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News Xbox Social Post Featuring Final Fantasy 7 Remake Was An 'Error'
"It included a title not available on Xbox"
Microsoft and Square Enix appear to have sorted things out after Phil Spencer recently took to the stage with the Final Fantasy developers to announce Final Fantasy 14 Online would be coming to Xbox platforms next year. Xbox fans got even more excited recently when the company's Brazillian social media...
News Digital Foundry Highlights Dolby Atmos Issues On Xbox, Playground Games Engineer Responds
"I’ll get this to the appropriate people...."
There's been quite a bit of discussion surrounding Dolby Atmos over the past week courtesy of some recent investigations by Digital Foundry, which discovered that the feature is suffering from an apparent delay issue on Xbox. DF's John Linneman and various Xbox fans have been conducting tests on...
Deals 500+ Games Included In This Week's Xbox Sales (August 15-22)
Including Publisher Spotlight and Indie Hits sales!
Another Tuesday, another big batch of Xbox deals! There are more than 500 games discounted over the next week on the Xbox Store courtesy of Deals with Gold, Spotlight, Publisher Spotlight, THQ Nordic and ID@Xbox Indie Hits sales. Below, we've picked out just a few highlights from the August 15-22...
News Everspace 2 & New EA Trial Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (August 15)
Which will you be trying out?
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass drop! Today, August 15, we have the brand-new addition of Everspace 2 for Xbox Series X and S players, along with another EA Play trial in the form of Madden 24. Down below is a bit more info on Everspace 2, along with how to get started with Madden NFL 24 ahead of its full launch...
News Assassin's Creed Mirage Will Launch Earlier Than Planned On Xbox This October
It's been brought forward!
It's a good day to be an Assassin's Creed fan, as Ubisoft has announced today that not only has Assassin's Creed Mirage gone "Gold", but its release date has also been brought forward from October 12th to October 5th! In a celebratory post on social media, Ubisoft Montreal thanked its teams as well as those of Ubisoft...
News Starfield Backstory Reveals What Happened Leading Up To 2330 A.D.
"The Story So Far"
Bethesda has today begun highlighting the Starfield Constellation Timeline, which provides a whole bunch of backstory leading up to the year 2230 A.D. in the game, which is the point where you start your journey. The most detail comes from the game's official website, where everything from 2050 to 2230 is documented. Little...
News Here's What The Critics Are Saying About The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Launching on Xbox Game Pass this week
Today's the day for the Texas Chain Saw Massacre reviews! A bunch of them have just dropped for the upcoming Xbox Game Pass title, so we can finally get an idea of just how good this game will be when it arrives on Friday, August 18th. It seems the majority of reviews have been for the PC version so far, so...
News Bethesda Exec Urges Patience In Response To Restless Starfield & Fallout Fans
"We know what we're doing"
With the release of Starfield now just a few short weeks away, Bethesda is going through an incredibly busy time right now, and head of marketing Pete Hines has urged fans who are requesting more information to remain patient. Hines initially responded to a fan's question about details on the planned Xbox Series X and S...
News AEW Announces 'Texas Deathmatch' To Promote New Xbox Game Pass Release
"What a whopper of a sponsorship deal..."
We've seen some interesting promotions for new Xbox games in our time, and this is definitely another unique one! Wrestling company AEW has announced it'll be holding a special "Texas Deathmatch" on AEW Dynamite this coming Wednesday to promote the release of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre on Xbox Game Pass...
News Forza Motorsport's Multiplayer Looks Awesome, But Split-Screen Didn't Make The Cut
"Split-screen [has been] really difficult to implement"
The most recent episode of Forza Monthly gave us a deep dive into the multiplayer features of the upcoming Forza Motorsport reboot, and everything we're seeing looks great so far - aside from the lack of split-screen support. As detailed on the official Forza website, the development team has...
News 'Lords Of The Fallen' Dev Talks Xbox Series X|S Performance & Average Game Length
Just two months to go!
We're now just two months away from the release of Lords Of The Fallen on Xbox Series X and Series S, and following an Extended Gameplay Presentation that was revealed back in July, we're more excited than ever for its launch! Ahead of that point, the team behind the game has been talking to a couple of outlets about what to...
News Stalker 2 Gets New December 2023 Release Date, But Is It A Placeholder?
Let's hope not!
Stalker 2 has been one of the most highly anticipated Xbox exclusives of the past few years, and it feels like we're finally starting to get close to its arrival, especially considering it'll be in attendance at gamescom 2023 next week. There's been a lot of speculation about whether it'll emerge on Xbox & PC before the end of...
Talking Point What Would Convince You To Use Xbox Cloud Gaming More Often?
