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Friday7th Nov 2025
News Contraband Police Has 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Reviews, And It Launches On Xbox Today
"Take over the duties of a border guard inspector"
In the mood for a new simulation game on Xbox? Well, Contraband Police is launching on Xbox today, and it's a game that has an "Overwhelmingly Positive" rating on Steam based on almost 10,000 people that have voted on it, so it's probably worth a look at the very least! This game sees you playing...
News Seven Xbox Games Are Shutting Down Their Servers In November & December 2025
Update: More added into the mix!
It's that time again! As the new month kicks into gear, we thought we'd bring you a fresh update on all the Xbox games that are currently planned to close their servers over the next couple of months. Here are the Xbox games shutting down their servers in November and December 2025: Dirt 3 (November 8) D
Feature The Timing Of Xbox's 25th Anniversary Just Got A Lot More Awkward
Thanks Rockstar
In case you haven't been keeping track, Xbox will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2026. The specific date is November 15th, 2026 - exactly 25 years since the original Xbox was first released on November 15th of 2001. We've been hearing in recent months how there are big plans for Xbox in 2026 as a result, with Phil Spencer...
News Marvel 1943: Rise Of Hydra Has Been Delayed Again By Skydance Games
"The team is working hard to create something truly special"
It was back in May that Skydance Games delayed Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra from 2025 to early 2026, and now the upcoming action-adventure title has unfortunately been delayed again - this time indefinitely. In a statement on social media this week, Skydance Games highlighted how...
News CRKD To Release New Drum Kit Controller In 2026, Seemingly For Xbox, PC & PlayStation
The first one we've seen in many years
It's been amazing to see a revival in guitar controllers for the likes of Rock Band 4 and Fortnite Festival over the past couple of years (we reviewed the Riffmaster and loved it!), and now that revival is extending to drum kits as well! CRKD, which has ju
Rumour Ex-Obsidian Dev Suggests Avowed 2 Is On The Cards, But 'No Plans' For Outer Worlds 3
Believe what you will
It's been a busy old year for Obsidian, with three major games released by the studio in 2025 alone (Avowed, Grounded 2 and Outer Worlds 2), and the team seem really happy with being able to work on their own IP right now. Not much has been revealed about what to expect in the future, but speaking on Twitter this week,...
News Xbox Highlights Four 'Exciting Updates' Added In Latest Development Kit Release
Good news for game saves and M&K in particular
It's never usually a big deal when Microsoft and Xbox unveil a new Development Kit Release (GDK) as it's typically behind-the-scenes stuff that doesn't affect consumers all that much, but we're quite interested in the latest version. Over on the Microsoft website, it's mentioned how there are four...
News Voidtrain Is The Final Xbox Game Pass Addition Of This Week (November 7)
"Fight various enemies and survive the surreal landscapes of the Void"
It's been a busy old week for new Xbox Game Pass titles, and we're finishing things off with Voidtrain - a co-op adventure / shooter game in which you become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train. This game was first teased for Xbox multiple years ago, but it's been...
Thursday6th Nov 2025
News It's Official, Rockstar Games Has Delayed GTA 6 To November 2026
"We are sorry for adding additional time"
It's been rumoured for a while, and now Rockstar Games has officially confirmed the news. GTA 6 will no longer be releasing in May 2026 as planned, with the game slipping to November 19th, 2026. In a short statement on social media today, the company apologised for "adding additional time" on top of the...
News Xbox Has A New $4.99 Horror Game Called Dollmare, And It's Apparently Pretty Good
"Don't get fired and stay alive."
Over the past year, we've seen the Poppy Playtime horror series making a successful transition to Xbox, with those games sometimes appearing in the "Top Paid" Xbox charts, so it's no surprise to see similar titles making the jump. Dollmare seems to be a very similar horror game to Poppy Playtime - a short (maximum...
News Syberia Remastered Is Out Today On Xbox, And Here's What The Reviews Are Saying
A remaster of an original Xbox title from 2003!
It's been 22 long years since adventure game Syberia first debuted on the original Xbox, and today it's received an overhaul in the form of Syberia Remastered, which is available for Xbox Series X and S at a price of £24.99 / $29.99. This is more than just a simple remaster as well, with the original...
News Xbox Hasn't Given Us A Crash Bandicoot Game Yet, But Beenox Might Be Working On Something
Developer shares new artwork... and then removes it
Ever since Xbox's acquisition of Activision Blizzard went through in late 2023, we've been patiently waiting to see what Microsoft might do with Crash Bandicoot - and up until now, there's been no sign of a return for the N. Sane marsupial. That said, developer Beenox has caused a fuss this week...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (November 6-9)
Including Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2!
