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News 343 Explains Lack Of Communication Over Halo Infinite Season 2
"It's challenging to always be constantly open and transparent with fans"
Things are finally starting to ramp up in relation to Halo Infinite Season 2, after a quiet few months. Developer 343 is "very excited" to showcase season 2 content, however, Halo vet and Head of Creative Joseph Staten has discussed why the team isn't always as transparent as...
News Rare's Everwild Set To Feature A 'Large Scale Multiplayer World'
With "extended Artificial Intelligence systems"
It's been almost two years since we first locked eyes with Everwild, Rare's gorgeous-looking new series. The thing is, aside from its incredibly beautiful art style, we don't really know much about what the game actually is. However, a developer job description at least hints at a few notable...
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (March 28 - April 1)
Make each legend your own
Things are quietening down in terms of new releases on Xbox a little bit this week, but we've still got plenty of interesting stuff on the way! If you bought a premium version, MLB The Show 22 will be playable as of April 1st (it's coming to Game Pass on April 5th), Crusader Kings 3 and Weird West
News Skate 4 Enters Playtesting Phase, Says Report
We might see this one soon
While we've seen next to nothing on Skate 4 since its initial reveal almost two years ago, the wheels appear to be very much in motion. A new exputer report from Tom Henderson looks at the current state of Skate 4 development, noting that playtesting it well under way. An Origin API (software code detailing the PC...
News Even Microsoft Is Intrigued By The 'xScreen' For Xbox Series S
It's getting attention at Team Xbox
You've probably seen us talking about the "xScreen" by now — a new accessory for the Xbox Series S by Upspec Gaming, which essentially allows you to turn your console into a portable system, albeit still requiring a power outlet. There's clearly been a lot of interest in this thing over the past couple of...
Guide When Is Ghostwire: Tokyo Coming To Xbox Game Pass?
Here's what we know so far
Update: With Ghostwire: Tokyo now available on PlayStation, we thought we'd bump this article so you can get an idea of when to expect it on Xbox Game Pass. In a nutshell, it looks like we'll be waiting about a year until it arrives. Original story: When is Ghostwire: Tokyo coming to Xbox?
News 343 'Very Excited' To Unleash New Halo Infinite Multiplayer Content
New maps, modes, features and more...
Halo Infinite multiplayer got off to a strong start but has also come under fire from some members of the Halo community for providing enough content. Earlier this month, developer 343 Industries shared an update - explaining how more was on the way in season 2, arriving this May. There are expected to be new...
News Digital Foundry Says GTA 5 On Xbox Series S Is 'Disappointing'
"Series S is short-changed"
We've seen plenty on how the Xbox Series X and PS5 versions of Grand Theft Auto V stack up, but what about Series S? Initial comparisons showed it needed some work, and now Digital Foundry has weighed in. And, yep, it looks like they've come to much the same conclusion. The Xbox Series S suffers worse framerate drops...
News Rockstar Has Announced 'GTA+' For GTA Online On Xbox Series X|S
A monthly premium subscription
GTA 5 on next-gen has only been out for a few weeks, and now Rockstar is announcing a new membership service! GTA+ is purely for the online portion of the game, and it'll provide a suite of bonuses, for a monthly cost of course. That cost is $5.99 a month on both PlayStation and Xbox platforms. For that monthly fee,...
News 343 Industries Wasn't 'Proud Of' Halo Infinite Before Delay
"This isn’t a game we’re going to be proud of"
We all remember Halo Infinite's infamous gameplay showcase in the summer of 2020. It's safe to say the reveal didn't go down well with fans; the game's graphics were basically turned into a meme. As it turns out, 343 knew Halo Infinite was behind schedule and had to admit that before asking for a...
News Deliver Us The Moon Sequel Is A 'Narrative-Rich Adventure' To Mars
Let's fly, let's fly away
Last night's Future Games Show was packed with some pretty cool announcements, including a couple new Game Pass launches for Xbox. One of the biggest surprises was Deliver Us Mars, an upcoming sequel to Deliver Us The Moon, which first hit PC back in 2018. Deliver Us The Moon eventually hit consoles in 2020, and it's...
News ID@Xbox Has Now Generated More Than $2.5B In Revenue For Indie Devs
Program partners "doubled" over the past 3 years
More positive news coming out of Xbox today - with the games division of Microsoft announcing its ID@Xbox program has now generated more than $2.5 billion in revenue for indie developers since launching in 2013. Xbox in that time frame has attracted all sorts of developers to the program - from...
