a host of current-gen console enhancements to the first three Stalker games on Xbox. Those console enhancements include native 4K and both 60FPS / 1
News GSC Game World Reveals Stalker Trilogy Tech Specs For Xbox Series X And S
Loads of options on both consoles!
Earlier today, we brought the news that Stalker: Legends of the Zone Trilogy gets its proper next-gen patch next week - and now developer GSC Game World has provided some more information on how the new-gen version will run across Xbox Series X and S. We're getting loads of different performance modes on both Xbox...
News Activision Files Lawsuit Against COD Hackers As It Aims To Clean Up Black Ops 6
Hack Ops
Xbox's Activision Blizzard team has been pursuing hackers a whole bunch since Black Ops 6 launched late last year, and now the company has filed a lawsuit against two of the most prominent hacking groups in the Call of Duty scene. As seen by
PSA A Minecraft Movie Is Now Available To Rent Or Buy On Digital
Chicken jockey... in your living room!
The Minecraft Movie made its debut last month and if you were holding out to watch it at home, you'll be pleased to hear the digital version is now available. This means you can rent or buy the movie right now in select locations! This version also includes some "behind-the-scenes footage". "Like grains of...
News Capcom Has Made Record Profits Again, For The 8th Year In A Row
Eight times' a charm
In recent times, it feels like we've been singing Capcom's praises fairly often - and in an industry that seems intent on consistently delivering bad news, we're going to carry on doing just that. This week, as part of its most recent financial results, the Japanese game maker has announced record profits for the eighth year in...
Tuesday13th May 2025
News Three Games Are Available This Week With Xbox Game Pass (May 13-16)
Including a massive first-party release
Welcome to another Xbox Game Pass update! Today, we're covering all of this week's new XGP additions arriving between now and Friday, including id Software's massive new shooter DOOM: The Dark Ages. Let's take a look at the full Xbox Game Pass lineup for this week (May 13-16): Warhammer: Vermintide 2...
News 'Huge' Number Of People Cancelling DOOM Pre-Orders Over 'Botched Physical Release'
Negative feedback for the disc version
Back at the end of last week, we reported how DOOM: The Dark Ages' physical version seemingly had a tiny amount of content on the disc, and apparently that's leading to a "huge" number of people cancelling their boxed pre-orders. This comes courtesy of the game preservation-focused Twitter account "Does it...
Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About The Precinct
"I genuinely enjoyed prowling the city for procedural crimes"
There's been a fair bit of interest in today's new Xbox release of The Precinct, and the reviews have been going live to coincide with its release on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and various other platforms over the past few hours. Here at Pure Xbox, we provided our "Hands On" /...
Hands On The Precinct (Xbox) - An Addictive Blend Of Police Sim & GTA
Woop-woop! That's the sound of da police!
I've had my eye on The Precinct ever since we reviewed the team about it in 2024, describing the game as "a mix of Police Simulator and old-school GTA". Now that I've had a chance to play a few hours, I think that's the best description we could have landed on - it's just like those classic GTA games, mixed...
News Xbox Seemingly Affected As Microsoft Announces Thousands More Job Cuts
"Across all levels, teams and geographies"
We always hate reporting news like this, but it's got to be done - Microsoft is announcing more job cuts today, spanning 3% of the company "across all levels, teams and geographies" according to a report by CNBC. In a statement, Microsoft said the cuts would "best position the company for success in a...
News Xbox Discounts Over 500 Games Across Multiple New Mid-May Sales
Including an Xbox Game Studios sale!
Welcome to Tuesday, and welcome to another batch of Xbox sales! We've got multiple new sales for the mid-May period on the Xbox Store, including for Xbox Game Studios, ID@Xbox Simulator titles and the usual Game Pass weeklies. There's actually supposed to be another Xbox sale that's just started as well (a...
News The Sinking City Remastered Out Now On Xbox, Comparison Footage Revealed
"Fully rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5"
Just over a month ago, we brought you the news that The Sinking City was getting a remastered version built in Unreal Engine 5, and the team has shadow dropped that game on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S today! It's officially called The Sinking City Remastered, and it includes all of these new features: Game...
News The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Becomes 'Fully Realized' As Dev Ends Support On Xbox Title
Gun Interactive takes the safety off
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre multiplayer game, which was once a day one Xbox Game Pass title, is basically being killed off this month as studio Gun Interactive moves on from development. To be clear, the game will remain playable and purchasable for the time being, but May's update will be the final one, and...
News Xbox's Latest 'BOGOF' Sale Focuses On Sports & Racing Titles
But most of the deals aren't great
Alongside Microsoft's latest set of weekly deals, the team has launched another 'Buy One, Get One' Xbox sale on its digital storefront today - this time focusing on sports and racing games, alongside various bits of associated DLC. <related ids="182294"> These promotions are typically very hit-and-miss, and...
News Fallout Gets Renewed For Season 3, Season 2 Date And Teasers Revealed
Fancy a trip to New Vegas?
Amazon Prime's highly successful live-action adaptation of the Fallout series has today confirmed it will be returning this December. This will mark the beginning of Season 2, which will reportedly pick up after the "aftermath of Season One's epic finale" and is set to take viewers on a journey across the "wasteland of...
Guide DOOM: The Dark Ages - Does It Have Multiplayer?
Slaying solo tonight, is it mate?
It's finally time (if you've got early access) to jump back into the bloodstained boots of everyone's favourite space murder man, the DOOM Slayer! Yes, friends. DOOM: The Dark Ages, a shooter that this very writer (idiot that he is) called "a slightly different death-dance, but still a gloriously great one" before...
News Marvel 1943: Rise Of Hydra Delayed Out Of 2025, Now Arriving On Xbox In 'Early 2026'
"We have an important update..."
Just over a year ago now, we marvelled (help us) at how good Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra looked when it was unveiled by Amy Hennig's studio Skydance New Media - and as it turns out, the team needs a little more time than planned to make this licensed action-adventure game become a reality. Taking to social media this...
