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News Lots Of Games Reduced By 90% On Xbox This Week (November 8-15)
Great games for ridiculously low prices!
Looking for some cheap Xbox games from November 8th to 15th? Thanks to the new "50 off or more" sale on Xbox, along with the Bandai Namco Publisher Sale, we've been treated to a wide array of games discounted by up to 90% over the next week, including some really good titles! The 90% discounts are in the...
News Back 4 Blood Is Getting Free 'Trial Of The Worm' Content On Xbox Game Pass
The latest premium expansion also arrives next month
Back 4 Blood has been on Xbox Game Pass since its launch over a year ago now, and the team at Turtle Rock continues to push out new content for its co-op zombie slayer. Arriving next month are two major content drops: the premium 'River of Blood' expansion and the free 'Trial of the Worm' co-op...
News 343 Industries: 'Bigger Things To Come' For Halo Infinite In 2023
"We can't wait to turn this corner with you all"
Well, the Halo Infinite Winter Update is finally here, marking the game's largest content drop since launch around a year ago. The update is packed with goodies like online campaign co-op, Forge mode, a
News SEGA Responds As Sonic Frontiers Suffers Performance Issue On Xbox Series S
Update: Now fixed!
Update: SEGA has now fixed this issue and Performance mode is finally an option on Xbox Series S! <related ids="141811"> Original story: Sonic Frontiers is finally out now on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S (along with a bunch of other platforms), and it's been getting some fairly good reviews so far - although the Series...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Update Introduces AMD 'Super Resolution' On Xbox Series X And S
Performance gains
Despite announcing numerous other projects, Polish developer CD Projekt RED is still hard at work improving Cyberpunk 2077 following the game's big next-gen upgrade. The latest improvements come via patch 1.61, which introduces some new AI resolution tech amongst other bits and pieces.
News Activision Confirms 'Premium Release' Planned For Call Of Duty In 2023
But will it be an expansion for Modern Warfare 2?
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has proved another annual juggernaut for Activision, breaking opening weekend sales records yet again. Even so, the publisher has already been looking ahead to next year's release in its Q3 2022 financial overview. Tucked into their fiscal results a
Deals Xbox Has A Huge '50% Off Or More' Sale This Week (November 8-15)
Along with various other sales
It's Tuesday, and that means the latest batch of Xbox deals is now live on the Microsoft Store! The big focus this week is a special "50% off or more" sale, but we've also got a great Bandai Namco Publisher Sale along with the usual Deals with Gold and Spotlight discounts. We've added some highlights from this week's...
News Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (November 8)
Island adventures
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass drop for November 2022! Three games arrive in the library today, November 8, including two different versions of Football Manager 2023, and the continuation of the classic Monkey Island series in the form of Return to Monkey Island. Here's a breakdown of each new Xbox Game Pass title:...
News The Sonic Frontiers Reviews Are Out Now, And They're Pretty Interesting
Some love it, some hate it
This Tuesday marks the big release of Sonic Frontiers on Xbox, and the first reviews have been dropping today! Unfortunately, we've only just received our code (our friends at Nintendo Life are in a similar boat), so we're going to need a bit of time before we give you some hands-on impressions here at Pure Xbox. Still,...
News Microsoft Exploring New Graphics Options To Reduce Power Consumption On Xbox
Including lowering resolution and frame rate
Xbox has been working on its console power consumption rate as of late, with sweeping changes recently made to Xbox Series X and S to help ensure the systems run more efficiently. Well, it's looking like Microsoft could be willing to take things a step further, even offering game performance-altering...
News Diablo 4 Reportedly Launching On Xbox In April 2023
Possibly with a TGA 2022 reveal!
Well, some Diablo 4 release date reports are beginning to gain pace ahead of next month's The Game Awards event. Reported on by both Xbox Era and Windows Central, Blizzard is set to launch Diablo 4
Feature These 15+ Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (November 7-11)
Big new games, XGP titles and free updates!
Welcome to your new Xbox games roundup for November 7th to 11th! The big new release of this week is undoubtedly Sonic Frontiers on November 8th, but we've also got the likes of Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection and the Halo Infinite
News Another Eight Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass Soon (November 8-15)
Update: Subnautica added to the list
Update: We've got another addition to the list in the form of Subnautica, which Microsoft has confirmed will also be leaving the Xbox Game Pass library on November 15th. The table has been updated below. Original story: Alongside today's latest Xbox Game Pass additions list for November 2022, Microsoft has...
