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TodayTue, 6th Aug 2024
News 'Descenders Next' Ups The Extreme Sports Ante On Xbox Game Pass In 2025
"Grab your board and master the mountain!"
The next game in the Descenders series has been announced! Swapping out the mountain bike for the mountain board, Descenders Next leans in on the extreme sports angle in this full-blown follow-up - and it's coming to Xbox Game Pass in 2025! We've thrown the game's debut trailer up above, which gives us a...
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- Descenders Next
- Xbox Game Pass
- No More Robots
Soapbox Activision Is Bringing One Of The Best Remasters Ever To Xbox Game Pass
Vicarious Visions did an unbelievable job on this
Back in mid-2017, I was so excited for the arrival of the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. The potential of reliving these three iconic PS1 games on modern hardware was an enticing one, but at the same time I wondered whether Activision and developer Vicarious Visions would somehow drop the ball...
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- Soapbox
- Features
- Crash Bandicoot
- Xbox Game Pass
News A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Officially Creeps Onto Xbox This October
Shhhh, it's coming for us all!
Saber Interactive has announced that its upcoming movie-to-game adaptation, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, is officially launching for Xbox Series X and S on October 17th, 2024. The publisher has confirmed this via the game's new trailer, which we've placed up above for your viewing pleasure. They're getting this one...
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- A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Game Informer's Sudden Closure Is Also Bad News For Dragon Age: The Veilguard
A marketing mess
Last week, it was revealed that the iconic Game Informer was shutting down after 33 years, and since then the outlet's website has been restricting any access. As things stand, everything redirects to a message about its closure. That's bad news for a lot of people - in particular, the writers who want to access their work - and it...
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- Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- Game Informer
- Industry News
News These Three Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (August 7-13)
The first batch for August!
Here we go! Microsoft has today unveiled the next batch of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in early August - and we have some big games here including the latest Activision Blizzard drop with Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. Here's details on when Crash arrives, alongside the rest of the early August lineup so far:...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Xbox One
Gamescom 2024 Five Xbox-Related Events You Don't Want To Miss
The biggest showcases and livestreams for Xbox fans this August
It's almost time for Gamescom 2024! Europe's biggest gaming convention begins in a couple of weeks' time in Germany, and we're expecting plenty of announcements and fresh reveals for a large number of upcoming Xbox games. With that in mind, we've picked out five Xbox events that you...
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- Gamescom
- Features
- Events
- Roundup
News Borderlands Games Discounted By Up To 90% In This Week's Xbox Deals
Along with some exclusive new XGP offers
We've seen all kinds of offers hitting the Xbox Store in recent days following the conclusion of the Xbox Ultimate Game Sale 2024, and this latest one is focused on the Borderlands franchise - with some great deals on offer! Notably, Borderlands 3 is down to 90% off (£5.99 / $5.99), while the massive...
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- Deals
- Borderlands
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News Xbox 360 'Cult Classic' Lollipop Chainsaw Returns This September For Series X|S
Juliet makes a comeback in 4K
(Update: Tue 6th Aug, 2024): Dragami Games has announced a slight tweak to the release date for Lollipop Chainsaw Remake. The Japan/Asia release date will remain the same as planned, but the game will now release two weeks earlier in America and Europe; on September 12th. (Original story: Fri 14th Jun, 2024): We've...
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- Lollipop Chainsaw Remake
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Xbox 360
News Delta Force: Hawk Ops Debuts To Fantastic Impressions Ahead Of Planned Xbox Launch
Alpha testing now live on PC
Early Alpha testing has just kicked into gear for Delta Force: Hawk Ops on PC, and early impressions seem super positive for the upcoming military FPS reboot. Incorporating traditional multiplayer FPS elements and modern extraction shooter modes, this new title is being heavily compared to DICE's long-running Battlefield...