Guide DOOM: The Dark Ages: All Weapons & Weapon Locations
Guns. Anyone?
As expected, DOOM: The Dark Ages is packed to the rafters with awesome weaponry, as well as a whole bunch of cool ways to augment and upgrade any and all death-bringing devices that you're packing. So, and in the interest of making sure you're armed to the teeth for some premium-grade rippin' and/or tearin', let's take a look at all...
News Massive Xbox RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Gets Even Bigger With First DLC This Week
Brushing with death
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is an absolute behemoth of an RPG - one of the biggest role playing endeavours in recent memory, and it grows even larger this week with the game's first DLC pack; Brushes and Death. Arriving for Xbox consoles on Thursday, May 15th, Brushes and Death revolves around "a skull, a secret, and a painter...
News Remedy's FBC: Firebreak Getting Free Tech Test Ahead Of Xbox Game Pass Launch
And it's playable this weekend!
Last month, Control & Alan Wake developer Remedy announced a June release date for its upcoming co-op game FBC: Firebreak - and now the title is getting a closed tech test ahead of its Xbox Game Pass launch.
Monday12th May 2025
News DOOM: The Dark Ages Comparison Shows Difference Between Xbox Series X And Series S
Here's how both Xbox versions stack up
We've already given you our review of DOOM: The Dark Ages here at Pure Xbox, where we mentioned how the Xbox Series X version looks and performs great - but how does it stack up against the Xbox Series S version? There are loads of ways to compare this, and we'll start with Digital Foundry's analysis. The...
Guide Xbox Game Pass Perks: Everything You Can Claim In May 2025
Free Perks with your Game Pass Ultimate membership
The Xbox Game Pass Perks program has continued to add a bunch of freebies for Game Pass Ultimate members throughout May 2025, including for the likes of Sea Of Thieves, UFL, Call of Duty: Warzone and many others! So,
News DOOM: The Dark Ages Is Locking A Timed Exclusive Skin Behind A Pizza
"A special delivery from Hell"
Fancy getting a timed exclusive DOOM: The Dark Ages skin with your pizza this month? That's exactly what Prince St. Pizza is giving away from May 12th to June 15th at every location in the US (and Toronto, Canada). Specifically, those who buy a certain pizza from Prince St. Pizza will receive a Ranger DOOM Slayer Skin...
News Oblivion Remastered's Performance 'Degrades' Over Time, Digital Foundry Discovers
"Profound problems have yet to be addressed"
Shortly after launch, the folks over at Digital Foundry took a good look at Oblivion Remastered and came away impressed with the Unreal Engine 5 tech powering this remake, even if issues were present - particularly on Xbox Series S. Since then,
Rumour Rockstar Is Working On A GTA 4 Port For Xbox Series X|S
"We may end up seeing it drop later this year"
There's disappointment in the air surrounding Rockstar's recent GTA 6 delay, for sure, but a new rumour doing the rounds suggests that the developer may well have something else GTA-related up its sleeve in the meantime. According to Tez2, the well-known Rockstar leaker, a new current-gen port for...
Guide How To Unlock Forza Horizon 5's New Xbox / PS5 Lamborghini For Free
"A powerful symbol of unity"
To celebrate Forza Horizon 5 arriving on PS5, Xbox has teamed up with Lamborghini to give away a special "first-of-its-kind livery" for the Lamborghini Revuelto that celebrates both brands with a green and blue colour scheme. The team behind Forza Horizon 5 describes this livery as "a call to race side by side",...
News Xbox's Hellblade 2 Studio Shares Blurred-Out Tease Of New Game
"Always great to come together at the studio"
Incredibly, it's been almost a year since Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 was released for Xbox and PC, and developer Ninja Theory is busy working on whatever's next - as shown off in a blurred-out image via social media recently. You can see this in the tweet below, where the team have gathered together to...
Talking Point Xbox Fans, How Many Of You Are Buying A Switch 2?
Is it in the plans?
Amazingly, we're less than one month away from the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2. It's not a big deal for us here at Pure Xbox for obvious reasons, but it's still a big deal for the industry at large - a pretty major deal, in fact! And you know what? It is still going to affect us in multiple ways. We recently put together a...
Talking Point It's Been 20 Years Since Xbox 360 Was Revealed Live On MTV
"A console that's about to change digital entertainment forever"
2025 marks the 20-year anniversary of Xbox 360, with the seminal Xbox console launching way back in November 2005; kicking off the seventh generation of consoles. To this day, the system is still revered and played by many - and we've been reminded today that it's 20 years on the dot...
News 2K Studio Says Next Game 'Might' Be $80 Due To Doubled Development Budget
"I think it's going to be fine, it's worth it"
Recently, both Nintendo and Microsoft have announced their moves into $80 game territory with Mario Kart World and future AAA Xbox titles, respectively - and now it sounds like other companies could be considering following suit. In a new chat at PAX East this past weekend, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford...
News Eight Xbox First-Party Games Heavily Discounted By Humble Bundle (PC)
"Must-play games by Xbox Game Studios"
Over the weekend, you may have noticed a new Xbox Game Studios promotion going live on the Humble Bundle website, and it's a fantastic offer that provides some heavy discounts - but it's also not targeted at console owners. It's known as the Xbox Game Studios Publisher Bundle, and it features these eight...
News Warner Bros Games Revenue Declines By Almost 50% At The Start Of 2025
Suicide Squad still struggling
At the tail end of last year, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League developer Rocksteady announced the game's impending offline mode as it prepared to sunset the live service title - and publisher Warner Bros. continues to suffer as a result of the game's disappointing performance. As shared by
Sunday11th May 2025
News Surprise! SEGA Is Bringing Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. To Xbox Series X|S
Including rollback netcode and crossplay support
To end a weekend of fighting game action at EVO Japan, SEGA hosted a special Virtua Fighter 2025 Spring broadcast and it included one particular bit of exciting news for Xbox fans. Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio (Yakuza) and AM2 will be bringing Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. to the Xbox Series X|S at some point in...