It's apparently Game Pass Ultimate's least popular feature
It's now been just over two years since Xbox Cloud Gaming first launched as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and it's ultimately come a long way in that time, adding support for consoles, TVs, the Meta Quest 2 and much more. However, as impressive as it is to stream hundreds of
News Call Of Duty Game Page Update Confirms Modern Warfare 3 For Xbox One
Past-gen platforms are still in Activision's sights
There's reportedly been some confusion about the platforms Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is coming to later this year and whether or not this upcoming release includes Xbox's previous generation hardware. According to IGN, the official Xbox game page for the new entry in Activision's first-person...
News Five Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In September So Far
We've got a HUGE month ahead of us
Alright, so we're not quite ready for September yet, but we're just too excited about what Xbox Game Pass has in store for us next month! And of course, it's all highlighted by the absolutely huge release of Starfield. Beyond Starfield though, we've also got some other major day one releases coming to Xbox Game...
Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (August 14-18)
Including two major Game Pass additions!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for August 14th to 18th! We've got plenty of new games on the way over the next few days including Madden NFL 24, Moving Out 2 and Marble It Up! Ultra, along with the brand-new Xbo
News Titan Quest 2 Confirmed For Xbox Series X|S In Epic Announcement Trailer
"The legendary Action RPG makes its triumphant return!"
As part of today's THQ Nordic Showcase 2023, it was revealed that Titan Quest 2 will be coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S at some point in the future - and you can check out the epic announcement trailer above! The original Titan Quest ended up taking over a decade to finally make its...
News TMNT: The Last Ronin (The Game) Is Fighting Its Way To Xbox Series X|S
"A lone surviving Turtle embarks on a seemingly hopeless mission..."
THQ Nordic has announced today as part of its 2023 Showcase that we're getting a brand new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and it's based around The Last Ronin! For those who don't know, The Last Ronin was the name of a highly popular comic...
News South Park: Snow Day! Brings Its 3D Co-Op Battles To Xbox In 2024
Save the world and enjoy a day without school
Did someone say South Park?! As part of today's THQ Nordic Showcase, South Park: Snow Day! has been announced as a 2024 release for Xbox Series X|S (along with PS5 and Switch), taking the form of a four-player co-op experience. The game is being developed by the little-known Question Games (The Magic...
News Here's Everything That Was Revealed At The THQ Nordic Showcase 2023
South Park, TMNT & more!
Today marked the 2023 version of the THQ Nordic Showcase, which treated us to a whole bunch of trailers and game announcements for the likes of South Park, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and a lot more! <related ids="153877,153879,153884"> Below, you can check out all the Xbox related trailers for the games in the THQ...
Strog Rock
Almost exactly two years on from Nightdive Studios' phenomenal remaster of the original Quake, old-school FPS fans are being treated to a second helping of revamped retro-fragging action with this all-new enhanced version of iD Software's seminal sequel and, joy of joys, it's only gone and dropped onto Xbox Game Pass. Let’s not beat...
News Lollipop Chainsaw Remake Gets A New Name And 2024 Release Date
Yes, this is still a thing!
In case it totally slipped your mind, a remake of the 2012 Xbox 360 title Lollipop Chainsaw was officially announced last year, and it's definitely still on the way - but it's now been given a "Summer 2024" release window. The delay from a 2023 launch was announced on Twitter earlier today, alongside the official name...
News Starfield's Early Access Release Times Have Already Been Revealed
Counting down the hours...
If you're anything like us, you've started counting down the days until the release of Starfield on Xbox and PC in early September, and we already know that plenty of PX members are planning to jump into the game's early access period. The question is, when exactly can you start playing the Premium version of the game?...
News 'Hello Engineer' Jumps From Stadia To Xbox Next Week, Free Demo Now Available
Unleash your creativity
If you like the Hello Neighbor games, then you might be interested in this one! Hello Engineer is officially jumping from Google Stadia (remember that?!) to Xbox and other platforms next week on Thursday, August 17th. This game, which is obviously set in the Hello Neighbor universe, sees you and up to three other players...
News The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Will Be Up To 60FPS On Xbox Series X, 30FPS On Series S
Xbox One also 30FPS
We're now just a week away from the launch of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre on Xbox Game Pass which arrives on Friday, August 18th, and we've finally got full details on exactly how the game will run across all console platforms. Basically, the Xbox Series X version is the big winner here. Series X owners will get two modes to...
News Quake 2 Remastered's 8-Player SplitScreen Mode Looks Like Absolute Mayhem
Exclusive to Xbox Series X|S and PC
The brand-new release of Quake 2 Remastered is full of great surprises, and one of them is the ability to support up to eight players on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC in the local multiplayer mode. How many people will actually take advantage of this remains to be seen, but it's at least getting a lot of...
