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Guide Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In December 2025
All the confirmed reveals so far
Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in December 2025? It can be pretty difficult to keep track of all the comings and goings in the world of Xbox Game Pass every month, so we've put together this handy guide to provide an overview of what's coming to Xbox Game Pass in December 2025. Here's...
News Black Ops 7 Gets Its First Xbox Discount Two Weeks After Launch, But You'll Have To Be Quick
A Black Friday weekend offer from Microsoft
Xbox's big Black Friday sale has been live for more than a week now, featuring some massive AAA titles from a broad range of publishers and developers. One game that seemingly missed the Black Friday boat — mostly due to its very recent release date — was Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, but Microsoft has...
Rumour Two Xbox First-Party Titles Get Leaked 2026 Release Windows
Big pinch of salt with these, folks
With next year (and beyond) on Xbox looking pretty darn stacked, Microsoft could be having some trouble knowing where exactly to place its first-party games in its 2026 release calendar. We know of four big titles landing next year at the moment - and some fresh rumours today are giving us a narrower window for...
News Xbox Says Cloud Gaming Is Up 45% With Game Pass & Console Users In 2025
"Players are streaming their games more than ever"
On the back of Xbox's November 2025 Update, Microsoft has given us some fresh figures on Xbox Cloud Gaming usage these days - with the service up across a bunch of different metrics year-on-year. First off, the team says that Cloud Gaming usage in general from
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (November 27-30)
Including The First Berserker: Khazan!
Xbox Free Play Days has returned again for another week! There are some awesome titles in the mix over the next few days, including the hardcore action game The First Berserker: Khazan and the week-long free trial of Battlefield 6's multiplayer, and more might be revealed later today as well (we'll update this...
Talking Point Did You Expect More From Xbox 360's 20th Anniversary?
Red ring of meh
Well, that's it, Xbox 360's 20th birthday has come and gone. As you probably saw, over here at Pure Xbox we didn't forget about the anniversary - with multiple features and
News Xbox Play Anywhere Grew Substantially In October, With 60+ Games Added Last Month
Including ARC Raiders, Keeper & more
As part of the Xbox November 2025 Update, Microsoft has highlighted more than 60 Xbox Play Anywhere titles added to the program last month, including major games such as ARC Raiders, Keeper, Little Nightmares 3 and more! Many of thes
News Xbox Cloud Gaming Expands To New Regions & Adds 'User-Selected Resolution' Feature
"We continue to expand Xbox Cloud Gaming..."
As part of today's November 2025 Update, Microsoft has announced new features for Xbox Cloud Gaming, including a new 'User-Selected Resolution' option that brings "enhanced stream quality for select titles". Yep, following on from the likes of
Feature Six New Improvements Revealed For ROG Xbox Ally, With Lots More To Come In 2026
"This is just the beginning."
Today, we've seen Team Xbox highlighting a major new optimisation feature for the ROG Xbox Ally in the form of "Default Game Profiles", but this is far from the only improvement that's been added to the handheld device(s) recently. In addition to various updates that were implemented last week by ASUS, we've also got...
News Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (November 25)
Update: We've got a surprise third!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! Today, our final two November additions are here - including the underrated 2024 action-RPG Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden! Here's some more details on that one, alongside today's other XGP title: Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (Console, PC, Cloud): "Hunt ghosts...
News Xbox Series X|S Could Go Up In Price Again Due To Potential RAM Shortages, It's Claimed
Is it all AI's fault?
Microsoft has implemented multiple price increases for the Xbox Series X and S over the past few years, and a new report suggests this might not be the end for current-gen Xbox price hikes. Coming from Moore's Law Is Dead on YouTube —
News Xbox Developers Are Reportedly 'Thrilled' To Release Their Games On PS5
It helps relieve sales pressure
Over the last 18 months or so, we've seen Microsoft pivot to releasing games on rival platforms - including PlayStation of course. While the reaction to this move has been mixed, shall we say, within the community, it sounds as though Xbox developers at large are pretty pleased with the decision. Talking with 404...
News Bethesda Wants To Do More Shadow Drops Following Hi-Fi RUSH & Oblivion Remastered
What next?
In recent years, Bethesda has employed the 'shadow drop' technique on multiple occasions; where the game(s) in question is simply released without any prior announcement or marketing. It's done this with 2023's Hi-Fi RUSH and 2025's Oblivion Remastered - and it sounds like the Xbox publisher wants to do it again. Speaking with
Poll Which Is Your Favourite Xbox 360 Launch Title?