Saturday10th May 2025
News Four Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In June 2025 So Far
An early look at what's ahead
As we always do around this time of the month, we're taking a look today at what's ahead for June 2025's Xbox Game Pass selection, with four games having been confirmed for Game Pass next month at the time of writing. All of these are brand-new Xbox releases as well, including Remedy Entertainment's FBC: Firebreak and...
Feature These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (May 12-16)
Including three new Xbox Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for May 12-16! We've got a very busy week ahead of us, highlighted by the massive Xbox first-party release of DOOM: The Dark Ages! Elsewhere, keep an eye on the likes of The Precinct, Palia, Capcom Fighting Collection 2, Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo, and various other...
Poll Which Is Your Favourite Gears Of War Game On Xbox?
Gears is about to get Reloaded
The cat is out of the bag, Gears is back later this summer when Gears of War: Reloaded makes its debut on Xbox, PlayStation and PC - but which is your favourite game in the entire series? Of course, we recently touched on Gears making its PS5 debut and why we have mixed feelings on that - but as Xbox fans, we can say...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 10-11)
Still tackling the Game Pass backlog?
Another weekend is upon us! After yet another busy week for Xbox Game Pass, we've got plenty to be getting stuck into this weekend - including new library additions like DREDGE and Revenge of the Savage Planet. With that being said, here's what we're playing this weekend: Ben Kerry, Staff Writer: Well, I...
Friday9th May 2025
News Minecraft's New Graphics Upgrade Is Now Available On Xbox
Vibrant Visuals arrives as an experimental update
Mojang this week rolled out a new update for Minecraft and while it put all the focus on its new "flat world presets" it's also quietly released one rather big and highly anticipated experimental feature. It's tied to the previous 'Vibrant Visuals' graphics upgrade announcement that plans to...
News New Sales Data Highlights How Xbox Is 'Dominating' PS5 Right Now
It's actually quite ridiculous
We've already heard a lot over the past few weeks about how Xbox is dominating PS5 as a publisher at the moment, but the extent of Microsoft's success has largely remained a mystery in terms of copies sold. The company rarely provides sales data like this, but thanks to Alinea Analytics, we now have a much clearer...
Review DOOM: The Dark Ages (Xbox) - Puts The Finishing Touches On A Masterful Trilogy
Glorious Game Pass Gibbings!
Id Software's new trilogy of DOOM games, now that I've had the chance to sit down and play them all and a have a bit of a think (I can think, you know), comes across as a rather dazzling package when taken as a whole. It's almost, in hindsight, as though the devs have had a plan all along. And it's a plan that 100%...
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Update 1.2.3 Now Live On Xbox, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Here's what's new
Yesterday, the team behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 announced that it was going to make a major balance change in its first patch this week - and now that update is live on Xbox and Game Pass! Yep, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 patch 1.2.3 is available now, and down below are the full patch notes across all pl
News Lots Of Xbox Games Have Suddenly Been Delisted In Some Countries
With more still being discovered
It's not uncommon for Xbox games to get delisted on the Microsoft Store from time to time, but it is uncommon for a huge batch to suddenly disappear overnight - and that's what's happened in some European countries. Earlier this week, Xbox fans started posting on the likes of Reddit to report games such as Kena:...
News New Game Boy Advance Title Jumps To Xbox Consoles This Summer
20 years in the making
Forgive us if you already knew about this, but we came across an announcement last night that mentioned Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution was released for the Game Boy Advance back in April of this year(!). That's absolutely crazy when you consider it first started development back in 2002 (albeit being left on the shelf for...
Roundup Here's What The Critics Think Of Xbox's DOOM: The Dark Ages
Here we go!
The time has finally arrived - DOOM: The Dark Ages reviews are out and floating the depths of hell, prior to Xbox's big Game Pass launch next week. Those reviews include our very own Pure Xbox write-up of course, which we'll sum up for you down below! Here's what we, and a bunch of other game critics, think of DOOM: The Dark Ages:
Guide DOOM: The Dark Ages Release Date, Release Times & Early Access Details On Xbox
Day one on Xbox Game Pass!
DOOM: The Dark Ages is one of Xbox & Bethesda's biggest releases of 2025 - and the good news is that its Xbox Game Pass launch is right around the corner! The game's review embargo has also lifted, and we've just delivered our full verdict on the new
News Xbox's DOOM: The Dark Ages Seemingly Has Tiny Amount Of Content On Disc
Requiring a huge download to play
With DOOM: The Dark Ages now less than a week away from launch, physical copies are starting to crop up in the wild - and that's led to an interesting, if controversial revelation as folks try and install the upcoming Bethesda FPS. To put it plainly, it seems as though hardly any content from DOOM: The Dark Ages is...
News Xbox Is Hosting Multiple Free Betas On Series X|S This Weekend
One you'll need to be very quick for!
Looking for some free games to play on Xbox this weekend? Fortunately we've got a few free betas that are available for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S owners, including one that's only available later today - so you'll need to be quick! Upcoming Xbox Game Pass title Rematch is the first of these Xbox betas,...
News Xbox Set For Another Winner As Tony Hawk 3+4 Previews Go Live
Bam Margera also confirmed!
Xbox has enjoyed a string of fantastic first-party releases over the past six months-or-so, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 is part of the lineup for later this year - with the first hands-on previews hinting at another big success. Yes, even despite the changes to THPS 4's career mode, the vast majority of previews are...
News Killing Floor 3 Launches On Xbox This July, Negative Beta Feedback Addressed
This new floor 'bout to get messy
Tripwire Interactive, the team behind Killing Floor 3, has announced that its upcoming zed-slaying Xbox title will release on July 24th, 2025, following a shaky beta period that took place back in February. Prior to that beta getting into the hands of the public, Killing Floor 3 was set to grace Xbox Series X|S in...
Talking Point How Do You Feel About Linear Vs. Open World Games On Xbox?
