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Tuesday27th Feb 2024
News Xbox 'Bundles' Sale Now Live, Over 500+ Games Discounted This Week
There's also an ID@Xbox Super Saver Sale!
It's time for a new week of Xbox Store deals, with around 500 games on sale at the time of writing, including new promotions for an ID@Xbox Super Saver Sale, a "Bundles" sale, and the usual Xbox Game Pass exclusive discounts. Some of the deals are also carrying over from last week, such as the EA Publisher...
News Three Games Are Available This Week On Xbox Game Pass (February 27-29)
And a bonus fourth title!
As we near the end of February we're coming up on our final Xbox Game Pass additions for the month, and Feb 2024's closers include the likes of returning 'SharkPG' Maneater, sandbox survival game Space Engineers and more. So, ahead of March's Game Pass lineup — which kicks off with
Monday26th Feb 2024
Feature 10 Years Ago, One Of The Best Shooters In Xbox History Made Its Debut
An Xbox exclusive, no less
The early part of 2014 was a turbulent time for Xbox to say the least. The Xbox One had just released to a disappointing reception (mainly due to everything that happened pre-launch), which led to Don Mattrick leaving his role as Head of Xbox and current boss Phil Spencer taking his place. The original lineup of Xbox One...
News New WW2 Shooter 'Easy Red 2' Is Off To A Fantastic Start On Xbox
It's cheap, it's good and it's selling well!
We've seen a few games come out of nowhere to achieve big success on Xbox this year, and World War 2 shooter Easy Red 2 is the latest example, having already raced into the "Top Paid" Xbox charts since its release 10 days ago. The good news is that it's getting a great reception as well, with an average...
Guide Xbox Adds More Perks For Game Pass Ultimate Members (February 2024)
Update: PUBG, Stumble Guys & Puzzle Quest 3 join the lineup!
It's time for another batch of Xbox Game Pass Perks for February 2024! As we reach the end of the month, there are a lot of great Perks to claim - including free trials for Paramount Plus and Calm Premium, a Drakkar Edition Pack for Assassin's Creed Valhalla on Xbox Game Pass, some Stumble...
News If Your Xbox Wishlist Has Suddenly Disappeared, You're Not Alone
Update: "Your items should be coming back"
Update: Xbox Engineering Lead Eden Marie has advised that Wishlists should now be returning to normal: Original story: Over the weekend, you may have noticed that your Xbox Wishlist went from displaying tens if not hundreds of games, to suddenly displaying nothing like in the image up above. If that's...
Saturday24th Feb 2024
Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (February 26 - March 1)
Including this big Star Wars remaster!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for February 26 - March 1! We've got a few exciting releases coming up over the next few days, including the Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake and Star Wars Dark Forces: Remaster, along with three
Friday23rd Feb 2024
News Xbox Influencer Klobrille Shares Impressive Player Numbers For First-Party Lineup
Two games now have over 35 million players!
If Xbox Game Pass helps drive one thing it's huge player numbers - especially for some of the bigger AAA games out there. Naturally, Xbox's own first-party releases get lots of attention on Game Pass — and indeed the platform in general — and influencer Klobrille has gathered some of the team's recent...
Thursday22nd Feb 2024
Review Dead Island 2 (Xbox) - Long-In-Development Sequel Embraces The Absurd
Infected on set
Update (Thu 22nd Feb, 2024): Dead Island 2 is now available on Xbox Game Pass, so we thought we'd republish this review to give you an idea of what it's all about. We've also covered the XGP news separately on Pure Xbox: <related ids="162559"> Original review (Tue 18th Apr, 2023): Emerging from the flames of development hell...
News Palworld Hits Ridiculous Player Milestone In Just One Month On Xbox & PC
"Thank you for your continued support!"
Palworld has been a huge hit for developer Pocketpair since its big Xbox and PC launch last month, and the team has revealed some updated figures on how the game has been doing in the month-or-so since release. Across Xbox and PC platforms, Palworld has managed to attract a whopping 25 million players in...
News Xbox Cloud Gaming Now Accounts For At Least 10% Of Overall Xbox Playtime
"Now accounts for a double-digit percentage"
Phil Spencer recently talked to outlet Game File about a wide range of different topics to do with Microsoft's gaming business, and the Xbox boss slipped in some chatter about Xbox Cloud Gaming and how much it's grown in recent times. Cloud gaming on Microsoft's platform "now accounts for a double-digit...
News Forge Creators Plan To 'Bring The Helldivers 2 Experience' To Halo Infinite
"Prepare to step feet first into hell"
Helldivers 2 is taking the gaming world by storm at the moment, but unfortunately it's not out on Xbox - despite Phil Spencer's wish to see it on the platform. The co-op shooter is proving very popular, and so, a group of Forge creators seem to be taking it upon themselves to build something similar in
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (February 22-25)
Included with Game Pass Core and Game Pass Ultimate
Free Play Days is gearing up for another big weekend on Xbox! We've got three games as part of the program this week, with Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint's Ultimate Edition undoubtedly being the pick of the bunch. Here's all three Free Play Days titles this weekend: Catan - Console...
News Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 22)
Featuring a massive AAA surprise!
Another Xbox Game Pass update day is upon us, and this one is delivering a lovely surprise! Deep Silver's Dead Island 2 has been shadow dropped into the Game Pass library, having not been announced prior to its arrival. This zombie-slaying adventure lands today alongside two other titles. Here's an introduction to...
News Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Locks In Xbox Series X|S And Xbox One Release
Coming this June
In case you missed it, Atlus has announced it will be releasing a "definitive version" of the 2021 RPG, Shin Megami Tensei V. It's officially titled Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance and will be released on all platforms including Xbox on June 21st, 2024. You'll have to venture back to a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, which is now filled...
