Xbox One Features
Pick One Which Of These Xbox Games Are You Most Excited For?
You can only pick one!
It's time for the return of Pick One! This week, we're looking ahead to some games coming to Xbox One later this year, with three-highly anticipated titles to choose from. But don't forget, you can only pick one! Let's take a look at what we're working with: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (Oct 2) Crash Bandicoot 4: It's...
Feature These 6 Games Are Coming To Xbox One Next Week (June 30 - July 3)
The latest batch of games
Unless something changes over the next few days, it looks like next week will be a quiet one for new releases on Xbox. That said, hunting enthusiasts can look forward to Hunting Simulator 2, and there are some intriguing indie titles on the way including party shooter The Otterman Empire and Clash Force - a run-and-gun love...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 6th)
Buying anything in the Deals Unlocked Sale?
The weekend starts here! As usual, there are plenty of Xbox deals to take advantage of over the next few days. Three games are available to try with Xbox Live Free Play Days, and there's a massive Deals Unlocked Sale currently ongoing at the Microsoft Store. Here's what we're playing over the next couple...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 30th)
Have you started Minecraft Dungeons?
Here we go again! This weekend is packed with another bunch of excellent Xbox offerings, including three Xbox Live Free Play Days titles, over 150 deals available as part of this week's Xbox Live sale, and a major new Xbox Game Pass title in the form of Minecraft Dungeons. Here's what we're playing over the next...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 23rd)
Any Xbox Game Pass games?
The weekend starts here! Unfortunately, there aren't any Xbox Live Free Play Days titles to take advantage of over the next few days, but over 250 games are available as part of this week's Xbox Live sale, and there are plenty of new Xbox Game Pass titles to sample aswell. Here's what we're playing
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 16th)
Free LEGO?
We feel like we say this every week, but we're really spoilt for choice on Xbox One this weekend! There are the usual Free Play Days titles and new Xbox Game Pass additions including Final Fantasy IX, but there are also some incredible Xbox Live deals on offer, including NBA 2K20 for just £2.49 and The
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 9th)
Started Red Dead yet?
It's been a busy week for Xbox! We've seen a lot of Xbox Series X news dropping over the past few days, but now it's time to get back to playing some Xbox One games. We're spoilt for choice this weekend with some major new Xbox Game Pass additions, four Free Play Days titles, lots of great
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 2nd)
Streets of Rage 4?
The month of May has arrived, and hopefully that means we'll be getting lots of juicy Xbox Series X info over the next few weeks! In the meantime, there are plenty of great Xbox One games to keep busy with, including four Free Play Days titles this weekend and some major Xbox Game Pass additions. Here's what we'
Pick One Which Of These Xbox Classics Would You Remaster? (#3)
It's Xbox 360 time
It's Friday, and that means Pick One has returned! We're jumping forward this week to the era of the Xbox 360, picking out three more classic Xbox titles for the Pure Xbox community to vote on. All of these are great games, but we want to know just one of them that you'd particularly like to see remastered. Let's take a look at...
All The Games, Packages and Deals
Heard about Xbox Game Pass and wondering what all the fuss is about? We're biased, but it's arguably the best subscription service in all of gaming right now, offering hundreds of quality titles at a low monthly cost. You should find all the information you need to know about Xbox Game Pass in this article, but if...
Feature So, Did Much Happen While We Were Away?
Following a 4-year slumber, we're back. Former editor Ken fills you in...
Four years is a long old time, huh? It’s the time between England losing in one World Cup and losing in another World Cup. It used to be roughly the amount of time a console generation would last. It’s almost as long as Pure Xbox has been offline. So, I thought it would...
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...
Feature Getting to Know the Latest Mortal Kombat X Kombatants
The roster expands by four (or is it six?)
Last Tuesday, Mortal Kombat X received a brand new bundle of DLC. The Kombat Pack 2, as it's called, comes with four new kombatants (Alien, Bo' Rai Cho, Leatherface, and Triborg) and a few skin packs. We've spent the better part of the last week getting to know these fresh additions to the MKX roster, and...
