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Saturday4th Oct 2025
News Multiple Xbox Games Temporarily Delisted Due To Security Issue With The Unity Engine
"A potentially serious vulnerability"
A bunch of Xbox first-party games have suddenly become unavailable on the Microsoft Store over the past few hours due to a security issue that's been discovered with the Unity engine. The "security vulnerability" stems back to 2017 and Unity has provided fixes that developers can implement, but Microsoft has...
Talking Point How Do You Feel About Ubisoft+ Classics Being Added To Game Pass Ultimate?
Good perk, bad perk, somewhere in the middle?
In order to pack out its newly price-hiked Xbox Game Pass Ultimate tier, Microsoft is bundling in a couple of bonus subscriptions for users - one of those being Fortnite Crew in November and the other bein
News Here's What Might Leave Xbox Game Pass In November 2025
Some early predictions
What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in November 2025? Well, Microsoft hasn't confirmed anything just yet, but based on some games that were added to the service this time last year, we can at least make a few predictions ahead of time. We know that a lot of Xbox users want more advance notice of games leaving Xbox Game Pass, but...
Feature These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (October 6-10)
Including at least two more Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for October 6-10! The big release of the next few days is Battlefield 6 for sure, but we've also got the likes of Yooka-Replayee, Little Nightmares 3 and at least two
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 4-5)
Some of that free COD beta?
Welcome to another weekend of gaming! As October gets into its stride, we've got plenty to be playing on Xbox and beyond - so let's talk a little bit about what we're getting stuck into over the next few days. Here's what we're playing this weekend: Ben Kerry, Staff Writer: After what's turned out to be a very busy...
Feature Black Ops 7 Beta Review (Xbox) - A Bit Of A Re-Skin, But Zombies Mode Shines
Bringing the band back together
Call of Duty returns this year with its first back-to-back Black Ops release — similar to Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3 a few years ago — and that no-doubt makes this year's title feel like less of a leap. COD 2025 is clearly built on the admittedly-strong foundations of Black Ops 6, which makes mu
Friday3rd Oct 2025
News Xbox Game Studios Titles Up For Several Awards At Golden Joysticks 2025
Indiana Jones, South of Midnight & more involved
Voting for this year's Golden Joystick Awards has gone live today, and while Xbox misses out on any Game of the Year nominations this time around, several of its titles are up for various other awards at the 2025 edition of the show. Xbox's Deep South-inspired adventure South of Midnight is up for...
News Halo Reporter Thinks They've Discovered Who's Developing The Combat Evolved 'Remake'
"If my sources and evidence are correct"
It's no secret that the folks over at Halo Studios are seemingly cooking up a new version of Halo: Combat Evolved that's likely going to arrive next year, and one Halo reporter in particular thinks they know exactly who's working on it. This is a reporter known as Rebs Gaming, who's delved into the situation...
News Microsoft Set To Announce 'Free' Xbox Cloud Gaming Tier With Ads
An alternative to streaming through Game Pass
With Microsoft extending Xbox Cloud Gaming access to all versions of Xbox Game Pass earlier this week (with different benefits and limitations for each), the company is apparently set to announce a free version for xCloud soon as well. This is coming from Tom Warren at The Verge, who says that...
News Skate 'Season 1' Begins Next Week, Adding A Bunch Of New Content To The Game
"Let the good times roll!"
EA's Skate reboot has proved popular since launching in early access as a free-to-play title last month, and it's just about to receive a whole bunch of new content as part of "Season 1" that begins on October 7th, 2025. You can see a sample of this content in the trailer up above, with some of the highlights including...
Talking Point So, Have You Tried Out Hogwarts Legacy On Xbox Game Pass Yet?
If so, what do you think?
Alongside Microsoft's overhaul to Xbox Game Pass this week, it added a bunch of new titles to both its Premium and Ultimate services - with Hogwarts Legacy now playable on both the mid and high-end tiers of the subscription. So, for those of you that managed to hold off buying the game for this long, how are you getting on...
Poll What Are Your First Impressions Of The Black Ops 7 Beta On Xbox?
Live now for Game Pass Ultimate players
Call of Duty season is upon us once again, with the early access portion of Xbox's Black Ops 7 beta now available. Yep, pre-order players and Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can now test out the latest multiplayer offering from COD developer Treyarch ahead of th
News Jump Space Is Dominating The Xbox Charts Right Now, And There's A Good Reason For It
It helps that it's a fun game!
