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News Dead Island 2 Release Date Brought Forward, No Longer Clashes With Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Zombie limbs successfully rearranged
Deep Silver has announced that the long-in-development Dead Island 2 is now launching a bit earlier than anticipated! Sure, the move is probably not going to make up for the years and years worth of delays, but Dead Island 2 now hits Xbox on April 21st, 2023. The game's previous release date was locked in for...
News The Team Behind Xbox Exclusive Shoulder Of Giants 'Wants' To Be Included With Game Pass
"It's definitely something that we want"
Anything indie that manages to find its way onto Xbox Game Pass tends to make a bigger splash on the Xbox platform, and we're starting to see small developers clamour for inclusion on the service. The latest such team is Moving Pieces Interactive — the dev behind S
News The Witcher 3 Update 4.01 Is 'Baffling', Worsens Performance Mode On Xbox Series X
Not quite smooth sailing
At the beginning of the month, CD Projekt RED deployed a brand new The Witcher 3 patch for current-gen consoles, with one of the update's major objectives being to improve the game's ray tracing mode. While update 4.01 seems to have done that fairly successfully, it's made some 'baffling' changes to the game's 60FPS...
News Hogwarts Legacy Sells 80% More Copies At UK Launch Than Elden Ring
The physical sales data is in
Right, we always suspected that Hogwarts Legacy would sell extremely well given the popularity of the IP, and that sentiment is already starting to ring true. While only limited sales data is available right now — these findings are based on physical sales in the UK — the game is off to flying start. First off,...
News Wild Hearts 'Welcome To Minato' Story Trailer Arrives, Xbox Game Pass Trial Begins Today
Wild thing
EA's Monster Hunter competitor Wild Hearts begins rolling out on all platforms this week, starting with the early access trial which goes live today, February 13th. Ahead of the game's global rollout, the dev team has dropped a brand new story trailer to add some context to all of your upcoming monster hunting adventures. Koei Tecmo...
Reaction Halo Infinite's New Playlist Feels Key To The Game's Future
We're loving these Forge maps!
If there's one core issue that's plagued Halo Infinite pretty much since launch, it's been the severe lack of meaningful post-launch content. The team hasn't delivered any new weapons at all so far, and additional maps for us to play around with have been pretty hard to come by as well. Late last year though, Forge's...
Feature New Xbox Releases: All Games Coming Out In February 2023
Release dates for every February Xbox launch
Welcome to our roundup of all new Xbox games coming out in February 2023! Below, we've listed every Xbox game with a February 2023 release date, including all confirmed Xbox Game Pass releases so far. We've also got a guide to all new Xbox games release dates in 2023 elsewhere on Pure Xbox: <related...
News Three Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In March 2023 So Far
Looking at the month ahead
Update: We've now got quite a few more confirmations for March 2023! Here's the list: <related ids="134085"> Original story: We're nowhere near the end of February 2023's Xbox Game Pass additions yet, but as we like to do around this time of the month, we're taking an early look ahead at what's been confirmed for...
Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (February 13-17)
We've got a lot on the way!
Welcome to your new Xbox games roundup for February 13th to February 17th! We've got quite an interesting week ahead, with new releases including the likes of Wanted: Dead, Wild Hearts and
Feature 2023 Has Already Treated Us To Multiple GOTY Candidates On Xbox
It's been an amazing start to the year
It's the end of another busy week, and with the launch of Hogwarts Legacy happening today (the standard version), we thought we'd take a quick chance to reflect on just how good the new release slate has been for Xbox in 2023 so far. Looking at Metacritic, Xbox has been absolutely inundated with top-quality...
News Team Ninja Reveals Impressive Xbox Performance Targets For 'Wo Long Fallen Dynasty'
Details on all four Xbox versions
Team Ninja's upcoming action-RPG Wo Long Fallen Dynasty is now just a few weeks away from launch on Xbox Game Pass on March 3rd, 2023, and we now know how it'll perform across all four Xbox consoles! Those consoles are the Xbox One, the Xbox One X, the Xbox Series S and the Xbox Series X. The latter two are treated...
News New RPG 'Sea Of Stars' Causes Controversy As Devs Leave Xbox Owners Hanging
"There is a lot happening behind the scenes"
You may have seen that a game called Sea of Stars was featured as part of February 2023's Nintendo Direct, with a free demo hitting the Nintendo Switch eShop on the same day, and it's been proving very popular so far. However, there has also been a
News Crime Boss: Rockay City Gets Violent In 'Lost Candy' Mission Footage
Scheduled for an Xbox release in 2023
Crime Boss: Rockay City was one of the games that got quite a lot of attention following its appearance at The Game Awards 2022 last December, and it's already been confirmed for an Xbox (and PS5) release at some point in 2023. It's coming to PC first though, and ahead of that release, we're starting to get...
