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News Two Xbox Games Are Shutting Down Their Servers In March & April 2025
With a few more confirmed for later in the year
With the vast amount of online games out there in this day and age, it's inevitable that some of them are starting to go offline as they become obsolete - and we have a few more Xbox server shutdowns confirmed for the next few months. First of all, two titles will go offline in March and April -...
News 'REPO' Explodes In Popularity On PC, Leading To Calls For An Xbox Version
It's got "overwhelmingly positive" reviews
If you're a fan of PC gaming, you may have come across a new Steam release over the past couple of weeks that's launched into the stratosphere in terms of popularity, becoming one of the top early access games on the platform. It's called REPO (or R.E.P.O.), and it's an online co-op horror game for up to...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (March 13-16)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Welcome to your latest Xbox Free Play Days lineup! This week, we've got three titles making up Microsoft's FPD selection, including intriguing action-adventure game Unknown 9: Awakening - which only launched in October 2024. Here are all of the Xbox Free Play Days titles you can get stuck into this weekend: Session:...
News Mullet MadJack Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (March 13)
Making its Xbox console debut!
Today, we have a brand-new addition to the Xbox Game Pass lineup in the form of Mullet MadJack - a retro-style shooter that's been seriously impressing PC players since its debut last year. <related ids="179050"> Now though, Mullet MadJack is making its Xbox debut - and is available day
Review Turtle Beach Stealth Pivot Xbox Controller - So Many Features You'll Lose Count
Covering all bases
When it comes to my controller setup these days, I've pretty much settled on an old Xbox Design Lab pad and a super-fancy SCUF controller that I got a great deal on a few years ago - but every now and then a new third-party option drops that piques my interest, usually thanks to a unique feature or two. Back in 2023, that was...
News Schedule 1 Developer Would 'Love' To Bring Viral Indie Game To Xbox
This is a wild game to say the least!
Over the past few days, we've noticed a game called Schedule 1 trending on multiple occasions, and it turns out this title has gone viral ever since its free demo arrived - with an Xbox version seemingly on the cards as well. This is, as you might be able to tell, a game about building a drug empire and...
News Xbox's State Of Decay 3 Is Apparently 'Closer To Being Finished Than You'd Think'
"I'd bet money that's an early 2026 game"
Xbox first-party title State of Decay 3 finally reemerged at the Xbox Games Showcase last year for the first time since 2020, and following the event, we started to hear it could perhaps even be targeting a launch at some point in 2025. That seems unlikely to be the case now though, as Windows Central...
News Xbox Series S Needs A 'Significant' Marketing Push For GTA 6, Insists Analyst
"One last hurrah for this generation"
Last month, we heard that GTA 6 publisher Take-Two believes Rockstar's upcoming epic will help sell Xbox consoles later this year - and now a new Windows Central piece with the help of analyst Rhys Elliot goes into how Microsoft should be lookin
News Xbox's Ori Series Hits Incredible Sales Milestone As First Game Turns 10
"Not too shabby"
Today, gorgeous Xbox platformer Ori And The Blind Forest is officially 10 years old - and to celebrate the game's anniversary, Moon Studios' Thomas Mahler has unveiled a pretty incredible sales milestone for the Ori series as a whole. Yep, as the first game in the franchise officially turns 10, Mahler has revealed that the Ori...
Deals Our Top 10 Picks From This Week's New Xbox Sales (March 11-18)
Major AAA titles with great discounts!
Another Tuesday has arrived! That means we've got a few new sales on the Xbox Store, including a big Publisher Spotlight Series sale that's stacked with AAA titles, along with a Ubisoft Publisher sale and the usual Game Pass exclusive discounts. The EA Games sale from last week is also continuing for a little...
News Two Games Are Available This Week With Xbox Game Pass (March 11-13)
A couple of fresh additions to the library
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! We have two titles heading the service this week, including today's addition of Enter The Gungeon - so we thought we'd gather both of these up and introduce them today. It's worth bearing in mind that Microsoft has also hinted that some Game Pass shadow dr
News Control Ultimate Edition Is Getting A Brand-New Patch That Brings PS4 Exclusive Mission To Xbox
Featuring... Hideo Kojima!
Remedy Entertainment, the team behind 2023's Alan Wake 2, has today announced quite a big patch for its previous game; Control. Specifically, this update has been announced for Control Ultimate Edition on Xbox Series X|S, PC and PS5 - and it's bringing a previously-PS4 exclusive mission to all versions of the game. That...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Latest Xbox Update Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
A list of fixes as of March 10th
Developer Capcom has today unleashed its next Monster Hunter Wilds patch on all platforms, including Xbox, and it contains a nice list of fixes and changes for all of you early-bird monster hunters out there. The update contains quest fixes, changes to how certain mechanics work and some more general bug fixes - and...
