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Tuesday22nd Jul 2025
News 'Battlefield 6' Confirmed As The Next Mainline Entry, Reveal Coming This Week
Prepare for war
EA has officially titled the next Battlefield game, and its full reveal is right around the corner. Yep, the mega-publisher is keeping things simple this time with 'Battlefield 6' - the upcoming mainline entry in DICE's popular military shooter. This one has been going through rounds of private testing for some time now
- Xbox
- Battlefield 6
- EA
- DICE
- Xbox Series X
News Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival Announced For Xbox, And It's 'Closer Than You'd Think'
A new single-player survival horror action game
We've got a brand-new survival horror game that's just been announced today in the form of Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival, which is officially coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S (but there's no release date just yet). This game is said to "take first-person action horror survival to the...
- Xbox
- Clive Barker's Hellraiser
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Talking Point Looking Back, How Useful Has Smart Delivery Been To You On Xbox?
The free conversion service from Xbox One to Series X|S
Nobody really talks about Xbox Smart Delivery anymore, and that kinda makes sense! It's the name for a service that supports free upgrades from Xbox One titles to their Xbox Series X|S versions, with hundreds getting the treatment over the years. Now that we're five years into the current...
- Xbox
- Xbox Smart Delivery
- Talking Point
- Features
News Hellblade 2's 60FPS Mode Required Lots Of Work, New Breakdown Explains
"We made a series of optimizations"
Ahead of Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 Enhanced arriving on Xbox Game Pass next month, developer Ninja Theory has gone into a bit more detail on how it's managed to get the game running at 60FPS on Xbox Series X - which sounds like no small feat for a game of this nature. We'll drop the team's video explainer on this...
- Xbox
- Hellblade 2
- Ninja Theory
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Nacon Commits To Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown With Extensive Year 2 Roadmap
Graphics overhaul coming this year
We're fast approaching a year since Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown hit Xbox on some unsteady ground, with server problems and performance issues plaguing the open-world racer at launch. The team at Nacon has worked to improve the game in key areas
- Xbox
- Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown
- Nacon
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Award-Winning PlayStation Exclusive 'Viewfinder' Jumps To Xbox In August
"An award-winning first-person puzzle game"
Viewfinder, the award-winning puzzle game currently out on PlayStation & PC, is making its way to Xbox & Nintendo Switch next month as the game strips itself of any Sony console exclusivity. Publisher Thunderful and developer Sad Owl Studios have announced the news alongside a new accolades...
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- Viewfinder
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Splitgate 2 Is Going 'Back To Beta' Amidst Job Losses And Server Closure For Splitgate 1
"We bit off more than we could chew"
The team behind Splitgate 2 has announced major plans for the game today, admitting that the recent launch hasn't gone as hoped. As a result, they'll be going "back to beta" with plans to rebuild major parts of the experience. In a statement on Twitter, it was explained that the team "bit off more than we could...
- Xbox
- Splitgate 2
News Supermassive Delays Directive 8020's Halloween 2025 Release, Layoffs Confirmed
Now coming in 2026
Supermassive Games, the team behind Bandai Namco's Dark Pictures horror series, has delayed its upcoming title Directive 8020 out of this October. The studio's next spooky cinematic experience will now land in "the first half of 2026", as it lays off 36 staff members in the process. This unfortunate news comes accompanied by a...
- Xbox
- Directive 8020
- Supermassive Games
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Monday21st Jul 2025
News Four Games Are Available This Week With Xbox Game Pass (July 22-24)
Update: We've got a surprise fourth addition!
Welcome to your latest roundup for Xbox Game Pass! This week, we have three new additions coming to the XGP library, including day one soulslike Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. As usual, then, we're going to round up all three of these new titles to give you a flavour of what's new to Game Pass this week...
- Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News No Rest For The Wicked May Skip Xbox 'For The Time Being' Due To 'Current Market Conditions'
Update: CEO says the game will be on Xbox eventually
The latest game from the team behind the amazing Ori series - Moon Studios - is currently available in early access on PC in the form of No Rest for the Wicked, and the hope is that we'll be playing it on Xbox eventually as well. At launch on console though, it sounds like No Rest for the Wicked...