News Alan Wake 2 Is 'Playable From Start To Finish' As Remedy Plans Polishing Phase
We finished the manuscript, Alice
Alan Wake is an Xbox 360 gem, and ever since it re-entered the minds of us all via Alan Wake Remastered, we've been pretty hyped for the game's sequel. Remedy has been locked on to a broad 2023 release for Alan Wake 2 since it was first announced, and the game launching this year is starting to sound a lot more lik
News EA's 'BOGOF' Xbox Sale Returns, With A Different Batch Of Games
Cheaper options, but not cheap enough!
Last month, EA brought a 'Buy One Get One Free' sale to Xbox Live, offering up a selection of recent titles as part of a two for one deal. Well, the same promo format has returned this month, only this time it features a lineup of mostly older and cheaper titles. EA's current BOGOF sale is now live through...
News Hogwarts Legacy And Fable Are Getting A Lot Of Comparisons From Xbox Fans
"No wonder it feels so magical"
It's officially Hogwarts Legacy launch day for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and that means even more people will be able to get access to a game that's already been smashing records left, right and centre over the past few days. We've been keeping an eye on what players have been saying about the title recently,...
News Atomic Heart Dev Reveals Xbox Series S Performance Targets, And It's Good News
Frame rate fans rejoice
Last month, Atomic Heart developer Mundfish responded on Twitter to reveal that its upcoming FPS would run at a dynamic 4K / 60FPS on Xbox Series X and PS5. At the time, the team didn't tell us how Xbox Series S would handle things, but a new dev interview has now dropped all the juicy details. To get to the point
Video 7 Amazing Xbox Game Pass Games You Can Beat In Under 7 Hours
For those who enjoy shorter titles
We obviously love a big, epic adventure here at Pure Xbox (here's hoping Starfield will satisfy our needs there), but there's also a growing number of us in the community who are beginning to appreciate the shorter games in the Xbox Game Pass library as our lives get busier and our potential playing time decreases...
News Vampire Survivors Update 1.3 Brings 'Bat Country' Stage & More To Xbox Game Pass
Bat them away
Vampire Survivors developer Poncle has revealed its first free update since the game's 'Legacy of the Moonspell' DLC pack, and it brings a new free challenge stage to all players, including on Xbox Game Pass. And the best bit? It's available today, February 9th! Update 1.3.0 brings the new 'Bat Country' chall
News Fatal Frame: Mask Of The Lunar Eclipse Unveils Story Trailer As Xbox Pre-Orders Go Live
Photo Mode also confirmed!
We're now exactly one month away from the release of Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and pre-orders have officially gone live on the official Xbox Store ahead of the game's launch on March 9th, 2023. You're looking at £39.99 / $49.99 for the standard version of the...
News Rock Band Tweet Goes Viral As Hyperkin Asks Epic Games To Make A New Version
"Completely blown away by the community response"
We're still having a fantastic time with Rock Band 4 on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S to this day, but unfortunately it's not getting the attention it deserves for one big reason - the instruments are so expensive as they're no longer being produced. Seriously, the prices are crazy,...
News Call Of Duty Fans Aren't Happy With Modern Warfare 2's Season 2 Update
"6v6 COD is dying"
Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward has fully unveiled its Modern Warfare 2 & Warzone 2.0 roadmap for Season 2, and it's safe to say the info drop is proving somewhat controversial. While Warzone 2.0 players seem fairly satisfied with what's coming during the game's second season, MW2 mult
News Multiple Games Announced For Xbox Following February's Nintendo Direct
New games and release dates
If you're a big follower of our sister site Nintendo Life, then you'll probably have seen all the Nintendo Direct coverage from this week's event already, but did you know that some of those games are also coming to Xbox? Following the event, various games were either announced for Xbox for the first time, or received...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (February 9-12)
Included with Xbox Live Gold & Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Free Play Days returns for the weekend, and we've got a full three-game selection this time around! One of these titles is available as part of Xbox Game Pass already (The Ascent), but the other two are welcome entries for the program. Scarlet Nexus The Ascent
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 9)
Dive in!
Microsoft is bringing two more titles to the Xbox Game Pass February 2023 lineup today, with one arriving via the EA Play library. That addition will be the latest Madden release, adding to the sizeable sports collection now available within Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Expect that one to drop at some point later this afternoon. Here's a bit...
