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Friday18th Sep 2026
News World Of Warcraft: Forever Appears To Play Amazingly Well On The ROG Xbox Ally X
"Feels like a fever dream"
Last Sunday, we mentioned how World of Warcraft: Forever — the new game from Blizzard that's just released in beta form ahead of its November release — was adding native Xbox controller support, and although we haven't tried it for ourselves yet, it seems like this is now the best way to play World of Warcraft on an...
Go on, get stuck into the latest batch of newbies
Who's feeling that Friday energy? Well, whether you are or aren't, hopefully today's daily roundup of new Xbox games will put a smile on your face! Today, we've got a few games to cover but the key fixture is EA Sports FC 27 which launched its Early Access through the Ultimate Edition of the game...
Thursday17th Sep 2026
News Two Games Announced For Xbox Game Pass At Tokyo Game Show 2026
Including one that's literally out today!
We've already been rounding up all the announcements at Xbox's Tokyo Game Show 2026 event from earlier today, and you may have noticed that quite a lot of Xbox Game Pass titles were featured as part of the broadcast. In fact, two of the games in the show had never been announced for Xbox Game Pass until...
News Gears Of War: E-Day Has Officially Gone 'Gold', Pre-Installs Confirmed For This Month
The Coalition says it's reached an important milestone
It's almost time for Gears of War: E-Day! The Coalition has confirmed today that the game has gone "gold", which essentially means that it's ready to be pressed onto a disc and made available to download in the very near future. As part of this, it's been confirmed that pre-installs for Gears...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (September 17-20)
Presenting your latest batch of weekend freebies!
As Thursday returns for another week, so too does your next batch of Xbox Free Play Days titles and it's not bad for two humble games. We’re quite keen on the inclusion of the hardcore FPS Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, which reviewed quite well out the gates. That said, we're mostly excited to just...
Feature 25+ Of The Best Discounted Games From Xbox's Tokyo Game Show Sale
Ninki gēmu ga ōhaba waribiki!
We've got another set of massively discounted games for you to rummage through! We love a proper sale, and right now, there's plenty of top-tier games on offer. As usual, we've been busy browsing through Xbox's current sales to find you the best deals worth nabbing. Tokyo Game Show kicked off this week, which means...
News How To Download The Free EA Sports FC 27 Trial With EA Play & Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Late night or early rise?
In addition to all of the proper Xbox Game Pass releases this week, we've also got a 10-hour free trial for EA Sports FC 27 as part of EA Play - which itself is included as part of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate tier. The official release date for the FC 27 free trial is on Friday, September 18th. Early access for FC 27 is...
News GTA 6: The Album Releases This November, And The First Six Songs Are Now Streaming From It
"A collection of 34 brand-new, original tracks from a genre-defying roster"
Music is obviously a massive part of the Grand Theft Auto series, and Rockstar is taking things one step further with GTA 6 by releasing a special album with 34 "brand-new, original" songs that have been curated for the soundtrack. The first six of those songs have been...
News Hideo Kojima Reveals New Details On Upcoming Xbox Games, Including Lead Actor For PHYSINT
Bill Skarsgård joins the cast
Today's Xbox Tokyo Game Show Showcase was finished off by none other than Hideo Kojima himself, who provided more details on his two upcoming Xbox projects in the form of OD-KNOCK and PHYSINT. It was PHYSINT that took centre stage
News 10+ New Games Are Releasing Today, Including An XGP Shadow Drop From TGS 2026 (September 17)
Would you still love me if I was a gigantic sandworm?
As Xbox's Tokyo Game Show livestream wrapped this morning, we're back with another daily roundup of all the new titles releasing today. We've already whipped up all of Xbox's TGS 2026 reveals for you to check out, but one of those was the shadow drop of Shape of Dreams. The action roguelite...
Roundup All The Reveals From The Xbox Showcase At Tokyo Game Show 2026
Missed the event? Here's a recap
Weren't able to catch the Xbox showcase at Tokyo Game Show 2026 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...
Poll How Would You Grade Xbox's Tokyo Game Show 2026 Event?
Give us your verdict
The dust is now beginning to settle on the Xbox showcase at Tokyo Game Show 2026! 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 a recap of everything that happened as part of the show. So, all things considered, what grade would you give the...
Live Watch Xbox's Tokyo Game Show 2026 Showcase Here
The latest official 50-minute showcase from Xbox!
Hello, and welcome to the Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2026 showcase! This event will feature upcoming first-party and third-party games targeted towards a Japanese audience, and we'll also likely get some Xbox Game Pass surprises! "Join us for the XBOX Tokyo Game Show 2026 Broadcast as we feature exciting...