- Xbox
- Delta Force: Hawk Ops
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Ubisoft Reveals Star Wars Outlaws DLC Roadmap For 2024 And Beyond
The season pass will come bundled with the $100+ editions
Ahead of the launch of Star Wars Outlaws later this month, Ubisoft has revealed the game's paid Season Pass Roadmap covering the remainder of 2024 and also 2025. At launch, Season Pass owners can expect the exclusive mission 'Jabba's Gambit' as well as a character pack made up of cosmetics...
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- Star Wars
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Ubisoft
YesterdayMon, 5th Aug 2024
News Microsoft Rewards Is Nerfing Its 'Weekly Console Bonus' In The UK
Another setback for MS Rewards on Xbox
It's no secret that Microsoft Rewards has suffered quite a few setbacks over the past year, although one new feature that's been added along the way is something called the "Weekly Console Bonus", which allows users to rack up hundreds of points per-week for simply playing games on a daily basis. As good as it...
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- Microsoft Rewards
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Here's What Might Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass In September 2024
Some early predictions!
What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in September 2024? 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...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Leaving Soon
- September 2024
News Phantom Blade Zero Dev Throws Shade At Xbox Before Studio Issues Statement
"These claimed statements do not represent S-GAME’s values"
Phantom Blade Zero has been getting plenty of attention since its initial reveal - a reveal that skipped Xbox entirely, with the game slicing and dicing towards a PS5 and PC-only launch. Back in 2023, we heard that the team had no exclusivity agreements in place, but a new developer...
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- Phantom Blade Zero
- S-GAME
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Interview Kena: Bridge Of Spirits - Blending Eastern And Western Themes In A New Xbox Adventure
"Kena was a labor of love for our indie team"
This month marks the arrival of former PlayStation exclusive Kena: Bridge of Spirits on Xbox consoles, and truth be told, we've been very intrigued by the title ever since it launched on PS4 and PS5. After such a long wait for the Xbox release, we sat down with the team at Ember Lab to get a better idea...
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- Features
- Interviews
- Kena: Bridge Of Spirits
- Xbox One
News Creatures Of Ava's First Reviews Suggest It's Worth A Play On Xbox Game Pass
"Surely one of the year's coolest surprises"
We've known about Creatures of Ava coming to Xbox Game Pass for a while now, and we've been interested in it ever since! Fortunately it sounds like it's worth the hype, as it has a very decent 78 average rating on Metacritic. These first reviews are almost entirely for the PC version (we didn't get
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- Creatures of Ava
- Xbox Game Pass
News 7 Days To Die 1.0 Version Continues To 'Break Records' As Free Trial Goes Live On Xbox
"We have had an incredible response"
7 Days to Die finally brought its updated console version to Xbox Series X and S last month, and the game seems to be doing rather well for the developer so far. In and amongst the game's free trial going live on Xbox, the team says that its open world zombie title "continues to break records" across all...
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- 7 Days To Die
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Xbox One
Talking Point How Would You Feel If Xbox's Major Fall Release Is Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6?
Will Indy make it this year? Are you fussed if not?
Avowed has officially been delayed. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle doesn't have a release date yet. Most of Xbox's other releases this year are DLC packs, aside from Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 of course. So, how wou
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- Talking Point
- Features
- Call Of Duty Black Ops 6
- Avowed
News Next Month, It'll Be Four Years Since Xbox Acquired Bethesda
Where does the time go?!
Over the last few years, we've had plenty to write about regarding Microsoft's complex and drawn out purchase of Activision Blizzard, but, remember when things were much simpler? Back in 2020, when a buyout of ActiBlizz would have been a mere fever dream, Xbox acquired ZeniMax Media; the parent company of Bethesda. Well,...
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- Microsoft
- Bethesda
- ZeniMax
- Industry
News Expeditions: A MudRunner Game Seemingly Coming To Xbox Game Pass This Month
A new expedition for subscribers
On the back of plenty of Xbox Game Pass rumours and predictions in recent weeks, well-known leaker eXtas1s is back again with another peek at what's to come for the service. According to the insider, Expeditions: A MudRunner Game is set to make its
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Expeditions: A MudRunner Game
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Feature 10 Exciting Xbox Indie Games To Look Out For In August 2024
Another month of fantastic new indie releases!
