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Monday26th May 2025
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...
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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...
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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...
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- Best Xbox Survival Games
- Features
- Xbox Game Pass
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
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- Hellblade 2
- Microsoft
- Limited Run Games
- Xbox Series X
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
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- Xbox Gift Card
- Microsoft Rewards
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
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- Features
- Talking Point
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- Microsoft
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...
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- Capcom
- Industry
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
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...
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- Metro 2033 Redux
- Free Games
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
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...
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- Xbox Handheld
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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
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- Weekly Roundup
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- Xbox Series X
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...
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- Deals
- Discounts
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...
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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
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- Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
- Reviews Roundup
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
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...
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- Xbox Retro Classics
- Backwards Compatibility
- Features
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...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Xbox Dashboard
- UI
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...
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- Bioshock
- 2K Games
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
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...
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- Space Marine Master Crafted Edition
- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
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...
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- Activision Blizzard
- Microsoft
- FTC
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...
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- Game of Thrones Kingsroad
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
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...
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- The Witcher 3
- Controllers
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
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...
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- Starfield
- PS5
- Bethesda
- Microsoft
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...
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- Zenless Zone Zero
- ZZZ
- Xbox Game Pass
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...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Xbox One
- Splitgate 2
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...
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- Stalker Trilogy Enhanced Edition
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
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
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- Xbox Game Pass Standard
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
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,
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- Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Master Crafted Edition
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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...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
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...
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- The Witcher 3
- Controllers
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- Xbox Series X
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...
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- Starfield
- Updates
- Patch Notes
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...
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- Free Play Days
- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
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...
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- Dynamic Backgrounds
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
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...
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- Star Wars Battlefront 2
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
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...
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- Lies of P
- Updates
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 -...
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- Warhammer Skulls
- Round Up
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...
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- Industry
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
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.
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
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
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- Monster Train 2
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Wednesday21st May 2025
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
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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...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- List
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...
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- Retro Classics
- Xbox Game Pass
- Activison
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...
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- MechWarrior
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
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- Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Xbox First-Party
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...
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- Game Of The Year
- Xbox Game Pass
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
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...
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- Hellblade 2
- Ninja Theory
- PS5
- Xbox Series X
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...
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- Avowed
- Obsidian
- Netflix
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...
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- Deals
- Gollum
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- Xbox Series X
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...
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- May Update
- Microsoft
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
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
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- Microsoft
- Xbox Mobile Store
- Apple
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
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- Ubisoft
- Rayman
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
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
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