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Wednesday6th Aug 2025
New game to be announced later this year
It feels like the rhythm game genre has enjoyed somewhat of a resurgence in recent years, especially when you consider the likes of Fortnite Festival and the array of new guitar peripherals that have been getting released on Xbox and beyond - and now a new studio called RedOctane Games is ready to take...
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- Guitar Hero
- DJ Hero
- RedOctane Games
News Xbox Dev Turn 10 Goes Dark As Questions Remain Over The Future Of Forza Motorsport
FM Social media has gone very quiet
Just over a month ago now, Microsoft's sweeping layoffs affected Xbox studios around the globe, including Forza Motorsport developer Turn 10. According to reports, Xbox's premiere racing studio was hit particularly hard by job cuts — seemingly losing around 50% of staff — and the team's lack of
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- Forza Motorsport
- Turn 10 Studios
- Microsoft
- Xbox Series X
News Four Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass Standard (August 6)
Another library refresh
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! Today, Microsoft is adding four games to its mid-tier 'XGP Standard' library, including the likes of Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders and Citizen Sleeper 2. Oh, and before we round all of these up, the ma
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- Xbox Game Pass Standard
- Microsoft
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News Xbox Design Lab Officially Returns After Being 'On Hold' For All Of 2025
It's back!
It's back! Microsoft has announced today that Xbox Design Lab - the service that lets you create and customise your own Xbox controllers - has officially returned after spending the entirety of 2025 until now being "temporarily on hold". No reason has been provided for why it was offline all this time, but it's said to have returned...
- Xbox
- Xbox Design Lab
"I could talk about the prejudice forever"
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 blew us away when it released earlier this year - one of the best Xbox releases of 2025 without a doubt, and up there as one of the best turn-based RPGs we've seen in the Xbox Series X and S generation. Speaking in an interview with Automaton recently though, Expedition 33...
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- Expedition 33
- JRPG
News GTA Insider Shares First Look At Age Verification Checks For GTA Online
"Rockstar is planning to implement age assurance checks"
Ahead of the release of GTA 6 next year, it looks like Rockstar Games is about to implement age verification checks for GTA Online, as leaked by the well-known Rockstar Games reporter / insider Tez2 on social media. Tez2 first talked about this a few days ago, highlighting various lines of...
- Xbox
- Grand Theft Auto
- GTA Online
- GTA 6
News NHL 26 Has A Surprisingly Early Release Date, 10-Hour Xbox Game Pass Trial Included
It'll be with us in just a month!
EA has unveiled its latest new sports game today in the form of NHL 26, which is releasing surprisingly early for an NHL title - it's usually out in early October, but they've pushed it forward by a month to September 12th, 2025. This newest entry in the series features ICE-Q 2.0 technology that's fueled by NHL...
- Xbox
- NHL 26
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Tuesday5th Aug 2025
News Three Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Early August 2025
Update: Atlas Fallen could be leaving too
Microsoft has announced the first batch of games leaving Xbox Game Pass in August 2025 today, with three games set to depart the service on August 15th - the majority of them across console, PC and the cloud. Here's the full list of games leaving Xbox Game Pass in early August 2025: Date Game Leaving...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft
- Leaving Soon
News These 9 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (August 5-14)
Your latest batch of new titles
Microsoft has revealed a new batch of Xbox Game Pass titles for the first half of August 2025, which includes the previously-confirmed Hellblade 2 Enhanced, as well as some surprises like Assassin's Creed Mirage and Aliens: Fireteam Elite. Here's what's coming to Xbox Game Pass from August 5 through August 14
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News Turn-Based TMNT Game Announced For Xbox, Releases Next Week
"The first-ever turn-based Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game"
You can never have too many Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games, right...? We're getting another one on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S next week, as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown has just received a surprise August 14th release date for the two Xbox consoles along...
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- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- TMNT
Reminder Nightdive Studios Has Something 'Big' To Announce At QuakeCon This Week
What's it going to be?
Just in case you'd forgotten, Nightdive Studios apparently has its "next big thing" to announce at QuakeCon 2025 later this week! The company mentioned this during a recent livestream, and we've been intrigued about it ever since. <related ids="184419"> But what's it going to be? Well, we speculated that a remaster of...
