Tag: Updates
News Gears Of War: E-Day Is Bringing Back Legacy Maps, Modes And Skins For Season 2
And tomorrow they’re giving away a free General RAAM skin!
The Coalition kicked off Gears' 20th anniversary celebrations by reviving a classic Versus mode, introducing a new Horde mission, and adding a few extra bits and bobs to Gears of War: E-Day. It might not have seemed like much, but reintroducing Guardian to Versus was an excellent callback...
News Xbox's New PC App Update Is Impressive, Even If There's A Few Teething Problems
It's definitely faster!
Just yesterday, Microsoft began rolling out an update for the Xbox PC app, making it faster and more responsive on Windows desktop and handheld. We've had a little play with the new version, and our first impressions are mostly positive. Xbox boss Asha Sharma posted a short video showing off the boot speed of the revamped...
News Forza Horizon 6's New City Life Update Includes Multiple Halo & Xbox Freebies
Unlock Master Chief, liveries and the Xbox IKEA Prop Pack!
Yesterday marked the long-awaited arrival of Forza Horizon 6's City Life update, which adds two new permanent race routes in Tokyo City amongst other things, and there are even some Xbox and Halo-related freebies tucked in! In terms of Halo, it's said that everyone will soon be getting a...
News Halo Infinite Adds 10 New Maps In Surprise November 2026 Update
They're part of the "Halo Fest Showcase" playlist
Who would have thought Halo Infinite would still be getting updates in November 2026? That's exactly what's happened this week though, and it's getting us tempted to install the multiplayer and play some games all over again. The 10 new maps that have been added to the game this week are part of a...
News Gears Of War: E-Day Revives Classic Versus Mode For 20th Anniversary Celebration
Horde Siege also gets a new limited time mission
After a relatively quiet few weeks for Gears of War: E-Day, The Coalition has just dropped its 20th Anniversary celebration update, reviving a classic Versus mode alongside a new limited time mission for Horde Siege. Guardian is the Versus mode in question, which has featured in almost every Gears...
"See you in the tunnels"
At the start of October, we caught wind of next-gen upgrades for Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux, bringing them up to scratch with Xbox Series hardware. Well, the upgrade is out right now for digital owners of Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux on Xbox Series X|S, however bare in mind when upgrading...
News Xbox Adds 10 New Features In October 28th Update, Now Available To Download
Including Mythic Achievements and multiple startup animations!
The official public October 2026 update for Xbox consoles has begun rolling out this evening (October 28th), featuring a whole bunch of new features highlighted by the long-awaited arrival of Mythic Achievements. As per the update notes on the Xbox website, there are 10 new features...
News Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced Gets New Game+ Mode In Final Major Update
Take a look at the update notes
Ahoy me hearties! Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced final major update is live now, bringing New Game+, a new nightmare difficulty, and a bunch of other stuff to the open-sea RPG. Black Flag Resynced sailed onto Xbox Series consoles on July 9th, and received a jolly rogering from critics. The remastered...
News Gears Of War: E-Day Gets Its Third Update On Xbox & PC, Full Patch Notes Revealed
"We’ve deployed a hotfix today"
Ready for a new Gears of War: E-Day update? The third one has arrived today (October 22) in the form of a hotfix for Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC, focused on addressing "crashes and targeted issues". It's mentioned here that there have been improvements to stability, performance and crash reduction across...
News Multiple Big Features Slated For Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.5 On Xbox This Thursday
Including cross-platform mod support!
Today, we've already mentioned how Cyberpunk 2077 has suddenly become part of the Xbox Play Anywhere initiative, and it's also getting a big update across Xbox Series X and S (and other platforms) this Thursday. The update will be update 2.5, which is also known as the "Edgerunners 2 Update". It includes all...
News The Witcher 3 Remastered Update Targets 'Poor Image Clarity' On Xbox Series S
A witcher must keep their eyesight sharp, lest they need a prescription from Specsavers
CD Projekt Red has whipped up and released a hotfix for The Witcher 3 Remastered, specifically addressing issues with the Xbox Series S version. The Xbox Series S specific patch is intended to improve issues with overall image clarity. According to a few...
News Gears Of War: E-Day Gets Its First Major Update Since Release, Here Are The Patch Notes
"A significant patch that impacts all areas of the game"
The folks over at The Coalition have shared their first major update for Gears of War: E-Day since the full release on October 6th, with today's patch said to be a "significant" one that "impacts all areas of the game". Most of this is centered around making various fixes to the likes of the...
News Mafia 3 Receives Free 60FPS Upgrade For Xbox Series X|S, Full Patch Notes Revealed
"See you in New Bordeaux"
Yesterday, we shared a story about how we thought Mafia 2: Definitive Edition and Mafia 3: Definitive Edition could be getting 60FPS upgrades in the near future, and in the case of Mafia 3 at least, that's ended up being true. The upgrade is out right now for digital owners of Mafia 3, although it's advised that you may...
