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News Five Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In December 2025
Update: The full month has been revealed!
Microsoft has revealed the next batch of six games set to leave Xbox Game Pass in early December, with these titles appearing in the "Leaving Soon" section of the Game Pass tab on the official Xbox mobile app. While all of these are disappointing to lose, we've got three big fan favourites leaving the...
Guide Xbox Game Pass Essential: Full List Of Games (December 2025 Update)
Here's everything you can play on Game Pass Essential
Back in 2023, Microsoft finally phased out Xbox Live Gold, replacing it with Xbox Game Pass Core as a new entry-level tier to its subscription service. Since then, it's been renamed to Xbox Game Pass Essential as of October 2025. Unlike Games with Gold, which
News Black Ops 7 Season 01 Maps Detailed, Free On Xbox Game Pass Ultimate This Week
Four maps arrive on day one
Ahead of launch later this week, Xbox and Activision have given us a closer look at the multiplayer maps coming to Black Ops 7 Season 01 - with four new levels coming to the Game Pass FPS later this week. The maps in question are Fate, Odysseus, Utopia and Standoff; the latter being a returning classic from 2012's Black...
Guide Xbox Adds More Perks For Game Pass Members (December 2025)
The latest freebies for XGP subscribers
The Xbox Game Pass Perks program is continuing to add a bunch of freebies for Game Pass members throughout December 2025, including for the likes of Fortnite, The Crew Motorfest, Delta Force and so many other games. We expect many more to come over the next few weeks, and we'll update this guide when we spot...
Feature These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (December 1-5)
Including a massive free upgrade for RDR!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for December 1-5! We've got some big games on the way over the next few days, including the current-gen upgrade for Red Dead Redemption, Octopath Traveler 0 and DLC for Elden Ring Nightreign, while all three
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...
News Three More Games Have Been 'Hard Delisted' And Removed Off The Xbox Store Entirely
Microsoft takes action
There's been a lot of talk about curation and how Microsoft seems to allow anything on the Xbox Store these days, but apparently there's a lot going on in the background that we're never privy to, as evidenced by a few games that have quietly been hard delisted on the Xbox Store. The term "hard delisted" refers to games that...
News Forza Horizon 2 Super Early Xbox Development Build Leaks Online
Horizon 2 demake when?!
At this point, we feel like we've seen pretty much everything there is to see about the Forza Horizon series, going back all the way to the first game on Xbox 360. This morning, however, we've come across a very cool leak that shows a super-early development build of Forza Horizon 2 - one from before its eventual release back...
News Xbox's Latest Free Game Has 3 Separate Versions And 3000G Worth Of Achievements
"Dive into a thrilling incremental experience"
It's been a while since we last saw a new free-to-play (or just entirely "free") game release on the Xbox Store, but that's all changed today with the arrival of Card Storm Idle - a game that actually has three separate versions to try. That makes it extremely lucrative for achievement hunters, as...
News Here's What's Included In The Xbox November 2025 Update
New cloud features, Copilot, full-screen experience & more!
The Xbox November 2025 update is now being highlighted by the folks over at Xbox Wire, and as usual with these updates in recent months, it's not really very console-focused - the updates encompass everything nowadays. With that in mind, we've got some cloud upgrades including the ability...
News Black Ops 7 Season 01 Arrives Next Week, And It'll 'Significantly Improve' Progression
The Battle Pass is getting a big overhaul
Xbox developer Treyarch has fully detailed Black Ops 7 Season 01, and there's a lot of content coming to the game next week. A big batch of multiplayer maps, Zombies survival maps, weapons, operators and more are arriving for the Xbox Game Pass title on December 4th - alongside "significant improvements" to...
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 Six More Games Set To Be Delisted On Xbox In December 2025
Including a bunch from Outright Games
As the final month of 2025 draws closer, it's time to take a quick look at what's being removed from the Xbox Store before the year is out, with six games currently set to be delisted in December 2025. Four of these are from publisher Outright Games, although only the Steam versions are confirmed to be getting...
Feature These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (November 24-28)
Including some exciting Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for November 24-28! We've got some interesting stuff on the way over the next few days including first-person horror game A.I.L.A, Forza Motorsport rival Project Motor Racing and two exciting Xbox Game Pass titles - the excellent
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
Feature The Crew Motorfest Races Onto Xbox Game Pass This Week, And You Don't Want To Miss It
Real competition for Forza Horizon 5!
Today's Xbox Game Pass roundup has delivered some lovely upcoming additions - which we're very grateful to see given that the post-Black Ops 7 XGP lineup was looking a little thin. One game that's really standing out to us here is The Crew Motorfest; Ubisoft's 2023 racer set in open-world Hawaii. At the time of...
