TodayThu, 31st Oct 2024

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  3

  News PlayStation's Wolverine Director Now Working On Perfect Dark For Xbox

  A perfect switch

  This summer, we finally saw what Xbox's Perfect Dark reboot is all about - with the team showing a nice slice of the game during its June showcase. Still, it's likely that this Crystal Dynamics developed title is a ways off yet - and it just got a huge new creative force coming over from PlayStation owner Sony. Per Game File's...

  • 35m ago
  • Xbox
  • Perfect Dark
  • Wolverine
  • PS5
  • Xbox Series X
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  1

  News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (October 31 - November 3)

  Included with Xbox Game Pass

  Your latest Free Play Days titles have arrived as October comes to a close - and it should be no surprise that Microsoft has gone all Halloween-y with its latest FPD lineup. We've got five games playable in total, including the new-to-Xbox Predator: Hunting Grounds. Here's the full lineup this weekend: Ghostbusters:...

  • 11am
  • Xbox
  • Free Play Days
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  1

  News Age Of Empires IV Teases New DLC For 2025

  In celebration of the third anniversary

  Age of Empires 4 is currently celebrating its third anniversary, and as part of this, World's Edge has revealed its plans to launch a new DLC for the RTS in 2025. Specific details about this upcoming DLC haven't been shared just yet, but the developer did show off a video reflecting on the game's progress so...

  • 3am
  • Xbox
  • Age of Empires
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • PC
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  0

  News Little Nightmares III Reconfirms Xbox 2025 Release With Terrifying New Trailer

  Just in time for Halloween

  In case you missed it, the release window of Bandai Namco's puzzle-platform horror game Little Nightmares III has moved from 2024 to 2025. The development team has now issued a reminder about how the third game is making its way to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and multiple other platforms next year - with a terrifying new...

  • 2am
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Xbox One
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  24

  News Microsoft's Xbox Gets Another Revenue Boost From Activision

  But console hardware revenue declined

  Microsoft has released its Q1 2025 financial results today and once again the company has received a significant boost from its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. This includes increases to its gaming revenue and 'Xbox content and services' revenue. The tech giant reported gaming revenue growing by 43%...

  • 1am
  • Xbox
  • Microsoft
  • Activision Blizzard
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Industry
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  15

  News Black Ops 6 Biggest Ever Call Of Duty Launch, According To Microsoft CEO

  Activision confirms it broke multiple records

  Activision has confirmed Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has set "new day one and opening weekend records" for the series. Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella also mentioned how last week's launch was the "biggest" Call of Duty release ever - not only setting "a record for day one players" but also for "Game Pass...

  • 12am
  • Xbox
  • Call of Duty Black Ops 6
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Activision
  • Microsoft

YesterdayWed, 30th Oct 2024

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  13

  Guide Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In November 2024

  Including some MAJOR day one additions!

  Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in November 2024? It can be pretty difficult to keep track of all the comings and goings in the world of Xbox Game Pass every week, so we've put together this handy guide to provide an overview of what's coming to Xbox Game Pass in November, as well...

  • Yesterday, 2pm
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • November 2024
  • Guides
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  39

  Review Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Xbox) - Game Pass Gets A Cracking New COD

  Calling all Game Pass recruits

  It's that time of year once again - a brand-new Call of Duty game is upon us, as the nights start drawing in and the sound of teenagers raging at their pals online becomes ever-present around the world. This year though, things are a little different - Microsoft now owns the franchise and has delivered Black Ops 6 to...

  • Yesterday, 12:30pm
  • Xbox
  • Reviews
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox Series X
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  10

  Roundup The Previews Are In For Indiana Jones And The Great Circle

  Here's what the critics thought

  Yesterday, the previews for MachineGames' upcoming release Indiana Jones and the Great Circle went live. As you might have already seen, our own 'hands on' here on Pure Xbox has also gone live. Here's a bit about what we had to say, and you can read the full preview in the link below: "When our almost-three-hour...

  • Yesterday, 2am
  • Xbox
  • Previews
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  15

  News Path Of Exile 2's 'Early Access' Delayed For Xbox Series X|S

  Game director: "Unfortunately, I have some really bad news"

  At Gamescom Opening Night Live this year, Grinding Gear Games lifted the lid on an "early access" period for its anticipated action RPG Path of Exile 2. While many fans were looking forward to this going live on 15th November 2024, there have been some disruptions along the way, and the...

  • Yesterday, 4am
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Early Access
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  12

  News Red Dead Redemption PC Footage Lands As Xbox Version Remains At 30FPS

  Rockstar, please.