News Mythic Achievements Are Officially On The Way, As Rollout Begins Today For Xbox Insiders
Xbox 360 games make the cut!
Well, how about that? Xbox has finally confirmed that Microsoft's Platinum Trophy equivalent is indeed the Mythic Achievement, and also revealed a whole bunch of details about how they work. For the past few weeks, Xbox Insiders have been drip feeding us titbits of information about these so-called Mythic Achievements,...
News Xbox Is Adding New 'Game Tile Tags' To Help Track Achievements And Other Things
Is it cool? Or does it clutter the dashboard?
It looks like Xbox has begun rolling out a new dashboard feature that visualises things like achievement progress and social information when viewing your games tiles. At the moment, the tags appear to be limited to certain Xbox Insiders, presumably those enrolled on Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead rings. At...
News Xbox Quietly Pushed Out A Small Console Update To Everyone This Week
Not the Disc to Digital update we're waiting for though
Xbox system updates are happening all the time if you're part of the Xbox Insider program, but when it comes to public console updates that get pushed out to everyone, we're usually only getting around one of them per-month. Therefore, we've been keeping an eye on the Xbox Support website in...
News Samson Is Getting A Big Update Alongside Its September Release On Xbox
More like "Damn, son"
Earlier this month, Samson: A Tyndalston Story was announced for consoles and pointed towards a September 21st release to coincide with a big PC update. Now, the developers have shared a 37-minute deep dive video showcasing all of the quality of life fixes and new features that are on the way. Sadly, the gameplay was captured...
News Fallout 76 Gets Free Xbox Series X|S Upgrade In September
"Appalachian Adventurers are in for a Fall full of FRIGHT"
Bethesda has announced Fallout 76 is getting a free current-gen upgrade for Xbox Series X|S on September 15th. Plans to upgrade the seven-year-old Fallout game were revealed as part of "The Slasher" update, described as "a frightening experience that unravels over the weeks spanning our...
News Halo Studios Reveals Five Main Highlights In Campaign Evolved's Latest Update
Update: Out now on Xbox!
We've got a new update coming to Halo: Campaign Evolved at some point over the next few days, and the folks over at Halo Studios have already revealed the five main highlights that will be featured as part of it. This has been detailed on social media, including the ability to turn off both Chromatic Aberration and Film...
News Gears Of War: E-Day Dev Announces 10 Improvements For Beta Weekend 2
Lancer buff, Versus Aim Assist, stability fixes, and more
Gears of War: E-Day's Multiplayer Beta is entering its second weekend today, following a massive turnout during the first Beta, despite access being limited to those who pre-ordered the game or subscribed to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. The Coalition recently posted on the official
News Xbox Adds Six New Features In August 12th Update, Now Available To Download
Grab it manually or wait for the automatic install
The latest public update for Xbox consoles has officially begun rolling out this evening (August 12th), with the update now available to download manually via the Settings menu - it'll also be installed automatically in the very near future. As per the update notes on the Xbox website, there are...
News Bethesda Hints At Plans To Improve Xbox Version Of Oblivion Remastered
That will hopefully bring Switch 2 optimisations to Xbox
An optimised version of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered launched on Nintendo Switch 2 this week, and despite suffering performance issues for over a year now, Xbox users were disappointed by the lack of an Xbox Series X|S update. Just a few months back, Digital Foundry highlighted...
News Xbox Announces Four More Console Features, Including Two Highly-Requested Ones
Amazing stuff!
The folks on the Xbox team are back with yet another set of console improvements today, the majority of which are rolling out to the Xbox Insider program first before eventually going public in the weeks and/or months to come. There are four improvements mentioned in here, but two that are particularly noteworthy due to how...
News Beast Of Reincarnation Dev Outlines Five Improvements Coming In First Major Xbox Update
"We take your feedback to heart"
It's only been just over 24 hours since Beast of Reincarnation made its debut across multiple platforms (and on Xbox Game Pass), but the development team at Game Freak are already busy preparing its first update. That update will arrive at some point over the next week, and will feature five specific types of...
News Cross-Saves Now Available For Crimson Desert As Update 1.14 Arrives On Xbox
Continue your adventure across PC, PS5, and Xbox
It's a good day for Crimson Desert, as the latest update introduces native cross-save support between consoles and PC. Players on Xbox already had the luxury of picking up their console saves on PC thanks to Xbox Play Anywhere support, but still, it's nice to see Pearl Abyss add it in good and proper...