GTA & Mafia providing very different experiences this gen
It's been another busy week of gaming news, with publisher 2K going ham on fresh information for both GTA 6 and Mafia: The Old Country; two series' that have long shared plenty of similarities. However, the two third-person action games are going in very different directions with their next...
Thursday8th May 2025
News Here's A Look At The Updated Xbox Game Studios Roadmap From May 2025
Following a busy month of announcements
After what's been a crazy few weeks for Microsoft and its output on Xbox and beyond, social media aficionado Klobrille has shared an updated Xbox Game Studios roadmap - featuring everything Microsoft is working on for the coming months and years. In fact, Klobrille's roadmap starts all the way back in 2020 -...
News Xbox's New Job Advert Is Amazing News For Backwards Compatibility
"Build the next evolution in Xbox Game Compatibility"
Last year, it was said that Xbox had set up a new team dedicated to game preservation and forward compatibility, and now we can see the proof for ourselves in the form of a Principal Software Engineer job advert that went live yesterday. The ad, which you can read on the Microsoft website,...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (May 8-11)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Free Play Days is BACK, and we have another pair of recently-released Xbox titles to jump into for free this weekend - including The Chinese Room's fantastic horror effort Still Wakes The Deep <related ids="167069"> Here's what you can play with Xbox Free Play Days over the coming weekend: PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (May 8)
Including another day one release!
We have another Xbox Game Pass refresh coming today, folks, with two more titles entering the library on May 8th. We're particularly excited about XGP's next day one launch here - Revenge of the Savage Planet brings some light-hearted co-
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Making Major Balance Change In First Xbox Patch
And it's arriving this week
New Xbox Game Pass RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been enjoying a wildly successful first few weeks on the market - and now developer Sandfall Interactive has turned its attention to the first patch, arriving later this week. While the team hasn't dropped the full patch notes for Clair Obscur's first
News GTA 6 Tech Is Seriously Impressive, But It's Looking Like A 30FPS Game On Console
"Everything points to this being a 30FPS game"
After the surprise release of GTA 6 Trailer 2 this week, we waxed lyrical about how the upcoming Rockstar epic may end up being unmatched this generation from a tech perspective - and now the experts over at Digital Foundry have dropped their i
News Call Of Duty: Warzone 'Pack 2' Now Free For Xbox Game Pass Members
A second bit of free DLC
Back in early April, we reported how Call of Duty: Warzone had received a free Game Pass Perk for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members, and now "Game Pass Pack 2" has also been added for free as part of May's selection. Call of Duty: Warzone - Game Pass Pack 2 can be claimed for free by locating it on the Xbox Store and hitting...
News Minecraft's Latest Update Adds Several 'Exciting' World Options
Flat World presets are now available
Minecraft has just rolled out a new update this week for the Bedrock Editions of the game and it's got some members within the community rather excited. It adds "flat world presets" - allowing you to now select between multiple "exciting in-game presets". This ranges from 'Classic Flat' right through to...
News GEX Brings Three Retro Games To Xbox This Summer, Here's A Look
Update: Release date set for June 2025
3D platformers were once at the forefront of the gaming industry, and while we've had the odd resurgence like PlayStation's Astro Bot last year, many other mascots have been long-forgotten. Sometimes there are revivals though, and it seems the anthropomorphic gecko Gex will be making a return later this year in...
News Xbox Developer Shares Insight Into Why Physical Releases Are 'Complex'
Despite a lack of minimum order quantity
There's been an interesting report that's come out this week about Xbox and physical releases, with Gamer Social Club receiving a statement from Xbox that there's no minimum order quantity for disc-based titles on the platform anymore. "Xbox has no minimum order quantity for physical media. Retailers,...
News Mafia: The Old Country First Gameplay Revealed Ahead Of August Release On Xbox
Heading out to the old country
Following a relatively subdued marketing campaign so far, Hangar 13 is properly lifting the lid on Mafia: The Old Country today - starting with a full gameplay reveal and an official release date! You can get your hands on this new Mafia title on August 8th, 2025 - and we've thrown the brand-new trailer up above for...
News ININ Wants To Bring More Games To Xbox, And Needs Your Help
"Which ones would you be most interested in?"
German publisher ININ Games has put out a call for help today that's specifically aimed at Xbox players, as the company is keen to bring more of its titles to Xbox consoles - but wants to know which games are most requested. In a post from this morning, the team advised that they're "trying to ascertain...
Poll What Do You Think Of Towerborne On Xbox Game Pass?
The most recent Xbox first-party release
April was such a good month for Xbox Game Pass that Towerborne kind of got overlooked in the end, but it's still the latest first-party release from on Xbox, and it's also a good game that's worth your time in our opinion! We actually spent most of our time with Towerborne back when it was released on PC...
Wednesday7th May 2025
News Xbox Handheld Gets Leaked, First Photos And Details Revealed
Set for an official announcement this month
We've been waiting to hear from Xbox and ASUS about this upcoming Xbox handheld device for 2025, and it looks like they've been beaten to the punch by a leak via the FCC, revealing a couple of photos and some initial details. As reported by VideoCardz, ASUS is set to reveal two new ROG Ally models in the...
News Xbox Is Seemingly Making Preparations For Its 2025 Handheld Device
Microsoft also refers to Windows as 'Xbox PC'
So, earlier today, we saw leaked images of the much-rumoured Xbox 2025 handheld device - which now looks very real with in-person shots of the system being shared online. Accompanying these pictures was a report claiming that the device might be officially unveiled later this month - and we're also...
News Why Are People Talking About GameCube Games On Xbox Series X?
The topic's suddenly been getting attention
As you may well know, it's been possible for a long time to emulate certain consoles on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, but it's certainly not something you're supposed to do - Microsoft even clamped down on it at one point. However, the scene has continued to evolve, and we've spotted a trend emerging...
News FTC Suffers Another Major Blow In Fight Against Xbox Activsion Deal
It's been 84 years...