News Five Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late November 2025
Update: Microsoft reconfirms it
Microsoft has today revealed the next batch of five games set to leave Xbox Game Pass in late November, with these titles appearing in the "Leaving Soon" section of the Game Pass tab on the official Xbox mobile app. We've got three particularly big ones here - Octopath Traveler, Octopath Traveler 2 and Lor
Review Black Ops 7 (Xbox) - Zombies Mode The Shining Light In This Undercooked Call Of Duty
Black to the drawing board
Call of Duty returns in 2025 with its first back-to-back Black Ops release following last year's Black Ops 6, and the result is an undercooked COD experience that feels like it needed more time in the oven. Truth be told, Black Ops 7 is a bit of a mess, and it's only the game's tried and tested gunplay and deep...
Guide Xbox Adds More Perks For Game Pass Members (November 2025)
The latest freebies for XGP subscribers
The Xbox Game Pass Perks program is continuing to add a bunch of freebies for Game Pass members throughout November 2025, including for the likes of Albion Online, The First Descendant, Apex Legends and a whole lot more. Fortnite Crew is certainly stealing th
Feature These 40+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (November 17-21)
Along with a couple of Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for November 17-21! We've got another very busy few days ahead for new releases, with highlights including SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide, R-Type Delta: HD Boosted,
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...
Guide All Xbox Games With Mouse & Keyboard Support
The latest keyboard & mouse list for Xbox One, Series X, Series S
Update: Our latest update to this list has added the likes of Great God Grove, Fate Seeker 2, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, Pigeon Simulator, Voidtrain, The Finals, Dusk, The Outer Worlds 2, Post Trauma, Pacific Drive, Ball x Pit, Little Rocket Lab, Gungrave GORE, Immortality, Shredders,...
News Here's Your First Look At Black Ops 7 Running On Xbox One & One X
Unsurprisingly unstable
Yesterday, we shared a comparison for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and we weren't exactly shocked to see that the game runs perfectly both fine on both systems. It was the Xbox One version that we were most interested in, as the original XB1 is now 12 years old and still getting brand-new...
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...
Roundup All The Xbox Reveals From November 2025's State Of Play
Don't worry, they're not all PS5 exclusives!
Today's PlayStation State of Play event for November 2025 included a bunch of games that are also coming to Xbox, including the new DLC for Elden Ring Nightreign that's launching in December! Keep in mind that this State of Play was focused purely on games made in Japan and wider Asia. If any other games...
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:...
News Fallout 4: Anniversary Upgrade Launches For $40, 'Creations Bundle' Also Available For $20
And the full version is $60
Happy 10th birthday to Fallout 4! Bethesda is celebrating the milestone by releasing a special Anniversary Edition for the game, and it's just shown up on the Xbox Store at a price of $60, with a couple of upgrade bundles also available. So, if you don't own Fallout 4 at all, you can buy the Anniversary Edition and get...
Feature These 50+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (November 10-14)
Including SIX new Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for November 10-14! The big release of the next few days is obviously Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, but there are plenty of other great releases on the way including Winter Burrow, Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road, Rennsport, the
News Xbox Has A New $4.99 Horror Game Called Dollmare, And It's Apparently Pretty Good
"Don't get fired and stay alive."
Over the past year, we've seen the Poppy Playtime horror series making a successful transition to Xbox, with those games sometimes appearing in the "Top Paid" Xbox charts, so it's no surprise to see similar titles making the jump. Dollmare seems to be a very similar horror game to Poppy Playtime - a short (maximum...
News Terminator 2D: No Fate Receives Another Last-Minute Delay, Out On Xbox In Mid-December
"We are sincerely sorry for the repeated delays."
Reef Entertainment has announced its second delay to Terminator 2D: No Fate; with this latest pushback coming a lot closer to the game's previously-planned launch. Terminator 2D: No Fate will now release on November 26th, rather than October 31st. When we first shared news of the game back in...
News Two Games Are Available Across Xbox Game Pass Ultimate & Premium Today (November 5)
Highlighted by a new "day one" release
As mentioned in our big Xbox Game Pass roundup yesterday, we've got two arrivals across various Game Pass tiers today, one of which is a brand-new day one release called Dead Static Drive. Dead Static Drive is described as an "indie survival-horror game following a nightmarish road trip across a 1980s...
News Five Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Early November 2025
Including the huge departure of Stalker 2
Microsoft has today revealed the next batch of five games set to leave Xbox Game Pass in early November, with these titles appearing in the "Leaving Soon" section of the Game Pass tab on the official Xbox mobile app. Stalker 2 is the major one here, set to leave a year after making its grand debut on the...
Feature These 40+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (November 3-7)
Including lots of new Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for November 3-7! We're really looking forward to the releases of stuff like Football Manager 26 and Voidtrain over the next few days, and there's plenty of other great new titles on the way including the likes of Syberia -
News Here's What's Included In The Xbox October 2025 Update
"We continue our quest to add improved innovation..."
The Xbox October 2025 update has just been highlighted by the folks over at Team Xbox, with ROG Xbox Ally, the Handheld Compatibility Program and fresh PC and Console updates making up the full list of new features. We're going to gather up everything included in the Xbox October 2025 update...