News 'Atomic Heart' Boss Fight Trailer Shows 10 Minutes Of Chaotic Combat
What is going on here?!
Shortly after the game's grand release date reveal, developer Mundfish is back again with another 10 minutes of crazy Atomic Heart footage. This time, the team has shown off a full boss fight as part of IGN First's month of coverage. The lengthy clip showcases quite a varied boss battle — certainly one more complex than in...
News Halo Infinite Outlines Winter Update's Free Battle Pass, Coming Nov 8th
30 tiers available to all Spartans
Halo Infinite is receiving its Winter Update next week on November 8th, and apart from the co-op campaign, Forge mode, and
News Xbox's Matt Booty 'Encouraged' By Internal Showings Of Fable Reboot
"High craft, high quality, high attention to detail"
Fable is coming back to Xbox in the near future, this time with Forza Horizon developer Playground Games at the helm. Due to the team's development history, questions have often been asked by fans about whether the dev can make a successful transition from racing game to RPG. Well, in a new...
News Xbox Wants State Of Decay 3 To 'Compete Visually' Despite Smaller Dev Team
"We want that game to compete"
Undead Labs is still quietly working away on State of Decay 3 - we say quietly because we haven't seen any gameplay since its original announcement! Well, thankfully, that could be because the team wants to go all out with its third State of Decay iteration. In a new interview with Xbox's Matt Booty, State of Decay 3...
Roundup Here's What The Critics Think Of Survival Horror Game 'The Chant'
Speak up
Developer Brass Token's horror game The Chant launched on Xbox earlier this week, and despite much of the gaming world talking about God of War yesterday, a selection of reviews have quietly dropped for this new t
News Halo Infinite Is Getting Ray Tracing In The Season 3 Update
Powered by AMD
Some exciting Halo news was announced during the 'AMD Presents' broadcast earlier on - with the tech giant revealing Halo Infinite would be getting Ray Tracing next year. The game will support Ray Traced shadows across the arena and big team battle modes. Spartans powered by AMD hardware on PC will also notice "improved lighting,...
News Forza Horizon 5 Dev Provides Update On Expansion 2 & In-Game Ray Tracing
Shiny
During today's 'Forza Monthly' livestream, developer Playground Games has provided an update on some pretty big Forza Horizon 5 features. The first of which is Expansion 2 news; that being that FH5's second major DLC isn't coming until next year. Thankfully, we'll get an update on the expansion in the new year, where we should learn about...
News New Microsoft Store Options Rolling Out To Xbox Insiders
What's on your wish list?
Xbox has detailed its latest dashboard update for users within the Insider program, and it brings a few minor changes relating to the Xbox storefront. The new settings revolve around notifications from your console, particularly from Wish List changes when games go on sale. For now, Microsoft says that the new settings...
News 'Blight Survival' Dev Hoping To Bring Epic Medieval Slasher To Xbox
The devs are up for it
Over the past day or so, Blight: Survival has caught like wildfire in the gaming community and we're not surprised; it looks pretty epic! This "medieval, co-operative, action-horror roguelite" has just been properly revealed with around five minutes of gameplay shown, and as it turns out, it could have a future on Xbox.. Is...
News Halo Infinite Details Sandbox Balance Changes Coming In Winter Update
Out next week
Halo Infinite is gearing up for its biggest update yet next week - with the release of co-op campaign, Forge mode, and a lot of multiplayer updates. In yet another new blog over on Halo Waypoint, 343 senior community manager John Junyszek has p
News Two More Titles Revealed For Xbox Game Pass At Paris Games Week 2022
Let the spice wars begin!
As part of Paris Games Week 2022, Xbox has revealed two more titles heading to Game Pass in the coming months. Roboquest, which is already available on PC Game Pass in its preview form, is coming to the console library in January 2023, while Dune: Spice Wars will make its PC Game Pass debut "soon". Here's a quick breakdown...
News Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Is That Cinematic, It Features Killstreak Cutscenes
Bravo Six, going down
It's safe to say we've played our fair share of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 over the last week or so. That playtime has been spread across both campaign and multiplayer, but even so, we hadn't spotted this neat feature tucked into MW2's killstreak system! Basically, when you're piloting a player-controlled killstreak in...