We've already highlighted some of the biggest new releases of August 2024 here at Pure Xbox, but what about the indie games? As usual, we've got plenty to pick out, including some upcoming day one releases for Xbox Game Pass. Although the ten titles below caught our attention the most, there are plenty...
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- Indie Games
- August 2024
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
Saturday3rd Aug 2024
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (August 5-9)
Including another day one Game Pass release
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for August 5-9! We've got the likes of SteamWorld Heist 2, Deathbound and Volgarr the Viking 2 heading our way here, while Xbox Game P
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- Features
- Weekly Roundup
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News Lots Of Games Are Reduced By 90% On Xbox This Weekend (August 1-6)
More great bargains to snap up
Looking for some cheap Xbox games in this week's Xbox sales (August 1-6)? You know the drill by now - as part of the latest selection of Xbox deals, we've got a bunch of games that are discounted by 90%, resulting in some fantastic bargains! Some of the highlights here include Rustler, Werewolf: The Apocalypse -...
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- Deals
- Discounts
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News Xbox Shares Updated Release Schedule For Major Upcoming Games
Here's what's launching in 2024 and beyond
As you've likely already seen, Obsidian's new RPG Avowed has now been officially delayed until 2025. Alongside this, Xbox also shared a look at the rest of its release schedule for 2024 as well as everything that's locked in for next year. In the immediate future, some of the first party titles on the way...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Xbox Game Pass
- PC
News It's Official, Xbox's Avowed Has Been Delayed Until 2025
Obsidian's new RPG will now arrive early next year
Following a report earlier this week about Xbox's new RPG Avowed potentially being delayed until early 2025, it's now been officially confirmed by Microsoft. In a new graphic shared on social media, Xbox confirmed Obsidian's next game will now be launching on 18th February 2025. The official...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Xbox Game Pass
- Obsidian
Pick One What Was Your Favourite Xbox Game Pass Game In July 2024?
MW3? Flintlock? Kunitsu-Gami? Tell us!
Another month is in the books for Xbox Game Pass, and July ended up being a pretty eventful one in the end! The highlight for many, of course, was the first ever Call of Duty title on the service in the form of Modern Warfare 3. Before that though, there were some big day one releases on Xbox Game Pass in...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Features
- Pick One
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 3-4)
How about the second UFL beta?
Welcome to the weekend! There's plenty to enjoy on Xbox over the next couple of days, including some recent Xbox Game Pass additions, a bunch of Free Play Days titles, a UFL beta and lots of discounted titles via the Xbox Sto
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- Features
- Talking Point
- What Are You Playing
Friday2nd Aug 2024
News Four Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass In Early August 2024
Our first batch of August leavers
Microsoft has revealed the first batch of games to leave Xbox Game Pass in August 2024, and we have four games departing the service in a few weeks' time. If you've been meaning to play any of these Xbox Game Pass titles, you'll have to get a move on! Here's what's leaving Xbox Game Pass on August 15: Xbox Game...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Leaving soon
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Wreckfest 2 Is Bringing Its 'Ultimate Driving Playground' To Xbox Series X|S
"The absolute best-in-class car destruction"
As part of the 2024 THQ Nordic Showcase that took place earlier today, we were treated to the reveal of Wreckfest 2 for the very first time - a feature-filled sequel that will officially be coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. It really sounds like developer Bugbear is going "all out" for this one,...
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- Wreckfest 2
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Roundup All The Xbox Reveals From The THQ Nordic Showcase 2024
Short but sweet
Today marked the 2024 version of the THQ Nordic Showcase, which treated us to a series of trailers and game announcements for the likes of Wreckfest 2, Gothic 1 Remake and a new Darksiders game! Below, you can c
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- THQ Nordic
- Events
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News Fallout: London Is So Good, Some People Think It's The 'Best Game Since New Vegas'
"A miracle of the modding scene"
It's been a week since Fallout: London made its debut as a DLC-sized mod for Fallout 4 on PC, and after taking a look at the reviews over the past few days, we're now even more jealous that there's no sign of an Xbox version. The reception for this (free) mod has been extremely positive so far, with reviews scoring...