The absolute last thing we want to talk about is the FTC and the Xbox Activision Blizzard deal after all the back and forth that went on a couple of years ago, but there's still fresh information coming out of it, albeit along similar lines. Basically, you remember how the FTC was denied a preliminary injunction back in 2023...
News Xbox Cloud Gaming Is Adding Mouse & Keyboard Controls On Console
"Mouse and keyboard users rejoice!"
If you're someone who likes to use Xbox Cloud Gaming on console, but you also want to play games with mouse and keyboard support, there's good news - Microsoft has announced that the feature is being added starting today! Xbox Insiders in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring will get to test this first, with the feature...
Opinion If Xbox Is 'Just' A Game Pass Machine, That's Still Enough For Me
Have you seen how good it's been this year?!
With the likes of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Forza Horizon 5 and now Gears of War: Reloaded jumping over to PS5, there's been some chatter this week about whether Xbox is just a Game Pass machine these days. In other words, now that Xbox is bringing its first-party library to other systems, is...
News Two Fun Simulator Games Are Being Deployed To Xbox Game Pass This Month
Including one that's been very popular!
You may have missed that 11 games were announced for Xbox Game Pass yesterday amidst all the crazy GTA 6 news, and two of those are simulator games - one of which has proved very popular in recent years. The first is Police Simulator: Patrol Officers, which has regularly found its way into the "Top Paid" Xbox...
News Xbox Game Pass Gets Four Additions Today (May 7)
One Ultimate, three Standard
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, we have four games joining various different XGP tiers - with one new title in the main Game Pass Ultimate library and three titles moving over to Xbox Game Pass Standard. Here's some more information on today's Xbox Game Pass re
News Halo Infinite Summer 2025 Update Adds 'Linear Firefight Experience' On Xbox & PC
Operation Last Stand is a-go!
Halo Infinite's Summer 2025 update is now live on Xbox and PC, and it brings a whole host of additions and changes to Microsoft's 2021 FPS - including the latest in-game event in the form of 'Operation Last Stand'. Operation Last Stand introduces a brand-new weapon — the Mutilator — which combines the series'...
News BF6 Release Window Update, Full Reveal Scheduled For 'Summer'
Ready up
EA has provided an update on the next Battlefield game release window, reconfirming it'll arrive by March 2026. Adding to this, fans can expect a full reveal of the game to take place at some point this summer. The company's CEO Andrew Wilson had the following to say in the latest financial report: "As we look to the future, we’re...
News Forza Horizon 5 'Another Success' For Xbox As It Passes 1M Sales On PS5
According to estimates
Back at the start of this week, it was revealed that Forza Horizon 5 was part of the three best-selling games on PS5 for the month of April, and now we appear to have the most accurate statistics yet in terms of how many copies it's sold. According to Alinea Analytics, Forza Horizon 5 has hit the 1.2 million sales mark on PS5...
Talking Point Which Xbox Game Will Move To PS5 Next?
Halo? Starfield? Something else entirely?
With the news of Gears of War: Reloaded this week, we have confirmation of another Xbox title moving over to PS5 - as Microsoft squeezes the accelerator on its multiplatform strategy. Although this is merely a re-release of the original Gears of War (specifically the Ultimate Edition remaster from 2015), it...
Tuesday6th May 2025
Guide Here Are All The Changes & Enhancements Coming To Gears Of War: Reloaded On Xbox
From Gears Ultimate to Gears Reloaded
With the news about Gears of War: Reloaded now out in the wild, we're turning our attention to what exactly has changed from 2015's Gears of War: Ultimate Edition - including what Xbox players can expect to have been tweaked and improved for this new release of the original Gears of War. As we noted in a recent...
News Five Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Early May 2025
Update: Not eight as originally suggested
Microsoft has unveiled the first batch of titles leaving Xbox Game Pass in May 2025 - with eight games in total exiting the service in the middle of the month, including the pictured Jurassic World Evolution 2. Here's the full list of games leaving Xbox Game Pass in early May 2025:
News Xbox Is 'Spitting Pure Fire' Right Now, Says Baldur's Gate 3 Exec
Specifically as a publisher
It's been an absolutely crazy year for Xbox first-party games already. We've had Ninja Gaiden 2 Black as a shadow drop in January, Avowed in February, and South of Midnight and Oblivion Remastered (another surprise!) in April. In the next few months, we've also got DOOM: The Dark Ages, To
Opinion Nothing Will Come Close To GTA 6 As An Xbox Series X|S Showpiece
It just looks incredible
With the latest GTA 6 trailer now out in the wild, alongside a massive media and information blowout from developer Rockstar Games, we've gotten our deepest look at the next Grand Theft Auto game yet. At this point, the lack of direct gameplay has perhaps been a little disappointing, but I keep coming away with one...
News These 11 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (May 7-20)
Microsoft announces a new batch
Microsoft has announced a new batch of Xbox Game Pass titles today, and it includes some previously confirmed titles such as DOOM: The Dark Ages, as well as some surprises such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 and Police Simulator: Patrol Officers! Don't forget about DREDGE
News GTA 6 Characters, Locations & Screenshots Revealed In Massive Info Blowout
Here we go!
You've probably already seen that Rockstar Games has revealed Trailer 2 for GTA 6 today, but the company has also provided tons more info on the game via its official website, along with over 50 new screenshots. Firstly, we have an official description of the story, which stars the characters of Jason and Lucia: Jason and Lucia have...
News GTA 6 Trailer 2 Has Arrived Ahead Of May 2026 Release On Xbox Series X|S
Holy moly!
Out of nowhere once again, Rockstar Games has just released its second trailer for GTA 6 - which is now due to release for Xbox Series X|S on May 26, 2026. We've thrown the brand-new video clip up above, and we'll gather up some fresh details to share with you down below. GTA 6, the next instalment in Rockstar
News Xbox Adds Multiple New Sales, Including One Focused Around RPGs
The great deals continue!
