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May2016
News Deals With Gold: Mammoth List of Discounts Now Live
There goes the money...
This week's Deals With Gold are now live, and there's something for everyone in the absolutely mammoth list of offers. On Xbox One, there's everything from soup to nuts and in something Microsoft is dubbing the "Xbox 360 Super Sale" there's even more to be found. You don't need any more of an introduction than that, really,...
Rumour New Wave of Backward Compatible Titles Coming During E3
Retailer spills the beans
There are plenty of rumours revolving around the Xbox One backward compatibility feature at the moment. The main one revolves around EA Access, with a recent rumour suggesting that more B/C titles - including Mass Efffect - are heading to their service as part of the Vault. Now though, Amazon US have added a bunch of new...
News Deals With Gold: Over 60 Xbox Offers Thrown Into The Mix
Lara Croft, Call of Duty...they're lining up
There's a whole host of offers this week as part of Microsoft's Deals With Gold, with a publishers sale from Square Enix loading the list with bargains. Not to mention a somewhat eye-opening amount of Call of Duty titles suddenly getting trimmed, especially on Xbox 360. Wink. If Black Ops does appear via...
News Deals With Gold: Call of Duty Slashed on Xbox One and Xbox 360
Sure to be a popular move...
This week's Deals With Gold have been announced and the list is sure to set the cat amongst the pigeons. In a week where Activision are under fire for any number of reasons over the announcement of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, they've decided to have a bit of a sale, chopping prices on a fair percentage of the Call...
Feature The Weird World of Awful Xbox Hardware Ripoffs
Attack of the clones
When it comes to console hardware design, Microsoft have always gotten a bit of a bad rap. The original Xbox was the size of a tank (and about as heavy as one) and the follow-up Xbox 360 wasn't designed well enough to stop boards from warping and giving millions of people the infamous "Red Ring of Death" error. The Xbox 360...
News Deals With Gold: Over 80 Discounts Take the Stage
An even spread
This week's Deals With Gold have been announced and there surely has to be something for everyone as Microsoft have pulled out over 80 discounts across Xbox One and Xbox 360, with a good selection of the Xbox 360 titles being playable on Xbox One. There's also two freebies in store for Battlefield fans, with the Dragon's Teeth DLC...
April2016
News Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Gets A Monstrous New Patch
Updates and bonuses galore!
It may have been almost two years ago that Diablo III: Reaper of Souls was released on Xbox 360 and Xbox One but Blizzard are still showing the popular RPG an impressive amount of support, releasing a hefty new patch. Update 2.41 is now available to download, making changes to various skills in each class, items,...
News Microsoft Ends Xbox 360 Production
Thanks for the memories
Microsoft have announced today that after a stellar run of over 10 years, they've ended production of the Xbox 360. After being officially revealed via a 22-minute television special - MTV Presents Xbox: The Next Generation Revealed - hosted by Elijah Wood and featuring The Killers back on May 12th, 2005, the Xbox 360 would...
News Deals With Gold: Batman, Forza, Rory McIlroy Golf Cut
Back to Gotham
This week's Xbox Deals With Gold are now live, and there are savings to be had on a number of high profile titles, as well as a couple of cuts for some interesting diversions. Batman: Arkham Knight gets trimmed in the standalone and Premium editions, and the Season Pass is discounted too. Forza Horizon 2's Car Pass is cut, as is the...
March2016
News Microsoft Teases "April Blockbusters" for Games With Gold
Place your bets now, please
Microsoft have fired out a little tweetaroonie yesterday that not only confirms that Lords of the Fallen and Supreme Commander 2 have been added to the Games With Gold program (as announced last month) but that they could be throwing a couple of haymakers when it comes to April's titles. [tweet 710202587258163201] "Next...
News Xbox Spring Sale to Return on March 20th
Get your wallet ready
Microsoft has confirmed that they'll be running a Spring Sale event which will kick off on March 20th. Details are thin on the ground of course, but it has been confirmed that the event will contain savings of up to 60% on Xbox Store games for Xbox One and Xbox 360, with Gold subscribers getting up to 10% more off. This year,...
February2016
News March's Xbox Games With Gold Revealed
Elementary...
Next month's Xbox Games With Gold have been revealed, and there's a varied selection of titles to be had. Xbox Spain leaked the information via a YouTube video that details the titles. On Xbox One, you'll be able to get Lords of the Fallen and Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, while Xbox 360 owners will be able to get...
