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News You Can Try Hitman 3's Free Starter Pack For Free On Xbox This Week
Play Dubai for free for a limited time
If you've been holding off purchasing Hitman 3 but you really want to check it out, we've got the perfect download for you! IO Interactive is making the game's first level - Dubai - entirely free until April 5. This is accessible via a Free Starter Pack on the Microsoft Store, which not only includes temporary...
News Here's What Time Outriders Goes Live On Xbox Game Pass This Thursday
And how to pre-download it right now
The big Xbox Game Pass release this week is Square Enix's Outriders, which launches this Thursday, April 1st, and we now know exactly what time the game will go live - both on Xbox and on the service itself. It's pretty simple - on all Xbox consoles, the game will unlock at "your local midnight" on April 1st. PC...
News Bloober Team Steps Away From Acquisition Talks To Focus On Its Own Future Projects
"The company has decided not to continue discussions"
Bloober Team, the studio behind The Medium, has reportedly been eyed up by multiple companies within the industry to be acquired recently. Originally, it was in talks with many of these officials, but it is now said to have withdrawn from discussions as it feels it could damage future projects...
Poll Are You Happy With April 2021's Xbox Games With Gold?
What do you make of the selection?
Microsoft has officially announced April 2021's Xbox Games with Gold, giving us a look at four more games we'll be able to play at no extra charge with our Gold memberships next month. In case you missed it, the games are Xbox One titles Vikings: Wolves of Midgard and
News Here Are Your Xbox Games With Gold For April 2021
Four more games are on the way
Microsoft has officially announced all four Xbox Games With Gold titles for April 2021! These games are available to download for free for Xbox Live Gold members (including subscribers to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate). Here's the complete list of titles you can look forward to in April: Xbox Series X / Xbox One:...
News Call Of Duty: Warzone's New Update Actually Reduces Its Xbox File Size
It's still too big though
If you regularly play Call of Duty: Warzone, you know the pain of it eating away at your hard drive space with every new update. Honestly, it’s getting to the point where it needs its own dedicated hard drive. Thankfully, the latest patch works to reduce the file size a reasonable chunk, but requires a hefty download...
News Bang & Olufsen's New Xbox Wireless Headphones Cost A Whopping $500
"The perfect combination of technology, design and craftsmanship"
Microsoft has introduced the brand-new Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal Wireless Headphones for Xbox, which is the first product for the Designed for Xbox Limited Series program, and costs a whopping $500 - the same as a Series X! "Beoplay Portal is the perfect combination of...
Video Here's A Taste Of Google Stadia Running On An Xbox Series X
Thanks to that new Microsoft Edge browser
If having an Xbox Series X or S, backwards compatibility, and a library of Game Pass titles wasn't enough, then get ready to load up Google Stadia on the system through a unique method - if you want to, that is! We previously reported that the Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge that has been rolling...
News Microsoft Directs The Blame To Activision For Tony Hawk Xbox Series X Issues
Update: Activision confirms it's working on a fix
Update: Good news! Activision confirmed to Eurogamer earlier today that it was "aware" of the issues and "working to fix," and it looks like a patch has now been pushed out which solves the problem. Fingers crossed! Original Story: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 has got off to a very rough start on...
Deals 50+ Games Included In This Week's Xbox Sales (March 30 - April 6)
Ahead of the Xbox Spring Sale 2021
It's time for another set of weekly Xbox deals! This week's selection features discounts on over 50 games across Deals with Gold and Spotlight Sales but don't forget that the Xbox Spring Sale 2021 begins later this week! Additionally, Bandai Namco is hosting a separate Publisher Sale on Xbox for the next couple of...
News The Retro-Futuristic Narita Boy Is Now Available With Xbox Game Pass
The Digital Kingdom needs a hero
We've got just the one Xbox Game Pass title arriving today, and it takes the form of radical action-adventure Narita Boy, which is available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC and Android (Project xCloud). The game is centred around a legendary pixel hero trapped as a mere echo within the Digital Kingdom,...
News Next-Gen Upgrade For Deliver Us The Moon Coming To Xbox Series X|S
Launching "later this year"
Following on from its release on Xbox One last April, Wired Production's Deliver Us The Moon will be getting a free next-generation upgrade later this year. In the official announcement, it was confirmed this update would include ray-traced shadows, reflections and audio, and that it would be entirely free for all...
News Playtonic Friends' First Published Game Will Be The Colourful Platformer Demon Turf
Seems like a good start
Playtonic Games announced it would be rebranding as a publishing label with numerous other developers earlier this year, and its first upcoming title from that change has been announced to be Demon Turf. It's coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One sometime this year. Developed by Fabraz, the two companies announced their...
