News The Relaxing 'Lake' Is Getting A Lot Of Attention On Xbox Game Pass
Some love it, some not so much
Guide Halo Infinite: How To Get The 'Mister Chief' AI In Multiplayer
Be warned, he doesn't come cheap!
Guide How To Claim 2000 Bonus Microsoft Rewards Points On Xbox In January 2022
Your Monthly Bonus Round instructions
News The First Two Of January 2022's Xbox Games With Gold Are Now Available
Including a classic shoot 'em up
News - 2021, Week 52
Saturday1st Jan 2022
News No Joke, It Looks Like GoldenEye 007 Is Finally Coming To Xbox
Everyone remain calm...
How incredible would this be as a way to kick off 2022?! It looks like GoldenEye 007 is on the way to Xbox. True Achievements has picked up a new achievement list for the game — 55 achievements for 1000 gamerscore. Some of the achievement images even appear to have leaked, as you can see in the tweets below: Based on...
Guide How To Claim 2000 Bonus Microsoft Rewards Points On Xbox In January 2022
Your Monthly Bonus Round instructions
It's that time again! We're big fans of the Microsoft Rewards program here at Pure Xbox, which allows you to complete tasks in order to earn redeemable points which can be spent on gift cards, donations and much more. January 2022's "Monthly Bonus Round" challenge has just begun, and by satisfying a few easy...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 1-2)
The first weekend of the New Year!
Well, another year has begun! 2022 has officially kicked off, and we're starting it with a weekend to (hopefully) relax and play some fantastic Xbox games. Don't forget that the huge Xbox Countdown Sale 2021 is ending over the next couple of days, so now is your last chance to add some of those discounted titles to...
Pick One Which Is Your Favourite Xbox Yakuza Game?
Out of the mainline entries
It's time for another round of Pick One — New Year's edition! This week, to mark the removal of various Yakuza games from Xbox Game Pass (don't worry, you can still grab a couple of them at a major discount for the next few days), we thought we'd take a look at the franchise on Xbox so far. We're not including...
News Happy New Year From The Pure Xbox Team
2022 should be a good one for Xbox!
Happy New Year! 2022 has officially arrived, and we're looking forward to another incredibly busy twelve months for Xbox, with the likes of Starfield, Redfall, Stalker 2 and many other high-profile releases on the way this year. Looking back, 2021 was a great year for Xbox, with Game Pass easily having its best...
Friday31st Dec 2021
News The First Two Of January 2022's Xbox Games With Gold Are Now Available
Including a classic shoot 'em up
You can now begin downloading the first batch of January 2022's Xbox Games With Gold titles (one day early!), which are the Xbox One game NeuroVoider and Xbox 360 game Radiant Silvergun. Both titles are available right now from the Microsoft Store (links at the bottom of the page) or by searching manually on your...
News The New Smurfs Game Is Surprising People With Its Impressive Visuals
"I'm kind of shocked"
The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf may have totally skipped your radar when it released for Xbox (and various other platforms) back in late October, but it's picking up quite a bit of steam at the moment thanks to its surprisingly impressive visuals. Our friend and former Pure Xbox team member Daniel Hollis took to Twitter recently to...
News These Five Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass Today (December 31)
But you can grab some of them in the Countdown Sale
In case you'd forgotten, today marks the removal of five more games from the Xbox Game Pass library, including popular sports title eFootball PES 2021, as well as three games from the beloved Yakuza series. Here are the eight games confirmed to leave before the end of the day on Xbox Game Pass:...
Reminder The Halo Xbox 360 Games Are Shutting Their Servers Soon
But you can still play them in the MCC
We've covered this a couple of times now here at Pure Xbox, but the date is creeping up fast — the classic Xbox 360 Halo games will be sunsetting their online services in just a couple of weeks on January 13th, 2022. Fortunately, this doesn't affect the Master Chief Collection at all, so you can continue to...
Thursday30th Dec 2021
News The Relaxing 'Lake' Is Getting A Lot Of Attention On Xbox Game Pass
Some love it, some not so much
One of the final additions to Xbox Game Pass in 2021 was the relaxing mail delivery game Lake, and it's certainly been getting a lot of attention since it arrived on the service — with some absolutely loving it, and some calling it "boring". The game is slow-paced to say the least, putting you in the shoes of...
Roundup Here's What's Coming To Xbox In January 2022
Ready for Extraction?
Welcome to our first roundup for 2022! As you'd expect, January is looking like it'll be pretty quiet for new Xbox releases, but we've still got a variety of Xbox Game Pass titles on the way (with more likely to be announced as the month progresses), along with the biggest release of the month in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six...
Random Phil Spencer Sends Birthday Message To 'Incredibly Special' Xbox UK Employee
"You bring so much to what Xbox is about"
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer seems like one of the best bosses you could possibly hope to work for, and he recently took some time out of his busy schedule to record a birthday message for Xbox UK employee, Charleyy Hodson. As you can see in the video below, Spencer acknowledges the Social Media Manager and...
News Rare's Everwild Is Reportedly 'A Real Mess', Still Being Figured Out
"The people working on it don't know what's going on..."
We've seen reports over the past year that Rare's Everwild is undergoing a bit of a challenging phase right now — even Microsoft confirmed it back in October — and a new report has stated that the game is "a real mess" at the moment. Speaking on The XboxEra Podcast a few days ago,
News Halo Infinite Dataminers Appear To Uncover Various New Multiplayer Modes
Multi-team Slayer, Grifball, Zombies and more...
