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News Call Of Duty Will Follow Same Established Development Structure Under Microsoft
At least in the foreseeable future...
In the same Washington Post story, Activision has pointed out not only the success of the Call of Duty series but also how the development structure of the series will apparently be no different under Microsoft's rule. Activision's Call of Duty senior vice president and general manager Matt Cox explained how...
News Croc's Upcoming Remaster Is Getting A Physical Version, But Not On Xbox
Croc of s**t
Earlier this month, it was announced that PS1 classic Croc is getting an upcoming remaster for Xbox - but we have some unfortunate news for the collectors amongst us. The developer has announced that Rock It Games will be making a physical version of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, but only for PS5 and Nintendo Switch. That's right, for...
News Xbox Hardware Revenues Down Again Despite Content & Services Growth
Q1 2025 financials are in
Earlier today, we touched on more huge revenue growth for Xbox as a result of its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, but again, Microsoft's Xbox hardware division isn't doing quite so hot. Just like last quarter, the company's gaming hardware revenues are down year-on-year, this time 29% lower than the same period last...
News PlayStation's Wolverine Director Now Working On Perfect Dark For Xbox
A perfect switch
This summer, we finally saw what Xbox's Perfect Dark reboot is all about - with the team showing a nice slice of the game during its June showcase. Still, it's likely that this Crystal Dynamics developed title is a ways off yet - and it just got a huge new creative force coming over from PlayStation owner Sony. Per Game File's...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (October 31 - November 3)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Your latest Free Play Days titles have arrived as October comes to a close - and it should be no surprise that Microsoft has gone all Halloween-y with its latest FPD lineup. We've got five games playable in total, including the new-to-Xbox Predator: Hunting Grounds. Here's the full lineup this weekend: Ghostbusters:...
News Age Of Empires IV Teases New DLC For 2025
In celebration of the third anniversary
Age of Empires 4 is currently celebrating its third anniversary, and as part of this, World's Edge has revealed its plans to launch a new DLC for the RTS in 2025. Specific details about this upcoming DLC haven't been shared just yet, but the developer did show off a video reflecting on the game's progress so...
News Little Nightmares III Reconfirms Xbox 2025 Release With Terrifying New Trailer
Just in time for Halloween
In case you missed it, the release window of Bandai Namco's puzzle-platform horror game Little Nightmares III has moved from 2024 to 2025. The development team has now issued a reminder about how the third game is making its way to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and multiple other platforms next year - with a terrifying new...
News Dragon Age: The Veilguard 'Quite Solid' On Xbox Series X And S, Says Digital Foundry
"Impressive visuals, good performance"
Dragon Age: The Veilguard launches for Xbox Series X|S tomorrow, and ahead of BioWare's new release landing, the folks over at Digital Foundry have taken a look at all the console versions of the game. There's some analysis on both Xbox versions in here - and the good news is that the team deems them "quite...
Review Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Xbox) - Game Pass Gets A Cracking New COD
Calling all Game Pass recruits
It's that time of year once again - a brand-new Call of Duty game is upon us, as the nights start drawing in and the sound of teenagers raging at their pals online becomes ever-present around the world. This year though, things are a little different - Microsoft now owns the franchise and has delivered Black Ops 6 to...
News Path Of Exile 2's 'Early Access' Delayed For Xbox Series X|S
Game director: "Unfortunately, I have some really bad news"
At Gamescom Opening Night Live this year, Grinding Gear Games lifted the lid on an "early access" period for its anticipated action RPG Path of Exile 2. While many fans were looking forward to this going live on 15th November 2024, there have been some disruptions along the way, and the...
News Turtle Beach's New Xbox Series X|S Controller Comes With 'Two Layouts'
Thanks to "rotating button modules"
If you're on the hunt for a new Xbox Series X|S controller, Turtle Beach has just announced the 'Stealth Pivot' - one controller with "two layouts". It's packed with revolving modules, hall effect "antidrift" thumbsticks, adjustable trigger stops, programmable buttons, a command display and is also compatible...
Roundup The Previews Are In For Indiana Jones And The Great Circle
Here's what the critics thought
Yesterday, the previews for MachineGames' upcoming release Indiana Jones and the Great Circle went live. As you might have already seen, our own 'hands on' here on Pure Xbox has also gone live. Here's a bit about what we had to say, and you can read the full preview in the link below: "When our almost-three-hour...
News Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind Launches On Xbox This December
Here's a new trailer to go with it
Back in June, Digital Eclipse announced Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind for Xbox and multiple other platforms. In an update today, it's now confirmed this "all-new adventure with an original storyline" will be arriving on Xbox Series X|S on 10th December 2024. As part of this, it's released a new...
Video Here's Your First Proper Look At Nuketown's 'Remaster' In Black Ops 6
"Blasting into Black Ops" November 1st
Earlier this week, Activision announced its first free DLC map was on the way to the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 multiplayer. It's the original 1950s Nuketown map and once again will be returning on 1st November 2024. Here's a bit about it, direct from the Call of Duty website, and you can get your first proper...
News Metal Slug Tactics Is Launching Day One On Xbox Game Pass Next Week
For console and PC
The team behind Metal Slug Tactics has today revealed that the title will release day one on Game Pass when it arrives for Xbox One, Series X|S, and PC on November 5th. We got news of the game's proper release dat
News Halo Infinite Teases New Weapon DLC In 'Operation: Grand Journey'
Arriving next week
The Halo Infinite team has just dropped a teaser for its next Operation, Grand Journey, and it seems to focus on a brand-new weapon coming to the game's multiplayer suite. We've included this short teaser trailer up above, which doesn't show any proper gameplay - instead focusing solely on this mystery weapon. Halo fans are...
News Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Will Run At 60FPS On Both Xbox Series X And S
id Tech doing the business
One final round of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle previews have landed today - including ours, where we came away very impressed by what we played earlier this month. Alongside these previews, a few outlets have also posted some interviews with the dev team, and one from
News Mass Effect Lead Says Next Game Will Retain The 'Mature Tone' Of EA's Original Trilogy
We get an ME update as Dragon Age ships
BioWare is about to ship its first original game in a good while here with Dragon Age: The Veilguard - a title we happen to like a lot here at Pure Xbox. However, naturally, folks are now beginning to wonder about the next Mass Effect game coming from the EA developer - and the project's director has a small...
Gallery We Visited Bethesda's 'Marshall College' To Play Indiana Jones And The Great Circle
Whippin' awesome
Live on Pure Xbox right now, you might have come across our early hands-on preview for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - an upcoming Xbox title that's shaping up very nicely indeed. However, seeing as we travelled halfway across the country to go play the title down at Two Temple Place in London, we
Hands On Indiana Jones And The Great Circle - An Xbox Adventure Worth Its Weight In Gold
And whatever else Indy can steal
Remember the days of Xbox fans clamouring for a viable alternative to PlayStation's Uncharted series? Sure, the landscape looks a lot different now with the team starting to bring its games to PS5 anyway (including this one), but with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Xbox might finally have its own gorgeous...
News Stalker 2 Dev Confirms Mod Support Coming To Xbox Series X|S
"We are preparing a big toolkit"
One of November's biggest Xbox titles is of course Stalker 2, with its Game Pass release locked and loaded for next month following multiple delays in recent years. We just learned about GSC Game World's performance targets for the game on Xbox, and now the team has confirmed that the console version will support...
News 'Ashen' Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (October 29)
Your latest addition!
We have another Xbox Game Pass update today, folks! Annapurna's action-RPG Ashen is now available in the Game Pass library, as we near the end of October 2024's new additions to the service. We'll throw a summary of this new Game Pass RPG down below, which is available now for subscribers. Ashen (Console, PC, Cloud): ht
News Bungie Provides Dev Update On Marathon, Encourages Xbox Fans To 'Wish List'
New art, playtest plans and "more" in 2025
Former Halo developer Bungie has today provided an update on its new extraction shooter Marathon, which was officially announced in 2023. In today's update, game director Joe Ziegler explained how it's still a little bit early to show the game as one piece, but everything in terms of the development is...
Roundup The Reviews Are In For Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Here's what the critics had to say
BioWare's next big entry in the Dragon Age series is out this week and the critic reviews are now rolling in... In case you missed it, we've already reviewed Dragon Age: The Veilguard here on Pure Xbox - awarding it an "excellent" nine out of ten stars. Here's a bit about what our reviewer PJ O'Reilly thought...
News Alan Wake 2's New DLC Updated For Xbox Series X|S, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Download it today
Following the arrival of Alan Wake 2: The Lake House last week as well as a special anniversary update for the game, the team at Remedy has now rolled out another update. This latest one for Xbox Series platforms and other systems includes a bunch of general updates and fixes for the new DLC. Here's the full rundown, courtesy of...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Congratulates Black Ops 6 Team On 'Phenomenal Accomplishment'
And reveals his order of play
The arrival of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is arguably the biggest Xbox drop all year and if you were wondering at all - yes, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has also jumped in on the action. After congratulating Activision's teams on their "phenomenal accomplishment" with the latest entry in the long-running series, he mentioned...
