News Four Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In September 2024 So Far
An early look at what's ahead
Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (August 12-16)
Including quite a few big releases!
News - 2024, Week 32
Saturday10th Aug 2024
News Four Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In September 2024 So Far
An early look at what's ahead
It's still very early days for August's Xbox Game Pass additions, but as we always do around this time of the month, we're taking a look at what's ahead - and there's some good stuff planned for September 2024 on Game Pass already! In fact, there are two Xbox first-party titles arriving in September in the form of Age...
Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (August 12-16)
Including quite a few big releases!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for August 12-16! We've got a few big releases on the way over the next few days including Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Madden NFL 25 and the free next-gen upgrade for Hunt: Showdown, while the major Xbox Game Pass addition is the fantastic Mafia: Definitive Edition from a few years...
Poll What Do You Think Of Crash Bandicoot On Xbox Game Pass?
A smashing blast from the past?
So, we've given you all a couple of days to try out the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy on Xbox Game Pass, and now we're keen to hear your thoughts on this classic remastered collection from a few years ago! Here at Pure Xbox, we're big fans of it — this writer waxed lyrical about the game e
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 10-11)
Have you tried Creatures of Ava on XGP yet?
Welcome to another weekend! As usual, there's plenty to enjoy on Xbox over the next couple of days including a bunch of new Xbox Game Pass titles, various Free Play Days offerings and a wide selection of great discounts. Here's what we're playing th
Friday9th Aug 2024
News Xbox Attracts Controversy Over New McDonald's Ad On The Dashboard
"Non game-related stuff can get in the bin"
The fact that we get ads on the Xbox dashboard doesn't come as a surprise these days, but a new ad for McDonald's has attracted a bit of controversy - with almost half a million people viewing a complaint about it on social media. On the likes of "X" and Reddit, we've seen irritations that Microsoft is...
News Take-Two CEO Says 'Rational Decisions' Result In No Day One Xbox Game Pass Releases
"Because our decisions are rational"
There's been a lot of attention on Microsoft putting Call of Duty onto Xbox Game Pass day one, with the company doubling down on its subscription model after the ActiBlizz acquisition. While lots of other publishers are on board with the service as well, particularly when a deal makes sense, Take-Two has bee
News Square Enix's Final Fantasy I-VI Collection Returns This October, But Still Not For Xbox
The Pixel Remasters remain locked to other platforms
We've obviously had issues with getting new Final Fantasy games on Xbox over the past few years, and that includes the collection of Pixel Remasters for the first six titles, which have released on pretty much everything except Xbox. This situation reared its head once again yesterday, as Square...
News Microsoft Flight Sim 2024 Allows You To 'Exit The Plane' And Walk Around
"You can literally walk your favorite mountain path"
If you're looking for an extra excuse to take to the skies in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 when it arrives on Xbox and Game Pass this November, read on... During a chat with PC Gamer, Microsoft Flight Simulator head Jorge Neumann revealed how players will be able to exit
News SEGA Confirms Partial Delisting For OG Sonic Generations On Xbox
It'll still be available "via bundles" though
We're just a couple of months away from the release of Sonic X Shadow Generations, and guess what that means? Yep, SEGA is removing the ability to buy the original Xbox 360 version of Sonic Generations from the Xbox Store. Actually, that's not entirely true. In a statement today, SEGA advised that the...
Review Kena: Bridge Of Spirits (Xbox) - Slick Combat & Cute Companions Smooth Over Some Rough Spots
Spirited Away?
Kena: Bridge of Spirits was well-received by the majority of critics when it first released as a PlayStation exclusive back in 2021. A slick and incredibly good-looking action RPG - as well as an extremely impressive first effort from Ember Lab - it may lack the polish and fancy final touches of some of Sony’s other big tentpole...
Talking Point Is Local Co-Op On Xbox Still Important To You In 2024?
It's becoming less prominent
These days, online multiplayer is a massive part of gaming. The ever-growing live service sector has fuelled that notion even more so in recent years, with lots of modern games featuring some sort of online gameplay - even if 'campaign' is the focus. As a result, local multiplayer is a bit of a dying thing in the...
News Control 2 In 'Playable Form' As Developer Remedy Lays Out Games Pipeline
"This is a great milestone for us"
Developer Remedy Entertainment has just released another financial report this week, as it sums up the last six months of business and what's next for the team. In that report, Remedy talks about its upcoming games pipeline - delivering some insightful updates on Control 2, Max Payne 1+2 Remake and more. First of...
