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News You Can Now Switch Your TV's Input Using Your Xbox Controller
Feature rolling out to everyone today
We've got a new feature arriving for everyone specifically on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S today, which allows you to switch your TV's input signal simply by pressing the Xbox button on your controller. A cool little addition! This feature has been available to some Insiders for quite some time now, but...
Video Bethesda Introduces Us To Starfield's Robot Companion, VASCO
Your favourite new companion
Bethesda is still trickling out little bits of information about the highly-anticipated Starfield, and the latest is a video looking at one of the game's companion characters, VASCO, described as "Constellation’s expeditionary robot." The video gives us an idea of what to expect from the "primarily peaceful" robot,...
News LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Seems To Be Selling Incredibly Well So Far
It's smashing records already
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has been a hit with both the critics and the fans so far, and it looks like the immense ambition that went into it has translated into superb sales, at least according to the early Steam data. We don't know anything about console sales just yet, but over on Steam for PC, the game has...
Review Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands - A Borderlands Fantasy Spin-Off Worth A Look
Borderlands x D&D
The latest Borderlands game Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands has had an incredibly low-key launch compared to previous “mainline” entries in the series and a lot of other games this year. While it’s technically a spin-off – acting as a follow-up to the Borderlands 2 DLC, Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep, Wonderlands breathes...
News Xbox Series X|S Outsold PS5 And Nintendo Switch In The UK Last Month
Thanks to the Series X stock increase
We've already mentioned today how the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S have enjoyed stock increases in the UK over the past few months, and this resulted in the two consoles selling better than the PS5 and Nintendo Switch in March. According to GamesIndustry.biz's Chris Dring, this was due to the arrival of more...
Rumour Microsoft Paid For 'Chip Priority' To Increase Xbox Series X|S Stock
"Money was the reason"
We've been seeing stock of Xbox Series S and particularly Xbox Series X consoles continue to become more plentiful over the past six months or so, mostly at the back end of 2021, and it seems there's a good reason for that. According to the folks on the XboxEra podcast, Microsoft actually did a deal to get "chip priority" for...
News Epic Games Announces Unreal Engine 5 Is Now Officially Available
The future is now
It's been almost two years since Epic Games unveiled the next edition of Unreal Engine (Unreal Engine 5) with a stunning tech demo running on a PS5 devkit, and now the engine is officially available to all developers as of today. It's been in early access for the past year, but this is the official launch — we already know that...
News Another Six Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass Soon (April 11-18)
The latest list of departures
Update: Microsoft has confirmed the dates for these departures, which we've added to the table below. Destiny 2 is still scheduled to leave PC Game Pass on April 11th, but was not included in the recent list over at Xbox Wire. Original story: Microsoft has revealed the next set of six games that will be removed from...
News These 10 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (April 5-14)
Update: Now official!
Update: The leak was correct! Microsoft has officially confirmed that these games will be heading to Xbox Game Pass soon, and we've updated the table below with all the official dates and platforms for each title. Original story: The latest batch of Xbox Game Pass titles appears to have leaked early once again, courtesy of...
News Tales Of Arise Dev Explains Why It Won't Be Getting A Direct Sequel
And reveals why Scarlet Nexus was a "rival"
Bandai Namco's Tales of Arise was (in our opinion) one of the low-key best games of 2021 on Xbox, but it won't be getting a direct sequel, and Producer Yusuke Tomiwaza has explained why in an interview with Edge magazine (via GamesRadar). The game's sales proved to be a success, serving as the...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (April 5)
Play ball!
It's Game Pass day! The big addition today is undoubtedly Sony's MLB The Show 22, which arrives on the service at launch for the second year in a row, while Cricket 22 has also surprisingly been added to today's selection as well. Here are the games you can download with Game Pass today: Cric
Deals 100+ Games Are On Sale This Week On Xbox (April 5-11)
Update: The Xbox Spring Sale is also now live!
Update: You'll find the original Deals With Gold, Spotlight and Best Rated Hits deals in the table below, but the massive Xbox Spring Sale 2022 is also now live, which we've rounded up elsewhere on Pure Xbox. Original story: It's time for another set of weekly Xbox deals! The list is looking a lot...
Roundup Here's What The Critics Are Saying About LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Are they on the light side or the dark side?
It's finally almost here! After five years of development and many, many delays, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga drops on Xbox this Tuesday, April 5th. We've been going hands-on with the full game here at Pure Xbox for the past few days, as have many other critics, and those reviews have been going...