Wednesday16th Sep 2026
Talking Point How Would You Feel If Xbox Game Pass Actually Dropped Day One Releases?
Do you rely on Xbox Game Pass to play first-party titles?
There was a hefty rumour swirling around yesterday, claiming that Xbox Game Pass could drop new day one releases in early 2027. It's the sort of rumour that's hard to ignore as an Xbox-focused site, even despite the shaky nature of it. It's common knowledge at this point that Microsoft is...
News Here's What Fallout 76's Native Current-Gen Upgrade Looks Like On Xbox Series X|S
Worth the upgrade?
Bethesda recently shipped its free Fallout 76 current-gen upgrade on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and we're just glad it's finally native on modern consoles. The upgrade coincides with Fallout 76's 'The Slasher' content update, featuring a spooky murder mystery event spanning multiple weeks. It features a scary masked...
News Wo Long 2 Drops A Surprise Demo Ahead Of March 2027 Release On Xbox Game Pass
Out today and playable until September 30th!
We've got our first look at Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember which revealed that the game will launch as a day one release on Xbox Game Pass on March 4th, 2027. Better yet, you can play it six months early, as a surprise free demo is available today on the Xbox Store! The Alpha Demo is playable for a...
Roundup All The Xbox Reveals From The Capcom Spotlight - TGS 2026 Showcase
A closer look at Capcom's upcoming games
We're moving from showcase to showcase this September, with the Capcom Spotlight - TGS 2026 just wrapping up on YouTube. You can watch the full on demand version above if you fancy a gander. Capcom has kicked off Tokyo Game Show 2026 with a number of titles on Xbox, the biggest of which we've highlighted...
News Four Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass Premium (September 16)
Multiple additions to the XGP Premium library
It's a good day for Xbox Game Pass Premium members! Today, we've got four games hopping aboard the mid tier subscription from Ultimate and PC libraries. So, these games are only new if you're an Xbox Game Pass Premium subber. Marvel Cosmic Invasion is the standout today, a retro-inspired beat 'em up...
Guide Xbox At Tokyo Game Show 2026: Event Date, Start Times & Where To Watch The Showcase
We're getting VERY close now!
It's almost time for the Xbox showcase at the Tokyo Game Show 2026! As usual, Xbox is bringing us this annual event that's likely to feature brand-new announcements along with closer looks at various upcoming games. In this guide, we're going to tell you everything you need to know about the Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2026...
News Xbox Quietly Adds Another Day One Title To October 2026's Game Pass Lineup
Spend time with the old ball and chain
Whilst it's certainly still the middle of September, that's not stopping us from looking forward at what's on the cards for October 2026's Xbox Game Pass lineup. As it stands, next month is absolutely stacked, with the likes of Gears of War: E-Day and Valor Mortis propped up as October's biggest players. We...
Gotta become 'em all!
Happy hump day, everyone! To celebrate the middle of the week, we're back with another roundup of all the new releases on Xbox. Today's headliner is Aniimo, a free-to-play open-world RPG with Pokémon-esque creature-catching shenanigans. The only difference is instead of making cute animals get into scraps, you can transform...
Tuesday15th Sep 2026
News Xbox Responds To Rumour That Game Pass Could Drop Day One Releases In 2027
Update: "We regularly test different Game Pass offerings..."
We often like to share rumours that are generating interest amongst the gaming industry when they're relevant to Xbox, but sometimes we avoid them depending on the source - and this is one of those rumours that falls into a grey area. One the one hand, it's coming from a moderator over at...
News DOOM: The Dark Ages Receives Permanent Price Drop On The Xbox Store
It's been knocked down by 35.72% here in the UK
Sales come and go, but permanent price drops are forever. It's something that doesn't happen all too often, especially for massive AAA titles, but that's precisely what's happened with DOOM: The Dark Ages. Id Software has had a pretty hellish year, celebrating major expansions whilst mourning job...
News Eight Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late September 2026
Here's what's leaving soon
Microsoft has revealed the next eight games leaving Xbox Game Pass in late September 2026, with all of these being highlighted as "leaving soon" on the official Xbox Wire website. Typically, we get these announcements a little sooner, but like last time, we've had to wait a little longer to find out what's departing this...
News These 15 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (September 15 - October 6)
Microsoft reveals the latest batch
Microsoft has revealed the second official roundup of Xbox Game Pass titles for September 2026 (and the first two of October!), with 15 games joining various tiers of the service from September 15 - October 6, including the likes of Gears of War: E-Day, Minecraft Dungeons 2, Dune: Awakening and many others. As...