News Lost Ark Publisher Considering Xbox Port, If 'Fans Really Want' It
Lost and found
Last month, when Lost Ark finally made its way over to PC in the west, we looked at whether an Xbox port could come one day. Sadly, at the time, it seemed unlikely as PC was the sole focus for developer Smilegate, and Amazon Games. However, a new interview now gives us a little more hope. Franchise leader at Amazon Games, Soomin...
News Microsoft Flight Simulator Update Enhances Spain, Portugal And More
Taking to the skies
Microsoft Flight Simulator uses real satellite data to project what is basically the entire globe. However, certain areas, locations and landmarks are hand crafted by the developer to further flesh out the game's environments. These locations are still being updated after launch, and the latest Microsoft Flight Simulator World...
News Xbox Game Pass Has Delivered 60+ GOTY Titles Since Launch
That's a lot of W's
By now, we all know about the sheer scope of the Xbox Game Pass library, but what about its quality? At GDC 2022, Microsoft discussed the success of Game Pass, and how the service has delivered a lot of critically acclaimed games. Content planning director at Microsoft, Joyce Lin, shared that the library has brought us over 60...
News Ghostwire: Tokyo Studio Is Developing A 'Completely New Title' At Xbox
Ghostwire: Redmond
Ghostwire: Tokyo hits PS5 and PC tomorrow, March 25th. Yep, even though the developer is now owned by Xbox, its latest game is a PS5 console exclusive, at launch, due to pre-existing arrangements. However, they're already working on a brand new game. In an interview with Famitsu, transcribed by VGC
News Dying Light 2 DLC Will Follow On From The Main Game 'At Some Point'
For now, it's on the side
Dying Light 2 was one of the first big releases of the year, followed by an absolutely packed February. Techland is hoping Dying Light 2 has legs though — just like the first game — and the team is beginning to details its DLC plans. In an interview with Game Informer, Techland's lead game designer spoke about the...
News 'Valuable Lessons' Have Been Learned For The Next Battlefield, Says Report
As the sequel hits pre-production
It's no secret that Battlefield 2042 didn't hit the way a lot of us expected. Last year's Battlefield title was supposed to be a return to hectic, modern-day combat following the two less-bombastic historical entries of 1 and V. Well, the development team aren't entirely happy with it either, according to a new...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (March 24-27)
Join the resistance
It's that time of the week again folks, as Xbox has unveiled another selection of free games for the weekend. We've got a few big ones this time out, including Ubisoft's huge open world shooter, Far Cry 6. Far Cry 6 Lost Judgment
News Stalker 2 Development Is Reportedly Moving To The Czech Republic
In response to the Ukraine crisis
Earlier this month, development on Stalker 2 was halted, due to the Russia and Ukraine situation. The team (based in Ukraine) was, understandably, switching its focus to more pressing, real world issues. However, it's looking like development may resume soon, although not in Ukraine. Czech site Vortex is reporting...
News Scorn Looks As Disgusting As Ever In New Development Update
Slimy
We've been interested in horror shooter Scorn for quite a while, in part because it just looks so squelchy, slimy and downright disgusting. If that's more a reason to avoid the game in your book, then this latest development update won't change your opinion. Developer Ebb Software has gone into a little more detail about the game's machinery...
News A Plague Tale: Requiem Could Launch On Xbox Game Pass Sooner Than Expected
Depending on how you read into this
A Plague Tale: Requiem is one of our most anticipated games of 2022 here at Pure Xbox, and there's been some interesting activity surrounding the game over the past 24 hours, possibility hinting at an upcoming announcement. Firstly, the game's achievements (on PC) leaked yesterday via Exophase, and that was...
News Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Officially Delayed To 2023
"We've made the difficult decision..."
Update (Wed 23rd Mar, 2022): Following the report back in February that Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League would be getting a delay, that has now officially been confirmed by Rocksteady Games, with a statement from co-founder Sefton Hill explaining on Twitter that it was a "difficult decision" to make...
Roundup Here's What The Critics Are Saying About Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
It's a wonderful world
Borderlands spin-off Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is out Friday, March 25th, and reviews are starting to hit the airwaves. This one has been in the works since 2019's Borderlands 3, and the subsequent Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep, although it's a fair bit meatier than that spin-off. This one is a full length game then, all...
News This Character Model Looks Like Real Life In Unity Engine 'Enemies' Trailer
You can see the wrinkles!
Games are built on a huge variety of game engines these days, but two are perhaps the most well-known. Unreal Engine and Unity Engine power a lot of the game we play on modern consoles, and this new Unity trailer shows us exactly why. The engine's creators have showcased some new character model tech in a real-time...