Hands On WWE 2K25 (Xbox) - An Awesome Wrestling Game, But Don't Buy It For 'The Island'
2K's series climbs another rung on the ladder
Last year's WWE 2K24 was my favourite 2K wrestling game of all time, and I'm pleased to say that WWE 2K25 has already surpassed it after just a few days, implementing lots of quality-of-life improvements across the board that result in a meaningful upgrade overall, while also trying something new with...
News Activision Showcases Returning COD: Warzone Map 'Verdansk' In Nostalgia-Fueled Footage
Back to where it all first started
Back in Spring 2020, when the world was changing to due the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Call of Duty: Warzone launched to incredible levels of popularity on Xbox. In the years since, Activision has continued to spruce things up with plenty of new additions to the battle royale, but this year it's hitting the...
News Xbox Reporter 'Pretty Sure' New Console Is Set To Launch In 2027
"I'm pretty sure new hardware is not 2026"
Last week, Call of Duty-focused reporter TheGhostOfHope doubled down on their prediction that the next Xbox is being planned for 2026 - but this week, Windows Central's Jez Corden says that the console is actually set to launch the year after as things stand. Talking on a new episode of The Xbox Two...
Roundup All The Rumoured Xbox Game Pass Titles We've Heard About So Far In 2025
These aren't confirmed, but they're seemingly on the cards
You already know about our big confirmed list of 2025 Xbox Game Pass titles here at Pure Xbox, and we also provide monthly ones as well, but what about the rumoured titles? Well, we've heard about a quite a few so far in 2025 already! So, in this roundup, we're going to pick out the...
News Battlefield 6 Extended Footage Appears Online Ahead Of Xbox Series X|S Release
Destruction is back, baby
About a month ago, EA finally lifted the lid on its grand old plan for Battlefield 6 - or whatever the team ends up naming its next mainline Battlefield game. Yep, despite not titling the game just yet,
Guide Is Death Stranding 2 Coming To Xbox? Here's Everything We Know So Far
Will DS2 come to Xbox?
Since the surprise release of Death Stranding Director's Cut on Xbox Series X|S, we've seen lots of speculation about the sequel - and whether Death Stranding 2: On The Beach could one day come to Xbox as well. With how Kojima Productions has handled the first game, there's a good chance DS2 will arrive on Xbox eventually -...
News Xbox Network Issue Causes 'You Need To Be Online' Error Message For Some Players
The error code that's showing up is 0x803f9008
It's not uncommon for the Xbox Network to suffer temporary outages from time to time, and that's how we've started this week off in a bunch of European countries - with an error message displaying a code of 0x803f9008. The error message that displays with 0x803f9008 says that "for this game, you need...
Poll Split Fiction Players, What Do You Think Of The Game So Far?
No spoilers please!
When we reviewed Split Fiction here at Pure Xbox earlier in the week, we mentioned in the conclusion section that it was surely going to be a Game of the Year contender, and that's ultimately proved to be the case already. It's now the highest-rated title of 2025 on Metacritic across all platforms, racking up an extremely...
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (March 10-14)
Including another two Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for March 10-14! The big release of the next few days is definitely WWE 2K25, but there's plenty of other good indie stuff on the way, including two Xbox Game Pass titles that are well worth playing! Here's what's coming to Xbox next week: New Xbox Releases (March 10-14):
News Nacon's New Xbox Wireless Controller Is Apparently The 'Ideal Choice' For FPS Fans
Pre-orders have just begun
It feels like there are constantly new Xbox controllers hitting the market these days, but a lot of them unfortunately aren't wireless, and we're always particularly intrigued when we start seeing features like Hall Effect sticks and triggers. So, let's take a look at the new Nacon Revolution X Unlimited co
Talking Point Assassin's Creed Fans, Do You Think Feudal Japan Will Live Up To The Hype?
The much-requested setting is finally coming to life
After what feels like eons of time and thousands of speculative suggestions about Ubisoft making an Assassin's Creed game set in Feudal Japan, we're now less than two weeks away from that finally becoming a reality. Yep, AC Shadows is almost here, and the question is - will this long-awaited...
