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News Two More Games Are Available This Week With Xbox Game Pass (May 21-22)
One arriving via EA Play
Yesterday's Xbox Game Pass update was a fairly major one; adding a bunch of titles to the lineup for the end of May and early June. Two of those additions were slipped into this week - so we're here to round those up today and give you a taste of what's new on Xbox Game Pass for the rest of the week.
News Ubisoft Working On New 'AAA' Rayman Game As Studio Begins Hiring
Rayman revival
Some now-deleted job adverts from Ubisoft have sparked particular interest today, and for good reason - they relate to a brand-new Rayman game from the company's Milan studio. Gathered on Reddit and shared by our friends at Nintendo Life, two job adverts were spotted for this upcoming Rayman project - one of wh
A bumper update
Today, Xbox has announced an absolutely massive console update that brings loads of new features to the table - actually, it's more of an entire platform update than just a console one! Starting out, we have the surprise release of Retro Classics from Xbox Game Studios - a collection of old school titles which we've detailed in full...
News Hellblade 2 Announced For PS5 Alongside 'Enhanced' Edition On Xbox
"We look forward to sharing more details soon"
Microsoft has announced the next Xbox game that's moving over to PS5 consoles, with Ninja Theory's Hellblade 2 now set to launch on PlayStation this summer. We don't have a specific date yet, but the Xbox studio has announced an "Enhanced Edition" of its 2024 adventure that will include a PS5 port...
News These 11 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (May 21 - June 3)
Your latest batch of new titles
Microsoft has revealed the full Xbox Game Pass lineup for the next few weeks, as we begin creeping into June 2025's selection of titles. Before that though, a handful of additions close out the May 2025 Game Pass list, including the fantastic
News One Of The Worst Xbox Games Of All Time Has Dropped To $2.99
Still not worth it?
Every year here at Pure Xbox, we highlight the best and worst games of the past 12 months according to Metacritic's rankings, and nobody seemed overly surprised when The Lord of the Rings: Gollum took the "worst" award in 2023. This was a game that had a lot of hype behind it pre-launch, but clearly was suffering from...
News Atomfall Was 'Immediately Profitable' Despite Launching On Xbox Game Pass
Rebellion is already considering sequels and spin-offs
There have been concerns raised about Xbox Game Pass potentially detracting from game sales, but as we already heard from the Atomfall developer in April, Microsoft's subscription service helped this title become a "huge success". Rebellion has elaborated on this during a chat with The Game...
News RoboCop: Rogue City Drops To 'Lowest Price Ever' With Incredible Xbox Deal
Another cracking offer
Earlier today, we posted about Xbox's latest set of offers including some absolutely incredible deals - and we think the current digital discount for RoboCop: Rogue City deserves its own recognition here. Down a whopping 90% from its normal price, the 'Alex Murphy Edition' of 2023's Unreal Engine 5 RoboCop title is just...
17 of the top Xbox racers you can enjoy in 2025
If you're looking for the best Xbox racing games, the good news is that you're pretty spoilt for choice on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S! Whether you're a simulation purist or you prefer the more arcade-oriented racers on the market, there's definitely something for you in this list. Remember, all of...
Feature Best Xbox Horror Games
Enough to scare the bones off ya
Looking to scare yourself silly on Xbox? The good news is that there are plenty of fantastic horror games on the platform, including a bunch that reside in the Xbox Game Pass library. Horror is quite a hard gaming genre to pinpoint, because there are so many different styles you can go for. From third-person...
News Xbox 'Critically Acclaimed' Sale Now Live, Amazing Bargains Available This Week
Don't overlook this week's Xbox offers
Tuesday has arrived, and so has the weekly refresh of deals on the Xbox Store! The highlight for many will probably be the "Critically Acclaimed" Xbox sale that's just gone live, although there's also an amazing Nacon Publisher sale, the usual batch of Xbox Game Pass exclusive discounts, and loads of sales...
News Stalker Trilogy Comparison Shows Off Xbox Series X|S Enhanced Edition
Subtle enhancements to some open world classics
Stalker Trilogy Enhanced Edition is out now for Xbox Series X|S, and as this new next-gen upgrade lands, an interesting comparison between the old and new versions has cropped up online. Of course, we've thrown this comparison video up above for you all to take a look at. The clip doesn't state which...