January2016
News February Games With Gold Deals a Hand Of Fate
Well, this isn't going to be popular
February's upcoming Xbox One and Xbox 360 Games With Gold have been announced, and there's a fair chance that rightly or wrongly, a riot will be on the cards. If you can call people firing shots back and forth on messageboards because the commonly-available-for-$10-Ryse still hasn't been given away as a GwG title...
News Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Sneaks On To Xbox One Via Backwards Compatibility
Like a Ninja!
Tekken is yet to make an appearance on the Xbox One console with Tekken 7 not due to appear until later in the year. However, Reddit user Linda__Martin posted the following confirming that Tekken Tag Tournament 2 has is indeed playable on Xbox One; "I was looking through my achievements out of boredom when I noticed this. Seems that...
News 10 New Xbox One Backward Compatibility Titles Added
Minter is Coming
Several Xbox 360 titles are now available to play on Xbox One. The announcement, which was made on Major Nelson's blog earlier this morning, revealed that 10 new titles are now available. These titles range from major retail releases such as The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings to Xbox Live Arcade cult hits like Space Giraffe. So...
A fistful of snapshots
For as long as the franchise has been alive, the world has been waiting for a truly excellent game based on Eastman & Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Well, Activision and Platinum seem to have the best shot at it yet, and details are starting to leak out about their take on things. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:...
December2015
News Xbox Countdown Sale Kicks Off With 134 Discounts on Xbox One and Xbox 360 Titles
Tons of savings to be had
The Xbox Countdown sale has kicked off, and there are absolutely STACKS of titles discounted. As usual, Xbox Live Gold members get a larger discount than those who don't have a subscription, and discounts range up to 85% off! Indeed, there are some highlights to be found if you check though the list, with 75% off the...
News Games With Gold For January 2016 Has A Killer Lineup
Starting the new year with a bang
Microsoft has already announced next month's Games With Gold titles, with Killer Instinct and Deus Ex: Human Revolution leading the way. A total of four new games are up for grabs in January. As previously announced with the launch of the new Xbox dashboard, all Xbox 360 games from Games With Gold will be playable...
News Microsoft Adds Halo Reach and 15 More Games to Xbox One Backward Compatibility List
Hydro Thunder Hurricane!
Microsoft has added 16 new Xbox 360 titles to the Xbox One backwards compatibility list, it has been announced today. From now (or maybe a little later today), you should be able to take on four retail titles and twelve arcade releases on your Xbox One. The full list is as follows, and contains Hydro Thunder Hurricane so...
News Microsoft Is Holding Another Huge Xbox Live Game Sale Later This Month
Will have over 200 deals
It just wouldn't be Christmas without massive discounts across the Xbox One and Xbox 360 digital stores. Microsoft has begun promoting such a thing on its official Xbox website that will kick off on December 22nd and run through until January 7th, 2016. It's called the "Countdown" sale and — according to Microsoft —...
November2015
News December's Xbox One and Xbox 360 Games With Gold Offers Up Five Titles
Merry Christmas
It's Christmas time (almost) and Microsoft have announced that they'll be spreading the festive cheer by offering up five - count 'em! - titles via Games With Gold in December. From December 1st, you'll be able to download The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (which will be a new release) for Xbox One and CastleStorm on Xbox...
News Here Are Your Xbox One and Xbox 360 Digital Black Friday Deals
Masses of moolah to be saved!
Microsoft's 2015 Black Friday digital sale has kicked off for Xbox Live Gold members, and a plethora of titles have seen their prices slashed on both Xbox One and Xbox 360. No preamble from us. The list of deals is below, complete with US pricing. If you're an Xbox Live Gold user, you can get these deals NOW. If you...
News Yes, Microsoft Will Be Running Digital Black Friday Deals
No surprise
It should come as no surprise to anyone (but some folks asked, so we thought we'd clarify) that Microsoft have confirmed that they'll be running a range of Black Friday digital deals this year. Over on Xbox.com, a page has appeared that promises "Blockbuster games. Exclusive deals. No lines." although nothing else is specified beyond...
News Microsoft Takes Swing At Sony With New Backwards Compatibility Advert, Hits Nothing But Air
Poor execution from the big fella
Well, it seems that Microsoft have decided to start bellowing about Xbox 360 backward compatibility on Xbox One in a big way (as you'd expect) and their latest move is to create a video that it would be generous to call a parody of one by their main competitor. Back in the bad old days, Sony scored some major...
News First 104 Xbox 360 Titles to Support Backwards Compatibility on Xbox One Announced
104 announced with more to follow.