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- Nightdive Studios
- QuakeCon
News 'Days Gone' Tweet Attracts The Attention Of Xbox Fans, But Don't Get Your Hopes Up
Much ado about nothing?
There's been a lot of talk about PlayStation games coming to Xbox in recent weeks - kickstarted by the announcement of Helldivers 2 for Xbox back in early July, as well as reports and rumours suggesting more are on the way. However, our sister site Push Square recently reported ab
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- Days Gone
- Random
News 200+ Games Added To This Week's Xbox Sales, Featuring Some Huge Reductions
Xbox continues to add new sales
Not that it's a bad thing, but Xbox can't stop adding new sales at the moment! Following the conclusion of the big Xbox Summer Sale last week, we've seen loads of sales going live on the Microsoft Store including a QuakeCon Sale and a Deepest Discounts Sale, and now today's weekly refresh has added another 200+...
- Xbox
- Deals
- Sales
Talking Point So, Are You Buying Mafia: The Old Country On Xbox At Its $50 Price Point?
A reasonably priced affair
The Mafia series makes its grand return this week in the form of Mafia: The Old Country; Hangar 13's upcoming prequel that takes us back to 1900s Sicily. Publisher 2K has made a bold decision to price this one at just $50 at launch — including for Xbox Series X|S — which leaves us with one question. Is the game's...
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- Mafia: The Old Country
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Features
News A Month After Xbox Layoffs, Call Of Duty Dev Raven Software Officially Unionises
It took nearly 3 years of negotiation
Raven Software, the team behind the campaign portion of last year's Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, is this week celebrating a fresh union contract that guarantees improved working conditions over at Xbox. Per a post from the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the group of Raven employees who voted to unionise...
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- Microsoft
- Industry
- Call of Duty
- Raven Software
News EA Is Working On 'A Few' Unannounced Games Based On Disney IP
Alongside Iron Man & Star Wars Jedi 3
For a while now, EA has been working with Disney to translate its big IP into AAA video games - mostly based on the Star Wars franchise. However, EA's Dead Space team is now working on an Iron Man game too, and a new interview confirms that more unannounced Disney projects are in the works as well. <related...
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- EA
- Disney
- Star Wars
- Xbox Series X
News Karma: The Dark World Crosses From PS5 To Xbox This September
With an Xbox-exclusive filter!
We've been waiting a little while for KARMA: The Dark World to make its Xbox debut, having originally released for PC and PS5 back in March, but we've finally got a release date - it hits Series X and Series S on September 14th, 2025. KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a...
- Xbox
- Karma: The Dark World
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Monday4th Aug 2025
Guide Battlefield 6 Beta: Start Date, Access Times & Preload Details On Xbox
Everything you need to know about the BF6 beta
EA's recent Battlefield 6 reveal event brought news of a pre-launch beta coming this month - across two full weekends on Xbox, PC and PS5. So, how do you download and play this Battlefield 6 beta? And can you get early access on Xbox? Here's everything you need to know ahead of launch: Battlefield 6...
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- Battlefield 6 Beta
- EA
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Halo Infinite Fall Update 2025 Launches This Week, And It's Packed With 'Major Game Updates'
A new chapter begins
Halo Infinite is officially kicking off its Fall 2025 update this week in the form of Operation: Shadows on August 5th, which is introducing loads of "major game updates" including new maps, a new vehicle, Forge updates and more. Specifically, the new vehicle is the Falcon (being added to a new Famished Famished Falcons...
- Xbox
- Halo Infinite
- Updates
News Battlefield 6 FAQ Reveals Multiple Performance Modes On Xbox Series X|S
60FPS as a minimum!
We had to wait a while for concrete details on Battlefield 6, but they're well and truly here now as EA blows the doors off its upcoming AAA FPS. As part of that information blowout, we've got a big FAQ page to parse through now, including details on performance modes across Xbox Series X and S. According to EA and Battlefield...
- Xbox
- Battlefield 6
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- EA
Talking Point Should Xbox Bring Back Limited Edition Consoles?
Does it tempt you to double dip?
Throughout the Xbox 360 and Xbox One eras, Microsoft was prolific when it came to limited edition consoles. Pretty much every major release from Xbox Game Studios would have an epic console to pair with it - from the likes of Halo 3 way back in 2007 right through to Gears 5 the year before Xbox Series X came out...