The lineup is 20 years old today!
The Xbox 360 is 20 years old today, and we have some fantastic memories of Microsoft's sophomore system from way back in 2005. The console was incredible (RROD aside), the controller was an amazing evolution of the OG Xbox effort - and all-in-all, we we very happy with the experience back in the way. However, we...
News It's Official! The Xbox 360 Is 20 Years Old Today
We're celebrating the big day with a fond look back
20 years, eh, where does the time go?! Yep, Microsoft's Xbox 360 console launched on November 22nd, 2005 - which means the system has now hit the ripe old age of 20. To celebrate, we've been looking back at what made this gaming machine one of the very best - from the system itself to its launch...
Talking Point Do You Have Any Plans For Xbox 360's Big Birthday Weekend?
Dusting off the old machine? Playing some back compat classics?
This weekend, Xbox 360 will be 20 years old, and we've started the celebrations early here at Pure Xbox. I've been drifting about a lot in Project Gotham Racing 3,
News Xbox Brings Back Two Regular Black Friday Promotions, Including $1 Game Pass Trials
Only for Essential & Premium though
We've provided a bunch of coverage on Xbox's massive Black Friday digital sale already, including all of the backwards compatible deals and the games that are now at their lowest price ever on the Microsoft Store. However,
News Xbox Announces 9 Titles Coming To Game Pass At November's Partner Preview Showcase
An absolutely stacked show for XGP
This evening's Xbox Partner Preview showcase moved at a blistering pace, with nine Xbox Game Pass titles headlining the 16-game strong show. It stands to reason that you may have missed some of these reveals! So, we're here to round up every single title that was unveiled today for Xbox Game Pass - including the
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (November 20-23)
Your latest set of free Xbox trials
Welcome to another Xbox Free Play Days weekend! Microsoft is bringing six games to the program starting today - including Expeditions: A MudRunner Game, Police Simulator: Patrol Officers and more. We've also got a generous three-hour trial of Ready or Not running right now, so we'll link to a separate piece on...
News Four Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (November 20)
Update: We've got two surprise shadow drops!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! We've got two new additions to the library today, including Ubisoft's The Crew Motorfest which is a pretty big arrival for PC and Ultimate players. Here's what's coming to Xbox Game Pass today (November 20): Monsters Are Coming! Rock & Road (PC) (PC, U
Guide Xbox Partner Preview Showcase November 2025: Date, Start Times & What To Expect
A new Xbox event coming this week
As confirmed a few days ago, Microsoft will host its latest Xbox Partner Preview showcase this week - featuring a bunch of third-party titles with a focus on Xbox Play Anywhere and Xbox Game Pass. So, we're going to detail exa
News Three Games Are Available Across Multiple Xbox Game Pass Tiers Today (November 19)
A "day one" PC launch and two Premium additions
Welcome to a new Xbox Game Pass update! We've got three titles joining various different Game Pass tiers today, including a brand-new PC launch on GPU and a couple of titles moving over to XGP Premium. Moonlighter 2 is that brand-new launch — which arrives in early access on PC today (and consoles...
News These Nine Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (November 19 - December 2)
Your latest roundup of new additions
Microsoft has today unveiled its latest roundup of new Xbox Game Pass titles, giving us a full picture of exactly what's coming to each tier over the last couple of weeks in November (and first couple days in December!). There's some really good stuff in here as well, such as the Ubisoft racer The Crew...
News Two Xbox Game Pass Titles Nominated For GOTY At The Game Awards, But Microsoft Misses Out
No first-party games in the GOTY list
Geoff Keighley & co. have just announced the nominations in each category for their upcoming The Game Awards show, and while two day one Game Pass titles make the main Game of the Year list, Xbox Game Studios misses out on any top-tier nominations. The Game Awards' 2025 GOTY is as follows:
News Xbox Partner Preview November 2025 Showcase Confirmed For This Week
Featuring 007: First Light and more
At the tail end of October, Windows Central's Jez Corden dropped a report detailing an Xbox Partner Preview event coming this month - and now an official Xbox Wire post has all the details on the upcoming third-party focused showcase. Microsoft's next Xbox Partner Preview takes place at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT...