After months of anticipation, Microsoft have finally unveiled the list of the first batch of Xbox 360 games that will be playable on Xbox One when the the new dashboard update launches on November 12th. The full list of games comes to 104 in total, with a good mixture of retail games, arcade games and few higher...
News Initial Backwards Compatibility List of 100 Xbox 360 Titles Will Be Announced on November 9th
Will your favourite make the cut?
Phil Spencer has confirmed that the first 100 Xbox 360 games to be added to the Xbox One backwards compatibility list will be announced on November 9th, a few days before the service is launched alongside the new Xbox One dashboard. Spencer confirmed the date in a Tweet to a user earlier today;- [tweet...
October2015
News And So It Begins: Three New Backwards Compatible Titles Leak Ahead of November 12th Launch
Here we go...
As expected, the names of a few Xbox 360 games that will be backwards compatible on Xbox One when the service launches on November 12th have started to appear in the wild. Various sources have come up with the trifecta, with the first being Microsoft themselves. They've posted a promo image that shows Halo Reach as a backwards...
News November Xbox One and Xbox 360 Games With Gold Revealed
Ain't no Ryse, it's plain to see
November's Xbox Games with Gold offerings have been revealed and - much to the chagrin of those who refuse to fork out $10 for a game and will moan about it not being free endlessly - Ryse isn't featured. Seriously. Just buy it, already. To kick things off on Xbox One, the puzzling Pneuma: Breath of Life will be...
News Mass Effect DLC added to Xbox One Backwards Compatibility
No mass relays required.
Earlier this year, Microsoft surprised many gamers with the announcement that Xbox One would soon be backwards compatible with Xbox 360 titles. Whilst the feature isn't due to hit officially until November, Xbox Preview Program members were given a small selection of games to play. The vast majority of the games were first...
July2015
News Rare Replay Installation is One of the Largest On Xbox One
Take a look at the game select screen
Whether you're planning on owning the disc or digital copy, Rare Replay -- a collection of 30 classic Rare games -- is going to take up approximately 50GB of your precious Xbox One memory to install each game. Based off of information from the Xbox website, Rare Replay needs 11.26GB to install every game that...
pX Asks What Does Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility on Xbox One Mean to You?
We team up with the pX community to answer the question
Later this year, Xbox 360 backwards compatibility is coming to Xbox One. The announcement of this much requested feature came from the mouth of Xbox boss, Phil Spencer, during Microsoft's 2015 E3 press briefing, and it's been getting steady attention since then. For the most part, it appears...
News Get Fallout 3 Early with Your Fallout 4 Preorder
"For you, no charge"
Bethesda Game Studios surprised no one in announcing Fallout 4 at this year's E3. However, many gamers were surprised to see the game set to release this year, on November 10th. Xbox One owners were given further cause to celebrate with Microsoft's own backwards compatibility announcement being followed up by Bethesda declaring...
News There's Another Huge Xbox Ultimate Game Sale Happening Next Week
More than 70 games will see their prices dropped
Just some friendly advice here, but you may want to hold off on purchasing any digital games right now. Beginning next Tuesday -- July 7th -- Xbox is holding another massive Ultimate Game Sale. That means huge discounts across Xbox One and Xbox 360 on major titles. Xbox is promising up to 40-50% off,...
Feature From Worst to First, We Rank the Batman: Arkham Games
Will you be friend or foe after reading our list?
A lot of people like to argue about which Arkham game is the best Arkham game. On one side of the fence are the fans who adore Arkham Asylum, the Metroidvania-esque debut that put developer Rocksteady Studios on the map, while the other side consists of folks with a special love for Arkham City, the...
Review Shooting Love 200X (Xbox 360)
Bad romance
It isn't every day that a Japanese-made title is released worldwide for either of the currently-available Xbox platforms. Shooting Love 200X came out of absolutely nowhere when it was released back in April for Xbox 360 and was very much a surprise release, especially when you consider that it was first published in Japan back in...
June2015
Yet another weird trick
Microsoft announced that your Xbox One console will be able to play your Xbox 360 games, earlier in the week, with the service being limited to those who are in the Xbox Preview Program for the time being. The full service will launch towards Christmas. There is a way, however, that non-Preview Program members can get access...
News To Play Hexic on Xbox One, You'll Need to Do This
One not quite so weird trick
With Xbox One backward compatibility now available to Preview Program members, some are finding that one of the games - Hexic HD - is not showing up for them. Now, Hexic HD was installed on the hard drive of every Xbox 360 when the console launched, meaning that you should technically have access to it. However, as the...