Editor's Opinion Give Me A Quantum Break
Bellowing at a stratocumulus
Help me, pX Community, for I am confused. I've been trying to work out why Xbox fans would boycott a video game that they want (not that they actually will, given that it's all talk and standard internet rage and we LOVE looking for things to be outraged about now) because it's coming out on another platform as well as...
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...
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...
Feature Editor's Opinion: Indie Game Promotion on Xbox One Has to Change
Evolution required
Back in the Xbox 360's heyday, Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade was a stellar way to bring new titles to gamers. A platform within a platform, it appeared to have the full backing of the console manufacturer, with regular arcade-focused promotions and a dedicated area on the dashboard for people to find out about what was available...
These achievements come fast for furious drivers
Achievements and Gamerscore are a big part of Xbox culture. Not only do we like to unlock the most brutally difficult achievements to showcase our skills to our friends and followers, but sometimes we just like to send our Gamerscore skyrocketing by any means necessary. The best way to do that is to...
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...
Feature Xbox One February System Update Begins Rolling Out Today
Gotta love that new update smell
The first major Xbox One system update of 2015 has begun rolling out today, confirmed Xbox Newswire. The new update, which we previously detailed last month for Preview members, brings with it some welcome new enhancements and features to the machine. First and foremost, each and every Xbox One game will have its...
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...
Pure Holidays Our Guide to the Best Xbox One Games Available This Holiday Season
If you need Xbox One gift ideas, this guide is for you.
The holiday season is now fully upon us. That means, not only do you have to start buying gifts for family, friends and coworkers, you also have to let others know what's on your wish list. So, if you or the person you're buying for owns the latest Xbox console and is uncertain of what to...
Guide How To Make Your Own Xbox One Dashboard Background
Creatives, assemble!
If you're in the Xbox One Dashboard Preview Program, you'll already have the ability to create and set custom backgrounds on your Xbox One. If not, you'll need to wait for the November dashboard update to roll out to all users. For those who fancy making their own backgrounds using Adobe Photoshop, we thought we'd put together...
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...
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...
Guide Moving Games and Content to Your Xbox One External Drive
Logical progression.
So, you've set up your external drive on your Xbox One, and you want to take the logical step of making a little breathing room on your internal drive, by moving some stuff to your shiny new storage. Fortunately, it's as easy as 1, 2, 3...well...1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, anyway. 1) Head into the "Games & Apps" area of the Xbox...
Guide Setting Up External Storage on Xbox One
Step by step.
The Xbox One June System Update is now live, and it gives you the ability to add external storage to your Xbox One console. All you need is a USB3.0 compatible external drive which is 256GB in size or larger, and you're away. But, how do you set it all up? Well, let us show you via the medium of dance. Or just with some screenshots...
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...
Feature The Fix-Up: Improvements The Next Xbox One Dashboard Must Include
Get it sorted, Microsoft!
The Xbox One dashboard, or operating system, will be getting updated at some point in the future. There haven’t been any announcements regarding timing, but given that the Xbox 360’s dashboard was given a complete makeover via a firmware update at least twice, it’s pretty much a given. At launch, the Xbox One...
Friday Five Five Things Microsoft Got Right With the Xbox One Reveal
Contrary to apparent popular belief
How can we put this? The Xbox One Reveal was not to everyone’s tastes. OK. It wasn’t to the majority of people’s tastes. Despite the chortling at the name, the look of the console, the fact that Kinect needs to be connected at all times, and that playing a preowned game will cost you more than it used to,...
Friday Five Five Reveals That Would Bring The House Down on May 21st
We're excited. Can you tell?
The next generation of Xbox is coming, and when Microsoft step to the stage on May 21st to finally confirm what the Xbox 720/Infinity/Durango/Next (or whatever they finally call it) will consist of, there will be bombs aplenty dropping all over the show. We know that the company has promised to leave the gaming focus to...