News Xbox Is Ringing In Spring With This Snazzy New Controller Collection
Seasons changing
Xbox seems to be on the controller hype this week! The team sorta broke the internet with yesterday's Sonic controller reveal, and for something a little more savoury, there's a beautiful Captain America pad coming too. Adding to these is the new 'Designed for Xbox' Spring Collection of controllers and accessories. The collection...
News Multiple Games Reduced By 90-95% On Xbox This Week (March 22-28)
From as low as 79p!
We've been treated to another massive batch of Xbox deals this week, including a good selection that are discounted by a whopping 90-95%, meaning you can pick up more than a few games at 99p ($0.99) or less over the next few days! So, let's go over some of the highlights. Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide might be a few years...
News Elden Ring Patch 1.03.2 Fixes Questline Bugs, Online Issues On Xbox
Rise, update
As players continue to explore every nook and cranny of Elden Ring's expansive world, inevitably, bugs and glitches are discovered. Developer FromSoftware has been on top of these so far though, and a new patch addresses a few more lingering issues. While update 1.03.2 isn't quite as expansive as the last Elden Ring patch, it does fix...
News The Internet Is Fur-eaking Out About Those Sonic Xbox Controllers
"Fuzzy Xbox controller full of gamer sweat"
The team at Xbox kind of broke the internet yesterday with the reveal of a stunning Sonic Xbox Series S alongside two furry Xbox controllers, and it's the latter that's been getting most of the attention due to their... unique design. Seriously, there's been so much attention on these things over the past...
Deals All 60+ Backwards Compatible Games In This Week's Xbox Sales (March 22-28)
Original Xbox and Xbox 360 classics
This week's Xbox sales are now live, and we've got a massive number of backwards compatible games to take advantage of as part of the selection, spanning Deals With Gold, multiple Publisher Sales and a whole lot more. So, if you're looking to pick up a classic Xbox or Xbox 360 game to play on your modern console...
News Become Captain America With This Amazing Official Xbox Controller
The Falcon
Xbox is always creating all sorts of weird and wonderful accessories, from woolly headsets fit for Canadian winters to furry, Sonic-themed hardware. Every now and then, they team up with Razer to create themed controllers and this time, that theme is Captain America. This latest Xbox-Razer combo is a real beauty, featuring an...
News Far Cry 6 Getting 'Free Weekend' Alongside Stranger Things Crossover
The Upside Down
Far Cry 6 has seen some pretty wild DLC packs since its launch last October; everything from sneak peeks into the psyche of past Far Cry villains, to Rambo mission packs. The latest in that line is a Stranger Things crossover, which arrives later this week. The Stranger Things crossover mission will be free for all Far Cry 6...
News EA's PGA Tour Reboot Won't Be Coming To Xbox For Another Year
Tee time pushed back
If you've been keeping a close eye on EA's resurgence into the world of golf, we've got bad news to share today as the company has announced that EA Sports PGA Tour has been delayed from Spring 2022 to Spring 2023. No further details have been provided as of yet, aside from the brief message below: When it does eventually...
News Cyberpunk 2077's First Next-Gen Patch Has Arrived, Here Are All The Changes
It's a hefty one
Cyberpunk 2077 eventually made its way to Xbox Series X and Series S last month, more than a year after the last-gen version. However, development hasn't stopped there and CD Projekt Red has already been working on an update. That update is rolling out today, March 22nd, and it delivers quite the list of changes. We've got a broad...
News Xbox Series X|S 120FPS Issues Are Still Being Worked On For Warzone
60 is the max, for now
Since Call of Duty: Warzone switched over to its WW2-themed Caldera map, a glaring issue has been present on Xbox Series X|S. Basically, 120 fps support has been absent for months on the next-gen Xbox platforms, while the feature still works on PS5. The bug occurred when Xbox updated some of its back-end system software,...
News Xbox Reveals Custom Sonic The Hedgehog Series S Bundle
Complete with... furry controllers
Xbox has announced some new customized hardware, themed around Sega's famous mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog. Not only is there an Xbox Series S here — with a custom Sonic design — there are also two rather... different Xbox controllers. The two controllers, based on Sonic and Knuckles, aren't exactly a standard...
News Jedi: Fallen Order 2 Will Reportedly Be Shown At Star Wars Celebration In May
May the force n' all that
Every year there's a huge blowout of Star Wars goodness at the franchise's celebratory event, often held in May. Typically, there's some video game stuff to show off, and this year looks to be no different. VentureBeat's Jeff Grubb says that Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2 will "100%" be shown at this year's event. The Star...
Deals 400+ Games Are On Sale This Week On Xbox (March 22-28)
And a whole load of add-ons too!