Deals Lots Of Games Reduced By 90% In This Week's Xbox Sales (February 7-14)
More ultra-cheap bargains!
Looking for some cheap Xbox games from February 7th to February 14th? Once again, we're going through the biggest discounts in this week's set of Xbox sales, particularly in terms of the 90% reductions which include the likes of Panzer Dragoon: Remake, The Flame in the Flood, XCOM 2: Collection and a whole bunch of racing...
Talking Point What Happened To Xbox's 'Resolution Boost' Program?
It was discussed before the Xbox Series X launched
Microsoft has done a pretty amazing job over the last five years-or-so in enhancing our old libraries and bringing them forward to newer consoles. In the Xbox One X era, the team focused on enhancing Xbox 360 and original Xbox games for the system, while the FPS Boost program was a great feature...
News Apex Legends Becomes Less 'Battle Royale' With The Introduction Of Traditional Team Deathmatch
Remember Attrition
Apex Legends Season 16 is almost here, and normally we wouldn't be that fussed if it was a standard battle royale-filled season of content to be honest. However, developer Respawn is going back to its Titanfall roots with the addition of a traditional team deathmatch mode. Yep, Apex sounds like it's becoming a broader...
Review Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition - Microsoft's PC Classic Makes Its Debut On Xbox
RTS historical battles…with a controller
Where do you start with Age of Empires 2? It’s arguably the greatest RTS (and perhaps one of the best games) of all time. When it made its debut back on Microsoft Windows in 1999, it received absolutely huge levels of praise for not only taking the series to the next level, but also bettering the genre in...
News 'Challenging' Sci-Fi Shooter 'Scars Above' Heads To Xbox Later This Month
Returnalike
Developer Prime Matter has unveiled a brand-new gameplay trailer for its upcoming adventure Scars Above - an adventure that the team is labelling a "challenging sci-fi shooter" coming to consoles and PC. The first thing we thought when watching this clip is how much it reminds us of PlayStation exclusive Returnal, and well, if the team...
News Another Six Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass Soon (February 15)
Including this Xbox exclusive FPS
Update: Microsoft has now confirmed the official dates and platforms, which we've updated below. We've also got six more games that have been announced for Xbox Game Pass in mid-February! Original story: The official Xbox app has revealed that six games are set to be removed from Xbox Game Pass in the middle part...
News These Six Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (February 9-21)
The latest official roundup of new titles
It's time for another official Xbox Game Pass roundup! Microsoft has today announced six games coming to the service in February, including Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, Atomic Heart and much more! Here's the full list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in mid-February: Date Game Platform February 9
News Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Looks Impressive In New 9 Minute Gameplay Demo
Not long to wait!
Respawn's upcoming Star Wars: Jedi sequel may have suffered a short delay to April 2023 recently, but it seems like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's marketing cycle is about to kick into gear anyway. We've only seen bits and pieces on the upcoming title since its
News Cities: Skylines Remastered Arrives Next Week As Free Xbox Series X|S Upgrade
Update: Also included with Xbox Game Pass!
Update: It's now been confirmed that Cities: Skylines Remastered will be part of Xbox Game Pass! <related ids="144114"> Original story: The fantastic city-building game Cities: Skylines is officially getting a remastered version next week in the form of Cities: Skylines Console Remastered, which...
News Halo Infinite Launches New Matchmaking Playlist For Forge Maps
Try out four new maps right now!
It's not been the best period for Halo Infinite, but 343 Industries is pushing on by delivering a new "highly requested" feature. Ahead of Season 3, Infinite community-made Forge maps now feature their own unique matchmaking playlist. This adds four new maps to the mix, created by Halo Infinite players. The maps...
News Madden NFL 23 Touches Down On Xbox Game Pass This Week
As part of EA Play
It's that time of year again, as the latest Madden is officially dropping on Xbox Game Pass! Specifically, we'll be able to play Madden NFL 23 on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play beginning this Thursday, February 9th.
Poll What's Your Favourite Special Edition Xbox Series X|S Controller So Far?
They're all pretty stellar aren't they
As Xbox announces yet another special edition Series X|S controller, we've been thinking about our favourite gamepads of the generation so far. Despite the fact that we've seen lots of stock issues across the industry during the COVID-19 era, Microsoft has managed to put out a solid amount of unique controller...
Video Fascinating Hogwarts Legacy Comparison Shows Several Film Vs. Game Scenes
The game is amazingly faithful to the movies!
We're used to seeing plenty of video game comparisons these days - many of us like to be aware of the differences between the Xbox and PlayStation versions of a game, for example. However, this week's Hogwarts Legacy launch has provided us with a unique comparison point: how the open world RPG stacks up...
