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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.
Exclusive March Games With Gold Jumping Into View, Double Helpings in April
Doubling up
We've had an anonymous tip thrown across the Pure Xbox news desk this evening, apparently confirming the lineup for Games With Gold in March. File it firmly under RUMOUR until official confirmation comes through. Usually, we wouldn't post an anonymous tip-off, but we've spoken to sources familiar with the lineup and...well...they aren't...
News Microsoft Announces Ultimate Game Sale Weekend Bonus Offers
Even more deals
In addition to the wave of existing Ultimate Game Sale offers that were announced earlier in the week (and that you can see here), Microsoft have unveiled a new batch of titles that will get their prices chopped this weekend. The likes of the Killer Instinct Complete Collection and Halo: Master Chief Collection are trimmed, and there...
News Screenshots and More Confirmed For Xbox One March System Update
You ask, you get
Microsoft has detailed the improvements that are coming in the next Xbox One System Update in March, and there's a much-requested feature included in the set. The ability to take screenshots (Hallelujah!) during gameplay is making its debut in this update. To take a screenshot, you simply double tap the Xbox button on your...
Review Don Bradman Cricket (Xbox One)
A great knock
Over the years, there have been a fair few attempts made at replicating the incredibly complex sport of cricket. Some have come close to perfecting the mix, with the likes of Codemasters having multiple attempts at getting things right. But there's always been the feeling that the developers who are trying to emulate the sport have...
News Lords of the Fallen Removed From Ultimate Game Sale Amidst Confusion
Wait, what, who?
The ongoing Xbox Live Ultimate Game Sale is indeed careening on, providing some great savings across a number of Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles. However, one title - Lords of the Fallen - appears to have been included by mistake. The title was available for £7.50 yesterday (we pretty much all bought it!) down from the full price of...
Rumour Microsoft to Allow Retail Xbox Ones to Be Used as Development Kits in May
Finally
The Verge is reporting that Microsoft is about to make some pretty serious changes to the way in which developers can use Xbox One retail units. Citing "sources familiar with Microsoft's plans", the article claims that the Redmond giant will roll out a new Xbox One Software Development Kit (SDK) preview in May, as well as allowing retail...
News Ultimate Game Sale Goes Live: All The Deals Here
Extra, extra....savings!
The Xbox Live Ultimate Game Sale appears to be rolling out across the world, and there are some great savings to be had. We'll keep this list updated as we find more. Please be aware that prices may not be available worldwide, although most will translate well. Lords of The Fallen for example, is live now for £7.50 in the...
News Forza Motorsport 5 and Forza Horizon 2 Bundle Launching on Xbox Live
Great savings
Microsoft have bundled up their two main racing games for a discount via the Xbox Game Store, and will release a Forza Horizon 2 and Forza Motorsport 5 pack on Friday, 20th February. The bundle is discounted deeply for Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Non-Gold users can get the pack for £84.99 in the UK, or $109.99 in the US - which is...
News Confirmed: Xbox Live Ultimate Game Sale Coming This Week
Big savings ahead!
Rumours are flying around that there's going to be a huge sale on Xbox Live this week, featuring both Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles. We usually expect the Deals With Gold offers to go up on a Tuesday, but this rumoured sale will hit on Wednesday 18th, and run through to the 24th, if true. A page was set live on the Australian...
Rucking terrible.
When it comes to forming an opinion of the annual sports titles that we love to hate, it can be really easy to overlook all the things they get right. The little things that build up into the overall picture, such as the pace of the game, the way players move, and the intelligence of the AI. We tend to focus on the new features...
Review The Escapists (Xbox One)
A Great Escape
As a reviewer of video games, every now and again you can fall into a bit of a dull patch. Every game looks the same. Nothing is interesting. Nothing on the horizon really excites you the way that games of old did. It all gets, for want of a better phrase, a bit "meh." Generally though, you'll find that something comes along that...
News Now Available: Don Bradman Cricket (Xbox One)
Leather on willow and all that
We knew that Don Bradman Cricket would be launching on Xbox One in due course, but no release date had been specified up until...well...yesterday. And of course, that release date that was sprung upon us, giving us plenty of time to prepare, is today. The game is now available to download on Xbox One from the Xbox...
