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Wednesday31st Dec 2025
Guide Xbox Game Pass In 2026: The Full List Of Everything Announced So Far
The complete list of all games
Xbox Game Pass is already starting to fill up for 2026, and if you're looking for a list of everything coming to Game Pass in 2026, you've come to the right place! Below, we've picked out the complete list of games announced for Xbox Game Pass in 2026 so far, and we'll keep updating this as more are announced...
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- Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass
- 2026
Feature The Top 10 Xbox Game Pass Titles Of 2025, As Determined By Your Votes
You voted, we've got the results!
A few days ago, we asked you to vote on your favourite Xbox Game Pass titles of 2025, made up of a list of 74 games plus an "other" category where you could tell us about any additional games you wanted to vote for. The response was significant, with almost 3,000 votes in all, so we thought we'd give you the...
- Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass
- Features
News Sword And Fairy 4 Remake Likely Coming To Xbox, But The Studio's Still Waiting On Dev Kits
"We joined ID@Xbox early this year..."
Earlier this week, Sword and Fairy 4 Remake received a ton of attention when a new trailer revealed that it was the spitting image of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and there's inevitibly now a lot of hype surrounding its release. The game was only announced for "PC and consoles" when the trailer arrived, but...
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- Sword And Fairy 4 Remake
- ID@Xbox
News 50+ Games Added To Xbox 'Stream Your Own Game' To Finish Off 2025
It's been a ridiculously busy year for the program
It's been a while since we last talked about Xbox's Stream Your Own Game program here at Pure Xbox, but rest assured that it continues to grow at a rapid rate, with over 50 games added in the past month alone! Xbox doesn't do a good job at highlighting the latest additions to the program, but...
- Xbox
- Stream Your Own Game
- Xbox Cloud Gaming
News Xbox Gives 'Huge Shoutout' To Obsidian For Their Multiple First-Party Releases In 2025
"They really locked in"
As we come to the end of what's been a busy year for Xbox first-party releases, one company in particular is getting special praise for their output in 2025, having released three separate (and major!) games over the past 12 months. That company is Obsidian, which gave us Avowed back in February, Grounded 2 back in July, and...
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- Obsidian
Tuesday30th Dec 2025
News Xbox 360 User Shows What'll Happen When It Reaches Date Limit On December 31st, 2025
The final date you can set the console clock to
Did you know that you can't manually set the Xbox 360's console clock to anything later than December 31st, 2025? That technically means we're all doomed when 2026 rolls around then, right? It's the Y2K situation all over again! We've come across numerous concerned Xbox 360 owners as a result of this...
- Xbox
- Xbox 360
News 'Nintendo Buying Xbox' Begins Trending After Hoax Goes Viral On Social Media
You wish, Mario
You won't be surprised to hear that we're always tracking the latest trends related to Xbox, and one that totally caught us by surprise over the past 24 hours was that Nintendo was "buying Xbox". Naturally, we had to do a bit of research into this and figure out what was going on. It turns out that a Facebook page known as Nintendo...
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- Nintendo
- Random
News Xbox Is Sending Out Forza Horizon 6 Gift Packages Ahead Of Its 2026 Release
Only to influencers though
Next year will obviously mark the release of Forza Horizon 6, and it sounds like Xbox is gearing up to share more news on the title very soon, with multiple influencers receiving special gift packages over the past few days. These packages contain various goodies like a custom numberplate, "Greetings from Japan" postcard...
- Xbox
- Forza Horizon 6
News The First Gaming Showcase Of 2026 Has Been Revealed, And It's As Soon As Next Week
Say hello to the New Game+ Showcase
We're assuming January 2026 will turn out to be quite busy for gaming showcases, with the Xbox Developer Direct showcase set to be the main event over the coming weeks, but we've also got a new show happening next week. This is known as the "New Game Plus" showcase, which is said to be bringing 45 games our way...
- Industry
- Showcase
News Stalker 2 Team Shares 'Atmospheric Teaser' Ahead Of Major Unreal Engine Upgrade In 2026
"Something to look forward to"
It's been a busy year for the team at GSC Game World, with Stalker 2 not only receiving a whole bunch of updates and patches over the past twelve months, but also getting released on PS5 in November. Looking ahead to 2026, they've just shared a special New Year's Message hinting at what's to come, including a "major...
- Xbox
- Stalker 2
- Upgrade
- Unreal Engine
- Xbox Series X
Talking Point If You Were Releasing A Game, Which Month Of The Year Would You Pick?
