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Thursday27th Feb 2025
News Microsoft Announces Major GDC Presence With 'Xbox Expanding To Any Screen' In 2025
"Xbox is expanding to any screen on any device"
This year's Game Developers Conference is coming up real soon, with GDC 2025 taking place March 17-21 in San Francisco, California. As expected, Xbox is going to be present in a big way - and it sounds like Microsoft is taking the brand's new multiplatform push pretty seriously here. As part of its...
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- GDC 2025
- This Is An Xbox
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (February 27 - March 2)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Xbox Free Play Days has landed! This week, Xbox fans can go hands on with three titles for free over the coming days - including Bandai Namco's ongoing fighter Dragon Ball FighterZ. Here's your full list of Free Play Days titles for the weekend ahead: Catan - Console Edition Dragon Ball FighterZ Worms W.M.D You'll...
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- Microsoft
- Free Play Days
- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox One
Talking Point With Fable Now Delayed, Which Xbox First-Party Game Launches This Fall?
Microsoft has a gap to fill
Well, Microsoft delivered the news this week that its big Fable reboot has been delayed - and before this recent turn of events, the Xbox RPG was probably the team's biggest release planned for late 2025. However, even with this delay, Xbox still has some major games planned for this year including South of Midnight and...
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- Fable
- Microsoft
- Xbox Game Studios
- Features
News Xbox Is Getting A New 'Gibson Les Paul' Guitar Controller This Year
The second new guitar we've seen in recent years
It was last year that PDP officially unveiled the Riffmaster Wireless Guitar for Xbox, finally providing Rock Band and Fortnite Festival fans with a new controller on the market, and now CRKD is following suit with the Gibson Les Paul. Avail
- Xbox
- Guitar
- Controllers
- Rock Band
- Fortnite Festival
News Eternal Strands Dev Shares Roadmap Of Content Heading To Xbox Game Pass In 2025
Including a major update in late March
It's been a month now since Eternal Strands made its highly-anticipated debut as part of Xbox Game Pass, and the developer is showing no signs of slowing down with it - we've got a brand-new roadmap of content for 2025! It all starts in March, with some serious improvements being made to areas such as...
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- Eternal Strands
- Xbox Game Pass
- Roadmap
- Updates
News Xbox Highlights 10 More Titles Coming To The 'Stream Your Own Game' Service
And even more are in the works
Since Microsoft began making some non-Game Pass titles playable with Xbox Cloud Gaming, the team has been expanding the service fairly regularly - and in the latest Xbox update overview, Microsoft has announced another 10 games that will be playable soon. Unlike recent updates to the service, these aren't actually...
- Xbox
- Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Stream Your Own Game
- Microsoft
News Warner Bros. Working On New LEGO Game As Industry Reporter Discusses Studio Closures
Jason Schreier tells all
Earlier this week, the industry was alerted to three more studio closures - with the Warner Bros. gaming division cutting down on developers to save costs. Unfortunately, in the year 2025 this is hardly surprising news - and in the wake of the WB announcement, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier has been talking about what's going on...
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- Warner Bros.
- WB Games
- LEGO
Wednesday26th Feb 2025
News Here's What's Included In The Xbox February 2025 Update
It's mainly focused around Xbox Cloud Gaming
The Xbox February 2025 update has been unveiled by Microsoft this week, and it's a little different to usual - it's mainly focused around Xbox Cloud Gaming, so there's not really much here if you're just a console user alone. Nevertheless, there are some new features that you might be interested in -...
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- Updates
- Console
- PC
- Round Up
News Here's The First 'Top 10' Metacritic List Of 2025 For Xbox Series X|S
The best-reviewed games of the year so far
Every now and again, we like to check up on Metacritic and see how things are faring with the reviewers, and even though we're not even technically through two months of the year yet, we've already got our first top 10 list of 2025. So, if you're new to it all, the way Metacritic works is that it only...
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- Metacritic
- 2025
- Round Up
News BioWare Co-Founder Recalls 'Moronic' Xbox Advice That Potentially Ruined A Franchise
"The stupidest thing ever"
Back in the days of the original Xbox, BioWare treated us to an Xbox exclusive in the form of Jade Empire, but it ended up releasing just a few months before the Xbox 360 - and that may have ultimately prevented it from getting a sequel. That's what BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk believes at least, telling the
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- BioWare
- RPGs
- Jade Empire
Feature All New Xbox Games Coming Out In March 2025
Atomfall, Split Fiction, Assassin's Creed & much more!
