News Zombie MMO The Day Before Has Been Confirmed For Xbox Series X|S
Update: And it's now switching to Unreal Engine 5
Guide How To Play Xbox Games Offline
Play your games when Xbox Live is down
Deals Xbox 'Next-Gen' Sale Now Live, 70+ Games Included
Grab yourself a discount for Xbox Series X|S
News - 2022, Week 18
Sunday8th May 2022
Guide How To Play Xbox Games Offline
Play your games when Xbox Live is down
How do you play your Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S games offline when Xbox Live is down? It can be annoying when it happens, especially when it roadblocks a ton of your games and essentially turns your console into a glorified blu-ray player for a few hours. Luckily, there’s a workaround so even...
Guide How To Use Custom Images As Backgrounds On Xbox One And Xbox Series X|S
Jazzing up the dash
You may have seen the many different custom Xbox background designs going around all over the web. These recent Xbox 360-style 'Blades' designs caught our eye in particular and got us thinking, how many Xbox users out there know how to add custom images as backgrounds? We've got some tips to help you get started. How To Add...
News Major Xbox Outage Leads To Confusion And Frustration Over 'Offline' Games
It's all a bit of a mess
It's been a weekend full of drama! As we've already mentioned elsewhere on Pure Xbox, the Xbox network has suffered plenty of issues over the past couple of days, leading to a lot of confusion, frustration, and even anger from players. On multiple occasions over the past 48 hours, some players have reported being unable to...
News Xbox 'Still Working On Resolving' Network Issues
Update: "Players should no longer be seeing issues"
Update [Sun 8th May, 2022 11:55 BST]: According to Xbox's official support account on social media, players should no longer be encountering these issues: Original story [Sun 8th May, 2022 02:30 BST]: As you might have heard, the Xbox Network has been experiencing all sorts of issues this...
Site News Welcome To The Official Pure Xbox Game Club!
It's like a book club, but way better
Want to enhance your Xbox Game Pass experience? Come join the official Pure Xbox Game Club! We can't take any credit on staff for this — the PX Game Club is the work of ralphdibny and the rest of the contributors over at the Pure Xbox forums, who have established a community that meets up every month to play...
Saturday7th May 2022
Feature Best Xbox Single Player Games 2022
The finest single player experiences currently available on Xbox consoles
What are the best single player games on Xbox in 2022? The Xbox family of consoles is home to an almost unfathomably large collection of solo gaming experiences that, we think it's fair to say, vary hugely in quality from title to title. As a result, it can be pretty hard to...
Soapbox Thief Deserves Another Reboot On Xbox Series X|S
Following the Embracer acquisition
The Thief series has a storied history, with its origins starting out on PC with the original two games, Thief: The Dark Project and Thief II: The Metal Age. However, I was too young to experience those games in their height, back in the late 90's and at the turn of the millennium, and even a little too young for...
News Microsoft Could Be Set To Release An Xbox Streaming Device Within The Next Year
Dedicated streaming app for Samsung Smart TVs also incoming
It seems as though Microsoft is preparing to release a physical device that will allow users to stream a catalogue of Xbox games to their televisions, as well as giving them access to a library of movies and TV shows, without the need for a console. According to a report by VentureBeat the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 7-8)
Going on a Trek to Yomi?
Welcome to the weekend! There's plenty to check out on Xbox over the next few days, including more Xbox Game Pass additions, three excellent Free Play Days titles, and over 600 games that are currently on sale on the Microsoft Store. Here's what we're playing this weekend: Fraser Gilbe
Pick One What Was Your Favourite Xbox Game Pass Game In April?
MLB The Show 22? Life is Strange? You tell us!
It's time for another round of Pick One! This weekend, we're looking back at April for Xbox Game Pass, and we saw plenty of great releases once again such as MLB The Show 22, NBA 2K22, Life is Strange: True Colors and more! Don't forget the former PlayStation exclusive Bugsnax as well, and the EA Play...
News 343 On Halo Infinite S2: 'Please Keep The Constructive Feedback Coming'
Joseph Staten talks about communicating with players
Since the arrival of Halo Infinite Season 2 earlier this week, 343 has mentioned on a number of occasions how it's listening to the community, taking feedback to heart, and reviewing its options regarding future updates. Can it really keep up with all this feedback? Well, if you had any doubts -...
