Xbox Game Pass News (Page 7)
News Indie RPG 'Back To The Dawn' Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (July 18)
Another day one arrival
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, intriguing indie RPG Back to the Dawn joins the library, after gaining almost 5,000 reviews on Steam amounting to a 'Very Positive' rating overall. We're intrigued to see how the console audience finds this one, then, with the game now live on the service. Here's a bit...
News PC Game Pass Members Are Being Treated To A Surprise New Release Today (July 17)
It's called "He is Coming"
Well, well, well! Even though Microsoft announced a full batch of Xbox Game Pass titles this week, another one has squeezed into the lineup without warning! It's a PC Game Pass title, and it's a brand-new release called "He is Coming". He is Coming has arrived on PC Game Pass in "Game Preview" form, which essentially...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (July 17-20)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Free Play Days is here on Xbox once again, and today's selection is headlined by Ubisoft's pirate adventure Skull & Bones. The 2024 title is joined by four other games to round out Microsoft's full FPD offering this week. Here's everything you can play with Xbox Free Play Days this weekend: Atomicrops Blades of...
News Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (July 17)
Update: A surprise third has arrived on PC!
Welcome to your latest roundup of new Xbox Game Pass additions! Today, Microsoft is adding two more titles to the main Game Pass Ultimate library, including the well-received 2023 shooter RoboCop: Rogue City. Here's some more information on that, alongside today's other new Xbox Game Pass title: My...
News EA Sports FC 26 Launches For Xbox In September, Includes 10-Hour Game Pass Trial
A new season begins
We've got a date for one of the biggest Xbox launches on the calendar! EA Sports FC 26 will officially release for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S this September, and you can watch the reveal trailer up above. EA is putting a big focus on prioritising player feedback this year, advertising gameplay features such as...
News Oblivion Remastered Update 1.2 Adds New Difficulty Options, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Update: Out today on Xbox
Bethesda has today unveiled its latest patch for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, with new difficulty options a key area of tuning for the development team this time around. Oblivion Remastered Update 1.2 is rolling out now for Steam Beta users, with the Xbox patch to follow shortly. Here's the team's quick note...
News Two Surprise Indies Are Launching On Xbox (Via Game Pass) This Week
Both with fantastic reviews as well!
Microsoft treated us to our latest batch of upcoming Xbox Game Pass titles yesterday, and two of the games in the list had never received release dates for Xbox until this week - both of them highly-regarded indie titles. The first is called My Friendly Neighborhood, which is a survival horror adventure set...
Poll Which Of Xbox's Fall 2025 Games Are You Most Excited About?
Come take your pick!
With June's Xbox Games Showcase event we learnt a lot about Microsoft's release calendar for the rest of 2025 — as you'd expect for a big summer livestream — and the rest of the year is set to bring some big games from the team. Three of those big games land within two weeks of each other in October, which is shaping up to...
News Three Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late July 2025
The latest batch of departures
Microsoft has revealed a relatively short list of three games leaving Xbox Game Pass at the end of July, including Capcom's action-strategy title Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess. All three of these games will depart right at the end of the month on July 31st, around which time we'll hear about our first set of...
News These Eight Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (July 17-August 1)
Your latest batch of new titles
Microsoft has revealed a new batch of Xbox Game Pass titles for the second half of July 2025, which includes a few previously-confirmed titles such as Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, as well as some surprises like RoboCop: Rogue City! Don't forget about High
News High On Life Returns To Xbox Game Pass Today, And Now Is The Perfect Time To Play It
The sequel is just around the corner
We're not sure where the time went, but it's now been three years since High On Life debuted on Xbox Game Pass to a divisive reception and huge success - and it's returning to the service today for Ultimate, PC and Standard members. If you haven't had a chance to play High on Life before, now is the perfect time...
Reminder Xbox Game Pass Is Losing Six Games On Tuesday (July 15)
Final warning!
Things are seemingly about to get quite busy with Xbox Game Pass this week - Microsoft is set to make an announcement about the next batch of games for July 2025 very soon - so we thought we'd take this chance to issue a reminder about what's leaving the service on Tuesday. As we mentioned earlier in the month, six games are leaving...
News Two Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In August 2025 So Far
An early look at next month
As we always do around this time of the month, we're taking a look today at what's ahead for August 2025's Xbox Game Pass selection, with two titles having been confirmed for the library next month so far. As it stands, two Xbox first-party releases are the only games we know about for now - including the...
