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News Avowed Update 1.31 Now Live, Includes Improved Performance On Xbox Series X|S
"This update includes important fixes"
Obsidian's Avowed continues to receive regular updates around six weeks since launch, with today's offering adding bug fixes, UI improvements, community-requested features and even some Xbox performance upgrades. The specifics behind those performance upgrades haven't really been revealed, aside from the fact...
News Here's What's Included In The Xbox March 2025 Update
"March is bringing several updates for players to enjoy"
The Xbox March 2025 update has been unveiled by Microsoft today, and as we're starting to see these days, it's not really focused around console anymore - this month's version is mainly focused around PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming. One of the highlight features on the list is related to console...
News Xbox Announces New 'Benefits' For Free-To-Play Titles With Game Pass
"We’re rolling out even more value"
Xbox has announced today that Game Pass members are set to receive "even more value" with multiple benefits for free-to-play games over the coming months, including for the likes of Call of Duty: Warzone and The Finals. All of this starts this week with four specific games - here are the
News Minecraft's Latest Update Includes 'Highly Requested' Feature
"Pause when alone"
Minecraft, as you might have already seen, just rolled out its new 'Spring to Life' update and while it's filled with all sorts of new and exciting content such as new blocks, animal variants, and much more, there's also one particular feature that has long-time players rather excited. It's the ability to pause - yes, the team at...
News Minecraft 'Spring To Life' Update Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Rolling out now on Xbox and PC
If you're an avid Minecraft fan, you've probably been aware of the big "Spring to Life" update that's been planned for today, and we're pleased to confirm that it's out now for Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One and PC. The update includes a bunch of new features that span everything from gameplay tweaks to...
Talking Point Almost 6 Months On, Are You Still Playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024?
Or did the turbulent launch put you off?
Earlier today, we caught wind of Asobo Studio's new 'World Update' trailer (up above) for Brazil and some surrounding areas - adding an array of fresh locations to both Microsoft Flight Simulator and MSFS 2024 this month. The update looks a beautiful one, and will no doubt provide players with some nice new...
News South Of Midnight Is Now Available To Preload On Xbox Game Pass
Xbox's next first-party release
We're really getting close to Xbox's next first-party release now! After going gold just a few days ago, South of Midnight is now officially available to preload on Xbox Game Pass - ahead of its launch
News 'ASMR Slicing' Has Become An Unlikely Top Seller On The Xbox Store
Whatever floats your boat
As you know, we like to keep an eye on the "Top Paid" Xbox charts to see how various games are faring on there, and there aren't many surprises when it comes to new releases right now - Assassin's Creed Shadows is top as expected. One major surprise that did stand out to us was ASMR Slicing, which has managed to reach #36...
News Xbox Could Be Preparing To Add Two Big EA Releases To Game Pass
We're expecting NHL 25 soon as well
Anyone for another roundup of Xbox Game Pass rumours? The latest comes courtesy of EA, as it appears that both Dragon Age: The Veilguard and EA Sports FC 25 are being prepared for Xbox Game Pass at some point in the future. Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the most surprising one here, as the game's
News Xbox Having A 'Sheer Volume' Of New Games Is A Good Thing, Says ID@Xbox Director
"We want every game to have a shot"
The ID@Xbox program has been an incredible way for Xbox fans to experience the latest and greatest indie games over the years, and it's got to a point now where countless titles are releasing as part of the initiative every month. ID@Xbox director Guy Richards was questioned about this during a recent interview...
Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Atomfall On Xbox Game Pass
Less than a week to go until launch!
Atomfall is the next major game to hit Xbox Game Pass in March 2025, arriving in just six days' time on March 27th, and the reviews have actually gone live pretty early - or at least, some of the reviews have gone live. This is another of those situations where Xbox code seems to have been sent out quite late,...
Guide All Games With Xbox Play Anywhere Support
A complete list of all games with Xbox Play Anywhere compatibility
Xbox Play Anywhere allows you to buy a game on your Xbox console and get the PC version for free. For years Microsoft didn't really talk about it, but it's since started getting a much bigger push from the various teams at Xbox. So, we've decided to go through every single Xbox Play...