Welcome to our roundup of all new Xbox games coming out in March 2025! Below, we've listed every Xbox game with an March 2025 release date, including all confirmed Xbox Game Pass releases so far. Once again, we've got some really cool stuff on the way as well! The likes of Split Fiction,...
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- March 2025
- New Releases
- New Games
- Features
News Xbox Says It's Got A 'Bunch Of Stuff' It Hasn't Even Announced Yet
The Fable delay is no biggie
Xbox has officially delayed the next chapter of Fable, and although this game has been pushed back to next year, Microsoft's gaming division has obviously still got plenty of other unannounced projects it's working on behind closed doors. In the recent 'Xbox Game Studios Update', the division's head Craig Duncan issued...
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- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Fable
- Xbox Game Pass
Reaction Fable's Delay Is A Shame, But The New Gameplay Footage Looks Awesome
It's going to make the wait even harder
You've probably seen the news by now - Xbox has decided to delay the upcoming Fable reboot into 2026. It's a move that doesn't come as much of a surprise to us, especially considering we'd barely seen any gameplay footage of the title until this week, and it's probably for the best considering GTA 6 is still...
- Xbox
- Fable
- Reaction
- Features
News Xbox & PlayStation Owners Are Obsessed With Live Service Games Right Now
According to new US-based data
As we enter a new year during a time that's a difficult one for the games industry at large, it turns out that a certain portion of live service games are dominating the Xbox & PlayStation charts right now - at least in the United States. This is according to new data that's been shared by analysis firm Circana...
- Xbox
- Industry
- Live Service
News Two Decades Later, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Is Making Its Xbox Debut
What kept you so long?
Remember November of 2004? Xbox was celebrating its third anniversary, Halo 2 was just about to blow us all away, and a game called RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 was preparing to release for PC - ultimately proving very successful. It's been 21 years, but finally, we're about to see this game on Xbox for the first time!...
- Xbox
- RollerCoaster Tycoon
News Warner Bros. Cancels Wonder Woman, Shuts Down Three Studios
Including Monolith, Player First and WB San Diego
The games industry is already facing many challenges in 2025 and Warner Bros. Games has now confirmed it's shutting down three studios including Monolith Productions, known for its work on series' like Middle-earth. This also marks the end of the developer's Wonder Woman game which has been in...
- Xbox
- WB Games
- Industry
Talking Point Which Xbox Games Would You Love To See Relisted This Year?
You never know, it could happen
These days, it feels like we're always talking about games that are shutting their servers, or even getting cancelled entirely, but we're rarely talking about titles that have been relisted - unless they're receiving new versions, of course. It's not out of the realms of possibility though, especially now that Xbox...
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- Talking Point
- Features
- Relisted
News Balatro Quietly Joins PC Game Pass, Adds 'Xbox Play Anywhere' Support
Say goodbye to your free time
The big surprise of the Xbox Indie Showcase a couple of days ago was the shadow drop of Balatro on Xbox Game Pass, but at the time, it turned out that the game was only made available for console and cloud users. That's all changed very quietly today, as a native version of Balatro has begun showing up on the PC Game...
- Xbox
- Balatro
- PC Game Pass
- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox Play Anywhere
Tuesday25th Feb 2025
News Five Xbox Titles Added To Microsoft's 'Stream Your Own Game' Library
Available to play on the cloud
Xbox has added another batch of titles to its 'Stream Your Own Game' library this week - with four being Xbox Game Pass titles that are about the depart the service in the coming days. The fifth and final addition to this new game streaming batch is
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- Microsoft
- Stream Your Own Game
- Xbox Cloud Gaming
News Xbox Has Officially Delayed Fable Into 2026
"We are going to give Fable more time"
Talking on a fresh episode of the Official Xbox Podcast, new Xbox Game Studios head Craig Duncan has announced that Microsoft's Fable reboot has been delayed. Previously planned for a 2025 launch, Playground Games' new attempt at the Xbox fantasy RPG will now arrive in 2026. Duncan says that the pushback will...