It's a tough one for Xbox to answer in 2026!
We've already talked quite a lot recently about Xbox's stacked first-party lineup for 2026 and how they'll need to work around the release of GTA 6 in November along the way, and we've seen plenty of discussion from the Pure Xbox community about which months you'd personally choose to release a game in...
- Xbox
- Talking Point
- Features
Monday29th Dec 2025
News Xbox Owner Thinks They've Found A 'Major Design Flaw' That Impacts Game Performance
Related to having lots of friends and messages
Over the weekend, a pro Halo player known as Brett Leonard (or "Naded") took to social media to highlight what they think is a "major design flaw" on Xbox consoles that's actually hurting performance in games. Leonard first posted about this on December 18th, suggesting that "Xbox messages are tied to...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Xbox Dashboard
- Xbox Friends
News Latest Sales Estimates Suggest Xbox Sold Over Two Million Series X|S Consoles In 2025
Despite the price increases
With just a handful of days left of 2025, the folks over at VGChartz have shared their latest console sales estimates today (that go up to November), and they suggest that Xbox has sold over two million Series X|S consoles this year. Compared to 2024, this is said to be a -45.1% decrease on the previous figure of 4.79...
- Xbox
- Sales Estimates
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Report Xbox & PlayStation Could Delay Next-Gen Consoles Due To RAM Price Increases
"The industry as a whole is concerned about RAM availability"
Back in November, we shared a report from Moore's Law Is Dead on YouTube that suggested Xbox Series X|S prices could increase again soon due to RAM shortages, and there's concern that it might delay the next Xbox console as well. Well-known ins
- Xbox
- RAM
- Next-Gen Console
- PlayStation
- Industry
News Xbox & Microsoft Dominate The List Of 'Most Covered' Gaming Companies In 2025
But Nintendo still wins the individual category
The good folks at GamesIndustry.biz recently published their annual "Year in Numbers" roundup of the games industry for 2025, and the most interesting bit from an Xbox perspective relates to the "most covered companies" section. Over the past two years, Xbox has led this category with 308,834 articles...
- Xbox
- Microsoft
- Coverage
- Industry
News Halo 2's E3 Demo From May 2003 Has Leaked Online, And Here's A Look At Some Footage
Incredible stuff!
Bungie's Halo 2 unsurprisingly proved a smash hit when it arrived on the original Xbox in November 2004, but over a year prior to that, the company showed off the game at June's E3 2003 event. To mark the appearance, the company built a special E3 demo that would mark the first gameplay footage of Halo 2 to be seen by the public,...
- Xbox
- Halo 2
- E3
- Leaks
Saturday27th Dec 2025
Feature All New Games Coming To Xbox In January 2026
Release dates for every January Xbox launch
Welcome to our roundup of all new Xbox games coming out in January 2026! Below, we've listed every Xbox game with a January 2026 release date, including all confirmed Xbox Game Pass titles for January 2026 so far. Without further ado, here are all the new games coming to Xbox in January 2026: The...
- Xbox
- January 2026
- New Releases
- New Games
- Features
Poll What Were The Best Xbox Game Pass Additions In 2025?
It's been a busy old year for XGP!
Phew, what a busy year it's been for Xbox Game Pass in 2025! We've seen so many great games being added to the service over the past 12 months, a few of which have been Game of the Year contenders including Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Blue Prince, Hollow Knight: Silksong and a whole lot more. And of course, it's...
- Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass
- 2025
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 27-28)
Any Christmas presents to get stuck into?
It's the final weekend of the year! Not a whole lot is going on right now when it comes to Xbox, but we're betting you've got a massive backlog to get stuck into this weekend, including any Christmas presents you might have received! Here's what we're playing over the next few days: Fraser Gilbert, Editor:...
- Xbox
- Features
- Talking Point
- What Are You Playing
Friday26th Dec 2025
Feature Pure Xbox's Game Of The Year 2025: The Results You Didn't See
Including how many votes Expedition 33 got!
Yesterday, we published our Pure Xbox Game of the Year results for 2025, and the winner was crowned as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 by a huge margin (no surprise!), followed by Xbox first-party titles Avowed and DOOM: The Dark Ages. The GOTY feature is always focused on the games themselves rather than...
- Xbox
- Features
- Pure Xbox
- Game Of The Year
Talking Point Which Xbox Games Have You Managed To Finish In 2025?