Friday6th May 2022
Deals Xbox 'Next-Gen' Sale Now Live, 70+ Games Included
Grab yourself a discount for Xbox Series X|S
Guess what, we've got another Xbox sale to take advantage of — it's just gone live on the Microsoft Store! This one is specifically geared around games that have been optimised for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and there are over 100 deals in total, set to be available for the next couple of weeks...
News Outriders Hasn't Been Profitable Despite Positive Xbox Game Pass Launch
"Net proceeds from the sale of Outriders were insufficient"
Outriders was a pretty big deal when it launched on Xbox Game Pass in April 2021. The shared world co-op shooter from developer People Can Fly seemed to get off to a decent start, thanks in part to big player numbers on Xbox Game Pass. However, new details paint a slightly different...
News 343 Admits Halo Infinite S2 Launch Has Been Bumpy, Says It's 'Reviewing Options'
"We are indeed taking your feedback to heart"
Halo Infinite Multiplayer Season 2 landed this week and while the new maps and modes have been an absolute blast, it's not necessarily been the smoothest experience at times. There are all sorts of changes and issues making headlines, and fans are eager to know how 343 will respond. The good news is the...
News Microsoft's 'Xbox Everywhere' Initiative To Reportedly Include Streaming Puck For TVs
More to be revealed soon?
Update: The folks over at VentureBeat have also been reporting on this story today, advising that the streaming puck and an Xbox Cloud Gaming app for Samsung TVs should be set to launch within the next 12 months. Original story: We've been hearing for quite a long time now that Microsoft is building its own streaming...
News Umurangi Generation Special Edition Hits Xbox Game Pass This Month
A surprise addition
How about another Game Pass confirmation for May? The latest is Umurangi Generation Special Edition, which will be jumping from Nintendo Switch to Xbox Game Pass in just a couple of short weeks on Tuesday, May 17th. The first-person photography game first arrived on PC back in 2020 before the Special Edition landed on Switch in...
News Obsidian's Avowed Appears To Be Running On Unreal Engine 5
According to job page
Upcoming fantasy RPG Avowed is one of our most anticipated Xbox exclusives, although we haven't heard much about it since its 2020 reveal. Late last year some details did trickle out of a report; one of them being that the game will use an advanced version of The Outer Worlds game engine. Now though, that no longer seems to be...
Review Citizen Sleeper - A Unique Narrative RPG That's A Perfect Fit For Xbox Game Pass
Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it?
Jump Over The Age, the developer behind the sublime alien ocean exploration adventure In Other Waters, returns with yet another wonderfully unique experience in the form of Citizen Sleeper, a life sim RPG that looks and feels like nothing else we've played recently. Here you assume the role of a...
News Dying Light Patch 1.49 Adds 60FPS Mode On Xbox Series S
Yup, the first game is still being updated
Dying Light developer Techland seems to have an odd relationship with the Xbox Series S. When the developer enabled FPS Boost for Dying Light, the Series S was left out, then it took them a short while to add such a mode to Dying Light 2. Now, the very same thing has happened with its full next-gen update...
News Master Chief Returns To Fortnite To Celebrate Xbox Cloud Gaming Launch
Dab? Floss? You decide
As you may have heard by now, Xbox has partnered up with Epic Games to make Fortnite playable on Xbox Cloud Gaming. This is especially big news because previously, Epic deemed Microsoft's Cloud Gaming initiative as a competitor to its own PC efforts. However, there's some even bigger Fortnite news just dropping. Master Chief...
News Xbox Execs Tease 'Cool', 'Amazing' Demos They've Been Testing This Week
It's showtime
It's safe to say we're pretty pumped for Xbox's big showcase next month. Whether E3 itself is around or not, summertime is always an exciting one in gaming and we're ready to see what Team Xbox has been cooking up. Having said that, some Xbox execs seem even more giddy than us! That's probably because they've had the chance to go...
News Microsoft Flight Simulator Has Become An Incredibly Popular Xbox Cloud Title
Top of the month
Microsoft Flight Simulator soared its way onto Xbox consoles last summer, becoming the biggest next-gen exclusive from Xbox Game Studios in the meantime. However, it looks like players without a next-gen console have been putting in the hours to become a better pilot as well. Microsoft Flight Simulator made its way to Xbox Cloud...