- Xbox
- Fable
- Microsoft
- Playground Games
- Xbox Series X
News Xbox Discounts Loads Of AAA Titles In Special End Of February Sale
It's called the 'Hits You Can't Miss' sale
Tuesday has arrived, and it's brought a very interesting new Xbox sale with it! It's called 'ICYMI: Hits You Can't Miss', and it includes over 100 titles (many of which are AAA games) that have proved popular on the platform. There's some amazing stuff in here - Indiana Jones, Death Stranding Director's...
- Xbox
- Deals
- Round Up
- Hits You Can't Miss
News 'Mecha BREAK' Dev Talks Xbox Console Exclusivity & Future Game Pass Plans
Potential Game Pass goodies
Earlier this month, we covered upcoming third-person shooter Mecha BREAK — specifically how Microsoft is helping bring the title to market — and a fresh interview with the game's developer has now dropped - bringing details of the MS partnership, a potential
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- Mecha Break
- Microsoft
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Silent Hill 2 Dev's Next Konami Game Is Coming To Xbox Series X|S
Not a PS5 exclusive this time
The studio behind 2024's Silent Hill 2 remake — which isn't on Xbox yet — has announced another partnership with publisher Konami for an upcoming title, and this time the game will be coming to Xbox Series X|S. Following Konami's announcement of this project earlier today, Polish site Bankier has posted developer...
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- Konami
- Silent Hill 2
- Bloober Team
- Xbox Series X
News Ubisoft's Watch Dogs: Legion Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 25)
Take back London
Welcome to another Xbox Game Pass update! Today, Ubisoft's 2020 open-world adventure Watch Dogs: Legion heads to the library - as a huge AAA addition to the service. Here's a bit more about this new XGP addition, alongside a little something on why we think Watch Dogs: Legion is worth exploring on Xbox. Watch Dogs: Legion...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Watch Dogs Legion
- Ubisoft
- Microsoft
News Ex-PlayStation Boss Reckons 'Blue Prince' On Xbox Game Pass Will Be A GOTY Contender
Yoshida has spoken
We saw a whole bunch of Xbox Game Pass titles at yesterday's Xbox Indie Showcase, but one that you might have glossed over somewhat is Blue Prince - a puzzle game arriving on the service when it launches in April. The game looks cool and has received some glowing previews over the past year, and now former PlayStation Studios...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Blue Prince
- PlayStation
- Shuhei Yoshida
Random Xbox Fans Want Microsoft To Bring Back 'Snap Mode' On Series X And S
Discussing the beloved Xbox One feature
Every now and then, Microsoft's 'Snap Mode' feature creeps its way back into the conversation like an estranged relative at a family gathering - and this week, the Xbox community has been talking fondly about the feature on Reddit. Posting out to the online forum yesterday, user Joshrelates kicked off the...
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- Microsoft
- Snap Mode
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 Has Been Rated, And It's Coming To Xbox & Other Major Platforms
Singapore goes early
After a bunch of rumours, reports and official teases, it seems that Xbox & Activision are preparing to release a
- Xbox
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4
- Microsoft
- Activision Blizzard
- Xbox Series X
Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About SEGA's Two Point Museum
Out next week on Xbox
SEGA is bringing its upcoming Two Point title to Xbox next week in the form of Two Point Museum - and ahead of the team's impending launch, we've got a bunch of fresh reviews and impressions to read over here. So, we've gathered up a selection of the game's early reviews so far, complete with a quick snapshot of what each...
- Xbox
- Two Point Museum
- SEGA
- Round Up
Monday24th Feb 2025
News Xbox Announces 11 Titles Coming To Game Pass At February's Indie Showcase
Including a massive surprise release!
Today's Xbox Indie Showcase treated us to a bunch of new reveals for upcoming Xbox Game Pass titles, including Balatro, Descenders Next, 33 Immortals - a
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- Xbox Game Pass
- ID@Xbox
- Xbox Indie Showcase
- Xbox One
News 'Wizard101' Dev Explains Why Console Release Won't Include Xbox Game Pass
"Game Pass is kind of a double-edge sword"
Family-friendly MMO Wizard101 was announced for consoles back in August 2024, including Xbox One & Series X|S - and in a new chat on Discord, a member of the development team has explained why Kingisle Entertainment is skipping a Game Pass launch, at least for now. Basically, the studio behind...