News Xbox's Avowed Is A 'Meaningful' RPG With Plenty Of Choices, Says Obsidian Dev
"That's what makes it meaningful roleplay"
A few months ago, there was a load of news coming out regularly about Avowed as Xbox opened up on its new RPG, but things have gone a little quiet since the game's recent delay. Still, we're quite excited about this one dropping next February, and some new information coming from
Roundup Here's What The Critics Think Of Life Is Strange: Double Exposure
The new LiS game launches this week
It's been a busy old time as of late with new game releases dropping left, right and centre - which means we haven't got around to taking on a review for Life is Strange: Double Exposure here at Pure Xbox. However, the game itself launches tomorrow and some early reviews are starting to go live - so we thought...
Review Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Xbox) - Bioware Is Back On Form With An Inquisition-Besting Banger
Blight here, blight now
Dragon Age is finally back, and, let's just get it out of the way in the first sentence - BioWare has officially ended its recent poor run of form in spectacular fashion! We feel like we have to say it straight away, after the waiting we've all done. It's been a full decade since the glory of Dragon Age: Inquisition,...
PSA Black Ops 6's First Free DLC Map Comes To Xbox Game Pass This Week
And it's a returning classic
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has been out since late last week on Xbox Game Pass, and here at Pure Xbox we've already blasted our way through the campaign and delivered our verdict on this year's story mode. We're now fully immersed in t
News Xbox Is Adding New Options For Uploading & Editing Custom Gamerpics
Included in a new Xbox Insider update
Microsoft has released patch notes for a new Xbox Insider update, and this one contains some interesting console changes coming from Team Green. We've got new Store notification options and controller calibration features, but also some major changes to the way custom gamerpics work. As detailed in the patch...
News Phasmophobia Frame Rate Targets Revealed, Xbox Series X The Only Console To Hit 120FPS
PS5 & Series S miss out
Spooky ghost hunter Phasmophobia finally hits consoles this week, including Xbox Series X|S, and ahead of launch the team has revealed all of the game's technical details on each platform. The good news here is that both current-gen Xbox consoles hit 60FPS - which is nice to see, especially for Xbox Series S. However, what's...
Feature These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (October 28 - November 1)
Dragon Age, Phasmophobia & much more!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for October 28 - November 1! The big release of the next few days is definitely Dragon Age: The Veilguard, but we've also got the new Life is Strange game, Phasmophobia, Shadows of the Damned: Hella
Review Sonic X Shadow Generations (Xbox) - Shadow's New Chapter Shines Bright
A history of the 'Ultimate Lifeform'
In case you somehow missed it, 2024 is the year of 'Shadow the Hedgehog' - with his live-action movie debut scheduled for December, and a new game chapter now available as part of Sonic X Shadow Generations. To reiterate, you’re not only getting a remaster of 2011's Sonic Generations, but also included is an...
News ProjektZ: Beyond Order Reveals Spring 2025 Release Window For Xbox Series X|S
Some co-op zombie action!
This week, the team behind ProjektZ: Beyond Order has given its upcoming co-op zombie slayer a Spring 2025 release date, and after looking into the game a little bit, we're curious to see how this one shapes up on Xbox next spring. By the looks of things, ProjektZ has come a long way since a few years ago when the team was...
News BioWare Drops One Final Look At Dragon Age: The Veilguard Before Its Xbox Launch
The launch trailer has arrived
Yep, after a decade of waiting, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is almost here - BioWare's latest epic is coming to Xbox Series X|S on October 31st. As expected then, the team has just dropped the game's final launch trailer ahead of next week's release, and it's getting us well and truly hyped for the full thing. We've...
News Microsoft CEO Gaming Division Update: 'We Continue To Extend Our Content To New Platforms'
"We are bringing great games to more people"
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Following rumours about Xbox's PlayStation 5 ports slowing down, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has briefly touched on the company's gaming division in his annual letter to shareholders, acknowledging this new strategy codenamed "Project Latitude": Satya Nadella:
News Xbox Boss Namedrops Marvel's Blade & Everwild Following Recent Studio Visits
Phil has been busy!