News Xbox FanFest Returns With Multiple In-Person Events This June
Or you can just watch it virtually
The Xbox Games Showcase is just over a month away, taking place on Sunday, June 12th, and Microsoft has confirmed that Xbox FanFest will be returning to celebrate the Showcase, featuring both in-person and virtual events. These are the first in-person events in years, and they'll be happening in Los Angeles (USA),...
Talking Point What Are Your Plans For The Xbox Games Showcase 2022?
Watching it live? Catching up later? You tell us!
Forgive us, as we know it's still a month away, but we're already getting really excited about the Xbox Games Showcase this year. It feels like it's going to be a really good show, mainly due to the fact that we're almost certainly going to get a look at Starfield finally, but there's plenty of other...
Thursday5th May 2022
News Zombie MMO The Day Before Has Been Confirmed For Xbox Series X|S
Update: And it's now switching to Unreal Engine 5
Update (Thu 5th May, 2022): Remember this? The Day Before is still coming to Xbox Series X and Series S, but it's undergoing some changes ahead of release, with the game switching to Unreal Engine 5 for development. That means the initial release date for The Day Before is now set for March in 2023,...
News Mafia 4 Reportedly In Development, Being Built In Unreal Engine 5
Looks like it'll be a prequel
Good news for the Mafia fans out there! It looks like Mafia 4 is in an early development phase over at developer Hangar 13, and it's expected to be a prequel to the Mafia trilogy. It's also being built using Unreal Engine 5. This is according to a report from Kotaku, which is also confirming that Studio Head Haden...
News Want An Xbox Series S For £99? Check Out GAME's New Trade-In Offer
Swap your old Xbox for a new one
The UK retailer GAME is back with another trade-in offer for the Xbox Series S, and this time you're looking at getting one for as low as £44.99, and as low as £74.99 if you're willing to trade in an older Xbox One console. From now until May 19th, you can get the following prices for the Series S when trading in...
Review Trek To Yomi - Stylish Samurai Action With Real AAA Polish
Bow to your Sensei
The plight of the sole samurai looms large in Trek to Yomi, as you're tasked with choosing your warrior's path and ultimately, fighting to survive a pretty hellish situation by the end. This stylish 2D action game from developer Flying Wild Hog is a delight throughout its runtime though, even if its combat sometimes stumbles in...
News Xbox Trolled Us Yesterday With A Ridiculous Microsoft Rewards Quest
Just a bit of fun
It's been a weird week for the Xbox Game Pass Quests program as part of Microsoft Rewards. Firstly, the new Quests for May didn't go live when they were supposed to on Tuesday (they ended up being delayed by a few hours), and then we only got one weekly Quest rather than the usual two, and then we got a very bizarre Quest on...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (May 5-8)
Included with Xbox Live Gold & Game Pass Ultimate
It's time for another batch of Free Play Days titles! Three more games are available to play for free this weekend for Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate members, and they're all ready to download right now. This week, we've got gorgeous puzzle adventure Call of the Sea, 2K's Sid Meier's...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (May 5)
Pick up your sword, samurai
It's Game Pass day today, May 5th, and this update includes a much-anticipated day one release! That'll be Flying Wild Hog's Trek to Yomi, which arrives alongside fellow day one drop Citizen Sleeper. Here's a brief rundown of the two new Game Pass additions for today (May 5): Citizen Sleeper (Console, PC, Clo
News Certain Changes Are Proving Unpopular In Halo Infinite Season 2
The challenge system is getting a lot of negative feedback too
Halo Infinite Season 2 is officially out now, and while we're having plenty of fun with it so far, it can't be denied that a sizeable portion of the Halo community doesn't seem too pleased with Season 2, mainly due to a couple of reasons. The first reason is that certain changes have...
News Techland Is Giving Away A Bunch Of Dying Light's Premium DLC
For owners of the base game
Now, this is one you don't see often. Dying Light developer Techland — who's still updating the first game beyond Dying Light 2's release — is giving away a load of premium DLC. Owners of Dying Light who never picked up any DLC will now be upgraded to the game's 'Enhanced Edition'. This edition includes 'The...
Roundup Here's What The Critics Think Of Trek To Yomi On Xbox Game Pass
Start your samurai quest
Samurai adventure Trek to Yomi has finally arrived on Xbox, and it's yet another day one Game Pass release. With that in mind, you're probably wondering how the game is stacking up thus far. As the review embargo has lifted, opinions are starting to hit the web, including our own take on Trek to Yomi. So, here's what the...