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- Fallout: London
- DLC
- PC
News Microsoft Announces Xbox Series X|S Price Increase For Japan
Microsoft says it's only for this location
Following the news earlier this week about Xbox hardware revenue nosediving, we've got an update coming out of Japan about another price increase for the Xbox Series X and Series S in this market. As highlighted by Famitsu (via Gematsu), as of August 15th, 2024, the price of an Xbox Series X model will...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Microsoft
- Japan
Deals Xbox Launches Into August With Massive 'RPG' & Ubisoft Sales
There are a couple other big sales too
Well, the Xbox Ultimate Game Sale might be done and dusted for another year, but that doesn't mean the Xbox sales are slowing down! In fact, we've got a bunch of new offers that are live throughout the entire first part of August 2024. One of the highlights is a massive Ubisoft Publisher sale featuring...
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- Deals
- Ubisoft
- THQ
- Xbox Ultimate Add-On Sale
News Xbox Exec 'Recommends' Tuning Into Gamescom Opening Night Live Later This Month
Will we see something special?
Yesterday, Xbox detailed its own livestream plans for Gamescom 2024 - featuring three days of broadcasting to showcase some of the team's biggest upcoming launches. However, for us at home the whole event really kicks off with Opening Night Live — hosted by Geoff Keighley — and Xbox reckons its fans should probably...
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- Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024
- Microsoft
News Braid: Anniversary Edition 'Sold Like Dogs**t', Says Creator
"It's been doing terrible"
Braid became an Xbox Live Arcade classic back in the day after taking the platform by storm in 2008, however its 2024 remaster doesn't exactly seem to have set the world alight. During various livestreams since the launch of Braid, Anniversary Edition, creator Jonathan Blow has commented on the game's poor sales - even...
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- Braid Anniversary Edition
- Jonathan Blow
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Report Xbox Has Formed A New Team To Build 'Games Based On Existing IP' At Blizzard
They'll apparently be "AA" experiences
A fresh report from Windows Central has landed today that sheds light on a brand-new team that's supposedly been formed at Blizzard Entertainment. According to Jez Corden's reporting, a new team has been built at the Diablo developer "to work on smaller 'AA' games based on existing IP". What that IP will turn...
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- Activision Blizzard
- Microsoft
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Darksiders 4 Gets Teaser Reveal At THQ Nordic's Summer Showcase
"Be prepared to ride again"
Darksiders returns! Six years on from Xbox One's Darksiders 3, developer Gunfire Games has teased a brand-new entry in the action adventure series. We've thrown the team's initial trailer up above for your viewing pleasure - it's very teaser-y so don't expect much in the way of revealing footage. What we can see is that,...
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- Darksiders 4
- THQ Nordic
- Gunfire Games
News VALORANT Officially Releases On Xbox With Major Game Pass Perks
Time for the full launch
The mega popular tactical FPS VALORANT has been hanging around Xbox for a little while as part of some extended beta testing, but today it's officially launching on Series X and Series S - available to play for everyone right now. We had a chance to go hands-on with the Xbox version of this game a few weeks ago and found it...
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- VALORANT
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Xbox Game Pass Medieval Hit Chivalry 2 Wraps Up Development
The studio is now focused on "compelling new multiplayer projects"
Following the release of Chivalry 2's Regicide update earlier this year in May 2024, Torn Banner Studios has now announced it's officially done with content updates for this medieval multiplayer title available on Xbox Game Pass and other services and platforms. Regicide was the...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Xbox One
News New EA FC Competitor 'UFL' Returns With A Free Xbox Beta This Weekend
Back of the net
It's been a couple of months since new free-to-play football / soccer game UFL held its first open beta on Xbox, with the game attracting over 1.3 million players across all platforms at the time. Now, it's back for its second open beta this weekend, with everyone invited to play between Friday, August 2nd and Sunday, August 4th...