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- Features
- Talking Point
- Microsoft
- Xbox Series X
Report BioShock Remake Cancelled As Upcoming Sequel Hits Development Troubles
Bloomberg has the deets
It's been a very long time since we saw a brand-new BioShock title — more than a decade in fact — and it's looking like we're going to have to wait a good while yet for the follow-up to 2013's BioShock Infinite. In recent days, Bloomberg has reported that the upcomin
- Xbox
- BioShock
- 2K Games
- Cloud Chamber
- Xbox Series X
News Xbox Adds New Dynamic Background & Gamerpics For Rare's 40th Birthday
Rare's big day
As we just unveiled elsewhere on Pure Xbox, we have some goodies being announced today to celebrate the 40th anniversary of developer Rare - and those goodies also include a batch of fresh gamerpics and a new dynamic background on Xbox Series X|S. <related ids="185925"> Yep, to celebrate 40 years of the famous Xbox studio,...
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- Rare
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Microsoft
News 8BitDo Unveils Its First Xbox Wireless Controller To Celebrate Rare's 40th Anniversary
Officially licensed by Xbox and Rare
The good folks at 8BitDo are back with another Xbox controller, but this time there's a big difference - not only is it the company's first wireless Xbox controller to hit the market, but it's also celebrating the 40th anniversary of Rare! In addition to both wired and wireless compatibility with Xbox One, Xbox...
- Xbox
- Controllers
- 8BitDo
- Rare
News Xbox's Phil Spencer & Sarah Bond Make Surprise Appearance At ChinaJoy 2025
Checking out games from Tencent, NetEase and others
The ChinaJoy gaming festival has been taking place at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre over the past few days, and although Xbox wasn't expected to play a major role in the event, Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond ended up making a surprise appearance! In a series of photos shared by the...
- Xbox
- Phil Spencer
- Sarah Bond
- Industry
News Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage Hits Xbox In October, Price & Beta Details Revealed
We've got a release date!
Following its announcement for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S back in May, SEGA has revealed today that Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage will release for the two Xbox consoles on October 30th, 2025. Pre-orders have officially begun on the Xbox Store, and the good news is that it's surprisingly cheap - the standard...
- Xbox
- Virtua Fighter
- Release Dates
Pick One What Was Your Favourite Xbox Game Pass Addition In July 2025?
RoboCop? Grounded 2? THPS? Tell us!
We're just about to get properly started with Xbox Game Pass in August 2025, so this marks our last chance to look back on the past few weeks for the service - a month that included two Xbox first-party releases as part of the lineup! Those two games were Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 and Grounded 2, both of which...
- Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass
- Features
- Pick One
Saturday2nd Aug 2025
The hottest picks for RPG action on Xbox consoles in 2025
What are the best Xbox RPG games you can play in 2025? The RPG genre has exploded in popularity in recent years, edging its way into mainstream gamer consciousness like never before. As a result, where Western RPGs have historically been pretty hard to come by, they're now absolutely...
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- Xbox
- RPGs
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
Xbox console exclusive games you can enjoy in 2025
What are the best Xbox exclusives you can play in 2025? The Xbox ecosystem has been home to some truly stellar Xbox exclusives over the years, top-notch titles that you'll only find on Microsoft's family of consoles and PC. What's more, the vast majority of these titles are now available via Xbox...
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- Exclusives
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Feature These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (August 4-8)
Including a new Mafia game!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for August 4-8! The next few days are looking very busy for new indie releases, while we've also got the major arrivals of Mafia: The Old Country and Madden 26's free trial on Game Pass Ultimate! Here's what's coming to Xbox next week: New Xbox Releases (August 4-8): Dark Steel...
- Xbox
- Features
- Weekly Roundup
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
Talking Point What Are Your First Impressions Of Grounded 2 On Xbox Game Pass?
How are you finding Obsidian's new sequel?
Obsidian is having some year, eh? After the release of Avowed back in February, the team has now delivered Grounded 2 here on Xbox Game Pass - before its sci-fi sequel The Outer Worlds 2 then lands in October. So, what do you make of the studio's second major release of 2025 so far? Of course, Grounded 2...