Feature These 40+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (October 27-31)
Including another major first-party Xbox title!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for October 27-31! More big games are on the way over the next few days including Wreckreation, ARC Raiders, Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake and much more, with the highlight arguably bei
News Black Ops 7 Season 01 Revealed Before The Game's Even Out, And It's Absolutely Stacked
10 maps confirmed for Season 01
Black Ops 7's Xbox launch is exactly three weeks away, with the latest Call of Duty title set to grace Xbox Game Pass on November 14th. However, fans aren't even being given time to digest what's in the base game right now - as Activision reveals an absolute shedload of content coming to the game as part of
News Xbox & Bethesda Announce Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition For Next Month
Giving it the Skyrim treatment
As part of today's Fallout Day livestream, Bethesda has announced Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition to mark the game's 10-year birthday - and it's coming to Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S next month. The major new feature for Xbox players here is the addition of Creations for Fallout 4. Accessible via "a brand-new in-game...
News Two Games Are Moving Over To Xbox Game Pass Premium Today (October 22)
Just announced by Microsoft!
With Microsoft's recent Xbox Game Pass overhaul, the new 'Premium' tier is a much more affordable option - and despite a lack of day one launches on there, plenty of games are still being added on a regular basis. Today, two major additions to the Premium library have been announced by Xbox, including first-party title
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (October 21)
Including a new first-party release!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! Today, we have two titles coming to the library, including Microsoft's Ninja Gaiden 4 - which has just launched for Xbox Series X and S. Down below is a quick introduction to NG4, alongside today's other Xbox Game Pass addition; which returns to the library after...
News Three Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late October 2025
All of them are well worth a play
Microsoft has just revealed the next batch of three games set to leave Xbox Game Pass in late October, with all of them showing on the official Xbox mobile app as of this morning. All of these are well worth a play, with Metal Slug Tactics being an RTS title, Return To Monkey Island being a point-and-click title,...
Feature These 50+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (October 20-24)
Including five new Game Pass additions!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for October 20-24! We've got a very busy few days ahead of us for new releases, including the likes of Ninja Gaiden 4, Jurassic World Evolution 3, early access for The Outer Worlds 2 and so much more, while five games are arriving into the
News The Crew 2 Will Now Be Playable 'For Years To Come' As Ubisoft Adds Offline Mode
"This marks a major milestone..."
After months of promises and post-launch work from the Ivory Tower development team, an offline mode has finally been added to The Crew 2, ensuring that the game will be playable "for years to come" on Xbox consoles. We first heard about this effort over a year ago following
News Insomniac's Xbox Exclusive Sunset Overdrive Celebrates Its 11-Year Anniversary This Month
Time flies when you're downing Overcharge
Around this time last year, we reminisced about one of Xbox's best-ever exclusives when Sunset Overdrive officially hit 10 years of age - and while its 2025 anniversary isn't quite as important, we have seen the Xbox community talking about the game once again, and we don't really need much of an excuse to...
Feature These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (October 13-17)
Including five new Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for October 13-17! The big release of the next few days from an Xbox perspective is Double Fine's Keeper, while there are absolutely tons of new indie titles and five brand-new Xbox Game Pass additions to look forward to. Here's what's coming to Xbox next week: New Xbox...
Guide Xbox Adds More Perks For Game Pass Members (October 2025)
The latest freebies for XGP subscribers
The Xbox Game Pass Perks program is continuing to add a bunch of freebies for Game Pass members throughout October 2025, including for the likes of Call of Duty: Warzone, Throne And Liberty and a whole lot more. As a result of the recent overhau
News Battlefield 6 Dev Explains Why It Isn't Following Black Ops 7 With Xbox One Version
BF6 is ditching last-gen, for good reason
Two titans of the FPS genre are about to release on Xbox in the form of Battlefield 6 and Black Ops 7, but whilst BF6 drops last-gen support this time around, BO7 is still giving us an Xbox One version here in 2025 - and the teams both have their reasons as to why. Recently, Call of Duty developer Treyarch...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (October 9-12)
Your latest batch of free trials
Xbox Free Play Days has landed! We've got a good batch of games playable on the service this week, alongside that huge Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 trial that goes live today as well. You can play the whole COD campaign with that one, and it's available to all Xbox players! <related ids="192306"> Without further...
News The Full Black Ops 6 Campaign Will Be Entirely Free For A Week, Starting This Thursday
Taking Battlefield 6 head on?
The Call of Duty team has detailed its latest free trial ahead of the series' yearly Halloween update, and for the first time in franchise history, the entire Black Ops 6 campaign will be free-to-play for a week on Xbox. Yep, starting October 9th and running through October 16th, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is hosting...
News 1997's Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror Is Getting 'Reforged' For Xbox In 2026
"A faithful reimagining of the second game"
It was just over 12 months ago that Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged was released for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, so it makes sense that the second game is also getting the treatment very soon! This one is officially called Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged, and...
Feature These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (October 6-10)
Including at least two more Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for October 6-10! The big release of the next few days is Battlefield 6 for sure, but we've also got the likes of Yooka-Replayee, Little Nightmares 3 and at least two