E3 2015 Just Dance 2016 Removes the Need for Kinect
Well, sort of
Ubisoft have confirmed that Just Dance 2016 will be coming to Xbox One and Xbox 360, and that players on the Xbox One won't even need Kinect to be able to play it. Instead, they'll be able to use their smartphones as controllers, which pretty much confirms what we've all known for ages, which is that despite Ubisoft's claims about...
E3 2015 First Twenty-One Backward Compatible Xbox 360 Titles Listed
All the facts and more
Backward compatibility is coming to Xbox One, and Microsoft have listed the first 21 titles from their previous console that will be playable on their latest console. Digital titles will appear in the "Ready to Install" section of your Xbox One "My Games & Apps" menu. For disc-based titles, just put the disc in the drive...
E3 2015 Xbox One Backward Compatibility Confirmed
Showstopper.
Well, we certainly didn't expect it to happen, but it appears that Microsoft have stolen the show during their E3 presser, by announcing that Xbox 360 backward compatibility is coming to Xbox One. Not only that, but the compatibility is native, meaning that your digital games will just appear in your catalogue, and you can just insert...
News Exclusive Screens: Activision Bringing New Cel-Shaded Transformers Title to Xbox
Incoming
Back in 2014, Activision released the so-so Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark for Xbox 360 and Xbox One and, since then, has been relatively quiet about the direction that the videogame versions of the franchise would be headed. However, a source has revealed exclusively to Pure Xbox that the company is set to announce a cel-shaded...
E3 2015 Here's Your E3 Conference Schedule
We got you covered
E3 2015 is just around the corner and - as always - there's confusion over the times of the various conferences that will be taking place. This year, we've got shows from the platform holders - Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo - as well as publisher shows from Bethesda, EA, Ubisoft, and Square Enix to look forward to. In order to...
News Bigben Confirms Rugby World Cup 2015 for Xbox One, Xbox 360
Trying again
Bigben Interactive have confirmed that they've locked up the licence for the Rugby World Cup from Rugby World Cup Limited, and will be bringing a game based on the tournament - which will be held in England - to both Xbox One and Xbox 360 in September Rugby World Cup 2015 won't be Bigben's first stab at bringing the ever-growing sport...
April2015
Accessory Review Mortal Kombat X Fight Pad for Xbox One and Xbox 360
Losing kontrol
With the release of a major fighting game comes the inevitable licensed controller. While we usually end up with an arcade stick of some sort, accessory maker PDP has come up with a more affordable option to accompany the launch of the year's biggest fighting game, Mortal Kombat X. This Sega Genesis-like wired Fight Pad is Xbox One...
News More Titles Discounted for the Weekend in the Xbox Spring Sale
Hit for six
In addition to the list of Spring Sale and Deals With Gold offers that were announced earlier in the week, Microsoft has added an extra batch of deals that will be available this weekend at a discount. Some cracking puzzling action, some dancing, a couple board games, and a Mexican-themed platformer are the order of the day on Xbox One,...
March2015
News New Skylanders Trap Team Figures Detailed
Just when you thought it was safe to get your wallet out...
According to the official website, Skylanders Trap Team will be seeing a plethora of new figures hit the shelves in time for Easter. These include: Fire Element : Small Fry and Weeruptor, two mini versions of other Skylanders; Water Element : Echo, a musical dragon Gill Runt, a mini...
News Xbox Live Gold Subscribers Can Now Download Bioshock Infinite for Xbox 360 at No Cost
Say "bye bye" to Lara and "hello" to Booker
As of today, Bioshock Infinite can be downloaded to your Xbox 360 at no cost if you're an Xbox Live Gold Subscriber, thanks to Games With Gold. If you're unfamiliar with Bioshock Infinite, you should know that it was one of the highest-rated games of 2013, with the Xbox 360 version holding a 93 Metascore...
February2015
Feature These Are the Xbox 360 Games We Want to See Remastered for Xbox One
Providing old favorites with a minor facelift
Whether you like them or hate them, it seems that remasters, definitive editions, and last-gen ports will continue travelling over to the Xbox One for some time to come. We'll admit that we're not entirely fond of the idea if it means that potential sequels get the shaft, but we do welcome the remaster...
Exclusive March Games With Gold Jumping Into View, Double Helpings in April
Doubling up
We've had an anonymous tip thrown across the Pure Xbox news desk this evening, apparently confirming the lineup for Games With Gold in March. File it firmly under RUMOUR until official confirmation comes through. Usually, we wouldn't post an anonymous tip-off, but we've spoken to sources familiar with the lineup and...well...they aren't...