- Xbox
- Features
- Talking Point
- Grounded 2
- Xbox Game Pass
News Lots Of Games Are Discounted By 90% In The Xbox Deepest Discounts Sale 2025
HUGE discounts for great games!
Looking for some cheap Xbox games during the Xbox Deepest Discounts Sale 2025? As we highlighted earlier this week, this is a special new sale on the Microsoft Store that's dedicated entirely to discounts of 80% or more - which means we've got a massive selection of 90% discounts right now as well! Because of this,...
- Xbox
- Deals
- Discounts
- Xbox Deepest Discounts Sale
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 2-3)
Hopping into your digital gardens?
Welcome to another weekend! We're now officially into August 2025, which means the early access release of Obsidian's Grounded 2 has come and gone - day one on Xbox Game Pass of course. We'd wager some of you folks are probably trying that one out this weekend! Here's what we're dipping into over the next few...
- Xbox
- Features
- Talking Point
- What Are You Playing
Friday1st Aug 2025
News Xbox Quietly Adds New Release To August 2025 Game Pass Lineup
It's suddenly in the "Coming Soon" section
We're still waiting on Microsoft to formally reveal the first batch of Xbox Game Pass titles for August 2025 (it'll probably be early next week now), but an upcoming release has quietly sneaked into the "Coming Soon" list anyway. This release is a game called "Herdling", and it's coming out on August 21st...
- Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass
- Herdling
News 100 New Games Added To Xbox 'Stream Your Own Game' For August
The pace has rapidly picked up!
It's getting harder and harder to track all the Xbox "Stream Your Own Game" titles that are being added on a near-weekly basis these days - partly because Microsoft never talks about them, and partly because they're adding so many! In fact, this is the biggest batch we've come across so far - 100 new games that have...
- Xbox
- Stream Your Own Game
- Xbox Cloud Gaming
Rumour Sony Is Planning To Bring More PS5 Games To Xbox
But we don't know which
We're living in strange, strange times, folks. Hot on the heels of a Sony job listing that talked about hiring an executive to work on PlayStation's multiplatform strategy, new rumours are indeed suggesting that the Japanese game maker has plans to bring more games to Xbox. This is coming from well-known leaker NateTheHate,...
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- Microsoft
- PS5
- PlayStation
- Xbox Series X
News Here's Everything That Was Revealed At The THQ Nordic Showcase 2025
All the Xbox games we saw
Today marked the 2025 version of the THQ Nordic Showcase, which treated us to a whole bunch of trailers and game announcements for the likes of SpongeBob Squarepants: Tides of the Tide, Darksiders 4 and a lot more! Below, you can check out all the Xbox related trailers for the games in the THQ Nordic Showcase 2025:...
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- THQ Nordic
- Events
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News Cyberpunk 2077 Analysis For Switch 2 Highlights How Great The Xbox Series S Version Is
"Series S powers through at 60fps, with just occasional drops"
The fine folks over at Digital Foundry have been taking a look at the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Cyberpunk 2077 this week and stacking it up against various other console releases, including the Xbox Series S. It's the Series S that makes for the most compelling comparison, with the...
- Xbox
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Xbox Series S
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Digital Foundry
News Three Big Xbox Sales Are Kicking Off August 2025, Including A 'Deepest Discounts' Sale
Following the end of the Summer Sale
The Xbox Summer Sale is now officially over for another year, but Xbox isn't slowing down! To kick off August 2025 we've got three brand-new sales on the Microsoft Store, including a very enticing Deepest Discounts sale. That specific sale is focused on games that are reduced by 80% or above, while the other two...
- Xbox
- Deals
- Round Up
Opinion This Month On Xbox Is Stacked, Including A Few First-Party Treats
A quiet summer? Not a chance!
We've now ticked over to the month of August, which at one time would have meant the final 'quiet' period before the gaming calendar really kicked into gear later in the year. In recent times, though, new releases seem to be coming thick and fast pretty much every month - and this one is absolutely no different!...
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- Features
- August 2025
- Microsoft
- Xbox Game Pass
Talking Point Battlefield 6 Or Black Ops 7, Which Xbox FPS Are You Looking Forward To Most?