News Warner Bros Is 'Looking At' Outsourcing Its Famous IP To External Game Studios
"We need to get bigger"
Warner Bros. has some absolutely humongous franchises amongst its ranks across movies, TV and games, and the company says that it wants to better leverage that IP in gaming. In a recent earnings call (via IGN), CEO David Zaslav talked about the growing medium of games and how the team wants to take advantage of that with its...
News The Blinx-Esque 'Gori: Cuddly Carnage' Now Has A Free Demo On Xbox
Ahead of its release later this month
When we published our roundup of exciting indie titles to look forward to in August 2024, we received quite a few comments pointing out that the game in the picture (Gori: Cuddly Carnage) looked a lot like Blinx: The Time Sweeper. As far as we know, Gori: Cuddly Carnage doesn't have anything to do with the 2002...
News Capcom Drops Extended Look At Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Ahead Of September Launch
Coming to Xbox very soon!
Capcom looks like it's about to deliver the goods once again! We're now just over a month away from the launch of Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, and as we close in on the date, the team has provided us with a lengthy look at the upcoming Xbox title. Up above, you can check out this fresh Dead Rising gameplay video from...
News The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Dev Doesn't Rule Out A Return To Xbox Game Pass
"Maybe we’ll enter back into it again in the future"
In just a few days time, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre will leave Xbox Game Pass, having been on the service for roughly one year since its day one arrival in 2023. Despite us being less than a week away from its departure, the dev team has already opened the door to its potential return one day...
Thursday8th Aug 2024
Talking Point Next Month Marks The 15th Anniversary Of Halo's Weirdest Console Release
ODSTs unite!
Looking back at all of these Xbox 360 anniversaries these days is starting to make us feel hella old, but today's revelation was a particularly hard punch to the gut. In just over a month's time, Halo 3: ODST will be 15 years old - so here's a timely tribute to what is probably Halo's weirdest console release. Launched back in...
News Surprise! Bethesda Has 'Enhanced' The First Two DOOM Games On Xbox Game Pass
Complete with cross-platform multiplayer
As part of QuakeCon 2024 today, Bethesda has unveiled significantly enhanced versions of the original DOOM games in the form of DOOM + DOOM 2, which is available now on Xbox including as part of Xbox Game Pass! In addition to the two main games, the package also includes the following bits of content:...
News Microsoft Hiring Engineers To 'Define The Future Of Graphics' On Xbox
Next-gen hyyyyyype
We seem to be hearing quite a lot about next-gen in 2024, don't we? Xbox set the tone earlier this year by revealing that it was working on a new console featuring "the largest technical leap you will have ever seen in a hardware generation" - and now the team is hiring new job roles to back that mission statement up. Posting on...
News Black Myth: Wukong Final Trailer Shows Us What We're Missing On Xbox This Month
It's still coming... at a later date
Black Myth: Wukong has quite a bit of hype behind its impending August release, and the team's final trailer isn't doing much to help us feel any less left out. If you're unaware, the Xbox version of Black Myth has been delayed indefinitely - meaning this final look at the game is more a massive tease than...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (August 8-11)
Included with Game Pass Core and Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Free Play Days has arrived! Microsoft has just revealed its FPD lineup for this week, with three games playable in total over the coming weekend. The standout pick here is 2023's Make Way; a classic arcade racer that has 'Very Positive' overall reviews on PC platform Steam. Here's your full...
News 1950s Mystery Game 'This Bed We Made' Is Getting A Second Wind On Xbox Right Now
It launched last December to excellent reviews
Alright, how did we miss this one?! 1950s mystery narrative game This Bed We Made has crept back into the Xbox charts recently due to a small discount, and apparently it's a pretty great indie title for anyone who likes a good story. The premise is that you play as a chambermaid called Sophie who ends...
News Here's Your First Look At Gameplay For Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies
Welcome to Terminus
Call of Duty may be super well-known for its multiplayer component, but whenever a Treyarch-developed entry comes around, Zombies mode is another hot topic amongst the community. This year, for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the team is hailing new map 'Terminus' as a return to round-based Zombies - and here's our first in-game look...
News Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6's Co-Op Mode Is Playable Entirely In Third-Person
Day one on Xbox Game Pass
So, Xbox developer Treyarch has just lifted the lid on Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies, and there's a megaton of information to digest about the game mode right now. However, one feature that's sticking out to us already is that the entire thing is playable in third-person - a first for Call of Duty Zombies. Yep, we've...
News Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (August 8)
Officially crash landed!
After weeks and weeks of rumours before official confirmation earlier this week, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is finally on Xbox Game Pass! Live now for subscribers to enjoy, this collection of the first three Crash games is now playable across Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Cloud. A bunch of you have probably alre
News Age Of Mythology: Retold Team Would Love To Do 'More' Expansions
But it will need players to show their support
Age of Mythology: Retold is releasing on Xbox Series X|S, PC and Game Pass in a few weeks' time, and ahead of its launch, the developers at World's Edge sat down with Inverse to talk about the return of this RTS 22 years later. Although the genre has experienced some lulls over the years, it has...
Wednesday7th Aug 2024
Rumour Xbox Handheld System Will Sit Alongside 'A Series X Successor'
Could this handheld be the new Series S?
We're not even four years into the current console generation yet, but plenty of rumours about what's next for Xbox hardware have already been circulating in recent months. Some sort of handheld console has been heavily rumoured, and a new comment from Windows Central's Jez Corden sheds light on a potential...
News Xbox Exec Wants To 'Recreate History' When Bringing Call Of Duty To Game Pass
"We are trying to recreate that history"
Back in the day, during the Xbox 360 era specifically, Xbox was closely aligned with the Call of Duty series. Microsoft would advertise each release, DLC packs started to come out first on Xbox, and generally speaking, when you thought of COD you thought of the 360. Well, in response to a meme posted on...
News 'The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria' Makes Its Xbox Debut Later This Month
"Traversable either solo or co-op online"
The team behind The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria has today finally announced an Xbox release date for its Middle-Earth survival game. Originally launched on Epic and PlayStation last October before a late delay for Xbox, the title is now hitting Steam and Xbox Series X|S on August 27th.
Preview Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 - One Of The Best Co-Op Shooters We've Played This Decade
For Ultramar!
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 is without question one of the finest co-op shooters we’ve played in the past decade. If teaming up with your friends to brutalise hordes of Tyranids sounds like your bag, then you’ll likely join us in our new obsession. From its grand vistas to the tiniest details, every inch of this sci-fi spectacle...
News Borderlands Described As 'Worst Movie Of The Year' By Harshest Critics
Sounds like a misfire
With the long-awaited Borderlands movie arriving in cinemas later this week, a few first impressions have begun hitting the web and social media over the past few hours, and unfortunately the majority of them appear to be negative. The most critical of these impressions are describing the film as a "disaster" and even the...
Talking Point How Excited Are You For Xbox's Next First-Party Release?
It's just around the corner!
It feels like it's gone under the radar somewhat over the past few weeks, but we've got a new Xbox first-party release on the way in the near future! Age of Mythology: Retold officially releases for Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC on September 4th, 2024, and those who are really keen can actually start playing later...
News 343 Dev Responds To Concern About Hackers Banning Halo: MCC Players
"This is crazy"
Late last year, 343 Industries began winding down development on Halo: The Master Chief Collection after almost a decade of major updates, and at the time, fans were concerned about the future of the collection and where things would go from here. Well, now the community is seeing some troubling 'ban' messages pop up in-game that...
News Xbox Game Pass's 'The Callisto Protocol' Had Key Content Cut Before Launch
The crunch protocol
The Callisto Protocol always seemed like an ambitious project, especially from a brand-new developer crafting an entirely new IP. When the game finally shipped in late 2022, the end product perhaps fell a little short of that ambition - but a new chat with the game's lead dev has explained the situation in a bit more detail...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Seems Interested In Microsoft's New AI Upscaling Technology
"Boosts frame rates while maintaining detailed visuals"
A couple of months ago, Microsoft officially revealed something called Automatic Super Resolution (Auto SR), which is an AI-upscaling technology that's being implemented in the latest CoPilot+ PCs featuring Snapdragon X processors. The idea behind Auto SR is to render "existing" games at a...
News Three Years On, 'Who's Your Daddy?!' Is Still Dominating The Xbox Charts
Staying power
There's always plenty of variation when you look at Xbox's "Top Paid" games from week-to-week, but some titles just seem to stick around forever... GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2, EA Sports FC, etc. Amazingly, another game you can add to that list is Who's Your Daddy?!, which has constantly been a fixture in that "Top Paid" list for...