News Using Your Xbox Controller To Type On Windows Just Got Easier
A small but handy update
Microsoft continues to develop its Xbox experience on PC and other devices, and the company this week has rolled out a new "gamepad" keyboard for Windows 11. Basically, what this means is it should now be easier to type and navigate the keyboard layout when using your Xbox controller on Windows 11. As highlighted by The...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Isn't On Xbox Game Pass, But You Can Try It For $17.99
You don't have to pay full price at least
So, the bad news is that Assassin's Creed Shadows is not available on Xbox Game Pass at launch, but the good news is that you don't have to pay full price if you want to try it on day one. This is thanks to Ubisoft Plus, which allows you to pick up a month's subscription to the service for £14.99 / $17.99...
News Stalker 2 Update 1.3 Brings Over 1,200 Fixes To Xbox & PC, Full Patch Notes Revealed
It's a MASSIVE update!
GSC Game World is back again today with an absolutely massive update for Stalker 2, bringing over 1,200 changes, fixes and improvements to the game across Xbox and PC. The full patch notes are here, and they're pretty ridiculous! In fact, there are so many changes packed into Stalker 2 update 1.3 that we can't actually list...
News Xbox's New 'Adaptive Joystick' Is Officially Now Available To Buy
"Plug directly into your console or PC"
It's been announced today that the new Xbox Adaptive Joystick is available to purchase exclusively via the Microsoft Store at a price of £24.99 / $29.99 - intended to "make gaming more accessible" for players with limited mobility. The Xbox Adaptive Joystick can be plugged directly into an console or PC and...
Talking Point Are You Trying Out This Week's Day One Xbox Game Pass Release?
Launching tomorrow on XGP!
Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service regularly adds brand-new titles to its library, and this week we have another day one addition - in the form of 33 Immortals from Thunder Lotus Games. So, ahead of the title's arrival on the service tomorrow, we want to know if you're planning on trying out this latest day one Game Pass...
Guide All Xbox Games With Mouse & Keyboard Support
The latest keyboard & mouse list for Xbox One, Series X, Series S
Update: Our latest update to this list has added the likes of Atomfall, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Off The Grid, Turok, Monster Hunter Wilds, Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader, Avowed, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Sniper Elite: Resistance, Eternal Strands, Dimensions, Stalker 2, Death...
News Delayed Xbox Shooter 'FragPunk' Is Off To A Fantastic Start On Steam
It was supposed to release on Xbox this month
Back at the start of the month, we mentioned how a couple of big free-to-play games were set to release on Xbox in March 2025 - but then shared an update that the hero shooter FragPunk was being delayed indefinitely on console. The team behind FragPunk mentioned at the time that they discovered...
News Microsoft Shares Updated 'Xbox Play Anywhere' Games List As It Unifies Console & PC
"Over 1,000 titles are now supporting Xbox Play Anywhere"
We've been banging on about how Microsoft needs to promote the incredible Xbox Play Anywhere feature a lot more than it does, and low and behold, a bunch of Xbox handheld rumours have seemingly prompted an announcement! It's being officially confirmed today that Xbox Play Anywhere now...
News 'REPO' Explodes In Popularity On PC, Leading To Calls For An Xbox Version
It's got "overwhelmingly positive" reviews
If you're a fan of PC gaming, you may have come across a new Steam release over the past couple of weeks that's launched into the stratosphere in terms of popularity, becoming one of the top early access games on the platform. It's called REPO (or R.E.P.O.), and it's an online co-op horror game for up to...
Report Xbox Series X Successor Will Be 'Closer To Windows Than Ever'
While still supporting backwards compatbility
We've already heard from Windows Central's Jez Corden how the next Xbox console looks likely to launch at some point in 2027, and he's followed this up with a report on Windows Central itself containing more details about the system. According to Corden, the next Xbox "will be closer to Windows than...
Roundup All The Rumoured Xbox Game Pass Titles We've Heard About So Far In 2025
These aren't confirmed, but they're seemingly on the cards
You already know about our big confirmed list of 2025 Xbox Game Pass titles here at Pure Xbox, and we also provide monthly ones as well, but what about the rumoured titles? Well, we've heard about a quite a few so far in 2025 already! So, in this roundup, we're going to pick out the...
News Nacon's New Xbox Wireless Controller Is Apparently The 'Ideal Choice' For FPS Fans
Pre-orders have just begun
It feels like there are constantly new Xbox controllers hitting the market these days, but a lot of them unfortunately aren't wireless, and we're always particularly intrigued when we start seeing features like Hall Effect sticks and triggers. So, let's take a look at the new Nacon Revolution X Unlimited co
News Hundreds Of Delisted Xbox 360 Games Now Have The Potential To Return On PC
Via an unofficial new "recompilation" tool
If you were browsing Pure Xbox yesterday, you may have spotted a story from our friends at Time Extension about a new Xbox 360 recompilation tool that offers up some crazy possibilities for reviving old Xbox games. Basically, this tool (known as XenonRecomp) is said to "convert Xbox 360 executables into...