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (April 4-8)
Revisit the Saga
This week isn't stacked with lots of new releases, but there are plenty of major games to talk about. Arguably the two biggest are LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga and MLB The Show 22, with the latter also joining Xbox Game Pass at launch, but we've also got the highly-anticipated
News Five More Starfield In-Game Images Have Leaked Online
Based on a 2018 build of the game
Update: How about a few more?! Here's another fresh set of leaked images (still from a few years ago): Original story: Although Starfield is arriving later this year, Bethesda still hasn't really shown all that much of it in the lead up the release. While we're expecting to get additional details and footage...
News Everyone's 'Moving To New Zealand' Again For LEGO Star Wars On Xbox
Getting a head start
Here we go again! That old trick where you can "move to New Zealand" in order to play games early has cropped up once again for LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, with lots of people talking about it on social media right now. This is because the game is seemingly launching midnight local time in New Zealand, which lines up as...
Hardware Review PowerA Duo Charging Station For Xbox Series X|S
Featuring support for Xbox One controllers as well
There was a lot of controversy when it was revealed that Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S controllers would still utilise removable AA batteries back in 2020. Even if you weren't happy with that decision though, it does come with a plus side in that you can get all sorts of battery solutions now,...
News Get Ready, The Xbox Spring Sale 2022 Is Right Around The Corner
It should be with us very soon
The Xbox Spring Sale 2022 is almost upon us, during which a significant number of Xbox digital titles are expected to be discounted for a period of around ten days to two weeks. The official date of the sale hasn't been announced at the time of writing, but we've provided some educated guesses below as to when we think...
News 343 Details Season 2 Updates For Halo Infinite
Here's what you can expect
343 Industries has published a new Halo Infinite 'Season 1 Outcomes Report' - highlighting all the feedback and steps taken to address fan concerns. While most of this blog update is focused on Season 1, the team has also shared another breakdown of what to expect from Season 2. Here's the TL;DR version of some of the...
News Job Listing Suggests Tactical FPS Valorant Is On Its Way To Xbox
Precise gunplay meets unique agent abilities
You've probably heard of Valorant at this point, a free-to-play tactical FPS on PC that's developed and published by Riot Games, and first launched back in 2020. It could be coming to Xbox soon as well, at least according to a job listing. Riot Games has begun hiring for a "Senior Game Designer,...
News SnowRunner Brings Its Free Next-Gen Upgrade To Xbox This May
Hopefully as part of Game Pass
We've got another free next-gen upgrade arriving soon in the form of SnowRunner, which is heading to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on May 31st, 2022. With any luck, the game will hopefully still be part of Game Pass by then. Details are pretty limited on what to expect at the moment, but we do know that the update...
Guide How To Claim 2000+ Bonus Microsoft Points On Xbox In April 2022
Your Monthly Bonus Round instructions
It's that time again! We're big fans of the Microsoft Rewards program here at Pure Xbox, which allows you to complete tasks in order to earn redeemable points which can be spent on gift cards, donations and much more. April 2022's "Monthly Bonus Round" challenge has just begun, and by satisfying a few easy...
News Halo Infinite Dev Admits 'Difficult Situation' In Response To Fan Unrest
"We understand the community is simply out of patience..."
Halo Infinite got off to a great start last year, but there's been a lot of much-talked about disgruntlement from fans in recent months over the lack of communication and meaningful content additions to the game since then. 343 has a Season 1 Outcomes blog coming out soon (update: out...
News The First Two Of April 2022's Xbox Games With Gold Are Now Available
Step into this surreal fantasy adventure
You can now begin downloading the first batch of April 2022's Xbox Games With Gold titles (one day early!), which are the Xbox One game Another Sight and Xbox 360 game Outpost Kaloki X. Both titles are available right now from the Microsoft Store (links at the bottom of the page) or by searching manually on...
News Ray Tracing Was Accidentally Added To Minecraft On Xbox, Says Mojang
It was early prototype code
Mojang Studios got all of our hopes up when the Minecraft Preview on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S added ray tracing support earlier this week, but unfortunately it's being taken away again due to an unexpected error. The team has revealed that this was prototype code that was never actually supposed to be added to the...
Roundup Here's What The Critics Are Saying About Weird West On Xbox Game Pass
The reviewers' verdict
The final Xbox Game Pass release of March is a great one, in the form of the action-RPG Weird West! The first reviews have been dropping for the game today, including here at Pure Xbox where we gave it an "Excellent" 9/10 rating. Below, you'll find a selection of reviews from across the web, as well as our own. Pure Xbox -...