News Diablo 4's 'Season Of The Infernal Hordes' Now Live On Xbox, Here's What's Included
It's available to Game Pass subscribers, too
Ahead of the launch of Vessel of Hatred in October, Blizzard has launched a new season for the Xbox, PC and Game Pass title Diablo 4. In case you missed it, it's officially titled 'Season of the Infernal Hordes', and comes with new features, new powers, a new questline and new micro-dungeons. Here's the...
News Creatures Of Ava Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (August 7)
Save creatures in this open world adventure
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, Creatures of Ava hits the Game Pass library - a title described as a "creature-saver" by developer Inverge Studios. This is current-gen-only affair, and will land on the service later on today. So, without further ado, here's some more information on...
Tuesday6th Aug 2024
News Delta Force: Hawk Ops Debuts To Fantastic Impressions Ahead Of Planned Xbox Launch
Alpha testing now live on PC
Early Alpha testing has just kicked into gear for Delta Force: Hawk Ops on PC, and early impressions seem super positive for the upcoming military FPS reboot. Incorporating traditional multiplayer FPS elements and modern extraction shooter modes, this new title is being heavily compared to DICE's long-running Battlefield...
News Xbox 360 'Cult Classic' Lollipop Chainsaw Returns This September For Series X|S
Juliet makes a comeback in 4K
(Update: Tue 6th Aug, 2024): Dragami Games has announced a slight tweak to the release date for Lollipop Chainsaw Remake. The Japan/Asia release date will remain the same as planned, but the game will now release two weeks earlier in America and Europe; on September 12th. (Original story: Fri 14th Jun, 2024): We've...
News Game Informer's Sudden Closure Is Also Bad News For Dragon Age: The Veilguard
A marketing mess
Last week, it was revealed that the iconic Game Informer was shutting down after 33 years, and since then the outlet's website has been restricting any access. As things stand, everything redirects to a message about its closure. That's bad news for a lot of people - in particular, the writers who want to access their work - and it...
News These Three Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (August 7-13)
The first batch for August!
Here we go! Microsoft has today unveiled the next batch of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in early August - and we have some big games here including the latest Activision Blizzard drop with Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. Here's details on when Crash arrives, alongside the rest of the early August lineup so far:...
Soapbox Activision Is Bringing One Of The Best Remasters Ever To Xbox Game Pass
Vicarious Visions did an unbelievable job on this
Back in mid-2017, I was so excited for the arrival of the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. The potential of reliving these three iconic PS1 games on modern hardware was an enticing one, but at the same time I wondered whether Activision and developer Vicarious Visions would somehow drop the ball...
News Microsoft's Mobile Gaming Store Is Being Tested Internally At Xbox
"Our work is progressing well"
We've been hearing about Microsoft building its own mobile gaming store for a while now, and a new statement from Xbox sheds some light on the situation and where we're at with it. Initially expected to launch last month, Microsoft has now confirmed that the store is still being tested internally before any sort of...
News Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Finally Launches For Xbox One Next Month
Last-gen players can jump in very soon!
EA and Respawn Entertainment have finally dated the last-gen versions of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and fans don't have long to wait to dive in. The Fallen Order sequel comes to Xbox One, and PS4, on September 17th, 2024. Closer to when the current-gen versions launched back in 2023, Respawn announced their...
News Ubisoft Reveals Star Wars Outlaws DLC Roadmap For 2024 And Beyond
The season pass will come bundled with the $100+ editions
Ahead of the launch of Star Wars Outlaws later this month, Ubisoft has revealed the game's paid Season Pass Roadmap covering the remainder of 2024 and also 2025. At launch, Season Pass owners can expect the exclusive mission 'Jabba's Gambit' as well as a character pack made up of cosmetics...
News Borderlands Games Discounted By Up To 90% In This Week's Xbox Deals
Along with some exclusive new XGP offers
We've seen all kinds of offers hitting the Xbox Store in recent days following the conclusion of the Xbox Ultimate Game Sale 2024, and this latest one is focused on the Borderlands franchise - with some great deals on offer! Notably, Borderlands 3 is down to 90% off (£5.99 / $5.99), while the massive...
News A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Officially Creeps Onto Xbox This October
Shhhh, it's coming for us all!
Saber Interactive has announced that its upcoming movie-to-game adaptation, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, is officially launching for Xbox Series X and S on October 17th, 2024. The publisher has confirmed this via the game's new trailer, which we've placed up above for your viewing pleasure. They're getting this one...