- Xbox
- No Rest for the Wicked
News Microsoft Is Adding A 'Play History' Tab To The Xbox Dashboard
Unifying Xbox, PC and Cloud gaming
Microsoft has today announced an intriguing update for Xbox players, in another move towards unifying its gaming experience across console, PC and cloud. Rolling out now for Xbox Insiders, a new 'Play History' tab is being introduced on console and PC that makes it easier to browse your recently played games -...
- Xbox
- Xbox Play Anywhere
- Play History
- Microsoft
- Xbox Insiders
News Indiana Jones Team Confirms Multiple Games In Development, 'Excited' For Its Future
"With exciting new projects in development..."
During the Xbox Game Showcase this year, Indiana Jones dev MachineGames confirmed that its The Order of Giants DLC is coming out in September - and it sounds like the studio has some other big projects in the pipeline as well. The Xbox first-party team has just released its newest financials,...
- Xbox
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- MachineGames
PSA Movies Anywhere Allows You To 'Sync' Your Xbox Purchases With Other Film Providers
But only in the US
Last week, Microsoft announced that its 'Movies & TV' service would be coming to an end across Xbox and other platforms, with the company immediately removing the ability to buy film and television content on the Microsoft Store. The fortunate part is that your existing purchases are safe (at least for now), still accessible...
- Xbox
- Movies Anywhere
- PSA
- Microsoft Movies & TV
News Xbox Game Pass Is Getting Another 'Day One' Shadow Drop Today (July 21)
Descenders Next has arrived!
A few months ago, we mentioned how Descenders Next had suffered a last-minute delay ahead of its planned Xbox Game Pass release, and now it's suddenly returned as a shadow drop - meaning it's officially out today! The publishers say they were inspired by Oblivion Remastered's recent shadow drop to make this July 21st...
- Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass
- Descenders Next
Guide Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Release Date, Release Times & Preload Details On Xbox Game Pass
This week's big XGP release
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is about to bring its soulslike action to Xbox Game Pass, in turn being the biggest XGP release of the coming week! So, we've gathered up everything you need to know about this upcoming action-RPG, including exactly when you can dive into the experience on Xbox Game Pass. Everything from the...
- Xbox
- Guides
- Wuchang: Fallen Feathers
- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox Series X
Talking Point Five Years On, How Much Longer Can Xbox & EA Play's Partnership Last?
It's been a long-term deal as promised
Back in 2020, around the launch of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, Microsoft made a big move by integrating EA Play into the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and (eventually) PC Game Pass memberships, and we questioned at the time whether it'd be a short-term thing to sell consoles, or a long-term deal that could...
- Xbox
- Talking Point
- Features
- EA Play
"This is a far-reaching issue, and we are working on it"
Something called the "Stop Killing Games" petition has been racking up a ton of interest over the past few weeks and months, even passing the one million signatures mark back in early July - and now Ubisoft has commented on it too. At a recent annual meeting (thanks Game File and
- Xbox
- Ubisoft
- Stop Killing Games
News Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Is Getting A Third-Person Mode On Xbox
Coming in an update later this year
Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment have announced a new update for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and it contains a much-welcome third-person mode for the game on Xbox Series X|S. Unfortunately, fans will have to wait until December 5th to go hands-on with this update, which also contains New Game+ and more fresh...
- Xbox
- Ubisoft
- Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Brings Its Football RPG To Xbox This November
Update: It's been delayed to later in the year
Open wide for some soccer! Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road is officially coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S when it releases on August 21st, 2025. It marks the first time the series has ever appeared on Xbox consoles. For those who aren't familiar, Inazuma Eleven is a "character collection and...
- Xbox
- Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Xbox Game Pass Hit 'Sifu' Has Been A Big Success, But It Isn't Guaranteed A Sequel
Developer says it needs a rest
Have you played Sifu on Xbox Game Pass yet? It's an awesome Kung Fu brawler from indie developer Sloclap, and it originally launched to fantastic reviews as a PC and PlayStation exclusive, racking up millions of sales along the way. That doesn't mean it'll definitely get a sequel though. Sloclap just launched another...
- Xbox
- Sifu
- Xbox Game Pass
Roundup Here's What The Previews Are Saying About Dying Light: The Beast
Releasing for Xbox in a month
We've got a new Dying Light game coming to Xbox in a month! Dying Light: The Beast officially releases for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on August 22nd, and a bunch of hands-on previews have been going live on the web today. And just to spoil it a bit for you - the critics seem very impressed with this one so far!...