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- Wizard101
- Xbox Game Pass
- Kingisle Entertainment
Roundup All The Reveals From February 2025's Xbox Indie Showcase
Missed the event? Here's a recap
Weren't able to catch the Xbox Indie Showcase 2025 earlier today? No worries! You can always go back and watch the on-demand version for yourself, which you'll find elsewhere on Pure Xbox. If you don't want to watch it all the way through, we've also detailed all the important reveals in this article. The following...
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- Round Up
- Xbox indie Showcase
- ID@Xbox
News Xbox RPG Avowed Seemingly Sold Well Despite Being In Game Pass
The dev is 'happy' with sales so far
Avowed has only been live in its standard edition form for just about a week now, but it sounds like it's doing pretty well both critically and commercially - at least in the eyes of Xbox developer Obsidian Entertainment. As part of a recent newsletter over at Bloomberg, game director Carrie Patel touched on...
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- Avowed
- Obsidian
- Microsoft
- Xbox Game Pass
News One Of 2024's Best Games Is Heading To Xbox Game Pass Today
Balatro shadow drop!
It's just been announced at today's Xbox Indie Showcase that none other than Balatro is heading to Xbox Game Pass as a shadow drop! The game will be available imminently for console (unfortunately not PC as of yet) via the service. If you haven't heard of it, Balatro is a card game that many cons
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- Balatro
- Xbox Game Pass
- Xbox Indie Showcase
News Two Xbox Game Pass Titles Get New Release Dates At Annapurna Showcase 2025
Both coming day one!
Today's Annapurna Interactive Showcase for February 2025 included a selection of games that are launching on Xbox in the coming months - including two Xbox Game Pass titles that got brand-new release dates/windows during the show! So, down below we've gathered up those fresh Game Pass reveals - alongside a couple of other...
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- Annapurna Interactive Showcase
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Live Watch The ID@Xbox February 2025 Showcase Here
Including some Game Pass reveals!
It's time for the Xbox Indie Showcase 2025! Today's show promises an array of indie reveals - and they're obviously all games that will be coming to Xbox - including some Game Pass surprises that will show up along the way. "Get ready to see trailers, gameplay, and reveals from indie studios including Raw Fury,...
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- Xbox Indie Showcase
- ID@Xbox
- Showcase
News Microsoft CEO: Xbox's New AI Model Is A 'Wow' Moment, But Great Games Must Be The Focus
"It's kind of like the CGI moment for gaming long-term"
Last week, we were introduced to a new generative AI model called "Muse" - something that Xbox is using to try and assist game creators in building new titles, and even potentially make things easier to preserve them in the future. An example was shown at the time based around Bleeding Edge -...
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- AI
- Muse
- Satya Nadella
- Microsoft
Roundup Here's What The Critics Are Saying About Capcom's Monster Hunter Wilds
Out on Xbox this week!
Capcom's absolutely massive Monster Hunter franchise returns to Xbox this week with Monster Hunter Wilds - and reviews are now circulating online for the upcoming co-op action game. Those reviews include a Pure Xbox write-up - which we'll summarise down below alongside a selection of other critics' opinions. Without further...
- Xbox
- Round Up
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
News Dave Bautista Wants Fans To 'Start A Petition' For Gears Of War On Netflix
"Come on, Netflix. Get it together."
We've heard before how the movie star (and former WWE star) Dave Bautista would be really keen to feature in a Gears of War film or TV project, and now he's calling on fans to "start an online thing" and find a way to make it happen. Speaking to ComicBook recently, Bautista explained that he's been trying to...
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- Gears of War
- Gears
- Netflix
- Dave Bautista
Poll How Would You Grade The February 2025 Xbox Indie Showcase?
Give us your verdict
The dust is now beginning to settle on the Xbox Indie Showcase for February 2025! If you haven't had a chance to watch it yet, you can catch the full thing over at our live coverage page, and we've also provided an extensive recap of everything that happened as part of the show. So, all things considered, what grade would you...
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- ID@Xbox
- Indie Showcase
- Polls
- Features
Saturday22nd Feb 2025
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (February 24-28)
Monster Hunter, PGA 2K25 & much more!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for February 24-28! We've got a couple of big releases on the way in the form of Monster Hunter Wilds and PGA Tour 2K25, while Watch Dogs: Legion is making its
- Xbox
- Features
- Weekly Roundup
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News Microsoft Rewards Appears To Be Increasing Its Prices For Xbox Game Pass
Members are getting emails about it
If you're an avid Microsoft Rewards user, you've probably come across the "auto redeem" feature for Xbox and PC Game Pass at some point - a useful method for keeping your membership active without spending much (or anything at all!). Unfortunately though, some Microsoft Rewards members have been receiving emails...
