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TodayThu, 2nd Jan 2025
Talking Point Is 2025 The Year We See Everwild On Xbox?
A rare appearance
Here at Pure Xbox HQ, we've begun theorising on what games might show up at a potential Xbox Developer Direct later this month. We know that the showcase hasn't even been formally announced yet - but it's still fun to speculate on what could make an appearance if Xbox continues its recent trend of January showcases
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News Xbox Fans Think Back To Halo Infinite Feature Finally Made Famous In 2024
"Halo Infinite did this first but nobody cared"
Prior to the launch of Halo Infinite in 2021, Xbox fans were very excited for a new era of Halo multiplayer, especially when it contained consumer-friendly features like free-to-play online access and battle pass progression that never expired. Over the course of the game's life cycle, Halo Infinite...
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- Marvel Rivals
- Helldivers 2
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News Microsoft Rejected Halo & DOOM Crossover For 'Secret Level' Episode, Say Creators
"I spent a whole weekend crafting this impassioned letter..."
If you haven't come across it yet, a new adult-animated series called Secret Level arrived on Amazon Prime in early December, and it seems to have been a big hit so far - to the point where it's been greenlit for Season 2! All of the episodes in Secret Level are based around video games,...
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News Two More Xbox Game Pass Additions Seemingly Leaked For January 2025
From a reliable insider
As we enter into the new year, we've got lots of Xbox Game Pass updates coming our way right now - and a new rumour from reliable insider eXtas1s suggests January's Game Pass lineup is about to get even better. According to the well-known leaker, Blizzard's first Diablo game is set to come to PC Game Pass this month,
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News Hi-Fi RUSH Dev Posts New Year Message As Studio Is 'Reborn' Outside Of Xbox
"We're excited to continue crafting games"
Last year proved to be a bit of a wild time for Japanese studio Tango Gameworks. The team was riding high after 2023's Hi-Fi RUSH, before then-owner Microsoft decided to close the studio during a heavy round layoffs in 2024. In the end though, things are working out for the team - as evidenced by its new...
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- Krafton
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News 'Carrion' Is Your First Xbox Game Pass Addition Of 2025
Available in the library right now!
Xbox has delivered its first Xbox Game Pass addition of the year in the form of "reverse horror game" Carrion, which is now available in the library. The title returns to Game Pass after previously being available back in 2020, 2021 and the first half of 2022. We have a few more games already confirmed for the...
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News Black Myth: Wukong's Xbox Saga Just Got A Whole Lot More Confusing
The game's director has weighed in
We've been waiting and waiting on Black Myth: Wukong to launch for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S ever since it was delayed indefinitely back in June, and as we arrive in 2025, there's still no date for its release as of yet. The reason it's become a saga is because nobody's really addressed it so far (until now)...
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News Six Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass In Early January 2025
Including a fantastic FPS
Microsoft has now revealed the first batch of games leaving Xbox Game Pass in the middle of January, and we have six titles in total exiting the service in a few weeks. The two biggest leavers here are probably Capcom's Exoprimal and online shooter Insurgency: Sandstorm; the latter of which will be a big miss considering...
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YesterdayWed, 1st Jan 2025
Feature 30 Xbox Series X|S Games To Look Forward To In 2025
Hey, backlog, suck on this
Good day to you, future citizen, and welcome to 2025! 2024 was a very, very good year for games, and although Xbox's first-party output dried up at times and perhaps lacked a certain spark overall (at least in this writer's opinion), the likes of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, CoD: Black Ops 6, Age of Mythology:...
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Pick One Which Xbox First-Party Game Are You Most Excited To Play This Year?
An exciting year ahead!
As we mentioned in our Xbox Developer Direct article a few weeks back, Xbox has a pretty stacked games lineup heading into 2025, with multiple first-party titles already scheduled to release this year. The question is, which of these games are you most excited about at this stage? Right now at least, only one of these has a...
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Let's hope for a great 2025 in the world of Xbox
Happy New Year! 2025 has officially begun, which means we're entering a year filled with plenty more Xbox goodness, including the releases of Fable, DOOM: The Dark Ages, Avowed and even a little game known as Grand Theft Auto 6! It'll also be interesting to see how the Xbox brand evolves over the...
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Talking Point What Are Your New Year's Gaming Resolutions?
Anything in mind for the next 12 months?
With a brand-new year ahead of us, this is always the time when people begin to make their resolutions for the 12 months ahead, most of which they inevitably never stick to. Still, it's nice to have some goals in mind for the future! When it comes to gaming, there are all kinds of resolutions that you might...
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Tuesday31st Dec 2024
Feature All New Xbox Games Coming Out In January 2025
Star Wars, Dynasty Warriors, Sniper Elite & much more!
