Tag: Steam
News Towerborne's Early Access Off To A Slow But 'Very Positive' Start
Xbox's free-to-play release launches in 2025
Stoic's new Microsoft-published Xbox and PC game Towerborne is now officially in Steam Early Access. If you're wondering how it's doing so far, it's got a 'Very Positive' reception based on the current user reviews. We've also got some launch stats, courtesy of SteamDB - with the all-time 24-hour peak...
Preview Towerborne Hands On Preview - A New Xbox Exclusive Launching In Steam Early Access
Coming to Xbox Series X|S in 2025
Microsoft's release schedule for 2024 might no longer include a certain action role-playing game (we’re looking at you Avowed), but thankfully there are other titles under this same genre to fill the void. One of these happens to be the beat ‘em up-style game, Towerborne, although admittedly the release model...
News Towerborne Dev Explains Why Early Access Is Debuting On Steam Rather Than Xbox
A strange move for an Xbox first-party title
Xbox first-party title Towerborne might not have received as much attention as the likes of Indiana Jones and Starfield over the past few days, but it's looking really fun so far - and it's also had a big announcement of its own. Not only will the game now be launching as a free-to-play title in 2025,...
News Xbox Remains The Controller Of Choice For Steam Users, Unsurprisingly
59% of game sessions use Microsoft's pad
Valve has released new data about the controllers used on its digital PC platform Steam, and Xbox's game pads (unsurprisingly) remain right out in front. As of June 2024, 59% of users are playing with an Xbox controller, 26% are on PlayStation controllers and 10% are using Steam Deck controls (aka Steam...
News Beta Footage Of Valve's New Game Has Apparently Leaked
And no, Microsoft isn't buying Valve
Closed beta footage of Valve's new "6v6 4-lane third-person shooter MOBA" has apparently leaked online. Allegedly codenamed 'Deadlock', this new title is expected to follow in the footsteps of games like Counter-Strike and DOTA, and will supposedly feature more than 19 heroes. The footage that appears to have...
News Minecraft Game Pass Ultimate Perk References Steam
Could an announcement be on the way?
Microsoft's Minecraft has already had tremendous success over the years across multiple platforms, but there are still some platforms it's not available on. One, in particular, missing out is Steam - while Minecraft can be downloaded through the Microsoft Store on PC, it's not yet expanded to Valve's launcher...
News Hi-Fi RUSH Is Currently Being Reverse-Review Bombed On Steam
Rushing to the review button
If you've been following gaming as closely as we have in recent years you'll have come across a 'review-bombing' campaign or two - where disgruntled fans rush to post negative reviews, usually as a reaction to a publisher decision. Well, in response to Xbox's sudden closure of Tango Gameworks, Hi-Fi RUSH fans have taken...
News Multiple Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Titles Are Playable On PC This Week
A sneak peak ahead of their XGP arrivals
We've got a whole bunch of great games listed for release on Xbox Game Pass in 2024, and if you want to try a few of them ahead of time, you can do that this week courtesy of the "Steam Next Fest" on PC. This is a special Steam promotion in which over 1000 upcoming games have received special free demos, and...
News Five Of Steam's Top Wishlisted Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass In 2024
It's a great time to be a Game Pass member
We already know that Xbox Game Pass has some amazing treats in store for us in 2024, but the list looks particularly impressive when you realise that five out of the ten "Most Wishlisted Upcoming Steam Games" are also part of it! This is according to the Steam Global Top Wishlist chart over at SteamDB,...
News Starfield Wins Steam's 'Most Innovative Gameplay' Award
Despite its "mixed" reception
Starfield got off to an incredibly strong start last year - with 13 million players joining Constellation and making it Bethesda's "biggest launch" of all time. Now, to top it off, it's taken out one of Steam's 2023 awards. Despite having a "mixed" reception on Valve's digital platform and "mostly negative" recent...
News 'The Day Before' Xbox Release Cancelled As Developer Closes Down
Update: "We lack the funds to continue"
Update (Mon 11th Dec, 2023): Well, we definitely won't be seeing an Xbox release for The Day Before! Developer Fntastic has announced that due to the game "failing financially", the studio is shutting down as of today. You can check out the full statement from the Fntastic team down below: "Today, we...
News Bethesda's Starfield Drops To 'Mixed' User Reviews On Steam
The game's overall rating is now classed as 'Mixed'
The long-awaited Starfield finally released on Xbox and PC back in early September, and the consensus around launch was largely positive - including here at Pure Xbox where we scored the game 9/10. However, despite a decent Steam reception on release (the game sat at a 'Mostly Positive' rating for...
