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YesterdayThu, 5th Nov 2026
Talking Point How Often Do You Buy The Games Leaving Xbox Game Pass?
They're discounted, so why not?
Once a game is marked for removal from Xbox Game Pass, how often do you buy it? The thought crossed my mind whilst I was putting together our recent roundup of November leavers, and it made me curious to hear the Pure Xbox community's thoughts. On November 15th, 1000xRESIST will vanish from all tiers of Xbox Game Pa
Feature 25+ Of The Best Discounted Games From Xbox's Deep Discounts Sale
A selection of the finest discounts
What a bleddy sale we have for you this week. Xbox has massively discounted a tonne of games, so we're back to rummage through them and pick out a banger or two for you. Xbox is currently running an ID@XBOX Deep Discounts sale, knocking a fair bit of coinage off some awesome indie titles. We've highlighted plenty...
News Xbox PC App Receives Significant Upgrade Starting Today, Plus More Cloud Gaming Improvements
"A faster, simpler Xbox experience."
Xbox is officially rolling out an updated version of the Xbox PC app to members of the Insider program as of today, aiming to deliver a "faster" and "simpler" experience compared to the version we've been using in recent years. The new app is something that leaked a while ago, and adopts a cleaner visual style...
News Here's Another 30+ New GTA 6 Screenshots To Drool Over
Now that's a fine batch of photos
Someone at Rockstar is clearly having fun with the photo mode in GTA 6. Hopefully, all these extra screenshots mean the game will actually feature one, because by golly gosh, this latest batch of pics is gorgeous! 'The Launch Gallery' features 38 new screenshots from GTA 6 which show off the insane level of unique...
News 007 First Light's 'Starter Pack' Is Available To Claim For Free On Xbox
Have a crack at Bond's first mission
IO Interactive's phenomenal James Bond adventure, 007 First Light, has just released a 'Starter Pack', letting players experience the game's first mission for free! The Starter Pack whisks players off to Iceland's stormy shores, putting them in the boots of a young Bond long before he earns his license to kill...
News Xbox Employee Teases 'Something Amazing' In The Works That's Taken Months To Build
They're extremely excited about it!
It's been a pretty incredible year for Xbox console updates in 2026, and it sounds like the improvements are set to continue in 2027 as well, as "something amazing" appears to be in the works that's taken months to put together. This is according to Xbox Insider lead Brad Rossetti on social media, who teased that...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (November 5-8)
Presenting your latest batch of weekend freebies!
It's Thursday, which means it's time for your latest batch of Xbox Free Play Days titles! So far, we know of five* games in the lineup, thanks to some digging from Redditor Oliomono. They're usually on the money with FPD stuff, but Xbox typically adds another one or two games to the final list. The...
News AMD FSR Upscaling 4.1 Has Officially Arrived For Xbox Series X|S
"We can't wait to see what developers create with it."
A couple of weeks ago, the folks at AMD made headlines when they announced that AMD FSR 4.1 would be coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S in the near future, and the rollout has officially begun today! As a result of this, developers will have access to a new method of improving visual...
News Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (November 5)
New titles for Ultimate, PC, & Premium players
Welcome back to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, we've got three games joining Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Here's a look at the three new Xbox Game Pass additions, complete with all the trailer, description, platform and tier info you need: Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School (Series X|S, PC) -...
Wednesday4th Nov 2026
News Xbox Announces Two New Methods To Play Games Through The Cloud
"Starting today, we’re rolling out two previews for XBOX Cloud Gaming."
Team Xbox continues to make improvements to playing games through the cloud, and they've just announced two new methods for doing just that - both launching in "preview" form later today. The first of these is the ability to use your phone as a controller, which will be...
News The Best-Rated Game Of 2026 Has Just Changed, But Xbox Still Has Two Titles In The Top 10
Zelda forces its way into the #1 spot
The news cycle has undoubtedly been dominated with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake today, and for good reason - it's become the best-rated game of 2026 according to Metacritic with a whopping 96 average rating. That means the top 10 has some shuffling to do, but even with Zelda taking top spot (and...
Review Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 - The First COD I've Cared About In Ages
Let sleeping dogs lie
For many years now, I've felt like I knew exactly what to expect from a new Call of Duty game without ever needing to play it. When I do eventually get stuck in, because I'm a COD enjoyer deep down, they're usually par for the course: action-packed, testosterone-fuelled kiddie crack designed to overstimulate, lock you in, and...