News Bethesda Artwork Reveals First Mention Of Ghostwire: Tokyo On Xbox Series X And S
The game came to PS5 back in March
Who's hyped for the next Bethesda game on Xbox Series X and S?! While a lot of recent chatter has been centred around the company's upcoming pair of exclusives in Starfield and Redfall, there is one other Bethesda title we're due to get in the coming months, and the game's first official Xbox mention has been...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (November 3-6)
In control
The first Free Play Days weekend for November is here, and it's another solid effort from Xbox! That's mainly due to Remedy's Control (not the Ultimate Edition, sorry), which headlines this weekend's free offering. Here's everything you can play for free this weekend with Xbox Live Gold: Control NHRA Championship Dra
News Highly Rated Sci-Fi Adventure 'Ghost Song' Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass
Journey beneath the surface
Developer Old Moon is bringing the Metroid-like Ghost Song to Xbox Game Pass today, marking the month's second service drop so far. This title has been getting some pretty incredible reviews in the run up to launch, currently sitting at a mighty impressive 88 on Metacritic at the time of writing. <related...
News Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Is Getting Ranked Play In 2023
Treyarch will also be retiring modes in some older games
Activision's latest title Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be getting Ranked Play at some point in 2023. Treyarch (Call of Duty: Vanguard) announced it was working with its partners at Infinity Ward to deliver competitive modes, ranked skill divisions, visible skill ratings, a "top 250"...
News 'Evil West' Looks Like The Cowboy Vampire Mashup We Didn't Know We Needed
But we most definitely do
Focus Entertainment has dropped its latest Evil West trailer; this one an overview of the whole game ahead of its November 22nd launch. Each time we see the game in action we're more and more impressed, and this trailer really drives home the game's unique mix of wild west action and otherworldly vampiric monsters. The...
Reaction Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Is Beating Battlefield At Its Own Game
Ground War
Infinity Ward took a very different direction, at the time, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in 2019. The reboot grounded the series in a modern combat setting similar to what made it famous in the first place, after years of misguided attempts at propelling things into the future (and one look back to the past). The franchise also,...
Roundup 'Ghost Song' Is Impressing Critics Ahead Of Xbox Game Pass Launch
Spook song
Ghost Song arrives on Xbox Game Pass tomorrow, November 3rd, and its review embargo was recently lifted ahead of launch. This Metroidvania is flying under the radar a little bit right now, and we thought the game was definitely worth highlighting, especially considering its fantastic reception so far! So, here are some pre-release...
News Multiple Games Reduced By 90-95% In Xbox's 'Deep Discounts' Sale
Grab yourself a bargain
Looking for some cheap Xbox games from November 1st to November 8th? Xbox has once again discounted a bunch of games by up to 95% in this week's sales, and this is mainly thanks to the new "ID@Xbox Deep Discounts" sale, although there are also some great offers in the "Harvest" sale as well. The 90% discounts are in the...
News LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Adds Some New Character DLC
Out now alongside the new Galactic Edition
Update [Wed 2nd Nov, 2022 09:00 GMT]: Here's your reminder that the Galactic Edition for LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is out now. Original article [Sat 10th Sep, 2022 05:00 BST]: At the first-ever Disney and Marvel Video Games Showcase, Warner Bro
News FIFA 23's Free World Cup Update Comes To Xbox Series X|S Next Week
International football returns
The 2023 FIFA World Cup starts later this month, and as part of this - Electronic Arts will be releasing its free 'World Cup' update for FIFA 23 on 9th November. Players will be able to participate in the "full" FIFA World Cup 2022 experience as one of the 32 qualified nations. You'll also be able to customise your...
News 343 Outlines Halo Infinite's Match XP Beta & Overhauled Progression System
Coming in the Winter Update
Next week on November 8th, Halo Infinite is getting its big Winter Update. It will add a new co-op campaign feature, Forge mode, and expand upon the game's multiplayer. In the latest blog on Halo Waypoint, 343 Industries has gone into detail about the Match XP Beta and the overhauled Battle Pass progression system. Match...
News Return To Monkey Island Gets Xbox Game Pass Trailer Ahead Of Launch
Guybrush Threepwood is back!
It's a new month, and that means plenty of new titles for Xbox Game Pass. One we're particularly excited about here at Pure Xbox is Return to Monkey Island. Guybrush Threepwood is back in a brand new adventure that continues on from the story in the original two games. Ahead of the game's Xbox launch on 8th November,...
