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News Multiple Games Announced For Xbox At Limited Run 2024 Showcase
Rolling back the years
Limited Run Games held its 2024 Summer Games Showcase earlier today, and it included a bunch of upcoming Xbox titles! Just like last year, some of these announcements were for physical versions of games that have already been announced / released, while others were for games that had never been revealed before. Firstly,...
News Digital Foundry Breaks Down Xbox's Impressive Perfect Dark Showcase
Joanna Dark is back!
The Xbox Games Showcase this year was full of neat surprises, and one of them was the reappearance of Xbox's Perfect Dark Reboot. Coming out of The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics, Joanna Dark's return is looking rather splendid, and the team at
News Xbox Game Pass RPG Lords Of The Fallen Is Getting A Sequel In 2026
Free fallen
The development team behind last year's Lords Of The Fallen reboot has announced that another mainline entry in the series is coming - and that it already has its eyes on a 2026 release for this follow-up. Taking to social media, developer Hexworks revealed that "the next major instalment in the Lords of the Fallen franchise" is...
News Xbox Is Hosting Its 'Biggest Booth Yet' At Gamescom This August
With loads of playable games!
Hot on the heels of the Xbox Games Showcase earlier this month, Microsoft has announced that it will be bringing its "biggest booth yet" to Gamescom 2024 in Germany this August. The team hasn't broken down everything that will be playable on the show floor, but it has provided us with a chunky list of games that will...
Feature VALORANT Beta Review (Xbox) - Riot Makes Its Console Debut With A Well-Crafted Shooter
Valiant effort
We can still remember the hype when Riot Games launched its Counter-Strike-like shooter VALORANT on PC a few years ago now - there was a lot of excitement around such an esteemed developer taking on Valve's mammoth FPS series head-on. Four years later, the team is bringing the game to console, and its initial beta has gotten off to a...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (June 20-23)
Included with Game Pass Core and Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Free Play Days is now live for this week, and we have three Xbox titles playable for free from now through the end of the weekend, including the ever-popular first-person shooter Hell Let Loose. Here's your full Xbox Free Play Days lineup this week: Crusader Kings 3 Hell Let Loose Plants...
News Xbox Exec Thanks Team For 'Highest-Rated' Showcase On Record
"Huge thanks to you all"
Another Xbox Games Showcase is in the books, and in the wake of the two-hour show wrapping up on June 9, it seems that Team Xbox has been gathering all the facts and figures surrounding the event. From our point of view it seemed like a pretty great show, and that feeling seems to have been reflected by Microsoft's internal...
News Xbox Begins Refunding Redfall DLC Owners Following Arkane Austin Closure
The DLC was officially cancelled last month
Following the news last month that Arkane Austin and three other teams under the Xbox banner would be closing down, it was revealed that the DLC for Redfall would be cancelled, with players who purchased the 'Hero Pass' as part of the 'Bite Back' upgrade informed they would receive the value back in...
News Crime Boss: Rockay City Adds Free Xbox DLC Following 'Very Positive' Recent Reviews
"There’s a cracking game here now"
Remember Crime Boss: Rockay City? Remember how it got a pretty poor Metacritic average at launch that encouraged plenty of Xbox fans to stay away? Well, it might be time to reevaluate what it brings to the table in 2024. The game just recently launched on Steam at a bargain price of £15.99 / $15.99, where it...
News Xbox Console Exclusive 'Creatures Of Ava' Gets Game Pass Release Date
Palworld but... without guns?
Xbox Game Pass just keeps on expanding in 2024, and those who caught Palworld fever earlier this year might want to keep an eye on Creatues of Ava. Now confirmed for the service this August, Inverge Studios' take on the 'Pokémon-like' is all about saving creat
News Cancelled OG Xbox Game 'Captain Blood' Makes Its Comeback This Fall
Almost a quarter of a century later
Fancying a bit of an early 2000s throwback on your Xbox Series X|S console later this year? Well, publisher SNEG has pulled Captain Blood from the jaws of death for a Fall 2024 release - a game that was first in development for the original Xbox. This is an old school hack-and-slash game with a distinct pirate...
News Capcom's Old Game Engine Seemingly To Blame For Certain Releases Skipping Xbox
"Our sources indicate that this is correct"
Yesterday's Nintendo Direct livestream gave us some great third-party announcements for Xbox, but we did also stumble across a few more titles that are strangely skipping Microsoft's platform. One of those is the
Preview The Plucky Squire Hands On Preview - A Storybook Adventure Worth Checking Out
It's pluckin' great
Pure Xbox's Craig Reid recently attended Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles, where he had a chance to preview a series of upcoming Xbox releases. Today, we're sharing his thoughts on a hands-on demo of The Plucky Squire, where he sat down with All Possible Futures' co-founder James Turner to play a portion of the game's sixth...