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- UFL
- Beta
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Thursday1st Aug 2024
Xbox console exclusive games you can enjoy in 2024
What are the best Xbox exclusives you can play as of August 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...
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- Exclusives
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (August 1-4)
Included with Game Pass Core and Game Pass Ultimate
Update (Thu 1st Aug, 2024 16:00 BST): Well, something has clearly gone wrong here as Microsoft is now advertising WWE 2K24 for Xbox Free Play Days, but it's still 2K23 that's included at the time of writing. Hopefully that adjustment will be made over the next few hours - 2K24 is definitely...
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- Free Play Days
- Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft
- Xbox One
News GameStop Takes Jab At Xbox 360 Store Closure, Backfires Immediately
"Bet y'all wish you bought physical copies now"
US video game retailer GameStop has weaponised the recent Xbox 360 store shut down on social media platform X, reminding its followers about the importance of physical video games - and it hasn't exactly been subtle about its preference for the physical format either. In a brief reply to the latest...
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- Xbox 360
- GameStop
- Xbox Store Shutdown
- Microsoft
News Xbox First-Party RPG Avowed Reportedly Delayed Until Early 2025
"To give the game breathing room"
Update [Sat 3rd Aug, 2024 04:00 BST]: Xbox has now officially confirmed Avowed has been delayed until early 2025. You can read more in our latest story: <related ids="169808"> Original story [Thu 1st Aug, 2024 17:45 BST]: Avowed has been locked in as one of Xbox's biggest first-party games launching this...
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- Avowed
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Obsidian Entertainment
News Microsoft CEO Reassures Investors That Xbox Is Focused On Console, PC And Mobile
A three-way approach
This week, Microsoft's most recent earnings call arrived - delivering news both good and bad for Xbox fans. ActiBlizz is still having a big impact on revenues, while Xbox hardware isn't doing so hot right now, basically. In spite of a slump in Xbox sales, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has reiterated that the team is still focused...
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- Microsoft
- Satya Nadella
- Activision Blizzard
News Green Hell's Big Next-Gen Overhaul Launches On Xbox Series X|S Later This Month
Welcome back to hell
Way back in January, we got the news that popular survival game Green Hell was finally getting a native Xbox Series X|S port, and now the team has returned to the topic with a very nearby launch date - and the above trailer. Yep, Green Hell brings its free 'next-gen' upgrade to Xbox on August 14th, alongside its new 'Spirits of...
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- Green Hell
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Xbox Details Plans For Gamescom 2024, Including Daily Livestreams This Month
Featuring Stalker 2, Atomfall and more!
Ahead of the big gaming convention later this month, Xbox has announced a bunch of plans for Gamescom 2024, including daily broadcasts during the week of the event. Everything kicks off on Wednesday, August 21, with an Xbox livestream featuring fresh looks at Stalker 2, Atomfall, Age of Mythology: Retold and...
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- Microsoft
- Gamescom 2024
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News Xbox Dev Obsidian Has Seemingly Started Work On A Brand-New Project
They've got a lot going on over there!
Xbox first-party developer Obsidian Entertainment — the team behind Grounded, The Outer Worlds, Pentiment and more — is seemingly working another unannounced project over at Microsoft HQ. Spotted on LinkedIn, Obsidian art director Daniel Cabuco has added a curious July update to their online resume. As of...
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- Obsidian Entertainment
- Microsoft
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News PowerWash Simulator's Next Crossover Teased As Free Summer Update Arrives On Xbox
Is that... Cuphead?!
Hot on the heels of some free DLC earlier this month to celebrate the game's anniversary, PowerWash Simulator is back with another update - and the trailer for it drops a curious teaser for what could be the team's next big crossover. The summer update itself takes players to the Cruise Ship; a new location for you avid...
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- PowerWash Simulator
- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News Pure Xbox Game Club August 2024: Conker's Bad Fur Day
Come join the PX Game Club!
Want to enhance your Xbox Game Pass experience? Come join the official Pure Xbox Game Club! We can't take any credit on staff for this — the PX Game Club is the work of ralphdibny, Balta666 and the rest of the contributors over at the Pure Xbox forums, who have established a community that meets up every month to play...
