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News Star Wars Outlaws Patch 'Tweaks' Stealth Again, Improves Performance On Xbox
Update 1.2 is here
Ubisoft has just dropped another Star Wars Outlaws patch, and there are some notable improvements tucked into the game's 1.2 update on Xbox. In a similar vein to the first big patch last month, the team at Massive Entertainment has again tweaked the game's stealth mechanics, alongside making a bunch of other changes and...
Review The Patrick Star Game (Xbox) - SpongeBob's Best Character Deserved Better
Bikini bottom of the barrel
Are ya ready, kids? To be honest, probably not. Following on from last year's The Cosmic Shake, the SpongeBob IP is back again for another Xbox outing - this time starring everyone's favourite cartoon starfish, Patrick Star. However, this SpongeBob spin-off really does feel like cutting room floor leftovers after the last...
Poll Are You Still Buying Starfield Shattered Space After The Early Reviews?
It's getting a mixed reception so far
Starfield Shattered Space has been out for a few days now, which means a small selection of early reviews have started to trickle out online. Heading on over to aggregate platforms like Metacritic and OpenCritic, early impressions seem quite mixed, and we're wondering if this has put you off from buying the...
News Lots Of Games Are Discounted By 90% On Xbox This Week (October 1-8)
Including KCD and the best LEGO Star Wars game (yeah, we said it!)
Looking for some cheap Xbox games in this week's Xbox sales (October 1-8)? As usual we've got a lot that's been discounted by 90% for the next few days, including some very popular titles such as Kingdom Come: Deliverance and Need for Speed Heat. The UK gets some LEGO-specific 90%...
News Three Additions Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass Today (October 2)
Including some additions to GP Standard!
Welcome to your first Xbox Game Pass update for October 2024! Today, we have three new additions to the service across two different tiers - with Microsoft choosing to bulk out its Game Pass Standard offering as well. Here's some more information on your latest Game Pass ref
News Aaero2 Brings Its Badass Sequel Exclusively To Xbox This October
A release date has been announced!
Update (Tue 1st Oct, 2024): We've got a new date for this one! Aaero 2 will be available for Xbox Series X and Series S on October 15, 2024, with pre-orders available now on the Xbox Store. Aaero 2 (Xbox Store) - £12.49 / $14.99 Original story (Mon 27th May, 2024): Hands up, who remembers Aaero? This rhythm
News Xbox Drops New Starfield Dynamic Background For The Arrival Of Shattered Space
Free for all players!
Bethesda's new Starfield: Shattered Space expansion is out now, and to coincide with the launch of the game's first major DLC pack, Team Xbox has dropped a brand-new dynamic background for Series X and S users to enjoy. Just like any other Xbox Series X|S dynamic background, this is free for all players, and available now via...
News Final Fantasy 16 Team Tells Xbox Players To Not Give Up Their 'Hopes'
"We do want to release it on Xbox"
Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster arrived on Xbox last week and it looks like the latest entry in Square Enix's long-running RPG series could also make its way across to Microsoft's consoles in the future. Following Final Fantasy XVI game director Hiroshi Takai mentioning how he would like to see the new game on Xbox,...
Talking Point Xbox's Forza Horizon 2 Changed The Open-World Racing Game 10 Years Ago
The start of a racing game dynasty
Well folks, it's come to our attention that Forza Horizon 2 is a decade old today, so yep, we had to make all of you feel like you're getting on a bit as well. Aye, believe or not, Xbox's second stab at open-world Forza is now 10 years old, and we just want to take a moment to reflect on what's been a rather good...
Xbox console exclusive games you can enjoy in 2024
What are the best Xbox exclusives you can play in November 2024? The Xbox ecosystem has been home to some truly stellar Xbox exclusives over the years, top-notch titles that you'll only find on Microsoft's family of consoles and PC. What's more, the vast majority of these titles are now available...
News Space Marine 2 Heavily Influenced By Gears Of War, Dev Always Wanted To Make 'A 360 Sequel'
"We wanted to make a perfect sequel"
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is turning out to be a surprisingly huge hit for developer Saber Interactive, with ideas about a third game already floating around at the studio just weeks after the sequel's launch. Having said that, the second game was a long time coming, but the team says that it always had a...
Feature All New Xbox Games Coming Out In October 2024
Black Ops 6, Dragon Age: The Veilgard & much more!
Welcome to our roundup of all new Xbox games coming out in October 2024! Below, we've listed every Xbox game with an October 2024 release date, including all confirmed Xbox Game Pass releases so far. It's a busy month of big releases as well! Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is the highlight, but we've...