- Xbox
- Dying Light: The Beast
- Round Up
Saturday19th Jul 2025
News 50+ Games Are Reduced By 90-95% In This Year's Xbox Summer Sale
HUGE discounts for great games!
Looking for some cheap Xbox games during the Xbox Summer Sale 2025? We've got well over 1000 titles discounted as part of the big Summer Sale this year (otherwise known as the Ultimate Game Sale), and over 50 over those have dropped by 90% or even as much as 95% for the next two weeks. In fact, there are so many...
- Xbox
- Deals
- Discounts
- Xbox Summer Sale
- Xbox Ultimate Game Sale
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (July 21-25)
Including three Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for July 21-25! We've got some big releases on the way including Killing Floor 3 over the next few days, as well three new Xbox Game Pass titles highlighted by Wuchang: Fallen Feathers! Here's what's coming to Xbox next week: New Xbox Releases (July 21-25):
- Xbox
- Features
- Weekly Roundup
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
Talking Point As A Game Pass Subscriber, Do You Still Spend Money In Xbox Sales?
Or do you tend to wait for XGP?
With Xbox's big summer sale now out in full force, we've been having a good browse of the Microsoft Store in recent days, picking out some pretty great bargains that we're tempted to grab. There are loads of titles at their lowest-ever prices, alongside a big
- Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox Sales
- Microsoft
- Features
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 19-20)
Are you becoming RoboCop?
Welcome to another weekend of gaming! This week on Xbox has definitely been headlined by the addition of RoboCop: Rogue City to the Game Pass library - we'd imagine plenty of you who've managed to resist the game's various discounts in recent weeks will be jumping into that one! Here's what we're playing over the next few...
- Xbox
- Features
- Talking Point
- What Are You Playing
Friday18th Jul 2025
News Microsoft Movies & TV Is Officially Ending, Which Will Have A Big Impact On Xbox
It's the end of an era!
For well over a decade now, Microsoft has used its "Movies & TV" (otherwise known as "Films & TV") service to allow Xbox and PC users to rent or buy films - but suddenly, that's all come to a screeching halt today. The company has confirmed that it will no longer be providing this service on PC or Xbox, although...
- Xbox
- Movies & TV
- Microsoft
Poll What Are Your First Impressions Of RoboCop On Xbox Game Pass?
Enjoying it so far?
One of the biggest Xbox Game Pass releases of July 2025 so far has officially landed in the form of RoboCop: Rogue City, with 2023's shooter finally making its way to the service on the same day its "standalone extension" was released. It's still early days and you may not have played much yet, but we're keen to see what you...
- Xbox
- RoboCop
- Xbox Game Pass
- Polls
- Features
News 25 Of The Best Xbox Play Anywhere Games In The Summer Sale 2025
Buy it on Xbox, get the PC version for free
You've probably heard about Xbox Play Anywhere being a big focus in 2025 - it's the name for the program where you buy a game on console and get it free on PC - and there are loads of titles that support this in the Xbox Summer Sale. In fact, there are so many that there's no way we can list them all...
- Xbox
- Xbox Summer Sale
- Xbox Play Anywhere
- Deals
News Void Crew Brings Its Chaotic Co-Op Roguelite To Xbox This September
Following a "Very Positive" run on Steam
Focus Entertainment (the publisher behind the likes of Space Marine 2 and A Plague Tale) has announced that Void Crew will be coming to Xbox Series X and S this September - a chaotic co-op roguelite for up to six players. This game first started life on PC last year where it has a "Very Positive" rating on...
- Xbox
- Void Crew
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Elden Ring Dev's Next Xbox Game Reportedly At 'Advanced Stage' And Could Release In 2026
Codename FMC sounds pretty far along
Elden Ring dev FromSoftware has been pretty busy as of late with the likes of Elden Ring: Nightreign and the Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods in development - but it sounds like the Japanese studio has another major Xbox game coming sooner than you might think.
- Xbox
- Elden Ring
- FromSoftware
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Indie RPG 'Back To The Dawn' Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (July 18)
Another day one arrival
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, intriguing indie RPG Back to the Dawn joins the library, after gaining almost 5,000 reviews on Steam amounting to a 'Very Positive' rating overall. We're intrigued to see how the console audience finds this one, then, with the game now live on the service. Here's a bit...
- Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass
- Back to the Dawn
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Random This Incredible 'Skewer' Kill Shows How Impressive Halo Infinite's Physics Are
You can actually do this?!
It may have been almost four years since we first got our hands on Halo Infinite, but it's still a technically impressive video game, particularly in multiplayer where a shedload of chaos ensues at stable frame rates in every single game on Xbox Series X. Every now and then though, you see something that still genuinely...
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- Halo Infinite
- Random
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Rumour Xbox Has Locked In A November Release Date For Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7
Shock?
The word on the street is that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will launch this November. Shocked? Nah, probably not, but considering last year's entry arrived in October, it's looking like Xbox and Activision are taking a few extra weeks to get Black Ops 7 out the door. The official release date is set for November 14th, 2025, according to...
- Xbox
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
- Microsoft
- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox One
News Ready Or Not & Holdfast: Nations At War Are Dominating The 'Top Paid' Xbox Charts
Sitting amongst the giants of the industry
We've just been having a browse of the "Top Paid" Xbox charts here at Pure Xbox today, and although they've become a little messy in recent months, they clearly indicate that a few games are performing really well in particular right now. In both the UK and the US, EA Sports College Football 26 is sitting...
- Xbox
- Ready Or Not
- Holdfast Nations at War
- Xbox Charts
News Remedy Says 'This Is Just The Start' As FBC: Firebreak Gets Xbox Game Pass Roadmap
"The road ahead for FBC: Firebreak"
Remedy has posted a detailed look at "the road ahead for FBC: Firebreak", as it looks to improve and expand upon the launch experience for its co-op adventure on Xbox Game Pass. The team starts by announcing that following four early patches over the last month or so, its first 'major update' is due out this...
- Xbox
- FBC: Firebreak
- Remedy
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Thursday17th Jul 2025
News Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (July 17)
Update: A surprise third has arrived on PC!
Welcome to your latest roundup of new Xbox Game Pass additions! Today, Microsoft is adding two more titles to the main Game Pass Ultimate library, including the well-received 2023 shooter RoboCop: Rogue City. Here's some more information on that, alongside today's other new Xbox Game Pass title: My...
- Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Deals All 70+ Backwards Compatible Games In The Xbox Summer Sale 2025
Original Xbox and Xbox 360 classics
The Xbox Summer Sale 2025 has now officially begun (otherwise known as the Ultimate Game Sale), and as usual for a big sale like this, we've got almost 100 games from the original Xbox and Xbox 360 eras that have been discounted! So, in the table below, we've picked out every single backwards compatible deal...
- Xbox
- Deals
- Xbox Ultimate Game Sale
- Xbox Summer Sale
- Backwards Compatibility
News Delta Force Beta Goes Live In Select Regions Ahead Of Free-To-Play Xbox Release
US players included
Last month, we found out that free-to-play shooter Delta Force will land on Xbox Series X|S this August, and now folks in certain regions can test the game out via Microsoft's Xbox Insider hub. Yep, the Delta Force Beta is now live on the Xbox Insider app, playable until July 20th at 6pm PT / 9pm ET. For now, only players in the...
- Xbox
- Delta Force Beta
- Xbox Insiders
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News PC Game Pass Members Are Being Treated To A Surprise New Release Today (July 17)
It's called "He is Coming"
Well, well, well! Even though Microsoft announced a full batch of Xbox Game Pass titles this week, another one has squeezed into the lineup without warning! It's a PC Game Pass title, and it's a brand-new release called "He is Coming". He is Coming has arrived on PC Game Pass in "Game Preview" form, which essentially...
- Xbox
- PC Game Pass
- He Is Coming
- Xbox Game Pass
Feature These 20+ Xbox Games Are At Their 'Lowest Price Ever' In The 2025 Summer Sale
Some big games at their lowest-ever prices
Xbox's big Summer Sale for 2025 is now properly underway, and while we've put out our usual roundup of some of the biggest and best deals this promotion has to offer, we've done a little more digging to find that loads of these games are actually at their lowest-ever price on Xbox! <related...
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- Microsoft
- Deals
- Features
- Xbox One
News John Wick Hex Discounted To Just $2 Ahead Of Xbox Store Delisting
Last chance to grab it!
