Xbox Series X Features
Deals 250+ Games Included In This Week's Xbox Sales (May 11-18)
Including an Achievement Hunter sale
It's time for another set of weekly Xbox deals! This week's selection features discounts on over 250 games and add-ons, spanning Deals with Gold and Spotlight sales, as well as Achievement Hunter and DC Franchise sales! We've highlighted a few of the most notable Xbox games offers in this week's current sales...
Soapbox The Resident Evil Series Knows How To Do A Killer Opening
It can turn your heart into a Jill Sandwich
Some people find each Resident Evil title loses its way within the final hours, but not enough attention is given to those masterfully crafted opening moments. They say that if a movie doesn't capture your attention within the first 30 minutes, then viewers generally tend to disengage. For the most part,...
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (May 10-14)
Here's what's on the way
Welcome to your weekly Xbox roundup! This week is dominated by the release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition, which drops either this Thursday or Friday, although we've also got some other pretty exciting games heading to Xbox as well. Here's what's coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One this week: New Xbox Releases (May...
Pick One Which Of These Battlefield Games Is Your Favourite?
Remember, you can only pick one!
It's time for another round of Pick One! This week, following a week of leaks and the supposed official reveal of the Battlefield 6 trailer coming very soon, we thought we'd take a look back at the history of the series on Xbox. Which of these titles is your favourite? Remember, you can only pick one! Let's take a...
Feature 120FPS Is Quickly Becoming A Game-Changer On Xbox Series X
Especially due to FPS Boost
When Microsoft first announced that the Xbox Series X (and Series S) would support games at up to 120 frames per-second, many of us were sceptical. How many games were actually going to take advantage of that? As it turns out, a lot! We're not even six months into the new consoles' lifespan, and there are already over 70...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 8th)
It's all about Resident Evil Village for us
Welcome to the weekend! We're sure many of you will be diving into the new release of Resident Evil Village over the next couple of days, but if you're not, there's also a batch of new Xbox Game Pass releases to enjoy, another selection of Free Play Days titles, and over 400 games included as part of
Talking Point Will Activision Ever Get On Board With Xbox Game Pass?
It's looking unlikely right now
We're all well aware that Xbox Game Pass has been heavily supported by the vast majority of publishers in the games industry thus far, but one notable absentee has been Activision Blizzard. As of the time of writing, none of the company's titles are included as part of the service, which is absolutely a shame. It's...
Soapbox Star Wars Republic Commando Was Ahead Of Its Time
We're just clones, sir
It took me way to long to play Star Wars Republic Commando - way too long. After binging every season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, I grew attached to the clones in a way the movies never seemed to convey. Their personalities shone through, and the lore presented was some of the best in the franchise. Jumping into Republic...
Feature 10 New FPS Boost Games You Need To Try On Xbox Series X
Faster than fast, quicker than quick
With the huge announcement that over 70 titles have been given the FPS Boost treatment this week, there is undoubtedly something for everyone. Whether you're into first-person shooters or open world adventures - there's most likely a game you're going to want to try. FPS Boost has been a fantastic feature on the...
Soapbox The Force Awakens Is An Incredible LEGO Star Wars Game
And it's better than ever on Xbox Series X & S
When you hear people talking about LEGO Star Wars games, they're usually talking about LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga - a collection of two games from the mid-2000s that changed the way LEGO games would be envisioned forever, and for their time, they were regarded as some of the best Star Wars games...
Deals 400+ Games Included In This Week's Xbox Sales (May 4-11)
Including a Spring Add-On Sale
It's time for another set of weekly Xbox deals! This week's selection features discounts on over 400 games and add-ons, spanning Deals with Gold and Spotlight sales, as well as publisher and Spring Add-On sales! And don't forget, the Golden Week and Star Wars sales are still live for a little longer as well. We've...
Reaction FPS Boost On Xbox Series X Just Keeps Getting Better And Better
Better, faster, stronger
When FPS Boost first got announced, the initial selection wasn't earth shattering, but it showed promise for Xbox Series X|S owners for what this feature could bring. Titles such as Far Cry 4 and New Super Lucky's Tale got some impressive boosts in their frame rate when they dropped, and this was only the beginning. Since...
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (May 4-7)
Here's what's on the way
Welcome to your weekly Xbox roundup! The big release of this week is undoubtedly Resident Evil Village which drops on May 7, and don't forget that Dragon Quest Builders 2 is coming to Xbox Game Pass on May 4! Here's what's coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One this week: New Xbox Releases (May 4-7): Optimised For...