Tired of playing the same old modes in Halo Infinite multiplayer again and again? Well, read on... It appears this part of the newest game in the series will be getting an update in the future that reintroduces some popular Halo modes from past entries. This is all according to a Halo dataminer...
Wednesday29th Dec 2021
Guide Halo Infinite: How To Get The 'Mister Chief' AI In Multiplayer
Be warned, he doesn't come cheap!
The latest Halo Infinite store refresh has added a new "Mister Chief" bundle to the game, and so if you're wondering how to get the Mister Chief AI for your Spartan in multiplayer, it's really easy to do. Unfortunately, the downside is that you're going to need to fork out the equivalent of $20 for this bundle —...
News Xbox Fans Go Viral With Heartwarming Series X Reaction At Christmas
"What a surprise... we are stunned"
We saw a lot of fantastic reactions from Xbox fans getting new consoles (and much more) at Christmas, but one reaction in particular happened to go viral on Twitter — even attracting the attention of Xbox exec, Aaron Greenberg. Xbox fan and Twitter user s500ivan took to the platform to reveal that his wife had...
Talking Point What Have You Bought In The Xbox Countdown Sale 2021?
It ends in a few days!
We're now just a few days away from the end of 2021, and that means the Xbox Countdown Sale is almost over! It first went live back on the 17th of December, and it's scheduled to end at some time on January 2nd / 3rd. Over 700 games have been available as part of the Countdown Sale this year, including a good variety of...
News Remedy Partners With Tencent For New Free-To-Play Shooter, 'Vanguard'
"We are building something new and exciting..."
Remedy Entertainment, known for the likes of Alan Wake, Control, Quantum Break and more, has announced that it has entered into a global development, license and distribution agreeement with Chinese tech giant Tencent for an upcoming free-to-play co-operative PvE shooter codenamed "Vanguard". The game...
News NFL Legend John Madden Has Passed Away, Aged 85
"He will be greatly missed"
John Madden - the voice, face and name of EA's long-running Madden NFL series has passed away, aged 85. While he was known mostly as a legendary coach and broadcaster, he had a huge impact on the video game industry as well. EA's series was around on Xbox's original platform and initially got its start on the Apple II in...
Tuesday28th Dec 2021
News Halo Is Getting A Limited Edition 20th Anniversary Funko Pop, Pre-Order Now
Exclusive to the Xbox Gear Shop
Update: Pre-orders are now live! You can purchase the limited edition Funko Pop at the links below: <products id="16787"> <products id="16785"> <products id="16788"> <products id="16786"> If you're big into Funko Pops, then you'll want to be aware of an exclusive Master Chief Funko Pop...
Deals All 10+ Classic Xbox Games In This Week's Sales (December 28 - January 4)
Plus the rest from the Countdown Sale 2021
This week's selection of Xbox Deals is now live, and alongside the usual Deals with Gold and Spotlight offerings, we've still also got the ongoing (and massive) Countdown Sale 2021, which doesn't end until January 3rd. Below, we've included every single Xbox 360 and original Xbox game available over the...
Deals 80+ Games Added To This Week's Xbox Sales (December 28 - January 4)
Deals With Gold and Spotlight offers
It's time for another set of weekly Xbox deals! The Countdown Sale 2021 is still taking centre stage for the next few days, but Microsoft has nevertheless added another 80+ games to the batch in the form of Deals with Gold and Spotlight offers. We've rounded up some of the most notable deals of the week below,...
News Bethesda Shares More Concept Art For Starfield
Get ready to explore all sorts of environments
We've almost made it to 2022 and that means Bethesda is now closer than ever to releasing Starfield on the Xbox Series X|S. In the lead-up to next year, the team has been sharing more and more concept artwork, and today we've got another look - this time at what appears to be some sort of ice cavern...
News Splitgate And Halo Infinite Can 'Help Each Other', Says 1047 Games CEO
"I'm actually glad Halo Infinite is out"
Free-to-play shooter Splitgate has been a major success for developer 1047 Games over the past year, but with Halo Infinite also now on the free-to-play scene, some have speculated that its popularity may begin to dwindle slightly — at least on Xbox and PC. Nevertheless, CEO of 1047 Games Ian Proulx has...
Monday27th Dec 2021
Rumour Activision Might Be Subtly Teasing A New Tony Hawk Game
According to some cryptic Christmas artwork
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 made a fantastic impression when it released last year, but we haven't heard anything about a new entry in the THPS series since — although fans think Activision is teasing something on social media. It's been pointed out that the Tony Hawk team has been including "12 <...
Roundup Xbox Fans Show Off Their Christmas Gifts On Social Media
What did you get?
So, another Christmas has come and gone — and as you'd expect, we've been seeing loads of people getting a variety of Xbox gifts over the past couple of days. From consoles to storage expansion cards, Xbox has been making a lot of people very happy this holiday. Without a doubt, the Xbox Series S has been very popular once...
News Telltale Games Reveals More Details About The Wolf Among Us 2
The script is done, now in full production
There have been a lot of people eagerly awaiting some news on The Wolf Among Us 2 all year, and Telltale Games has finally given us a progress update on the state of the game, which is now said to be in full production. As you can see from the tweet below, the latest issue of Game Informer reveals that the...
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