News Zombie MMO 'The Day Before' Re-Emerges With Steam Release Date
The console version is coming with the 1.0 launch
This game sure is becoming a roller coaster ride, eh? And that's before it's even out! Yep, open world zombie MMO The Day Before is back again with a brand-new Steam release date - roughly 10 months after its developer lost the rights to the game's name back in January. Well, they have t
News Halo Infinite Hits Highest PC Player Count In Over A Year As Season 5 Lands
The Steam numbers are up
There's quite a bit of hype building around Halo Infinite Season 5 at the moment - and that hype is already translating into a healthy PC player bump for 343 Industries and Microsoft. We're not talking astronomical numbers here, but the Steam version of Halo Infinite surpassed 15k concurrent players yesterday for the first...
News Starfield Hits New Peak Player Count On Steam During Opening Weekend
Almost 100k more than our last check-in!
During early access, Starfield hit an impressive peak player count on Steam, especially considering that users had to shell out around $100 to play early on the platform. Since then, the game has of course arrived in its standard edition form, and it's now smashed that early access player count number...
News Blizzard Games Announced For Steam Ahead Of Xbox Acquisition
Overwatch 2 will be the first title added to Valve's service
Xbox head Phil Spencer has already mentioned how Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard would make select games available to more players around the globe, and now in an industry update, Blizzard has announced it will be bringing its own games to Valve's Steam service for the first...
Deals Get Up To 85% Off Major Xbox Titles In The Steam Summer Sale
Bargains to be had!
The Steam Summer Sale is always a major event for PC gamers, especially those looking to add a bargain to their Steam libraries. We're even more interested these days due to Xbox's renewed investment in PC gaming, including bringing first-party games to Steam. As part of this year's summer promo, Xbox Game Studios is hosting...
News Steam's Most Highly-Anticipated Releases Are Nearly All Xbox Game Pass Titles
7 out of 10 are launching on the service
When it comes to PC gaming, one of the best ways to measure which titles people are most excited for is via the Steam "Top Wishlists" page, which ranks every upcoming release by how many times it's been added to a user's wishlist. Looking at the list right now, it's fantastic news for Xbox Game Pass members!...
Deals Xbox Game Studios Hosts Extensive Steam Sale (April 20 - May 4)
Looking for a new Steam Deck game?
Xbox is hosting another major Steam sale for the new two weeks-or-so, shortly following its recent Spring Sale on the platform. This selection of discounts doesn't include anything from Bethesda unfortunately, but there are still some great deals to be had from Xbox's other first party studios and partnership...
News Xbox Game Pass 2023 Titles Dominate Steam Wishlist Top 10
5/10 are launching day one on Game Pass!
Xbox Game Pass has a big year ahead of it, especially with major Xbox exclusives like Redfall, Starfield and Forza Motorsport finally landing on Microsoft's subscription service in 2023. However, we know about a decent selection of third-party titles launching day one as well, including Stalker 2 a
News Xbox Game Studios & Bethesda Hosting Major Steam Sale This Weekend
It's now live!
We've talked a lot about the huge Xbox Live Black Friday 2022 sale, and for good reason - there are over 700 games discounted on Xbox through late November! However, if you're also looking at picking up some PC games this weekend, the team has thrown together a nice little Steam sale featuring a bunch of Xbox & Bethesda titles...
PSA Steam Users, Did You Know About This Great Xbox Game Pass Extension?
Save yourself a wasted purchase
We're not sure how we've never come across this in recent years, but if you're a Steam and Xbox Game Pass subscriber, there's a great extension (in fact, a few great extensions) that can help you avoid any wasted purchases. The extension we're talking about specifically is known as "alike03's Subscript
News Halo Infinite Review-Bombed On Steam After Recent Developer Update
The news hasn't gone down well
It's no secret that the fan reaction to Halo Infinite's most recent developer update hasn't been very positive. The news that seems to have caused the biggest stir is 343's decision to drop development on local split screen co-op, a feature that's been in the works in some fashion since launch. Sadly, these...
News Bethesda Is Retiring Its Games Launcher On PC, Will Migrate To Steam
"We’re saying goodbye to the Bethesda.net Launcher"
Update (Wed, 27th April, 2022 16:40 BST): Bethesda's migration process is now open! If you wish to move your Bethesda library over to Steam, the publisher has detailed the process in a new blog post. Original article (Wed 23rd Feb, 2022 06:00 GMT): Starfield and
News Xbox Is Hosting A Publisher Sale On Steam For The Next Week
New releases, special offers and more
We're getting all excited here at Pure Xbox about the Xbox Spring Sale 2022 today, but there's also another new Xbox sale taking place on PC for the next few days exclusive to the Steam store, featuring some great deals. The sale includes recently released games like Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, Age
News Valve 'Happy' To Work With Microsoft To Get PC Game Pass On Steam
Gabe Newell is up for it
Valve has just launched its handheld PC device the Steam Deck, and Valve boss Gabe Newell is currently doing the PR rounds to promote the system. Of course, he's getting asked all sorts of questions - some that are just about Steam in general. With this in mind, PC Gamer asked him if Valve would be interested in its own...