Random Xbox Extends Phil Spencer's PS5 Controller Joke
"This is where the X button goes"
In case you missed it, Xbox boss Phil Spencer recently made a light-hearted joke about the button placement on Sony's PlayStation 5 controller, noting how the 'X' button (known as a cross on PlayStation's gamepads) is in
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (Sept 30 - October 4)
Including this former PS exclusive!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for September 30 - October 4! We've got some interesting stuff on the way over the next few days, including the former PS4 exclusive Predator: Hunting Grounds, the latest edition in EA Sports' NHL series, and the free-to-play MMORPG published by Amazon Games,
Opinion As The Dust Settles On PS5 Pro, I'm Still Glad Xbox Didn't Bother
Diminishing returns, to the max
Earlier this month, PS5 Pro was unveiled to the world by Sony, and it's fair to say that the company's grand reveal was a bit of a damp squib. Of course, the community's main sticking point back then was the system's inflated price tag, with PS5 Pro coming in at $700 on launch. It's a hefty cost for sure, but with the...
News Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Dev 'Still Discussing' Compensation For Broken Launch
Give us the goods, Nacon
Open world racer Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown was quite broken at launch, particularly during the game's 'early access' window, where Gold Edition owners were supposed to be able to hop in and play early. Since then, we've heard bits and pieces about what's next for the game, but today's developer update is a more...
Roundup Here's What The Early Reviews Are Saying About Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition
1999 Worms classic reimagined
A month ago today, we caught wind of Worms Armageddon finally coming Xbox via a new Anniversary Edition release - and the time has now come for this classic strategy game to make its Xbox debut. Yep, Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition is out now for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, and so far, we're not seeing many...
Anyone for tennis?
Let's be honest, none of us were expecting much from Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports. We've been burned too many times with collections like these in the past, and even though the studio behind it created the fun Nickelodeon Kart Racers games, we've not really seen anything to suggest Wacky World of Sports could be an unlikely...
News Black Myth: Wukong Sells 20 Million Copies Before It Even Comes To Xbox
Well and truly in the black
Black Myth: Wukong has been a heck of a story so far, hasn't it? We've had conflicted reports about the reasoning behind the game's Xbox delay, followed by a super impressive launch where the title exploded in popularity. Having said all that, we didn't know it had been this popu
News Konami Unveils Huge Metal Gear Solid Collection Update With Improved Resolutions
Out now on PC, console(?) soon
Konami has detailed a pretty huge Metal Gear Solid Master Collection update this week, with brand-new resolution options being a major addition to the bundle here in version 2.0.0. Now, at this stage, patch 2.0.0 for this MGS collection has only launched on PC via Steam, with the developer saying that the update will...
News Square Enix Is Bringing Eight Games To Xbox Today (September 26)
Including two Game Pass titles!!
Wow! Microsoft wasn't kidding when it said it wanted to deepen its relationship with Square Enix - the Japanese game maker has just shadow dropped eight titles on Xbox today, following Team Green's Tokyo Game Show livestream. Okay, yes, six of these are Final Fantasy titles that make up the com
News Surprise! Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Is Available Today On Xbox
Six games in one package
Update: It's official! The Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters are available right now on the Xbox Store. You can either get them in a bundle or separately, and the best bit is that everything is discounted by 20% for the next week, meaning you can pick up some of the games from as cheap as £7.59 / $9.59 until early October...
News Star Wars Outlaws Locks In November Release For Its Lando Story DLC
Free content and updates are also on the way
Following the news that Ubisoft will be delaying Assassin's Creed Shadows as a consequence of Star Wars Outlaws' poor start, the company has now announced the date for the Lando Story DLC. This first story pack 'Wild Card' will launch next month on November 21, 2024, and see
News Here's What's Included In The Xbox September 2024 Update
Lots of cool new features coming to Xbox, PC & mobile
The Xbox September 2024 update has been detailed by Microsoft today, and it includes a bunch of new features coming to console, PC and the Xbox app for mobile. As far as we know, it's rolling out in the very near future. Here's a short overview of the Xbox September 2024 update, with more...
News After Leaving Xbox Game Pass, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Gets Price Slashed
A bloody massacre
Last month, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre left the Xbox Game Pass service after a year on the market, and now publisher Gun Interactive has decided to give the game a permanent price cut. Taking to social media this week, the team has announced that the multiplayer slasher will now cost players just $19.99, down from the previous...