News Two Xbox Properties Cross Over As Fallout Meets Call Of Duty Later This Week
The vault has been opened
Sometimes it's hard to believe yourself when you type a sentence like 'Xbox owns Call of Duty and Fallout' but its darn true, and later this week the two massive Microsoft franchises will be crossing over in Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone. Yep, the COD x Fallout bundle brings a bunch of Fallout-themed gear to Call of Duty...
News Ubisoft Leads The Way In This Week's Selection Of Xbox Deals (June 18-25)
AC, Skull & Bones, Avatar and more!
As usual, we've got another fresh selection of Xbox deals available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on the official Xbox Store right now, primarily made up of "Publisher Spotlight" and "School's Out" sales. We've noted in the headline here that Ubisoft leads the way with the likes of Assassin's...
News My Time At Sandrock Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (June 19)
Welcome to your next life sim!
We have a new Game Pass addition today, June 19th, and this one could be a title worth sinking some time into! My Time at Sandrock delivers a huge life simulation game onto Xbox Game Pass - as the follow-up to 2019's My Time at Portia, which is already in the library. Here's about more information on My Time at...
Gallery Here's A First Look At The Thing: Remastered For Xbox One & Series X|S
A remaster of the 2002 OG Xbox game!
Nightdive Studios has been absolutely killing it lately with these remaster efforts, and their next project is tackling 2002's The Thing for a modern remaster in 2024. This upcoming title has been confirmed for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, and now the team has sent over a selection of in-game screenshots our...
News Multiple Games Announced For Xbox Following June 2024's Nintendo Direct
Including some big Dragon Quest reveals!
Today marked the arrival of yet another Nintendo Direct showcase, with the June 2024 edition featuring some exciting first-party reveals, but also plenty of third-party games that are making their way to Xbox consoles! Perhaps the biggest announcement here is not only that we received an Xbox release date...
Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
The huge Elden Ring expansion is almost here
Elden Ring was a bit of a phenomenon when it arrived on Xbox back in early 2022, so it's safe to say we're extremely excited about the game's Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. This huge Elden Ring add-on lands this week, and ahead of launch, the review embargo has now lifted. Here at Pure Xbox we'll be a...
News 'Robin Hood: Sherwood Builders' Is A Newly-Announced Action RPG For Xbox Game Pass
And it arrives this month!
Well, we just got our brand-new Xbox Game Pass roundup for the back half of June, and there's one big surprise included in the form of Robin Hood: Sherwood Builders. This is a PC Action RPG that was previously unannounced for consoles, and now it's confirmed for an Xbox Series X|S release this month - on
News These Seven Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (June 18-27)
The second batch of the month
Microsoft has today announced the second batch of Xbox Game Pass titles for June 2024, which includes today's arrival of Still Wakes The Deep, along with the likes of EA Sports FC 24 and My Time At Sandrock! Here's the list of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass from June 18-27: Date Gam
Rumour State Of Decay 3 Another Xbox Game Aiming To Launch In 2025
Surely something will get delayed
Since the Xbox Games Showcase went down earlier this month, we've got a fairly decent idea of how 2025 will look for Microsoft's games lineup. Multiple titles, including DOOM: The Dark Ages, Fable and South of Midnight were confirmed for 2025 during the show, and a new rumour suggests that State of Decay 3
News Todd Howard Talks About Leading Multiple Bethesda Projects At Once
"By no means is it just me"
Bethesda and video game legend Todd Howard is an incredibly busy guy right now working on projects like the first Starfield expansion, the Fallout television series, the long-awaited Elder Scrolls 6, and the upcoming Indiana Jones video game. So how does he manage to balance it all when he's spread across so many...
News Forza Horizon 5 'Universal Icons' Car Pack Brings Star-Studded Lineup To Xbox
And it's out today!
Playground Games has unveiled a new premium car pack for Forza Horizon 5, and this one brings five movie star cars to the open world racer. Available today for $10, Horizon's finest drivers can go hands-on with five new rides inspired by the likes of Jurassic Park, Back to the Future and Knight Rider. Up above you can take a...