News Obsidian's Pentiment Is Now Ready To Pre-Install On Xbox Game Pass
Take a trip back in time
It's now November, and that means we're just weeks out from the release of Obsidian's new title Pentiment. This upcoming release will transport players back to 16th-century Europe to uncover mysteries and shape a community's future. With this in mind, this historical mystery is now ready to pre-install on Xbox Game Pass...
Deals 300+ Games Included In This Week's Xbox Sales (November 1-8)
Including a 'Harvest' Sale!
The latest batch of Xbox deals is now live on the Microsoft Store, and this week's selection includes over 300 games across a wide variety of sales - Deals With Gold, Spotlight, Harvest and ID@Xbox Deep Discounts! We've added some highlights from this week's offers in the table below, while Xbox's Major Nelson has...
News Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Just Delivered The Series' Best-Ever Opening Weekend
Raking it in
Call of Duty always sells ridiculously well, doesn't it? Even in an off year, the franchise is typically one of the best-selling releases, with millions of copies shipped worldwide for each title. So, what happens when Modern Warfare returns as most AAA games are pushed to 2023? The best-selling CoD launch ever, as it turns out. In an...
News These 10 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (November 1-15)
The first batch of the month!
Microsoft has today revealed the first batch of Xbox Game Pass additions for November 2022, which includes the previously confirmed Legend of Tianding, Ghost Song, Football Manager 2023 and others. Plus, we've been treated the surprise announcements of
Rumour Atomic Heart To Hit Xbox Game Pass In February 2023
Be still, heart
Back in September, Atomic Heart developer Mundfish struck a partnership with Focus Entertainment to bring its crazy FPS to market. At the time, the team pushed the game's release window back to "Winter 2022", which runs from the end of December through most of March 2023. Well, a new rumour has now cropped up that pens the exact...
News Xbox Insists It's 'Not Taking Call Of Duty From PlayStation'
Phil Spencer: "That's not our intent"
Last week, Xbox boss Phil Spencer mentioned how Microsoft intended to treat Call of Duty like Minecraft when asked about the series' future post-acquisition. Now, during an interview with the 'Same Brain' YouTube channel, Phil has reiterated his comments about making Call of Duty as accessible as possible - in...
News Microsoft Takes A Big Loss On Xbox Series X|S Consoles, Reveals Phil Spencer
"With the expectation that we will recoup that investment..."
As you may recall, Xbox boss Phil Spencer made a noteworthy appearance at WSJ Tech Live 2022 last week, and now his full 30-minute interview is doing the rounds online, providing us with a few more interesting snippets of info. We already suspected that Microsoft was taking a loss on...
News Age Of Empires 2 Xbox Gameplay Reveals Console-Specific Features
The Xbox version launches next year
In a recent segment on Major Nelson's Xbox podcast, the crew chatted all things Age of Empires with a member of the development team following the game's console announcement last week. The discussion led to us catching a new snippet of Xbox gameplay, which reveals a few new console-specific features. The team ha
News Fatal Frame: Mask Of The Lunar Eclipse Heads To Xbox Next March
Project Zero
Koei Tecmo has announced the release date for its upcoming Fatal Frame remaster, and it's not far off folks! Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse hits Xbox platforms on March 9th, 2023, with both an Xbox One and a Series X|S version in the works. Here in the UK (and Europe), the series is instead titled 'Project Zero', so we'll be...
Review Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Infinity Ward's Best COD Since 2009's MW2
Modern W
2022 has been a slow year for AAA gaming, with much of the industry's anticipated lineup delayed until next year. However, like clockwork, a new Call of Duty game has managed to make it, with long-time developer Infinity Ward back behind the iron sights for another venture into the murky world of Modern Warfare. 2019's
Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox This Week (October 31 - November 4)
Another busy week for new releases
Welcome to your new Xbox games roundup for October 31st to November 4th! It's another busy week ahead, with the likes of WRC Generations, The Chant, The Entropy Centre and
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Admits 2022 Has Been 'Light' On Games, Talks Plans For The Future
"It's been too long since we've shipped a big first-party game"
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has been doing the rounds on the interview circuit lately, and his latest interview was with the YouTube channel Same Brain, where he talked for around 40 minutes about a variety of topics. One of those topics was the "Future of Xbox", during which Spencer...
News Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Ping Temporarily Disabled Due To 'Wallhack'
A fix appears to be on the way
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer seems to have had a decent enough start this weekend, but there are still quite a number of bugs that need to be resolved. One rather serious one is an issue with the ping feature that allows players to "wallhack" - keeping tabs on an enemy player wherever they are. This was...
