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Friday9th Feb 2024
Xbox console exclusive games you can enjoy in 2024
What are the best Xbox exclusives you can play as of April 2024? The Xbox ecosystem has been home to some truly stellar Xbox exclusives over the years, top-notch titles that you'll only find on Microsoft's family of consoles and PC. What's more, the vast majority of these titles are now available...
News Disney Speedstorm Goes 'Under The Sea' With Free Season 6 Update
No accusations, just friendly Crustaceans
The free-to-play racer Disney Speedstorm has received its newest update on Xbox this week, kicking off "Season 6" which marks the arrival of The Little Mermaid for the first time - including a new track and a bunch of characters! Specifically, the underwater racetrack is called "Atlantica" and features six...
News Xbox Game Pass Locks In Another Three New Releases For This Year
Arriving in February, April and "Winter"
We've had a lot of games sitting in the "TBD" section of our Xbox Game Pass 2024 guide for ages now, but two of them have received brand-new release windows this week - in the form of Botany Manor and Magical Delicacy. The former is a puzzle-exploration game that was previously confirmed for spring and now...
Thursday8th Feb 2024
News Madden NFL 24 Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 8)
Ready for kick-off?
The latest game in February 2024's Xbox Game Pass lineup arrives today in the form of Madden NFL 24! This is part of the EA Play collaboration, which means you'll need to be a Game Pass Ultimate (or PCGP) subscriber to take advantage. Keep in mind that there are two separate versions of Madden NFL 24 on Xbox - one for the Xbox...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (February 8-11)
Three games to dig into this weekend
Xbox Free Play Days is back once again for the next few days, and it includes some great games that are free to try (for Game Pass members) from February 8th to February 11th across Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. The slight exception to the rule here is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which is...
News Disney Invests $1.5 Billion In Epic To Create New Universe Connected To Fortnite
"Disney's biggest entry ever into the world of games"
Disney and Epic Games have announced an "all new games and entertainment universe" connected to Fortnite to expand the reach of key IP. As part of this, Disney is also investing $1.5 billion to acquire an equity stake in Epic Games alongside this "multiyear" project. Disney's Chief Executive...
Wednesday7th Feb 2024
News 'Hauntii' Is Bringing Its Cosy, Ghostly Adventure To Xbox Game Pass In 2024
"Play as Hauntii, a naive but brave ghost on a relentless quest for answers"
We have another Xbox Game Pass announcement that's floated our way today, folks! Hauntii, the upcoming ghostly adventure from 'Moonloop Games' is officially launching day one in the Game Pass library. You can check out the team's Game Pass announcement trailer up above,...
Feature 10 Intriguing Xbox Indie Games To Look Out For In February 2024
Including a couple of Game Pass titles!
Last month, we kicked off a new feature looking at some of the most intriguing Xbox indie games on the horizon, and we're back again this month to look at February's lineup! It's often difficult for indie games to get as much attention as they deserve (unless they're included with Game Pass), and therefore...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 7)
All aboard!
Welcome to another Xbox Game Pass update for February 2024! Two more games are now available in the library; action RPG Anuchard and the deep, realistic simulator Train Sim World 4. Now, technically Anuchard was added the library yesterday, but there's been
Tuesday6th Feb 2024
News Dave The Diver Studio Still 'Open' To Bringing Its Marine Adventure To Xbox
"We are eager to reach out to more players"
Last year, the quirky deep sea diver-meets-sushi restaurant RPG Dave the Diver launched on PC and Nintendo Switch - and at the time we had reason to believe that the title may come to Xbox one day. Wh
Feature Capcom Is Bringing An Action-Oriented Resident Evil Experience To Xbox Game Pass This Month
Collect your STARS
Today's Xbox Game Pass update brought news that another Resident Evil title is coming to the library in the form of Resident Evil 3 - and this one is for the action fans out there. While January's addition of Resident Evil 2 presented Capcom's m
News Xbox Indie Developer Shares His Concerns Following This Week's Rumours
"I legitimately wonder if it's worth porting my next games"
The big topic of the week has been the rumours and speculation surrounding various first-party Xbox games jumping over to PS5 and/or Nintendo Switch, and we're not expecting to get any official details on this for a few more days. In the meantime, this gives everyone a chance to share...
News These Eight Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (February 6-20)
Update: Now official!
Update: Microsoft has now confirmed these XGP titles, as well as adding a few more to the lineup! We've updated the table below with all the official games coming soon to Xbox Game Pass. Strangely, Tales of Arise was also mentioned as coming to Xbox Game Pass by Microsoft, but was later removed and mentioned as an "incorrect...
News Xbox Just Added Another 150+ Deals, Including A Special 'RPG Sale'
The Lunar New Year sale continues as well
Ready for a new week of Xbox deals? We've got a few new promotions to take advantage of over the next few days, including a "Game Pass RPG" sale, 2K Publisher sale, a bunch of Anime Month discounts, and a whole lot more! Don't forget the Xbox Lunar New Year sale is still live for another week as well:...
Monday5th Feb 2024
News 'Rugrats: Adventures In Gameland' Brings Its NES-Inspired Platformer To Xbox This March
"Toggle between the 8bit and HD art styles"
Anyone for a new Rugrats game?! That's exactly what we're getting in the form of Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland this March (exact date TBD), which takes the form of a NES-inspired platformer with multiple art styles to choose from. In the game, you'll embark on an "adorable" adventure for up to two...