Quiz Can You Guess All Of These Xbox Star Wars Games?
The force is strong with this one
With May the 4th almost upon us, it's time to take a trip down memory lane. Xbox has been home to some pretty spectacular Star Wars experiences, ranging from massive multiplayer battles, to reliving the films in the form of Lego bricks. There's a game for every fan out there. But how well do you know your Star Wars...
Pick One Which Of These May 2021 Xbox Releases Are You Most Excited For?
Remember, you can only pick one!
It's time for another round of Pick One! This week, as we've just entered a new month with some big releases on the way, we want to know which of the following May 2021 Xbox games you're most excited for. Remember, you can only pick one! Let's take a look at what we're working with: Dragon Quest Builders 2 (May 4)...
Feature 5 Reasons To Be Excited For Dragon Quest Builders 2 On Xbox Game Pass
Just keep building
With the surprise announcement of Dragon Quest Builders 2 coming to Xbox Game Pass on May 4, you may be wondering what all the fuss is about. Back in December, we had the absolutely fantastic Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age join the service, so this can't be as good, right? Surely it's just an uninspired knock off of the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 1st)
We're taking down some mutated dinos
Welcome to the weekend! We've recently received a couple of big new Game Pass releases that you can check out over the next few days in Second Extinction and Destroy All Humans, another couple of games are available as part of Xbox Free Play Days, and there are multiple sales ongoing right now,
Feature Game Pass Gems: The Destroy All Humans! Remake Is Nostalgic Fun
A blast from the past
Games strive to be the next 'big' thing, with complex narrative stories, brutal difficulty, or superb artistic direction. But there was a time when the main goal was to deliver simple fun, such as blasting a cow to smithereens with a Disintegrator Ray. That's where the Destroy All Humans! Remake comes in, as it brings the...
Roundup These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox In May 2021
Resident Evil, Mass Effect and much more!
We're already getting close to halfway through the year, and May 2021 looks like a pretty busy one in the world of Xbox! We're kicking things off with a few big games in the first week, including Resident Evil Village, and we've also got the likes of Rust Console Edition and Mass Effect Legendary Edition on...
Interview Talking Second Extinction With Game Director Simon Vickers
'Xbox Game Pass really felt like a no brainer'
The time has arrived! Second Extinction has arrived on Xbox Game Pass and is available to play right now, serving as a 3-player co-op shooter in which your goal is to wipe out the mutated dinosaurs that have taken over the planet. It's a great game to play with friends, as we recently highlighted in our...
Deals 90+ Games Included In This Week's Xbox Sales (April 27 - May 4)
Deals with Gold & Spotlight offers
Update: Microsoft has since added to this list with another 100+ games in the form of 'Golden Week' and Star Wars sales. We haven't included these in the table below, but you can check out full roundups elsewhere on Pure Xbox.
Poll Are You Happy With May 2021's Xbox Games With Gold?
What do you make of the selection?
Microsoft has officially announced May 2021's Xbox Games with Gold, giving us a look at four more games we'll be able to play at no extra charge with our Gold memberships next month. In case you missed it, the games are Xbox One titles Armello and Dungeons 3, along with Xbox 360 (backwards compatible) games LEGO...
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (April 27-30)
Here's what's on the way
Welcome to your weekly Xbox roundup! We've got a couple of big games on the way this week including Second Extinction as part of Xbox Game Pass, and look - lots of games optimised for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S! Here's what's coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One this week: New Xbox Releases (April 27-30):...
Talking Point What May 2021 Xbox Games With Gold Do You Want?
Are we going to get a good batch?
It's almost that time again - more Xbox Games with Gold titles will be announced very soon! The month of April has seen Vikings: Wolves of Midgard, Truck Racing Championship, Dark Void and Hard Corps: Uprising all given away for free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers, and another four games will soon be on the way. If...
Feature Game Pass Gems: Help, I’m Stupidly Addicted To Hollow Knight
One of the best games in Xbox Game Pass
I keep hearing that 2021 has 'no games' - but my backlog says otherwise. Even not counting the years of games I'm yet to catch up on, this year is already adding a stupid amount into my pile. Then there's Xbox Game Pass, a service which continuously adds more and more games for me to discover and test...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 24th)
Hitting any homers?