News MLB Confirms RBI Baseball 15 for Xbox One
Due out for spring training
Major League Baseball has confirmed that it will release a new entry in the RBI Baseball series this spring, for Xbox One. RBI Baseball 15 will feature the Cubs' Anthony Rizzo as cover athlete (despite not really having a cover, given that it's digital-only) and will feature revolutionary things such as...statistic...
Are you afraid of the dark?
To say that Dying Light is influenced by developer Techland's other main franchise, Dead Island, would be something of an understatement. Entire gameplay features are reemployed in this title, which admittedly, contains a heck of a lot more polish and refinement than any of the Dead Island games. That isn't to say that...
News Two New LEGO Titles Confirmed For Both Xbox One and Xbox 360
Marvelling at dinosaurs
Warner Bros and TT Games have confirmed that they're working on two new LEGO titles to be released on Xbox One and Xbox 360 in 2015. First up, to coincide with the release of the movie, LEGO Jurassic World is on the horizon. The game won't just feature the new movie storyline though. It'll contain plotlines and characters...
Review Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell (Xbox One)
Into the depths
It has to be said that there can be few people who weren't salivating at the prospect of a new game set in the Saints Row universe being released for less than £16. Even fewer when you consider that the new title would also be available with a rehashed edition of the excellent Saints Row IV for less than £40 for the pair. Indeed,...
News EA Access Members Get Battlefield 4: Second Assault For Free This Month
A little gift...
Those of you who are subscribed to EA Access will be getting a little bonus this month, in the form of the Battlefield 4: Second Assault expansion pack. The main Battlefield 4 game is included in the EA Access "Vault" so is available to play if you're a subscriber. Between January 29th and February 28th, you'll also be able to grab...
News February Games With Gold Confirmed
It draws a free box
Microsoft have confirmed which games will be free in February as part of the Games With Gold plan. First off, on Xbox One, a game that we already knew was coming to Games With Gold has been confirmed as hitting the service on February 1st. That game is #IDARB (It Draws A Red Box). Pitched as "part platformer, part hockey, part...
News Deals With Gold Plus EA Sale Equals Mammoth List of Savings
Save, save, save!
EA are having a bit of a digital sale, alongside the regular Deals With Gold for the week. As a result, there is a veritable smörgåsbord of savings to pick and choose from this week across both Xbox One and Xbox 360. Highlights include Titanfall on Xbox One for just $10, and Dragon Age: Inquisition being shaved to sub-$36. On...
News Your Xbox One Controller Is About To Start Powering Up Quicker
Firmware update off the starboard bow
Microsoft have confirmed that they're working on a new firmware update for the Xbox One controller, which will feature a number of benefits. As well as "stability" improvements, the new firmware will enable your controller to power up and connect to your Xbox One in less than half the time (2 seconds) than it...
Drop in the ocean
Anyone that lived through the last couple of generations of console gaming has probably at least tried their hand at a water-based racing game. Whether it was the seminal Wave Race, the fondly-remembered Hydro Thunder, the massively underrated Splashdown, or even the somewhat disappointing Rapid Racer, more or less every platform...
News Windows 10 Will Support Xbox One Game Streaming
Booming.
At their Windows 10 conference this afternoon, Microsoft dropped something of a bombshell regarding how Windows 10 interacts with the Xbox One. As well as confirming that every Windows 10 device will come preloaded with an Xbox app - which looks a bit like this - they also confirmed that every Xbox One game, both existing and to come, can...
News Microsoft Windows 10 Event - Live Blog and Chat
Get your talk on!
[liveblog=windows_10_event_jan15]#Windows10 #XboxOne Microsoft are holding a little shindig to show off the latest version of the operating system that built the company, Windows 10. So as an Xbox site, why are we covering it? Well, the rumour is that Microsoft are intending to unify their different operating systems into one...
Pure Retro Pro Evolution Soccer 5 - The Master of The Leagues
Better than the rest
Back in the day (I promise not to use that too much in our retro articles, but just let me have this one) things were very, very different to how they are now when it came to console football. Now, we have the yearly battle between EA's FIFA and Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer franchises and that's pretty much your lot. Any new...