News Clockwork Revolution Dev Pokes Fun As It Still 'Figures Out' Xbox Release Date
Already checking the clock
Next year is already looking pretty stacked in terms of big Xbox releases, and we also have a number of titles that haven't even been dated yet. One of those is inXile's Clockwork Revolution, which seemed to get a leaked release window the other day before the team shut the rumour down - making light of the situation in...
News New Indiana Jones Clip Continues To Build Hype Ahead Of 2024 Xbox Release
Short but sweet
You like Indiana Jones? Excited for the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Xbox game? Want to watch 20 seconds of new gameplay from it? Bethesda has you covered - although technically it's 19 seconds. Yeah, this isn't much, but we'll take what we can get. The video below shows a brief snippet of stealth gameplay from the...
News Shovel Knight's Original Outing Is Getting A Deluxe Enhanced Edition
As part of the series' 10th anniversary celebrations
The retro-inspired hero Shovel Knight is currently celebrating his 10th anniversary, and as part of this, developer and publisher Yacht Club Games held a special broadcast announcing a bunch of new projects. Perhaps the highlight of the lot (apart from the announcement of a new game which will...
Roundup Here's What The Critics Are Saying About Still Wakes The Deep
An upcoming Game Pass launch!
Another day one Xbox Game Pass release is right around the corner in Still Wakes The Deep, and early reviews of this spooky Xbox game are now cropping up online - including our own opinion on the title here at Pure Xbox. <related ids="167069"> However, it's always good to get a broader gauge on video game...
News 'A Quiet Place' Video Game Adaptation Coming To Xbox In 2024
The road ahead
Up for another horror adventure on Xbox Series X|S in 2024? Well, Saber Interactive and Stormind Games have partnered up to adapt movie series 'A Quiet Place' into video game format - with the "narrative-driven horror game" A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead coming to Xbox later this year. We don't have a date yet, but looking at early...
Review Still Wakes The Deep (Xbox) - Nautical Narrative Adventure Perfect For Xbox Game Pass
Swearing like a sailor
If you've played any of The Chinese Room's past games you'll have an idea of what to expect from Still Wakes The Deep; something short, sweet, dripping in atmosphere and with a laser focus on the overall narrative. Well, we're here to report that despite some behind-the-scenes changes at the British developer, Still Wakes the...
News Xbox Dev The Coalition Comments On Multiplayer Modes In Gears Of War: E-Day
"Gears has a pretty clear DNA for gameplay modes"
Developer The Coalition has been quite shy on dropping any nitty gritty details for Gears of War: E-Day just yet, which is perhaps understandable given that the game won't be out until 2025 at the very earliest. However, the studio was pressed about multiplayer modes over the weekend, and while it...
News Hi-Fi RUSH Developer Tango Gameworks Has Now Officially Closed Its Doors
One of the employees highlighted the studio's "last day"
Last month, Xbox shared the news it would be shutting down four studios including the developers behind the critically-acclaimed title Hi-Fi RUSH. While things have been looking more positive on the Xbox front over the past week, a now-former Tango Gameworks employee has shared an update on...
News Five Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass In Late June 2024
June's second batch of leavers revealed
Update: These five games have now been formally announced by Microsoft, and we also know that Cricket 22 will leave Xbox Game Pass on July 5th. The table below has been updated with the latest platform details for each June title. We also have more details on what's coming to Xbox Game Pass between June 18th...
Preview Black Myth: Wukong - A Transformative Action RPG
It's a peach.
Pure Xbox's Craig Reid has spent the past few days at Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles, where he's had a chance to preview a series of upcoming Xbox releases. Today, we're sharing his thoughts on a hands-on demo of Black Myth: Wukong, which let us get stuck into two hours of an early chapter from Game Science's 2024 ARPG. For most,...
News New Starfield Mods Allow Xbox Series S Version To Reach 120FPS
With drawbacks, obviously
We've already seen some fantastic Starfield mods on Xbox since the June update arrived last week, and some of the latest examples allow the Xbox Series S version to reach a high of 120 frames per-second! This is documented in the video you see above, which shows how certain Starfield mods lower the visua
News Todd Howard Confirms 'Year 2' For Starfield Including Second Big Expansion
And hopefully that's not the end of it!
Bethesda's Todd Howard made an appearance on the MrMattyPlays YouTube channel today, where he confirmed that Starfield will get a second year of content alongside another paid expansion following 2024's Shattered Space DLC. Howard's first mention of a "year two" for Starfield came during a segment in which he...