Review Weird West - A Rootin' Tootin' Romp For Xbox Game Pass
Freaky Frontier
We've been keenly awaiting the arrival of Wolfeye Studios' Weird West for quite some time now, with a crack dev team put together by Arkane founder and former creative director, Raphael Colantonio, alongside former executive producer Julien Roby, it's an immersive action RPG that's shown real promise in previews and one that's got...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (March 31 - April 3)
Embark on a culinary quest unlike any other
It's time for another batch of Free Play Days titles! More games are available to play for free this weekend for Xbox Live Gold members, and they're ready to download right now. Well, technically there's only one Free Play Days game this weekend — at least that's all that's been revealed so far. It's...
News These Three Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass Today (March 31)
Last chance to revisit the world of Shadow Warrior
In case you'd forgotten, today marks the removal of three more games from the Xbox Game Pass library, with the biggest of the bunch arguably being Shadow Warrior 2. Hopefully the third game finds its way to Game Pass eventually! Here are the three games confirmed to leave today on Xbox Game Pass:...
News Forza Horizon 5 Update Overhauls Online Racing, Adds New Rides
Update: Series 6 Update now live!
Update: Forza Horizon 5's Series 6 update is now live! Here's a rundown of the new features: Original story: Developer Playground Games has detailed its upcoming Forza Horizon 5 Series 6 update, which'll contain the usual array of Festival Playlist goodies to go at. However, this particular update also brings...
News The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Finally Arrives On Xbox This April
Nearly a decade in the making
It's been nearly a decade since the critically-acclaimed The Stanley Parable first launched for PC, and now it's finally coming to Xbox in the form of the Ultra Deluxe edition on April 27, 2022. Better late than never! This is an expanded re-imagining of the 2013 title, featuring everything from the original game along...
News Fast & Furious Crossroads Is Getting Delisted On Xbox This April
And every other platform
You may remember that Slightly Mad Studios, the developer behind the Project CARS series, released a critically panned Fast and Furious game called Crossroads back in 2020, and it's already getting delisted across all platforms. A message on the Fast & Furious Crossroads website confirms that "all product sales will...
News Call Of Duty: Vanguard's Multiplayer Is Free To Play For Two Weeks
Starting today
If you've been eager to get your hands on some Call of Duty: Vanguard multiplayer but you don't own it yet, you're in for a treat over the next couple of weeks as a Free Access period will be taking place from March 30th to April 13th. The Free Access period is highlighted by two new Season Two maps in the form of Casablanca and...
Roundup Here's What's Coming To Xbox In April 2022
The Force is strong with this selection
Yep, it's time for a new month already! April 2022 is looking quiet, but still a good one for new games on Xbox, with most of the major releases arriving next week in the form of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, MLB The Show 22 (on Game Pass) and a few others. It'll be interesting to see how Game Pass...
News Surprise! Xbox Games With Gold For April Hasn't Gone Down Well
"This feels ancient now"
Microsoft has just revealed the latest Xbox Games with Gold selection and, it's safe to say it's not gone over well. While we sometimes think there's a bit of an overreaction to these reveals, the outcry might actually be justified this time around. After the announcement, Xbox fans took to social media to vent their...
Deals All 20+ Backwards Compatible Games In This Week's Xbox Sales (March 29 - April 4)
There's some deep discounts in here
This week's set of Xbox deals is now live, and there's over 250 games on offer! The offers span across the usual Deals with Gold and Spotlight Sales, along with a range of other themed promotions. The sales feature a selection of Xbox and Xbox 360 games too, so we've rounded up all the backwards compatible offers...
News Fortnite's New Permanent 'Zero Build' Mode Is Going Down A Treat
"This is a massive W"
If there's one thing we've found really difficult over the years, it's keeping up with the Fortnite pros who have become masters at building elaborate structures in a matter of seconds. Fortunately, Epic Games has heard the cries for a permanent alternative to building, and has now implemented it in the form of Fortnite Zero...
News Bethesda Says 'Players Are Going To Lose Their Minds' Over Starfield
There's a lot going on
You could say that Bethesda has been drip feeding info regarding Starfield since its initial reveal a few years ago. Even if concrete details have been scarce, we're still loving what we're seeing, and even more so after this new developer interview. A new Bethesda blog post sits down with Design Director Emil Pagli
News Multiple Games Reduced By 85-90% On Xbox This Week (March 29 - April 4)
From as low as 39p!
