Tag: Awards
News Xbox Is Sending Out 'Excellence' Awards For Some Very Special Games
A nice touch
It's always nice to see Xbox giving recognition to third-party teams when their games perform well, and the latest example is in the form of the "Xbox Excellence Award" - which we've spotted being given out to two dev teams so far. There are probably many examples out there, but for now, it's the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and My Time At...
News Obsidian 'Thrilled' As Xbox First-Party Game Pentiment Wins Award
"Huge congratulations to the Pentiment team"
It's no secret that we've loved our time with Obsidian's Pentiment here at Pure Xbox - we gave the game a 9/10 in our review back in 2022 - so it's great to see that the game is still winning awards over 18 months since its release. This latest award is a Peabody Award, and it's for the "Immersive &...
News Microsoft Gaming CEO Congratulates Xbox's Game Awards Nominees
"Proud of the work delivered by our teams this year"
The Game Awards nominations have now been revealed, and unfortunately, Xbox and Bethesda's space RPG Starfield hasn't made the shortlist for 'Game of the Year'. Despite this, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has congratulated the teams at Xbox as well as other nominees on social media. In this...
News Starfield Fails To Make Shortlist For 'Game Of The Year' At The Game Awards 2023
In fact, nothing from Xbox is in the list
The nominations for The Game Awards 2023 are here! Geoff Keighley revealed the full list this afternoon as part of a stream over on YouTube, including the Game of the Year award which doesn't include Starfield as we'd expected. Instead, here are the full nominees for Game of the Year at The Game Awards...
News Xbox Receives Multiple Nominations For Golden Joystick 'Ultimate GOTY' Award
Voting is open right now!
Awards season is upon us, and ahead of the prestigious Golden Joystick Awards taking place in London on November 10th, the nominees have finally been revealed for the "Ultimate Game of the Year" category. The good news is that Xbox is in here multiple times! The likes of Starfield, Forza Motorsport and Hi-Fi RUSH all make...
News Xbox Wins Daytime Emmy Award For 20th Anniversary Documentary
The award for Outstanding Single Camera Editing
You may remember that back in December of last year, Xbox released a six-part documentary on YouTube to celebrate the brand's 20th anniversary, and it's just been rewarded with none other than a Daytime Emmy! Power On: The Story of Xbox was the victor in the "Outstanding Single Camera Editing"...