It's Thursday, so that means Xbox Free Play Days is returning once again, and we've got a major AAA title included as part of the service this week - one of 2025's best games in the form of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. Microsoft has yet to confirm this at the time of writing, but the game is already...
Random A GTA Clone About Farting Frogs Has Reached The 'Top Paid' Charts On Xbox
And it's set in Swindon, UK of all places!
We're always monitoring the "Top Paid" Xbox charts here at Pure Xbox, and for the most part they're pretty predictable - major games like Battlefield 6, ARC Raiders and EA Sports FC 26 are currently topping the list as you'd expect. There are usually a couple of surprises in the mix though, and one that's...
Talking Point Exactly 13 Years Later, How Are You Feeling About Halo 4 These Days?
Where does it rank in terms of Halo games for you?
We're fast approaching the 20th anniversary of the Xbox 360 and all the anniversaries that come along with it (not to mention Halo 2's 21st anniversary on November 9th), but how about we give some love to Halo 4 for now? 343 Industries' first proper Halo release arrived all the way back on November...
News Square Enix Teases Roadmap For Next Few Years, With 'Several Large-Scale Releases' Planned
Multi-platform approach remains a key focus
The folks over at Square Enix have put out a progress report today on the "medium-term business plan" for the company, and it includes a small tease of what's planned for the future in terms of a roadmap. One slide mentions how Square Enix is in the midst of a three-year "rebooting" plan, with notable...
News Dispatch Xbox Version Seemingly On The Cards As Game Passes One Million Sales
"We're looking into additional platforms"
We've seen quite a few games come out of nowhere this year to prove massive hits, like the co-op climbing game PEAK, and that's exactly what's happened with Dispatch over the past couple of weeks as well. This is a story-focused adventure crafted by former Telltale Games employees featuring an impressive...
News Two New Games Are Available Today Across Xbox & PC Game Pass (November 6)
Along with a current-gen update for a third!
We've got yet another set of new Xbox Game Pass titles arriving on the service today for certain tiers, with one of them being available across console, PC and cloud, and the other being exclusive to PC. The one you're probably most interested in is Egging On, which is a "brutally challenging" platformer...
Wednesday5th Nov 2025
Talking Point What Do You Think Xbox's Release Schedule Looks Like For 2026?
Where will Halo, Gears, Fable & Forza fit in?
With Halo: Campaign Evolved having finally been announced after months of rumours, we now have four major locked-in releases from Xbox Game Studios for 2026 - a new Halo, a new Gears, a new Fable and a new Forza Horizon. Next year looks set to be a massive one for Xbox, especially considering the brand...
News One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 Is Getting A Free Xbox Series X|S Upgrade This Month
Update: Release date officially announced
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 made its debut in 2020 and now to celebrate four million sales it's getting a "next gen" upgrade. This "ultimate version" will be coming to Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 and will include "every DLC character". As part of this announcement, Bandai Namco has also confirmed...
News Sony May Be Preparing Its Own Version Of Xbox Play Anywhere For PS5 & PC
It's the trendy thing right now!
Microsoft is really going big on the whole Xbox Play Anywhere program right now, especially considering the ROG Xbox Ally handheld has just released, and it sounds like Sony might be preparing to do something similar with PlayStation. There's been a lot of chatter today about some new symbols that have been...
News Terminator 2D: No Fate Receives Another Last-Minute Delay, Out On Xbox In Mid-December
"We are sincerely sorry for the repeated delays."
Reef Entertainment has announced its second delay to Terminator 2D: No Fate; with this latest pushback coming a lot closer to the game's previously-planned launch. Terminator 2D: No Fate will now release on November 26th, rather than October 31st. When we first shared news of the game back in...
News 20+ Games Are Already Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In 2026
An impressive early lineup!
Can you believe it's just two months until the end of the year?! We've been quietly building an Xbox Game Pass list for 2026 since the first titles started being announced in the summer, and it's already grown into a really impressive lineup. There are loads of big hitters in here - Halo: Campaign Evolved, Forza Horizon...
News Bethesda Shares Patch Notes For Fallout 4's 'Creations Menu' Update Next Week
Arriving alongside the Anniversary Edition
Next Monday marks the arrival of Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition to celebrate the game's 10th anniversary, and we'll also be getting a free update on the same day that's primarily geared around the new Creations Menu. This menu is designed to "make it easier than ever to discover, download and enjoy content...
News ARC Raiders Becomes One Of The Top-Rated Games Of 2025 As Reviews Trickle In
An amazing start for this new extraction shooter
Last week, we highlighted some of the first impressions for extraction shooter ARC Raiders as it launched on Xbox and other platforms, but it's only now that we're starting to get some actual scored reviews - and the scores are very high! It does depend a little bit on where you look though. Over on...