News Longer Gamertags Are Now Available For Everyone, Plus 11 Other New Xbox Features
The latest update went live last night
We've got a whopping twelve new Xbox console features for you to enjoy! Previously, most of these updates were only available to select members of the Xbox Insider program, and we've covered many on Pure Xbox already. However, the changes have now rolled out publicly to everyone on Xbox consoles. There are a...
News Forza Horizon 6 'Italian Passion Car Pack' Now Live, And It's Free For Premium Owners
Four cars including the 2025 Ferrari F80
If you're a big fan of Forza Horizon 6, you may have noticed that Series 3 of the Festival Playlist began last night in the form of the "Italian Exotics" era, and there also happens to be a new DLC Car Pack that's gone live separately today. This is called the Italian Passion Car Pack, and it features four...
News Xbox Teases Potentially Major Console Update That Will Be 'Worth The Wait'
Insiders might be getting access to it next week
We've seen a lot of Xbox console updates being implemented ever since Asha Sharma took charge as Xbox CEO a few months ago, and it looks like we're getting primed for yet another exciting one in the near future. Brad Rossetti, who is the lead of the Xbox Insider program, noted earlier today that all...
News MOUSE: P.I For Hire's 'Biggest Update Yet' Lands On Xbox, Here Are The Patch Notes
Time to revisit?
Psst, hey 'Big Cheese', it looks like we've got another batch of patch notes for you today. MOUSE: P.I For Hire has just received its "biggest update yet" introducing a bunch of new features and quality of life fixes. Update v1.2.1 is available now on Xbox Series X|S implementing a level revisiting feature, uncapped VRR, stability...
News Subnautica 2 Adaptive Measures Update 1.1 Arrives On Xbox, Here Are The Patch Notes
You can sprint now, that's cool!
If you've snorted a water slug today, it's likely you will have noticed that Subnautica 2's first Early Access update "Adaptive Measures" is live right now. Update 1.1 is mostly comprised of minor adjustments to make a better, smoother experience, but there are a few new bits to dive into as well. Here's how a...
News Forza Horizon 6 Removes Two Major Exploits In Latest Xbox & PC Update
They're still investigating the saving issues as well
We've got another new Forza Horizon 6 update! The latest one arrived last night (June 18th), and it's a hotfix that's intended to address two major exploits that Playground Games clearly isn't happy about. The first of these exploits was mentioned in our previous FH6 update article here at Pure...
News Forza Horizon 6 Update Now Live On Xbox & PC, Free Car Being Given To All Players
It's the "Series 2" update
In the midst of everything that was going on last night in regards to potential Xbox studio closures, the folks over at Playground Games unveiled the "Series 2" update for Forza Horizon 6, which includes some quite significant tweaks. Looking at the patch notes, arguably the most notable thing here is that they've...
News Xbox's New Startup Animation Is Now Live For Everyone, Plus Four Other New Features
Or at least, it should be
Over the past couple of days, we've noticed numerous people pointing out that they've received the new Xbox startup animation on their consoles, and after looking into it a bit further, it turns out this happened on Wednesday. This was part of a public Xbox system update that included multiple new features - specifically...
News Xbox Announces New System Update To Address Forza Horizon 6 Save Issues
"Targeting a rollout starting June 12"
Back at the start of June, we reported on a problem that was plaguing some Forza Horizon 6 players in which their save files were either getting corrupted or disappearing entirely, and both the Forza Support team and Team Xbox are now working hard to "help improve these issues". A dedicated post on the
News Bethesda Sets Release Date For Massive Fallout 4 'Creations' Update On Xbox Consoles
Series X and S are getting up to 100GB storage!
If you're a fan of playing Fallout 4 on Xbox consoles, you're probably aware that the storage limit for Creations — modded content that you can add to your game — has always been extremely low on Xbox One, Series X and Series S. That's all about to change with a massive update on May 27th though,...
News Halo Infinite Adds New Game Mode, Six Months After Its 'Last' Major Content Update
Say hello to Operation Firefight: Gauntlet
Back in November of 2025, we reported on Halo Infinite's final major content update for Xbox and PC, with the development team noting at the time how they needed to put extra focus on multiple new Halo titles in the works. So, there was a lot of surprise last night when a sizeable Halo Infinite update...
News Xbox Series X's 4K Mode Gets Resolution Increase For Gamerpics & Other Artwork
Rolling out first to Insiders, and then to everyone
We've got a little improvement coming to the Xbox Series X, starting today for some Xbox Insiders! It's been shared by Xbox engineer Eden Marie on social media that anyone who uses their Xbox Series X in 4K resolution will be benefiting from a resolution increase for gamerpics and "certain game or...
News Xbox Unveils Tons Of New ROG Ally Features, Including The Long-Awaited Auto SR
Great improvements for docked mode in particular!