The Top Paid Xbox charts are full of some absolute behemoths right now - EA Sports FC 26, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Dying Light: The Beast and many others - but one game that's keeping pace with all of them is Jump Space! We talked about this title prior to release, mentioning how it was both an
News Xbox Ditches Majority Of Its Game Pass DLC Discounts As Part Of Service Revamp
Update: Microsoft shares a statement
So, earlier today we spotted some news doing the rounds about Call of Duty DLC no longer being discounted for Xbox Game Pass members - and after doing a little digging, this appears to be part of the broader Game Pass shift from Microsoft. Basically, the majority of individual DLC packs for Game Pass games are...
News The New Virtua Fighter Has A Totally Free Beta On Xbox This Weekend
Full game releases later this month
We've already talked about the array of Xbox Free Play Days titles that are available this weekend, including the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta, but another one you might have missed is an open beta for the new Virtua Fighter! Specifically, this is for
News Here's Your First Proper Look At The 'Premium Case' For The ROG Xbox Ally
It's been shipped to some people already
When the ROG Xbox Ally prices and pre-order details were finally revealed last week, Microsoft also talked about a handful of early accessories that will be available for it - including the 2-in-1 Premium Case that's being sold by ASUS. That case isn't particularly cheap at a whopping £59.99 / $69.99, but...
News Xbox Fan Shares Their Concept For A Game Pass 'Select' Plan With Optional Add-Ons
"I made Game Pass modular."
You don't need us to tell you that Xbox's recent changes to Game Pass have been received with some disgruntlement over the past couple of days, with the criticism being mostly applied to the price increase for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. One fan has even take it upon themselves to come up with a concept for an Xbox Game...
Thursday2nd Oct 2025
News Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Will Now Get 75+ Day One Titles Per Year, A '50% Increase' On Before
"That’s a 50 percent increase over last year"
A major part of Microsoft's new plan to cram more benefits into its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription is to double down on day one releases in that top tier, and as it turns out, the team claims that we're talking a 50% increase on day one Game Pass additions over the next 12 months - and for every...
News Xbox May Have Accidentally Leaked Mortal Kombat 1 For Game Pass
It's been spotted in an XGP banner
It looks like we've got another big Xbox Game Pass addition on the way soon! Microsoft has been busy updating all the marketing material for Game Pass over the past 24 hours, and it seems one specific title has slipped through the net. We're obviously talking about Mortal Kombat 1, which is appearing in a new Xbox...
PSA You Can Still Get Xbox Game Pass Ultimate For $19.99 Right Now
Grab a discount while you can
Yesterday, it was announced that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate would going up in price with a sharp increase, but for the time being at least, there's still a way of grabbing some prepaid codes at the old prices. For those who aren't aware yet, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate used to cost £14.99 per-month here in the UK and $19.99...
Deals Some Major 2025 Games Are Discounted In Xbox's New 'Hits You Can't Miss' Sale
There are various other sales as well
There's been a lot going on this week, so we haven't had a chance to round up all the new sales on the Xbox Store until now - and we've actually seen quite a lot of them going live over the past couple of days! The highlight for us is a "Hits You Can't Miss" sale that may be small, but includes loads of 2025...
News 'Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody' Says Xbox Exec Defending Game Pass Changes
"We're listening to the feedback of players..."
It's safe to say that yesterday's Game Pass changes haven't exactly gone down well with Xbox fans, particularly that huge price increase for Ultimate subscribers - and now we've spotted some Microsoft exec quotes that dropped alongside those changes, including a mention that the team is "listening to...
News Xbox Users Seeing Game Pass Dashboard Ad That Mentions Price Hike & New Benefits
And a new date existing subscribers might find useful
Yesterday, Microsoft dropped some megaton news with its complete overhaul of Xbox Game Pass, and literally the day after this big switch happened, folks are beginning to see new pop-up dashboard ads that give an overview of the service's price and feature changes. As first spotted by Tom Warren...
News 180+ Titles Were Added To Xbox 'Stream Your Own Game' In September
Including plenty of major new releases
We've spoken already about how Xbox is putting a lot of attention into its "Stream Your Own Game" program at the moment, and that's been very evident over the past few weeks as almost 200 titles have been added to the list. There have been plenty of new AAA releases in the mix here as well, including the likes...
Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Digimon Story Time Stranger
There's a free demo as well!
In and amongst the madness of this week's Xbox Game Pass news, we've got a big new release from Bandai Namco on the way in just a few hours' time - a monster-taming RPG in the form of Digimon Story Time Stranger. This game has been getting good feedback for a while now thanks to its
Guide How To Download The Black Ops 7 Beta On Xbox
It's not as simple as you might think!
