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Friday4th Jul 2025
News Helldivers 2 Coming To Xbox Is A 'Sign Of Unity', Says Creative Director
Xbox and PlayStation working together
We've seen a bunch of surprising news coming out of Xbox this week, including that Helldivers 2 will be coming to Series X and Series S in late August - published by none other than PlayStation Publishing LLC. Yes, this is the first "PlayStation Publishing" title to arrive on Xbox (MLB The Show and Death...
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- Helldivers 2
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- PlayStation
News Kojima's Xbox Game 'OD' Hasn't Been Affected By Microsoft Layoffs, Says Report
Hopefully we see it in action soon
Alongside multiple project cancellations from inside Xbox HQ, certain external efforts have also been affected by this week's Microsoft layoffs - including Romero Games and its now-canned AAA FPS. However, t
- Xbox
- OD
- Hideo Kojima
- Microsoft
- Xbox Series X
Thursday3rd Jul 2025
News Helldivers 2 On Xbox: Crossplay Confirmed, But What About Cross-Progression?
It seems less likely
If you haven't caught the news yet, Helldivers 2 is officially releasing on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S this August, and we know a lot of people are wondering whether it'll support crossplay and cross-progression when it arrives. Let's start with the good news! Helldivers 2 is officially getting crossplay on Xbox, meaning...
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- Helldivers 2
- Cross-Play
- Cross Progression
News Perfect Dark Developer Responds To 'Big Controversy' Over 2024 Gameplay Trailer
"It's annoying me, so I wanted to say something."
Earlier today, we highlighted a claim that the 2024 Perfect Dark gameplay trailer wasn't "indicative" of its overall progress, with a suggestion that it was "basically fake". Now, one of the trailer's developers has responded to this. Taking to social media earlier today, former Perfect Dark level...
- Xbox
- Perfect Dark
- The Initiative
News State Of Decay 3 Has Gone Quiet, But Apparently It's Safe At Xbox
At least for now
Following yesterday's news about Xbox layoffs and cancellations for the likes of Everwild and Perfect Dark, there's been concern over State of Decay 3 - a game that's gone quiet since appearing at the Xbox Games Showcase 2024. Nevertheless, it sounds like the game is safe at Xbox Game Studios, at least for no
- Xbox
- State of Decay 3
- Rumours
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Helldivers 2 Is Officially Releasing For Xbox This August
"A new dawn is upon us"
Woah. In an announcement we never thought we'd see, it's been officially confirmed that Helldivers 2 will be coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S this August. Pre-orders are beginning today on the Xbox Store as well. Helldivers 2 has an Xbox release date of August 26th, 2025. The game's Xbox Store page confirms
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- Helldivers 2
- Release Dates
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News EA Is Shutting Down Anthem, And It Won't Be Playable Offline Either
"Anthem was designed to be an online-only title"
EA and BioWare's Anthem has suffered a lot over the past few years, with development officially ending on the title back in 2021, and now it's been announced that the game will be going offline forever on January 12th, 2026. An "Anthem Game Update" on the official EA website confirms this, with the...
- Xbox
- Anthem
- EA
- BioWare
News PlayStation Is Publishing Helldivers 2 On Xbox, Signalling A Shift In Strategy From Sony
Will more PlayStation games move over?
We got some big news today in the form of Helldivers 2 making its way over to Xbox; a super well-regarded multiplayer shooter from the folks over at Arrowhead Game Studios. In isolation this is big news, but with extra context this is massive news - as it's the first-ever PlayStation Publishing release to...
- Xbox
- Helldivers 2
- Arrowhead
- PlayStation
- Microsoft
News Perfect Dark Gameplay Trailer Wasn't 'Indicative' Of Its Progress, Claims Reporter
Update: PD developer responds
The most surprising news to come out of yesterday's Xbox layoffs was that Perfect Dark was being cancelled and The Initiative (the studio developing it) was being shut down. After all, we finally got a proper look at the title during last year's Xbox Games Showcase, and as mentioned at the time, we thought it looked...
- Xbox
- Perfect Dark
- The Initiative
Roundup All The Xbox Reveals From Bandai Namco's Summer Showcase 2025
New looks at various upcoming Xbox games
Amidst all the crazy Xbox news yesterday, Bandai Namco quitely held a special Summer Showcase featuring various upcoming Xbox games, including one that's never been announced before in My Hero Academia: All's Justice. Beyond that, we also got new reveals for the likes of Code Vein 2, The Blood of Dawnwalker...