News Microsoft Announces Ultimate Game Sale Weekend Bonus Offers
Even more deals
In addition to the wave of existing Ultimate Game Sale offers that were announced earlier in the week (and that you can see here), Microsoft have unveiled a new batch of titles that will get their prices chopped this weekend. The likes of the Killer Instinct Complete Collection and Halo: Master Chief Collection are trimmed, and there...
News Ultimate Game Sale Goes Live: All The Deals Here
Extra, extra....savings!
The Xbox Live Ultimate Game Sale appears to be rolling out across the world, and there are some great savings to be had. We'll keep this list updated as we find more. Please be aware that prices may not be available worldwide, although most will translate well. Lords of The Fallen for example, is live now for £7.50 in the...
News Confirmed: Xbox Live Ultimate Game Sale Coming This Week
Big savings ahead!
Rumours are flying around that there's going to be a huge sale on Xbox Live this week, featuring both Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles. We usually expect the Deals With Gold offers to go up on a Tuesday, but this rumoured sale will hit on Wednesday 18th, and run through to the 24th, if true. A page was set live on the Australian...
January2015
News Two New LEGO Titles Confirmed For Both Xbox One and Xbox 360
Marvelling at dinosaurs
Warner Bros and TT Games have confirmed that they're working on two new LEGO titles to be released on Xbox One and Xbox 360 in 2015. First up, to coincide with the release of the movie, LEGO Jurassic World is on the horizon. The game won't just feature the new movie storyline though. It'll contain plotlines and characters...
News February Games With Gold Confirmed
It draws a free box
Microsoft have confirmed which games will be free in February as part of the Games With Gold plan. First off, on Xbox One, a game that we already knew was coming to Games With Gold has been confirmed as hitting the service on February 1st. That game is #IDARB (It Draws A Red Box). Pitched as "part platformer, part hockey, part...
News Deals With Gold Plus EA Sale Equals Mammoth List of Savings
Save, save, save!
EA are having a bit of a digital sale, alongside the regular Deals With Gold for the week. As a result, there is a veritable smörgåsbord of savings to pick and choose from this week across both Xbox One and Xbox 360. Highlights include Titanfall on Xbox One for just $10, and Dragon Age: Inquisition being shaved to sub-$36. On...
News Xbox Avatars Getting Upgraded With New Graphics and Features
Your character is moving into the new generation
Microsoft has posted job listings for two dedicated software engineers to work on the next generation of Xbox avatars. The job postings state: "As we cross the threshold to a unified operating system and product experience across Microsoft, it is time to for Xbox avatars to also advance to the next...
December2014
News Xbox Live Countdown to 2015 Day 13 Cuts Four Xbox One Titles By More Than Half
Christmas trimmings
Microsoft are still running their Countdown to 2015 deals via Xbox Live, and the Boxing Day offer is a bit special. On top of the weekly Xbox One deals and weekly Xbox 360 deals which are still valid, you can now get the following titles at a discount during December 28th. Xbox One Deals: Valid 28th December on
News Xbox Live Countdown to 2015 Boxing Day Offer Is A Doozie
You snooze, you lose
Microsoft are still running their Countdown to 2015 deals via Xbox Live, and the Boxing Day offer is a bit special. On top of the weekly Xbox One deals and weekly Xbox 360 deals which are still valid, you can now get a real Game of The Year candidate for half price. Check out the details below. Xbox One Deals:
Feature Game of the Year - Staff Lists
Another year bites the dust
With just a few days left in 2014, we thought it would be the perfect time for Pure Xbox to put a Game of the Year list out in the wild. Instead of featuring a single list of games voted on by our entire team of writers (like we did for our Most Wanted Games of 2015 article), we've instead decided to feature each writer's...
News Microsoft Confirms January's Games With Gold Offering
Nice selection
Microsoft have confirmed January's Games With Gold offering, and a lot of gamers will be happy with the choice, we're sure. On Xbox One from January 1st, you'll be able to pick up Swery65's D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die. The game has picked up good to very good reviews pretty much across the board, and is well worth the playing time. On...
Partners in cute
Juju is a total surprise. When a platformer such as this comes out of nowhere with little to no promotion behind it, it’s tough not to expect that it will be another dud that deserves to disappear into the darkest corner of the Xbox Live Marketplace. But then we got our hands on it, and within minutes it was apparent that this is...