  Earlier on this month, Rockstar announced that after years and years of waiting, PC players would finally be able to experience the seminal Red Dead Redemption outside of the console space this month. Well, a few weeks later and the game is out now on the platform, and some of the footage we're seeing is making us a little bit...

  • Yesterday, 4pm
  • Xbox
  • Red Dead Redemption
  • Rockstar
  • Microsoft
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  11

  News Dragon Age: The Veilguard 'Quite Solid' On Xbox Series X And S, Says Digital Foundry

  "Impressive visuals, good performance"

  Dragon Age: The Veilguard launches for Xbox Series X|S tomorrow, and ahead of BioWare's new release landing, the folks over at Digital Foundry have taken a look at all the console versions of the game. There's some analysis on both Xbox versions in here - and the good news is that the team deems them "quite...

  • Yesterday, 5pm
  • Xbox
  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  28

  Pick One Which Is Your Favourite BioWare Game On Xbox?

  A new title is about to enter the ranks

  Esteemed EA developer BioWare has released some fantastic Xbox games over the years - right from the OG Xbox all the way through to the current generation. Of course, the company's Mass Effect and Dragon Age series' are most closely associated with the Canadian developer these days, but which Xbox BioWare...

  • Yesterday, 6pm
  • Xbox
  • Features
  • Pick One
  • BioWare
  • Dragon Age
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  10

  News Turtle Beach's New Xbox Series X|S Controller Comes With 'Two Layouts'

  Thanks to "rotating button modules"

  If you're on the hunt for a new Xbox Series X|S controller, Turtle Beach has just announced the 'Stealth Pivot' - one controller with "two layouts". It's packed with revolving modules, hall effect "antidrift" thumbsticks, adjustable trigger stops, programmable buttons, a command display and is also compatible...

  • Yesterday, 3am
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Controllers
  • Turtle Beach
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  2

  News Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind Launches On Xbox This December

  Here's a new trailer to go with it

  Back in June, Digital Eclipse announced Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind for Xbox and multiple other platforms. In an update today, it's now confirmed this "all-new adventure with an original storyline" will be arriving on Xbox Series X|S on 10th December 2024. As part of this, it's released a new...

  • Yesterday, 1am
  • Xbox
  • Power Rangers
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind
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  6

  Video Here's Your First Proper Look At Nuketown's 'Remaster' In Black Ops 6

  "Blasting into Black Ops" November 1st

  Earlier this week, Activision announced its first free DLC map was on the way to the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 multiplayer. It's the original 1950s Nuketown map and once again will be returning on 1st November 2024. Here's a bit about it, direct from the Call of Duty website, and you can get your first proper...

  • Yesterday, 12am
  • Xbox
  • Call of Duty Black Ops 6
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  4

  Video Here's How 'Shadows Of The Damned: Hella Remastered' Is Looking On Xbox Series X

  The first 20 minutes of gameplay

  Back in the summer, developer Grasshopper finally announced a Halloween release date for Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered - and today we have some extended Xbox Series X footage ahead of tomorrow's big launch. Our video producer Craig has been checking this one out on Xbox Seri

  • Yesterday, 3pm
  • Xbox
  • Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered
  • Xbox Series X
  • Videos

Tuesday29th Oct 2024

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  43

  Hands On Indiana Jones And The Great Circle - An Xbox Adventure Worth Its Weight In Gold

  And whatever else Indy can steal

  Remember the days of Xbox fans clamouring for a viable alternative to PlayStation's Uncharted series? Sure, the landscape looks a lot different now with the team starting to bring its games to PS5 anyway (including this one), but with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Xbox might finally have its own gorgeous...

  • Tue, 2pm
  • Xbox
  • Previews
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  32

  Roundup The Reviews Are In For Dragon Age: The Veilguard

  Here's what the critics had to say

  BioWare's next big entry in the Dragon Age series is out this week and the critic reviews are now rolling in... In case you missed it, we've already reviewed Dragon Age: The Veilguard here on Pure Xbox - awarding it an "excellent" nine out of ten stars. Here's a bit about what our reviewer PJ O'Reilly thought...

  • Tue, 3am
  • Roundup
  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • EA
• 

  9

  News 'Ashen' Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (October 29)

  Your latest addition!