It's never fun to hear about games being delisted, and this latest example doesn't give us much time to prepare for it either - it's been announced that the 2020 indie game John Wick Hex will be delisted across all platforms on July 17th. A publisher statement doesn't go into much detail about this, simply explaining that...
- Xbox
- John Wick Hex
- Delisted
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (July 17-20)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Free Play Days is here on Xbox once again, and today's selection is headlined by Ubisoft's pirate adventure Skull & Bones. The 2024 title is joined by four other games to round out Microsoft's full FPD offering this week. Here's everything you can play with Xbox Free Play Days this weekend: Atomicrops Blades of...
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- Free Play Days
- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business
The new "standalone extension" to the OG game
As we've already mentioned on Pure Xbox today, RoboCop: Rogue City is now officially available on Xbox Game Pass - but there's also another brand-new RoboCop game that's launched on the Xbox Store over the past few hours. That game is RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business, which serves as a...
- Xbox
- RoboCop
- Round Up
- Review Roundup
News Three Major Xbox Releases Were In The 'Top Cross-Platform Downloads' Last Week
According to Alinea Analytics
The good folks over at Alinea Analytics have shared their best estimates for the top cross-platform downloads of last week (meaning Xbox, PlayStation and Steam), and it makes for pretty interesting reading. It turns out the top spot went to EA Sports College Football 26, but only because its 10-hour EA Play trial was...
- Xbox
- Charts
- Industry
News Xbox Console Exclusive 'ExoMecha' Finally Has A New Release Window
Along with a Kickstarter campaign and pricing details
It's been years since we last talked about ExoMecha here at Pure Xbox, during which time it was supposed to be getting ready for release, but ended up being delayed to 2022. Flash forward to 2025, and it's still not out yet. The developer is clearly still very passionate about this project...
- Xbox
- Exomecha
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Xbox's Contraband Still In The Works As Job Listing Reveals New Details
Will we see it soon?
Prior to the 2025 Xbox Games Showcase, we pondered the thought of Avalanche Studios' Contraband showing up again after a four-year hiatus - and while that didn't turn out to be the case, the project does seem alive and well within Microsoft's games pipeline. As spotted by Tech4Gamers, the Swedish developer has posted a new
- Xbox
- Contraband
- Avalanche Studios
- Microsoft
- Xbox Series X
News Oblivion Remastered Dev Hit With Layoffs As Company 'Restructures' In 2025
Asia the most affected region
Sorry to be the bearer of yet more bad news, but it's come out today that Oblivion Remastered developer Virtuos has been hit by some pretty strong layoffs - as employees across Asia and Europe are affected. Following reports earlier in the day, Eurogamer managed to get an official response from the studio, which...
- Xbox
- Oblivion Remastered
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Virtuos
Wednesday16th Jul 2025
Opinion Xbox Series X Still Hasn't Been Fully Utilised Yet, But 2026 Could Be The Year
So many proper 'next-gen' games coming
It's weird to make such a statement, but, I genuinely don't believe Xbox Series X has been properly taken advantage of almost five years into its lifecycle, and I'm surely not alone in that feeling. In recent years, we have finally started to see the cross-gen period fizzle out — which is good news for...
- Xbox
- Xbox Series X
- Microsoft
- 2026
- Features
Thursday17th Jul 2025
News Xbox Summer Sale 2025 Now Live, 1000+ Games Discounted
The Ultimate Game Sale has arrived!
It's time for the Xbox Ultimate Game Sale 2025! This year's Xbox Summer Sale includes a list of over 1000 discounted games, many of which are major AAA titles (including plenty of recent releases), so there's a lot to choose from. Below, we've included just some of the major highlights from the Xbox Summer Sale...
- Xbox
- Xbox Summer Sale
- Xbox Ultimate Game Sale
- Deals
Wednesday16th Jul 2025
Rumour Xbox Is Working On Next-Gen Cloud Gaming, Including PC-Based Streaming
"Here's what we expect to see"
Despite questions about Xbox's next-gen hardware plans, one thing that's for sure is the team's continued focus on cloud gaming, which is quickly becoming a core feature of the ecosystem. This week, Microsoft began rolling out the 'Stream Your Own Game' cloud service to PC, and it sounds like the Windows platform could...
- Xbox
- Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Microsoft
- PC
- Next-Gen