News Xbox Live Countdown to 2015 Discounts 55 Titles, More To Come
Savings, savings, savings!
As we expected, Microsoft has kicked off a Countdown to 2015 daily deals offer, which will provide new discounts every day until 2015 is upon us. There's a whole batch to run through, so without further ado, let's go to work. Xbox One Weekly Deals: Available from now until December 22nd inclusive Assassins Creed Unity...
November2014
News Microsoft Confirms Games With Gold for December
It's tricky.
Microsoft has confirmed the upcoming Games With Gold offerings for December, and even though a retail title is in the mix on Xbox One, we're pretty sure some will not be happy with it, as it scotches rumours that users were due to receive Ryse or Dead Rising 3 as their game for December. Might be worth checking your sources if you're in...
Review Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom (Xbox 360)
Totes alright... but not quite mathematical
To be blunt, last year’s Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW (hence forth referred to as ETDBIDK) was a poor game. With bland and repetitive dungeon crawling that desperately needed another dose of Adventure Time’s wacky flavor, as well as more overall purpose, it was a game that...
Review Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (Xbox 360)
The P-1 Grand Prix is back and better than ever
Few fan bases are more passionate about what they care about than Persona fans. So when acclaimed fighting game developer Arc System Works was tasked with creating a fighting game based on Atlus' beloved RPG series, many were skeptical on how it would be able to translate the turn-based gameplay into a...
Review Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze (Xbox 360)
Another turtle-tastrophe
We apologize in advance for doing this, but click here and here. Last year saw the release of two video games based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles license, and you should know that we found both of them to be pretty terrible. But despite these Galapagos tortoise-sized cowabummers, when TMNT: Danger of the Ooze was...
News Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Already Hacked On 360
Hacked before the game launched, apparently
Call of Duty is known as a game that people love to hack and known even more for Activision and its zero-tolerance stance on hacking, cheating and boosting. That however didn't stop Call of Duty Advenced Warfare on Xbox 360 from being hacked before the game's official launch. Discovered by Call of Duty...
October2014
In for repairs
“Welcome to Brazil, where the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Interlagos is currently being hammered by torrential rain. The track is absolutely soaked and there was talk of calling the race off, but we’re here and ready to go. The cars are on the grid, facing down 71 laps of the circuit, with Lewis Hamilton in the Pure...
Review Watch_Dogs: Bad Blood (Xbox One)
Teaching an old dog new tricks
It should come as no surprise, but Watch Dogs’ first piece of single player DLC is essentially more Watch Dogs. That means if you enjoyed cruising around the beautiful virtual Chicago hacking every little thing in sight, then you’ll know exactly what to expect out of Bad Blood. There are times when it treads that...
September2014
Review Slender: The Arrival (Xbox 360)
Oh, the Slender Man... the Slender Man can.
Back in 2012, a two-man development team at Parsec Productions created a PC game called Slender: The Eight Pages as an experiment. The Eight Pages was based on the tale of The Slender Man, a tall and faceless paranormal figure who would stalk, traumatize, and abduct anyone who may come across him,...
News Spencer: Microsoft's Buyout of Mojang Won't Affect YouTubers
Build 'em high!
Xbox head honcho Phil Spencer has laid to rest concerns that Microsoft's acquisition of Minecraft developer Mojang will affect people who publish YouTube videos of the game for fun or profit. The concerns quickly came to light once the deal announcement was made, with prominent YouTubers making it clear that they were concerned that...
News EA to Crack down on Ultimate Team Cheaters in FIFA 15
They think it's all over. It is now.
Electronic Arts has confirmed that it'll be weilding a hefty-looking hammer to crack down on cheaters and phishers in FIFA 15's Ultimate Team mode when the game launches at the end of the month. First off, they're disabling the ability to put Trade Offers into place. These used to allow players to get around the...
Guide The Best Pinball FX2 Tables Money Can Buy
Are you ready to have a ball?
Are you interested in buying Pinball FX2 but aren’t sure which tables to download first? Well, considering some of us at pX are massive pinball junkies, we’ve compiled a little guide of sorts to help you get started. These are the tables that we find the most enjoyable to play, and ones we believe would be great...
Nice move
Activision has decided to offer a sweet deal for those who purchase Destiny on Xbox 360 via digital means this week. It'll be attractive to those who are thinking about upgrading to an Xbox One, but who haven't done so just yet. If you buy Destiny on Xbox 360 via the Xbox Games Store before January 15th, 2015, you'll be entitled to a free...
