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Thursday1st Feb 2024
News Pure Xbox Game Club February 2024: Sunset Overdrive
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...
Tuesday19th Dec 2023
News Former Xbox Dev Insomniac Suffers Devastating Leak From Hackers
Apparently over 1 million files in all
As you may have already seen, Sony's Insomniac Games has been the victim of a major hack, where all kinds of details about the company's upcoming projects (along with some personal information) has been leaked online. Although Insomniac has been part of Sony since 2019, many Xbox fans will fondly remember the...
Tuesday8th Jun 2021
News Sunset Overdrive Is Making Its First Appearance In 7 Years, In A PS5 Game
We miss you
With the trademark of the Sunset Overdrive IP by Sony earlier this year, many fans got excited at the possibility of the series' return. While that hasn't been the case (so far), it seems the former Xbox game is making an appearance this year... in the upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Last night the...
Tuesday4th May 2021
News Wait, Did Sony Just Trademark The Sunset Overdrive IP?
It certainly looks like it
Sunset Overdrive is one of the best Xbox One exclusives - we won't hear otherwise. Insomniac Games blended the perfect level of traversal with the signature inventive gunplay the developer is known for. Unfortunately, hopes of a sequel were somewhat crushed when Sony purchased the team. Now, a recent register of the...
Saturday13th Jun 2020
Pick One Which Of These Xbox One Games Is Most Underrated?
Give us your opinion
Welcome back to Pick One! This week, we're finally moving onto the Xbox One, taking a look at three arguably underrated games that originated during the early years of the system. Let's take a look at what we're working with: Ryse: Son of Rome (2013) This stunning visual spectacle was developed by Crytek as a launch title for...
Friday3rd Apr 2020
News Xbox Boss Explains Why There Was Never A Sunset Overdrive 2
Talks Ryse as well
In another tidbit from IGN's interview with Phil Spencer, the Xbox Head commented on why cult-classic Sunset Overdrive never received a sequel prior to developer Insomniac Games being acquired by Sony. His answer revolved around the difficulty of launching in the early days of Xbox One: "I think there are some really good games...
Friday26th Dec 2014
News Xbox Live Countdown to 2015 Boxing Day Offer Is A Doozie
You snooze, you lose
Microsoft are still running their Countdown to 2015 deals via Xbox Live, and the Boxing Day offer is a bit special. On top of the weekly Xbox One deals and weekly Xbox 360 deals which are still valid, you can now get a real Game of The Year candidate for half price. Check out the details below. Xbox One Deals:
Friday21st Nov 2014
News Year One: Sunset Overdrive Free For Everyone On Saturday 22nd!
Boom!
Microsoft are celebrating the first year of Xbox One by by giving away some great prizes but they've also gone one step further. Tomorrow, Saturday 22nd November, ALL Xbox One owners will be able to download and play the excellent Sunset Overdrive for free, from 5:01AM GMT through to 5:01AM GMT on Sunday. That's 12:01AM ET to 12:01AM ET if...
Saturday1st Nov 2014
News Microsoft Sending Select Sunset Overdrive Bundle Owners Another Free Game
Well, that was unexpected.
It's being reported by some purchasers of the white Sunset Overdrive special edition bundle, that they're getting a surprise message direct from Microsoft. The company appears to be doling out a free extra game code to select owners of the new system. In the reports that we've seen, the game is a digital copy of Ryse: Son...