News Xbox Is Questioning Fans About PS5 Game 'Ghost Of Yotei' In New Survey
"We are looking to understand how you feel about a recently released game..."
If you head over to the Xbox Insider Hub app on your Xbox console and then go to the "Activities" section, you'll find yourself being asked about various games you might have played recently - Keeper and DOOM: The Dark Ages are two examples that we're seeing right now...
News Obsidian Aware Of Demand For Fallout: New Vegas 2, But Own IP Has Taken Priority In 2025
"This is the joy that we get of… how do we build our own IP?"
Every now and again, we get a story about Fallout: New Vegas 2 and whether Obsidian might return to provide a sequel at some point in the future, but it sounds like the studio is happy working on its own IP as things stand in 2025. Speaking to The Game Business recently, Obsidian’s...
News Two Games Are Available Across Xbox Game Pass Ultimate & Premium Today (November 5)
Highlighted by a new "day one" release
As mentioned in our big Xbox Game Pass roundup yesterday, we've got two arrivals across various Game Pass tiers today, one of which is a brand-new day one release called Dead Static Drive. Dead Static Drive is described as an "indie survival-horror game following a nightmarish road trip across a 1980s...
Tuesday4th Nov 2025
News Nice Day For Fishing Brings Its 'Epic' RPG Pixel Adventure To Xbox Today
And it's 25% off at launch!
In the mood for an indie adventure game with a "full-blown RPG-style" battle system? That's what we're getting with Nice Day for Fishing, which has just launched on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S today at a pretty cheap price. This game is apparently based around the "Epic NPC Man" universe created by the Viva La Dirt...
News Black Ops 7 Preload And Release Times Revealed, Along With ROG Xbox Ally Details
"Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is just around the corner"
Today's Xbox Game Pass roundup for the next couple of weeks was highlighted by the massive addition of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 on November 14th, and Activision has now revealed the preload and release times for the game. Firstly, Black Ops 7 will be available for preload on November 10th at...
Poll A Few Weeks On, What Review Score Would You Give Keeper?
Did you enjoy Double Fine's new atmospheric puzzle adventure?
One of the most intriguing Xbox releases in October was Double Fine's new indie puzzle adventure known as Keeper, which ultimately had little advertising in the lead-up to release and for good reason - it has a couple of surprises in it! We've tried to avoid talking about those surprises...
News ROG Xbox Ally X Continues To Prove Popular As Stock Issues Persist In Some Countries
It seems there's a lot of demand for it
The ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X handhelds have now been out for just over two weeks, and it's the more powerful of the two (the "X" version) that continues to prove most popular, with stock issues persisting in some countries. This has led to some people finding alternative ways to get their hands on one, such...
News Xbox 360 Classic 'Condemned' Has Quietly Been Delisted, And Nobody Knows Why
Remaster on the way?
It's been almost 20 years since the release of classic horror game Condemned: Criminal Origins on Xbox 360, and as we approach its two-decade anniversary, it's suddenly been delisted across Steam and the Xbox Store. It seems this was first highlighted by an Xbox fan on Reddit a few days ago, with the delisting apparently taking...
News These 11 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (November 5-14)
Your latest roundup of new additions
Microsoft has today unveiled its latest roundup of new Xbox Game Pass titles, giving us a full picture of exactly what's coming to each tier over the first couple of weeks in November. Before we get into the list though, don't forget that two games have already joined Xbox Game Pass today in the form of Football...
News Xbox Gets One Nomination For 'Ultimate Game Of The Year' At Golden Joysticks 2025
The final category has been revealed
When we first highlighted all the categories and nominations for the Golden Joystick Awards 2025 back in early October, we mentioned how Xbox was up for various awards but not for Game of the Year. Well, that's all changed as of this week! Despite not being included in either the PC Game of the Year or Console...
News World Of Warcraft Dev Still Not 'Actively Working' Towards Native Xbox Console Version
But perhaps it'll work on the next Xbox console anyway?
Ever since Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard a couple of years ago, there's been speculation around whether World of Warcraft might be getting a native Xbox console release - after all, it does have gamepad support these days. Blizzard has remained quiet on the topic for the most part...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (November 4)
Both day one releases!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! We're kicking things off today with our first November additions to the library - including Football Manager 26 on both Xbox and PC. It's worth noting that FM26 won't be available until later today, and it'll be arriving in two different versions - the normal release for PC, and...
Monday3rd Nov 2025
News Fortnite's Simpsons Crossover Is A Success, So Isn't It Time For A Hit & Run Remake?
Gimme gimme gimme!