Xbox isn't slowing down with these sales as we dive deeper into the new month, as today has brought us a bunch of additional promotions on top of what we saw last week, including one that's focused entirely around RPG games. Specifically, we've spotted a new Xbox Game Pass RPG sale, a Mafia: The Old Country sale, a Dark...
News GTA 6 Fans Are Trying To Figure Out The Game's Voice Actors
Jason and Lucia possibly confirmed?
With GTA 6 getting a new trailer and a massive info blowout earlier today, it's suddenly restarted the hype train for Rockstar Games' upcoming release, and we've spotted a bunch of fans trying to figure out the game's voice actors. Rockstar is keeping quiet about actors for now, but it's believed that actress...
Talking Point Will Xbox Game Pass Get A Price Increase This Year?
It's anyone's guess
Back at the start of the month, Xbox announced a series of price increases for Xbox consoles, accessories and games in multiple regions, and the big question on many people's minds was whether Xbox Game Pass would follow suit. Fortunately that hasn't happened yet, but there's still concern that an Xbox Game Pass price increase...
News Xbox Studio inXile Reminds Us That Clockwork Revolution Exists, Releasing 'In Due Time'
Led by former Fallout, Wasteland devs
Almost two years ago now, Xbox studio inXile Entertainment introduced Clockwork Revolution to the world at the 2023 Xbox Games Showcase - and despite some small updates, we've really not seen much of the Microsoft first-party title since. This week though, the team has remin
News Indie Hit DREDGE Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (May 6)
Live now in the XGP library!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, 2023 indie hit DREDGE has docked into the Game Pass Ultimate library - and we've been waiting ages to see this one arrive on XGP. So, here's a bit more information on new Game Pass title DREDGE - which took the world by storm a few years back (it has over 36k reviews...
Monday5th May 2025
Reaction Gears Of War: Reloaded Makes Perfect Sense For Microsoft, But Not For Xbox Fans
For a few different reasons
Well, there we have it - Gears of War: Reloaded is real, and it's coming to Xbox, PS5 and PC this summer. After all the rumours we've heard about a Gears re-release of some sort, this news is hardly surprising, but the exact nature of this remaster is certainly a little different to what we were expecting. Gears: Re
News Xbox Explains How Co-Op Will Work In Gears Of War: Reloaded
"Built for shared play"
One of the things you might be wondering about Gears of War: Reloaded is how co-op will work, especially now that the game has been confirmed for PS5, and the answer is - it sounds like it's going to be very seamless! Xbox says that Gears of War: Reloaded has been "built for shared play", which means it supports two-player...
News Drive Beyond Horizons Dev Hopes To Bring Viral Hit To Xbox Eventually
It's a maybe
If you've been looking at the Steam charts in recent weeks, you may have come across a game called Drive Beyond Horizons that's been climbing the rankings - and wondering whether it'll be getting an Xbox version at some point. Well, the answer is "maybe". Drive Beyond Horizons doesn't have an Xbox release date yet, and it could be...
News Xbox Announces Gears Of War: Reloaded, Releasing Summer 2025
"The original Gears of War returns"
Out of nowhere, Xbox has suddenly announced Gears of War: Reloaded today - a remastered version of the original Gears of War that will be launching for various platforms very soon, including Xbox Series X and Series S. The game will feature 4K resolution, 120 FPS support, and "the ultimate multiplayer experience...
News New MindsEye Gameplay Looks Very Grand Theft Auto, Could Replace GTA 6 In 2025
The near-future city of Redrock awaits
Over the weekend, some fresh MindsEye gameplay has cropped up online, about a month or so out from its official Xbox launch on June 10th. This is the upcoming action-thriller led by former Rockstar president Leslie Benzies, and in the wake of that recent GTA 6 delay, we've sudde
News Gears Of War: Reloaded Is Getting The Free Upgrade Treatment On Xbox
Pretty generous!
Everyone recovered from that shock Gears of War: Reloaded announcement yet? Well, the good news is that we'll all be playing it this summer, and potentially keeping it for free - thanks to a generous offer for Xbox owners. Basically, if you already own the digital version of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Xbox One, you'll be...
Roundup All The Xbox Reveals From May 2025's Future Games Show
Featuring plenty of Xbox Game Pass titles!
Back at the tail-end of last week, we were treated to yet another edition of the Future Games Show - with May 2025's event taking place from gamescom latam. As usual, there were plenty of Xbox reveals included as part of the show, six of which were upcoming Xbox Game Pass titles that are on the way very...
Gallery Here's Your First Look At Screenshots For Gears Of War: Reloaded
Looking good
Following today's surprise reveal of Gears of War: Reloaded, we're all keen to see as much of the game as we possibly can, but unfortunately there's no sign of a gameplay trailer at the time of writing. What we do have, however, is a set of seven official screenshots that give us a good idea of how it's shaping up visually. Two of...
News Three Xbox Games Revealed As Best-Selling PS5 Titles Of April 2025
In the US/Canada and EU at least
April was an amazing month for new releases on Xbox, but it was also an amazing month for new releases on PS5 - and it turns out that the top three most downloaded titles (paid) on the PS5 Store were actually all Xbox titles as well! This is specifically for the US/Canada and European PS5 stores, where The Elder...
News Forza Motorsport 20th Anniversary Update Now Live, Includes Free New Track
Here are the highlights from the patch notes
In the midst of all the craziness surrounding Gears of War: Reloaded today, the team behind Forza Motorsport has quietly pushed out a big 20th anniversary update for the game, which includes a new track! That track is Fujimi Kaido, which brings all 144 of its "extreme turns" to every mode in Forza...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Next Major Update Includes Free Story Pack On Xbox
Specifically, 'The Works of Luis Frois'
Following the game's first major update roughly a month ago, Ubisoft has unveiled the next big patch for Assassin's Creed Shadows - and it includes a new free story pack on all platforms, including Xbox. That free story DLC is dubbed 'The Works of Luis Frois', and it involves a new quest arc playable as...