Guide Is 'InZOI' Coming To Xbox? Here's Everything We Know So Far
A life simulation game with massive potential
Have you heard about this game InZOI yet? In recent months, the trailers have been racking up millions of views for this new life simulation title, and it's PC early access launch was later dated for March 28, 2025. But will InZOI be on Xbox? Well, the spoilerific answer is "likely yes", but we're going...
News Avowed Estimated To Reach 6 Million Players In First Month On Xbox & PC
Data suggests stronger launch than Indy
According to fresh data from outlet mindGAME, Xbox's Avowed is about to reach 6 million players across Game Pass and traditional sales on Xbox & PC. The source also stacks this up against recent Microsoft releases Black Ops 6 and Indiana Jones - which reached 26.2 million and 4 million in their first...
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 -...
News Avowed Review Roundup: Here's What The Critics Think So Far
How has Obsidian's new RPG fared?
The Avowed reviews have landed! Xbox's huge first-party release arrives in early access form today, so a whole bunch of critics have been sharing their impressions of the full game - the majority of which have been very positive! Below, we've gathered up some of these early reviews to give you an idea of what to...
So, Eora into action RPGs?
Have we ever told you how much we love The Outer Worlds? There was a little pushback when it launched; some folk thought it was too short, too lightweight and wishy-washy, but we loved everything about it. Obsidian seemed to actively decide to remove itself from what felt like bit of a race circa 2019, to make the most...
News Xbox Loses Upcoming Game Pass Title As Football Manager 25 Gets Cancelled
"We know this will come as a huge disappointment"
We've unfortunately got a title to remove from our big Xbox Game Pass in 2025 list today, as it's been announced by Sports Interactive that Football Manager 25 won't be releasing in any fashion - it's been totally cancelled. The developer had been planning for FM25 to mark a massive overhaul for the...
News These Six Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (February 5-18)
The latest roundup of new titles
The Xbox Game Pass lineup for February 2025 has been looking pretty bare until now, so it's time for Microsoft to reveal some new titles! Today, six games have been announced for the service for later this month. As usual, we're getting new additions to the Xbox Game Pass Standard tier in this roundup (including...
News Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (January 28)
Including two 'day one' launches!
This week is a busy one for Xbox Game Pass, and we're kicking things off with three brand-new additions to the service today! Two of these are actually 'day one' launches as well, meaning they've never been released before now. Eternal Strands is the one that's been getting the most attention in recent weeks, and...
News Xbox Unveils The 'Excellence Awards' And Reveals All The 2024 Winners
"The games you loved most in 2024"
Today, we're being formally introduced to the Xbox Excellence Awards, which seeks to highlight the games that fans "loved most" in the previous year - with trophies being sent to the devs and publishers who created them. "These teams create unforgettable gaming experiences that engage and inspire players of all...
News Multiple Xbox Game Pass Titles Seemingly Leaked For February 2025
Next month is shaping up very nicely!
As things stand, we only know about two games for Xbox Game Pass next month in Far Cry New Dawn and Avowed, but a new report from Insider Gaming is suggesting that three more will be added to the list very soon. These three games are Cras
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (January 14)
A couple of major additions to the library
Welcome to the biggest Xbox Game Pass update for 2025 so far! Today, we have two major titles heading to the library, although one of them is a PC exclusive that debuted all the way back in 1997. That'll be Blizzard's first Diablo title, which makes its way onto Microsoft's modern PC storefront today,...
News Lenovo Accidentally Raises Hopes Of A Halo 5 PC Release
Lenovo Legion No
To this day, Halo 5: Guardians remains the only mainline Halo title not to release on PC, despite the Master Chief Collection being super popular on Steam ever since it arrived five years ago. Well, fans of Xbox's big green chief had their hopes up this weekend that things may soon change regarding Halo 5 on PC, but that doesn't...
News Xbox Wants To Bring A Console Experience To PC Handhelds In 2025
"We’ll have a lot more to share later this year"
In December, it was announced that Xbox's "VP of next generation" Jason Ronald would be appearing on a PC handheld panel at CES 2025, and that's what happened last night - although nothing major was revealed for Xbox specifically. In fact, the interesting bit for Xbox fans came after the event, as...