Random Halo Fan Recreates Iconic Star Wars Scene In Forge Mode
Star Wars is always popping up in Alderaan places
Give a player the tools to create their own levels and you're going to get some crazy creations. The latest example comes from Halo 5's Forge Mode, which has seen an iconic Star Wars scene come to life. Specifically, this fan has recreated the Tatooine sunset scene from the Star Wars series...
News Hoa Is An Anime Inspired Platformer Arriving On Xbox Later This July
And it's drop dead gorgeous
Publisher PM Studios and developer Skrollcat Studio have announced that their upcoming platformer Hoa will now be coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One later this July. The anime inspired game draws (no pun intended) likeness from many classic Studio Ghibli titles, whilst also crafting its own identity. With a beautiful...
Feature These Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (March 30 - April 2)
Here's what's on the way
Welcome to your weekly Xbox roundup! It's not particularly surprising that this week is looking quiet for new releases, but we do have one major title arriving on Xbox and Xbox Game Pass in the form of Square Enix's Outriders! Here's what's coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One this week: New Xbox Releases (March 30 -...
News Following Wreckfest's Free Xbox Series X Patch, It's Now Getting A $10 Upgrade On PS5
Update: A paid upgrade is coming to Xbox as well
Update: THQ Nordic has confirmed that a similar paid upgrade will also follow for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S owners later this year, so at least the option will be there if you want it. Nice to know! Original story: Earlier this month, the destruction-fuelled Xbox Game Pass racer Wreckfest...
News It Looks Like XCOM: Chimera Squad Is On Its Way To Xbox One
Suit up! It could be coming soon
XCOM: Chimera Squad released on PC last year, but now it seems it could be making the tactical jump to consoles, according to a recent PEGI rating. The spin-off of the popular XCOM series took a detour from giving fans procedurally generated squad mates, to deliver a more
News There's Finally A New Boxing Game Coming To Xbox, And Here's A First Look At Gameplay
It's not Fight Night, but it looks good
It's been a long time since boxing fans have been treated to a mainstream boxing game on Xbox - Fight Night Champion just celebrated its 10th anniversary (!) - but there's some good news, as a new challenger is entering the ring. Specifically, this game is called eSports Boxing Club, which was actually...
News EA Sports PGA Tour Is Officially Making A 'Next-Gen' Comeback
2K has some competition on its hands
Here's some news we didn't expect today! EA Sports has announced that it is officially resurrecting its EA Sports PGA Tour golf series, with the next title being described as a "next-gen golf game" currently in development. EA says the game will allow fans "to build their virtual career and experience the...
News Balan Wonderworld Is Getting Some Pretty Suspicious User Reviews On Metacritic
"These look like a bunch of bots"
It's fair to say Square Enix's Balan Wonderworld didn't get off to the best of starts with the reception to its demo earlier this year, and its full release pretty much went ignored this past week, with reviews nowhere to be found on release day. We have got one critical review on Metacritic at the time of writing...
News Blue Dragon And Lost Odyssey Creator Says He's Not Interested In Remaking His Past Games
In favour of building "something new"
Hironobu Sakaguchi, the head of developer Mistwalker which has worked on games such as Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, has said he has no interest in remaking any of the studio's older titles. In a recent interview with VGC, Sakaguchi approached the topic of remasters / remakes and said the company has no plans...
News CDPR Reveals Everything Included In Patch 1.2 For Cyberpunk 2077
Here are the full (and long) patch notes
Update: The patch is now live on Xbox with a huge size of 40GB. Go check it out! Original story: CD Projekt Red did tell us that Cyberpunk 2077's Patch 1.2 would be a huge one, and the studio wasn't lying! We've today received the full patch notes for the update, and it seems to just go on and on with fixes...
News Free-To-Play Shooter Warframe Is Getting An Xbox Series X Upgrade This April
Running at up to 4K resolution and 60FPS
The team behind the free-to-play co-op shooter Warframe announced last year that the game would be getting a next-gen upgrade for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and now it looks like it's been locked in for April. This was announced as part of Warframe's latest developer stream, with no specific date set...
News FPS Horror Quantum Error Shows Potential In Hair Raising Gameplay
In space, no one can hear you scream
If you're a fan of DOOM 3, then Quantum Error is one you're going to want to keep on your radar. Shown during this past week's Future Games Show, the eerie trailer shows a lot of promise for when it hits Xbox Series X|S in the future. Described as a "cosmic-horror FPS", the four-or-so minute long trailer gave us...