Welcome to our roundup of all new Xbox games coming out in January 2025! Below, we've listed every Xbox game with an January 2025 release date, including all confirmed Xbox Game Pass releases so far. And yes, even though it's a traditionally quiet time of year, we've still got some really...
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News Xbox Takes 'Runner-Up' Spot For IGN's Game Of The Year 2024 Award
Metaphor: ReFantazio wins the big prize
Back in early December, we highlighted the six games that were nominated as the best Xbox titles of the year as part of the IGN Awards 2024, as well as the 14 games that were up for the biggest award of all - Game of the Year. We didn't know the results at the time, but now we do! And, when it comes to the...
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- Indiana Jones
Talking Point Which Xbox Games Deserved More Love In 2024?
Does anything specific come to mind?
As 2024 officially comes to an end, we wanted to take this last chance to ask you about your favourite titles of the past 365 days - and specifically the games that you've enjoyed, but didn't receive enough love from the wider community. There are loads and loads of potential candidates in here, some of which...
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Talking Point Looking Back At A Turbulent But Productive Year For Xbox
It's been a wild 12 months for Team Green
As we come to the end of 2024, we have to look back on what's been a bizarre year to be an Xbox fan. Some of the team's recent acquisitions have really kicked into gear — namely Bethesda with Indiana Jones and Activision with Black Ops 6 — but it's hard to ignore the amount of mixed messaging and
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Monday30th Dec 2024
Xbox console exclusive games you can enjoy in 2025
What are the best Xbox exclusives you can play in 2025? The Xbox ecosystem has been home to some truly stellar Xbox exclusives over the years, top-notch titles that you'll only find on Microsoft's family of consoles and PC. What's more, the vast majority of these titles are now available via Xbox...
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Reminder Xbox Game Pass Is Losing Six Games On New Year's Eve
You haven't got long left to enjoy them
It's almost time to say goodbye to 2024, but not just yet! Before then, if you've got any spare time to kill, you might be interested in checking out one of six Xbox Game Pass titles that will leave the service late on December 31st. There are some biggies in here, including LEGO 2K Drive and Party Animals...
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News Next-Gen Xbox Controller Possibly Uncovered In New Microsoft Patent
Here's an early look
Back in September of 2023, the biggest leak in Xbox history uncovered a bunch of things that were supposedly planned at one point in time, including a controller codenamed "Sebile" that was seemingly set for a 2024 release. That obviously didn't happen, but Windows Central is reporting "on good authority" this
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- Controllers
- Next-Gen
News Xbox Is Set Up For A 'Bright' Future, Suggests Industry Analyst
Despite a "rocky couple of years"
We've heard a lot about the downsides of Xbox this year, even though there have been many positives along the way, and that's primarily because of the controversy over various first-party titles jumping to PlayStation (and Switch). Microsoft has clearly started implementing new strategies for the Xbox brand, as...
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- Xbox Game Studios
News Xbox's Indiana Jones Success Has Apparently Left Disney Wanting More
"Disney picked up the phone"
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has undoubtedly enjoyed a great month since its release back in early December, and according to a new rumour, it sounds like Disney is already interested in a potential sequel from MachineGames. This comes courtesy of Windows Central editor Jez Corden on the Xbox Two Podcast: "A...
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Saturday28th Dec 2024
Guide Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In January 2025
We already know of quite a few!
Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in January 2025? It can be pretty difficult to keep track of all the comings and goings in the world of Xbox Game Pass every week, so we've put together this handy guide to provide an overview of what's coming to Xbox Game Pass in January, as well as the...
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Feature These Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (December 30 - January 3)
Get ready for a new year of Xbox releases!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for December 30 - January 3! As you can see, we're looking extremely quiet over the next few days, but there are still a handful of new releases - plus a returning Xbox Game Pass addition! Here's what's coming to Xbox next week: New Xbox Releases (December 30 - January...
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- Weekly Roundup
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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 28-29)
Trying out any new Christmas presents?
Welcome to the final weekend of 2024! There's not much going on in the world of Xbox right now, but don't forget you can spend some Christmas money on the Xbox Countdown Sale 2024 - it's still live until Thursday, January 2nd! Here's what we're playing this weekend: Fraser Gilbert, Editor: I inevitably...
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Friday27th Dec 2024
News Halo Suffers Massive Leak On Christmas Day, Internal Documents & Dev Builds Revealed
Mainly concerning the Bungie era
It wasn't exactly a quiet Christmas Day for Halo this year, as although Halo Studios hasn't got anything to announce right now, some random poster on 4chan decided to leak 90GB worth of content relating to the franchise. That's according to a report from The Game Post, which mentions that the leak was for the "Halo...