Reminder Nine Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass This Weekend (September 30)
So many games, so little time
Last week, Microsoft revealed a huge list of titles leaving Xbox Game Pass - with 10 games initially said to be departing the service at the end of the month. Thankfully though, one of those has now been chalked off the list, with Warhammer 40K: Darktide now staying on Xbox Game Pass. Phew. However, nine games are...
News Lunar Remastered Collection Brings Retro JRPG Action To Xbox In Spring 2025
"The series that started it all"
PlayStation's recent State of Play was loaded with all sorts of Xbox-related announcements, and one in particular for JRPG fans was the Lunar Remastered Collection announcement. This game will include Lunar: Silver Star Story and Lunar 2: Eternal Blue and launches in Spring 2025 for Xbox One. This updated collection...
Video Sonic X Shadow Generations Story Trailer Released Ahead Of Xbox Launch
The blue blur returns next month
During its Sonic Central broadcast this week, SEGA shared another look at the upcoming release Sonic X Shadow Generations. This time the focus was on the story in Shadow's game including the return of...spoiler alert...Melphiles. Black Doom also returns and you can see Maria in the latest clip as well. Here's a...
Roundup All The Xbox Reveals From September 2024's State Of Play Event
Don't worry, they're not all PS5 exclusives!
Today's PlayStation State of Play event for September 2024 included a bunch of games that are also coming to Xbox, including the likes of ArcheAge Chronicles, Monster Hunter: Wilds and Legacy of Ka
News 'Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered' Heading To Xbox In December 2024
Making their Xbox debuts!
After leaking on the web earlier today, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered has officially been announced at Sony's State of Play showcase. Despite featuring at the PlayStation show, this new collection is confirmed for Xbox, marking the debuts of Soul Reaver 1 and 2 for Microsoft's platform. Much like Halo: Combat...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Coming To Xbox Series X|S February 2025
Let the hunt begin!
During the PlayStation 'State of Play' broadcast today, Capcom lifted the lid on the release date for Monster Hunter Wilds. It's officially coming to the Xbox Series X|S next year on February 28, 2025, with pre-orders now live. If you pre-order now, you'll also receive some bonus goodies like the Layered
News Alan Wake 2 Lake House Expansion Hits Xbox Next Month
Welcome to the Remedy-verse
Remedy Entertainment has just unveiled a short teaser trailer for its upcoming Alan Wake 2 expansion - with the 'Lake House' DLC now set to hit Xbox consoles next month. The game's second expansion follows on from the fantastic Night Springs add-on, which launched on Xbox earlier this year. Deluxe Edition owners - this...
News Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Is Shaping Up To Be An Xbox GOTY Contender
The first previews are extremely positive
We started to hear a bit more about Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 last week as pre-orders opened up and the previews began going live, and everything we've been seeing and hearing so far suggests it could be a GOTY contender. The main takeaway is that Flight Sim 2024 is far more than just an add-on - it's...
News 50 PS1 Games Will Be Coming To Xbox, Teases Antstream Arcade Dev
And maybe even some titles from the OG Xbox era
The excellent cloud-based retro games service Antstream Arcade recently launched on PlayStation following its Xbox debut a year ago, and it sounds like we could be getting some more PS1 games on there as a result. Speaking to Game Rant recently (thanks Time Extension for spotting it!), studio head...
Poll If You Bought It, What Do You Think Of Space Marine 2 So Far?
It seems to have sold extremely well
It's been a few weeks now since Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 finally launched on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and based on what we've been seeing on the Xbox charts, it appears to have sold pretty well so far. You already know what we think about this one - our review was pretty glowing for Space Marine 2...
News Space Marine 2 Success Has Dev Excited About Idea Of Third Game
"We just have to figure it out"
The brutal co-op shooter Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has seemingly been so successful it appears a third entry is likely to happen. Speaking to IGN recently, Saber Interactive's Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits mentioned how its breakout success (with over 2 million players at launch) would go on to...
News Xbox Provides 'Progress Update' On Its Carbon Reduction Goals
"We've set ambitious commitments"
Being a part of Microsoft, Xbox has its own commitment to "meaningfully reduce" its environmental impact and become a "carbon negative, water positive and zero waste company by 2030". It's now provided a "progress update" about its carbon reduction goals. In just three years, it's managed to contribute to its goal...
News Capcom Asks Fans If They Would Like To See More 'Deluxe Remasters'
Following the return of Dead Rising last week
Following the recent release of the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, Capcom has now put out a new survey, asking fans what other "deluxe remaster" titles they would like to see in the future. In this survey, Capcom asks "would you like to see more 'deluxe remaster' titles like this [Dead Rising] in the...