News Halo Infinite Topped Xbox And PC Sales Charts In December
A strong first month
Well, it looks like Halo Infinite got off to a pretty great start in the US! Despite its Xbox Game Pass launch, Halo Infinite still topped the December sales charts for both Xbox and PC platforms. Only Call of Duty beat it across all systems for the month. We have to say we're quite surprised by the PC sales, given the series'...
News Sea Of Thieves Celebrates Over Five Million Sales On Steam For PC
Even though it's also on Game Pass
Rare's Sea of Thieves continues to go from strength to strength, as it's now passed over five million sales on Steam! The news was announced earlier this week, with the team stating they were "overjoyed" by the milestone: "We’re overjoyed to see more and more players – regardless of platform, device or where...
News Halo Infinite's Multiplayer Is Already Xbox's 'Most Successful' Title On Steam
The player count just keeps rising!
The free-to-play multiplayer component of Halo Infinite is now available across Xbox and PC. If you have been playing it on a computer via Steam, then you've helped Xbox Game Studios set some new records. As highlighted by Niko Partners senior analyst, Daniel Ahmad, the game has already become the "most...
News You Can Now Play PC Games On Xbox With Nvidia GeForce Now
Through the new Edge browser
Update: The Verge has confirmed that Nvidia's GeForce Now service is working with the new Xbox browser, meaning you can play PC games on your Xbox console through the power of cloud streaming. However, playing games that require the use of a mouse and keyboard is reportedly not the most ideal experience right now, and...
News Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Gives His Initial Thoughts On Valve's Steam Deck
'Congrats to the team at Valve Software'
Yesterday gave us the reveal of Valve's new handheld gaming PC called the 'Steam Deck', and in response, head of Xbox Phil Spencer revealed his initial thoughts on the device in a tweet earlier today. As you'd expect, Spencer was full of praise for the idea, congratulating the team on the reveal, and stating...
News Valve's New Steam Deck Can Be Used As A Handheld Xbox
You can even install Windows on it
In case you haven't heard the news, Valve has today announced a brand-new handheld gaming PC called the Steam Deck, set to begin shipping in December 2021 from as low as £349 / $399 for the 64GB version. While the system itself runs on SteamOS, which is a custom Linux operating system, it's also a...
News Xbox Dominates Steam Top Sellers Chart For Second Week In A Row
Another superb week for Xbox Game Studios
Last Tuesday we highlighted that Xbox Game Studios had enjoyed an excellent week on Steam, and the run has continued over the past few days, with three out of the five top spots being taken up by Xbox once again. In the Steam Weekly Global Top Sellers chart for the week ending 4th July 2021, Sea of Thieves...
News Three Of Steam's Top Five Sellers Last Week Were Xbox Game Studios Titles
Sea of Thieves, Halo, and Forza Horizon 4 all made the cut
Every week a list of Steam's Global Top Sellers is released, and the week ending June 27 showed that in the top five, three of the titles belonged to Xbox Game Studios titles. As seen on the Steam Database, Sea of Thieves skyrocketed from 9th to the top position last week, following the...
News Microsoft 'Encourages' Steam and Epic Games To Join Windows 11's New App Store
"As others want to come to the Store, they’re very welcome"
Microsoft held the big unveiling of Windows 11 yesterday, and in addition to highlighting many of its Xbox gaming-related features, the company spoke a bit about the possibility of Steam and the Epic Games Store being integrated. In an interview with The Verge, Windows and device chief...
News PC Games Are Becoming Playable On Xbox, Even With Mouse & Keyboard
Think of the possibilities
We highlighted a video back in early March which showed an Xbox Insider playing PC games on their Xbox through NVIDIA's GeForce Now service, all thanks to the capabilities of the new Microsoft Edge app on Xbox. That app is still only available for Xbox Insiders for now, but it's moved on quite considerably, adding full...
Deals Xbox Game Studios Gets A Steam Sale, 30+ Games Included
Available all weekend for PC gamers
If you like to play your Xbox games on PC rather than console (and you're not a subscriber to Xbox Game Pass), you'll be glad to know that Xbox Game Studios is having a Publisher Sale on Steam this weekend. The sale lasts until Monday, April 12th, and features a whole bunch of great deals on everything from Halo:...