News Some Xbox Game Pass Titles Are Now Playable Natively On Steam Deck
Battle.net integration is proving very useful
One of the big features Steam Deck owners have been requesting for years now is native Xbox Game Pass support, but it's something that's never been added to Steam - and the Xbox PC app isn't officially supported on there either. That's not to say you're totally out of luck though. One option is to...
News Microsoft Spends Up To $50m On Xbox Game Pass Partnerships, Says Former Manager
"Deals ranging from $50k to over $50m"
Microsoft's own first-party titles are a big draw with Xbox Game Pass — particularly these days with this many studios under its belt — but that's not to say that big partnerships with third party teams aren't also needed. In fact, some of these partnerships are pretty darn huge, with deals going all the...
News Subnautica 2 Delayed To 2026, But Former Exec Claims It's 'Ready For Early Access'
It's still set for Xbox Game Pass on day one
Subnautica 2 has been one of our most highly-anticipated Xbox Game Pass releases of 2025 for quite some time now, but unfortunately that date's been pushed back to 2026 - despite a claim that it's ready to go for early access. Publisher Krafton has confirmed the delay, stating that it owes players...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (July 10-13)
Including the latest MLB!
Xbox Free Play Days has just landed, and this week's selection is headlined by MLB The Show 25; Sony's latest MLB title that launched back in March. We've also got three other games included this week, so there's plenty to check out over the next few days! Here's the full Free Play Days selection this weekend:...
Guide Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In July 2025
All the confirmed reveals so far
Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in July 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 July 2025. Here's a full...
News Here's What The Reviews Say About Today's New Xbox Game Pass Title (July 9)
Now live in the library
Our second Xbox Game Pass addition of the week is now live in the library, with cosy management sim Minami Lane now playable for subscribers. This one has been out on other platforms for a while now, and we have a small selection of reviews from the game's initial 2024 launch to take a look at. We're going to gather up those...
News The Alters Passes 280K Sales Following Xbox Game Pass Launch
"It’s hard to put into words what that means to us"
It's been a few weeks now since sci-survival game The Alters launched on Xbox (as part of Game Pass) along with a couple of other platforms, and the team has now revealed its first milestone in terms of sales and wishlists for the title. As of July 8th, they say The Alters has sold 280,000...
News Sci-Fi Horror Game 'Routine' Returns After Three Years, Coming To Xbox Game Pass
It was originally announced back in 2012!
Back in the summer of 2022, we highlighted an upcoming Xbox Game Pass title called Routine here at Pure Xbox - and for the first time in three years, the game's developers have provided a meaningful update on its progress. Taking to Steam, they acknowledged it's been a long time since the previous update,...
News Xbox Reporter Addresses Game Pass Confusion, Says It's Still A Profitable Service In 2025
"I need to correct/clarify something"
Over the past few days, we've noticed a lot of people debating whether Xbox Game Pass is both sustainable and profitable for Microsoft, with some suggesting that it can't continue operating like it does today in 2025. Then, earlier this week, The Game Business reporter Chris Dring appeared to claim that Xbox...
News Is Xbox Game Pass Unsustainable? Arkane Founder Sparks Huge Debate On Social Media
"I don't think GP can co-exist with other models"
Over the weekend, the founder of Arkane Studios (Raphaël Colantonio) attracted a lot of attention on social media for sharing his view of Xbox Game Pass, suggesting that it's "unsustainable" and increasingly damaging the industry. In a series of posts, Colantonio explained that although he...
News New Xbox Game Pass Perk Includes 3 Months Of Paramount Plus (US)
As part of the Walmart+ 90-day trial
We've already highlighted the list of Xbox Game Pass Perks for July 2025 here at Pure Xbox, but one that you might not be aware of is Paramount Plus - and that's because it's actually part of a separate perk for Walmart Plus. If you're located in the US, you should see a 90-day free trial option for Walmart+ in...
News How To Download The Free 'College Football 26' Trial With EA Play & Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Today's the day!
Alongside this week's batch of new Xbox Game Pass releases, we've also got a 10-hour free trial for College Football 26 as part of EA Play - which itself is included as part of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass tiers. The official release date for the College Football 26 free trial is Monday, July 7th. Early access for...
News Three Games Are Available This Week With Xbox Game Pass (July 8-11)
Including another big first-party release
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, we're highlighting all three of this week's new XGP additions (because they fall on separate days, so they're easily missed), with these including the return of The Ascent, a brand-new Xbox release in Minami Lane, and a new first-party release in Tony...
