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Tuesday4th Nov 2025
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...
Saturday1st Nov 2025
Guide Xbox Game Pass In 2025: The Full List Of Everything Announced So Far
The complete list of all games
Xbox Game Pass has been filling up all year for 2025, and if you're looking for a list of everything coming to Game Pass in 2025, you've come to the right place! Below, we've picked out the complete list of games announced for Xbox Game Pass in 2025 so far, and we'll keep updating this as more are announced before the...
Guide Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In November 2025
All the confirmed reveals so far
Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in November 2025? 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 Xbox Game Pass in November 2025. Here's...
Feature These 40+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (November 3-7)
Including lots of new Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for November 3-7! We're really looking forward to the releases of stuff like Football Manager 26 and Voidtrain over the next few days, and there's plenty of other great new titles on the way including the likes of Syberia -
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 1-2)
Raiding some ARCs? Exploring the Outer Worlds?
Welcome to your first weekend of November 2025! It's been a busy old week in the world of Xbox, with The Outer Worlds 2 making its Game Pass debut, ARC Raiders bringing its big-budget extraction shooter to Series X|S - and lots more besides. So, here's what we're playing over the next few days: Ben...
Friday31st Oct 2025
News Silent Hill 2 Remake Has Been Rated For Xbox Series X|S In The US
Is an Xbox release imminent?
Earlier this month, the PS5 exclusivity window for Bloober Team's Silent Hill 2 Remake finally expired - and a new ESRB Rating suggests that the game's Xbox release is imminent. Yep, Silent Hill 2 has now been rated for Xbox Series consoles, with the E
News Microsoft Shares Initial List Of ROG Xbox Ally Games That Support Advanced Shader Delivery
"Launch faster, play smoother, game smarter"
With ROG Xbox Ally now out in the wild, Microsoft is bringing its PC and console gaming tech closer together - and as part of the team's October 2025 Update, an initial list of ROG Xbox Ally games that support 'Advanced Shader Delivery' has been shared. If you keep up with PC gaming at all (we admit that...
Opinion ARC Raiders Is One Of The Most Visually Impressive Multiplayer Games I've Ever Played
A stunner on Xbox Series X!
Yesterday, we rounded up some early impressions of ARC Raiders as it was just launching on Xbox - and the general consensus was that this is a very good extraction shooter. Those were very early impressions of course, with full reviews of this new multiplayer title likely to crop up in the coming days and weeks. Still,...
News Xbox 'Best Rated' Sale Now Live, Packed With Indie Titles At Up To 90% Off
Hundreds of games on offer!
Alongside its ongoing Shocktober Sale (which is live through the coming weekend), Microsoft has just set a new ID@Xbox Best Rated Sale live on its digital storefront - featuring hundreds of discounts from indie developers and publishers at up to 90% off. These aren't just small indie titles either; the likes of the...
News 14 Titles Added To Xbox Stream Your Own Game, Including Some Brand-New Releases
Another batch of games have been added
As part of its big October 2025 update, Microsoft has named 14 more titles that have been added to the Xbox Stream Your Own Game service - including brand-new releases such as ARC Raiders and Jurass
Rumour Halo 2 & 3 Remakes Are Supposedly Coming After Halo: Campaign Evolved
No multiplayer though
With Halo: Campaign Evolved's announcement now out in the wild, it's only natural to think about what else Halo Studios is cooking up as part of its new multi-game plan - and a new rumour suggests that the team could be moving onto more Halo remakes. As shared by social media account Halo Leaks — which has got certain...
Thursday30th Oct 2025
News Microsoft Highlights 50+ Xbox Play Anywhere Titles Added To The Program Last Month
Hollow Knight: Silksong, Silent Hill F and lots more!
As part of the Xbox October 2025 Update, Microsoft has highlighted more than 50 Xbox Play Anywhere titles added to the program last month - including major games such as Hollow Knight: Silksong, Silent Hill F,
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (October 30 - November 2)
A new batch of free titles
Xbox Free Play Days has arrived! As we roll into November, Microsoft has added seven games to the program this week - including a longer trial of its 2024 shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Here's your full list of Free Play Days titles this weekend: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Catan Dead by Daylight
News Here's What's Included In The Xbox October 2025 Update
"We continue our quest to add improved innovation..."