Guide Xbox Adds More Perks For Game Pass Ultimate Members (August 2023)
Here's what you can claim for free this month
The Xbox Game Pass Perks program has returned with more freebies in August 2023, including a New Heroes Starter Pack for Overwatch 2 and a Halo Infinite Perk that's exclusively redeemable on the Xbox PC app! Here are the new Xbox Game Pass Perks you can claim in August 2023 so far: Apex Legends -...
News Less Than 24 Hours Since Launch, Stray Is Already Dominating The Xbox Charts
It's #1 in multiple countries
Yesterday marked the launch of the former PS4/PS5 console exclusive Stray on Xbox, and although we expected it to be popular, we didn't necessarily anticipate that it'd be #1 on the "Top Paid Games" chart after less than 24 hours! That's where Stray lies on both the UK and the US "Top Paid" charts at the time of...
News Xbox And Bethesda Partner AMD Reveals 'Limited Edition' Starfield GPU & CPU
"Just 500 graphics cards and CPUs being produced"
Bethesda has already released a themed Xbox Series X|S controller and headset for its upcoming release of Starfield, and now as part of its exclusive AMD partnership on PC, it's unveiled a themed GPU and CPU. Players will be able to "explore the galaxy with unparalleled freedom" with a...
News Surprise! Quake 2 'Enhanced' Is Out Today On Xbox Game Pass
As revealed at QuakeCon
Following rumours that Bethesda was planning to release a remaster of Quake 2 at some point this month, the game has been announced today as part of QuakeCon 2023, and it's available right now on Xbox
News Inside Dev Reveals 'Crazy' Discussion With Phil Spencer Over Xbox Deal
"I was sitting in my sweat pants, and then my phone rings..."
The outstanding puzzle-platform game Inside is one of our top highlights on Xbox Game Pass, and you may recall that the game was actually an Xbox exclusive back in the day - albeit for a very brief period! From June 29th to August 23rd, 2016 (we told you it was brief!), Inside was only...
Roundup Here's What The Critics Think Of Action RPG 'Atlas Fallen'
Opinions are mixed so far
Atlas Fallen is one of the first current-gen-only RPGs to land on Xbox Series X and S, as we finally turn the corner on cross-gen titles. With that in mind, we've been curious to see how this one would go down with the critics, so we've compiled a roundup of early reviews for Atlas Fallen - including a snippet of our own...
News As Work On Xbox Version Continues, Baldur's Gate 3 Is Now The Highest-Rated Game Of 2023
According to Metacritic
It's impossible to get away from the huge success that is Baldur's Gate 3 at the moment! It's now been exactly a week since the game launched on Steam, and it's since wracked up over 65,000 ratings leading to an "Overwhelmingly Positive" score, while the critics' impressions have resulted in an unprecedented 97 rating on...
Hands On Stray Is A Cat-Tastic Adventure, And It's Now Available On Xbox
Purrty great
Editor's note: our hands-on time with Stray has been limited to the PlayStation 5 version of the game so far. We have not had access to test the Xbox version ahead of release, so these impressions are purely based on the PS5 experience at the time of publishing. After a long, catnip-barren year, indie darling Stray is finally out on...
News Halo Infinite Update Improves Forge Mode & Adds Halo: Reach Map Remake
Lots to get into here!
Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries has just deployed another update for the game's multiplayer suite, and there are quite a few improvements, additions and changes tucked into this patch. First up, the team has added a new multiplayer map to the game in the form of 'Dredge'. OK, it's not entirely new — it's a tweaked...
News Bethesda Hosting Pre-Launch Developer Q&A On Starfield Next Week
"Constellation members are invited to join us"
Bethesda Game Studios has announced an upcoming Q&A session for all things Starfield ahead of the game's impending Xbox launch. Developers Will Shen and Emil Pagliarulo will host an "exclusive dev Q&A" via the Bethesda Studios Discord channel next week. Taking place at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm...
News Xbox Is Offering 'Buy One, Get Two Free' On Assassin's Creed Games This Week
But to be honest, it's a pretty bad deal!
Just a day after we highlighted Xbox's new "Buy Two, Get One Free" offer on select EA games, we've got another promotion offering "Buy One, Get Two Free" this week - and this time it's aimed at Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed series. In theory this could be a great idea, but it just doesn't seem to represent...
News Forza Developer Highlights Eight 'New To Motorsport' Cars Available At Launch
"Stay tuned for lots more reveals in the coming weeks."
Today marks exactly two months until Forza Motorsport hits Xbox Game Pass, and it looks like we're going to get plenty of new information on the game soon as we approach the development finish line. Alongside a tease for "lots more reveals" in the coming weeks, the team at Turn 10 has...