  We have another Xbox Game Pass update today, folks! Annapurna's action-RPG Ashen is now available in the Game Pass library, as we near the end of October 2024's new additions to the service. We'll throw a summary of this new Game Pass RPG down below, which is available now for subscribers. Ashen (Console, PC, Cloud): ht

  • Tue, 11am
  • Xbox
  • Ashen
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  42

  News Xbox's Phil Spencer Congratulates Black Ops 6 Team On 'Phenomenal Accomplishment'

  And reveals his order of play

  The arrival of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is arguably the biggest Xbox drop all year and if you were wondering at all - yes, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has also jumped in on the action. After congratulating Activision's teams on their "phenomenal accomplishment" with the latest entry in the long-running series, he mentioned...

  • Tue, 1am
  • Xbox
  • Call of Duty Black Ops 6
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox X
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  17

  News Metal Slug Tactics Is Launching Day One On Xbox Game Pass Next Week

  For console and PC

  The team behind Metal Slug Tactics has today revealed that the title will release day one on Game Pass when it arrives for Xbox One, Series X|S, and PC on November 5th. We got news of the game's proper release dat

  • Tue, 6pm
  • Xbox
  • Metal Slug Tactics
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  18

  News Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Will Run At 60FPS On Both Xbox Series X And S

  id Tech doing the business

  One final round of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle previews have landed today - including ours, where we came away very impressed by what we played earlier this month. Alongside these previews, a few outlets have also posted some interviews with the dev team, and one from

  • Tue, 4pm
  • Xbox
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  5

  News Xbox App's New Home UI Update Available Now To Xbox Insiders

  Introducing a "new home experience"

  Microsoft has released a new "home experience" today for the Xbox app on Windows and it's available now to Xbox Insiders. The team has listened to feedback and has been testing different designs, it's now used this to create a unified Home UI experience - combining the best content from Game Pass and the...

  • Tue, 12am
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • PC
  • Microsoft
• 

  17

  News Bungie Provides Dev Update On Marathon, Encourages Xbox Fans To 'Wish List'

  New art, playtest plans and "more" in 2025

  Former Halo developer Bungie has today provided an update on its new extraction shooter Marathon, which was officially announced in 2023. In today's update, game director Joe Ziegler explained how it's still a little bit early to show the game as one piece, but everything in terms of the development is...

  • Tue, 4am
  • Xbox
  • Marathon
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Bungie
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  4

  Gallery We Visited Bethesda's 'Marshall College' To Play Indiana Jones And The Great Circle

  Whippin' awesome

  Live on Pure Xbox right now, you might have come across our early hands-on preview for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - an upcoming Xbox title that's shaping up very nicely indeed. However, seeing as we travelled halfway across the country to go play the title down at Two Temple Place in London, we

  • Tue, 2:05pm
  • Xbox
  • Features
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
• 

  14

  News Mass Effect Lead Says Next Game Will Retain The 'Mature Tone' Of EA's Original Trilogy

  We get an ME update as Dragon Age ships

  BioWare is about to ship its first original game in a good while here with Dragon Age: The Veilguard - a title we happen to like a lot here at Pure Xbox. However, naturally, folks are now beginning to wonder about the next Mass Effect game coming from the EA developer - and the project's director has a small...

  • Tue, 3pm
  • Xbox
  • Mass Effect
  • EA
  • BioWare
  • Xbox Series X
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  3

  News Stalker 2 Dev Confirms Mod Support Coming To Xbox Series X|S

  "We are preparing a big toolkit"

  One of November's biggest Xbox titles is of course Stalker 2, with its Game Pass release locked and loaded for next month following multiple delays in recent years. We just learned about GSC Game World's performance targets for the game on Xbox, and now the team has confirmed that the console version will support...

  • Tue, 12:30pm
  • Xbox
  • Stalker 2
  • Mods
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox Series X
• 

  1

  News Alan Wake 2's New DLC Updated For Xbox Series X|S, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

  Download it today

  Following the arrival of Alan Wake 2: The Lake House last week as well as a special anniversary update for the game, the team at Remedy has now rolled out another update. This latest one for Xbox Series platforms and other systems includes a bunch of general updates and fixes for the new DLC. Here's the full rundown, courtesy of...

  • Tue, 2am
  • Xbox
  • Alan Wake 2: Lake House
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Updates
• 

  2

  News Halo Infinite Teases New Weapon DLC In 'Operation: Grand Journey'

  Arriving next week

  The Halo Infinite team has just dropped a teaser for its next Operation, Grand Journey, and it seems to focus on a brand-new weapon coming to the game's multiplayer suite. We've included this short teaser trailer up above, which doesn't show any proper gameplay - instead focusing solely on this mystery weapon. Halo fans are...

  • Tue, 5pm
  • Xbox
  • Halo Infinite
  • 343 Industries
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S