The Xbox October 2025 update has just been highlighted by the folks over at Team Xbox, with ROG Xbox Ally, the Handheld Compatibility Program and fresh PC and Console updates making up the full list of new features. We're going to gather up everything included in the Xbox October 2025 update...
Poll Which Was Your Favourite Xbox Game Pass Title From October 2025?
Lots to choose from!
October is about to come to a close, and before we look ahead at what's coming to Game Pass next month (be on the lookout for our November guide at the weekend), we want to look back at what's been a packed October for Xbox Game Pass subscribers. Now, technically we have one more addition to XGP this month in the form of...
News Take-Two Boss Says GTA Couldn't Be Made With AI Because 'There's No Creativity In That Model'
Some sense, finally!
In a new interview with CNBC, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick talked down the use of AI in the company's video games - going on to say that GTA couldn't be developed with that technology because "there is no creativity" in the AI model. In what's a remarkable bit of common sense from a video game publisher boss, Zelnick says that...
PSA The Next Few Months Could Be Very Busy With Xbox-Related Showcases
Showcases for six months straight? Why not!
If it feels like we're getting Xbox showcases pretty much every month at the minute, that's because, well... we basically are! Aside from July (which makes sense given June's Xbox Games Showcase), we've had monthly showcases in the back half of 2025 so far - including August's Gamescom Opening Night Live,...
Roundup The First Impressions Are In For Xbox Extraction Shooter ARC Raiders
Launching today!
As we covered in our recent guide on all-things ARC Raiders, Embark's new extraction shooter goes live on Xbox Series X|S today - and before any full reviews of the title emerge, we are starting to see some early impressions trickle out on the web (based on an early press event and some initial public access). This is a paid title...
News Capcom Drops 'Road To Requiem' Deep Dive As Resident Evil 9 Pre-Orders Go Live On Xbox
Coming to a console near you next Feb.
The Road to Requiem begins! Capcom has just released a short ViDoc building up to its Resident Evil Requiem launch next February - and pre-orders are now open on the Xbox Store as well. The new Road to Requiem video — which we've included up above — focuses on 'the story so far' with Resident Evil - well,...
Wednesday29th Oct 2025
News Xbox Content & Services Revenue Sees Slight Increase In Q1 2026, Hardware Drops Almost 30%
Microsoft's latest fiscal report is in
Microsoft has released its financial results for Q1 of the 2026 fiscal year - and just like recent quarters, content and services are on the up, but hardware sales are drastically down. The Xbox owner says that its content and services revenue increased by 1% year-over-year, while its hardware sales dropped...
News Is Xbox Down? Huge Azure Server Outage Causes Issues Across Microsoft Services
Update: things are slowly returning to normal
We're seeing reports online that a huge Microsoft Azure server outage is causing issues across Xbox, Windows and other Microsoft services that are connected to the web. As shared by The Verge, Microsoft has confirmed Azure Portal issues on the service's status page, while Microsoft 365 has addressed the...
News Lost In Random: The Eternal Die Gets Free 'Wager's Gauntlet' Update On Xbox Game Pass
"Just in time for a hauntingly stylish Halloween"
Just in time for spooky season, the Lost in Random: The Eternal Die devs have just shared with us that its action-packed roguelite is getting a free update on Xbox Game Pass... today! Titled 'Wager's Gauntlet', this free Halloween update brings new weekly challenges to the XGP title, where players...
News DOOM Co-Creator Was 'Midway Through' New Project Before Xbox Pulled Funding
Romero Games gives us an update
Back in July — as part of mass layoffs at Xbox — John Romero's new project had its funding pulled, before the game was ever properly announced to the public. In the wake of finding out, studio Romero Games put out a statement saying
News Xbox Confirms Its First Two Game Pass Titles For December 2025, And They Both Look Brilliant
We could be in for a strong end to the year!
Prior to yesterday's Xbox indie showcase, Microsoft hadn't confirmed any Game Pass titles for December 2025, and while 12 XGP additions were shown off in total during the event - we want to focus on the first two games now confirmed for the service in December. Arriving first — on December 4th — is
Guide ARC Raiders: Release Date, Release Times & Preload Details On Xbox Series X|S
Everything you need to know
ARC Raiders is upon us! Yep, the brand-new shooter from The Finals dev Embark Studios is almost here - so we're going to gather up everything you need to know for its upcoming Xbox launch. Without further ado, let's get stuck into all-things ARC Raiders, including the Xbox release date, launch timings, preload info,...