News Forza Horizon 4 Almost Sped Past Valheim On Steam's Top Sellers Chart In Its First 24 Hours
Achievement unlocked
Forza Horizon 4 hasn't even been on Steam for 24 hours, but it's already been a massive success. So good in fact that it trailed just behind the increasingly popular Valheim not long after its release, reaching 2nd place. Since then the game has dropped down the 4th in the charts at the time of writing, which still shows it's...
Video Here's A Look At PC Games Running On Xbox Using GeForce Now
As part of the new Microsoft Edge app
We highlighted late last week that a brand-new Microsoft Edge app had begun rolling out to Xbox Insiders in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring, offering some pretty crazy possibilities including the ability to access Google Stadia. It turns out NVIDIA's GeForce Now service also works with the new app (thanks
News Forza Horizon 4 Is Getting A Steam Version This March
Another way to play on PC
Playground Games and Microsoft have announced that Forza Horizon 4 is getting a Steam version for PC on March 9th, bringing the ultra-popular racing game "to a whole new audience" in the near future. This version of the game will feature crossplay with Xbox consoles, Windows 10 PCs (including Xbox Game Pass for PC) and...
News Six Xbox Published Games Were Top Sellers On Steam In 2020
As measured by gross revenue
The main focus of Microsoft's Xbox division in recent times has been on the launch of the Xbox Series X|S. Obviously, that's not the only part of its gaming business, though. In 2020, Xbox Game Studios released a bunch of games on Windows as well as Steam. One of the highlights was when Sea of Thieves sailed onto Steam...
News Steam Is Adding Extended Xbox Controller Support For PC Players
Including trigger rumble for certain games
The latest update for the Steam Client Beta on PC is centred primarily around the Xbox Wireless Controller, bringing a selection of new features to players on the platform, particularly for certain games. As of yesterday, the client now supports more than four controllers at once, trigger rumble in games...
News Xbox Boss Praises Community For 'Really Great' Support On PC
Across Xbox Game Pass and Steam
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has been taking to Twitter today to thank the Xbox community for its "really great" support on PC, incorporating both Xbox Game Pass and Steam in that category. In his message, Spencer acknowledged that the team still has work to do on PC (and has rightfully earned scepticism in the past), but...
News Phantasy Star Online 2 Heads To Steam, Includes Crossplay With Xbox
Episode 4 launches the same day
SEGA has announced that Phantasy Star Online 2 is officially coming to Steam for PC on August 5th, 2020, and this version will include both cross-play and cross-progression with Xbox and Windows 10. Speaking to US Gamer, the company explained that you'll be able link your account between Steam, Windows 10 and Xbox...
News Sea Of Thieves' Concurrent Player Peak On Steam Continues To Rise
Nearly 60,000 peak players!
When Rare's Sea of Thieves sailed onto Steam last week it was able to grab the attention of more than 10,000 players on the platform and made it into the top sellers list. Well now, just over a week later, it's managed to reach an all-time peak of 59,404 concurrent players. Once again, that makes it one of the top 100...
News Rare's Sea Of Thieves Is Already A Top Seller On Steam
Over 10,000 peak players
Yesterday, we noted that Xbox Game Studios title Sea of Thieves had been released on the Steam platform, two years after its initial release on PC. And so far, it looks like it's gone down a treat, with the game quickly rising to the top of the Steam "global top sellers" list. According to SteamCharts, Sea of Thieves has...
News Sea Of Thieves Has Officially Sailed Onto Steam
Available now
It was revealed back in April that Rare's Sea of Thieves would be coming to the Steam platform in the near future, and now it has officially arrived. The game is available at a price of £34.99. As Steam and the Microsoft Store are separate platforms, existing PC owners who are eager to play this way will need to buy the game again...
News Over 25 Xbox Game Studios Titles Are Discounted On Steam This Weekend
More sales!
As if enough sales weren't being thrown our way with the Xbox Spring Sale 2020, the Steam platform on PC is also offering discounts on a range of Xbox Game Studios titles this weekend. Among the included games are Ori and the Blind Forest, Gears 5 and Halo: The Master Chief Collection. You'll find the entire list over at the
News Be Prepared To Buy Sea Of Thieves Again, If You Prefer To Play On Steam
Rocking the boat
Yesterday, as you might have heard, the official Sea of Thieves Twitter account revealed Rare's multiplayer pirate game would be released on Steam. It's not all that surprising considering how games like Gears 5 and Halo: The Master Chief Collection are already on there, and it should be a nice boost for the playe
News Sea of Thieves Unexpectedly Shows Up On Steam
It's "coming soon"
Update: (Thu 2nd Apr, 2020 15:20 BST): The official Sea of Thieves Twitter account has just released an official post about this, but no release date has been revealed yet. Original Story: (Thu 2nd Apr, 2020 15:15 BST): It looks like Microsoft is adding another Xbox Game Studios title to the Steam PC platform. Steam has...
