FraserG

@themightyant It's normally around midnight I believe, although sometimes they can remain live into the next day.

Article has been updated! Best Buy has confirmed video games won't be affected, but physical TV shows and movies will be.

"The company will continue to sell games, as revealed in a statement to Variety."

@Kaloudz @HelloCraig deserves all the credit for the thumbnail! He was still working on it when the announcement went live

Sorry to those who hate seeing this article (I know it's cropped up a few times over the years), but it's proving very popular!

Pushed it out again with an updated intro and some more recent links now that the Activision Blizzard deal has officially gone through.

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/10/xbox-says-the-work-has-begun-to-bring-activision-blizzard-titles-to-game-pass

We've updated this article in anticipation of the Activision Blizzard deal finally going through soon. Note that MW3 and Diablo 4 won't be coming to GP until at least 2024!

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/10/activision-blizzard-reveals-plans-for-bringing-games-to-xbox-game-pass

@wazza99999 Perfect, thank you!

Added a comment from Windows Central's Jez Corden to the article - it seems we could be getting a bunch of older Activision Blizzard titles on Game Pass very soon 🤞

@Ryu_Niiyama What specifically would you like to know? I'm not well-versed in women's hockey, but at first glance the level of content seems very similar to NHL 23.

Updated the guide for this week's Game Pass release!

Thanks everyone!

@Sarge0680 Ubisoft's website doesn't mention M&K as an input device for The Settlers: New Allies on Xbox, so I'm leaving it off for now until someone can confirm 100%...

Spare a thought for @Kezelpaso who just had to scrap an entire feature about the lack of 60FPS update for Redfall 😅

@Fiendish-Beaver Real-time 👍

@Kaloudz We do! Embargo is in a few short hours...

(Wednesday, October 4 at 8:01am BST)

We'll have a review here at Pure Xbox at that exact time 😉

@Thrussted Everyone knows about the New Zealand trick at this point. It's splattered all over social media, other websites also make articles about it... even Todd Howard made a joke about it in relation to Starfield.

The reason it's a newsworthy topic is simply because so many people are always talking about it.

@teknium_ It is, but it's technically seen as an October 4th release by Microsoft. Still no sign of it on the Xbox Store yet.

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/10/warhammer-40k-darktide-release-date-release-times-and-preload-details-on-xbox-game-pass

@Kienda I'm delighted the Pure Xbox Game Club led to such a magical experience for you with Ori and the Blind Forest, but please don't thank me! I'm just the messenger here 😅

Organisers @ralphdibny and @Balta666, and everyone who contributes to the club - they deserve all the plaudits.

👏👏

@themightyant PJ was busy with something else that's coming up this week, otherwise I'm sure he'd have been delighted to review this one... 😅

A year later, Gotham Knights is coming to Xbox Game Pass! We're highlighting this review again so you can see what we said back in October of 2022 👌

@InterceptorAlpha @awp69 Updated the article to clarify that it's an early access launch.

That's a shame about it being full... hopefully more spots open up soon.

@Maddie47 It's £26.99 with the 10% Game Pass discount

@luke88 It seems all the early review codes for Cocoon were for the PC and PS5 versions. We did try!

We've put together early reviews for the likes of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, EA Sports FC 24, Party Animals, Lies of P and Sea of Stars lately... but in some cases it just doesn't work out for whatever reason 🤷‍♂️

@Darude84 We mentioned it!

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/09/these-six-games-are-coming-to-xbox-game-pass-september-19-october-3

@LastAvonger It appears to have unexpectedly reverted to full price

@Kaloudz Hmm, I'm not actually sure to be honest! There's so much that's changing about Microsoft Rewards at the moment that it's hard to keep up 😅

@Ludian Added.

Has anyone had any experience with Payday 3? It seems keyboard is working fine but mouse isn't?

@Nightcrawler71 It seems the Xbox version is taking slightly longer to roll out... it should be any minute now!

@PooMuncher It 100% works for us! 🤷‍♂️

@BaldBelper78 Yesterday's leak fried my brain 😅

@BaldBelper78 Sorry, silly mistake. It's Thursday 🤦‍♂️

@Kaloudz They're very similar to Gang Beasts... intentionally awkward and there's a bit of a learning curve, but I soon got to grips with them. I'd say they're a little easier than GB.

@Fiendish-Beaver It's unclear at the moment! Seems to just be a (very costly) accident. We'll have to see how Microsoft reacts...

@awp69 Yep, you can either just jump into a quick match or find a custom lobby. There's crossplay as well.

@Lavalera Found it, thank you! Article has been updated.

@Kaloudz Don't shoot the messenger!

@Beermonkey Very glad the operation went well! Take it easy, rest up and enjoy some games

@ChromeMud Yep, this article was actually written over a week ago and then scrapped when the deals disappeared unexpectedly. I think (I hope!) they're back for a longer spell this time.

Thanks folks! Made a few changes based on Praey for the Gods & Roblox.

@LonelyMuthaShutYo If you've followed the methods above then the game(s) you've removed from Quick Resume will remain that way until you start playing them again.

My suggestion is that if you want to avoid Quick Resume entirely, use the second method to manually "Quit" games every time you're finished with them.

Apologies folks, I think the "adds" part of the headline was perhaps a bit misleading. Altered it slightly 👍

@Bobobiwan We're working on it as hard as we can! 🙏

@Sifi Mentioned at the bottom of the article Cocoon too!

@PsBoxSwitchOwner It's nothing to do with an increase being smaller or anything "fanboy rage" related. The last thing I want is to cause arguments in the comments (believe me, it's a headache).

It's because the largest portion of Pure Xbox's audience is based in the US.

I hear the feedback though and will look to include at least the US and UK currencies in articles like this going forward.

@Member_the_game We do quote UK prices fairly often (in our 90% discounts roundup earlier today for example), but sometimes trying to fit in multiple currencies ends up looking messy so we hold back.

As you asked though, here are all the prices:

PlayStation Plus Essential 12-Month Subscription
79.99 USD | 71,99 Euro | 59.99 GBP | 6,800 Yen

PlayStation Plus Extra 12-Month Subscription
134.99 USD | 125,99 Euro | 99.99 GBP | 11,700 Yen

PlayStation Plus Premium 12-Month Subscription
159.99 USD | 151,99 Euro | 119.99 GBP | 13,900 Yen

@shoeses That sounds rough! Take it easy and hope you feel better soon 👍

@Banjoduck Added!

Sadly we don't have access to Starfield at the time of writing. That'll hopefully change very soon, but not in time for us to deliver a review this week.

We're obviously disappointed by that, but it is what it is! 🤷‍♂️

@GamingFan4Lyf Upgrade fee for the Complete Edition but not the base game upgrade - that bit's free.

@shoeses Sorry to hear that, hope you're OK 🙏

@GeeEssEff You're right, it wasn't meant to say crossplay - my apologies!

@G1lbo Replaced was recently delayed to 2024:

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/08/two-xbox-game-pass-titles-get-new-2023-and-2024-release-windows