News Killing Floor 3 Delayed Until Later In 2025 After 'Missing The Mark' With Closed Beta
It's no longer arriving in March
Developer Tripwire Interactive has announced that Killing Floor 3 is coming to Xbox consoles on March 25th, unveiled as part of the team's Siren reveal trailer - which you can watch through up above. If you haven't played the Killing Floor series before, think Gears Horde mode /
Roundup Here's What The Final Previews Say About Xbox Game Pass Title Atomfall
Survive the Atomfall later this month
As we near the Xbox Game Pass release of Atomfall, a final batch of previews have landed for the upcoming RPG - so we thought we'd gather some here to give you a flavour of the experience ahead of its Game Pass arrival this month. These early impressions are pre-release previews based on a short gameplay...
"Explore the flooded ruins of Arkham"
Almost a year ago to the day, Ukrainian developer Frogwares announced The Sinking City 2 at an Xbox Partner Preview event - and now the team has unveiled early gameplay and a Kickstarter campaign, which has already smashe
News Ubisoft Reveals Full Console Specs For Assassin's Creed Shadows, Including Xbox Series X And S
"We are happy to share more details"
After hearing about some of the Xbox Series X performance modes in Assassin's Creed Shadows earlier this week, Ubisoft has revealed the game's full console spec sheet - featuring a bonus Series X mode and details on the Xbox Series S version of AC Shadows. Over on Xbox Series X, we have a 60FPS performance mode,...
News Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 Will Add Two-Minute Time Limit To THPS4's Career Mode
Unlike the original Xbox version
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 was announced this week with a July date for Xbox Game Pass, and everything about it seems to be shaping up brilliantly for the most part - although there is a controversial change concerning THPS4. It's been confirmed by Activision to Kotaku that THPS4 will not feature its original caree
News Bethesda Provides Update On Starfield DLC & Future Plans For Xbox RPG
"The team has been hard at work..."
It's getting on for six months now since Bethesda released Shattered Space — its big DLC expansion for Starfield — and fans are getting restless to hear about what's next for the Xbox RPG. Well, this week, Bethesda has responded to one of those restless fans - giving us a vague but interesting update on the...
News 'Hell Is Us' Continues To Look Stunning Ahead Of September Xbox Release
It's definitely a looker
It was all the way back in 2022 that we first talked about Hell is Us here at Pure Xbox, and it's finally almost time for us to play it - the game is releasing for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on September 4th, 2025. Today, at Nacon Connect 2025, we got a glimpse at a few more minutes of gamep
News RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business Is A Standalone Game Coming To Xbox This Year
"Face elite mercenaries all the way to the top of the tower"
Surprise! It's just been announced today at Nacon Connect 2025 that we'll be getting a brand-new RoboCop: Rogue City game in Summer 2025 called "Unfinished Business", and it serves as a standalone extension to the original. The game takes place following the events of RoboCop: Rogue City,...
News Lots Of New Games Confirmed For Xbox At Nacon Connect 2025
Including a new RoboCop game!
Today's Nacon Connect 2025 event has just wrapped up, treating us to a bunch of new reveals for Xbox games including a brand-new RoboCop: Rogue City game! We definitely didn't see that one coming... Here's the full list of Xbox games that were newly announced and/or received new trailers at the event: Cthulhu: The...
News Xbox Players Say They're Being 'Banned Indefinitely' For Using A VPN
Heed this warning
The use of a VPN is nothing surprising in this day and age, and there are all sorts of reasons why you might want to go down that route, but Xbox fans are being warned that it could lead to an indefinite ban if you do so. This originates from the Xbox price comparison website Xbox-Now, which is displaying a warning on its front...
News 'Serious' Update Glitch Begins Resetting Some Xbox Consoles To Factory Settings
Update: Fix rolling out now to affected Xbox Insiders
There's always a risk attached to being involved in the Xbox Insider program, as you're ultimately getting updates before they're released to the public, but normally everything goes pretty smoothly aside from minor issues here and there. Unfortunately that's not the case today, as members of...
News Xbox Makes Metacritic's Top 10 Highest-Rated Publisher List
Microsoft Gaming is coming up
Review scores are often make or break for video game companies, and with this in mind, Metacritic has released its 15th annual publisher ranking. In the top 10 for 2024, Microsoft is ninth on this ladder with Astro Bot publisher Sony in fourth spot. Taking out first is SEGA (jumping from ninth place) with games like...
Roundup Here's What The First Reviews Are Saying About WWE 2K25
Early access begins this Friday
This week marks the beginning of early access for WWE 2K25 if you've bought any of the more expensive editions, and therefore we're starting to see a small number of reviews go live - the majority of which have been very positive! We're actually playing WWE 2K25 here at Pure Xbox as well, and hope to provide some...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (March 6-9)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Xbox Free Play Days is back again this weekend, and we've got four free titles to check out over the next few days. The highlights are perhaps Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown and Rainbow Six Siege, although don't overlook AEW: Fight Forever and Born of Bread as well! Here's your full Xbox Free Play Days selection for...