Today's a good day to be a ROG Xbox Ally owner! A massive set of new features are being rolled out for owners of the Xbox handheld, including the long-awaited arrival of Auto SR technology for Xbox Insiders with the Ally X. Let's start with docking. Until now, when docking a ROG Xbox Ally to a TV,...
News Expedition 33 Celebrates One-Year Anniversary With Small Update On Xbox & Beyond
"Happy 1 Year Anniversary of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33!!"
Can you believe it's been one year since Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 first launched on Xbox Game Pass back in April of 2025?! The game ended up being a massive success — more than anyone could have expected — and took home the Game of the Year award at The Game Awards 2025, while also...
News Xbox Engineer Hints At More 'Fun Surprises' And Features Based On Fan Feedback
There's apparently an internal roadmap
We've seen lots of new Xbox features rolling out across console and beyond over the past few weeks, and earlier in April, Xbox boss Asha Sharma revealed that a new team dedicated to fan feedback had been created as well. Last night, Xbox engineering lead Eden Marie revealed that she's part of this fan fe
News 'We Got Pokémon In No Man's Sky' - New Xeno Arena Update Arrives On Xbox & Game Pass
All these years later, this game continues to surprise us!
No Man's Sky has received a new update on Xbox and other platforms today (don't forget, it's included with Xbox Game Pass), and this "Xeno Arena" update basically brings a version of Pokémon to the game! In Xeno Arena, you'll be able to build up a pet squad, train them and improve their...
News Starfield's Huge Update Arrives On Xbox This Week, And Here Are The Release Times
For both the Free Lanes and Terran Armada content
Ready for more Starfield? The game is getting its first (and probably biggest) major update of 2026 this week with the arrival of the Free Lanes and Terran Armada content, the former of which is free and the latter of which is paid. Back in March, we covered the specifics of this content in more...
As part of patch 1.02.00
The latest update for Crimson Desert has officially been rolling out across Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S today, and when it comes to the Xbox Series X in particular, there's been a notable improvement for the game's performance mode. It's mentioned in the patch notes for Crimson Desert Patch 1.02.00 that the dev has...
News ROG Xbox Ally's Late March Update Adds New Quality-Of-Life Features
Improvements to the Xbox full screen experience
We've got an interesting new update for the Xbox app on the ROG Xbox Ally today! Multiple new features have been added to the Xbox full screen experience, and they'll make things a little more convenient for Xbox handheld users. The first of these is a new "Display" tab that's accessible when pressing...
News Xbox Uses March 2026 Update To Highlight New M&K, Play Anywhere & Streamable Games
Plus a handful of "Handheld Optimised" titles
Every month, we like to bring you a roundup of the Xbox "Update" that Microsoft reveals over on the official Xbox Wire website, but there's actually not much new content in the March 2026 update that we haven't covered already. For example, the update talks about the new Xbox dashboard features that...
News Xbox Console Updates Continue As New 'Cloud Save Sync' Indicator Rolls Out To Insiders
A small but very useful addition
We've talked this month about how pleasantly surprised we've been with the new features that have arrived specifically for Xbox consoles, and we've got another one rolling out today to Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead Xbox Insiders! This is a "cloud save sync" indicator that's going to be visible when viewing the Game...
News Assassin's Creed Unity Is Getting A Free Xbox Series X|S Upgrade This Week
It's also part of Xbox Free Play Days in April
Ubisoft has announced today that Assassin's Creed Unity is getting a free next-gen upgrade to 60FPS (frames per-second) on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S this Thursday, March 5th. The upgrade is coming to PS5 at the same time, and we assume that's the platform it's targeted at, as Assassin's Creed...
News Here's What's Included In The Xbox February 2026 Update
1440p streaming on console, ROG Xbox Ally updates and more
The Xbox February 2026 update is now being highlighted by the folks over at Xbox Wire, and this week we've got new features across console, PC and handheld devices. We're looking at higher resolution streaming for Xbox Cloud Gaming on console, new navigation sounds on the Xbox PC app and...
News MindsEye's 'Most Significant' Update Has Just Arrived On Xbox, Here Are The Patch Notes
The studio remains heavily committed to this game
It was back in June of last year that MindsEye launched to horrific reviews (and it ultimately ended up being crowned the worst-reviewed title of 2025), but developer Build a Rocket Boy has been working so hard on the game ever since. Case in point, we're now at Update 7 for MindsEye on Xbox Series...
News Highguard Adds New 5v5 Mode In Latest Update, Here Are The Patch Notes
"We heard the feedback!"
New free-to-play shooter Highguard hasn't even been out for a week yet, and it's already adding a new mode! As part of today's latest update, the dev team has introduced an "experimental" 5v5 Raid Mode playlist to the game. In addition, there's a new base called "Soul Well" along with various performance optimisations for...