Well, The Simpsons have arrived in Fortnite! The latest crossover for the ridiculously popular free-to-play battle royale has brought tons of players to the game since it went live on November 1st, and we're not surprised to be honest. We've been waiting so many years for The Simpsons to make a proper appearance in a console...
News Football Manager 26 Release Times Revealed Ahead Of Xbox Game Pass Launch
A new era begins this Tuesday
This Tuesday marks one of the most important days in the history of the Football Manager series, as Sports Interactive and SEGA will be embarking on a new era with Football Manager 26 - a new game built with a new engine. FM26 is meant to kickstart the next phase of Football Manager, featuring a radically overhauled...
News Delisted Xbox 360 Games Are Apparently Reappearing As 'Coming Soon' In Certain Regions
Left 4 Dead, Batman and more appear
Xbox backwards compatibility is pretty amazing, especially the Xbox 360 library which is quite extensive considering it was retroactively introduced to modern Xbox consoles in 2015. However, not all 360 games — or even all of the titles that were added to the program back in 2015 — are available digitally...
News Gears Of War's Art Director Likes How E-Day Is Returning To The Series 'Horror Game' Roots
"If Gears 1 was Alien, the rest of the franchise was Aliens"
With Gears: Reloaded and Gears: E-Day, Microsoft is making a bet on returning to the series' roots right now - and original Gears of War art director Jerry O’Flaherty, for one, seems quite happy with this new direction from Xbox HQ. Speaking in a new interview with
News 'Satisfactory' Brings Its Ultra-Popular Open World Co-Op Game To Xbox This Week
"Explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories..."
One of the titles we highlighted in our "All New Games Coming To Xbox In November 2025" roundup earlier today was the open world co-op game Satisfactory, which brings its ultra-popular factory-building experience to Xbox this week. Satisfactory has been on PC for just over a year now...
Poll What Are Your Initial Impressions Of The Outer Worlds 2 On Xbox Game Pass?
Enjoying your experience so far?
Just over a week ago, we polled you all on whether you were playing The Outer Worlds 2 in early access, and while a good chunk of you said yes, the majority of participants said they were waiting for the Xbox Game Pass launch in the middle of last week - so we're circling back to see how you're all finding the game...
Feature All New Games Coming To Xbox In November 2025
Release dates for every November Xbox launch
Welcome to our roundup of all new Xbox games coming out in November 2025! Below, we've listed every Xbox game with an November 2025 release date, including all confirmed Xbox Game Pass titles for November 2025 so far. If you're interested in what other new Xbox games are scheduled for the end of the...
News Epic Details Exactly When Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Players Can Access Fortnite Crew
"A perk for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers"
Back at the start of October, Microsoft announced that Epic's Fortnite Crew subscription would soon be included in the overhauled Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription - and now the Fortnite developer has given us an exact date of when the bonus service can be access
News ARC Raiders Gets Extensive 2025 Roadmap, Including New Map & Quests On Xbox
Lots to come over the next two months!
ARC Raiders is off to a pretty brisk start so far (it's already hit a Steam concurrent player count of over 350K), and following its super-popular launch, the team at Embark Studios has delivered the game's first official roadmap. Covering everything that's coming to the game for the remainder of 2025, this...
News 12 Months Of Ubisoft+ Premium Discounted By 40% In Special Xbox Sale
"70+ games in their premium editions, including new titles from Day 1"
We've seen lots of Ubisoft titles entering Xbox Game Pass for certain tiers over the past few weeks, months and years, but when it comes to the latest Ubisoft titles, you either have to buy them or grab a Ubisoft+ Premium membership. If you've ever had any interest in the...
News Xbox Exclusive Contraband Sees Screenshots Leak Shortly After Microsoft Cancellation
It was first announced in 2021
Back in August, it was confirmed that Microsoft and Avalanche Studios had officially stopped development on Xbox exclusive Contraband, four years after the game was first revealed. In that four years, we'd seen practically nothing on what the game would actually look like - but now, some early screenshots have leaked...
Sunday2nd Nov 2025
News Five Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Early November 2025
Including the huge departure of Stalker 2
Microsoft has today revealed the next batch of five games set to leave Xbox Game Pass in early November, with these titles appearing in the "Leaving Soon" section of the Game Pass tab on the official Xbox mobile app. Stalker 2 is the major one here, set to leave a year after making its grand debut on the...
Guide Next Xbox Console: Everything We Know So Far About Microsoft's Next-Gen System
Your all-in-one guide to the console AFTER the Series X
With the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S generation now having spanned multiple years, it's time to look ahead to what the next Xbox console will deliver for us, which is expected to arrive at some point in the not too distant future. In this all-in-one guide, you'll find everything we know so...