The boys are back in town
Seriously, what year is it?! It's been a good while now since Battlefield and Call of Duty have gone head-to-head, with the latter having a free run of things as of late when it comes this age-old FPS battle. In 2025 though, the boys are back in town - as Battlefield 6 and Black Ops 7 are pitted against each other later...
- Xbox
- Battlefield 6
- Black Ops 7
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Mafia: The Old Country Gets 60FPS Mode On Xbox Series X, Series S Seemingly Misses Out
Hangar 13 spills the beans
Well, it's officially Mafia: The Old Country month now, with Hangar 13's new entry in the Mafia series set to hit Xbox consoles here on August 8th. That means we're starting to learn everything there is to know about the upcoming adventure, including how the game will run on PC and consoles. In a new post on social media,...
- Xbox
- Mafia The Old Country
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Report Starfield PS5 Port Planned For Spring 2026 Alongside New Expansion
But don't expect a shadow drop
Things have been a little quiet on the Starfield front as of late, but a new report suggests that might be about to change. Outlet MP1st is today reporting that the game's second expansion — alongside a PS5 port — is due out in Spring 2026, and we could be hearing about it all much sooner than that. The site says...
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- Starfield
- PS5
- Microsoft
- Bethesda
Thursday31st Jul 2025
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (July 31 - August 3)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Welcome to your latest Free Play Days promo on Xbox! This weekend, we've got four games in the lineup, including three titles that just released earlier on in 2025 - with the pictured Dynasty Warriors: Origins being one of those titles. Here's the full Free Play Days lineup this week: The Ascent Dynasty Warriors:...
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- Free Play Days
- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
Talking Point It's Been A Year Since Microsoft Closed The Xbox 360 Store
Goodnight sweet prince
Can you believe that it's been more than a year since Microsoft shut down the old Xbox 360 store? Well, you better believe it! Yep, Team Green closed the curtains on the Xbox 360 storefront on July 29th, 2024; just over a year ago now as we look back here in 2025. We must admit, we do miss the 360 days quite a lot. OK, the...
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- Features
- Talking Point
- Xbox 360
- Microsoft
Roundup Here's What The Previews Say About Xbox Horror Title Cronos: The New Dawn
Update: Now dated for September 2025!
Bloober Team is riding a high right now off the back of its recent Silent Hill 2 remake, and despite that one not landing on Xbox yet, its next title is locked and loaded for the Microsoft platform. Yep, Cronos: The New Dawn will launch on Xbox Series X|S, and a fres
- Xbox
- Round Up
- Cronos: The New Dawn
- Bloober Team
- Xbox Series X
News 'Xbox PC' Gets Renamed Again As Microsoft Tries To Figure Out The Perfect Branding
They've made a slight adjustment
A couple of months ago, we mentioned how Xbox seemingly had a new name for its PC platform in the form of "Xbox PC", using this term as part of its marketing material for various games, but now it's seemingly been adjusted again. As pointed out by The Verge's Tom Warren, new promotional slides for both Grounded 2...
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- PC
- Xbox PC
- Xbox On PC
News Xbox Game Pass Annual Revenue Nears $5 Billion For First Time, Says Microsoft CEO
Satya Nadella points out the positives
Last week, we highlighted how Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella had been discussing the recent job layoffs at Xbox, stating how they'd been "weighing heavily on me" and that he expressed his "sincere gratitude to those who have left". That's not to say Xbox hasn't enjoyed any success recently though, and in a...
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- Microsoft
- Satya Nadella
News Multiple Games Announced For Xbox Following July 2025's Nintendo Direct
Including a new Monster Hunter game!
As highlighted by our sister site Nintendo Life, we were treated to a special "Partner Direct" showcase from Nintendo earlier today featuring lots of third-party announcements, and plenty of those games are coming to Xbox as well! This includes a long-awaited release date for horror title Cronos: The New Dawn,...
- Xbox
- Nintendo Direct
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Battlefield 6 Gets Official Xbox Release Date, Open Beta Begins In August
"Experience definitive all-out warfare with Battlefield 6"
EA has pulled back the curtain on the multiplayer side of Battlefield 6 today, confirming that the game will release for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on October 10th, 2025, while also mentioning that we'll be able to play it very soon! You can get a taste of what to expect in the...
- Xbox
- Battlefield 6
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