Sounds like it's still some way off
Yesterday, we were treated to the official name of The Elder Scrolls 6 - it's called The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel — and we also got a very brief teaser trailer to accompany it. Still, as things stand, very few details have been revealed. One of the big things that everyone wants to know is when TES6 will...
News Halo Infinite Adds 10 New Maps In Surprise November 2026 Update
They're part of the "Halo Fest Showcase" playlist
Who would have thought Halo Infinite would still be getting updates in November 2026? That's exactly what's happened this week though, and it's getting us tempted to install the multiplayer and play some games all over again. The 10 new maps that have been added to the game this week are part of a...
News Modern Warfare 4 Boosts Call Of Duty Players On Xbox, But Falls Short Of Black Ops 7 Impact
Circana shares all the details
We heard plenty of noise when Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launched, earning the highest review scores the series has seen since Black Ops on Xbox 360. Now, Circana's Mat Piscatella has shared some new data showing just how well the game performed during its opening week. Cricana ranks games based on its weekly...
News Xbox Nano Controller Gets Its First Reviews, And A Secret Hidden Feature Is Revealed
It releases today!
Today's the day for the Xbox Nano Controller! This mini design with a portable nature goes on sale for £44.99 / $49.99 with a release date of November 4th, and therefore the first reviews have started going live for it. Before we get to those, we also want to bring your attention to a secret hidden feature of the Xbox Nano...
Mech hay while the sun shines
It's crazy that we're already a few days into November, but instead of wondering where the year has gone, we're back with your daily fix of all the new games launching on Xbox. In terms of big releases, we're a little short on those today. However, we do have two games launching into version 1.0. First up is Lightyear...
Tuesday3rd Nov 2026
Report Xbox Has Had Multiple Offers For Arkane Studios, Marvel's Blade Close To Completion
Ubisoft said to have been one of those offers
As Xbox and Microsoft continue to try and find a solution for Arkane Studios instead of closing the company down, it's being reported this evening by Bloomberg that multiple offers have been submitted for the studio. The outlet's sources say Ubisoft and at least two other companies have provided bids,...
News Microsoft Is Giving Away The Most Insane Xbox Series X Ever Created
And there's literally only one of them
We've seen all kinds of Xbox Series X console designs over the past six years, but this one is specifically advertised as Microsoft's "wildest" design yet, and they're giving it away to one lucky sweepstakes winner. Here's how it works - it's an Xbox Series X inside of an alligator. A functioning Series X, no...
News These 23 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (November 3-17)
Microsoft reveals the latest batch
Microsoft has revealed the first official roundup of Xbox Game Pass titles for November 2026, with 23 games joining various tiers of the service from November 3-17, including the likes of John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, Tanuki: Pon's Summer, and Football
News Gears Of War: E-Day Revives Classic Versus Mode For 20th Anniversary Celebration
Horde Siege also gets a new limited time mission
After a relatively quiet few weeks for Gears of War: E-Day, The Coalition has just dropped its 20th Anniversary celebration update, reviving a classic Versus mode alongside a new limited time mission for Horde Siege. Guardian is the Versus mode in question, which has featured in almost every Gears...
News Xbox CEO Congratulates Bethesda As The Elder Scrolls 6 Gets 'Official Name Reveal' Trailer
Spoilers ahead if you don't want to know!
It's time for The Elder Scrolls 6 to get its official name! Following a report last week that outed how Bethesda was going to reveal the name in November, the company has just done that as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations. Like we said last time, there are spoilers ahead if you don't want to know!...
News GTA 6 Download Size & Preload Times Officially Revealed For Xbox Series X|S
Here we go!
It's getting very real now, folks! Rockstar Games has today announced both the download size and the preload date/times for GTA 6 on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, ahead of the full game's release on November 19th. Firstly, the download size for GTA 6 is a max of 212GB. Rockstar says that this may change "depending on your device",...
News Xbox's New 25 Years Bundle Retails For $569.99, And Here's The Full List Of Games
Update: Microsoft has removed the ability to purchase it
Last week, you may recall that we ran a story about how Xbox was giving away 25 free games to eligible buyers of Windows 11 PCs, and that the offer was technically supposed to begin on November 2nd (but had begun slightly early). Well, last night, the "25 Years of XBOX Bundle" suddenly...
A new record for 2026, that is
It's no secret that a whole bunch of new releases have been moving their release dates from November back to September and October in recent months, and it's actually resulted in a new record being set for Series X and S in 2026. As shared by the folks behind the Xbox news for Koreans account on social media, there...