News The Outer Worlds 2 Gets Day One Patch As Obsidian RPG Rolls Out On Xbox Game Pass
Available in the library later today!
You may have seen lots of content on The Outer Worlds 2 last week (due to its five-day early access window) but the title actually arrives on Xbox Game Pass today - and developer Obsidian has just set a new patch live as its day one rollout begins. Before we get into the patch notes themselves, here's a quick...
News Microsoft CEO Says Xbox 'Wants To Innovate' With Its Next-Gen Console
"We want to do innovative work..."
Another Xbox exec has been out chatting about next-gen gaming this week - with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella the latest to chime in on the company's plans for gaming post-ROG Xbox Ally. In an interview with tech show
Tuesday28th Oct 2025
News Xbox Announces 12 Titles Coming To Game Pass At October's Indie Showcase
Including some big additions for this year!
Today's Xbox Indie Showcase treated us to a bunch of new reveals for upcoming Xbox Game Pass titles, including Darkwood 2, Planet of Lana 2, Aphelion, Routine and loads more be
Poll How Would You Grade The October 2025 Xbox Indie Showcase?
Give us your verdict
The dust is now beginning to settle on the Xbox Indie Showcase for October 2025! If you haven't had a chance to watch it yet, you can catch the full thing over at our live coverage page, and we've also provided an extensive recap of everything that happened as part of the show. So, all t
Roundup All The Reveals From October 2025's Xbox Indie Showcase
Missed the event? Here's a recap
Weren't able to catch October 2025's Xbox Indie Showcase earlier today? No worries! You can always go back and watch the on-demand version for yourself, which you'll find elsewhere on Pure Xbox. If you don't want to watch it all the way through, we've also detailed all the important reveals in this article - with...
Live Watch The October 2025 Xbox Indie Showcase Here
Including some Game Pass reveals!
It's time for the Xbox Indie Showcase - October 2025 edition! Today's show promises lots of indie reveals for games that will (obviously) be coming to Xbox, and we're expecting quite a lot of Game Pass announcements as part of it. "The event will be packed with exclusive trailers, new looks, and gameplay for games...
News Battlefield REDSEC Is Available Now As A Free-To-Play Battle Royale On Xbox
BIG shadow drop from EA!
Shadow drop time! Rumours have been swirling on this one for a few weeks now, but EA has just officially launched Battlefield REDSEC - a new battle royale spinoff to its recent FPS Battlefield 6. The best part? It's available now on Xbox Series X|S as a completely free-to-play title. Battlefield REDSEC Free Download (Xbox...
News Ninja Gaiden 4 Performance Is Impressive But Xbox Series S Visuals Suffer, Says Digital Foundry
The DF tech review is here
Ninja Gaiden 4 launched a week ago today on Xbox Game Pass, and now the folks over at Digital Foundry have delivered their latest tech review on Platinum's new slasher - and the title is turning in mixed results on Xbox Series X|S. First off, performance is looking very good in this analysis overall, with the game...
"It's the most significant title that I've ever done"
Just over a year ago now, Fable's legendary creator Peter Molyneux announced his next game in the form of Masters of Albion - and in an extensive interview with Edge Magazine (via
News Halo: Campaign Evolved's Prequel Missions Will Feature An 'All-New Story' Says Xbox Dev
"New story, new gameplay"
Following Xbox's reveal of Halo: Campaign Evolved last week, we covered everything new coming to the team's brand-new remake - and in a fresh group interview, Halo Studios has confirmed that the major addition of three new prequel missions will feature an "all-new story" rather than re-treading old g
News Four Games Are Available This Week With Xbox Game Pass (October 28-31)
One being a huge first-party release!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! We're gathering up everything coming to XGP this week, including Xbox's big new release in The Outer Worlds 2. Here's everything coming to Xbox Game Pass from October 28th-31st: Halls of Torment (Series X|S, PC, Cloud) - PC, Premium, Ultimate (October 28):
Monday27th Oct 2025
News Digital Foundry Impressed By Halo: Campaign Evolved, But Worried About Unreal Engine 5
"Some unfortunate Unreal Engine 5 issues..."
In its latest weekly podcast episode, the folks over at Digital Foundry have discussed last week's Halo: Campaign Evolved reveal - and the team's thoughts are mixed on the title despite being impressed by Halo Studios' vision thus far. The gist of DF's discussion revolves around two main things: Halo...