News Moss Developer Polyarc Games Shutting Its Doors After 12 Years
"Today is the end of an era for Polyarc"
Moss: The Forgotten Relic may well be Polyarc Games' last hurrah, as the developer has announced the studio is shutting its doors after 12 years. The news broke via the Seattle-based developer's LinkedIn page, where they said their farewells and how they're "wind down active development". "Today is the end...
News Xbox CTO Warns Against The Dangers Of Buying Fraudulent Game Codes
Various Japanese users were recently banned (but then reinstated)
When it comes to buying Xbox game codes, Game Pass subscriptions, Gift Cards and whatever else, you can obviously do all of that through the official Microsoft Store, but you can also go to retailers such as Amazon, Walmart and others, and there are even "resellers" that sometimes...
News Teardown's Massive Multiplayer Update Is Out Now, Adding Several New Game Modes For Free
Disrespect your surroundings, together!
Do you remember Teardown? Tuxedo Labs' voxel-heisting game with insane levels of destruction? It was an absolute corker back in 2023, and today, it's getting an update to make things even better! Well, as of this very moment, Teardown's free multiplayer update is out now, bringing 30 fresh ways to play online...
Which of these matters most?
We're back with another daily roundup of all the new games launching today, including a couple for Xbox Game Pass! Kicking things off is TCG Card Shop Simulator, which has finally launched into version 1.0 today. It's a big deal! Now, you can actually play the card game you've built a whole shop around - finally! In...
Monday14th Sep 2026
News Two More Games Have Suddenly Been Added To Xbox Game Pass Essential
With no official announcements whatsoever
It's great to see new games joining the Xbox Game Pass Essential tier — Microsoft's cheapest version of the service as things stand — but for whatever reason, they don't seem to be getting proper announcements anymore. We've seen this happen a few times in recent months, and it's happened again over the...
News Ubisoft Has Delayed Rayman Legends Retold, Even Though It's Gone Gold
It'll now launch slightly after GTA 6
It's not very often that you hear of a game being delayed after it's gone "gold" — the term for a game that's essentially complete and ready to ship on disc — but Ubisoft has decided to do just that with Rayman Legends Retold. This remake of Rayman Legends was supposed to release on October 1st, but Ubisoft...
Roundup All The Biggest Xbox Reveals From The tinyBuild Connect 2026 Showcase
Including an accidentally pre-revealed shadow drop!
The showcases continue with yet another one today in the form of the tinyBuild Connect 2026 Publisher Showcase, which has literally just taken place over on YouTube. You can watch the full on demand version above if you're keen. Unsurprisingly, tinyBuild had quite a few games to promote for Xbox...
News Xbox's Asha Sharma Wants To Better Understand Players, So She's Helping With Customer Support
According to a new WSJ report
Back on Friday, the folks over at The Wall Street Journal shared a report about new Xbox boss Asha Sharma, describing her as "The Woman Fixing a Microsoft Mess With Brutal Honesty", and getting insights into the kind of person she is. Most of it is stuff we've already heard before — that she's a hard-worker, that...
News KEMURI Dev Says It's Too Exhausting To Release An Xbox Version, And We Do Actually Sympathise
Not worded the best way though
You might not have heard of it, but KEMURI is a new game from a small studio known as "UNSEEN", led by a former artist and director at Tango Gameworks for the likes of The Evil Within and Ghostwire Tokyo called Ikumi Nakamura. Nakamura was asked in a recent Q&A about why KEMURI isn't coming to Xbox (but is coming to...
Reminder Xbox Game Pass Is Losing 10 Games This Week (September 15)
ICYMI, here's what's leaving soon
We're just about to enter into the second half of the month, and therefore we've got a batch of games leaving Xbox Game Pass this week! As we mentioned recently, ten of them are departing the service this Tuesday, September 15th. This is a fairly hefty bunch, as multiple heavy-hitters are being removed. Notably,...
News 'To Invention & Adventure Together' - Xbox Boss Visits Kojima Productions To Mark New Era
Discussing future plans
The big news story of last week was that Kojima Productions' action-espionage game PHYSINT was switching publishers from PlayStation to Xbox, and Xbox boss Asha Sharma has since been visiting the team in recent days. Both Sharma and Hideo Kojima himself posted about this on social media, with the Xbox boss highlighting how...
Dino-might you play one of these?
It's a new day, which means it's time for another daily roundup of all the games coming to Xbox. Despite only two games dropping on Xbox today, both are quite interesting if you ask me! FEROCIOUS, a survival FPS adventure full of danger, dinosaurs, and fast-paced gunplay, has us intrigued. Although it's not wholly...