News Three Games Are Available This Week With Xbox Game Pass (March 4-6)
One per-day from Tuesday to Thursday
When we unveiled the list of Xbox releases for this week a few days ago, we didn't have any confirmed Xbox Game Pass additions at the time, but now we have three - thanks to a new roundup that was revealed by Microsoft yesterday. Annoyingly they're all spread out bet
News Two Big Free-To-Play Games Are Launching On Xbox This Week
Update: FragPunk delayed at the last minute
As listed in our next week on Xbox roundup this past weekend, we've got two big free-to-play games heading to Xbox over the next few days - the hero-based FPS FragPunk, as well as the mech shooter War Robots: Frontiers. FragPunk is a brand-new release across all platforms, serving as a fast-paced 5v5...
News Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 Releases This July, Day One On Xbox Game Pass
Update: It's official!
We're finally getting a new Tony Hawk game in the near future following the incredible Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 back in 2020, and it's set to release on July 11, 2025 - at least according to an early leak by Dealabs investigator billbil-kun. We'll update you with more details when Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 gets properly...
News 'Deadside' Publisher Blindsided By Massive Influx Of Players Following Xbox Launch
The free trial has proved extremely popular
Last week, we brought you news of multiple Xbox shadow drops including the open world survival shooter Deadside, and it turns out that game has proved surprisingly popular since its arrival on both Xbox and PlayStation consoles. Taking to social media this week, the CEO of Deadside publisher 'tinyBuild'...
Review Split Fiction (Xbox) - An Incredible Co-Op Adventure That Blew Our Minds
Turning this trilogy up to 11
When the credits rolled on Hazelight Studios' Game of the Year-winning co-op adventure It Takes Two back in 2021, my wife turned to me and asked when the next one would be out. She utterly adored what that game had to offer, and aside from the odd round of Mario Party in the years since, no other video game has really...
Guide Is 'InZOI' Coming To Xbox? Here's Everything We Know So Far
A life simulation game with massive potential
Have you heard about this game INZOI yet? In recent months, the trailers have been racking up millions of views for this new life simulation title, and it's PC early access launch was later dated for March 28, 2025. But will InZOI be on Xbox? Well, the spoilerific answer is "likely yes", but we're going...
Roundup The Final Previews Are In For Xbox Game Pass RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Here's what folks think so far
As we near the Xbox Game Pass release of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a final batch of previews have landed for the upcoming RPG - so we thought we'd gather some of them here to give you a flavour of the game ahead of its Game Pass arrival next month. These are pre-release previews based on a few hours of gameplay, so...
Review Monster Hunter Wilds (Xbox) - A Great Hunt, But Maybe Avoid On Series S
The next-gen hunt is on
Capcom’s storied history is commonly associated with series like Street Fighter and Resident Evil, but it’s Monster Hunter which is on track to eventually become the Japanese video game company’s best-selling IP. Over the past two decades, this larger-than-life series has evolved into an unstoppable force thanks to its...
News Rockstar Games Announces New Studio Acquisition As It Aims To Release GTA 6 In 2025
"The studio will be renamed Rockstar Australia"
Rockstar Games, the team behind the legendary Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption franchises, has today announced its intention to acquire Video Games Deluxe — a Syndney-based game developer — as the studio aims to get GTA 6 out the door in 2025. Video Games Deluxe has previously worked with...
News Xbox Series X|S Sales Down Almost 50% As Fans Question Stock Levels In Certain Regions
Following similar US-only reports last month
A few weeks ago, we posted a story about Circana's latest US sales figures showing Xbox consoles down 50% year-on-year, and now outlet VGChartz has shared similar findings in terms of worldwide sales data for current-gen Xbox consoles. According to the outlet, January 2025 sales for Xbox Se
Feature 10 Exciting Xbox Indie Games To Look Out For In March 2025
There's so much good stuff ahead!
A new month begins, and therefore a new month of great Xbox indie games is upon us! We always love picking out ten games to highlight that you might not be aware of, and as usual it's been really difficult to nail down the list. Still, we've tried to pick out some of the most interesting and varied indie games on...
News Avowed Estimated To Reach 6 Million Players In First Month On Xbox & PC
Data suggests stronger launch than Indy
According to fresh data from outlet mindGAME, Xbox's Avowed is about to reach 6 million players across Game Pass and traditional sales on Xbox & PC. The source also stacks this up against recent Microsoft releases Black Ops 6 and Indiana Jones - which reached 26.2 million and 4 million in their first...