Reaching the credits
So, with Christmas out the way and just a few days left of 2025 to go, we thought this would be a good opportunity to ask about the games you've played this year - and more specifically the games you've managed to finish. It's not uncommon for many of us to play tens if not hundreds of games without finishing them in a calendar...
- Xbox
- Talking Point
- Features
Thursday25th Dec 2025
Feature Pure Xbox's Game Of The Year 2025
Another expedition comes to an end
Here we go, it's officially time for the Pure Xbox Game of the Year 2025 roundup! A couple of weeks ago, we asked the Pure Xbox community to vote on your favourite Xbox releases of the past twelve months, and you responded with over 1,000 more votes than we saw last year (5,597 compared to 4,209). We thank you...
- Xbox
- Features
- Game Of The Year
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News Merry Christmas And Happy Holidays From The Pure Xbox Team!
And thank you for your constant support
Today's the day, folks! If you're celebrating Christmas, we hope you have a wonderful day filled with joy and hopefully some Xbox presents, maybe even including a console or two for some members of the PX community! We're naturally slowing down a little bit in terms of content at the moment, but you'll still...
- Xbox
- Christmas
- Site News
Wednesday24th Dec 2025
News Multiple Games Are Releasing For Xbox On Christmas Day, Including An All-Time Classic
Terrible idea, or secretly genius?
At the start of every week, we often like to highlight some new releases from our "Games Coming To Xbox Next Week" article the previous Saturday, but truth be told there wasn't a lot to get excited about this time around. That said, we've since learned about Taxi Chaos 2, which shadow dropped on the platform...
- Xbox
- Random
- Space Invaders
- Arcade Archives
News Marvel's Blade Director Shares Brief End Of 2025 Update On The Game's Progress
"It will be a special game"
It's been a long time since we last heard anything about Bethesda's upcoming Xbox first-party game Marvel's Blade, but one of the game's directors has shared a brief update on its progress as we come to the end of 2025. Responding to someone on social media, director Dinga Bakaba advised that the development team is...
- Xbox
- Marvel's Blade
News YouTuber Thinks They've Found More Evidence Of Xbox Making A New Spyro Game
To be developed by Toys for Bob
It's been rumoured for almost two years now that developer Toys for Bob might be working on a new Spyro game, especially since the company entered into a formal agreement for Xbox to publish its next title. Back in March of 2024, YouTuber 'Canadian Guy Eh
- Xbox
- Spyro
- Toys For Bob
Poll How Many Xbox Games Have You Actually Bought In 2025?
A few? A dozen? How about over 50?!
It's been an amazing year for top-quality games in 2025, with multiple Game of the Year candidates releasing on Xbox over the past 12 months, but there's only so much money and spare time to go around — we can't go buying all of them! Xbox Game Pass is always a big factor in this as well, with many of those...
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- Polls
- Features
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
Feature Nobody's Really Heard Of It, But This Is One Of My Xbox Games Of The Year For 2025
A hidden gem
When we asked you to vote on your Pure Xbox Game of the Year a couple of weeks ago, the game that received the least votes out of everything was Despelote (with two). That's not a reflection of the game itself, but rather that not many people have come across it — on the Xbox Store, for example, it doesn't even have enough scores to...
- Xbox
- Game Of The Year
- Despelote
- Opinion
- Features
Tuesday23rd Dec 2025
Feature Xbox Game Pass Is Looking Great For 2026, But Only Six Games Have Release Dates So Far
A quick look at what's to come
With Xbox Game Pass getting a big overhaul a few months ago, all eyes are on Microsoft to deliver a big lineup in 2026 - particularly for Ultimate subscribers who are now paying $30 a month for the privilege of being subscribed. When it comes to Xbox first-party, we have some massive games planned for next year...
- Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass
- 2026
- Microsoft
- Features
News Taxi Chaos 2 Has Surprise Launched On Xbox Today, Inspired By SEGA's Crazy Taxi Series
Shadow drop alert
One of the games that didn't get mentioned in our "Games Coming To Xbox Next Week" roundup over the weekend was Taxi Chaos 2, and yet it's suddenly arrived on the Xbox Store today as a shadow drop! This is obviously a sequel to the original Taxi Chaos from 2021, which at the time felt like a straight clone of SEGA's Crazy Taxi...