So, the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta kicks into gear later today - and we've detailed all of the release times, rewards, content included and other information in our full BO7 beta guide. However, pre-loads are now live, and that brings us on to installing the beta on Xbox. As has become the norm with Call...
News Three Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Early October 2025
Update: Microsoft says it's just three rather than four
Microsoft has just quietly revealed the next batch of four games set to leave Xbox Game Pass in early October, with all of them showing on the official Xbox mobile app as of this morning. The highlight for us is probably Cocoon, which is a great puzzle adventure title that you should...
Poll What Are Your Plans For Xbox Game Pass After This Week's News?
Signing up? Changing tiers? Cancelling? Tell us!
In case you've been living under a rock, Microsoft dropped a huge Xbox Game Pass overhaul yesterday which involved new tiers, new names, new games and new price changes, and it's fair to say the overall reception hasn't been great. The reason for the negativity stems from the price increases, which...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (October 2-5)
Update: Ready or Not has been removed
Welcome to another round of Xbox Free Play Days! Microsoft is keeping the program running as part of its fresh Xbox Game Pass plans - and they're kicking off this new era with a big week of free games to try. Mega-popular shooter Ready Or Not is definitely the headline act here; VOID Intera
Wednesday1st Oct 2025
News Rock Band 4 Is Getting Delisted This Weekend Along Some Of Its DLC
Time to spend some Xbox credit
We've got some very bittersweet news to bring you today, as although Rock Band 4 is celebrating its 10th anniversary in just a few days' time, it's going to coincide with the game being delisted and some of its DLC suffering the same fate. The anniversary is on October 6th, but a day earlier on October 5th, the...
News Ubisoft Forms 'Vantage Studios' To Work On Some Of Its Biggest Franchises
Including Assassin's Creed, Far Cry & more
After several months of planning and seeking other forms of investment, Ubisoft's move to create a spin-off games company to work on some of its biggest franchises is now up and running. Coming straight from the company itself, Ubisoft and Tencent have now created 'Vantage Studios' to develop and distribute...
News Xbox Cloud Gaming Expands With 'Unlimited' Usage & Special Perks For Game Pass Members
The higher the tier, the better the service
In the midst of all the craziness about new tiers, price changes and a bunch of new games for Xbox Game Pass, you may have missed that Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting some significant improvements across all tiers of the service. Firstly, Xbox Cloud Gaming will now be available in "unlimited" fashion to...
News Xbox Reveals New Conversion Rates For Game Pass Premium & Ultimate
Here's a look
With Xbox announcing an overhaul to Game Pass today which involves new tiers and prices, there's inevitably been a change to the conversion rates that apply when you jump from one tier of the service to another. These conversion rates have often proved popular as a method for buying cheap memberships and converting to a higher tier,...
News Xbox Game Pass Premium May Be The Best-Value Tier Right Now, With Almost 50 Games Added
Is this the new go-to?
Well, the dust is sort of settling on all of today's fresh Game Pass news, and while the list of new benefits afforded to Ultimate subscribers is no-doubt cool, we reckon XGP Premium might now be the best-value tier for Xbox console players. <related ids="188807"> Coming in at $14.99/£10.99 a month (compared to...
News Fortnite Crew's $11.99 Subscription Is Heading To Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Members
As part of the new offerings for XGPU
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is about to get some major benefits as a result of a sharp price increase and general overhaul to the Game Pass service, and one of those benefits will soon be an included subscription to Fortnite Crew. For those who don't play it very often, Fortnite Crew is a service that gives you...
News Here's A Breakdown Of All The New Prices For Xbox Game Pass As Of October 2025
Specifically the UK, US, Canada, Europe and Australian prices
You've probably already heard today that Xbox Game Pass is getting a major overhaul with new names, games and price changes, and it's that last bit we want to highlight in this article specifically - what's changing, and by how much? As we've mentioned, Xbox Game Pass Essential and...
News 40+ Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (October 1)
An absolute MEGA drop
As you may have already seen by now, Microsoft has announced some massive changes to Xbox Game Pass including a complete overhaul of the service's tiers - and that's brought us a big refresh to the main Ultimate library starting today, October 1st. The bulk of these new additions are from
News 'Ubisoft+ Classics' Joins Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Hugely Expanding The Library
A massive new perk for GPU members
As part of today's massive overhaul to Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft has integrated the 'Ubisoft+ Classics' library into its Game Pass Ultimate tier, in a similar fashion to EA Play. Just like that EA Play library, Ubisoft+ Classics focuses on the company's back catalogue, with more than 30 Ubisoft titles featured...