News RoadCraft Is Out Now On Xbox, And It's Getting Some Excellent Reviews
"The dev's best vehicle sim to date"
Saber Interactive has done an amazing job with the likes of MudRunner and SnowRunner over the past few years, and the team is back again with RoadCraft this week - a game where you run a disaster recovery company. As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (May 20)
Sim city
Welcome to another Xbox Game Pass update! Today, we have a pair of fresh titles entering the library, and if you're into your simulators - you're in luck! Here's what's new to Xbox Game Pass today, May 20. Firefighting Simulator: The Squad (Console, PC, Cloud): "Firefighting Simulator lets you experience what it means
News Witcher 3 Celebrates 10 Years On Xbox With A Special Anniversary Trailer
What's your fondest memory?
Before Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red was crafting The Witcher 3 and while it's now focused on the development of the next major entry in the series, it's taken a brief moment out of its busy schedule to pay its respects to Geralt's third outing. It's now been 10 years since this particular title made its original debut...
News One Month On, Oblivion Remastered Has A Pretty Low Completion Rate On Xbox
Game Pass likely a factor
Just under a month ago, Bethesda shadow dropped Oblivion Remastered after what felt like an eternity of rumour and speculation, and we were here for it. The hype around launch was certainly real, with the game exploding in popularity shortly afterwards - but that hasn't resulted in the majority of its user base blasting...
News Fantasy Life's Xbox Debut Was Delayed Due To 'Ongoing Technical Issue' With Microsoft
The issue does not affect PC and PS5
Last week, we posted about how Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time got a pretty fantastic rating in its first public review - but if you were keen to get stuck into Xbox's first-ever Fantasy Life ASAP, you're going to have to wait a little bit longer. Right on the eve of developer Level-5 unleashing its...
Feature These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (May 19-23)
Including two new Xbox Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for May 19-23! We've got plenty of exciting new releases on the way including the Stalker trilogy's Enhanced Edition, Fantasy Life i,
News Xbox Is Adding Three New Ways To Personalise Your Console's Home Screen
Rolling out now to some Xbox Insiders
It's been announced today that your Xbox console's home screen is getting three new personalisation options in the near future, and two of them are actually rolling out to Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead Xbox Insiders this week. Team Xbox says it's responding to direct feedback with this update: "We’ve heard...
News Multiple Xbox-Related Showcases Officially Confirmed For Next Month
Get ready for a busy SGF 2025
It's almost that time of the year again! The Xbox Games Showcase 2025 is just around the corner, and it's set to be joined by a barrage of other showcases at the same time - many of which will feature Xbox-related reveals as well. This is all part of Summer Game Fest season, previously known as E3 season, with pretty...
News Step Aside Stray, 'Copycat' Brings Its Own Feline Adventure To Xbox This Month
Name on-point
Since Stray announced itself on the world stage, cat games have become all the rage, and a new alternative from developer Spoonful of Wonder certainly doesn't shy away from that fact - with it's aptly-named adventure Copycat. Copycat is a "poignant narrative-driven game about rejection, belonging and the meaning of home"; all of which...
Report Red Dead Redemption 2 Next-Gen Upgrade Could Launch On Xbox Later This Year
Before GTA 6?
Red Dead Redemption 2 is still an absolute looker on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, but with that 30FPS frame rate cap still in place, we've always been up for Rockstar improving the experience on current-gen consoles. And, it sounds like that could be happening in the next few months. According to the folks over at GameReactor,...
News Two Intriguing New Releases Get Free Demos For Xbox Series X|S
Including one from the Metroid Dread developer!
Every now and again, we like to highlight some free Xbox demos that have appeared on the Microsoft Store, and there are two recent ones in particular to bring your attention to - both for some very intriguing new indie releases. The first demo is for Blades of Fire, which is a new action-adventure...
Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Capcom Fighting Collection 2
Bring the fight to Xbox
This week marks the launch of the Capcom Fighting Collection 2 on multiple platforms and this latest one has thankfully arrived at the same time on Xbox. Obviously, there was a delay with the previous Marvel vs. Capcom release. The reviews are now beginning to roll in, so we've put together the first lot of impressions so...
Talking Point Do You Feel You've Had Value For Money With Your Xbox Series X|S?
Has it been worth what you paid for it?
We're getting close to five years since the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S first hit the market, and although they've clearly struggled in comparison to the PS5 and Nintendo Switch, they've still proved very popular consoles overall. There's an argument in some circles that because of Microsoft's new "this...
News Avowed Update 1.4 Now Live, Full Roadmap For 2025 Also Revealed
Lots to look forward to
The latest update for Avowed has gone live today on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC in the form of update 1.4, which brings some cool new features to the game including an Aracnaphobia Mode for spider-haters like me! Before we get there though, we also need to mention that the full roadmap for Avowed in 2025 has been...
