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Master web developer by trade, Ken guided Pure Xbox through its first incarnation around the time of the Xbox One. Nowadays, you'll find him selling a wealth of retro goodness via SuperChallenge.
E3 2015 Xbox One Backward Compatibility Confirmed
Showstopper.
Well, we certainly didn't expect it to happen, but it appears that Microsoft have stolen the show during their E3 presser, by announcing that Xbox 360 backward compatibility is coming to Xbox One. Not only that, but the compatibility is native, meaning that your digital games will just appear in your catalogue, and you can just insert...
E3 2015 What's Going On With Elite: Dangerous?
Something space-y this way comes
Now, we may be jumping the (laser) gun a little bit, but it seems like a very strange coincidence that on the very day before Microsoft holds their big E3 press conference, European age raters PEGI would suddenly confirm that they've provided an age rating to a game that could potentially be a very big deal on Xbox...
E3 2015 Xbox Live Gold Members in for an Extra Exclusive
Rewards ahoy...
According to a promotional email sent out by Microsoft today to promote their E3 presser, Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be in for a little surprise, in the form of some sort of an exclusive offer. The text reads simply: Gold members exclusive: For our Gold members, be sure to be on the lookout for a special exclusive. Way to...
News Exclusive Screens: Activision Bringing New Cel-Shaded Transformers Title to Xbox
Incoming
Back in 2014, Activision released the so-so Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark for Xbox 360 and Xbox One and, since then, has been relatively quiet about the direction that the videogame versions of the franchise would be headed. However, a source has revealed exclusively to Pure Xbox that the company is set to announce a cel-shaded...
Review Beach Buggy Racing (Xbox One)
Lacking engine-uity
Ever since the legendary Super Mario Kart made its first appearance on the SNES back in 1992, it really does feel as if every publisher has tried to emulate its success. Shrek, Looney Tunes, Sonic, Bomberman, Digimon, LittleBigPlanet, Crazy Frog, Crash Bandicoot, Madagascar, The Muppets, South Park and more have been cynically...
News Forza Horizon 2 Porsche Expansion Accidentally Leaked by Microsoft
Oops!
Forza Horizon 2 has received a new car pack - the Duracell Car Pack - today and in their excitement, Microsoft posted up a video trailer to show it off. What they forgot to do though, was make sure that they'd used the correct description and title for the video. Rather than the intended description, they ran with:- Available exclusively...
E3 2015 Here's Your E3 Conference Schedule
We got you covered
E3 2015 is just around the corner and - as always - there's confusion over the times of the various conferences that will be taking place. This year, we've got shows from the platform holders - Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo - as well as publisher shows from Bethesda, EA, Ubisoft, and Square Enix to look forward to. In order to...
News Bethesda Teaser Site Code Reveals Fallout 4 Coming to Xbox One
Bethesda site spills the beans
Bethesda have launched a new teaser countdown site for a Fallout title at and although no game title is mentioned, it appears that the game is indeed the much-hyped Fallout 4. Not only that, but we've done a little digging into the site's source code and found a few bits and pieces that would indeed confirm it a bit...
News Bigben Confirms Rugby World Cup 2015 for Xbox One, Xbox 360
Trying again
Bigben Interactive have confirmed that they've locked up the licence for the Rugby World Cup from Rugby World Cup Limited, and will be bringing a game based on the tournament - which will be held in England - to both Xbox One and Xbox 360 in September Rugby World Cup 2015 won't be Bigben's first stab at bringing the ever-growing sport...
News Rugby League Live 3 Set to Play the Ball on Xbox One
Zipped past us
The next game in Big Ant's Rugby League Live series will be headed to Xbox One. Rugby League Live 3 has been rated by European raters PEGI this morning, suggesting that it will release a lot sooner than we'd anticipated. Indeed, the game was actually confirmed back in December 2014 via Big Ant's Facebook page, but we must have been...
Review Farming Simulator 15 (Xbox One)
The amber waves of groan
It almost goes without saying that Farming Simulator 15 will be a divisive game. On a platform filled to the brim with shooters, racers and sports simulations, the simple fact is that a very large portion of the market will just simply not understand the attraction of planting crops and harvesting them for money. On the...