News Free-To-Play Football Game 'UFL' Releases On Xbox This September
No more betas necessary
The upcoming free-to-play football / soccer game UFL has resurfaced over the past few days with an open beta for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S (along with PS5), and now the team has committed to a full release date for the game. You'll be able to kick off with UFL on September 12th, 2024 for those aforementioned consoles,...
News 'Descenders Next' Ups The Extreme Sports Ante On Xbox Game Pass In 2025
"Grab your board and master the mountain!"
The next game in the Descenders series has been announced! Swapping out the mountain bike for the mountain board, Descenders Next leans in on the extreme sports angle in this full-blown follow-up - and it's coming to Xbox Game Pass in 2025! We've thrown the game's debut trailer up above, which gives us a...
Monday5th Aug 2024
News Here's What Might Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass In September 2024
Some early predictions!
Update (Mon 2nd Sep, 2024): Microsoft has now begun revealing some of the games leaving Xbox Game Pass in September 2024, so we've updated the table below - and we'll continue to do so as the month rolls on. <related ids="171151"> Original story (Mon 5th Aug, 2024): What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in September 2024?...
News Microsoft Rewards Is Nerfing Its 'Weekly Console Bonus' In The UK
Another setback for MS Rewards on Xbox
It's no secret that Microsoft Rewards has suffered quite a few setbacks over the past year, although one new feature that's been added along the way is something called the "Weekly Console Bonus", which allows users to rack up hundreds of points per-week for simply playing games on a daily basis. As good as it...
News Phantom Blade Zero Dev Throws Shade At Xbox Before Studio Issues Statement
"These claimed statements do not represent S-GAME’s values"
Phantom Blade Zero has been getting plenty of attention since its initial reveal - a reveal that skipped Xbox entirely, with the game slicing and dicing towards a PS5 and PC-only launch. Back in 2023, we heard that the team had no exclusivity agreements in place, but a new developer...
Interview Kena: Bridge Of Spirits - Blending Eastern And Western Themes In A New Xbox Adventure
"Kena was a labor of love for our indie team"
This month marks the arrival of former PlayStation exclusive Kena: Bridge of Spirits on Xbox consoles, and truth be told, we've been very intrigued by the title ever since it launched on PS4 and PS5. After such a long wait for the Xbox release, we sat down with the team at Ember Lab to get a better idea...
News 7 Days To Die 1.0 Version Continues To 'Break Records' As Free Trial Goes Live On Xbox
"We have had an incredible response"
7 Days to Die finally brought its updated console version to Xbox Series X and S last month, and the game seems to be doing rather well for the developer so far. In and amongst the game's free trial going live on Xbox, the team says that its open world zombie title "continues to break records" across all...
News Creatures Of Ava's First Reviews Suggest It's Worth A Play On Xbox Game Pass
"Surely one of the year's coolest surprises"
We've known about Creatures of Ava coming to Xbox Game Pass for a while now, and we've been interested in it ever since! Fortunately it sounds like it's worth the hype, as it has a very decent 78 average rating on Metacritic. These first reviews are almost entirely for the PC version (we didn't get
Feature 10 Exciting Xbox Indie Games To Look Out For In August 2024
Another month of fantastic new indie releases!
We've already highlighted some of the biggest new releases of August 2024 here at Pure Xbox, but what about the indie games? As usual, we've got plenty to pick out, including some upcoming day one releases for Xbox Game Pass. Although the ten titles below caught our attention the most, there are plenty...
Talking Point How Would You Feel If Xbox's Major Fall Release Is Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6?
Will Indy make it this year? Are you fussed if not?
Avowed has officially been delayed. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle doesn't have a release date yet. Most of Xbox's other releases this year are DLC packs, aside from Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 of course. So, how wou
News Next Month, It'll Be Four Years Since Xbox Acquired Bethesda
Where does the time go?!
Over the last few years, we've had plenty to write about regarding Microsoft's complex and drawn out purchase of Activision Blizzard, but, remember when things were much simpler? Back in 2020, when a buyout of ActiBlizz would have been a mere fever dream, Xbox acquired ZeniMax Media; the parent company of Bethesda. Well,...
News Expeditions: A MudRunner Game Seemingly Coming To Xbox Game Pass This Month
A new expedition for subscribers
On the back of plenty of Xbox Game Pass rumours and predictions in recent weeks, well-known leaker eXtas1s is back again with another peek at what's to come for the service. According to the insider, Expeditions: A MudRunner Game is set to make its
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