- Xbox
- Capcom
- Round Up
- Bandai Namco
Report Xbox Execs Were 'Blown Away' By Cancelled ZeniMax Game Earlier This Year
"Employees were stunned to see it get caught up"
Yesterday, one of the games that was reported to be cancelled as part of the Xbox layoffs was an unannounced ZeniMax Online Studios project, and according to a new report, employees were "stunned" to see it get shut down. This is coming from Jason Schreier at Bloomberg, who says the game (codenamed...
- Xbox
- Reports
- ZeniMax
- Layoffs
News DOOM Co-Creator Has Funding Pulled For AAA Title, Seemingly By Xbox
Another Microsoft casualty
At this point, we know that Microsoft's latest round of layoffs has affected lots of projects at Xbox's internal studios, but the casualties seemingly don't stop there. Romero Games, the studio being helmed by DOOM co-creator John Romero, has just had funding pulled on its next title "along with several other unannounced...
- Xbox
- Romero Games
- DOOM
- Microsoft
News 'Ultimate Chicken Horse' Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (July 3)
Your latest XGP addition
Welcome to your latest roundup for Xbox Game Pass! Today, we have just the one addition to the library - with quirky party platformer Ultimate Chicken Horse now live for subscribers across Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Here's a quick look at your latest Xbox Game Pass arrival: Ultimate Chicken Horse (Console, PC,...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Ultimate Chicken Horse
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
Wednesday2nd Jul 2025
News Two More Xbox Games Are Being Cancelled, Including Perfect Dark
The Initiative has been shut down as a result
News about the Xbox layoffs continues to trickle in today, and these latest reports have left us pretty speechless - they say that both a new ZeniMax MMORPG and the Perfect Dark reboot (!) have now been cancelled. The ZeniMax game was being made by the Elder Scrolls Online team, and Bloomberg's Jason...
- Xbox
- Perfect Dark
- Cancelled
- Layoffs
- Industry
News Xbox's Matt Booty Issues Statement On Layoffs And Game Cancellations
"We did not make these choices lightly"
We've heard about lots of layoffs at Xbox today, which has led to multiple cancelled games highlighted by Perfect Dark and Everwild, and Xbox Game Studios chief Matt Booty has issued an internal statement about this to employees. In his statement, as shared by
- Xbox
- Layoffs
- Industry
- Xbox Game Studios
News Xbox Layoffs Begin As Phil Spencer Shares Internal Microsoft Gaming Update
"Today we are sharing decisions that will impact colleagues"
Brace yourselves, folks - Microsoft is in the midst of announcing another round of layoffs across multiple Xbox divisions. For now, Activision's King team and some of Bethesda's ZeniMax marketing team are seemingly affected, with Phil Spencer addressing impacted employees in a lengthy...
- Xbox
- Microsoft Gaming
- Phil Spencer
- Layoffs
- King
News Xbox Has Briefly Taken Down A Bunch Of Classic COD Games For 'Maintenance'
Are they being prepped for Game Pass?
We have an intriguing development in the world of Call of Duty today, folks. As part of what appears to be quite a hefty maintenance effort from the Activision team, a big batch of COD titles have gone offline for roughly four hours today - including some Xbox 360 classics like Modern Warfare 2 and the original...
- Xbox
- Microsoft
- Call of Duty
- Activision
- Xbox Game Pass
News Xbox's Everwild Gets Cancelled As Layoffs Hit Sea Of Thieves Developer
Update: It's now official
We told you folks to brace yourselves today and that's exactly what's needed. Following news earlier that fresh Microsoft layoffs were starting to hit Xbox teams, it's being reported that Rare is now one of the studios affected - and its Everwild project has seemingly been cancelled as a result. This is coming from outlet
- Xbox
- Everwild
- Rare
- Microsoft
- Sea of Thieves
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass Standard (July 2)
A couple of fresh additions
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! Today, Microsoft's mid-tier XGP service grows in the form of two new additions to Game Pass Standard - both now live in the library. Here's a quick introduction to today's new Game Pass Standard titles: Legend of Mana (Game Pass Standard):
- Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass Standard
- Microsoft
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Phil Spencer Isn't Retiring Anytime Soon, Says Xbox In Response To Rumour
Xbox's head of communications chimes in
As if today hasn't been enough of a whirlwind for us at PX HQ — and everyone else closely following Xbox right now — fresh rumours are doing the rounds that long time boss Phil Spencer may step down from his role in the near future. Call of Duty insider TheGhostOfHope has gone public with this, claiming...