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- Site News
- Pure Xbox Game Club
Wednesday31st Jul 2024
Feature All New Xbox Games Coming Out In August 2024
Star Wars Outlaws, Kena: Bridge of Spirits & more!
Welcome to our roundup of all new Xbox games coming out in August 2024! Below, we've listed every Xbox game with an August 2024 release date, including all confirmed Xbox Game Pass releases so far. The big highlight of the month from a new releases perspective is surely Ubisoft's Star Wars Outlaws,...
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- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- August 2024
News Xbox Console Sales Struggling As Hardware Revenue Nosedives At Microsoft
For the 2nd quarter in a row
As a follow-up to this morning's more positive financial news about Xbox, we have some unfortunate figures from the team's hardware division. For the second quarter in a row, Microsoft's console revenue has dropped by a staggering amount, as Xbox Series X|S struggles in the market during 2024 so far. As per the team's...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Industry
Review Star Wars: Bounty Hunter - After 22 Years, Jango Fett's Adventure Comes To Xbox
Is this the way?
Jango Fett isn’t quite as famous as his son (or even Dinn Djarin from The Mandalorian) but during the height of the movie prequel trilogy, he was lucky enough to get his very own game - known as Star Wars: Bounty Hunter. This title never actually got released on the original Xbox, but now, after more than 20 years, Force-sensitive...
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- Star Wars
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Aspyr
News Another Title Has Been Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass This August
Join the Mafia on Xbox, PC and cloud
Following a rumour earlier this week, Microsoft has now officially confirmed Mafia: Definitive Edition is on its way to the Xbox Game Pass library next month on 13th August. It will be available via the cloud, console and also PC. This information was first shared by the well-known leaker eXtas1s, who also...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Activision Blizzard Continues To Drive Massive Uptick In Revenue For Xbox
Microsoft's latest financials are in
Microsoft has dropped its Q4 financial results for the company's last fiscal year, and the facts and figures make for some interesting reading. The good news is that both 'content and services' revenue and overall 'gaming' revenue are up by huge amounts over at Xbox - driven by the team's acquisition of...
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- Microsoft
- Activision Blizzard
- Industry
News Bungie Is 'Deepening Integration' With Sony As Layoffs Hit Ex-Halo Developer
"The new path for Bungie"
Bungie has today announced a "new path" for its future in game development, as the team behind Halo and Destiny "deepens" its relationship with owner Sony. This new path unfortunately includes some layoffs, although the team's further integration with the PlayStation maker appears to have dampened the impact of these job...
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- Bungie
- Sony
- Industry
News Microsoft Harkens Back To OG Xbox With This New Transparent Xbox Series X|S Controller
Feast your eyes on the 'Sky Cipher' edition
There are so many Xbox controller variants these days that we don't always get around to covering new additions, especially since the advent of Xbox Design Lab. However, today's transparent pad, which is a real throwback to the OG Xbox days, is worthy of our attention. Enter, the 'Sky Cipher' Special...
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- Microsoft
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Sky Cipher Xbox Controller
News Xbox Is Adding A Couple Of Major Features For Discord Users
Starting this week!
Microsoft has just announced some pretty big new features for its Discord integration on Xbox, and it all starts rolling out this week for members of the Xbox Insider program. Soon, Alpha Skip-Ahead and Alpha Insider rings will be able to watch friends' Discord streams directly on Xbox, with the feature to then roll out to all...
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- Microsoft
- Discord
- Xbox Insiders
- Xbox One
News Flintlock: The Siege Of Dawn Hits Big Player Milestone With The Help Of Xbox Game Pass
"Your support means the world"
The development team behind the highly-anticipated July Xbox release Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn has today announced a big player milestone for the title - expressing gratitude to its community along the way. The action RPG arrived day one on Xbox Game Pass earlier this month, and it's now managed to bring in 500,000...
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- Flintlock: The Siege Of Dawn
- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News The First Descendant Gets Huge Xbox Update, Including Two New Playable Characters
Say hello to Luna and Ultimate Valby!