News Xbox Dev Obsidian Says It Hasn't Used Generative AI 'At All' So Far
Even with releasing 3 games in a year
The use of AI in video games is a hot topic at the moment - especially in the wake of the whole Tim Sweeney, ARC Raiders debacle from last week. We've also seen reports that Black Ops 7 contains some use of AI recently, but fellow Xbox studio Obsidian Entertainment has come to definitively say that it hasn't...
Talking Point Xbox Is 24 Years Old Today, What Do You Expect From Next Year's 25th Birthday?
A big anniversary is coming in 2026
Today is November 15th, 2025 - which means Xbox is officially 24 years old! Yep, Microsoft brought the OG Xbox and its accompanying games lineup to market almost a quarter of a century ago to this day; with The Rock and Bill Gates introducing it to the world back in 2001. We of course want to wish the system (and...
News Two Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In December 2025 So Far
An early look at next month
As we always do around this time of the month, we're taking an early look today at what's ahead for December 2025's Xbox Game Pass selection, with two titles having been confirmed for the service next month already. The headline game so far is definitely Routine; this long-in-development sci-fi adventure looks well worth...
News Hi-Fi RUSH Is Now Published By Krafton, And It's Staying On Xbox Game Pass
"Players can continue to play without interruption"
More than a year after Krafton first announced that it'd be buying Hi-Fi RUSH and its developer from Microsoft, the team has detailed exactly what's happening today as the publishing of its colourful musical adventure moves over to the PUBG maker. In short, from November 14th, Hi-Fi RUSH will be...
News Seven New Games Added To Xbox Retro Classics, Including A PS1 Title From 1997
November's batch of new additions has arrived
Microsoft has added seven new games to its Xbox Retro Classics library for November 2025, following the four that joined the lineup around this time in October. We've actually got a PS1 title in the mix for November as well! The Lost Vikings 2 is that game, which is a puzzle-platformer that received...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (November 13-16)
Your latest set of free Xbox titles for the weekend
Xbox Free Play Days is now live! Ahead of the coming weekend, Microsoft has added five games to the program - with one of those being Grand Theft Auto Online which we covered earlier this week here at Pure Xbox. As for the other four titles, well, here's your full list of Free Play Days games...
Reaction As Gran Turismo 7 Gets A Major 2025 Expansion, Forza Motorsport Deserved More
The Xbox racer is on hiatus
Last night, we were tuning into Sony's State of Play event to see what Xbox-related announcements would show up, as you do. Thankfully, there were quite a few relevant reveals, but one of the most interesting trailers of the evening was for a new Gran Turismo 7 expansion. GT7 Power Pack adds a bunch of cool stuff like...
News Call Of Duty Dev Clarifies Skill-Based Matchmaking Options In Black Ops 7
"Here's what you'll see on day one"
Last month, developer Treyarch announced that it was removing skill-based matchmaking from Black Ops 7 multiplayer following some early beta testing of this change in direction - and now the team has detailed exactly how this will all work at launch, and there are some caveats. Black Ops 7's multiplayer playlists...
News Sony's Purchase Of Former Xbox Studio Bungie Isn't Exactly Going To Plan
Destiny 2 continues to underperform for PlayStation
Almost four years ago now, Sony announced that it was acquiring former Halo maker Bungie for $3.6 billion. At the time, it was a shock announcement — especially considering the studio's old ties to Xbox — but it was clear that PlayStation wanted to move further into the live service market with...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (November 12)
Including a brand-new day one release!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! Today, Microsoft is bringing two games to the service, including a "day one" addition in the form of cozy survival title Winter Burrow. Just keep in mind that both of these are only available for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass members, meaning the...
Poll Now That The Dust Has Settled, Which Xbox Game Pass Tier Are You Subscribed To?
Or did you cancel your subscription?
Just over a month ago now, Microsoft dropped a bombshell with its overhauled Xbox Game Pass plans. At the start of October, the company introduced a new tier in the form of Game Pass Premium, while bumping up the prices of PC and Ultimate; the latter with its new
News Hit PS5 Exclusive Stellar Blade May Be On The Way To Xbox In The Near Future
Developer Shift Up is "considering additional platforms"
Stellar Blade has been a massive hit on PS5 and PC, and earlier in the summer, we heard that a Switch 2 port was reportedly being considered by developer Shift Up. Well, now we're hearing that the game is being considered for "additional platforms" more generally - and that's coming straight...