Wednesday21st Feb 2024
Review Balatro (Xbox) - LocalThunk's Deck-Building Roguelike Is A P-P-P-Poker Ace
Love that Joker
The only experience this particular writer has ever had with poker is reluctantly standing beside a nicotine-addled schoolfriend in a smoky 90s arcade while they mindlessly pumped all their pennies into what was surely the most boring game ever invented on planet earth. The end. It stands to reason, then, that we fully expected to...
News Star Wars Battlefront Returns To Xbox With 64-Player Online Battles This March
Two OG Xbox games in a new "Classic Collection"
We saw a few surprise announcements for Xbox following the Nintendo Direct earlier today, including Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance which is heading to the platform this June, and a new Star Wars collection arriving on March 14th. Seeing as it's just a few weeks away, let's take a look at the Star...
News Multiple Games Announced For Xbox Following February 2024's Nintendo Direct
Including another Game Pass confirmation!
As you may have seen earlier today, Nintendo held a special "Partner Direct" featuring two Xbox exclusives that are making the jump to the Switch, but we also saw announcements for various Nintendo games that are coming to Xbox! This includes an upcoming Xbox Game Pass title in the form of Another Crab's...
News Halo Infinite's Firefight Mode Brings Five Additional Maps Into Rotation
Loads of new firefights to be had!
Halo Infinite recently added a new variation of Firefight into its multiplayer mix — dubbed Firefight: King of the Hill — and the new mode has just received five new maps as part of a playlist refresh. Existing Halo Infinite maps Breaker, Cliffhanger, Fragmentation, Highpower and Scarr are now live and...
News Microsoft Adds Amazing 'Just For You' Deals To This Week's Xbox Sales
As much as 95% off recent releases!
Xbox's recent sales roundup is quite a slim one - although a new discovery on the Microsoft Store may explain why. Yep, once again the team has unleashed another set of 'Just For You' deals on the Xbox digital store, and if you're lucky (they won't show up for everyone) you'll be treated to some massive discounts...
Tuesday20th Feb 2024
News All 30+ Backwards Compatible Games In This Week's Xbox Sales (February 20-27)
Up to 85% off!
Tuesday rolls around again, which means a fresh set of deals are live on the Xbox Store. It's a fairly slim update this week, but we still have some huge games discounted right now - including highlights from an EA Publisher Sale. <related ids="162413"> As usual, tucked in here is a solid selection of OG Xbox and Xbox 360...
News 'Undisputed' Dev Shares Progress Update Ahead Of Xbox Series X|S Release
"We’re fully focused on our console development"
It was all the way back in January of 2023 that boxing game Undisputed made its long-awaited arrival on PC, and even though an Xbox version was confirmed at the time, we haven't really heard anything more about it since then. That is, until this week! Insider Gaming recently conducte
News 10 Xbox Games Are Shutting Down Their Servers In March 2024
It's a busy month for server closures
Now and again throughout the year, the servers for various Xbox games end up being shut down for different reasons - whether that's simply because they're old titles now, or perhaps they haven't performed as well as expected. We've seen a few Xbox servers being shut down already in 2024, but March is looking...
News 'Balatro' Is Out Today On Xbox, And It's Already A Game Of The Year Contender
The reviews are incredible so far
You've probably never heard of it before, but today's new Xbox release of Balatro definitely shouldn't go unnoticed - and that's because when the first reviews went live a few hours ago, it landed on a ridiculous 94 average rating! We're seeing 9/10s and 10/10s from a variety of outlets so far, all of which have...
News Two Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late February 2024
Including an EA Play title
Microsoft has delivered its latest Xbox Game Pass roundup, this time letting us all know about what's coming and going in the back half of February 2024. We have a great lineup of newcomers, including Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun! <related ids="162427"> However, we do have a couple of titles leaving the library soon,...
News These Six Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (February 22 - March 5)
Including a recent Warhammer release
Microsoft has today revealed another batch of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in February 2024, as well as an early arrival for March! The highlights here include Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun and the return of Maneater. Don't forget that two titles have arrived on Xbo
News Xbox Game Pass Indie 'Brotato' Proves Popular On Microsoft's Subscription Service
"Enjoy the potato folks"
Xbox Game Pass is becoming quite a good place for smaller indie titles to thrive, especially those that could easily get lost in a sea of AAA shuffle on console platforms. And, this week brings another success story in the form of indie arena shooter-roguelite Brotato. Seaven Studio, who helped bring Blobfish's title to...
News Xbox Adds Another 150+ Games To This Week's Sales (February 20-27)
Deals with XGP + EA Publisher Sale
Tuesday marks the arrival of another batch of Xbox deals, with over 150 games added to the selection over the past few hours. These are made up of the usual Deals with Xbox Game Pass offers, along with a special EA Publisher Sale. A large majority of the Xbox deals from last week are also still available, so don't...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 20)
Including a huge JRPG!
We have a couple of new additions to Xbox Game Pass today, including a major JRPG from the team over at Bandai Namco. That'll be Tales of Arise, which caused some confusion last week, but it's available in the library right now! Here's some more information on that title, along with today's brand-new release in the form of
Monday19th Feb 2024
News Tomb Raider Fans Spot 'The Last Revelation' Teaser In 1-3 Remastered
Is Tomb Raider 4 coming?!
Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered only landed on Xbox last week, and fans are already discovering some interesting secrets tucked into the new collection. Specifically, TR fans have spotted what appears to be a teaser for Tomb Raider 4, or 'The Last Revelation', hidden within Tomb Raider 3 Remastered. Yep,