News Xbox Is Getting A Free-To-Play Madden NFL Competitor This Year
Built using Unreal Engine 5
If you're an NFL fan, you may be aware of the Maximum Football series of games that have been released on Xbox over the past few years, and now we're getting a brand-new one - this time built using Unreal Engine 5, and launching as a free-to-play title on PC this spring and consoles later this year. The new Maximum...
News Xbox's 'Stellar Shift' Controller Includes A Special Background For Series X|S Owners
Unique to the controller!
Original story: The new Xbox "Stellar Shift" controller was announced earlier today, launching in select markets worldwide, and you might be interested to know that it comes with a unique feature - a special dynamic background for Xbox Series X|S. By plugging the controller into your Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S console,...
News Microsoft Announces New Special Edition 'Stellar Shift' Xbox Controller
Lookin' stellar, launchin' today!
(Update): Well, it's now official! Immediately after we reported on the new controller leak, Microsoft formally announced the Xbox Stellar Shift Wireless Controller. The latest Xbox pad in the 'Shift' lineup launches today for £59.99 / $69.99, and this one comes with its own unique Xbox Series X|S dynamic...
News Futuristic First-Person Shooter 'LEAP' Comes To Xbox This March
One giant leap towards, errm, respawning most likely
Blue Isle Studios has announced that its futuristic fast-paced FPS, LEAP, is coming to consoles next month including Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. The game is currently in Early Access on PC, with its upcoming console release serving as the game's 1.0 launch point. Pricing on LEAP's console...
News Xbox Players Encouraged To Change Two Camera Settings In Hogwarts Legacy
"I can't tell you how much smoother the game feels"
Hogwarts Legacy is now officially available for anyone to bought (or buys) the Deluxe Edition of the game for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, with the standard version arriving three days later on February 10th. Now that players have had access to the game, they've been encouraging anyone playing...
News 'Atomic Heart' Xbox Preload Now Live, Launches On Game Pass Later This Month
You might need to clear some space
Mundfish's crazy-looking shooter Atomic Heart is just about two weeks away from launch, and the team has updated the game on Xbox Live so we can get the full thing preloaded before it hits Xbox Game Pass. For Xbox Series X users, Atomic Heart is a chunky 78.6GB at the time of writing, so you might want to make...
Deals 250+ Games Added To This Week's Xbox Sales (February 7-14)
Including RPG and 2K Publisher sales!
It's time for another set of weekly Xbox deals! This week's discounts are for brand-new 2K Publisher and RPG sales, alongside the usual Deals with Gold and Spotlight offers. We've also still got a lot of stuff that has been carried over from last week, including the massive Ubisoft Publisher Sale and the first...
News Hot Wheels Unleashed Joins Xbox Game Pass Alongside 50+ Add-Ons
Including multiple expansions
We're onto our third Xbox Game Pass February 2023 release today, and it's a big one in the form of Hot Wheels Unleashed - Game of the Year Edition for Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming! This version of Hot Wheels Unleashed actually comes with no less than 51 pieces of DLC (so get ready...
News Call Of Duty 'Full Annual Premium Release' Set To Launch In 2023
Water is wet
Activision Blizzard's latest financial report is now out for public viewing, or at least a summarised version of it is via the company's investor website. New ActiBlizz financials means one surefire thing - plenty of talk about Call of Duty. Alongside lots of boasting about how much money last year's Modern Warfare 2 made — along...
News Bandai Namco Shares An Extensive Look At Tekken 8 Gameplay
Along with the reveal of Nina Williams!
It was back at The Game Awards in December that we were treated to our first proper look at gameplay for Tekken 8, and now Bandai Namco has treated us to more snippets, along with the reveal of Nina Williams! You can get a lo
Guide Hogwarts Legacy Release Date, Release Times & Preload Details On Xbox
Everything you need to know
We've been hearing about Hogwarts Legacy for such a long time, and now it's finally ready to launch on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S! The huge open world Harry Potter experience is heading to the two next-gen Xbox consoles for the time being, and will be followed up with an last-gen Xbox One version in a couple of...
News Xbox Leak Reveals Ubisoft+ Will Include 60+ Games, Here's The Full List So Far
Launch should be just around the corner!
Back in early January 2023, we started hearing rumblings that Ubisoft Plus might be gearing up for a release on Xbox, with around 20 games appearing on the Xbox Store with a Ubisoft Plus tag. Now, it seems we might actually have the full list of games that will be included with the catalogue, which has...