- Xbox
- Microsoft
- Phil Spencer
- Industry
News Forza Motorsport Team Reportedly Loses 'Nearly 50% Of Staff' In Xbox Job Cuts
Brutal losses for Turn 10
Microsoft's current round of layoffs is starting to feel particularly brutal, with Forza Motorsport developer Turn 10 Studios reportedly losing almost 50% of its entire staff as part of these ongoing Xbox job cuts. This latest news is coming from
- Xbox
- Forza Motorsport
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Turn 10 Studios
Report Multiple Industry Veterans To Leave Xbox Studios Amidst Layoffs
Including big departures at Rare and ZeniMax Online Studios
The bad news about today's Xbox layoffs isn't over just yet, as some major names at multiple Xbox studios are said to be leaving their positions - either coincidentally or as a result of what we've been hearing all afternoon. Firstly, Zenimax Online Studios president Matt Frior is...
- Xbox
- Layoffs
- Industry
- ZeniMax
- Rare
News After Half A Year, These Are The 10 Highest-Rated Xbox Games Of 2025
A busy six months for new Xbox releases!
Well, we're officially six months down, so it's time for another look at the Metacritic rankings for 2025! It's been a very busy year for new Xbox releases, and even if 2025 were to end today, we'd be pretty happy with this top 10 lineup. Unsurprisingly, the likes of Split Fiction and Clair Obscur:...
- Xbox
- Metacritic
- Best Xbox Games 2025
News Xbox Next-Gen Console Plans 'Not Impacted' By Microsoft Layoffs
"Xbox hardware has largely avoided the cuts"
As news about today's Xbox layoffs continues to trickle in, we're hearing about potentially large-scale job losses and cancelled games - but apparently, one area that won't be affected to any major degree is Xbox's next-gen console plans. Windows Central s
- Xbox
- Next Xbox
- Hardware
News Microsoft Is Seemingly Cutting Back On Its Quality Assurance Efforts With Xbox
"The Xbox user research team has been hit hard"
As we're sure you're all aware by now, Microsoft has been cutting staff like nobody's business this week, and their efforts are in-part due to 'streamlining' the business - or as Xbox exec Matt Booty says: "to adjust priorities and focus resources". Well, it seems as though these adjustments will be...
- Xbox
- Microsoft
- Quality Assurance
- Layoffs
Guide Xbox Game Pass Perks: Everything You Can Claim In July 2025
Including an exclusive discount on Xbox controllers!
The Xbox Game Pass Perks program is continuing to add a bunch of freebies for Game Pass Ultimate members throughout July 2025, including for the likes of Mecha BREAK, Splitgate 2, Super Animal Royale and much more! There are two particular highlights in our opinion though - the first is an...
- Xbox
- Perks
- Xbox Game Pass Perks
- July 2025
- Guides
Roundup Here's What The First Reviews Are Saying About Mecha BREAK On Xbox & PC
It's launched as a free-to-play release today
Today's the day for Mecha BREAK, which is a new free-to-play title launching exclusively on Xbox and PC, and the beta ended up proving extremely popular ahead of release - so we're assuming the same will happen post-release. That said, Mecha BREAK has launched to "mixed" reviews over on Steam in th
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- Mecha Break
- Round Up
- Review Roundup
News Remedy 'Hoped' For A Better FBC: Firebreak Launch, But Game Pass Is Helping
It has "new players coming in every day on console"
Remedy's Control spin-off FBC: Firebreak launched on Xbox Game Pass last month to a somewhat muted reception, and now the team has admitted that it had "hoped for a better launch" with its multiplayer title. In a new interview with GameSpot, Remedy's Thomas P
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- Xbox Game Pass
- FBC: Firebreak
- Remedy
Pick One What Was Your Favourite Xbox Game Pass Release In June 2025?
Call of Duty? Crash Bandicoot? Rematch? Tell us!
June 2025's Xbox Game Pass additions are officially behind us now, and it was a pretty stacked month for day one releases in the end, along with a couple of big Activision titles that have proved popular over the past few weeks too. We started things off quite slowly - albeit with popular titles such...
- Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass
- Features
- Pick One
Tuesday1st Jul 2025
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (July 1)
Alongside a third title getting free Game Pass perks!
Welcome to your first Xbox Game Pass update for July 2025! Today, we have two major additions to the library, alongside some bonus Xbox Game Pass Perks for brand-new free-to-play title Mecha BREAK. <related ids="184422"> Here's a quick breakdown on what's new to Xbox Game Pass today:
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News Six Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Early July 2025
This month's first batch of leavers
Microsoft has announced the first batch of games leaving Xbox Game Pass in July 2025 today, with six games set to depart the service on July 15th - all of them across console, PC and the cloud. Here's the full list of games leaving Xbox Game Pass in early July 2025: Date Game Leaving Xbox Game...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft
- Leaving Soon
Feature Xbox's Hot Streak Continues With Two New First-Party Releases This Month
Microsoft's seriously impressive games pipeline
It's been a busy first half of the year for Microsoft, hasn't it? Truth be told, we can't remember a more stacked first half of a year for Xbox Game Studios titles in ages, with massive launches like Avowed, Oblivion Remastered, DOOM: The Dark Ages and more landing before the midway point of 202
- Xbox
- Features
- Talking Point
- Microsoft
- Xbox Game Pass
News Lots Of Xbox Games Have Quietly Received New 1000G Achievements
Just like last year
This time last year, we brought you a story about how easy 1000G achievements had been suddenly added to 60+ Xbox games, and the exact same thing has happened again this year - but this time it affects over 100 Xbox games. Credit goes to True Achievements for the discovery on this, and they've also got a big list of the 100+...
- Xbox
- Achievements
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Deals Space Marine 2 Drops To 'Lowest Price Ever' For Xbox Game Pass Members
The highlight of this week's new Xbox deals
There's not a whole lot to talk about this week when it comes to new Xbox deals (we're still waiting on that big Xbox Summer Sale to begin), but one deal that we definitely wanted to highlight is for Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2. If you're an Xbox Game Pass member, Space Marine 2 is now at its "lowest...
- Xbox
- Warhammer
- Space Marine 2
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News These Seven Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (July 2-15)
Your latest roundup of new titles
Microsoft has just revealed the next batch of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in July, featuring some newly-announced additions alongside its next first-party release in the form of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4. We also saw two new additions to the library today, remember, including the fantastic
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News Xbox Retro Classics To Expand With 100+ More Games In 2025 & 2026
"Retro Classics has resonated remarkably well"
The Xbox Retro Classics program has inevitably proved very popular with Xbox Game Pass members since it was introduced back in late May, with the announcement that it's already passed one million active players on the service. Antstream Arcade, which is running the Retro Classics program for Xbox,...
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- Xbox Retro Classics
- Xbox Game Pass
News System Shock 2 Remaster Gets New July Release Date For Xbox
After being delayed a few days ago
We mentioned in our big "coming to Xbox next week" roundup for June 23-28 that System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster was set for an Xbox release on Thursday, June 26th - but unfortunately that's no longer the case. Nightdive Studios, which is the fantastic developer behind the likes of the DOOM and Quake...
- Xbox
- System Shock 2
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Rockstar's First Red Dead Online Update In Years Channels 'Undead Nightmare' Energy
Is it coming back?!
Three years ago, Rockstar Games basically pulled the plug on Red Dead Online; ending development on major updates for the game to focus on making GTA 6. Well, this week (in typically random Rockstar fashion), the team has added "a new set of four eerie Telegram Missions" for the first time in years that channel serious Undead...
- Xbox
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Red Dead Online
- Undead Nightmare
- Rockstar Games
Feature Despite Being Very Familiar, I Can't Wait To Play More Gears Reloaded Later This Year
Gears is back, and it feels oh so good
When the first weekend of Xbox's recent Gears of War: Reloaded beta wrapped up just a few weeks ago, I shared my opinions on the upcoming release; talking about how the game was a great time despite it being "overly familiar" for Xbox players who'd already chainsaw'd their way through Gears: Ultimate Edition...
- Xbox
- Features
- Gears of War: Reloaded
- Microsoft
- Xbox Series X
News 2K Promises To Rival EA's CBB Title, Calls Itself The 'Undisputed Home' Of Basketball Games
May the best team win
Yesterday, it was revealed that EA Sports is working on a college basketball game for some point in the future, although details are extremely thin on the ground right now - it was just a small teaser posted on social media. It's definitely attracted the attention of 2K though, posting their own teaser that "the campus has...