News Fortnite Joins Xbox Cloud Gaming, More Free-To-Play Games To Come
No subscription required
Xbox Cloud Gaming has begun its next stage of evolution today with the addition of its first free-to-play game, Fortnite. Unlike all other games on the service, players do not need an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription to play. To get started, all you need to do is sign into the Xbox website, navigate to the game's page...
News Activision Blames Its 'Own Execution' For COD: Vanguard's Poor Reception
"Our 2021 premium release didn't meet our expectations"
Activision Blizzard has released its big annual report as we move into the new financial year, and the company has made some pretty stark admissions. These mostly relate to last year's Call of Duty release in Vanguard, which the company says "didn't meet out expectations". As for who's to...
News The Final Runtime Of Xbox's Games Showcase Hasn't Been Confirmed Yet
"Will keep folks posted as we get closer"
Recently, a calendar invite on the official Xbox website seemingly revealed the upcoming Xbox & Bethesda Showcase would be around 90 minutes in length. It appears that this might just be a placeholder though. While these showcases are "typically" around this time frame according to Xbox's Aaron...
Guide Halo Infinite Season 2: How To Get The Rakshasa Armor Core
Suit up, Spartan
Halo Infinite's second season of content, Lone Wolves, is up and running and it arrives bearing a ton of new cosmetics and unlockables for you to work towards earning through its shiny new battle pass. Of course, one of the most sought after items here will, as usual, be new armor cores and in this regard you've got the very...
News Summer Game Fest Returns This June With E3-Style Live Showcase
It's officially 'E3 season'
It can't be labelled E3 season in this day and age until Geoff Keighley shows up, claiming showcases left, right and centre. Well, that time is now, as the Game Awards host has revealed the date and time of their big summer showcase. The Summer Game Fest Showcase takes place June 9th, 2022 at 11am PT / 2pm EST / 7pm BST...
Video Here's Gameplay Of An Unreleased Half-Life Game From Arkane
Ravenholm
Recently, developer Arkane became a huge new addition to Xbox Game Studios, arriving as part of the big Bethesda deal. However, did you know that long before that, the team worked on a Half-Life game that never got released? Nah, us neither. Well, thanks to video game documentary channel Noclip, about an hour's footage of that very proje
Wednesday4th May 2022
News Digital Foundry Analysis Shows Xbox Offers The Best VRR Experience On Console
As the feature arrives on PS5
VRR, or variable refresh rate, is a feature that often flies under the radar in the console world. Basically, the technology smoothens out visual and gameplay stutters that crop up as a result of varied frame rates. It's been around on Xbox since midway through the last generation — as long as your display supports...
News Microsoft Is Giving Away 12 LEGO Star Wars Xbox Series S Consoles
Happy May the 4th!
Want to win one of these? Microsoft has got 12 custom LEGO Star Wars Xbox Series S consoles up for grabs, and while they're unfortunately not for sale, you've got a chance to get your hands on one via a new Twitter sweepstakes. To get involved, you'll need to retweet the official Xbox tweet (we'll put it in this article as soon...
News Loot River Just Hit Xbox Game Pass, Here's What The Critics Think So Far
Lootin' n' tootin'
Loot River brought its procedurally generated dungeons to Xbox Game Pass this week, and a selection of reviews are now starting to hit the web. Do bare in mind that these impressions are of the PC version, but they should give a good idea of what to expect on Xbox via its Game Pass release. Without further ado, here's what the...
Guide Halo Infinite Season 2: How To Switch Battle Passes
Jump between Heroes of Reach and Lone Wolves rewards at your leisure
Halo Infinite's second season of multiplayer content has arrived and with it comes a brand new 100 tier Battle Pass. As with last season's pass, this one's a permanent fixture that you can make your way through at your own pace and, as a result, the game now allows you to switch...
Deals The Force Is Strong With This Star Wars Sale, Now Live On Xbox
May the 4th be with you
Update: It's Star Wars Day! If you're getting into the spirit, check out the great deals below! Original story: It's almost May the 4th, and you know what that means! Star Wars Day is just around the corner, and to celebrate, Xbox has begun its annual Star Wars sale — we've got 28 games included in the batch, although...