News Xbox Game Pass Is Getting A Major Overhaul With New Names, Games & Price Changes
Say hello to "Essential, Premium, and Ultimate"
Microsoft is announcing today that Xbox Game Pass is getting a major overhaul, with the service now being split into "Essential", "Premium" and "Ultimate" tiers. In the process, we're getting new games and some price changes. Essential is now the new name for Xbox Game Pass Core, and it's the...
News Fallout 76 Is Bringing Its Largest Update In Years To Xbox This December
It's called "Burning Springs"
The amazing Fallout 76 isn't slowing down anytime soon, as Bethesda has announced today that it's getting its largest update since 2020 this December in the form of something called "Burning Springs". Burning Springs is a free update that'll allow players to "explore post-nuclear Ohio, meet new characters and factions,...
News Four Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass Essential (October 1)
Update: Microsoft has changed things around a bit
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today's refresh focuses purely on the Xbox Game Pass Core library, which grows by three new titles as Microsoft builds out the service. These are three excellent games as well, with the always-popular Disney Dreamlight Valley jo
News Sarah Bond Says Fans Will Soon Be Able To Play PlayStation Studios Games On An Xbox Device
She's talking about ROG Xbox Ally, of course
Much has been said recently about Microsoft's push to put Xbox games onto rival platforms, including PS5, and with the recent announcement of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 moving over, the team clearly isn't slowing down. However, we now know that the definition of 'Xbox' is changing, and Sarah Bond has...
Guide Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 Beta: Release Date, Launch Times & Game Pass Early Access Details
Everything you need to know
The Black Ops 7 beta is upon us! Yep, ahead of the next Call of Duty worldwide launch on November 14th, developer Treyarch is unleashing a pretty extensive free beta for the game across all platforms this month. Xbox Game Pass users get benefits relating to this beta as well, and there are a selection of rewards you can...
News Grounded 2 Gets Its First Major Update On Xbox Game Pass
Say hello to our hairy and scary friend
Obsidian Entertainment has just dropped its first major content update for Grounded 2 in early access, and this one is for you fans of our eight-legged friends out there. The team's new 'Hair and Scary' update introduces AXL; the "giant tarantula boss" who's made made their way into Brookhollow Park this...
News Xbox Rewards Is Buffing Its Points In Some Cases, And Nerfing Them In Others
Xbox Game Pass users getting the biggest benefits
A new month has kicked off for Microsoft and Xbox Rewards, and alongside the news that Xbox Game Pass redemptions are apparently being taken away from the service soon, people are noticing that the points have been buffed for the Xbox Rewards service specifically! This seems to apply to various...
News ROG Xbox Ally X Owner Shares Their 'Quick Review' After Receiving It Two Weeks Early
We're not jealous at all
The ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X aren't releasing until October 16th, but it seems a few people have managed to get one early - and Amazon France appears to have been the culprit in a specific case that's getting attention. Yesterday, the likes of Windows Central reported on someone who had taken to the ROG Ally...
Tuesday30th Sep 2025
Review EA Sports FC 26 (Xbox) - A Fresh Take On The Series Thanks To Its 'Authentic' Twist
Two ways to play = a better game for everyone
When Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series closed its doors in favour of a free-to-play Ultimate Team alternative called eFootball a few years ago, I have to admit I was gutted. It's not like I didn't play FIFA as well, but I felt like PES gave me a more authentic-feeling game of football on the pitch -...
News Xbox Exec Questioned About Elite Series 3 Controller, Offers Slight Tease For The Future
We'll take what we can get
We've been waiting such a long time for Xbox to finally reveal the Elite Series 3 Controller (the last one came out in 2019!), and Xbox's Sarah Bond might have teased its existence as part of a new interview at Tokyo Game Show 2025. We say "might" because she specifically shuts down the question about whether the Elite...
News Microsoft Rewards Set To Remove 'Direct' Xbox Game Pass Redemptions From October 1st
Update: Now in effect
It feels like we're getting a lot of Microsoft Rewards news at the moment, and this is a particularly interesting development - various MS Rewards users are getting told that direct Xbox Game Pass redemptions are about to end! They're seeing this when going to the standard Microsoft Rewards dashboard on a browser, but it's...
News Three New Games Confirmed For PC Game Pass Over The Next Few Months
Starting mid-October!
Xbox has quietly announced a small batch of new additions to its PC Game Pass library recently, with the first of these coinciding with the ROG Xbox Ally release on October 16th! We haven't heard much chatter about these online thus far, so we thought we'd gather up all of these recent announcements down below and let you know...
