PJ is a staff writer across Pure Xbox and Nintendo Life. He's been playing video games pretty much nonstop since the early 1980s, loves his RPGs more than most, and continues to pretend to himself that his reflexes haven't slowed at all over the past four decades of continuous play.
Review F1 22 - Another Solid, Surprise-Free Entry In Codemasters' Superlative Series
Hot Lap
With Codemasters having taken the wheel of the F1 video game franchise all the way back in 2009, this is a series that's been in pretty good shape for the past thirteen years - Codies are racing kings after all - with the worst we've really had to moan about being a lack of big marquee changes between yearly iterations. It's par for the...
Review Sonic Origins - A Supersonic Collection That's Lacking TLC
I feel the need, the need for speed
How many times have you bought the original Sonic the Hedgehog? Honestly, for us, it's gotta be getting into double figures by now and we still get fairly excited every single time SEGA drops another re-release - and boy have they dropped their fair share. Yes, even though we've been through all of the games...
Review Industria - A Disappointingly Dull Sci-Fi Short
Industrial waste
Bleakmill's Industria has seemingly caused a little bit of a stir since it released back on the 9th of June. A sci-fi adventure that looks quite stunning in places and recalls the likes of Half Life 2 and Bioshock in terms of its overall art direction and atmosphere, it's not hard to see why folks might get excited for this one...
Review Shadowrun Trilogy - A Superb Tactical RPG Series Hacks Into Xbox Game Pass
Hacker's Delight
Harebrained Schemes' superlative Shadowrun Trilogy first released back in 2013 after a successful Kickstarter campaign that saw its intriguing cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world drop onto PC and mobile platforms. Set in the same brilliant universe as the long-running Shadowrun tabletop RPG series, this is a trio of games that take place...
Review Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - A Totally Radical Retro Delight
T-U-R-T-L-E Power hits Game Pass
Hot on the heels of French developer Dotemu's huge success in revisiting the Streets of Rage series with the immaculate Streets of Rage 4, Montreal-based Tribute Games is having a crack at another early 90s arcade stalwart, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or Hero Turtles if the word Ninja seems to violent for you -...
News 'The Last Faith' Mixes Bloodborne And Castlevania To Create Soulsvania Magic
Kickstarted Metroidvania blasts onto Xbox later this year
Some games really do just instantly stand out as something special the very first time you clap eyes on them, and Kumi Souls Games' The Last Faith is absolutely one of these sorts of titles. We got a good look at this one during Friday's Future Games Show 2022 - you can check out the...
News Dying Light 2 Story DLC & Photo Mode Launch On Xbox Tomorrow (June 14)
Five year post-launch roadmap kicks off
Dying Light 2 launched to decent reviews back in February of this year (although we weren't its biggest fans) alongside the promise of long-running support from Polish developer Techland in the form of a five year roadmap of content. That's...well that's a lot of content is what that is. Now, Techland has...
News Flintlock: The Siege Of Dawn Gets Exciting Gameplay Trailer, Joining Xbox Game Pass In 2023
Launches day one on Xbox Game Pass
A44, the developer behind 2018's superlative Soulslike, Ashen, revealed its rather excellent looking open world action RPG, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, a little earlier this year via an official trailer that showed little to nothing in the way of actual gameplay. However, we now have a gameplay trailer proper to...
News The Last Case of Benedict Fox Is A Lovecraftian Metroidvania Coming To Xbox Game Pass in 2023
Descend into Limbo
Plot Twist announced their 2.5D Metroidvania adventure, The Last Case of Benedict Fox, at last night's Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase and, following a rather tasty looking gameplay trailer - which you can check out above - we're now fully excited for what this one's gonna bring to the terror table when it hits Xbox Game Pass...
Review The Quarry (Xbox for PC) - A Supermassive Return To Form
Teenage sicks right through the night
Disclaimer: We reviewed The Quarry on PC (Steam), as we were unable to obtain an Xbox review code ahead of time. Therefore, this review contains no details on the performance of the Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S versions. Fans of Supermassive Games' superlative 2015 interactive horror, Until Dawn, have had quite...
News Evil West Unleashes Hell On Xbox This September, Watch The New Trailer
Saddle up, cowboys
Update (Tue 7th Jun, 2022): Remember Evil West? We've now got a date for it! Focus Home Interactive has confirmed the game will launch on September 20th for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. You can check out the brand-new release date reveal trailer above. Original story (Fri 10th Dec, 2021): Flying Wild Hog is a...
Review Assassin's Creed Origins - Better Than Ever On Xbox Series X
Bayek it's a good' un.