- Xbox
- Taxi Chaos 2
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Opinion This Xbox Game Studios Gem Is My Game Of The Year For 2025
Midnight delight
There are some fantastic candidates for Xbox GOTY this year, as is typically the case by the time the end of December draws near. Clair Obscur is bringing in the plaudits en masse, Split Fiction is up there with the best that 2025 has to offer, and DOOM: The Dark Ages is a devilishly awesome effort from Bethesda as well. But, having...
- Xbox
- Xbox Game Studios
- Game Of The Year
- 2025
- Xbox Game Pass
News These Are The Top-Selling Games In The Xbox Countdown Sale 2025
The hottest deals right now
We're fast approaching a week since the massive Xbox Countdown Sale began on the Xbox Store, and just before Christmas rolls around, we thought we'd have a look at the top-selling games in that sale as things stand. When we used to do these roundups, we'd typically highlight either the UK or US versions of the "Top Paid"...
- Xbox
- Deals
- Xbox Countdown Sale 2025
- Round Up
Rumour Xbox 'Nearly Done' With First Version Of Call Of Duty For Nintendo Switch
Set to arrive in 2026
Back in November, we mentioned that Sledgehammer Games was looking for a developer with Nintendo Switch experience, suggesting the Call of Duty franchise could be making its way to Switch in the near future, and now it's being reported that Xbox is "nearly done" bringing its first COD experience to the platform. This is...
- Xbox
- Call of Duty
- Nintendo Switch
News Xbox Exec Pays Respects To Beloved Influencer And 'Incredible Human', Lamarr Wilson
"Rest In Peace Lamarr"
If you've followed Xbox closely over the past few years, you may have come across an extremely popular influencer known as Lamarr Wilson — he's even appeared on the Xbox YouTube channel before, as you can see below. The tech world was rocked over the weekend when it was revealed that Wilson had passed away last month,...
- Xbox
News Hell Let Loose Unveils Huge Roadmap Of Content For 2026, But There's A Catch On Xbox
This might be the time to buy it
It's been a very successful six and a half years for Hell Let Loose since its initial release on PC back in mid-2019, and it sounds like the game is going to evolve substantially once again in 2026 according to a new roadmap. As shared on social media yesterday, Hell Let Loose is scheduled to add multiple new maps,...
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- Hell Let Loose
- Roadmap
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News 007 First Light Suffers Delay, Will Now Release When GTA 6 Was Supposed To
It's taken over the old May 2026 window from Rockstar Games
We've been eagerly awaiting the release of 007 First Light on Xbox next year, so we're a little saddened (but not too surprised) to hear it's been pushed back slightly from March to May of 2026. Specifically, 007 First Light will now launch on May 27th, 2026. This is one day after the date...
- Xbox
- 007 First Light
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- GTA 6
Monday22nd Dec 2025
News As Forza Motorsport Winds Down, Gran Turismo Is Experiencing A 'Phenomenon' At PlayStation
Similar games, different outcomes
Much has been said about how Forza Motorsport is essentially winding down after two years on the market, with the team recently confirming that no major new content would be added to the game in 2026. That obviously comes as a shame for those who enjoy a more simulation-focused experience than what Forza Horizon...
- Xbox
- Forza Motorsport
- Gran Turismo 7
News Here Are The Top 10 Xbox Games Of 2025 According To Metacritic
So many GOTY candidates!
We're getting closer and closer to the Pure Xbox Game of the Year 2025 roundup (you'll see it on Christmas Day!), but before we get there, we thought we'd highlight the highest-rated Xbox games of 2025 according to Metacritic. We're not surprised to see that the list is stacked this year, with six games reaching an average...
- Xbox
- Metacritic
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series S
- Xbox Series X
News PBA Pro Bowling 2026 Reviews Suggest It's One Of The Best Bowling Games Ever On Xbox
Who do you think you are? I am!
The latest edition in the PBA Pro Bowling series (PBA Pro Bowling 2026) quietly released on Xbox last week, and it just so happens that it's been getting excellent reviews - "Very Positive" on Steam based on almost 100 reviews (97% of which are positive) and a 4.6/5 rating on the Xbox Store based on 37 reviews (78% of...
- Xbox
- PBA Pro Bowling 2026
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Microsoft Says It's 'Incorrect' That Xbox Division Is Now Targeting 30% Profit Margins
But the goals are still ambitious
Over the past couple of months, you may have come across this idea that Microsoft has placed a target of 30% profit margins on the Xbox division — and this stems from a report that first mentioned it back in October. At the time, Bloomberg noted how these profit margins were "well above the industry average" of...