Welcome to the weekend! There's lots to check out on Xbox over the next few days, including the new release of MLB The Show 21 on Xbox Game Pass, two more Free Play Days titles, 300+ games in the weekly sales, and 13 brand-new FPS
Deals 300+ Games Included In This Week's Xbox Sales (April 20-27)
It's a pretty huge selection this week
It's time for another set of weekly Xbox deals! This week's selection features discounts on over 300 games (!), spanning Deals with Gold and Spotlight sales, as well as LEGO / Resident Evil Franchise Sales and an Un-Halloween Horror Sale! We've highlighted a few of the most notable Xbox games offers in this...
Feature These 15+ Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (April 20-23)
Here's what's on the way
Welcome to your weekly Xbox roundup! It's actually a very busy one this week, with some major releases on the way including Sony San Diego's MLB The Show 21, which drops in Xbox Game Pass on Tuesday! Here's what's coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One next week: New Xbox Releases (April 20-23): Optimised For Xbox...
Soapbox Even The Terrible Games Have Some Good In Them
Honestly, they do
Over the past couple of weeks I've had the immense pleasure of playing Balan Wonderworld. Okay, so it wasn't a pleasure and our review wasn't exactly glowing, but we have to give a notable shout out to the music, which is superbly charming in every possible way. It got me thinking about all the bad games I've dived into over the...
Pick One If You Could Only Play One Of These, Which Would It Be?
Remember, you can only pick one!
It's time for another round of Pick One! This week, we're looking at three of the most popular Xbox Game Studios releases in recent years and asking if you could only play one of them, which would you pick? Remember, you can only pick one! Let's take a look at what we're working with: Forza Horizon 4 Dynamic...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 17th)
Will you be raining on anyone's parade?
Welcome to another weekend! It's admittedly been a very quiet week in the world of Xbox, but if you're looking for some new stuff to check out, we've got a couple of new Xbox Game Pass and Games with Gold titles, one Free Play Days addition,
Feature Game Pass Gems: Now Is The Perfect Time To Revisit Resident Evil 7
Take a trip to the Bakers' before Resident Evil Village
After last night's Resident Evil Showcase, we're all unbelievably pumped for Resident Evil Village. Every showing of that game has done nothing but elevate our excitement levels more and more. It's only a few weeks away now, but every hour is feeling like an eternity. So how are we all going to...
Feature Rumour Roundup: The Hottest Xbox Rumours We've Seen In April 2021
Believe what you want to believe!
We're sometimes in a bit of a quandary when it comes to rumours here at Pure Xbox. What do you believe, and what don't you believe? And when there are so many rumours doing the rounds, which do you pick out to highlight? It's a problem that we've definitely faced with rumours in April 2021, as we've seen plenty of...
Deals 90+ Games Added To This Week's Xbox Sales (April 13-20)
To go alongside the Xbox Spring Sale 2021
It's time for another set of weekly Xbox deals! This week's selection features discounts on over 90 games across Deals with Gold and Spotlight Sales, with the Xbox Spring Sale 2021 still taking centre stage until it ends this Thursday. We've highlighted a few of the most notable Xbox games offers in this...
Feature Before It Leaves Xbox Game Pass, You Should Try Deliver Us The Moon
It might just surprise you at how good it is
It's always a sad time when games leave Xbox Game Pass, and one of the most notable examples from the next batch being removed this Thursday, April 15 is Deliver Us The Moon, which is a fantastic little indie title from KeokeN Interactive and Wired Productions. The best bit? You can download it today and...
Feature These Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (April 12-16)
Here's what's on the way
Welcome to your weekly Xbox roundup! Again, we've got another quiet week coming up for major new releases on Xbox, but fortunately there are plenty of indie titles, along with some new Xbox Game Pass additions. Here's what's coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One this week: New Xbox Releases (April 12 - 16): Optimised...
Pick One Which Of These Xbox Wrestling Games Is Your Favourite?
It's WrestleMania weekend, baybee!
It's time for another round of Pick One! This week, to celebrate WrestleMania 37 taking place this weekend in Tampa, Florida, we thought we'd take a look back at a selection of wrestling games from various series' on Xbox. Which of these titles is your favourite? Remember, you can only pick one! Let's take a look...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 10th)
We're taking on a Zombie Army with Game Pass
Welcome to another weekend! There's plenty of new stuff to be checking out on Xbox over the weekend, including a new batch of Xbox Game Pass titles, a next-generation update for Crysis Remastered on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and hundreds of deals in the ongoing Xbox Spr
Feature Game Pass Gems: Zombie Army 4 Is B-Movie Horror At Its Finest
Brrrrrains!