- Xbox
- 2K Games
- NBA
- College Basketball
- CBB
Monday30th Jun 2025
News Xbox Brings Another Call Of Duty To Game Pass Today (June 30)
The ActiBlizz influence
Welcome to your final Xbox Game Pass update for June 2025! Today, we have just the one new title coming to the library - although it's a fairly big one as Microsoft brings another Call of Duty game to the service. Here's a bit more on this latest addition to Xbox Game Pass: Call of Duty: WWII (Console, PC) - Later Today:...
- Xbox
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
Feature Two Decades Later, Burnout 3 Is Still Incredible To Play On Xbox
An absolute classic that still holds up
Just over a week ago, I talked about how Xbox 360 backwards compatibility is surprisingly decent. It allows you to play a big bunch of original Xbox games on the system, including one of the best racing games ever in Burnout 3: Takedown. I'll be honest though, I hadn't touched Burnout 3 in years prior to...
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- Burnout 3
- Original Xbox
- Xbox 360
- Features
News Xbox Founding Member 'Not Pleased' With State Of The Brand In 2025
"Personally, I think Xbox hardware is dead"
A founding member of Team Xbox caused a stir on social media over the weekend after posting a video on YouTube criticising the state of the brand in 2025, and particularly the strategy over the upcoming ROG Xbox Ally handheld. Laura Fryer, who worked as director of the Xbox Advanced Technology Group back...
- Xbox
- ROG Xbox Ally
- Industry
News MindsEye Gets 8GB Xbox Update, Devs Working Hard To 'Improve The Experience'
"We’ll continue to provide updates on a regular basis"
You don't need us to tell you about MindsEye - the game that launched last month to horrible reviews following a seemingly difficult development period where the game was pushed out long before it was ready to actually release. The development team at least seem committed to improving...
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- MindsEye
- Updates
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Feature All New Xbox Games Coming Out In July 2025
Release dates for every July Xbox launch
Welcome to our roundup of all new Xbox games coming out in July 2025! Below, we've listed every Xbox game with an July 2025 release date, including all confirmed Xbox Game Pass titles for July 2025 so far. If you're interested in what other new Xbox games are scheduled for the rest of the year, we've got a...
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- July 2025
- New Releases
- New Games
- Features
News Elder Scrolls 6 Trailer 'Getting Closer' Despite No-Show At Xbox Games Showcase 2025
"It's getting closer, it's getting closer"
The Elder Scrolls 6 didn't show up at Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase despite the game's announcement trailer now being over seven years old, but Windows Central reporter Jez Corden believes that the timeline for a new trailer may still be relatively close. Speaking on a new episode of
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- Elder Scrolls 6
- Bethesda
- Microsoft
News Halo Studios Confirms Major Reveal To Take Place Later This Year
"We look forward to continuing the conversation"
We've been waiting a while for Halo Studios to reveal what's next with the Halo franchise, and now we officially have a month to put in our diaries - the developer says October 2025 is when we'll be finding out more details. Specifically, it'll be at the Halo World Championship 2025 between October...
- Xbox
- Halo
- Halo Studios
News Ex Blizzard Boss Thinks Microsoft Should Pick Its Xbox Strategy And 'Stick To It'
"Tough to see Xbox confused"
Over the last year, year and a half, Microsoft has certainly changed things up in terms of its Xbox strategy - mainly by focusing more on software and launching some of its biggest in-house games on other platforms. This took some time getting used to at the beginning, and even though things are much clearer now, some...
- Xbox
- Microsoft
- Blizzard
- Mike Ybarra
News For The First Time Since Xbox 360, EA Is Making A College Basketball Game
“Bring the Madness. Let’s run it back."
Last year, EA Sports treated us to the return of College Football for the first time since the Xbox 360 era, and now the company has teased that it's doing the same thing with College Basketball - although details are yet to be revealed. The company caused a stir after posting an image of an EA...
- Xbox
- EA Sports
- CBB
- College Basketball
- NCAA
Talking Point Would You Play An Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Remake?
We're hearing rumours that it's in the making
For a while now, we've been hearing that an Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag remake is in the works — since July 2023 in fact — and today, new hints from one of the game's voice actors point towards this project still being a thing. While these hints are vague for now and
- Xbox
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag
- Ubisoft
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