News Reports Suggest This Year's Call Of Duty Will Be Called 'Vanguard'
And it'll be set during World War 2
There have been various reports flying around about this year's Call of Duty game over the past few days, and it looks very possible that the game is going to be titled "Call of Duty WW2: Vanguard". Details about the game have been reported by Modern Warzone, as well as Eurogamer and
News You Could Win An Outriders Themed Xbox Series X|S Controller
Feeling lucky?
Next week sees the arrival of the co-op sci-fi shooter, Outriders. As previously announced, it'll be launching on Xbox Game Pass on day one. To celebrate its arrival, the game's developer People Can Fly has teamed up with @POPeART_ to bring some of his stunning Xbox Series X|S custom controller designs to life.
News Back 4 Blood May Be Delayed, But We Have Some Juicy New Gameplay Footage
It's looking so good!
This past week's Future Games Show had numerous fantastic games to show off, one of which was the recently delayed Back 4 Blood. It's made the delay that tiny bit worse just seeing how great it looks in action. We got a good look
News Forget Halo, Lawn Mowing Simulator Is The Game We've Been Waiting For
Phwoar, it even has licensed lawn mowers
You might have seen our sister site Nintendo Life highlighting a couple of terrible lawn mower games on Nintendo Switch earlier this month, but on Xbox, we only get the best. That's why Phil Spencer has worked his magic to bring us Lawn Mowing Simulator, which conjured up quite the buzz at yesterday's Xbox...
News Ready Your Wallets, The Xbox Spring Sale 2021 Begins Very Soon
Featuring deals on hundreds of games
It's almost time for the annual Xbox Spring Game Sale, and Microsoft has confirmed over the past 24 hours that the sale will officially begin on Friday, April 2nd, although we're assuming the deals will actually go live on the Thursday evening. Microsoft says that you'll be able to get up to 75% off on hundreds...
News Tony Hawk's Xbox Series X Upgrade Is Having Major Crashing Issues
Update: Activision confirms it's working on a fix
Update: Activision has now confirmed to Eurogamer that it is "aware" of the issues and "working to fix." Original story: The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S upgrade for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 officially launched on the consoles yesterday, but unfortunately it's been suffering with consistent...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 27th)
It's a co-op kind of weekend for us
Welcome to the weekend! We're spoilt for choice with what to play on Xbox (once again) over the next few days, with five new Xbox Game Pass titles to check out, some amazing Free Play Days selections along with a free trial weekend for
News Yakuza Producer Wants To Remaster Binary Domain With 'A Few Changes'
"I'd like to make some changes that I couldn't make at the time"
Binary Domain was an incredible third-person shooter on the Xbox 360. It was way ahead of its time with truly satisfying combat, as robots shattered to pieces from your firepower. Almost ten years after its release, the Yakuza series' producer has said he would love to remaster the...
News Halo Infinite Will Support Virtual Surround Sound As A Series First
Sounds neat
343 Industries has released another Halo Infinite blog, this time detailing the game's audio, and after reading through, it sounds like you're going to want to pick up a nice pair of headphones. The extensive rundown details the time and effort that has been put into the game's audio, and how delivering the series' best sound has been a...
News Microsoft Highlights Over 20 Indie Games Coming To Xbox Game Pass
We've got some great titles on the way
Today's Xbox Indie Showcase was very busy to say the least, and Xbox Game Pass played a starring role in the show, with loads of games announced as coming to the service at some point in the future. Microsoft couldn't actually fit most of the announcements in, and so above, you'll find an overview of (nearly)...
Roundup Here's What Was Revealed At March 2021's Xbox Indie Showcase
Missed the event? Here's a recap
Weren't able to catch the Xbox Indie Showcase earlier today? No worries! You can always go back and watch the on-demand version for yourself, complete with a rundown of announcements over at our live blog. If you don't fancy watching it all the way through (it's LONG!), we've also detailed all the important reveals...
Poll How Would You Grade March 2021's Xbox Indie Showcase?
Give us your vote
The dust is now beginning to settle on today's very long Xbox Indie Showcase event, which gave us a look at over 100 games from a wide range of developers, including some exclusive reveals and Xbox Game Pass announcements! If you haven't had a chance to watch it yet, you can catch the full four-hour show over at our live blog...
News Second Extinction Is Shooting Its Way To Xbox Game Pass This April
Big map. Big dinosaurs. Big guns.
We've been excited about the upcoming online FPS Second Extinction for a while now, and we're even more excited today because the game has officially been announced as coming to Xbox Game Pass on April 28! The game will also be launching as part of Xbox Game Preview that same day, and takes the form of an intense...