News Xbox Free Play Days: Try These Seven Games For Free (August 10-13)
Including a bunch of Assassin's Creed titles!
Xbox Free Play Days is back once again for the weekend, and it's a big selection this time around! In addition to the five Assassin's Creed titles announced earlier this week, we've also got a couple others included in the list. Assassin's Creed Valhalla is probably the highlight, but all of those AC...
News 'Airborne Kingdom' Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (August 10)
Kingdom in the sky
Ready to take to the skies? 2022 city builder Airborne Kingdom joins the Xbox Game Pass library today, with user reviews averaging out at a 'Very Positive' rating on Steam at the time of writing. Here's what developer The Wandering Band is doing to put a unique spin on the age-old city builder: Airborne Kingdom (Console, PC,...
News Obsidian Axed Avowed's Co-Op To Focus On 'Things' It Was Best At
It wanted an "Obsidian game and not something different"
In the same 20th anniversary documentary celebrating Obsidian Entertainment, the company shared some insight about the original multiplayer and co-op plans for the upcoming first-person fantasy game Avowed and why it decided to scratch these ideas. Head of development Justin Britch explained...
Review Atlas Fallen - AA Adventuring Rises Above Its Flaws With Addictive Action & Exploration
The Essence of Combat
Deck13 has been on a pretty solid run over the past nine or so years, with the likes of The Surge, The Surge 2 and, to a slightly lesser extent, Lords Of The Fallen, seeing the German studio serve up some satisfyingly crunchy AA action of the Soulslike variety. While 2014's Lords of the Fallen was a valiant effort, it had a...
Talking Point Should Xbox Make A Revised Controller With Haptic Feedback?
Are you jealous of the PS5's features?
Around the launch of the current console generation, there was lots of talk about how Xbox Series X|S and PS5 stacked up against each other - as you'd probably expect. This time around though, one of the main points of differentiation was the controller, especially because Sony was deploying a pretty radical...
News Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition Is Getting A Free Xbox Series X|S Upgrade Next Week
A new native version for current-gen consoles
Annapurna Interactive has announced today that the critically acclaimed adventure game Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition is officially getting a free Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S (and PS5) upgrade on Thursday, August 17th. At the time of writing, we don't yet know what this version includes in terms of...
News Call Of Duty Reveal Trailer Shows First In-Game Footage Of Modern Warfare 3
Heading to Xbox this November
Earlier this week, Activision finally unveiled this year's Call of Duty game as Modern Warfare 3 - a direct sequel to last year's Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. While Monday's teaser was purely cinematic, a new 'Makarov Reveal Trailer' has just been released, and it gi
News A Few More Games Are Discounted By 90% On Xbox This Week (August 8-15)
Great games at rock bottom prices!
Looking for some cheap Xbox games from August 8th to August 15th, 2023? We've got a few games that have been discounted by 90% in this week's Xbox sales that are worth checking out, and don't ignore the Injustice 2 DLC either - the Ultimate Pack includes a whole bunch of content that can be used with Injustice 2...
Guide Stray Release Date, Release Times And Download Size On Xbox
Everything you need to know
Stray's Xbox release is almost here... at last! After a long wait for its PlayStation exclusivity period to end, this furry feline adventure is right around the corner. So, ahead of launch, we've put together a handy little guide for everything Stray on Xbox. Stray Xbox Release Date: Stray officially launches for Xbox...
News Dead By Daylight Unveils First Look At 'Alien' DLC, Coming To Xbox This Month
"A collaboration that's been requested for years"
Dead By Daylight really seems to be on a roll at the moment, with its Nicholas Cage DLC grabbing all sorts of attention over the past few months, and a brand-new Alien crossover looking set to prove a major hit later in August. Dead By Daylight: Alien officially arrives on Tuesday, August 29th,...
News Xbox Is Offering 'Buy Two, Get One Free' On Select EA Games This Week
Including some major 2023 releases
We've got a couple of "Buy XX, Get XX Free" sales coming to Xbox over the next few days, and we're kicking things off with a "Buy 2, Get 1 Free" offer on EA games - including some major releases from earlier in 2023. You'll find this by heading to the "Deals" section on your Xbox console, where it might be hidden...
News Five Assassin's Creed Games Will Be Free-To-Play On Xbox This Weekend
Lots of assassinating to be doing!
Ubisoft has announced its own selection of free-to-play games this weekend - all from its premiere Assassin's Creed franchise. We're also expecting our usual set of Free Play Days titles in addition to these, so there's going to be lots to try out for free on Xbox this weekend! The five AC games in question are...