Random 343 Has Actually Added Microsoft's Clippy To Halo Infinite
The MS Office assistant is ready for battle
Halo Infinite Season 2 multiplayer has dropped and there's a whole lot of information to unpack. There are also plenty of surprises and one that's caught the attention of social media is the inclusion of Clippy (also known as 'Clippit') the Microsoft Office personal assistant. Yep, after a very relaxed...
News Razer Reveals Official Star Wars Xbox Controller As Part Of May The 4th Celebrations
May it be with you 'n all that
It's May the fourth which means, universally, it's basically Star Wars day and very little of anything else. Well, that's not entirely true (not everyone's a nerd like us) but you know, it's a pretty big day in the pop culture world. Themed digital sales are ongoing everywhere, and Xbox is giving away even more custom...
News Multiple Games Reduced By 85-90% On Xbox This Week (May 3-10)
From as low as £1.24!
The latest batch of Xbox deals is now live, and as usual, we've got quite a lot of them heavily discounted by up to 90%. However, plenty of these deals are being carried over from last week, so the only true new deals we've included in the tables below are the Deals with Gold, Spotlight and Multiplayer offers - keep that in...
News AEW Console Game Is Called 'Fight Forever', New Footage Released
Two new wrestlers have also been revealed
Those who have been eagerly awaiting the upcoming AEW console game will be interested to know that it's now officially titled "AEW: Fight Forever", and we've got some brand-new footage featuring two newly-confirmed wrestlers. The two new additions are from the women's division in the form of Kris Statlander...
Guide Halo Infinite Season 2 'Lone Wolves' New Maps, Modes And Narrative Events Explained
What's new in season 2?
Halo Infinite's multiplayer component has finally kicked off it's second season of content, with Lone Wolves arriving as part of a hefty 14.8GB update for the game on May 3rd. So, what's new this season? Well, 343 Industries has dropped two brand new maps, introduced a couple of timed narrative events and served us up three...
Deals All 50+ Backwards Compatible Games In This Week's Xbox Sales
Original Xbox and Xbox 360 classics
This week's Xbox sales are now live, and while we've got over 500 of them in total, only around 200 of those are actually new for this week, with the rest being carried over. Still, that means we've got a great back compat selection! If you want to see the rest of this week's new deals, you can check out some...
Soapbox Star Wars Republic Commando Is Still A Must Play For Fans Of The Sci-Fi Franchise
And it's on sale right now!
Pew, pew, pew! Hear that, mate? Do you hear that? That's the sound of blaster fire. Pew, pew, pew! Beautiful Star Wars gun noises, with the emphasis on gun. We don't do your fancy space swords around these parts, you see, this is real boots on the ground warfare, ain't no floating about in spaceships with your bleepy...
News Reggie Fils-Aimé Gushes Over Halo, Reveals Why It's His Favourite Non-Nintendo Game
"I really enjoy that game"
We've been talking about the former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé on Pure Xbox quite a lot recently as he does the rounds to promote his new book, and he brought up the topic of Xbox again in a recent G4 interview. Reggie was asked during the discussion what his favourite non-Nintendo game was, and...
Guide Halo Infinite Season 2: Last Spartan Standing Guide
Game rules and beginner's tips for playing Halo Infinite's brand new mode
Halo Infinite's second season of content is here and with it comes the all-new Last Spartan Standing game mode. Exciting! Let's jump in and take a look at this new addition to the game's excellent multiplayer component. Last Spartan Standing Game Rules: We've managed to...
Guide Halo Infinite Season 2: How To Get The Eaglestrike Armor
Get your hands on a brand new armor core
Halo Infinite's second season of content brings with it lots of new maps and modes alongside a ton of goodies to collect as part of its 100 tier Battle Pass and various in-game events. It also sees a new armor core arrive in the form of the Eaglestrike set. Let's take a look at what you'll need to do in...
Tuesday3rd May 2022
News These Seven Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (May 3-12)
The latest batch of titles
The latest batch of Xbox Game Pass titles has arrived, with Microsoft officially revealing what's coming to the service in early May. The first drops today in the form of dungeon crawler Loot River, with more to come in the very near future! Here's the full list of games for the early part of May:...
News Another Seven Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass Soon (May 10-15)
The latest list of departures
Update: We've now got dates for the games that will be leaving soon, along with another title in the form of Remnant: From The Ashes which will also be leaving on May 15th. We've updated the table below with all the new details. Original story: Microsoft has revealed the first set of games that will be removed from...