Exclusive Guess What? Your 100% Save File In Guacamelee: STCE Isn't Quite Complete
DrinkBox spills the beans about the "Super Secret Meme Room"
Sure, 100% completion status sounds like you've done and seen everything a game has to offer, does it not? But with Guacamelee: Super Turbo Championship Edition (STCE), that's just not the case. Since the launch of STCE, the game's Level Designer, Jason Canam, has been teasing this...
August2014
News September's Xbox Games with Gold Confirmed
A mixed bag of fun
September's Xbox Games With Gold have been confirmed by Microsoft today. If you're not already aware, each month,a number of free games are provided to Xbox Live Gold subscribers as a bonus on top of the other benefits of their Gold subscription. Both Xbox One and Xbox 360 owners are included in the fun. In September, Xbox One...
Ruining the gauntlet.
When a game series throws out fistfuls of features that were part of the very reason that fans of the series became fans of the series, people aren’t usually all that happy about it. There’s a desire for improvement and growth of course, but there’s also that desire for more of the same. Fans of the first two Sacred...
July2014
Review GRID Autosport (Xbox 360)
Crossing the line?
When Codemasters announced that they’d be reviving the Race Driver series with GRID 2 last year, many people were suitably excited. The original Race Driver GRID was a fantastic game which pitched itself somewhere between arcade racing and simulation, and that provided big, beefy cars battling it out over several disciplines...
News Xbox 360 Ultimate Games Sale Kicks Off
Daily Deals and a HUGE list of week-long offers...
Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox 360 Ultimate Games Sale is now in full effect, and will provide daily discounts on stacks of games over the next week. On top of that, a huge list of week-long offers has been announced. As you'd expect, the prices on those will be available from today, July...
June2014
News Games With Gold Gets Refreshed Today With Two Free Games
Let's fight, shall we?
What's better than getting a free game? TWO free games, of course! Microsoft has refreshed Games With Gold on Xbox 360 today, replacing the punishing and challenging Dark Souls with two brawlers — Charlie Murder and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition. Charlie Murder is a 4 player beat-em-up with a punk rock aesthetic,...
Review Blood of The Werewolf (Xbox 360)
Murder, she wrote
Blood of the Werewolf is a tough-as-nails action platformer that marries core genre conventions with modern mechanics and ideas. If you took the "try, die, repeat" appeal of Super Meat Boy, the gothic themes of Castlevania, and combat elements similar to those in Final Exam, you’d have a reasonable idea of what to expect here...
E3 2014 Microsoft Conference LIVEBLOG
Monday 9th June - Game on.
E3 2014 is going to provide some great surprises, we feel, and we'll be covering the entirety of Microsoft's "Game On" conference with a liveblog, allowing you to jump in and have your say about the things that are going on at the show. [liveblog=microsoft_e3_conference_2014]#XboxE3 #E32014
News Games With Gold On Xbox One Has Officially Begun
Don't pass these up
Xbox 360 gamers have been enjoying their two free games every month courtesy of Microsoft's Games With Gold program ever since it launched a year ago. As of today, that program has now extended to Xbox One. As previously reported, Halo: Spartan Assault and Max: The Curse of Brotherhood can be downloaded free of charge as long as...
May2014
Rumour Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Collection Spotted for Xbox One, PS4
Modern-gen Warfare
The recent trend of porting last generation games to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 doesn't look to be ending anytime soon. If a recent image from Reddit is to be believed, all three Modern Warefare games will be getting the high resolution treatment on November 25th. The unconfirmed release date means this collection will...
April2014
Review 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (Xbox 360)
Back of the pocket.
When EA announced that they wouldn’t be releasing their quadrennial World Cup version of their FIFA series as DLC – which is something they trialled with the Euro 2012 add-on for FIFA 12 – the gaming world sighed. It was an indication that we were going back to the bad old days of paying out the full retail price for the...
Review Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z (Xbox 360)
Stabs itself in the foot.
The modern-day Ninja Gaiden as a franchise has always been known for it's challenge, but it was always fair. It would throw obstacles at you that could be overcome through thought and tactical awareness. Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z however ignores this, going for more aggressive and less balanced approach. You play as Yaiba, a...
Review MXGP: The Official Motocross Game (Xbox 360)
Muddy.
When it comes to messing about on motorbikes in the mud, gamers used to have a fair few options to choose from. Acclaim, THQ, EA, Microsoft and others were involved in publishing games that varied from average to outstanding, but that all fell away as gamers grew bored of annual releases that lacked passion. Now, the landscape is less...