Free-to-play Xbox shooter The First Descendant has been a bit of a smash hit so far, and now the team over at Nexon has delivered the game's first major update - and it's a big one. Introducing two new characters — or 'Descendants' as they're known — alongside a new Intercept Battle, new equipment and lots...
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- The First Descendant
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Tuesday30th Jul 2024
News Activision Releases Statement About Cheaters Following MW3 Xbox Game Pass Launch
"We remain committed to combating cheaters"
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 finally came to Xbox Game Pass last week, and if you've spotted any nefarious player behaviour in your opening few days playing COD on the service, Activision is aware of increased reports about cheaters in MW3 and Warzone over the past weekend. According to the team, its...
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- Activision Blizzard
- Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3
- Warzone
- Xbox Game Pass
News Xbox 360 Store Completely Removed From Console Dashboard After Shutdown
It looks so bare!
Yesterday, the Xbox 360 store officially closed down for good. All digital content that hadn't been brought over to the new backwards compatible storefront has now disappeared - and strangely, so has the whole store section of the Xbox 360 dashboard. Posted on Twitter late last night, down below we can see a new look at how the...
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- Xbox 360
- Microsoft
- Xbox 360 Store Shutdown
Deals Xbox Discounts More Titles As 'Ultimate Game Sale' Is Nearly Over
Dead Island 2, Saints Row & more added!
Microsoft has added another selection of titles to this week's Xbox sales - although it's a fairly short list this time out, considering the big summer sale is still live until tomorrow, July 31. <related ids="169022"> Still, despite the slim selection, there are some big recent releases in this list...
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- Microsoft
- Deals
- Discounts
- Xbox One
News Xbox Dev Playground Games Opens Another Studio To Work On Fable
Now three in total!
For a while now, we've known that Xbox-owned developer Playground Games has been working on Forza Horizon and Fable simultaneously - and now the team has revealed that the Fable side of the studio is really ramping up. Spotted on LinkedIn, the Playground Games bio now states that three studios are operating at the British...
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- Microsoft
- Playground Games
- Fable
- Forza Horizon
Feature Star Wars Outlaws Hands On Preview - An Undeniable Star Wars Adventure Despite Its Flaws
Star Wars Outflaws
Massive Entertainment’s upcoming action-adventure game, Star Wars Outlaws, launches on Xbox consoles August 30th. Thanks to the kind people over at Ubisoft, we’ve had the chance to play the game on two separate occasions. The first was at Summer Game Fest, which took place inside an immersive Star Wars Cantina bar. With...
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- Star Wars Outlaws
- Features
- Hands On Preview
- Xbox Series X
News Elden Ring Patch Makes Sweeping Changes To Difficulty Balance On Xbox
Patch 1.13 is here
Ever since the launch of Shadow of the Erdtree, FromSoftware has been making notable changes to the overall balance of both the expansion and Elden Ring itself, and now patch 1.13 delivers a long list of adjustments and fixes for Xbox players. Available now on all platforms, Elden Ring update 1.13 has been fully detailed by the...
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- Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- FromSoftware
News Samsung Now Selling 'Select' TVs Bundled With Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
First Amazon, now Samsung
Hot on the heels of Amazon bundling certain Fire Sticks in with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, electronics manufacturer Samsung is starting to do the same with 'select' TVs from its latest lineup. As advertised by Xbox on social media, "selected 2023 or 2024 devices" from Samsung now come bundled with one month of
- Xbox
- Microsoft
- Xbox Game Pass
- Samsung TV
- Xbox Cloud Gaming
News Xbox Game Pass Shooter 'Hell Let Loose' Gets Free Preview Program On Series X And S
Try out new updates early!
Team17 has announced a new preview program for its online FPS Hell Let Loose, which is on Xbox Game Pass at the time of writing. The program is open now for Xbox Insiders, and it includes some handy features like a server browser and more. This preview program works like those 'player test builds' you see for lots of...
- Xbox
- Hell Let Loose
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Xbox Game Pass
