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Thursday18th Sep 2025
News Halo: The Master Chief Collection Gets Surprise Update On Xbox & PC
A critical issue has been fixed
We've just seen the latest update drop for Halo: The Master Chief Collection across all available platforms - although the focus is mainly on a Microsoft Store PC fix. Halo Studios has detailed exactly what's packed into this patch, along with the update sizes for each platform, and we've included those notes down...
News Xbox's New Handheld UI Has Become Available, And It's Giving FPS & Battery Improvements
"We did find a noticeable improvement in performance"
With the ROG Xbox Ally launch now less than a month away (where are those prices, Microsoft?!), it's probably no surprise to see that the Xbox Full Screen Experience has quietly become available in testing form for Windows Insiders. The Xbox Full Screen Experience,
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (September 18)
Two new additions to the main library
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! Today, Microsoft is bringing two games to the service, including the long-awaited console debut of strategy hit Frostpunk 2. Before we fully detail those two additions down below, Game Pass Ultimate players also have access to an EA Play bonus today. The free...
Wednesday17th Sep 2025
News How To Download The Free EA Sports FC 26 Trial With EA Play & Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
It'll be available earlier than expected!
We've got a big 10-hour Xbox Game Pass Ultimate trial coming our way this week in the form of EA Sports FC 26, and the good news is that it's starting earlier than expected - it's been pushed ahead by one day according to EA. The official release date for the EA Sports FC 26 free trial is Thursday,...
News Borderlands 4 Performance Degrades On Xbox The Longer You Play, Dev Suggests Workaround
"Sorry for the friction!"
Borderlands 4 has been out on Xbox for just under a week now, and despite positive early reviews from the press, players have suffered a bunch of performance issues around launch - and the team has now suggested a temporary workaround for a specific problem on console. Basically, folks have been complaining that...
News If The Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake Is Real, It Could Be Very Different From The Original
Major changes afoot
In recent years, we've heard multiple reports that Ubisoft is working on a Black Flag remake alongside its modern Assassin's Creed games, and new information on this supposed re-release suggests that things could be quite different from the original - if and when the project sees the light of day. As reported on by French outlet...
News Lenovo Legion Go 2 Pre-Order Problems Cast Doubt On ROG Xbox Ally Release
Could we see delays?
We're now officially less than one month away from the ROG Xbox Ally release date of October 16th, despite Microsoft & Asus still refusing to price the system and open up pre-orders. Well, news coming in from a similar device's release this month in the Lenovo Legion Go 2 perhaps explains why Xbox is still being coy with its...
News First Silent Hill F Review Suggests The Series' Return To Xbox Has Been Worth The Wait
The first official review has landed
It's been a long old wait since the last Silent Hill game graced Xbox, and with Silent Hill F about to do just that next week, we've been keen to see what folks think of the game ASAP. Following on from Digital Foundry's glowing preview earlier this month, the game's first full review has
News ZeniMax Devs Still Want To Make Something New Despite Microsoft Cancellation
"I'm not done yet..."
This summer, Bethesda's ZeniMax Online Studios team was caught in the Microsoft layoffs crossfire, with the dev's in-the-works MMO ultimately cancelled as a result. It's said that internally, members of the team were stunned at the cancellation of the project due to its quality, and the game's axing seems to have only spurred...
News Two Big Free Demos Are Now Live On The Xbox Store
Full games launching over the next few weeks
As we approach the fall season, lots of big releases are landing on Xbox in the coming months, and it can be hard to keep track of every game and decide which you might actually pick up and play. Well, today Bandai Namco and SEGA are hoping to convince you of their efforts with two new demos that are now...
News Four Games Are Available Across Xbox Game Pass Ultimate & Standard Today (September 17)
Both libraries are growing
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! Today, we have four new additions to the service, in the form of three Game Pass Standard titles and one new Game Pass Ultimate drop. Here's what's new to Game Pass today for Standard & Ultimate players: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (XGP Standard): "In the direct...
Tuesday16th Sep 2025
News Battlefield 6 Keeps Xbox & PlayStation Players Together Even With Crossplay Switched Off
PC players separated
Cross-play has become a more controversial topic in recent years, with plenty of console players often left frustrated by being matched up in unfair scenarios with PC players. One way to combat that is to switch cross-play off of course, but Battlefield 6 is doing things a little differently - and it may help the player base in...