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News Xbox Dominated The US Gaming Charts In Indiana Jones' Launch Week
Indy took #2, but Xbox still had #1 as well!
If you've been wondering how well Indiana Jones performed following its launch earlier this month, we've got good news! It's been revealed that the game was second for US dollar sales for the week ending December 14th. This is according to Circana (NPD) analyst Mat Piscatella, who revealed that Indiana...
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Feature Pure Xbox's Top 10 Game Pass Titles Of 2024
Based on your votes!
Last Saturday, we asked you about your favourite Xbox Game Pass additions of the past 12 months, and just like we did with the Pure Xbox Game of the Year roundup, we thought we'd let you know of the results for this one as well! It'll come as no surprise to see that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle ran away with the votes...
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News Xbox Fans Treated To Surprise 'Everwild' Appearance Ahead Of The New Year
Could we see it in 2025?!
We haven't really heard much about the long-in-development Everwild over the past couple of years, but Rare has been silently working away on it, and we might have a sign that some kind of reveal will be shared with us in 2025. As part of their "Happy Holidays" message on social media, Rare shared a new piece of artwork...
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Thursday26th Dec 2024
News Metacritic Reveals The 10 Worst-Rated Video Games Of 2024
Six of which have released on Xbox
Sorry to put things on a downer exactly one day after Christmas (!), but considering we recently highlighted Metacritic's top Xbox games of the year, as well as the Pure Xbox Game of the Year, we're intrigued to look at the worst as well! Things are a bit difficult with Metacritic though, because their "Worst...
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Feature Pure Xbox's Game Of The Year 2024: The Results You Didn't See
Including how many votes Indiana Jones got!
Yesterday, we published our Pure Xbox Game of the Year results for 2024, and the winner was crowned as Indiana Jones and the Great Circle by quite a huge margin, with Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Hellblade 2 being the runners up. <related ids="176203"> The GOTY feature is always focused on the...
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Poll How Many Xbox Games Have You Actually Bought In 2024?
A few? A dozen? How about over 50?!
As we saw in yesterday's Pure Xbox Game of the Year 2024 roundup, Xbox fans have been treated to a massive range of great games on Xbox over the past 12 months, but naturally we can't afford to buy every single one of them! Of course, Xbox Game Pass is a huge factor here as well, as it's become very evident in...
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Talking Point Which Xbox Games Have You Managed To Finish This Year?
Have you dug into your backlog?
As the year draws to a close, now's the perfect time to reflect on how we've tackled the relentless barrage of great Xbox games that have headed our way in 2024, which includes how many of them we've actually been able to finish! Of course, the idea of "finishing" or "completing" a game these days isn't quite as...
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Wednesday25th Dec 2024
Feature Pure Xbox's Game Of The Year 2024
The end of another great circle
2024. You piece of trash. Your time has come. Yes, it's the end of another year on this planet we're all involuntarily stuck to, and it's been another fairly atrocious one all round, truth be told. Whether its within the games industry itself, which is currently being eaten alive by straight-up greed, or on the world...
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News Merry Christmas And Happy Holidays From All Of Us At Pure Xbox!
And thank you for your support as always
It's the most wonderful time of the year, or so they say! If you're celebrating Christmas, we hope you have a fantastic time - and we'd also like to welcome new PX members who have just received their first Xbox console as a present! This is also the time of the year where we slow down a bit, so you won't...
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Tuesday24th Dec 2024
News Xbox Is Giving Away Free Gift Cards For The Countdown Sale 2024
Only to certain people though!
It's been a while since we did one of these, but yes - it's happening again! Microsoft is giving away free Xbox gift cards to select users as part of the Xbox Countdown Sale 2024, redeemable from now until the end of January. To see if you've been picked for one, you'll need to head to your Xbox messages ("Chats") and...
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News Epic Games Suffers Controversy As Master Chief Returns To Fortnite After 935 Days
The best skin is "no longer unlockable"
Believe it or not, it's actually been 935 days since Halo's Master Chief skin was last present in Fortnite! That date was June 3rd of 2022, but as a special Christmas treat, a bunch of Halo items (including that skin) have just reappeared. That's obviously great news for any Halo fans who love playing...
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News EA's Latest 'Free' Xbox Game Is A Truly Incredible Shooter From 2016
Standby for Titanfall
EA is back with another free gift for us all! This time, it's Titanfall 2: Ultimate Edition that's being given away for free to all Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play members, accessible by searching for the game on the Xbox Store. The Ultimate Edition of Titanfall 2 includes all the Deluxe Edition content along with a few...