News Lost In Random: The Eternal Die Joins Xbox Game Pass Lineup For June 2025
Release date locked in!
First announced to be joining Xbox Game Pass at Gamescom last year, the folks behind Lost in Random: The Eternal Die have revealed the upcoming roguelite's full release date. You can expect to be playing this one on June 17th, 2025, day one on the service. In this Lost in Random sequel, "players will journey as Queen Ale
News Everyone's Going Nuts For 'Cookie Clicker' As Xbox Port Gets Announced
We'd nutever heard of it!
Okay, forgive us for a moment but the majority of folks here at Pure Xbox HQ had never heard of Cookie Clicker until two hours ago - but large swathes of the internet seem to be going mad at its newly-announced console version. This basic 'cookie clicking sim' was first released as a browser game back in 2013, and has also...
News Mortal Kombat 1 Fans Disappointed As Definitive Edition Launches On Xbox
"I am not going to preorder the next MK because of it"
Mortal Kombat 1 made its debut for Xbox Series X and S (as well as other platforms) back in September of 2023, and there's a lot of disgruntlement over the decision to release a Definitive Edition by surprise over the past few hours. Mortal Kombat 1: Definitive Edition includes the base game...
News Stalker 2 Patch 1.4 Makes Loads Of Changes On Xbox, With A Focus On AI Improvements
Live now on Xbox Game Pass
Stalker 2 developer GSC Game World has today detailed its next big patch, and there's absolutely loads of fixes and improvements tucked into this latest update for the Xbox Game Pass title. The team says that this patch has a strong focus on "big improvements to the combat AI", which is good news, because it's something...
News The Witcher 3 Drops To 'Lowest Price Ever' In Unbelievable Xbox Deal
If you haven't bought it yet, now's the time
The Witcher 3 is arguably one of the greatest games we've ever seen on Xbox, but if you've yet to play it for whatever reason, now's surely the time - it's dropped to its lowest price ever as part of an incredible new Xbox deal. Included via this week's new batch of mid-May Xbox sales, The Witcher 3 is...
News 32 Years Later, 'Ridge Racer' Is Finally Getting Released For Xbox
It's Ridge Racer! Riiiiidge Racer!
32 years ago, a little game called Ridge Racer made a huge splash - firstly in the arcades, but then very notably on the original PlayStation as a launch title a year later in 1994. It's certainly a bit dated and lacking in features by today's standards, but it's an undoubtedly important part of gaming history, and...
News DOOM: The Dark Ages Is Now Playable With Xbox Game Pass
Jump into a medieval war against hell
Microsoft is closing out its first half of 2025 release schedule with an absolutely massive effort from Bethesda & id Software - yep, DOOM: The Dark Ages is here and playable with Xbox Game Pass on day one. We're sure you'll have seen and heard plenty about this next entry in the legendary FPS series...
Feature 12 Xbox Game Pass Titles To Get Excited For In The Second Half Of 2025
Gears of War, Hollow Knight and so much more!
What an unbelievable year it's been for Xbox Game Pass in 2025 so far! We've seen one of the best ever months for Game Pass in April, while May and June are both stacked with some awesome-looking additions as well. Now that we've highlighted everything from January to June on Xbox Game Pass here at Pure...
News Switch 2 Tech Specs Revealed, Here's How They Compare To Xbox Series X|S
Big differences, obviously
The big news of today concerns the Nintendo Switch 2 and Digital Foundry's reveal of the key tech specs for the console ahead of its launch in June, so we thought we'd take this opportunity to compare the Switch 2 alongside the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. It's not a fair fight, of course, and Nintendo isn't trying to...
News 'Fantasy Life i' Gets Fantastic First Review Ahead Of Series Debut On Xbox
Fantasising about this one
Back in February, we shared the news that Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time would mark the series' first Xbox entry after almost three decades of waiting - and now the game's first review has dropped, and it's looking like the new Fantasy Life title could be a bit of a banger. Courtesy of our friends over at...
News GSC Game World Reveals Stalker Trilogy Tech Specs For Xbox Series X And S
Loads of options on both consoles!
Earlier today, we brought the news that Stalker: Legends of the Zone Trilogy gets its proper next-gen patch next week - and now developer GSC Game World has provided some more information on how the new-gen version will run across Xbox Series X and S. We're getting loads of different performance modes on both Xbox...
News Square Enix Doubles Down On Plans To Release More Xbox Games
Come on then, it's Final Fantasy time
It was this time last year that Square Enix announced an "aggressive" new multi-platform strategy that would see more games being released on more platforms (including Xbox), and the company has doubled down on this again today. In the latest Square Enix financial report, there's once again a reference to this...