Another huge selection of Xbox games and add-ons are on sale this week! We've got some publisher sales from the likes of Square Enix and Capcom, along with the usual Deals with Gold and Spotlight Sale offers. Here are some of the most notable sales we've spotted this week, and if you want to look through the full...
News Destiny Fan Videos Are Receiving Takedowns On YouTube, Bungie Responds
Says it's "not" the work of Bungie or its partners
Bungie, the developer behind Destiny 2, has clarified to the game's community that's its "not" behind the latest series of copyright takedowns on YouTube. Various fan channels have been targeted for uploading videos featuring music tracks from the game, and even some of Bungie's own channels have...
News Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (March 22)
No escape
We're only at Tuesday and it's already another Game Pass day! Three more titles hit the library today, March 22nd, in the form of Kraken Academy!!, Tainted Grail: Conquest and Zero Escape: The Nonary Games. Here are the new games you can download on Xbox Game Pass today: Kraken Academy!!: Console, PC, Cloud:
Talking Point What April 2022 Xbox Games With Gold Do You Want?
Any Easter treats in store?
It's almost that time once again, with more Xbox Games with Gold titles set to be announced very soon! The month of March has seen The Flame in the Flood, Street Power Soccer, Sacred 2 Fallen Angel and SpongeBob's Truth or Square all given away for free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers, and another four games will soon be...
News CD Projekt Red Reaffirms That A Cyperpunk 2077 Expansion Is Coming
Following the game's next-gen launch
As CD Projekt Red has literally just announced a new Witcher game, all eyes will understandably be on that. However, snuck in at the bottom of its Witcher blog post is a reminder that Cyberpunk 2077 DLC is still coming. Yep, CD Projekt says that there's an upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 expansion to be revealed,
News New Witcher Game Announced By CD Projekt Red
In partnership with Epic Games
Update: CDPR Global PR Director Radek Grabowski has provided a little extra context to this, advising that the game hasn't been announced as 'The Witcher 4', so we've removed that name from the headline for the time being. Original story: In a new blog post from
News Former PlayStation Exclusive Godfall Arrives On Xbox This April
18 months later
Remember Godfall? The "loot-powered action adventure" from Gearbox Publishing launched exclusively on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Windows PC back in November of 2020, and now it's finally coming to Xbox this April. The version of Xbox will be the "Ultimate Edition", which includes the core Godfall experience, various...
News Xbox Exec Describes Game Pass Hit Tunic As A 'Masterpiece'
"It blows my mind"
Tunic finally launched on Xbox last week, and it released straight onto Game Pass! Since then, it seems a fair few people have been really enjoying the game, including a few of the Xbox team. ID@Xbox Director Chris Charla is particularly impressed with Tunic, it seems. The Xbox indie boss spoke about his experience with the game...
Rumour Xbox Has Some New 'Hardware' To Announce In 2022
"That falls into a different bucket than people are probably expecting"
We're only around a year and a half out since Xbox Series X|S launched, but are we about to see more Xbox hardware? The XboxEra podcast — which had Phil Spencer on as a guest last week — discussed the matter in a recent 'Rumour Mill' show segment. One of the show's hosts,...
News Xbox Game Studios' Ghostwire Tokyo Is A Mixed Bag On PS5
A future Game Pass title
Reviews for Bethesda's Ghostwire Tokyo are starting to roll in. It's looking like there's a lot to like in Shinji Mikami's new open world, despite some notable drawbacks from critics. Remember, this one is a PS5 exclusive at launch — much like Deathloop — with Ghostwire Tokyo expected to hit Xbox console
News Dying Light 1's Free Next-Gen Update Arrives On Xbox Series X|S
Still only 30fps on Series S though
Dying Light fans, rejoice! The original game has today received a next-gen upgrade for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S (well, really it's a "patch") in the form of two new video modes on Series S, and three new video modes on Series X. Let's start with the more powerful of the two systems, the Series X. Here,...
Hands On The Skywalker Saga Is LEGO Star Wars At Its Very Best
It's living up to the hype so far
The brand-new LEGO Star Wars game, The Skywalker Saga, launches on Xbox in just a couple of weeks on April 5th, and thanks to the folks at Warner Bros. Interactive, we had a chance to get hands-on with the game last week and see whether it's living up to the hype so far. There's a lot of anticipation behind this...
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (March 21-25)
Embark on an epic adventure
Another week, another slate of exciting new games! The big highlight of this week is undoubtedly Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, which looks like it'll satisfy anyone who enjoys the Borderlands series, but we've also got plenty of other titles on the way including a hefty batch of Xbox Game Pass additions, some of which are day...