News South Of Midnight Director Reflects On Why He Was 'Always Worried' About Funding At Xbox
"It just seems like, in hindsight at least, it was unsustainable."
We absolutely loved South of Midnight when it launched last year as an Xbox first-party title from Compulsion Games, and it's still one of our favourite Xbox Game Studios releases of recent years. However, a year later, Xbox has parted ways with the development team and helped...
News Eight Xbox Games Are Out Today, Including The Next Great Espionage RPG (November 3)
Godzilla minus Zero Parades
Welcome back to your daily update of all the new releases on Xbox today! There's a couple of interesting games up for grabs, namely Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered and ZERO PARADES: Director's Cut. The former is a rejuvenated OG Xbox title which has you tombstoning big beasties as the King of Monsters,...
Monday2nd Nov 2026
News Former Xbox COO Issues Lengthy Departure Statement To 'Set The Record Straight'
"This is not how I ever imagined my story here would end."
This time last week, we mentioned how newly-promoted Xbox Chief Operating Officer Helen Chiang was suddenly leaving Microsoft after 21 years, with a suggestion at the time that she may have been "terminated for policy violations". Chiang has now taken to LinkedIn to share a lengthy...
News Two Big Remasters Are Now Lined Up For Xbox On December 3rd
Including a first-ever Xbox appearance for the original Thief!
It's usually the case that December is a quiet time for new video game releases, but we've still got a few notable ones lined up for the first couple of weeks on Xbox, including two very interesting remasters on December 3rd. We already knew about the first of these - Rayman Legends...
News 'Too Big A Risk' - Game Developer Sparks Debate After Delaying Playtest Due To AI Concerns
Will it push us towards a more cloud-focused future?
As AI continues to adopt a bigger influence in the gaming industry, there have been concerns in some circles about how people can use AI to reverse-engineer games, including for upcoming titles that haven't even been released yet. This became a particular talking point a couple of weeks ago when...
Was it worth digging the original Xbox title back up?
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee launched on the original Xbox in 2003, a few months after its GameCube debut, and sadly, only in North America. The kaiju arena-brawler, which depicted the iconic King of Monsters, Godzilla, body-slamming Ghidorah into various cityscapes, has apparently made a...
Feature 25 Years Later, How Many Of These Original Xbox Launch Titles Have You Played?
From the original North American launch on November 15, 2001
Welcome to the month of Xbox's 25th anniversary! Xbox will be celebrating that milestone officially on November 15th, but before we get there, we thought we'd use the chance to highlight the very first games that ever launched on Xbox. To do that, we're going back to the initial list of...
Feature All New Games Coming To Xbox In November 2026
Release dates for every November Xbox launch
Welcome to our roundup of all new Xbox games coming out in November 2026! Below, we've listed every Xbox game with an November 2026 release date, including all confirmed Xbox Game Pass titles for November 2026 so far. Without further ado, here are all the new games coming to Xbox in November 2026: The...
News Former Xbox Manager Explains Why $500M Cost For Gears: E-Day Doesn't Tell The Whole Story
"I should know..."
Over the past couple of weeks, there's been a lot of chatter about a rumoured $500 million cost for The Coalition to make Gears of War: E-Day, alongside debates about how much of that money went on the game itself. Speaking on the weekend, former Xbox exec Derek Reese shared his take on the situation, suggesting that The...
News Xbox Black Friday Sale 2026 Leaks Early, Thousands Of Games Set To Be Included
It seemingly begins on November 19th
We're still a little while away from Black Friday in late November, but Xbox is already preparing for a massive Black Friday sale in a few weeks' time, and the list of potential games has leaked online in recent days. This is courtesy of a user named "Bloomy" over on the CheapAssGamer website, who says there are...
News 14 Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Early November 2026
Now that's a lot of games!
Microsoft has revealed the next 14 games leaving Xbox Game Pass in early November 2026, with all of these being highlighted as "leaving soon" on the official Xbox phone app. There are some pretty decent ones in here, including 1000xRESIST, Wreckfest, and the iconic GoldenEye 007, so it'
Sunday1st Nov 2026
News Xbox Suddenly Has Two Vice City Games Releasing In Mid-November
This one's based on Zelda with GTA influences!
What do you do if you've got a GTA-inspired game set to release around the same time as GTA 6? You schedule it for the day before, of course! That's exactly what's happening in the case of Vice: Magic City Mayhem. This game is officially coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on November 18th, 2026...
News Blizzard Is Getting Our Hopes Up Again For World Of Warcraft On Xbox
It's got to happen, right?