With Xbox Game Pass absolutely smashing it out of the park in recent weeks, we want to begin highlighting some games from time to time that really resonate with us. With so much coming and going in the service, it can often be easy to miss out on some particular gems. Sure, there are the heavy hitters such as the recently added...
Hands On Kaze And The Wild Masks Feels Like A Donkey Kong Spiritual Successor On Xbox
And it's simply delightful
Easter has come and gone in a flash. I've consumed an unhealthy amount of chocolate and played a substantial amount of games. One that kept catching my eye on the store was Kaze and The Wild Masks, a lovely looking 2D platformer. After having played Balan Wonderworld for the past few weeks, I needed something to reignite...
Deals 70+ Games Added To This Week's Xbox Sales (April 6-13)
To go alongside the Xbox Spring Sale 2021
It's time for another set of weekly Xbox deals! This week's selection features discounts on over 70 games across Deals with Gold and Spotlight Sales, with the ongoing Xbox Spring Sale 2021 obviously taking centre stage for now. We've highlighted a few of the most notable Xbox games offers in this week's...
Feature These Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (April 6 - 9)
Here's what's on the way
Welcome to your weekly Xbox roundup! We're looking at a very quiet few days for new releases, with just a few indie games scheduled for the week ahead, although hopefully we'll hear of some extra Game Pass additions soon. Here's what's coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One this week: New Xbox Releases (April 6 - 9):...
Pick One Which Of These Classic Rare Games Is Your Favourite?
Remember, you can only pick one!
It's time for another round of Pick One! This week, to celebrate a bunch of classic Rare games (and others!) being added to the cloud for the first time, we're taking a look back at some of these beloved titles. Which is your favourite? Remember, you can only pick one! Let's take a look at what we're working with:...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 3rd)
It's all about Outriders for us
Welcome to this Easter weekend! Again, there's loads to be keeping us busy over the next few days, including a couple of new Xbox Game Pass releases (Outriders, anyone?), another batch of Free Play Days titles, an open beta for EA's upcoming Knockout City, and of course, the
Roundup Here's What's Coming To Xbox In April 2021
We've got some big releases on the way
We're having a busy end to March 2021 with the release of It Takes Two and Balan Wonderworld, followed by Outriders launching on Xbox Game Pass this Thursday, but after that, it's a little bit quiet on Xbox in April 2021. Nevertheless, we've still got some major releases on the way, including Judgment,
Reaction As The PS3 Store Closes, Xbox Reminds Us How 'Critical' Game Preservation Is
"We're committed to making games across generations available to you"
Listen, we're not on a mission to bash PlayStation or anything, but following the announcement today that Microsoft would be bringing backwards compatible titles to the cloud, with 16 of them arriving today, it's impossible not to draw the comparison with recent PlayStation news...
Poll Are You Happy With April 2021's Xbox Games With Gold?
What do you make of the selection?
Microsoft has officially announced April 2021's Xbox Games with Gold, giving us a look at four more games we'll be able to play at no extra charge with our Gold memberships next month. In case you missed it, the games are Xbox One titles Vikings: Wolves of Midgard and
Deals 50+ Games Included In This Week's Xbox Sales (March 30 - April 6)
Ahead of the Xbox Spring Sale 2021
It's time for another set of weekly Xbox deals! This week's selection features discounts on over 50 games across Deals with Gold and Spotlight Sales but don't forget that the Xbox Spring Sale 2021 begins later this week! Additionally, Bandai Namco is hosting a separate Publisher Sale on Xbox for the next couple of...
Feature These Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (March 30 - April 2)
Here's what's on the way
Welcome to your weekly Xbox roundup! It's not particularly surprising that this week is looking quiet for new releases, but we do have one major title arriving on Xbox and Xbox Game Pass in the form of Square Enix's Outriders! Here's what's coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One this week: New Xbox Releases (March 30 -...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 27th)
It's a co-op kind of weekend for us
Welcome to the weekend! We're spoilt for choice with what to play on Xbox (once again) over the next few days, with five new Xbox Game Pass titles to check out, some amazing Free Play Days selections along with a free trial weekend for