News Stalker: Legends Of The Zone Trilogy Gets Free Xbox Series X|S Upgrade Next Week
The Enhanced Edition enters the zone
After landing on Xbox consoles a year ago, Stalker: Legends of the Zone Trilogy is finally getting its free Xbox Series X|S upgrade next week - bringing a host of current-gen console enhancements to the first three Stalker games on Xbox. Those console enhancements include native 4K and both 60FPS / 1
News Microsoft Discounts 'Refurbished' Xbox Series X|S Consoles In Some Countries
A way to avoid the new price increases
Back at the start of the month, Microsoft announced that it was increasing prices on Xbox consoles, accessories and games, but when it comes to consoles in particular, there are definitely ways to reduce those increases. If you haven't familarised yourself with the new Xbox console prices, we've listed them...
News All 30+ Backwards Compatible Games In Xbox's Mid-May 2025 Sales
A great selection of Xbox classics!
This week, Xbox has dropped another batch of digital deals across multiple mid-May promotions - and we actually have quite a good selection of backwards compatible offers tucked in here this time around. So, we thought we'd share with you all of the Xbox back compat deals for this week, May 13-20. Here's your...
Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About The Precinct
"I genuinely enjoyed prowling the city for procedural crimes"
There's been a fair bit of interest in today's new Xbox release of The Precinct, and the reviews have been going live to coincide with its release on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and various other platforms over the past few hours. Here at Pure Xbox, we provided our "Hands On" /...
News Massive Xbox RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Gets Even Bigger With First DLC This Week
Brushing with death
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is an absolute behemoth of an RPG - one of the biggest role playing endeavours in recent memory, and it grows even larger this week with the game's first DLC pack; Brushes and Death. Arriving for Xbox consoles on Thursday, May 15th, Brushes and Death revolves around "a skull, a secret, and a painter...
News The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Becomes 'Fully Realized' As Dev Ends Support On Xbox Title
Gun Interactive takes the safety off
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre multiplayer game, which was once a day one Xbox Game Pass title, is basically being killed off this month as studio Gun Interactive moves on from development. To be clear, the game will remain playable and purchasable for the time being, but May's update will be the final one, and...
News Marvel 1943: Rise Of Hydra Delayed Out Of 2025, Now Arriving On Xbox In 'Early 2026'
"We have an important update..."
Just over a year ago now, we marvelled (help us) at how good Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra looked when it was unveiled by Amy Hennig's studio Skydance New Media - and as it turns out, the team needs a little more time than planned to make this licensed action-adventure game become a reality. Taking to social media this...
Hands On The Precinct (Xbox) - An Addictive Blend Of Police Sim & GTA
Woop-woop! That's the sound of da police!
I've had my eye on The Precinct ever since we reviewed the team about it in 2024, describing the game as "a mix of Police Simulator and old-school GTA". Now that I've had a chance to play a few hours, I think that's the best description we could have landed on - it's just like those classic GTA games, mixed...
News Xbox Discounts Over 500 Games Across Multiple New Mid-May Sales
Including an Xbox Game Studios sale!
Welcome to Tuesday, and welcome to another batch of Xbox sales! We've got multiple new sales for the mid-May period on the Xbox Store, including for Xbox Game Studios, ID@Xbox Simulator titles and the usual Game Pass weeklies. There's actually supposed to be another Xbox sale that's just started as well (a...
News Fallout Gets Renewed For Season 3, Season 2 Date And Teasers Revealed
Fancy a trip to New Vegas?
Amazon Prime's highly successful live-action adaptation of the Fallout series has today confirmed it will be returning this December. This will mark the beginning of Season 2, which will reportedly pick up after the "aftermath of Season One's epic finale" and is set to take viewers on a journey across the "wasteland of...
News Three Games Are Available This Week With Xbox Game Pass (May 13-16)
Including a massive first-party release
Welcome to another Xbox Game Pass update! Today, we're covering all of this week's new XGP additions arriving between now and Friday, including id Software's massive new shooter DOOM: The Dark Ages. Let's take a look at the full Xbox Game Pass lineup for this week (May 13-16): Warhammer: Vermintide 2...
News The Sinking City Remastered Out Now On Xbox, Comparison Footage Revealed
"Fully rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5"
Just over a month ago, we brought you the news that The Sinking City was getting a remastered version built in Unreal Engine 5, and the team has shadow dropped that game on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S today! It's officially called The Sinking City Remastered, and it includes all of these new features: Game...