Poll What Was Your Favourite Xbox Game Pass Title For April 2025?
It was a pretty incredible month...
Another month of Xbox Game Pass is upon us, with a few of May 2025's additions already live on the service as we speak. However, before we fully press on towards even more XGP updates, we want to take one final look at the April 2025 lineup - by asking you fine folks which of last month's additio
News South Of Midnight Passes 1 Million Players With The Help Of Xbox Game Pass
Less than a month from launch
A couple of weeks ago now, we saw South of Midnight make its way into the top 10 most-played games on Xbox in the US - and now developer Compulsion Games has revealed that the first-party title has attracted more than one million players in its first month. Speaking in a new interview with Game Rant, Compulsi
Roundup Revenge Of The Savage Planet Off To A Strong Start Ahead Of Xbox Game Pass Launch
The early reviews are in
Revenge of the Savage Planet is Microsoft's biggest Xbox Game Pass addition of the week right now, and ahead of its arrival on Thursday, a batch of early reviews have just started to hit the web - including our own write-up at Pure Xbox. So, we'll quickly summarise our Pure Xbox review down below, alongside a bunch of other...
News Xbox Fans Hosting Community FanFest For 2025 Summer Showcase This June
"A community-run, in-person event"
Last month, Microsoft announced the big date for its Xbox Games Showcase this summer - with the livestream going ahead on Sunday, June 8th. However, this time around, Team Green is opting for an all-digital event with no in-person gathering - something that members of the Xbox community are now rectifying. Posted...
News Xbox Developer Insists Generative AI Is 'Not Mandated' At Microsoft
"I don't think it ever replaces artistic choice."
We've heard quite a lot already this year about Xbox's plans to integrate AI in a big way, particularly in the form of something called ""Muse", which is a new generative AI model that's intended to help creators build their games. Microsoft has insisted it wants to "stay true to the creative vision...
Saturday3rd May 2025
Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (May 5-9)
Including two new Xbox Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for May 5-9! The big highlight of the next few days is the two Xbox Game Pass additions, which are the fantastic fishing adventure DREDGE and brand-new release of Revenge of the Savage Planet! Beyond those, there are some great-looking indies to keep an eye out for as well...
Talking Point Would You Still Buy An Xbox At Microsoft's 2025 Prices?
Or are they now too expensive?
Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that — in the midst of increased economic uncertainty — it is raising the prices of its Xbox consoles, accessories and games. In an unprecedented move compared to past console generations, Xbox's flagship console is going up by $100 five years after it launched - and it's...
News Here's What Might Leave Xbox Game Pass In June 2025
Some early predictions!
What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in June 2025? Well, Microsoft hasn't confirmed anything just yet, but based on some games that were added to the service this time last year, we can at least make a few predictions ahead of time. We know that a lot of Xbox users want more advance notice of games leaving Xbox Game Pass, but...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 3-4)
It's been another big week for Xbox Game Pass!
Our first weekend of May 2025 is here! If you reside in the UK, you may well be enjoying an extended Bank Holiday weekend this week, which means even more time to play games... right? We thought so! Anyway, here's what we're playing this weekend: Ben Kerry, Staff Writer: First and foremost, I think...
Friday2nd May 2025
News ARC Raiders Set For Huge Xbox Launch As Previews Say It's Better Than Marathon
"Yes, ARC Raiders makes Marathon look bad"
Earlier this week, we highlighted two big betas that were happening on Xbox in May 2025, and one of these has already been a massive hit with both players and critics - and it's the upcoming extraction shooter, ARC Raiders. Looking around at some of the previews of the game so far, multiple outlets have...
News Xbox #1 Platform For Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, But Worst For Average Playtime
That's the Game Pass influence for you
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 attracted a massive audience on Xbox Game Pass when it launched last week, even despite the shadow drop of Oblivion Remastered a couple of days earlier - making Xbox the #1 platform for the game. As reported by The Game Business, new Ampere d
Saturday3rd May 2025
News Two More Xbox Game Pass Indies Confirmed For May & June 2025
Busy months get even busier!
We're always keeping our eyes peeled for new Xbox Game Pass announcements, and we've spotted two of them over the past few days - one that's a bit further out in June, and another that'll be with us very soon in May. The May game is Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo, and this was revealed a very long time ago as an Xbox...
Friday2nd May 2025
Feature 10 Exciting Xbox Indie Games To Look Out For In May 2025
Another epic RPG, anyone?
We've officially begun a new month, and therefore it's time to look at the list of indie games that are upon us! As usual, it's really difficult to pick out just 10 games to highlight, but we're going to try our best to pick out some awesome ones. The Precinct is a game that's been getting lots of attention recently, while...
News GTA 6 Gets A New Release Date As Rockstar Delays To May 2026
"We need this extra time"
Well, it's official! Rockstar Games has announced that GTA 6 will be getting a delay to May 2026, with the team insisting that more time is needed to "exceed" the expectations of the GTA fanbase. GTA 6 now has an Xbox release date of May 26th, 2026 for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. "We are very sorry that this is...
Reaction GTA 6's Delay Could Be Great News For Xbox And Its Fall 2025 Lineup
What a year it could turn out to be for Microsoft!
Well, the elephant has finally been caught and led out of the room; GTA 6 has officially been delayed to May 2026. That move has felt like an inevitability for months and months now, especially in the absence of a proper 2025 release date or even a follow-up trailer to Rockstar's 2023 debut effort...
Talking Point With Forza Horizon 5 Now On PS5, Do You Expect To See Horizon 6 Anytime Soon?
How close are we to FH6 on Xbox?
Last month, Forza Horizon 5's PS5 debut marked the first of Xbox's 'big three' franchises to move over, and despite the transition feeling a little weird to us here at PX HQ, fans have clearly been enjoying the game a lot over on PlayStation. Naturally though, we've been thinking more about what this all means for...
Video Todd Howard And Bethesda React To Famous Oblivion Documentary
"Who's laughing now?"
