News Blazing Badger Announces Customisable Twin Stick Shooter AIPD for Xbox One
One game, a hundred thousand modes
Feature Xbox One February System Update Begins Rolling Out Today
Gotta love that new update smell
News - February, 2015
Friday27th Feb 2015
Review Pneuma: Breath of Life (Xbox One)
God us
We weren't quite sure what to make of Pneuma: Breath of Life before getting our hands on it. Early trailers gave the impression that it was to be a Myst-like puzzle game that took itself very seriously. The visuals looked stunning and, although certainly having an artistic spice to them, appeared to primarily be concerned with realism...
Thursday26th Feb 2015
Feature These Are the Xbox 360 Games We Want to See Remastered for Xbox One
Providing old favorites with a minor facelift
Whether you like them or hate them, it seems that remasters, definitive editions, and last-gen ports will continue travelling over to the Xbox One for some time to come. We'll admit that we're not entirely fond of the idea if it means that potential sequels get the shaft, but we do welcome the remaster...
News Fable Legends Will Be Free to Play on Xbox One and Windows 10
Fable for everyone!
The latest title in the Fable series will use a business model similar to the MOBA sensation that is League of Legends. Microsoft has announced that Lionhead Studios' Fable Legends will be a free-to-play title. While this may worry players, Microsoft seems to be handling the free to play model without it being "pay to win". The...
Wednesday25th Feb 2015
News Blazing Badger Announces Customisable Twin Stick Shooter AIPD for Xbox One
One game, a hundred thousand modes
Indie developer Blazing Badger has released some details about their upcoming twin stick shooter AIPD, which will launch on Xbox One and other platforms later in the year. The game will feature distinctly 80s-style neon art, and has an ace up its sleeve in the form of customisable game modes. The developer states...
Tuesday24th Feb 2015
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...
Friday20th Feb 2015
You spin me right round
Every year without fail a new release is heralded as the 'Citizen Kane' of video games. It's a baffling, completely unfair comparison, as movies and games are two totally different mediums; but it's one that is easy to make when recognizing a quality product. While No Goblin's revolving limousine arcade game, Roundabout, is...
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...
Thursday19th Feb 2015
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...
Wednesday18th Feb 2015
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...
Tuesday17th Feb 2015
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...
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...
Monday16th Feb 2015
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...
Natural Selection
With an obnoxious marketing campaign, a controversial amount of planned DLC, and multiplayer betas after discs have been pressed, it has been hard to not hear about Evolve in the past few months. Lost in the media shuffle though was that Evolve - despite whatever concerns one may hold over its business plan - is a fantastic game...
Friday13th Feb 2015
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...
News Your Next Free EA Access Game is NBA Live 15
Adding more value
EA Access subscribers will be able to download NBA Live 15 soon for free, according to a slip-up from the Xbox website. As one can see in the above image, the Xbox website was updated to show that EA's latest basketball game will indeed be added to The Vault, an assortment of free digital EA games for Xbox One players that pay for...
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...
Wednesday11th Feb 2015
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...
Tuesday10th Feb 2015
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...
Friday6th Feb 2015
Feature Xbox One February System Update Begins Rolling Out Today
Gotta love that new update smell
The first major Xbox One system update of 2015 has begun rolling out today, confirmed Xbox Newswire. The new update, which we previously detailed last month for Preview members, brings with it some welcome new enhancements and features to the machine. First and foremost, each and every Xbox One game will have its...
Tuesday3rd Feb 2015
News DC Universe Online, Planetside 2 and H1Z1 Coming To Xbox?
Has Sony inadvertently done Xbox a favor?
Based on recent reports, it's possible that DC Universe Online, H1Z1 and even Planetside 2 could be coming to Xbox platforms. Yesterday, our friends over at Push Square reported that Sony had sold SOE (Sony Online Entertainment), one of its main internal development studios, to the investment company...
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...
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