News Stardew Valley's 1.6 Console Update Comes To Xbox This November
Creator thanks fans for their patience
Yesterday, Stardew Valley creator Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone finally locked in a console release date for the anticipated Version 1.6 update. It will roll out on November 4th, 2024, and as part of this, it will also include the latest build 1.6.9, which will launch on the PC around the same time. Here's the...
News TMNT: Shredder's Revenge Scores 'Radical Reptiles' DLC Update
Cowabunga!
Update: During Sony's State of Play broadcast, this "Radical Reptiles" DLC update was officially confirmed for TMNT: Shredder's Revenge. It's out today on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. Original: Out of nowhere, Tribute Games and Dotemu have revealed a DLC update is on the way to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. An...
News Xbox 360 Classic Halo 3: ODST Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary
"Remember the Rookie"
Microsoft is already planning for certain other Halo and Xbox-related anniversaries, but right now, the focus is on the Xbox 360 classic Halo 3: ODST. Believe it or not, but it's now been 15 years since we dropped into New Mombasa as a rookie on a mission to locate Alpha-Nine. This also includes the debut of the wave-based...
News Sony's PS4 Exclusive 'Predator: Hunting Grounds' Is Finally Coming To Xbox
Update: We've got an October release date!
Update (Mon 23rd Sep, 2024): Just a quick update for you on this one - it's now got a release date of October 1, 2024! There will be three editions to choose from, but unfortunately the physical release remains a PS5 exclusive. Keep an eye out on the Xbox Store - we're assuming pre-orders will go live in...
News SEGA Is Bringing 'Two Point Museum' To Xbox Series X|S In March 2025
Update: SEGA locks in a March release date
Update (Mon 23rd Sep, 2024): If you've been looking forward to this one, you'll be glad to know that Two Point Museum has now locked in a release date of March 4, 2025 for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Pre-orders are now available on the Xbox Store and Amazon as well, and we're pleasantly surprised to...
News The Crew Motorfest Year 2 Promises 'Exciting Updates' To Follow Free Map In November
Starting with, yep, functioning mirrors!
We've been enjoying The Crew Motorfest ever since we touched down on the island of Oahu last September, and it sounds like the team over at Ubisoft has some big plans for the game's second year - starting with a free map in November before delivering even more "exciting updates" in the future. Yep, right...
Review Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed (Xbox) - Nintendo Wii Classic Gets A Modern Makeover
A lovingly-crafted remake
Hopefully you'll forgive us for not having that much experience with the original Disney Epic Mickey for Nintendo Wii, as although the sequel arrived on Xbox 360 in 2012, Xbox fans have never been treated to the first entry in this series until now. It's been a long wait, but the good news is that developer Purple Lamp has...
Rumour Microsoft To Launch Next-Gen With Series X Successor & Handheld Xbox
"We tentatively believe based on our sources..."
On the back of a recent interview discussing Xbox's upcoming anniversary plans, outlet Windows Central believes that Microsoft will kick off the next generation with "at least" an Xbox Series X follow-up and a Steam Deck-like handheld console.
A bit Lionel Messy, innit
It's EA FC's second season filling a FIFA-shaped hole in our hearts wallets and, after a strong debut that we scored 8/10 last year, we've been feeling pretty optimistic about how this new series could look to cement itself in 2025. As it turns out, it's a new tactical depth, in the form of FC IQ, that EA FC 25 is choosing...
News The Lord Of The Rings Is Getting A New 'Hobbit Life Sim' For Xbox
Update: And it now has a release date!
Update (Mon 23rd Sep, 2024): A few months on, we've now got a release date for Tales of the Shire: A Lord of The Rings Game! It will officially be available on March 25, 2025 for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. You can check out an "exclusive inside look" at the game in the new Hobbit Day Showcase up above...
News Lots Of Games Are Reduced By 90% On Xbox This Weekend (September 21-22)
Over 20 bargains to grab before Monday!
Looking for some cheap Xbox games in this week's Xbox sales (September 21-22)? This weekend marks your last chance to grab some of the 90%+ discounts we've seen recently, including the whopping 98% reduction for Ubisoft's The Crew 2. In addition, we've got some new entries in the list this week, including the...
Feature These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (September 23-27)
Disney Epic Mickey, EA FC 25 and much more!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for September 23-27! The biggest releases over the new few days are arguably Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed and EA Sports FC 25, and don't forget the latter has a 10-hour free trial as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, while PC Game Pass members are also getting Ara:...