News Rust Console Edition Will Officially Arrive On Xbox This May
Yes, we've got a date!
There's been a lot of excitement surrounding the upcoming release of Rust Console Edition for Xbox, and while we didn't get an official date as part of the Xbox Indie Showcase today, it's been announced separately as May 21! The game is already available to pre-order on the Microsoft Store in three different versions -...
News Nobody Saves The World Is A Colourful Open-World RPG Coming To Xbox Game Pass
Coming out "soon-ish"
DrinkBox, the team behind the incredible Guacamelee! series, has announced Nobody Saves The World, a colourful open-world RPG coming to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC via Game Pass. As Nobody, players will be able to transform into a variety of forms, using their unique abilities to complete variety of quests and puzzles...
News The Highly Rated Art Of Rally Is Driving Onto Xbox Game Pass
"Race in the golden era of rally"
If you're a keen Steam user on PC then you'll have probably run into indie gem Art of Rally at some point, as it boasts "overwhelmingly positive" reviews on the platform, and now it's coming to Xbox Game Pass later this year. The game will be available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and features a...
News Cute Fishing RPG Moonglow Bay Washes Up On Xbox Game Pass Later This Year
Just keep swimming
If you're looking for an RPG with a little less edge, the cute and colourful Moonglow Bay is docking on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One via Game Pass later this year. As a newcomer to the fishing community, you'll slowly nurture your fishing skills, complete quests, and collect over 100 species of fish over the course of your...
News Explosive FPS Exomecha Drops Onto Xbox Consoles This August
And it'll be free-to-play
Kicking off the Xbox Indie Showcase we had EXOMECHA, a fast paced free-to-play competitive multiplayer game coming to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC this August.. The latest gameplay trailer looks like a concoction of Transformers, Crysis and Titanfall. If that doesn't sound like a recipe for success, then we don't know...
Video Watch The Xbox Indie Showcase Livestream Here!
Reveals, Game Pass news & more!
Update: The show is now over, but you can see the full roundup here at Pure Xbox! Original story: Welcome! Today's special Xbox Indie Showcase is being presented in partnership with Twitch, and will feature over 100 games from independent developers, including new trailers and gameplay for more than 25 games. You...
News It Only Launched Today, But You Can Already Get EA's It Takes Two For £18
This is a scorching UK deal
It's not very often that we conjure up individual articles on specific deals here at Pure Xbox, but this is an absolutely scorching one. EA's highly-rated It Takes Two launched on Xbox today, and you can already get it for less than £18. The deal comes courtesy of UK retailer ShopTo, which is offering the game in...
News It Takes Two's First Level Is Free For Everyone Who Downloads The Friend's Pass
Nobody gets left behind
It Takes Two launches today and if you're still on the fence, anyone who downloads the Friend's Pass is able to play through the first level completely free. As highlighted on the Microsoft Store page, the Friend's Pass enables you to join a friend along for the adventure, provided they have a full copy of It Takes Two. The...
Rumour Square Enix Has Another Batch Of Games Coming To Xbox Game Pass
"It's an open secret in the industry"
You might have seen over the past 24 hours that a rumour has been doing the rounds on social media about more Square Enix games possibly coming to Xbox Game Pass, and specifically more than six of them. Yesterday, out of the blue, IGN Korea stated (in a Google Translated comment) that "it is an open secret in...
PSA Balan Wonderworld’s Final Boss Could Trigger An Epileptic Seizure If The Game Is Unpatched
Be careful, folks
If you’re picking up Balan Wonderworld this weekend, be warned - the final boss has a series of flashing lights which could provoke an epileptic fit in those susceptible if the game is left unpatched. As reported by Game Informer’s Liana Ruppert, who is an epileptic sufferer herself, scenes of the final boss have appeared on...
Feature 10 Games We Hope To See At Today's Xbox Indie Showcase
What are you hoping for?
We have an exciting day ahead of us with the Xbox Indie Showcase! This week has been fairly quiet in terms of Xbox news (so far), so we're betting Microsoft has some fun things in store for us. It's already been confirmed that over 100 games will be shown at the presentation, and we already know some of them - S.T.A.L.K.E.R...
News Sea Of Thieves Wins 2021 BAFTA Award For Best 'Evolving Game'
Congratulations to the team at Rare
Rare's Sea of Thieves recently celebrated its third anniversary, and now, to top it off - this unique pirate sandbox has been recognised as the 'Best Evolving Game' of 2020 at this year's BAFTAs. It managed to fend off other titles such as Destiny 2, No Man's Sky and