News Here's What's Included In The Xbox May 2022 Update
Just a couple of new features
Microsoft has today detailed the official Xbox Update for May 2022, which admittedly is quite a small one this time around, with just two features making the cut - stories on the Xbox app for Android and iOS, and QoS tagging. Xbox Insiders have got access to more features, but they clearly aren't ready for a public...
News Xbox Resolves Pesky Dashboard Game Boot Issue With QoL Update
See it in action
Xbox is always looking to improve the Series X|S dashboard, and the latest update for Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead Insiders resolves quite an irritating issue. If there's a game that requires an update, when you boot it up, you'll no longer be presented with the game closing or the game attempting to load in. Instead, you'll now...
Wednesday4th May 2022
News Halo Infinite Adds New Target Frame Rate Options For Xbox Series X|S
Try 'em out today
The second season of Halo Infinite multiplayer is now live, and within a lengthy patch note update, it's mentioned how there are some "new target frame rate options" for both the Xbox Series X and S consoles. Xbox Series S consoles can now (once again) support the 120hz refresh option and Xbox Series X now supports a 30Hz refresh...
Tuesday3rd May 2022
Deals Another 200+ Games Added To This Week's Xbox Sales (May 10-16)
Deals with Gold, Spotlight & Multiplayer offers
Update: Yet another Xbox sale has also now gone live — the "Optimized For Next Gen Sale". These deals are not included in the table below, but we've rounded them up elsewhere on Pure Xbox. Original story: It's time for another set of weekly Xbox deals! At a glance, things are confusing right now...
News Chernobylite Dev: Ray Tracing On Xbox Series S 'Didn't Work So Well'
The team tried to make it work
Chernobylite just got its big next-gen update, and it's safe to say we're pretty impressed by what developer The Farm 51 has done with it. The bump up to 60fps is a real treat, however, there are some big graphical upgrades too, although one in particular was dropped on Xbox Series S. Yep, it's ray tracing support...
News Xbox Is Giving You A Chance To Win Prizes For Playing Game Pass
With new prizes awarded each week
Hands up, who wants to be rewarded for playing games on Xbox Game Pass? Microsoft has started a new promotion in which you could potentially win consoles, TV setups and much more for simply playing one hour of Game Pass per-day. This is taking place between April 25th and May 25th, and you'll need to sign up to the...
News Halo Fans Complain The Latest TV Trailer 'Looks Nothing Like Halo'
Welcome to... Tatooine?
The Halo TV show on Paramount Plus has got off to a fairly good start, with reasonable if not outstanding reviews from both critics and fans, although the latter have been complaining about the latest trailer for Episode 7, "Inheritance". Basically, there's been quite a bit of criticism that it "looks nothing like Halo." We...
News Jeff Grubb Suggests Another Square Enix Acquisition 'More Likely' Following Western Studio Sale
Could the Japanese side of the business be sold?
It seems to be acquisition season right now in the gaming industry. Embracer Group, the huge Swedish firm who owns the likes of THQ Nordic, recently picked up Square Enix's Western studios, and now there's talk of WB Games being up for sale too. However, business regarding Square Enix might not be...
Guide Here Are The Worldwide Launch Times For Halo Infinite Season 2
Ready up, Spartan
We're so close to Halo Infinite multiplayer Season 2 now we can almost touch it. If you are counting down the hours left until its release date later today (Tuesday, May 3rd), you might want to read on. Towards the end of the latest livestream for the latest season, 343 shared a global rollout map. It's also been noted how the...
Review Rogue Legacy 2 - An Xbox Console Exclusive You Don't Want To Miss
On the House
The original Rogue Legacy separated itself from the pack back in 2013 by centring its fiendishly addictive platforming gameplay around a clever roguelike mechanic that saw players continuously spring back to life in the shoes of an heir to their previous character, inheriting all of their ill-gotten gains in the process, which they then...
Rumour Warner Bros' Game Studios & IP 'Supposedly' Up For Sale
Acquisition season
Right, let's take a breath. Yesterday, May 2nd, Embracer Group announced that it's to acquire Square Enix's western studios, but that's not all the acquisition talk done just yet. WB Games' development studios appear to be the next bunch up for sale, and quite a few publishers are said to be interested. This rumour comes from...