News Former Nintendo President 'Surprised' That Xbox Hasn't 'Fully Embraced' Switch 2
Some games have been announced, but not many
Since Nintendo's Switch 2 announcement earlier this year, Microsoft has begun to support the new hybrid console, announcing various ports such as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and Fallout 4: Anniversary
News Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (November 11)
Your latest roundup of new titles
Welcome to another Xbox Game Pass roundup! We've got three new additions to XGP today, including two that are available to Premium subscribers as well as Ultimate/PC players. Here's a summary of what's new on Xbox Game Pass today (November 11): Great God Grove (Series X|S, PC, Cloud) - PC, Premium Ultimate:...
Feature Five Years On, Xbox Series S Is Still A Fantastic Place For Current-Gen Gaming
And will remain relevant for many years to come
Does anyone else remember 'Project Lockhart'? Casting our minds back to early 2020, about six months before Xbox Series X launched, Lockhart was this mysterious entry-level console that still hadn't been officially revealed. It dominated the headlines for months, before Microsoft officially unveiled it...
News The Original Modern Warfare 2 Appears In Xbox Game Pass Premium Ad
Is it coming to Microsoft's new service?
On the eve of Black Ops 7 dropping into Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, another Call of Duty title could be on its way to the service. An Xbox user has seen a Game Pass ad pop up on their console dashboard that appears to include the ori
News Seven Xbox Games Are Shutting Down Their Servers In November & December 2025
Update: More added into the mix!
It's that time again! As the new month kicks into gear, we thought we'd bring you a fresh update on all the Xbox games that are currently planned to close their servers over the next couple of months. Here are the Xbox games shutting down their servers in November and December 2025: Dirt 3 (November 8) D
News These 11 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (November 5-14)
Your latest roundup of new additions
Microsoft has today unveiled its latest roundup of new Xbox Game Pass titles, giving us a full picture of exactly what's coming to each tier over the first couple of weeks in November. Before we get into the list though, don't forget that two games have already joined Xbox Game Pass today in the form of Football...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (November 4)
Both day one releases!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! We're kicking things off today with our first November additions to the library - including Football Manager 26 on both Xbox and PC. It's worth noting that FM26 won't be available until later today, and it'll be arriving in two different versions - the normal release for PC, and...
News Delisted Xbox 360 Games Are Apparently Reappearing As 'Coming Soon' In Certain Regions
Left 4 Dead, Batman and more appear
Xbox backwards compatibility is pretty amazing, especially the Xbox 360 library which is quite extensive considering it was retroactively introduced to modern Xbox consoles in 2015. However, not all 360 games — or even all of the titles that were added to the program back in 2015 — are available digitally...
News Gears Of War's Art Director Likes How E-Day Is Returning To The Series 'Horror Game' Roots
"If Gears 1 was Alien, the rest of the franchise was Aliens"
With Gears: Reloaded and Gears: E-Day, Microsoft is making a bet on returning to the series' roots right now - and original Gears of War art director Jerry O’Flaherty, for one, seems quite happy with this new direction from Xbox HQ. Speaking in a new interview with
News Epic Details Exactly When Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Players Can Access Fortnite Crew
"A perk for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers"
Back at the start of October, Microsoft announced that Epic's Fortnite Crew subscription would soon be included in the overhauled Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription - and now the Fortnite developer has given us an exact date of when the bonus service can be access
News Xbox Exclusive Contraband Sees Screenshots Leak Shortly After Microsoft Cancellation
It was first announced in 2021
Back in August, it was confirmed that Microsoft and Avalanche Studios had officially stopped development on Xbox exclusive Contraband, four years after the game was first revealed. In that four years, we'd seen practically nothing on what the game would actually look like - but now, some early screenshots have leaked...
Guide Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In November 2025
All the confirmed reveals so far
Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in November 2025? It can be pretty difficult to keep track of all the comings and goings in the world of Xbox Game Pass every month, so we've put together this handy guide to provide an overview of what's coming to Xbox Game Pass in November 2025. Here's...
News Microsoft Shares Initial List Of ROG Xbox Ally Games That Support Advanced Shader Delivery
"Launch faster, play smoother, game smarter"
With ROG Xbox Ally now out in the wild, Microsoft is bringing its PC and console gaming tech closer together - and as part of the team's October 2025 Update, an initial list of ROG Xbox Ally games that support 'Advanced Shader Delivery' has been shared. If you keep up with PC gaming at all (we admit that...
