@GeeForce Yes! We haven't tested on Series S yet (the review was entirely on Series X), but Digital Foundry is reporting 1080p / 30FPS with occasional drops into the 20s.
@Fiendish-Beaver The intent is to review at least three of the four games you've mentioned here, but I'm going to stay quiet on the whole "do you have review copies in hand" thing as different publishers have different requests when it comes to NDAs and embargo dates.
Added a small update to this list following the Xbox Developer Direct 2025. Note that Ninja Gaiden 2 Black and Ninja Gaiden 4 don't technically qualify as they've not been developed in-house.
@PROPS This article is literally trying to do the opposite. It's trying to present Phil Spencer's perspective about why multiplatform is a good thing and Xbox is "evolving" its identity π€·ββοΈ
It references controversy of course, but that's because there is controversy - we can't shy away from that and pretend it doesn't exist.
"Here's the thing about The Thing Remastered; it's still very much 2002's The Thing. Which is either a good thing, or a bad thing, depending on how much you like your The Thing." π
@Feffster Haha, agreed! I think we'll start adding an extra column to the table from now on to clarify which tiers the games are coming to - something along those lines.
@Fiendish-Beaver Do you mean Fatesworn? That's been out for a long time (it's actually on sale at the moment as well), but I'm not sure if there's anything further to come...
@Tasuki Sometimes it's based around your purchase / engagement history, or whether you're an Xbox Game Pass member or not. In certain situations it's just because the publisher is giving away a special deal (that's the case for Party Animals at the moment).
@Dustinator626 When it comes to reporting on rumours, Jez seems to have been more reliable than plenty of others IMO π€·ββοΈ
Same with Jeff Grubb when he used to do them. YouTuber Extas1s as well. Jason Schreier at Bloomberg is another one, although he tends to focus on reports rather than throwing out rumours.
I think the issue is that the likes of Jez and Jeff share so much that they inevitably get a few things wrong (or plans change behind the scenes) and it paints them in a bad light.
@RiverGenie Fair enough. We're just following trends - history tells us that people like seeing reactions from places like Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, Threads etc when it makes sense.
This was originally written up as a straight Talking Point with no Reddit or Twitter links whatsoever, but I personally felt the different viewpoints added to the story.
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Re: Microsoft Rewards Is Practically Giving Away Six Big Movies Right Now
@Ricky-Spanish To own!
Re: Avowed: Release Date, Release Times, Early Access Details For Xbox & PC
@somnambulance Let's hope so! π€
Re: Avowed: Release Date, Release Times, Early Access Details For Xbox & PC
@Kaloudz Yeah, it's been shared by a few people on social media that the embargo is February 13th at 9am ET / 2pm GMT.
Re: Deals: Xbox 'Lunar New Year' Sale Now Live, 600+ Games Discounted
@JamieO You're welcome!
Re: All Xbox Games With Mouse & Keyboard Support
@G2X Thank you!
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 has been added as well, albeit with a "limited" tag as we've seen reports of issues with it.
Re: These Six Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (February 5-18)
@Lup Yeah, just an alternative way of doing it really. Happy to consider it for the future if the current system isn't favoured!
Re: Seven Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass In Early February 2025
@Darude84 Yes! It's linked in the "Related Articles" section at the bottom of this specific article.
Here's a direct link:
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/01/heres-what-might-be-leaving-xbox-game-pass-in-february-2025
March version will be available later this week.
Re: These Six Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (February 5-18)
Had some feedback that the tiers were getting too confusing, so hopefully the new table layout is a bit easier to consume
Re: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2: Release Dates & Times For Xbox Series X|S
@Isolte Yeah, it was a design choice for this specific game as swearing is actually quite a key part of it!
You'll find that the written version is toned back to only include references to swear words rather than anything in full.
PS: Thanks for your compliment on the video! PJ and Craig worked extremely hard to put this review together
Re: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2: Release Dates & Times For Xbox Series X|S
@GeeForce Yes! We haven't tested on Series S yet (the review was entirely on Series X), but Digital Foundry is reporting 1080p / 30FPS with occasional drops into the 20s.
https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2025-kingdom-come-deliverance-2-is-shaping-up-well-on-playstation-and-xbox-consoles
Re: All Xbox Games With Mouse & Keyboard Support
Thank you @gingereno42! π
Re: Far Cry New Dawn Getting 60FPS Patch Ahead Of Its Arrival On Xbox Game Pass
@OldGamer999 We can't confirm or deny until closer to the time, sorry!