Deals Xbox Series S Falls To Its Lowest Price Yet In The UK, But You'll Have To Act Fast
Go! Go! Go!
If you're still on the hunt for a shiny new console from Microsoft's current generation lineup, this flash sale price for Xbox Series S systems in the UK could be the perfect opportunity for you. World-dominating retailer Amazon currently has stock of the Series S for just £227.50 – down from its usual RRP of £249.99. That's the...
News Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time Remake Delayed Indefinitely, Again
"This decision is an important step"
Remember the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake? Yeah, Ubisoft announced it back in 2020 and after a short delay, it was a mere month out from launch before the plug was pulled once again in early 2021. Well, it's not sounding any closer to release thanks to a brief update from Ubisoft. To put it simply:...
Monday2nd May 2022
News UbisoftNL Clears Up 'Confusion' About Ubisoft+ On Xbox Game Pass
Don't get your hopes up
Remember when Ubisoft announced that the company's answer to Xbox Game Pass, Ubisoft Plus, would be coming to Xbox at some point in the future? That's still happening, but it's almost certainly not coming to Game Pass at launch. Unfortunately, the Ubisoft Netherlands team got a lot of people confused about this over the...
News Reddit User Creates Xbox 360 'Blades' Backgrounds To Use On Xbox Series X|S
And Xbox One too!
Alright, we've got to admit, we have quite a bit of nostalgia for the old Xbox 360 'blades' dashboard here at PX. The old dash wasn't perfect, and as Xbox Live grew it indeed needed changing, but we still sort of miss it. However, Reddit user prasad1287 has decided to create some incredible-looking backgrounds that mimic the old...
Rumour 'Virtually Every' Xbox Studio Has Submitted Content For June's Games Showcase
Hype intensifies
Last week, Xbox finally got around to announcing its big summer showcase for 2022. Even so, they didn't really reveal much of what they'll show off - aside from the fact that Bethesda will have a huge presence once again. However, as expected the rumours are starting to swirl, and this one is getting us pretty excited! Rand Al...
Random This Working Fisher Price Xbox Controller Has Gone Viral
It still even makes the annoying sounds
Well, this is absolutely incredible. The self-proclaimed "builder of bizarre controllers" Rudeism has taken to Twitter to show off his latest invention - a working Fisher Price Xbox controller. Yes, this thing can somehow actually play games! Not only that, but the controller still features all the "annoying"...
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (May 2-6)
Engage vicious swordsmen and supernatural beings
Ready for a new week of Xbox releases? Things are looking pretty quiet in general, but we've got plenty of intriguing indies on the way, highlighted by three Xbox Game Pass launches including the highly-anticipated Trek to Yomi. Here's what's coming to Xbox this week: New Xbox Releases (May 2-6):...
News Can't Download Hydro Thunder On Xbox? Try This Workaround
It's been having some Games with Gold issues
The first selection of May 2022's Xbox Games with Gold is now available, but while Yoku's Island Express is easy to claim with no fuss, we've seen a lot of people having trouble accessing the Xbox 360 racer, Hydro Thunder Hurricane. Microsoft might have fixed the issue / glitch by the time you read this,...
News Is Battlefield 2042 Heading To Game Pass Soon? Xbox Store Listing Updated
Update: Or maybe it's just a bug
Update: It appears the "Included with EA Play" part of this listing for Battlefield 2042 is a bug, as it's also been spotted on other recently released EA games such as GRID Legends. Nevertheless, we expect Battlefield 2042 to hit Xbox Game Pass Ultimate pretty soon, but maybe not before the likes of FIFA 22 and NHL...
News New Forza Motorsport Reportedly In Beta, Xbox One Images Leaked Online
Turn 10's racer in the rumour mill
It's been almost five years since Forza Motorsport 7 graced our screens in eye-popping 4k, on Xbox One X at least. Since then, developer Turn 10 has been heads down on rebooting the series, taking longer than usual to develop the next series entry. Ahead of any gameplay reveal from Turn 10 though, some images of an...
News Square Enix Will Still Work On Western Games Despite Studios Sale
Staying in touch
Earlier today, another huge gaming acquisition was revealed by Embracer Group. Okay, it's not Xbox-Activision Blizzard levels of huge, but the Swedish company is picking up all of Square Enix's Western studios. However, that doesn't mean that the Japanese publisher is completely cutting itself off from Western games, despite the...
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