Bethesda has been able to take a trip down memory lane after it shadow dropped The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered last month with the help of Virtuos. As part of this journey back in time, it's released a "then and now" video reaction to that famous documentary dating back to 2006. You know, the one featuring Todd...
News Bendy And The Ink Machine Is Being 'Enhanced' For Xbox Series X|S
Update: And it's happening next week!
We've often noticed Bendy and the Ink Machine appearing in the Xbox charts whenever it gets a deep discount, which is a pretty impressive feat considering the Xbox One version came out seven years ago at this point! It looks like it's about to get another second wind, as it's been announced today that the game...
Random Here's What The New Hallmark Xbox 360 Ornament Sounds Like
Nostalgia activated
Back in mid-April, Hallmark lifted the lid on two Xbox-based Christmas ornaments for 2025 - including a miniature Xbox 360 that was advertised to light up and play Halo 3 game sounds. Well, now we can hear exactly what they mean! As you can see in the video below, the big Xbox button on the Xbox 360 does actually light up, and...
News UFL Continues To Evolve With Free Xbox Perk & Multiple New Features
It's been a busy six months for this EA FC rival
It's been six months since we last talked about UFL here at Pure Xbox, which was back when the game first released for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Since then, it's evolved with various new features and in-game content across its two "seasons", and it's also just added a free Xbox Game Pass...
News Elden Ring Nightreign Overview Dives Deep Into Souls Spinoff Coming To Xbox
And it launches later this month!
Ahead of the game's launch later this month, FromSoftware has dropped a massive overview of its upcoming Souls spinoff Elden Ring Nightreign - and it looks every bit as chaotic and action-packed as you'd expect from a follow-up to Elden Ring. Of course, we've thrown this new overview trailer up above, so you can...
Thursday1st May 2025
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (May 1)
Kicking off the month in style!
Welcome to your first Xbox Game Pass update for May 2025! Today, we have a couple of new additions to the XGP library, including more Call of Duty as Microsoft slowly brings the ActiBlizz back catalogue to the service. Here's what's new to Xbox Game Pass on May 1st: Anno 180
News Xbox Is Raising The Price Of Consoles, Games And Accessories
"We understand that these changes are challenging"
Xbox has announced that the cost of consoles, games and accessories will be going up across multiple regions starting today. This includes an $80 price hike for the Xbox Series S and $100 price hike for the Xbox Series X in the US, and a £50 price hike for the Xbox Series S and £20 price hike for...
Guide How To Download The Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign On Xbox Game Pass
Having trouble? Here's how to fix it
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 heads to Xbox Game Pass today - featuring a story campaign, co-op mode and multiplayer. However, MWII is a part of the broader 'Call of Duty' app, and the install process isn't exactly simple. While the Call of Duty base game, MWII co-op and MWII multiplayer installs are readily...
News Prime Gaming's May 2025 List Includes Yet Another Free Xbox Game
Going live on May 8th
We're loving this trend of Xbox games being given away for free via Amazon, and with Prime Gaming's May 2025 list having just been revealed, we now know of yet another free Xbox game that's getting the treatment very soon. Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus will be given away for free starting May 8th for Prime Gaming members,...
News Here's How The New Xbox Prices Compare To PS5 & Nintendo Switch 2
A big jump
With both the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S getting price increases across the world, it suddenly makes the decision about whether to buy one a little trickier - after all, the PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 are enticing options as well. So, we've been taking a quick glance at how Xbox stacks up to Sony and Nintendo's newest machines, and...
News Xbox Price Hike 'Just The Beginning' For The Industry, Says Analyst
"This will lead to internal re-evaluations"
There's obviously a lot of chatter taking place today about Xbox raising its prices for consoles, accessories and even games, and according to one analyst, it's actually "just the beginning" of what we're going to see in the future. Daniel Ahmad of Niko Partners has explained the reasons behind the Xbox...
Reaction $80 Game Prices Are Ridiculous, Adding Even More Value To Xbox Game Pass
Maybe subscriptions are the future after all
Well, it happened - Microsoft has announced that a bunch of its Xbox products are going up in price, starting today. These latest price hikes are largely down to recent trade tariffs being sparked by the US government, and include the likes of Xbox Series X and S console prices increasing by up to $100...
News Xbox 'Beyond' Spring Sale Now Live, Hundreds Of New Discounts Available
Mostly for DLC, but also for some full games
The Xbox Spring Sale is just about to finish up for another year, but Xbox is still keeping the momentum going with a "Beyond" Spring Sale that's just gone live, alongside two other brand-new sales promotions on the Microsoft Store. Xbox's Beyond Spring Sale is packed with DLC discounts for things like...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (May 1-4)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Our first Free Play Days selection for May 2025 is here, and although it's a small list this week, a big Xbox first-party game is leading the lineup for Microsoft. Here's what you can play with Xbox Free Play Days over the coming weekend: Forza Motorsport The Escapists You'll need a subscription to
News Cowabunga! Xbox Is Getting Another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Game
Splintered Fate arrives this June
The folks at Super Evil Megacorp have this week announced they're bringing their roguelike Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate to Xbox Series X|S. It will be arriving digitally for $29.99 USD (or your regional equivalent) on June 24th, 2025. There'll also be a Deluxe Edition and Limited Edition up for...
News Remedy's Sam Lake 'Went Away For Half A Year' After Finishing Development On Alan Wake 2
"I was very tired and stressed"
Alan Wake 2, from early concepts way back in the day to its final release in late 2023, was long in the making over at Finnish studio Remedy Entertainment. In the end, it all felt worth the wait when the Alan Wake sequel landed with a bang a few years back - but development did take its toll on the people making it...
News EA Gives Up On WRC, Four Years After Buying Rally Game Experts Codemasters
Work that one out
Four years after its well-documented battle with 2K to acquire racing studio Codemasters, EA is shutting down plans to make future rally games; ending its partnership with WRC in the process. The EA Sports WRC team confirmed the news this week, via a 'Development Update' message posted to the EA website. The s