News Xbox Exec Appears At AMD's CES Keynote, Shares Black Ops 6 News
Matt Booty: FSR 4 is coming "later this year"
It's a new year for Xbox and as part of its campaign going beyond consoles, it seems we may see Microsoft gaming executives pop up at more tech events in general. With this in mind, CES '25 is currently underway, and apart from Jason Ronald appearing at the "future of gaming handhelds" panel, Microsoft's...
News Indiana Jones Update 2 Now Live On Xbox, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Just in time for the Christmas break!
Surprise! Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has just received its second update on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC, containing a whole bunch of fixes for everything from damaged game slots to a series of graphical issues. Interestingly, it also includes improvements to Global Illumination for Xbox users...
News Towerborne Gets Major Winter Update Ahead Of Xbox Game Pass Release In Early 2025
Microsoft is preparing the Game Pass launch
Towerborne, a Microsoft first-party release, somewhat strangely launched on Steam before Xbox earlier this year - but the team is still preparing for a console and Game Pass launch at the beginning of next year. And, ahead of that wider release, the Steam Early Access bu
News Xbox's PC App Brings Refreshed Home Experience To All Users
Including a refined Game Pass experience
Following a lengthy round of Xbox Insider testing, Microsoft has brought its refreshed Home Experience to all PC users today. The Xbox team says that this new UI makes it "faster and easier to find favorite games and discover great new titles to play" with Xbox on PC. On the surface, this all looks and...
News Xbox's New PC Game Pass Offer Lets You Play Indiana Jones For Just £1 / $1
And Stalker 2, and Flight Sim, and much more...
We're going to be honest... it hasn't felt like that great of a Black Friday for Xbox this year. Sure, there have been some cool deals on things like expansion cards and controllers, but it's been fairly quiet on the whole (at least so far!). However, one offer that's going totally under the radar is...
News This Gorgeous Xbox Mouse & Keyboard Set Launches Next Month
SO MUCH GREEN
Gaming accessory maker 8BitDo has today unveiled two gorgeous new bits of kit - an Xbox-themed gaming mouse and an Xbox-themed keyboard. Both of these accessories launch next month, and they're already listed on Amazon US by the manufacturer. We're still gathering all the official details on both of these accessories — we tried to...
News Stalker 2 Is Targeting Seven Key Areas In Its First Patch For Xbox & PC
It should arrive this week!
Welcome to a new week - a week that marks the beginning of Stalker 2 updates on Xbox and PC! The first post-launch update in the game's history should arrive at some point in the coming days, and we already know what kind of improvements it'll be targeting. There are seven areas of focus for this one, and they are as...
News Xbox Fans Create Master List Of 1100+ Games With 'Play Anywhere' Support
Buy on Xbox, get it for free on PC
We've talked about how much we love Xbox Play Anywhere here at Pure Xbox before, and we even highlighted 10 great games that have been added to Play Anywhere in 2024 just a few weeks ago. But still, it definitely has its issues. The biggest problem is that Microsoft makes it so difficult to figure out which games...
News Xbox PC App Criticised For 'Slow Downloads' Following Black Ops 6 Update
It wasn't the smoothest of rollouts
The first season of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 officially arrived yesterday, and that meant a huge update arrived for the game across all platforms. The update seemed to go smoothly for most... aside from on the Xbox App for PC. Yesterday, one of the biggest trends on Google (yes, we obviously monitor those!) was...
News Here's What's Included In The Xbox November 2024 Update
Friend requests, gamerpic improvements & more!
The Xbox November 2024 update has been unveiled by Microsoft today, and we've got a whole bunch of features that are either available now, or coming soon to Xbox consoles and/or PC - including a lot for controllers in particular! Here's an overview of the Xbox November 2024 update, with more details...
Guide Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024: Release Date, Release Time, Download Size & Gameplay Info
Everything you need to know for takeoff
We've got another Xbox first-party release right around the corner! Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is almost ready for takeoff on Xbox Series X|S and PC, and the best bit is that it's also included with Xbox Game Pass at launch. But what exactly is it? What makes it different from the Microsoft Flight...
Rumour Blizzard Could Be Remastering Another RTS Classic
Warcraft 2 looks to be getting a makeover...
Following the release of StarCraft and StarCraft 2 on Game Pass yesterday, there's now some news about Blizzard potentially remastering one of its older real-time strategy games. As
