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Monday10th Nov 2025
News Todd Howard Talks Progress On Elder Scrolls 6 And Teases 'Other Things We're Doing'
ES6 is now an "everyday thing" at Bethesda
Bethesda's Todd Howard has been talking to GQ Magazine as part of a Fallout 4 interview today to mark the game's 10th anniversary, mentioning during the chat how The Elder Scrolls 6 is an "everyday" focus at the company now. When specifically asked what the company is working on, Howard advised that...
News Elden Ring Nightreign Spin-Off Is Getting An Xbox Expansion By March 2026
Update: Now confirmed for December 2025!
Elden Ring Nightreign may be seen as DLC itself by some, but the FromSoftware multiplayer title is actually getting its own expansion on Xbox in the coming months. As mentioned in recent financial results by the Japanese developer, "FromSoftware is currently developing Elden Ring Nightreign DLC (planned for...
News Two Games Are Getting Delisted For Xbox One And Relaunched For Series X|S This Week
"Remastered, expanded and even more stunning"
There's been a trend over the past few years of games getting upgraded from Xbox One to Xbox Series X|S, and then in recent times we've seen some titles shutting their Xbox One versions as part of the transition as well. That's exactly what's happening with two new releases this week - PUBG and...
Poll How Much Are You Enjoying Ninja Gaiden 4 On Xbox Game Pass?
Enjoying the latest entry in the series?
It's now been a while since Ninja Gaiden 4 made its debut on Xbox Game Pass, and considering we've asked you about both of October's other first-party Xbox releases (Keeper and The Outer Worlds 2), we thought we'd do the same here! Here at Pure Xbox, we gave Ninja Gaiden 4 an "Excellent" 9/10 in our review,...
News CD Projekt RED Reminds GTA 6 Team Of Mistakes Made With Cyberpunk 2077 Launch
If your game needs a delay, delay it
Last week, Rockstar delayed GTA 6 once again — this time to November next year — and Cyberpunk 2077 dev CD Projekt RED has put out an ominous reminder that delaying your game is probably a good idea if it needs extra dev time. If you cast your mind back to the CP77 launch back in late 2020, the game was in
News Xbox Legend Major Nelson Reveals His Custom Xbox 360 That He's Never Turned On
"One of the most magical professional moments of my career"
It's been a couple of years now since Major Nelson (real name Larry Hryb) left Xbox after spending two decades with the brand, but he's still active on social media - and his latest post is all about the Xbox 360's 20th anniversary. With the exact date of that anniversary coming up on...
News The Original Modern Warfare 2 Appears In Xbox Game Pass Premium Ad
Is it coming to Microsoft's new service?
On the eve of Black Ops 7 dropping into Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, another Call of Duty title could be on its way to the service. An Xbox user has seen a Game Pass ad pop up on their console dashboard that appears to include the ori
Saturday8th Nov 2025
News Here's What Might Leave Xbox Game Pass In December 2025
Some early predictions
What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in December 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...
News Xbox Store Accidentally Leaks November Release Date For Silent Hill 2
It should be with us in two weeks' time!
Last week, we mentioned how Silent Hill 2 had been rated for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S in the US, indicating that it'd finally be coming to Xbox just over a year since it hit PS5 and PC, and now a release date has leaked as well. The folks at True Achievements have spotted a hidden Xbox Store page for...
Feature These 50+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (November 10-14)
Including SIX new Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for November 10-14! The big release of the next few days is obviously Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, but there are plenty of other great releases on the way including Winter Burrow, Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road, Rennsport, the
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 8-9)
How about some Voidtrain on Xbox Game Pass?
Welcome to the weekend! It's been a busy old week for Xbox Game Pass additions, so there's plenty of new stuff to play over the next couple of days, and don't forget that Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is part of Xbox Free Play Days as well! Here's what we're playing this weekend: Fraser Gilbert, Edit
Guide Xbox Game Pass: Easy Achievements & Fastest Completions
20+ games with easy Xbox achievements to boost your Gamerscore
What are the best Xbox Game Pass Games for earning quick, easy Xbox achievements? Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service is on fire these days with a steady stream of AAA big-hitters and excellent indie titles being released on an almost weekly basis. There are, quite literally, too many...
Friday7th Nov 2025
News 'Schedule 1' Is Coming To Xbox Next Week, But It's Not The Game You're Thinking Of
It's called Schedule 1: Dope Empire
Earlier this year, there was a lot of discussion around Schedule 1 - a game about building a drug empire that attracted huge sales on Steam and still remains an extremely popular PC title to this day. So, imagine our surprise when we spotted a game called Schedule 1: Dope Empire in next week's Xbox releases...
News BioWare Insists Mass Effect 5 Is Still In Development, Says Team Is 'Exclusively' Focused On It
Release seems a long way off though
The next entry in the Mass Effect series was announced back in 2020, and yet we've still barely heard anything about it over the past five years. Speculation has mounted that it might have been cancelled, but that's not the case. Speaking in a blog to celebrate N7 Day today, executive producer Mike Gamble advised...
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...