Sunday13th Sep 2026
News Six Years Ago This Week, Xbox Suffered The Most 'Frustrating' Leak In Their History
A truly crazy moment back in 2020
Can you believe it's been six years this week since Microsoft announced the Xbox Series S? We already knew of the Xbox Series X's existence for ages prior to that point, but rumour was doing the rounds about a so-called "Lockhart" console that was in the works as well, and it was revealed in September of 2020 ahead...
News World Of Warcraft Might Be Coming To Console As New Xbox 'Controller Support' Revealed
Surely it's just a matter of time?
Ever since Xbox acquired Blizzard a few years ago, we've constantly questioned why they haven't decided to bring World of Warcraft to consoles, but it looks like that might actually be about to change in the not too distant future. Following yesterday's announcements at Blizzcon 2026, people in attendance were...
News 80+ Xbox Games Are Reduced By 90-95% In September's Latest Xbox Sales
Some amazing games at ridiculously low prices
Looking for some cheap Xbox games to pick up in the latest Xbox sales? We did a roundup earlier this week of some great discounts in the Xbox Publisher Spotlight Sale, and looking around the Xbox Store, there are actually a ton of titles that have been discounted by either 90% or 95%. Before we get...
Saturday12th Sep 2026
Roundup All The Biggest Reveals From Blizzcon 2026, Including Two Massive Announcements
New StarCraft and Diablo games in the works!
Today marked the start of Blizzcon 2026 over in California, and the Xbox-owned company had a lot of announcements to share as part of the opening ceremony, including two massive announcements regarding Diablo and StarCraft. Those announcements were that Diablo V is officially in the works with a target...
Poll Which Xbox Startup Animation Will You Pick In The New Console Update?
It's with Insiders right now, but will soon become totally public
As we covered earlier this week, the latest major console update for Xbox Insiders includes a bunch of cool new features, highlighted by the ability to choose from a series of startup animations from across the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S eras. You've got the standard Xbox One...
News Seven Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In October 2026 So Far
Looking forward at what's to come
We've made a habit of casting our gaze ahead and sharing with you an early look at what's in store for October 2026's Xbox Game Pass lineup. So far, we know of seven games scheduled to arrive in a few weeks' time. The biggest is without a doubt Gears of War: E-Day, but there's plenty of other juicy additions in...
Feature These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (September 14-18)
Including at least one highly-anticipated Game Pass title
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for September 14-18! We've got some very interesting releases over the next few days including Aniimo, The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival, Two Point Hospital: Full Health Collection, FEROCIOUS and others, while Xbox Game Pass is treating us to RuneScape:...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 12-13)
You oni live once
Alright weekend lovers, our time has spun around again and it's time to play some games! As far as weeks go, it's been a pretty tepid one for new releases, but don't forget about the Free Play Days offering, alongside some publisher spotlight sales on the Xbox Store too. So, let's get right into it, here's what we're playing on...
Friday11th Sep 2026
"I don't understand why Netflix worked and Game Pass didn't"
We're all well aware at this point that Double Fine has left Xbox Game Studios and transitioned into an independent company, and boss Tim Schafer has been conducting various interviews recently about what's next for the studio. You can find out a bit more about that elsewhere on Pure Xbox...
News Two Xbox Game Pass Titles Have Received New Release Windows This Week
One of which appears to be an Xbox console exclusive
We've seen three games release on Xbox Game Pass this week and we're expecting more announcements in the coming days for the rest of September (most likely on Tuesday), but amidst everything that's been happening recently, another two upcoming Game Pass titles have quietly received new release...
News Amazon Prime Is Handing Out DOOM Eternal Codes For Xbox PC This Month
Id Software's brutal shooter features in Amazon Luna's September offering
If you're a freebie lover, Amazon Prime subscriber, and all-around demon slayer, then you may want to consider picking up DOOM Eternal this month. As part of Amazon Luna's September 2026 lineup, Id Software's 88-rated DOOM Eternal is free for Prime subscribers to claim and...
News Sony Dropped Kojima's 'PHYSINT' Over Budget, Profits & Timed Exclusivity Concerns, Sources Say
Apparently missing deadlines and over budget
It's fair to say we were all a bit surprised by the news that Xbox would be taking over from Sony to publish Hideo Kojima's PHYSINT, dubbed as a spiritual successor to the Metal Gear Solid series. Sony's split from Kojima Productions co
News FEROCIOUS, A Survival FPS With Dinosaurs And Mechs, Is Set To Arrive On Xbox Next Week
"Face mercenaries, dinosaurs, and a vibrant yet hostile ecosystem"
Anyone for a little surprise release date announcement? It's been revealed as part of the official Xbox Wire blog today that survival FPS FEROCIOUS is set to arrive on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S next week. This game got quite a lot of hype prior to its PC launch for being a...