The latest batch of Xbox deals has treated us to another great selection this week, and as usual, plenty of games are heavily discounted by up to 90%, meaning you can grab a bargain for as low as £0.39 or $0.49 over the next few days. So, let's go over some of the highlights. If you're in the US, the Middle-earth Shadow Bundle...
News Sniper Elite 5 'Marksman' Trailer Shows Some Gory Guts For Game Pass Players
Squelchy
Sniper Elite 5 is the upcoming entry in Rebellion's long-running shooter series, and this one hits Xbox Game Pass on day one! We're only about two months out from launch as well, so naturally, we've been treated to a new trailer. As has become the norm for the series, expect guts and gore; lots of it! The trailer showcases some pretty...
Poll Are You Happy With April 2022's Xbox Games With Gold?
What do you make of the selection?
Microsoft has officially announced April 2022's Xbox Games with Gold, giving us a look at four more games we'll be able to play at no extra cost with our Gold memberships next month. In case you missed it, the games are Xbox One titles Another Sight and Hue, along with Xbox 360 (backwards compatible) games Outpost...
News Xbox Games With Gold For April 2022 Announced
The latest batch of titles
Microsoft has officially announced all four Xbox Games With Gold titles for April 2022! These games are available to download for free for Xbox Live Gold members (including subscribers to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate). Here's the complete list of titles you can look forward to in April: Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One: Another...
News Minecraft Preview On Xbox Series X|S Adds Ray Tracing Features
Next-gen cubes
Way back in 2019, we first saw Minecraft's ray tracing support announced, albeit for PCs using Nvidia graphics cards. Since then, it's launched in various forms on PC, including an extended beta period. It's looking like that beta version is finally coming to console! The latest version of Minecraft Preview on console updates the...
News Apex Legends Free Xbox Series X|S Upgrade Is Now Live
4K, 60 frames, you name it
Apex Legends' stealth launch was over three years ago now, believe it or not. Since then, a wee pair of consoles called Xbox Series X|S have launched, and we've been waiting for Respawn's battle royale to take advantage of their features for a while. The time has now arrived! Alongside the Apex Legends Warriors Collection...
Deals 250+ Games Are On Sale This Week On Xbox (March 29 - April 4)
Up to 90% off!
Another week, another round of digital sales! Xbox is keeping up the trend of running multiple promotions at the same time, and this week, we've got at least three major sales alongside the usual Deals with Gold and Spotlight Sale offerings. We've gathered a bunch of the very best deals we could find across all the big sales. As...
News Crusader Kings 3 Is Available Today On Xbox Game Pass (March 29)
Prepare for conquest
It's another Game Pass day on this fine Tuesday morning of March 29th! Today, just one game arrives in the library, but it's quite a big one in the form of Crusader Kings 3, making its console debut. After a year and a half on PC, this one finally makes its way to Xbox Series X and S (there's no Xbox One version as far as we...
News Marvel's Avengers Delayed Update Arrives This Week
Update: Going live today
Update #2 [Tue 29th Mar, 2022 02:30 BST]: The team has now confirmed the game will be going live at some point on 29th March (aka today). You can see the full patch notes over on the official game website. Update [Sat 26th Mar, 2022 04:45 GMT]: It's now looking like this delayed patch could be going live as soon as next...
News Xbox Game Pass Tag Appears On Resident Evil Village Store Page
Update: Xbox says it was an "error"
Update [Tue 29th Mar, 2022 01:30 BST]: Xbox has responded to the speculation about Resident Evil Village coming to Game Pass. Xbox's Larry Hryb (aka Major Nelson) provided an update on Twitter - noting how there are "no current plans" to bring this game to the service. "This was an error with how a discount for...
Soapbox FPS Boost Is The Most Underrated Xbox Series X|S Feature
It's incredible!
The Xbox Series X|S has delivered some big innovations for console gaming. Lightning fast SSD speeds have vastly improved the user experience, while features like VRR and Quick Resume put Xbox in pole position regarding new, high-end feature support. However, there's one Series X|S bonus that sits right atop my list:
News Fallout 76 Is Getting New Content Created By Developer Of Rust
"Working with Bethesda is a dream come true."
Fallout 76 has changed a lot since its initial 2018 launch. Not only have NPCs added a more classic 'Fallout' feel to the game, but huge expansions have massively grown the game's Appalachian world. Now, Bethesda is reaching out beyond its own borders. That's right, the Fallout 76 developer has drafted...