Looking back on it now, Assassin's Creed Origins really did mark a brand new direction for Ubisoft's long-running franchise when it released back in October of 2017. This truly epic Egyptian odyssey introduced RPG-lite elements to the series, invigorating its core gameplay with tons of loot, weapons and gear, it completely...
Soapbox Chorus Is Coming To Xbox Game Pass, And You Should Absolutely Play It
Don't skip this space combat spectacular
June has its fair share of big hitters and tasty treats landing on Xbox Game Pass, with the likes of For Honor: Marching Fire Edition, a newly upgraded Assassin's Creed Origins, Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection and the excellent Shadowrun Trilogy to name just a few of the delig
Guide Sniper Elite Mission 8 Starting Locations: Rubble And Ruin
All unlockable starting locations for Rubble And Ruin
As you play through each huge campaign mission in Sniper Elite 5 you'll have the opportunity to search out a handful of new unlockable starting locations so that next time around you can get things underway from somewhere else on the level map. In order to help you out in this regard, we've gone...
Guide Sniper Elite 5 Mission 7 Starting Locations: Secret Weapons
All unlockable starting locations for Secret Weapons
As you play through each huge campaign mission in Sniper Elite 5 you'll have the opportunity to search out a handful of new unlockable starting locations so that next time around you can get things underway from somewhere else on the level map. In order to help you out in this regard, we've gone...
Guide Sniper Elite 5 Mission 6 Starting Locations: Liberation
All unlockable starting locations for Liberation
As you play through each huge campaign mission in Sniper Elite 5 you'll have the opportunity to search out a handful of new unlockable starting locations so that next time around you can get things underway from somewhere else on the level map. In order to help you out in this regard, we've gone...
Guide Sniper Elite 5 Mission 5 Starting Locations: Festung Guernsey
All unlockable starting locations for Festung Guernsey
As you play through each campaign mission in Sniper Elite 5 you'll have the opportunity to search out a handful of new unlockable starting locations so that next time around you can get things underway from somewhere else on the level map. In order to help you out in this regard, we've gone...
Guide Sniper Elite 5 (Xbox): All Workbenches Locations
Where to find each and every Workbench in the game
If you've been getting stuck into the excellent Sniper Elite 5 recently you'll have no doubt been busy hoovering up the many collectibles that are hidden in and around its main campaign missions. We've prepared guides for all workbench locations in Sniper Elite 5, complete with maps and details on...
Guide Sniper Elite 5 (Xbox): All Stone Eagles Locations
Where to find each and every Stone Eagle in the game
If you've been getting stuck into the excellent Sniper Elite 5 recently you'll have no doubt been busy hoovering up the many collectibles that are hidden in and around its main campaign missions. We've prepared guides for all Stone Eagle locations in Sniper Elite 5, complete with maps and details...
Guide Sniper Elite 5 (Xbox): All Personal Letters Locations
Where to find each and every personal letter in the game
If you've been getting stuck into the excellent Sniper Elite 5 recently you'll have no doubt been busy hoovering up the many collectibles that are hidden in and around its main campaign missions. We've prepared guides for all Personal Letters locations in Sniper Elite 5, complete with maps...
Guide Sniper Elite 5 (Xbox): All Hidden Items Locations
Where to find each and every Hidden Item in Sniper Elite 5
If you've been getting stuck into the excellent Sniper Elite 5 recently you'll have no doubt been busy hoovering up the many collectibles that are hidden in and around its main campaign missions. We've prepared guides for all Hidden Items locations in Sniper Elite 5, complete with maps and...
Guide Sniper Elite 5 (Xbox): All Classified Documents Locations
The locations of each and every Classified Document in Sniper Elite 5
If you've been getting stuck into the excellent Sniper Elite 5 recently you'll have no doubt been busy hoovering up the many collectibles that are hidden in and around its main campaign missions. We've prepared guides for all Classified Documents locations in Sniper Elite 5,...
Guide Sniper Elite 5: Cross-Play, Cross-Platform, Cross-Progression Details
Does Rebellion's latest support Cross-Platform play?
Stealth action spectacular Sniper Elite 5 has finally arrived on consoles and is available to play from day one on good old Xbox Game Pass. Rebellion's latest Nazi-blasting adventure sees everybody's favourite elite sniper, Karl Fairburne, at the very top of his game in a campaign that we...
Location details for all Sniper Elite 5 collectibles and unlockables
Hello, and welcome to our Sniper Elite 5 all collectibles guide where we'll be detailing the locations of all Sniper Elite 5 collectibles, including all Stone Eagles locations, Classified Documents locations,