As of late, the Xbox exec team have been a bit quieter on social media, especially in the wake of Microsoft's recent studio closures and developer layoffs. However, Phil Spencer has been breaking that trend recently with a return to the Threads platform - and the boss has delivered some interesting Xbox Game Studios updates over...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (October 24-27)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Welcome to your latest Xbox Free Play Days roundup! This week, Microsoft has brought three games to the program, although two of them are already a part of the main Xbox Game Pass library in Fallout 76 and MLB The Show 24. Here's your full Xbox Free Play Days lineup this weekend: Fallout 76 MLB The
Roundup Fallout Day 2024 - Every Bethesda Announcement
New updates, sales and much more
Bethesda this week celebrated 'Fallout Day' - a celebration of all things related to its online multiplayer experience Fallout 76. This includes new announcements, sales and upcoming events. We've put together this roundup to provide a quick rundown of everything in case you didn't catch the full broadcast. Enjoy!...
News Helldivers 2 Dev Says Xbox Version 'Isn't Up To Us', But It 'Could' Happen
But it's ultimately up to MS and Sony
The gaming world went a bit bananas for Helldivers 2 earlier this year - its PS5 and PC launch was massive and the game went on to be more popular than any of us ever imagined. Even way back when, there was talk about an Xbox version (with Phil Spencer even commenting on the situation), and now such a...
News Four Years Later, Xbox Series X Is Now Outselling Xbox Series S In The US
According to fresh sales data
Microsoft's decision to launch two completely different consoles as part of its current-gen gaming strategy was always a bold one, and for a long time, its been the cheaper console that's thought to have sold more units overall. However, according to new data from Circana (NPD Group), Xbox Series X is finally outselling...
News Dead Island 2 Gets 'Brutal' Horde Mode & New Game Plus On Xbox Game Pass
Back to Hell-A, anyone?
The team behind 2023 zombie romp Dead Island 2 has unveiled a bunch of new content for the title, and some of the biggest additions are available for standard edition players on Xbox Game Pass. Basically, we're getting a major update that brings new content to the base game, while 'Gold Edition' owners are also being...
Review Alan Wake 2: The Lake House (Xbox) - Connecting The Dots To Control
Remedy doing Remedy things
It was a long old wait for Alan Wake 2 to finally launch on Xbox late last year, and now Remedy is wrapping up the game's DLC plan with The Lake House expansion. Yep, it's finally time to say goodbye to the second instalment of Alan Wake - and the team has spent its final few moments here building out the Remedy universe...
News Alan Wake 2 Gets A Boost On Xbox Series S Following Recent Update
This game is getting better and better!
It's a big week for Alan Wake 2 with the arrival of the Lake House expansion alongside a big Anniversary update, and as part of all the content heading our way, we've got some good news for Xbox Series S owners in particular. As part of the latest patch notes, it's confirmed that the Series S internal render...
News Ubisoft's Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Team Officially Disbanded
Update: Ubisoft issues a statement
Ubisoft's troubles reportedly continue with a new story suggesting the team behind the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has been disbanded after it failed to meet sales expectations. This information comes from a video by the French media outlet Origami and game journalist Gauthier Andres...
News Metal Slug Is Getting The 'Tactics' Treatment On Xbox This November
"A tribute to the iconic series"
We're definitely adding this one to the wishlist! Metal Slug Tactics has officially been confirmed for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S today, and it comes with a release window of Fall 2024. The game is a fresh spin on the Metal Slug formula in which you'll need to lead your squad to victory amidst...
News Xbox's New Wireless Headset Is Out Today, Featuring Battery Life & Audio Improvements
"The next evolution of the Xbox Wireless Headset"
Earlier this month, we reported on rumours of a new version of the Xbox Wireless Headset, and today Microsoft has confirmed its existence. In a new Xbox Wire blog post, Team Green reveals that "the next evolution" of its official headset launches today, with a host of fresh improvements. The...
Guide Black Ops 6 Preload Now Live - How To Download On Xbox One & Series X|S
Get ready for the Game Pass launch!
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launches this week on Xbox Game Pass, and the team has now set preloads live across all platforms. The game is coming in at around 100GB on Xbox Series X - where you can download Black Ops 6 right now and get ready for Friday's launch. It's also available to preload on Xbox Series S and...
News Bloober Team Says It's Done Making 'Sh**ty Games' As It Prepares For Cronos: The New Dawn
"We want to show what we can do"
Polish developer Bloober Team dropped a bombshell at Xbox's Partner Preview event last week with the reveal of Cronos: The New Dawn - and it sounds like the upcoming Xbox title is a bit of a new dawn itself for the