One of Xbox's biggest releases of 2026 isn't actually releasing on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S - it's Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Forever, which is still a PC exclusive launching on November 5th. That said, we've seen signs that Blizzard might be pushing towards a native Xbox release in the future, as they've...
News Three Xbox Games Are Shutting Down Their Servers In November & December 2026
A few notable delistings on the way as well
November has officially arrived, and therefore we thought we'd bring you our latest roundup of games getting delisted over the next few weeks, with this roundup specifically focusing on November and December 2026. The good news is that there's not much to talk about! Call of Duty: Warzone is undoubtedly...
Saturday31st Oct 2026
Poll So, How Many Xbox Mythic Achievements Do You Have So Far?
Have you unlocked more than us?
Xbox's Platinum Trophy equivalent was made public earlier this week, and it's been exciting to see just how many Mythic Achievements we've unlocked since we first picked up an Xbox 360 controller. Mythic Achievements are an additional reward for unlocking all of a game's base achievements to reach 100% completion. As...
Guide Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In November 2026
All the confirmed reveals so far
Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in November 2026? It can be pretty difficult to keep track of all the comings and goings in the world of Xbox Game Pass every month, so we've put together this handy guide to provide an overview of what's coming to the service over the next few weeks...
News These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (November 2-6)
A new month begins!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for November 2-6! We've got some very interesting releases over the next few days including Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered, Zero Parades: Director's Cut and Solo Leveling: Arise Overdrive, while Xbox Game Pass is treating us to at least five games across multiple days! Here's...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 31 - November 1)
Playing anything spooky for Halloween?
It's officially the spookiest day of the year, but do you know what you're playing this Halloween weekend? October has been a pretty wicked month for gaming. And so, as we play out its final hours, we'd like to know what it is you're having a crack at. This is the space to have a chat with your fellow PXers...
Friday30th Oct 2026
News Rumours Persist That Xbox Spent $500 Million On Gears Of War: E-Day, Despite Some Objections
Update: Bloomberg reporter chimes in
Ever wondered how much money went into Gears of War: E-Day's release this year? Well, we don't have any official figures on this, but a "source" for Kotaku has claimed that Xbox put over $500 million into it. Their report claims that it's a "source familiar with Xbox’s business", and that the $500 million...
News Three Special Football Jerseys Go On Sale To Celebrate Xbox's 25th Anniversary
Including a very limited edition bundle
I've always been a big fan of wearing sports merch - you'll find me sporting a Vancouver Canucks hoodie or jacket most days of the week! However, when I was looking around for some kind of Xbox jersey in preparation for the Xbox FanFest event in London last month, I was disappointed to find basically nothing...
Report EA Bet On Star Wars Battlefront III Success, Cancelled Mass Effect Was Too 'Risky'
Looks like we're getting another Battlefront game!
It looks like a collective decision was made at EA to shut BioWare down and focus on the biggest opportunities for the future. According to a report from
News Kojima's Xbox-Published OD KNOCK Gets A New Game Poster
What is she looking at?
Keeping up with Kojima and what he's working on is always a fun task, as we never really know what he's up to, how far along it is, when we'll hear from him again, and all that jazz. Hideo Kojima's OD KNOCK was announced at The Game Awards in 2023, and yet we know hardly anything about the game. Last night, Kojima returned...
News Crimson Desert Enhanced Adds Surprise Free Trial For All Xbox Series X|S Owners
Celebrating the arrival of the new DLC
Ever wanted to play Crimson Desert on your Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S without buying it? You're in luck! It's been announced this week that Crimson Desert Enhanced has received a five-hour free trial on the Xbox Store. There are no catches with this as far as we're aware - simply search for the game on...
News Here's What The Metro Redux Next-Gen Upgrades Look Like On Xbox Series X|S
Out now, and free for previous owners
Last night, we covered the story about Metro 2033 Redux and Metro Last Light Redux getting free upgrades for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and now we've also got some footage of them to bring your way. This is provided by the YouTube channel Fuzion Xbox Testing, as is typically the case, and it reveals some...
News Turn 10 Director Departs Microsoft As Forza Studio Merges With Playground Games
After 27 years, Dan Greenawalt retires from Microsoft
Dan Greenawalt is leaving Turn 10 Studios after 27 years, as the Forza Motorsport developer merges into Playground Games and is officially renamed Playground Games Redmond. Greenawalt was there from day dot for Team Green, shipping original Xbox title Project Gotham Racing in 2001 before going...