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- Xbox Rewards
- Microsoft Rewards
- Auto Redeem
Rumour Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 Remaster To Shadow Drop At Xbox Games Showcase 2025
Update: The official game website is teasing something...
[Original: Feb 18th, 3:43pm] We've been desperate to get our hands on a new Tony Hawk game ever since the incredible Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 arrived back in 2020, and it sounds like we could be getting something from Xbox and Activision in the near future! This is according to an...
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- Tony Hawk
- Remasters
- Activision
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 22-23)
Some Avowed for the weekend?
Welcome to the weekend! We're sure Avowed will be dominating many Xbox owners' free time over the next couple of days, but don't forget about the Xbox Free Play Days titles as well, along with the usual batch of great Xbox Store deals! Here's what we're playing this weekend: Fraser Gilbert, Editor: I'll be honest and...
- Xbox
- Features
- Talking Point
- What Are You Playing
Friday21st Feb 2025
Feature One Of The Most Impressive Open Worlds Of This Generation Hits Xbox Game Pass Next Week
Time to soak it all in
This week, Microsoft revealed a rather slim Xbox Game Pass update containing just three additions to the library - which is understandable given that we're set to get more reveals during an Indie Showcase next week. However, despite slim pickings until that event goes ahead, one title in this latest batch contains one of the...
- Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass
- Open World Games
- Watch Dogs Legion
- Ubisoft
News Bethesda's Last Wolfenstein Game Is Now Free To Claim On Xbox With Prime Gaming
Grab the Xbox Play Anywhere title now!
Earlier this month, we informed you all that an Xbox Play Anywhere title was coming to Amazon Prime Gaming in February - and that game is now completely free to claim on the service. Bethesda's first co-operative take on Wolfenstein launched back in 2019, and is playable across Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S...
- Xbox
- Wolfenstein Youngblood
- Bethesda
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
News January Hardware Sales The Worst Since 2020 In The US As Xbox Consoles Decline By 50%
Are we ready for new hardware?
Today, analyst firm Circana (formerly NPD), has revealed some interesting facts & figures about how the gaming industry is performing at the start of 2025 - and while earlier news about software sales was positive for Microsoft, a look at recent hardware sales proves a lot tougher. Now, to be clear, the entire...
- Xbox
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
- Microsoft
- Console Sales
Talking Point Are You Happy With The Current Xbox UI As It Stands In 2025?
We'd like to see a few tweaks
As has been the case in recent Xbox generations, Microsoft has continued to tweak the Xbox Series X|S user interface over the console's life cycle so far - resulting in the current Xbox dashboard we have in the year 2025. The question is, are you happy with the Xbox UI right now? A new social media post from Xbox...
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- Xbox UI
- Xbox Dashboard
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
Poll What Do You Think Of Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader On Xbox Game Pass?
Impressed or disappointed so far?
The big Xbox Game Pass release of this week has undoubtedly been Avowed, which means something like Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader has sadly gone under the radar a bit - but that certainly doesn't mean it's not worth playing! In fact, this "classical RPG" received some pretty impressive reviews back at launch in...
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- Xbox Game Pass
- Polls
- Features
- Warhammer
News Xbox Sales Charts Dominated By EA & Microsoft In The US To Kick Off 2025
An interesting start to the year
Today, analyst firm Circana (formerly NPD), has revealed some interesting facts & figures about how the gaming industry is performing at the start of 2025 - and we thought Xbox's game sales chart for last month was quite interesting to look at. The top 10 best-selling games on Xbox last month were all published...
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- EA
- Charts
- Microsoft
News Split Fiction's Free 'Friend's Pass' Is Even More Generous Than Past Hazelight Games
New Friend's Pass details surface
Hazelight Studios returns to the limelight in March with its next big release, Split Fiction, and the team is making it even easier to hook up with friends and play together this time around. Not only does the 'Friend's Pass' return — allowing you and a buddy to play with one copy of the game — but with Split...
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- Split Fiction
- Hazelight Studios
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox Series S