- Xbox
- Microsoft
- Industry
- Xbox Game Studios
News Legendary Game Designer Vince Zampella Has Suddenly Died, Aged 55
The Call of Duty, Titanfall creator has died in a car accident
We have some very sad news to report on this evening, as it's emerged that legendary game designer Vince Zampella — the figurehead behind some of the most influential first-person shooters of the last two decades — has suddenly died in a car accident aged 55. As reported on by NBC,...
- Vince Zampella
- Industry
- Infinity Ward
- Respawn
News New Xbox 'Investigation' Highlights The Dangers Of Banned (And Hacked) Accounts
Do everything you can to keep it safe
We've spoken before how about crucial it is to keep your Xbox account safe, and a new "investigation" highlights how much a problem you could face if your account gets blocked — and specifically if it gets banned. Windows Central editor Jez Corden says he's been "investigating" reports of banned Xbox accounts...
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- Account
- 2FA
- Password
Talking Point What Games Are You Playing Over Christmas Break?
What's in your plans over Xmas and New Year?
The festive season is truly upon us now as we officially enter Christmas week, which has us thinking and planning and batting off family conversations as we hunker down; trying to tackle our gaming backlogs while we have the chance. And this year, we seem to have a near-endless stack of games to play...
- Xbox
- Features
- Talking Point
- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox Series X
Talking Point Which Xbox Games Deserved More Love This Year?
Anything you wanna shout about?
With The Game Awards now wrapped up and lots of this year's releases getting their fair share of attention at the show (and elsewhere), we want to take a little time to discuss the Xbox games that deserved a bit more love throughout 2025. As is the case pretty much every year, many games tend to fall by the wayside...
- Xbox
- Features
- Talking Point
- Microsoft
- GOTY 2025
News Battlefield 6 Players Think They've Spotted Evidence Of AI-Generated Cosmetics
"Two barrels on the M4A1, sure."
We're guaranteed to see more and more examples of AI-generated content in games over the coming years, and Battlefield 6 players think they've spotted an example in the form of a "Player Card Sticker" as part of its cosmetics. A couple of days ago, someone took to the Battlefield subreddit to angrily point out how...
- Xbox
- Battlefield 6
- EA
- AI
Sunday21st Dec 2025
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Shares Lengthy Video Message After Winning 'Industry Icon' Award
"I'm honoured to accept this Industry Icon award"
An event called the Grand Game Awards took place on Friday, celebrating "the best achievements in the gaming industry across the [Middle East and North Africa] region and beyond", and Xbox boss Phil Spencer was recognised as being an "Industry Icon" as part of it. Phil appeared in a video message to...
- Xbox
- Phil Spencer
- Grand Game Awards
Saturday20th Dec 2025
News 50+ Games Are Reduced By 90-95% In This Year's Xbox Countdown Sale
HUGE discounts for great games!
Looking for some cheap Xbox games during the Xbox Countdown Sale 2025? We've got an absolutely massive list of 50+ games that are reduced by 90-95% in this winter sale, including so many classics such as Dragon Age: Inquisition, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and ot
- Xbox
- Discounts
- Deals
- Xbox Countdown Sale
Talking Point Will Any Of Xbox's 2026 Releases Become GOTY Contenders Next Year?
We have a huge 12 months ahead!
With The Game Awards 2025 now firmly in our rear-view mirrors and Xbox missing out on a GOTY nomination once again, we've started thinking about next year's event and whether anything that comes out of Microsoft HQ will earn a nomination in 2026. To be clear, we are talking about the Geoff Keighley December bonanza...
- Xbox
- Features
- Talking Point
- Microsoft
- Game of the Year
Feature These Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (December 22-26)
Just a handful of releases for Christmas week
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for December 22-26! This is obviously Christmas week, so releases are few and far between, but we've still got a handful of new games on the way over the next few days. Here's what's coming to Xbox next week: New Xbox Releases (December 22-26): Injection π23...
- Xbox
- Features
- Weekly Roundup
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 20-21)
Something from the Xbox Countdown Sale 2025?
Welcome to the last weekend before Christmas! Yep, we've got plenty of games that may or may not already be wrapped under that big living room tree right now, but that's not stopping us from adding to our digital backlogs via various ongoing sales as well. Of course it's not! Here's what we're playing...
- Xbox
- Features
- Talking Point
- What Are You Playing