Re: 'Mariostro Strikers' Goes Viral As Ridiculous Rip-Off Appears On Xbox
@Markatron84 π
Re: 'Mariostro Strikers' Goes Viral As Ridiculous Rip-Off Appears On Xbox
@Kieduss "SeΓ±or Spielbergo" comes to mind for me π
Re: All New Xbox Games Coming Out In February 2025
@Fiendish-Beaver The intent is to review at least three of the four games you've mentioned here, but I'm going to stay quiet on the whole "do you have review copies in hand" thing as different publishers have different requests when it comes to NDAs and embargo dates.
But yeah... we'll do our best for you! π
Re: MLB The Show 25 Is Surprisingly Not Coming To Xbox Game Pass This Year
@GuyinPA75 It's still coming to Xbox Series X and Series S, just not as part of XGP.
Re: Xbox Game Studios: All Microsoft First-Party Developers & What They're Working On
Added a small update to this list following the Xbox Developer Direct 2025. Note that Ninja Gaiden 2 Black and Ninja Gaiden 4 don't technically qualify as they've not been developed in-house.
https://www.purexbox.com/features/xbox-developer-direct-2025-the-full-list-of-reveals-including-two-surprises
Re: Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (January 28)
@KlipKlop Hmm, not sure how we mixed that one up!
Thanks for the update - will mention in the article.
Re: 'People Can Fly' Becomes Official Co-Developer For Gears Of War: E-Day
Keep in mind that just because they're only being announced now, it doesn't mean they haven't been working on it silently for weeks / months / years.
Re: Xbox Is 'Evolving' Rather Than 'Losing' Its Identity, Says Phil Spencer
@Millionski Yeah, we've done these kinds of polls before but we'll look to refresh them again at some point π
Re: Xbox Is 'Evolving' Rather Than 'Losing' Its Identity, Says Phil Spencer
@PROPS No worries! I get where you're coming from π
Re: Xbox Is 'Evolving' Rather Than 'Losing' Its Identity, Says Phil Spencer
@PROPS This article is literally trying to do the opposite. It's trying to present Phil Spencer's perspective about why multiplatform is a good thing and Xbox is "evolving" its identity π€·ββοΈ
It references controversy of course, but that's because there is controversy - we can't shy away from that and pretend it doesn't exist.
Re: Xbox 'Lunar New Year' Sale Now Live, 600+ Games Discounted
@themightyant Good spot and a fantastic deal!
That's now been changed π
Re: Xbox 'Lunar New Year' Sale Now Live, 600+ Games Discounted
@Kaloudz Depends how much nostalgia you've got for it probably. FWIW, we gave it a "Not Bad" 6/10 in our review:
https://www.purexbox.com/reviews/xbox-series-x/the-thing-remastered
To quote @PJOReilly's intro:
"Here's the thing about The Thing Remastered; it's still very much 2002's The Thing. Which is either a good thing, or a bad thing, depending on how much you like your The Thing." π
Re: Multiple Xbox Game Pass Titles Seemingly Leaked For February 2025
@Stamnoso I actually find Crash 1 the easiest of the three now! Probably just because I've played it a lot more.
But yeah... Crash 4 is BRUTAL as you get further in.
Re: Multiple Xbox Game Pass Titles Seemingly Leaked For February 2025
@Dyn_Arall Yes π€¦π»ββοΈ
Re: Multiple Xbox Game Pass Titles Seemingly Leaked For February 2024
@Kaloudz Oh it's WAY harder than the OG trilogy π
Re: These 13 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (January 22 - February 4)
@Feffster Haha, agreed! I think we'll start adding an extra column to the table from now on to clarify which tiers the games are coming to - something along those lines.
Re: These 13 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (January 22 - February 4)
@Feffster It means available on console for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers (and occasionally Standard too).
We're going to have to re-jig how we format these articles to avoid confusion I think! Game Pass Standard has broken the system a bit π
Re: Talking Point: What Release Dates Will We Get At Xbox Developer Direct This Year?