Poll Helldivers 2 Isn't On Xbox Game Pass, So Will You Be Buying It?
The first PlayStation published game on Xbox
It's safe to say that things have been a bit frantic in the world of Xbox, but rather strangely, the bright spot amongst a tough week-or-so has come from PlayStation owner Sony. Yep, the Japanese firm recently announced that its popular live service shooter Helldivers 2 is landing on Xbox Series X|S this...
News Here's What Might Leave Xbox Game Pass In August 2025
Some early predictions!
What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in August 2025? Well, Microsoft hasn't confirmed anything just yet, but based on some games that were added to the service this time last year, we can at least make a few predictions ahead of time. We know that a lot of Xbox users want more advance notice of games leaving Xbox Game Pass, but...
News Helldivers 2 Developer Shuts Down Xbox Game Pass Rumour
It's "definitely not" happening at launch
With Helldivers 2 getting a surprise announcement for Xbox the other day, there's inevitibly been some speculation about whether it might be coming to Xbox Game Pass as well - but this is "definitely not" happening at launch. The game's community manager shut this down on Discord, responding to someone who...
News 'Ultimate Chicken Horse' Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (July 3)
Your latest XGP addition
Welcome to your latest roundup for Xbox Game Pass! Today, we have just the one addition to the library - with quirky party platformer Ultimate Chicken Horse now live for subscribers across Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Here's a quick look at your latest Xbox Game Pass arrival: Ultimate Chicken Horse (Console, PC,...
Pick One What Was Your Favourite Xbox Game Pass Release In June 2025?
Call of Duty? Crash Bandicoot? Rematch? Tell us!
June 2025's Xbox Game Pass additions are officially behind us now, and it was a pretty stacked month for day one releases in the end, along with a couple of big Activision titles that have proved popular over the past few weeks too. We started things off quite slowly - albeit with popular titles such...
News Remedy 'Hoped' For A Better FBC: Firebreak Launch, But Game Pass Is Helping
It has "new players coming in every day on console"
Remedy's Control spin-off FBC: Firebreak launched on Xbox Game Pass last month to a somewhat muted reception, and now the team has admitted that it had "hoped for a better launch" with its multiplayer title. In a new interview with GameSpot, Remedy's Thomas P
News Xbox Has Briefly Taken Down A Bunch Of Classic COD Games For 'Maintenance'
Are they being prepped for Game Pass?
We have an intriguing development in the world of Call of Duty today, folks. As part of what appears to be quite a hefty maintenance effort from the Activision team, a big batch of COD titles have gone offline for roughly four hours today - including some Xbox 360 classics like Modern Warfare 2 and the original...
Feature Xbox's Hot Streak Continues With Two New First-Party Releases This Month
Microsoft's seriously impressive games pipeline
It's been a busy first half of the year for Microsoft, hasn't it? Truth be told, we can't remember a more stacked first half of a year for Xbox Game Studios titles in ages, with massive launches like Avowed, Oblivion Remastered, DOOM: The Dark Ages and more landing before the midway point of 202
News Xbox Retro Classics To Expand With 100+ More Games In 2025 & 2026
"Retro Classics has resonated remarkably well"
The Xbox Retro Classics program has inevitably proved very popular with Xbox Game Pass members since it was introduced back in late May, with the announcement that it's already passed one million active players on the service. Antstream Arcade, which is running the Retro Classics program for Xbox,...
News Six Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Early July 2025
This month's first batch of leavers
Microsoft has announced the first batch of games leaving Xbox Game Pass in July 2025 today, with six games set to depart the service on July 15th - all of them across console, PC and the cloud. Here's the full list of games leaving Xbox Game Pass in early July 2025: Date Game Leaving Xbox Game...
News These Seven Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (July 2-15)
Your latest roundup of new titles
Microsoft has just revealed the next batch of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in July, featuring some newly-announced additions alongside its next first-party release in the form of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4. We also saw two new additions to the library today, remember, including the fantastic
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (July 1)
Alongside a third title getting free Game Pass perks!
Welcome to your first Xbox Game Pass update for July 2025! Today, we have two major additions to the library, alongside some bonus Xbox Game Pass Perks for brand-new free-to-play title Mecha BREAK. <related ids="184422"> Here's a quick breakdown on what's new to Xbox Game Pass today:
News Xbox Brings Another Call Of Duty To Game Pass Today (June 30)
The ActiBlizz influence
Welcome to your final Xbox Game Pass update for June 2025! Today, we have just the one new title coming to the library - although it's a fairly big one as Microsoft brings another Call of Duty game to the service. Here's a bit more on this latest addition to Xbox Game Pass: Call of Duty: WWII (Console, PC) - Later Today:...