News Palworld Server Costs May Explain Why Xbox Is Helping Out With Pocketpair's Game Pass Hit
"We’re providing support to enable dedicated servers"
Last week, Xbox provided an update on the mega-successful Palworld and how the team was helping out with the Game Pass phenomenon - and a new post from the developer's CEO explains why this may be necessary. Taking to Twitter, Pocketpair's Takuro Mizobe joked about the server costs for...
Saturday3rd Feb 2024
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (February 5-9)
Uncover the truth of a dark evil
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for February 5-9! After a busy January, things are slowing down somewhat over the next few days, but we've still got plenty of releases on the way including The Inquisitor and Resi Evil 4: Gold Edition! Here's what's coming to Xbox next week: New Xbox Releases (February 5-9):...
Friday2nd Feb 2024
Feature Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Is Out This Month, And We're Excited For A Nostalgia Trip On Xbox
The original trilogy on Xbox, finally!
February is finally here and that means we can start looking ahead at what's coming to Xbox this month, right? Persona 3 Reload drops today to kick off a pretty stacked month of gaming, and we have a fantastic-looking trip down memory lane to look forward to in just a few weeks here. Yep, we're talking about...
News 'Excellent' JRPG Persona 3 Reload Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 2)
Starting off the month in style!
January is officially over and that means we can start looking ahead to February, and what's to come for Xbox fans this month. Game Pass is always a good place to start, and, well - this ain't a bad game to kick off the month, is it! Persona 3 Reload joins the library today as Atlus brings yet another of its famous...
News Two Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass In Early February 2024
The first batch of departures for February
Microsoft has revealed the first two games leaving Xbox Game Pass in February 2024, with one of them departing on both console and PC (Opus: Echo of Starsong), while the other is a PC exclusive (Galactic Civilizations 3). There's every chance we could learn of more upcoming removals over the next few days,...
Thursday1st Feb 2024
News Xbox Games Are Reportedly No Longer Being Stocked At Some European Retailers
"Several retailers have started not listing Xbox anymore"
Xbox's move towards a more digital-focused future is coming under increased scrutiny these days - especially when more reports on the matter keep cropping up. Last month we heard that US retailer Walmart may have planned to pull Starfield discs from store shelves, and now a new industry...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (February 1-4)
Included with Game Pass Core and Game Pass Ultimate
Free Play Days returns! That's right, Xbox has a brand-new set of games to try out for free this weekend, including open world RPG One Piece Odyssey and dark-fantasy strategy title Gord. In total there are three titles playable for free on Xbox this weekend, so here's the full list: Age of...
News Palworld Is Getting Its Largest Xbox Update Yet, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Featuring a whole bunch of fixes
You can't criticise the developers at Pocketpair for being slow with updates lately - we've seen a bunch of them for Palworld since the game arrived on Xbox and PC back in mid-January. That continues this week with the biggest yet! The team has unveiled Palworld update 0.1.1.3 for Xbox and 0.1.4.0 for Steam over on...
Wednesday31st Jan 2024
Roundup All The Xbox Reveals From January 2024's State Of Play Event
Don't worry, they're not all PS5 exclusive!
Today's PlayStation State of Play event for January 2024 included a little bit of Xbox related news for various upcoming new releases, including Sonic X Shadow Generations and the highly intriguing Judas! If any other games get Xbox confirmations in the coming hours, we'll update this list accordingly...
News Sonic X Shadow Generations Brings Its 'All-New Collection' To Xbox In Autumn 2024
Featuring two unique experiences
It's been revealed today as part of the PlayStation State of Play event for January 2024 that Sonic X Shadow Generations is coming to Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles in the autumn of this year! This will feature a "complete remaster" of the classic Xbox 360 game Sonic Generations, complete with...
News PDP Unveils New Xbox Guitar Controller For Rock Band 4 And Fortnite Festival
Bring on the Riffmaster!
It's been a very long time since we've been treated to new guitar controllers for Rock Band 4, but that's exactly what's been revealed today by PDP in the form of the Riffmaster, which is coming to market at some point this spring. The guitar was first unveiled by IGN, who highlighted some of the main features such as up to...
News Microsoft Adds 'Vapor Collection' To Xbox Design Lab & Unveils New Special Edition Controller
"Introducing the newest collection"
Microsoft is back with even more Xbox controller options today, as the team expands its Design Lab program into 'Vapor' territory. Remember last year's 'Stormcloud Vapor' pad? Well, you can now apply the very same effect to Xbox Design Lab controllers across a variety of different colours. They're calling this...
News Lots Of Games Are Reduced By 90% In The Xbox Lunar New Year Sale 2024
Bag a great bargain while you can!
Looking for some cheap Xbox games in the Xbox Lunar New Year Sale 2024? As usual, we've got loads of Xbox games that have been reduced to 90% or even 95% as part of this special promotion, including the likes of Injustice 2, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Mortal Kombat 11,
Tuesday30th Jan 2024
Deals All 50+ Backwards Compatible Games In Xbox's Lunar New Year Sale 2024
Featuring some hefty discounts!
Xbox's big Lunar New Year Sale has just gone live, which means hundreds of new deals are now available on the Microsoft Store. In and amongst these deals are some great discounts on Xbox backwards compatible titles - across the OG Xbox and Xbox 360 libraries. <related ids="161386"> So, here are all the new...
Feature These Six Xbox Games Have Made January A Month To Remember
We've got some GOTY candidates amongst them
January has always typically been a quiet time for new Xbox releases, but last year broke the mould with some major arrivals such as Hi-Fi RUSH and GoldenEye 007, and somehow January 2024 has surpassed expectations once again. Specifically, we want to highlight six games that have all arrived in excellent...