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Patch 2 Will Add New Graphics Setting On Xbox
Coming to Game Pass soon
Team Cherry has detailed Patch 2 for its Xbox Game Pass hit Hollow Knight: Silksong, which arrives shortly after Patch 1 delivered some difficulty tweaks recently across all platforms. <related ids="187621"> While Patch 2 doesn't make any more balance adjustments, it does add a new visual setting,
News Former Burnout Devs Return With 'Wreckreation' On Xbox Series X|S This October
An open world arcade racing sandbox
Ready for a fun new arcade racing game on Xbox Series X|S?! Three Fields Entertainment, which you may know as the developer behind the likes of Dangerous Golf and Dangerous Driving, is releasing a brand-new game on October 28th called Wreckreation, and it features a "400 square kilometer driving game universe"...
News Xbox's Super-Popular The Witcher 3 Controllers Are Back In Stock
Now on Xbox Design Lab
You may remember that earlier this year, Microsoft released standard and elite versions of its limited-edition The Witcher 3 controller - and to use the term limited would be an understatement. The pair of gamepads sold out instantly, but they're now back thanks to the
News Another Three Titles Are Joining Xbox Game Pass Core This October
Our first proper Core update since March
Microsoft has today announced a new batch of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass Core in October, which marks the first time the "Core" service has added some new console games since March! These are three excellent games as well, with the always-popular Disney Dreamlight Valley joining the classic simulation...
News Xbox Begins Public Rollout Of Steam & Other Storefronts On PC App
Known as the "aggregated gaming library"
A few months ago, we mentioned that Xbox had officially added Steam integration via a new PC app feature, but at the time they were limiting it to just Windows Insider members. That's now about to change though, as Xbox Wire is advertising that the public rollout has begun for all users, meaning we'll soon...
News Four Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late September 2025
Just a small batch to end the month
Microsoft has just announced its latest batch of titles departing Xbox Game Pass, with four games leaving the service in late September 2025. And actually, even though Xbox classes this as four games, we'd say it's more like two. You've basically just got the Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection and Terra Invicta in...
News These 13 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (September 17 - October 7)
Your latest roundup of new titles
Welcome to your next batch of Xbox Game Pass titles from Microsoft! We've got a bunch of new arrivals heading to the library over the next few weeks - and don't forget, RoadCraft was added to the library earlier today as well! <related ids="187919"> Before we get into the main list, Xbox has also highlighted...
News Huge List Of Indie Games Available In Xbox's New 'Buy One, Get Two Free' Sale
Live for the next week!
As part of Microsoft's latest digital sales refresh, a new 'Buy One, Get Two Free' promotion has just gone live featuring loads of Xbox indie games across multiple different genres. As we usually mention here, these BOGOF-style Xbox sales are often a bit of a mixed bag, so it's worth checking the likes of DekuDeals for the...
News Xbox Game Pass Hit Palworld To Exit Early Access In 2026
Version 1.0 is coming
Things have gone a little quiet on the Palworld front since developer Pocketpair had its legal battles with Nintendo, but now the team has a major announcement to make: the game is leaving early access sometime in 2026. In a new developer post, Pocketpair says that it is "planning a massive update" to coincide with the game's...
News Perfect Dark Studio Head Issues Final Statement As He Leaves Team Xbox
"My time at Xbox has come to a close"
After years of promise, and exercising a certain amount of patience, Xbox studio The Initiative shut down earlier this year - taking the Perfect Dark reboot with it. Considering the game looked pretty impressive during Microsoft's 2024 summer showcase, we were shocked and disappointed by the news - and this...
News RoadCraft Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (September 16)
"Use your construction machinery to restart the local industry"
Our first Xbox Game Pass title of the week is about to arrive! We've seen a lot of curiosity around RoadCraft ahead of its release on the service, and now it's finally upon us for Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and Xbox Cloud Gaming. It'll be available across both the Xbox Game Pass...
News Skate Launches On Xbox Today, And Here Are All The Release Times
It arrives as a free-to-play early access game
Are you ready for the new Skate?! EA's reboot of the series has been in development for many years at this point, but it's finally now ready to launch - albeit in an early access state - with a free-to-play release across multiple platforms. Skate (or Skate 4 as many people are calling it) has a...
Monday15th Sep 2025
News Ex-PlatinumGames Boss Takes Blame For The 'Failure' Of Xbox Exclusive Scalebound
Yep, we're still talking about it
Warning: it's been six months since we've written about Scalebound so we're back at it again today! All jokes aside, we're under no contractual obligation to keep talking about the cancelled Xbox One exclusive (we promise), but today, the game's director has given us a good reason to do so. Speaking with outlet...