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- Titanfall 2
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News SEGA Is Reportedly Considering Its Own Gaming Subscription Service
"We're discussing something"
Xbox Game Pass has been a huge success for Microsoft and it's led to a bunch of other video game companies offering similar Netflix-style subscription services. It seems SEGA might be next, with company president Shuji Utsumi revealing to the BBC recently how the Japanese developer and publisher behind Sonic the...
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Monday23rd Dec 2024
Feature Four Xbox Games We've Given 'Outstanding' 10/10 Scores To In 2024
What would your list look like?
Each year in Xbox land, we're typically treated to a short list of titles that end up earning an 'Outstanding' 10/10 review score here at Pure Xbox - and 2024 is no different. This calendar year, we've handed out four 10/10 review scores to what we deem some of the best games to grace the platform over the past 12...
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Feature Xbox Game Studios: All Microsoft First-Party Developers & What They're Working On
Including Bethesda & Activision Blizzard
At this stage, Microsoft has lots of in-house development studios making Xbox games, including all those teams across Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda and Activision Blizzard. So, as we close in on another year of Xbox, we thought we'd gather up every Microsoft first-party developer and what they're working on...
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- Activision Blizzard
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Talking Point Next Year Marks A Decade Since Xbox's Genius Backwards Compatibility Program
Launched for Xbox One in 2015
It's 2015, Microsoft has had a rough start to its most recent Xbox console generation, and it's banking on a megaton announcement to get longtime fans back onside. Fast-forward to the team's E3 Showcase in June - and it more than delivers. Xbox 360 backwards compatibility is announced for Xbox One, and the crowd goes...
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News Bethesda Games Would Be 'Better' On UE5, Claims Former Skyrim Artist
Is it time to make the switch?
Xbox's Halo team announced in October it would be swapping from its in-house engine to Unreal Engine 5 - allowing the series to grow "more quickly and organically" than before. With this in mind, former Bethesda artist Nate Purkeypile (Skyrim, Fallout) believes Bethesda should maybe consider following a similar...
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- The Elder Scrolls
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Sunday22nd Dec 2024
News EA's Next 'Free' Xbox Game Is Now Available To Claim
Be quick, today only!
As part of its holiday celebrations this year, Electronic Arts is allowing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate / EA Play users to grab a selection of free content to keep forever - and the promotion's third full Xbox title is now available to claim. Following on from Battlefield 1 and
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Saturday21st Dec 2024
News A New Terminator Game Has Been Rated For Xbox Series X|S And One
From the team behind Terminator: Resistance
Pictured: Terminator: Resistance It looks like another Terminator game is on the way following the discovery of a new rating on the Australian Classification Board. It's called Terminator 2D: No Fate and will be coming to the Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. It's developed and published by the UK-based team...
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News These Are The Top-Selling Games In The Xbox Countdown Sale 2024
The hottest deals right now
It's been just over a week now since the biggest Xbox sale of the year went live - the Xbox Countdown Sale 2024! So, we thought we'd take this opportunity to look at which games have been selling the best so far. When we did this for the Black Friday Sale, we focused on the US version of the Xbox Store, so this time...
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Poll What Were The Best Xbox Game Pass Additions In 2024?
There's a lot to choose from!
Although Xbox Game Pass may have slowed down a little bit in 2024, we've still seen a huge number of incredible games added to the service over the past 12 months, including some extremely notable first-party titles as well! In recent weeks alone, the likes of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Call of Duty: Black Ops...
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Feature These Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (December 23-27)
Christmas week!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for December 23-27! Naturally, considering it's Christmas week, the new releases are slowing down considerably over the next few days, but we've still got a few fun launches on the way! Here's what's coming to Xbox next week: New Xbox Releases (December 23-27): 8 & 9 Ball Pocket...
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- Weekly Roundup
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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 21-22)
It's a bit of Baldur's Gate 3 for us
Welcome to the weekend! Things have calmed down a lot on Xbox over the past week, but don't forget we've seen some great Xbox Game Pass titles throughout December, and the Xbox Countdown Sale 2024 remains live as well! Here's what we're playing this weekend: Fraser Gilbert, Editor: I'm so ready for a Christmas...
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Friday20th Dec 2024
News Xbox's 'Top Paid' Backwards Compatible Title Could Be Coming To Game Pass
Another one for the list
Over the last week or two, we've seen multiple Call of Duty titles get ported over to the Microsoft Store on PC, which is a good sign that they're likely being prepared for Xbox Game Pass at some stage. While we still don't have any confirmed XGP dates for
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News More 'Free' Games Have Launched On Xbox This Month, Along With New Demos & Trials
There's a lot to check out this Christmas!
Things might have quietened down when it comes to Xbox Game Pass additions and even just new Xbox releases over the past couple of weeks, but there are a whole bunch of free goodies that are well worth checking out this Christmas! Let's start with the "free" new games. In addition to the EA giveaways that...
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