News Abiotic Factor Brings Its Amazing Multiplayer Survival Game To Xbox Game Pass In July
"One of THE best survival crafting games in the last decade"
We've got another new addition to July's Xbox Game Pass lineup! It's been announced that Abiotic Factor will be coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on July 22nd, and it'll be launching into Xbox Game Pass at that time. Abiotic Factor is a multiplayer survival game (or more...
News Ark 2 Developer Admits It Could Be Years Before It Releases On Xbox & Game Pass
Ark: Survival Ascended has been taking priority
We first heard all the way back in 2020 that Ark 2 would be coming to Xbox and Xbox Game Pass as a console launch exclusive, but unfortunately we've never had a concrete release date in the five years since that announcement. Now, speaking to PCGamesN this week, Studio Wildcard co-founders Jesse
News Four Games Are Available Today With Xbox & PC Game Pass (June 26)
Three are just on PC, the other is new to console
Welcome to today's Xbox Game Pass update! We've got four games entering the library today, although only one of them is on console (Against the Storm), while the other three Warcraft titles are exclusive to PC Game Pass. For those interested in Against the Storm, it's worth noting that it's been...
Poll What Do You Think Of Crash Bandicoot 4 On Xbox Game Pass?
Platforming bliss? Surprisingly difficult? Tell us!
A few weeks ago, before Crash Bandicoot 4 made its long-awaited debut on Xbox Game Pass, I penned an opinion piece suggesting the game would prove divisive on the service because of its surprising difficulty. Now, just over a week since it arrived for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC members, I'm...
News PS Plus Has 'Surpassed Expectations' Since Becoming More Like Xbox Game Pass
"The engagement we see from it is really positive"
Cast your mind back to 2022, and you may remember that PlayStation Plus was basically like Xbox Live Gold at the time, dishing out free games (and admittedly better free games) every month while also offering a PlayStation Now option that had historically been more focused on streamable titles...
News Rematch Passes One Million Sales Despite Launching On Xbox Game Pass Last Week
Over three million unique players so far
The developer behind Sifu is clearly onto a massive hit with its Xbox Game Pass title Rematch - which has already passed three million unique players since it launched last week, with over 11.8 million matches having been played. Of course, the title's inclusion on Xbox Game Pass means a lot of people will...
News Volcano Princess Arrives On Xbox Game Pass To 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Reviews
"Dive into a parenting-simulator-RPG adventure"
We're kicking off this week's batch of Xbox Game Pass titles today with Volcano Princess, which officially arrived for the service on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming a few hours ago. This marks the game's debut on Xbox, although it's been on Steam since back in April of 2023...
News FBC: Firebreak Launch Has Been 'Exciting', But Dev Team Knows It Needs To Improve
"We hear you loudly and clearly"
It's probably fair to say that FBC: Firebreak has been a bit of a disappointment considering it's got the Remedy Entertainment name attached to it. That's not to say it's bad by any means, but the reviews have been pretty lukewarm. However, the game did receive a notable patch on Friday to address certain bits of...
News Five New Games Added To Retro Classics On Xbox Game Pass
Fancy some nostalgia?
It's been a month since Xbox unveiled its Retro Classics collection on Xbox Game Pass in partnership with Antstream Arcade, and just as they promised, it's quietly received a few new games (five to be exact) as part of the collection. Xbox has highlighted these five games on the official Xbox Wire website today, and they are...
Opinion It's Nice To See ActiBlizz Titles Coming To Xbox Game Pass, But We Want More
There's so much left in the ABK catalogue!
June's Xbox Game Pass additions are starting to wind down now, but before we move into the July 2025 lineup, we do have a nice batch of ActiBlizz titles to come. Following Crash 4's arrival earlier in the month, three Warcraft titles are coming to PC Game Pass next week, alongside the next Call Of Duty...
News Phil Spencer Gives Special Shoutout To Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Indie
It's called "Mixtape", and the Xbox boss LOVES the soundtrack
We saw a lot of upcoming Xbox Game Pass titles during the summer showcase season this year, and one that perhaps flew under the radar a bit was Mixtape - a title that was featured during the Summer Game Fest 2025 livestream. This is an upcoming 2025 adv