News RoboCop: Rogue City Collection To Launch On Xbox This October
Two games and a few exclusive bonuses
It's going to be a busy month for new releases in October, so don't be surprised if the RoboCop: Rogue City Collection totally passes you by - and to be honest, it might not make as much sense as buying the games separately anyway. As the name suggests, this collection combines both RoboCop: Rogue City and...
Opinion The Value Proposition Of Xbox Series S Is Better Than Ever In 2025
I should know, I just bought one...
Ever since Nintendo formally announced the Switch 2 earlier in the year, I'd convinced myself I was going to buy one. The hardware looks a good step forward, third-party support on Switch 1 was great, and I don't know... who doesn't love a new toy to mess around with, right? The thing is though, I've not really...
News Xbox Gift Cards To Be Included In October 2025 Microsoft Rewards Sale
Better get saving those points
Well, this is a turn up for the books! Microsoft Rewards has announced that it'll be hosting a special October 2025 sale on gift cards, and although not too many details have been revealed so far, it'll definitely include Xbox gift cards as part of the promotion. This is appearing as part of a new banner on the...
News Xbox Console Exclusive 'Jump Space' Releases For Just $19.99 This Week
"A mission based co-op PvE for 1-4 players"
You may remember a game called "Jump Ship" that was highlighted in a couple of old Xbox showcases - a co-op FPS with impressive visuals and seemingly a lot of potential - and it's actually coming out on Xbox later this week! It's got a different name now though. Jump Space is what they're calling it, and...
Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About LEGO Voyagers
A fresh LEGO adventure on Xbox
We have a brand-new LEGO experience hitting Xbox today in the form of LEGO Voyagers; a two-player co-op adventure that marks a bit of a change of pace for LEGO games as of late. This one forgoes the high-profile licenses and strips things back to a truly co-operative adventure, as you and a buddy shape the world...
News Xbox Is Changing How The 'Guide' Button Works On Windows 11 PCs
And it's received mixed feedback
Around a week ago, we spotted a few people complaining that the Guide button on their Xbox controllers (otherwise known as the big Xbox logo that lights up) was behaving strangely when they tried to use it on a Windows 11 PC. They found that instead of allowing them to turn off the controller, this was opening up...
Poll Are You Buying Dying Light: The Beast On Xbox This Week?
The next Dying Light is upon us
Folks, a new Dying Light game is coming to Xbox very soon. Sure, some of you may be well aware of this, but it does feel like the game is flying under the radar a bit - and we're curious to know how many of you plan on actually buying Dying Light: The Beast later in the week. What started out as a DLC for Dying Light...
Rumour Journalist Suggests GTA 6 Release Date Could Be Delayed To October 2026
Water is wet?
Earlier this year, Take-Two delayed GTA 6 to May 2026 to allow Rockstar "extra time to deliver at the level of quality you expect and deserve", but not everyone thinks that launch date is likely. To be honest, we've questioned it here at PX HQ ever since we heard it - and now reporter Tom Henderson suggests that we could soon learn of...
News Final Fantasy 7 Remake Is Getting New 'Streamlined Progress' Features For Its Xbox Launch
A super easy combat experience
Last Friday's Nintendo Direct officially confirmed to us that Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade is coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on January 22nd, 2026 - and it's since been confirmed that the whole trilogy will be on Xbox too. The other thing that we discovered a few hours later is that Final Fantasy 7...
News Battlefield 6 Dev Says Working On Xbox Series S Improved The Entire Game
It made the "whole game better and more stable"
It's no secret that when it comes to current-gen console development, Xbox Series S tends to take a bit more optimisation, due to the more limited hardware packed into Microsoft's tiny console. We've heard it from lots of devs, and this week, Battlefield Studios has commented on the console - talking...
Saturday13th Sep 2025
News ScootX Looks Seriously Cool, And It's Quietly Releasing On Xbox Next Week
"The world’s first 100% physics-driven scooter simulation"
Tucked into today's "games coming to Xbox next week" roundup is an awesome-looking scooter game known as ScootX, and it's quietly releasing on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S next week. ScootX is described as "the world’s first 100% physics-driven scooter simulation", and it's been in...
News Six Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In October 2025 So Far
An early look at next month
As we always do around this time of the month, we're taking a look today at what's ahead for October 2025's Xbox Game Pass selection, with six titles having been confirmed for the library next month so far. As it stands, we already know about three Xbox Game Studios titles - including Obsidian's third release of the year...
Feature These 40+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (September 15-19)
Including three new Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for September 15-19! The big release of the next few days is undoubtedly Dying Light: The Beast, but we've also got loads of other indie game launches that look excellent, along with three new Xbox Game Pass titles and a special early access trial for EA Sports FC 26. Oh, and...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 13-14)
Exploring the borderlands?