Feature Ways to Satisfy Your Thirst for Adrenaline While Waiting for Trials Fusion
10-ish games that certainly aren't caffeine-free
While Trials HD may have taught us about persistence and anguish – in the most feel-good, rewarding way possible – it was the sequel, Trials Evolution, that turned us into hardcore adrenaline junkies. Reset after reset, while learning the art of transforming trip-up into triumph, we found it...
Feature These Are The Xbox Games Coming In April
Will we be showered in greatness?
After a slow start to 2014, March showed up and had us putting in overtime with our Xbox consoles. It was all thanks to games like South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Thief, Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, and Titanfall — which were all either fantastic or, at the very least, good enough to be worth a...
Feature Three Reasons Why Phil Spencer Is Just What the Xbox Brand Needs
Phil's the boss.
Phil Spencer - head honcho at Microsoft Studios - has been promoted and will serve as the head of Microsoft’s Xbox, Xbox Live, and creative teams, including Xbox Music, Xbox Video, and Microsoft Studios (still.) The announcement came yesterday after a period of leadership that didn’t seem to have a great deal of direction. With...
March2014
Review Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z (Xbox 360)
Is this a Dragon Ball Zzzzzz?
Dragon Ball Z has always been known for it's spectacle of over the top fun, characters, design and action. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z is no exception in this highly stylized spectacle fighter, which is easy to play, enjoyable to watch, but which can become repetitive before it gets fun. There isn't really any story to...
Review Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox 360)
Strike three. And you're out!
Final Fantasy XIII had a pretty convoluted plot, and Final Fantasy XIII-2 didn’t help clarify it much. Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns adds even more confusion to the narrative, so much so that it’s very difficult to enjoy the tale it’s trying to weave. However, if you can look past the ridiculous, and...
Review Earth Defense Force 2025 (Xbox 360)
Buggin' Out
Earth Defense Force 2025 takes itself about as seriously a SyFy original film would. Tonally, it’s a little bit Starship Troopers and part Godzilla, offering up non-stop, mindless bug-killing action. Missions aren’t very complex; hundreds of giant enemies are about to drop into the environment…kill them all. And that’s about the...
Can it steal the gold?
Since the release of Thief: The Dark Project in 1998, the Thief franchise has been known as the grandfather of the stealth genre. It's mastery of simple, yet elegant stealth mechanics, sound design and environments have been a benchmark ever since. Now Eidos Montreal have taken the development reins for the fourth installment...
Review PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures (Xbox 360)
Pac isn't back.
For this first time since the last time, everyone’s favourite spherical pill-muncher is back, apparently. Only this time he has an American “surfer dude” voice. But that isn’t the only change, oh no. He’s friends with some of the ghosts that he was looking to gobble up in the iconic original title for starters and on top of...
Review South Park: The Stick of Truth (Xbox 360)
Great or just m'kay?
Reviewing South Park: The Stick of Truth on a family-friendly site was always going to be a tough proposition. We may have to break a long-standing site rule or two here in order to describe the content and get our point across. After all, it doesn’t matter how much of an accomplished wordsmith you are, you can’t describe...
Review Max: The Curse of Brotherhood (Xbox One)
Artful or awful?
Let’s get this out of the way first: prepare to die a lot in Max: The Curse of Brotherhood. Press Play’s latest puzzle platformer will test your patience with its “trial-and-error” approach and finicky controls — which often led to Max plunging to his death more times than we could count. With that being said, Max’s...
November2013
Review Battlefield 4 (Xbox 360)
Children of the Levolution™
It's always somewhat difficult deciding on how to review such heavily multiplayer-centric games. There's no shortage of single-player affairs on the market that feature a tacked-on multiplayer component, seemingly put together at the final hour in order to tick one of the many boxes that developers - or rather,...
Knocked out.
When THQ went pop and Take 2 picked up the rights for the valuable WWE franchise, we envisioned that WWE 2k14 would be something of a transitional title. From the outset, it’s clear to see that the usual yearly changes have been made. A few new fighters are in place, and old ones have updated movesets, attire, entrance videos, and...
No flunking here
Before playing Final Exam, we’d heard it be described as a sidescrolling Left 4 Dead, and, in all honesty, that’s a fairly apt comparison; it’s a 4-player zombie slayer with online co-op, a level set in a subway, and a massive, hulking enemy called a Tank. Superficial, skin-deep comparisons aside, Mighty Rocket Studio’s...