News Six Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In July 2024 So Far
An early look at what's ahead
We're only just hitting the middle of the month for June's Xbox Game Pass additions, but as usual, we're starting to take a look at what's ahead for July as well. And it's good news - there's a lot confirmed for next month already! Some of the highlights here include day one releases for Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn,...
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (June 17-21)
Including this major new expansion!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for June 17-21! We've got some major releases on the way next week including Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree and The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road, and while we don't know much about the
"It's what makes this experience the most immersive"
The Xbox Games Showcase last weekend was packed with fantastic-looking titles across a whole bunch of different genres, but one of the highlights was undoubtedly Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. The fact that MachineGames' upcoming adventure is a 2024 game is incredibly exciting, and a couple...
News 'Killer Bean' Confirmed For Xbox Following SGF 2024 Appearance
"Console ports will be coming"
If you were paying close attention to the Summer Game Fest 2024 showcase earlier this month, you may have seen a game called "Killer Bean" which ended up attracting millions of views following the event's conclusion. We talked about the game here at Pure Xbox last year when it see
News Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Launches On Xbox To Fantastic Reviews
The Metacritic scores are huge!
Today's the day for Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S! This brand-new release from ATLUS and SEGA is officially available to purchase on the Xbox Store (starting at £54.99 / $59.99), and if the reviews are anything to go by, it's definitely worth your time and money this...
Guide Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree: Release Date & Release Times For Xbox Series X|S
Everything you need to know for the big expansion
FromSoftware's huge Elden Ring expansion in Shadow of the Erdtree is coming to Xbox very, very soon after what feels like an eternity! Yep, we're pretty hyped about this one - after all, we did grant the base game an "Outstanding" 10/10 score here at Pure Xbox back in 2022. Ahead of the big launch...
News Digital Foundry Tests Ark: Survival Ascended On Xbox, And The Results Are Pretty Shocking
The Series S version looks like a different game!
Last November we took a look at some of the early public tests for Ark: Survival Ascended on Xbox and found some "interesting results", and now the team at Digital Foundry has given the game a pretty scathing review from a technical perspect
Rumour Xbox Publishing Next Game From 'Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey' Dev
Xbox odyssey
Well-known leaker eXtas1s is reporting that Xbox Game Studios Publishing will be working with Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey dev Panache on a new project. 2019's Ancestors was the much-talked about adventure game from the creator of Assassin's Creed - and at this point it's still the only game to have been released by Panache. The
Reminder Five Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass This Weekend
Including a huge 2022 release!
It's that time again where a selection of titles leave the Xbox Game Pass library, and we have five games in total exiting the service this weekend. As you can probably guess, the big leaver this time around is High On Life, which departs Game Pass after roughly 18 months in the library. All five games are on the way...
News Joanna Dark Actor 'Crazy Excited' To Lead Xbox's Perfect Dark Reboot
"A real privilege"
We were treated to a great surprise at the Xbox Games Showcase last Sunday when Perfect Dark reappeared with an impressive glimpse at gameplay, and since that trailer, the actor for lead character Joanna Dark has been revealed! The role has gone to the award-winning British actress Alix Wilton Regan, who expressed her delight at...
Rumour Xbox Could Be Targeting A 2025 Release For Gears Of War: E-Day
Perhaps even earlier than Fable?
When Gears of War: E-Day was revealed at the Xbox Games Showcase this past weekend, we naturally assumed that it wasn't targeting a release anytime soon, especially considering there was no sign of a launch window at all. However, we might be seeing it much sooner than expected! According to Tom Warren at
Talking Point Are You Interested In Any Of The New Xbox Series X|S Models?
Will you be picking one up later this year?
During the Xbox Games Showcase this year, Microsoft unveiled three brand-new Xbox Series X|S console revisions coming in late 2024 - and we want to know if the Pure Xbox audience is planning on picking up any of these shiny new systems later in the year. Across the new lineup, we've got a 1T
News Gears Creator Cliffy B Discusses What He'd Like To See In Gears Of War: E-Day
"I think that could be really really compelling"
Gears of War: E-Day is certainly a throwback to the old Xbox 360 days of Gears, and you know what else is? Cliffy B! Yep, one of the series' legendary creators has been away from Microsoft's famous franchise for years now, but he still likes discussing his heritage when the chance arises, and Cliff's...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Trailer Becomes Most-Watched Ever As Xbox Game Pass Fuels Interest
All aboard the hype train
Call of Duty is always popular, there's no denying that. Every year that a GTA title doesn't launch the franchise seems to break records, but there appears to be an extra bout of hype behind this year's Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - the first one to launch day one on