Welcome to another weekend! We're well into September now, which means the big releases are starting to kick into gear on Xbox - with Gearbox's Borderlands 4 being the big one this past week. Here's what we're playing over the next few days: Ben Kerry, Staff Writer: Despite some great reviews so far, Borderlands 4...
Friday12th Sep 2025
News Cronos: The New Dawn Has Cutbacks On Xbox Series S, But Performance Is 'Flawless'
Series X in-line with PS5
A week or so after its launch, Digital Foundry has delivered its tech review on Cronos: The New Dawn, which includes an analysis on both the Xbox Series X and Series S versions of the Bloober Team shooter. We've thrown that DF review up above, but for those of you that want to read rather than watch, we'll go over a bit of...
News Seven Mega Man Games Are Heading To Xbox In The New 'Star Force Legacy Collection'
Delivering an "updated and enhanced experience"
Unless we're going crazy and missed it, there was no sign of the Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection in today's Nintendo Direct - Capcom simply announced it while the show was going on. Strange! Anyway, this is a collection of seven games from the Mega Man Star Force series, with these being...
News Square Enix Confirms That Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth & Part 3 Are Coming To Xbox
No more timed exclusivity!
Earlier on, we got a proper release date for the Xbox version of Final Fantasy 7 Remake, but that's not all from Square Enix. Shortly after this news aired during today's Nintendo Direct, the company confirmed that the whole trilogy is coming to Xbox - that means FF7 Rebirth is on the way a
News Hades 2 Doesn't Have An Xbox Release Date Yet, But It Does For Nintendo Switch
We're getting there
Just in case you were wondering, because we didn't put it in our big Nintendo Direct roundup earlier today, Hades 2 did actually show up during the event - but unfortunately the Switch version is a console exclusive for the time being. We have actually known this for a while, mentioning back in April that
News Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Is Getting A Remake, And It Snaps Onto Xbox In Early 2026
Fatal Reframed
Koei Tecmo has today announced that Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly, the second installment in the Fatal Frame / Project Zero series, is getting a full-blown remake - and that remake is heading to Xbox Series X|S in Early 2026. Crimson Butterfly will be getting a proper re-do, it sounds like, with the team describing the upcoming...
News Dragon Quest 7 Is Getting 'Reimagined' For Xbox In February 2026
"A new hand-crafted visual style that bursts with personality and charm"
Here we go, Dragon Quest fans! Square Enix has announced today that Dragon Quest 7 (or Dragon Quest VII, if you want to use the real title) is getting a special "Reimagined" version for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S (and other platforms) on February 5th, 2026. You can see...
News Multiple Games Get New Xbox Reveals Following September 2025's Nintendo Direct
Including a new Dragon Quest!
Today marked a special 60-minute Nintendo Direct from the folks behind the Switch and Switch 2, so we inevitibly saw a lot of third-party reveals as part of the showcase - and a few of those are coming to Xbox consoles soon as well. This includes Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade, which finally has a date of January...
News Final Fantasy 7 Remake Finally Heads To Xbox In January 2026
We have a date!!
As part of today's bumper Nintendo Direct livestream, Square Enix has finally revealed the release date for Final Fantasy 7 Remake outside of PlayStation and PC platforms. Yep, part one of FF7 Remake hits Xbox Series X|S (and Switch 2) on January 22nd, 2026 - more than five years after its original PS4 release. The last we heard,
News Microsoft Rewards Might Be Ditching The 'Auto-Redeem' Offer For Xbox Game Pass
Emails have been shared by some MS Rewards members
We've got a little update to share on Microsoft Rewards today, as it's being reported that the service might be ditching the ability to auto-redeem Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass subscriptions at the end of the month. For those who aren't aware of it, the clue is in the name - auto-redeem allows...
News Xbox Adds More 'Stream Your Own Game' Titles, Including The Brand-New Borderlands 4
Some new September additions
About a month ago now, we last informed you all of a new batch of Stream Your Own Game titles being added to the library, with almost 100 games included in our last update. Since then, Xbox has been trickling out more additions to the service (to be honest, it's hard to keep up), but we thought we'd update you today...
News After Silksong, These Are The Top 10 Highest-Rated Games Of 2025 So Far
Have you got a Game of the Year yet?
Right then! Silksong has been out for a while now, and the first reviews are starting to trickle in - the highly-anticipated Hollow Knight sequel currently has a very impressive 93 average on Metacritic across PC and Xbox so far (92 on PS5). So, that's really shaken up the list for the top 10 highest-rated games...