@Coletrain Thanks for that! π
Re: Xbox Fans Hoping For 'Marcus Fenix Collection' News After Phil Spencer Revisits Gears Classics
@Kaloudz @Fiendish-Beaver Don't... you'll start off my nightmares again. π€¦ββοΈ
Re: Five Guesses For The 'Legendary' Surprise At Xbox Developer Direct This Week
@Kaloudz Apologies, I was late to the comments here π
Welcome back though! You've been missed π
Re: Multiple Xbox Games Drop To 'Lowest Price Ever' In This Week's THQ Nordic Sale
@Decimateh No problem, it's a really good resource
Re: Multiple Xbox Games Drop To 'Lowest Price Ever' In This Week's THQ Nordic Sale
@Fiendish-Beaver Do you mean Fatesworn? That's been out for a long time (it's actually on sale at the moment as well), but I'm not sure if there's anything further to come...
Re: Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In January 2025
Guide has been updated with the latest additions! Here's hoping we get a few more over the coming days as well π€
Re: Lucky Xbox Players Are Getting Free 'Just For You' Deals This Week
@Tasuki Sometimes it's based around your purchase / engagement history, or whether you're an Xbox Game Pass member or not. In certain situations it's just because the publisher is giving away a special deal (that's the case for Party Animals at the moment).
And in others... it seems completely random.
Re: Rumour: Xbox Reporter Teases One More Potential Surprise At Developer Direct 2025
@Dustinator626 When it comes to reporting on rumours, Jez seems to have been more reliable than plenty of others IMO π€·ββοΈ
Same with Jeff Grubb when he used to do them. YouTuber Extas1s as well. Jason Schreier at Bloomberg is another one, although he tends to focus on reports rather than throwing out rumours.
I think the issue is that the likes of Jez and Jeff share so much that they inevitably get a few things wrong (or plans change behind the scenes) and it paints them in a bad light.
Re: Xbox Release Dates In 2025: A List Of New Games Coming Out This Year
Just an FYI that we'll be continuing to update this list throughout the year, so feel free to bookmark it!
It's now accurate as of today (January 16th).
Re: Xbox Release Dates In 2025: A List Of New Games Coming Out This Year
@Nightcrawler71 Haven't heard anything about a release date yet other than "2025". Sorry!
Re: Lucky Xbox Players Are Getting Free 'Just For You' Deals This Week
@Kieduss The base game is, but not all the DLC.
Re: Lucky Xbox Players Are Getting Free 'Just For You' Deals This Week
@Fiendish-Beaver Seems to be intentional π€·ββοΈ
But as I say, the majority of people won't get the Destiny 2 or EA Sports FC 25 ones. Only the lucky few!
Re: Rumour: Microsoft Reportedly Chose Buying Studios Over 'Winding Down' Xbox In 2021
Story has been updated with some context that's been provided to Pure Xbox by Microsoft. It's at the top of the article!
Re: Xbox Fan Shares 'Genius' Method For Putting Console In Idle Mode
@InterceptorAlpha You know what? It's been almost five years, thousands of articles, and I'd totally forgotten that I wrote that.
Still, the website had only just relaunched back then and a lot of people would have missed it, so it's worth a refresh I think!
Great find though π
Re: Lunar Remastered Collection Brings Retro JRPG Action To Xbox In April 2025
Article has been updated with an April 2025 release date!
Re: 'Rewards Hunter' Announces Retirement Following Xbox Rewards Overhaul
@ChickenPossible Thank you too! All the best ππ
Re: All Xbox Games With Mouse & Keyboard Support
Yes, still getting updates! If people can keep submitting games, we'll make sure they're added in
Re: Talking Point: Will Nintendo Switch 2 Appear At The Xbox Developer Direct 2025?
@OldGamer999 I'm doing something on it now You'll see it elsewhere on Pure Xbox soon...
If we could keep the rest of this comments section on topic that'd be much appreciated - thanks in advance! π
Re: Talking Point: Xbox Fans Divided Over Changes To 'Rewards' System
@RiverGenie Fair enough. We're just following trends - history tells us that people like seeing reactions from places like Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, Threads etc when it makes sense.
This was originally written up as a straight Talking Point with no Reddit or Twitter links whatsoever, but I personally felt the different viewpoints added to the story.
Re: Rumour: Microsoft's Next-Gen Console Dubbed 'Xbox Prime' Is Possibly Coming In 2026
@Jenkinss Moderation isn't my area I'm afraid.
Re: Forza Horizon 3 Features Go Offline As Fans Question Potential Xbox Server Closure In 2025
@Tasuki Certain things. The basic game should remain playable forever fortunately.