Weirdness Missing That Xbox One 'Day One' Achievement? Now You Can Buy It Without the eBay Risk
Surely, nobody is this tragic?
Folks who picked up the Xbox One on launch day - or 'Day One' - were rewarded with an exclusive code bundled into the box. When redeemed, the code gave you an utterly pointless 'Day One' achievement that was worth absolutely no Gamerscore points at all. Also, it unlocked the ability to use the Day One branding as your...
News Xbox Live Rewards Takes a Hint From Club Nintendo, Offers Physical Items to VIPs
Now you're talking...
Xbox Live Rewards is a cool little service provided by Microsoft to Xbox Live users, allowing them to earn small amounts of money based on what they've bought and played via the Xbox Live service. Most people will pick up a couple of bucks every now and then from the service if they're lucky, but it seems that Microsoft is...
Review Mega Coin Squad (Xbox One)
Money.
Couch-based multiplayer has been falling away in recent years but, with the rise of indie developers who are keen to see it make a comeback, more and more titles seem to be remembering that pretty much every console ever made supports more than one controller being in use at a time. This resurgence is most definitely occurring on the Xbox One...
Review Slice Zombies for Kinect (Xbox One)
Quick chop
From Slice Zombies for Kinect's very title, you can pretty much predict what it's going to consist of. If you guessed "Fruit Ninja Kinect with zombies instead of fruit" then you're pretty much on the money. That isn't to belittle developer MADE's work though, rather it's the easiest way to inform readers of what the game is all about...
So NERO, so far(o)
When NERO first made its appearance back at E3 2014, pretty much everybody with eyes on the screen was intrigued. Beautiful settings, a fantastic soundtrack, and stacks of luminescence were the order of the day. That first trailer didn't particularly shed any light on the gameplay though. As it turns out, Storm in a Teacup's...
Feature Editor's Opinion: Indie Game Promotion on Xbox One Has to Change
Evolution required
Back in the Xbox 360's heyday, Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade was a stellar way to bring new titles to gamers. A platform within a platform, it appeared to have the full backing of the console manufacturer, with regular arcade-focused promotions and a dedicated area on the dashboard for people to find out about what was available...
And not a light cycle in sight...
When it comes to twin-stick shooters, the Xbox One now has a fair few titles from which to choose. The excellent Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions is at the top of the pile, whilst less high-profile releases such as We Are Doomed and Sixty Second Shooter Prime bring up the rear. Puppy Games' Ultratron – the follow up...
Review Project CARS (Xbox One)
Spin Spin Sugar
It's 8am on a drizzly Spanish morning. Despite the light smattering of rain, the early morning sunlight floods through the trees dotted around the Catalunya circuit, reflecting in the standing water on the wet tarmac and bringing the whole track to life. The sand to the edges of the raceway looks as bright and soft as the most...
News DICE Confirms That All Future Battlefield 4 Content Will Be Free
There's nothing cheaper
DICE have confirmed that any future content that they release for Battlefield 4 - including all the things they've already announced - will be free for all players, regardless of whether or not they own a Premium pass. In the works at DICE are night versions of several maps - including Siege of Shanghai, Zavod 311, and...
Review Project Root (Xbox One)
Rooted to the flaw
Triangle's Shooting Love 200X managed to find a Western release on Xbox 360 recently and that would suggest that while the numbers have certainly dwindled, there are still enough fans of old-school top-down shooters to be found out there. Many developers have tried – with varying levels of success – to breathe life into a...
It was always obvious to us
During their recent earnings call, EA have declared themselves to be "extremely pleased" with the way in which EA Access is going on Xbox One, confirming that the service has outperformed all expectations so far. Not only that, but with a bunch of titles now available in the EA Access Vault, the company has decided that...
Review State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition (Xbox One)
New and unimproved
When it comes to writing a review, sometimes the words are easy to put together, while the score causes problems and doubt. Sometimes, the opposite occurs and while you've got the score locked in your head, the words just don't flow. With Undead Labs' remaster of the cult Xbox 360 hit State of Decay, we seem to have run into...
