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@shoeses Yep, bizarrely they're not classed as part of the Summer / Ultimate Game Sale, but they're on sale for the next 11 days.

@Z0mbie8mybra1nz Back to the Dawn is advertised for July 18th (at least by the official Xbox Wire team), so we're holding off on that one until tomorrow.

@AlwaysPlaying Yes, that's a surprise! Will have something on Pure Xbox about it shortly (and will update this article too).

@Lup Boom! You got it. It's from the very start of the game before any actual water gets involved 😅

@hitmanfan47 @PushButtons Nope!

@PsBoxSwitchOwner We're being much more selective with them now for a few reasons, but you'll still see them here and there. The most recent was Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 last week.

@Fiendish-Beaver Yeah, more of the same is what it sounds like.

For a bit of fun, can anyone guess the game in the picture? 👀

@dskatter @Balie3000 You're welcome!

Article has been updated, the game has been reduced by 90% for its final day!

All of these have been added, thank you everyone!

@abe_hikura They're adding Play Anywhere titles as well, but again they don't tend to publicise them much. I'll do some digging and see if there's anything particularly notable to mention (I know both the RoboCop games have recently added it, for example).

@HardRockGamer No, Xbox app isn't supported natively on Steam Deck.

@ILIKECARGAME Oops, I should have double-checked that. Thank you for pointing it out! Article has been amended

Let's keep it civil please! Everyone's entitled to an opinion 👍

@luke88 Yes, there's crossplay between all platforms!

(That's been added in now)

@Nintendo4Sonic Easily could be a 9 if you look at it a certain way. I just think it loses an extra point for some of the THPS4 changes and the soundtrack. That's just me though.

@General-Foley @Kaloudz I do have a lot of storage!

4TB is on a standard external hard drive though - and then there's a 1TB Expansion Card and 1TB on the Xbox Series X itself.

@Questionable_Duck 😁

@AlwaysPlaying I'm very real, I promise 😅

@Llamageddon You too!

@Llamageddon Oh yeah, I'm sure. It was the best possible time for the RROD to happen, let's say that.

Today, with the focus being on much more than just console, who knows whether they'd have taken that risk.

@Fiendish-Beaver Incredible! I hadn't looked into "Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway" before today, but it looks pretty decent.

@Llamageddon I mean, it was a great opportunity for Microsoft to say "no, we're not spending over $1 billion to fix this problem and give everyone free repairs". Solving the issue for the future is one thing, but fixing it for all your existing customers is another.

If that happened now, would they earmark that kind of money to fix everyone's consoles for free again? Maybe, but I'm not so sure.

Thanks all! Those have been added (aside from Tainted Grail, which seems to be very limited).

@Questionable_Duck @Balaam_ Yes, that's Replaced! It's still coming, but it's 2026 now.

@Coletrain It was the plan, but we've only just received a code in the past couple of hours. We'll see!

The Riffmaster for £84.99 is pretty decent, I really like mine:

https://www.purexbox.com/reviews/pdp-riffmaster-guitar-xbox-a-fun-option-for-rock-band-fortnite-festival-and-beyond

@willd05 If you have Xbox Game Pass Ultimate / PC Game Pass / EA Play, then it should still work, yes.

@Kaloudz Bit more context from their FAQ (also now in the article!):

"We are in favor of publishers ending support for a game whenever they choose. What we are asking for is that they implement an end-of-life plan to modify or patch the game so that it can run on customer systems with no further support from the company being necessary."

@Ricky-Spanish Sorry! If it's any consolation, we're totally drained by it as well 😩

@PsBoxSwitchOwner Not really, no. People are still digging to find out more, especially in terms of Contraband.

@Jenkinss I'd love to say we will, but there's so much happening right now and we've clocked off for the day (aside from major news) - so please forgive us if we don't get around to it.

We're also working a lighter schedule today and tomorrow to make up for yesterday's craziness 🥴

@Jaxx420 I think he's just annoyed by the idea that it's ALL fake when only part of it is. He's actually at Studio MDHR now I believe.

@Jaxx420 FYI this developer hasn't worked on Perfect Dark for a while now (hence why he says he'd heard the team had "turned a corner in recent months").

@awp69 That's been added for you

@Dan1283 Thank you very much! 🙏

@Decimateh Not heard anything to suggest it's coming to Game Pass.

@Titntin Good spot, I hadn't seen that yet. Hard to keep up with it all when Microsoft isn't saying anything publicly. 🙃

@Millionski I mean, it's terrible really. I have a lot of hope for the future of Xbox still, particularly when it comes to the portfolio of first-party titles for 2026, and yes - even in terms of hardware. I'm optimistic for what's ahead in many ways.

But this? Mass layoffs, major game cancellations and a studio closure? The five-year promise of Perfect Dark being taken away in the blink of an eye? It's awful.

There will be much brighter days ahead, but this is another low point - and we've seen too many of those over the past couple of years.

They'd been generating a lot of positive buzz in recent months too!

Another update to this - Xbox's head of communications has told The Verge that “'Phil is not retiring anytime soon".

@BaldB3lper78 We knew layoffs were coming (as of last week), and presumed they'd be pretty severe, but weren't sure of which studios and games would be affected.

Just thrown a little update in here from Windows Central - they're reporting "no plans" for Phil to step down as things stand.

Believe what you want to believe!

@BaldB3lper78 It's much appreciated, thank you 🙏

@HarmanSmith Heard nothing about Ninja Theory, news is trickling out all the time though. We'll have to wait and see.

@abe_hikura Agree with everything you said.

I don't believe there's a plan yet, as Jez says (even if there is, we all know that plans can change) - but it seems inevitable he's going to step down sooner rather than later.

Sarah Bond is getting way more time in front of the camera these days, and the fact she spearheaded the next-gen hardware announcement suggests she's going to be the face of the next era.

@BaldB3lper78 Well, I appreciate that you'll keep following us despite how you feel about Xbox! It's been a tough day

@Kaloudz Undead Labs is apparently safe (at least for now).

@fbnaulin It is OK apparently.

@fbnaulin Yeah, I'm watching it. They're not certain about this yet, so let's wait and see if anyone else can confirm / Windows Central finds out more information.

@Kaloudz Can never be 100% accurate of course! You never really know when they're going to remove anything 🤷‍♂️

@Kaloudz it seems most likely, yeah.

@awp69 Let's hope so 🤞