Xbox Game Pass - Timeline
Wednesday6th Mar 2024
News Dead Island 2 Seems To Be Proving Very Popular On Xbox Game Pass
Shootin' up the charts
Dead Island 2 was an absolutely huge Xbox Game Pass surprise when it landed on the service late last month, and it looks like lots of Xbox fans have been playing this one since it first came to the library. As spotted by BenjiSales on Twitter, Deep Silver's Dead
Tuesday5th Mar 2024
PSA Control's Return To Xbox Game Pass Includes Lots Of Bonus Features
The Ultimate Edition is coming
As part of today's Xbox Game Pass update, Microsoft has announced the next six games coming to the service - and the list includes Remedy's Control Ultimate Edition. Now, Control has been on Game Pass before, but this time around the 'Ultimate Edition' is bringin
News These Six Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (March 7-19)
The latest roundup of new titles
Microsoft has revealed more titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in March 2024, including Control Ultimate Edition and the SpongeBob remaster! Don't forget Diablo 4 and others are already penned in for late March as well. Earlier today, we kicked off this month's Game Pass
News Warhammer 40K: Boltgun Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (March 5)
Boomin' shootin'
We have another Xbox Game Pass title arriving today, with Focus Entertainment's 'boomer shooter' Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun now available in the library. To mark the arrival of Boltgun we recently went back and reviewed the title here at Pure Xbox, and we had a very good time with it indeed. We'll drop a link to our written review...
News Capcom Announces New Digital Broadcast Featuring Multiple Xbox Titles
A two part event airing later this week
If Xbox's 'Partner Preview' event wasn't already enough, it appears Capcom will also be hosting a special broadcast this week. 'Capcom Highlights' will be a two-day digital day event across March 7 and March 11 featuring the newest and upcoming titles in the Capcom library. Capcom says the program will run...
Sunday3rd Mar 2024
News Here's What Might Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass In April 2024
Some early predictions!
What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in April 2024? Well, Microsoft hasn't confirmed anything just yet, but based on some games that were added to the service this time last year, we can at least make a few predictions ahead of time. We know that a lot of Xbox users want more advance notice of games leaving Xbox Game Pass, but...
Saturday2nd Mar 2024
News Sea Of Thieves Co-Developer Lays Off 'Handful' Of Employees
"This situation is heartbreaking"
It's been another difficult week for the video game industry in 2024 and now the UK indie developer Radical Forge has announced it's laying off a "handful of people". It's reportedly six employees to be exact. The same team, which worked alongside Flix Interactive and Rare on the free update Sea Of Thieves: A...
News Two Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass In Early March 2024
The first batch of departures for March
Update (Mon 11th Mar, 2024): Good news, folks! Microsoft has since confirmed it's just the two games that will be leaving Xbox Game Pass in early March, as Ni No Kuni has now been removed from the lineup. <related ids="163332"> Original story (Sat 2nd Mar, 2024): Microsoft has revealed the first three...
Friday1st Mar 2024
Talking Point Do You Make Use Of Cloud Gaming On Xbox Game Pass?
Or is the tech not there yet?
Earlier today, Digital Foundry shared an interesting video regarding cloud gaming - testing out the feature on both Xbox and PlayStation to see how the two offerings compare. While the tech is undoubtedly impressive, what the analysis confirmed to us is that cloud gaming still needs plenty of work. Our usage of Xbox...
News Xbox Developer inXile Jokingly Teases Its New Game
...with bread
Xbox's Wasteland developer inXile Entertainment is currently working on its new RPG-inspired title, Clockwork Revolution. Unfortunately, there haven't really been many updates about it for some time now, and fans are becoming desperate for literally any crumbs of information about this new title. So that's actually kind of what the...
Thursday29th Feb 2024
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (February 29 - March 3)
Included with Game Pass Core and Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox has set live its latest Free Play Days promotion today, with three games featured this week including the recently-released co-op slasher Gangs of Sherwood! Here's the full list of Xbox Free Play Days titles this week: Age of Wonders 4 Deceive Inc. Gangs of Sherwood As usual, you'll nee
Wednesday28th Feb 2024
News Lightyear Frontier Final Preview Shows Huge Potential For Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Launch
This looks pretty darn fun
Outlet IGN has posted its 'final preview' for Lightyear Frontier; the new mech farming sim that's coming to Xbox Game Pass next month. At launch this will be classed as an Xbox Game Preview title, but it's been in the works for years now and is looking real nice on the eve of its initial release. Up above there's a solid...
Tuesday27th Feb 2024
News Palworld Update 0.1.5.0 Hits Xbox Very Soon, Here Are The Patch Notes
Future update to address "auto-save fails" on Xbox
Palworld has exploded in popularity on Xbox and PC with more than 25 million players now joining in on the fun. As players continue to show their support, so do the developers with regular updates. The latest one bumps the game up to Version 0.1.5.0. It's loaded with a bunch of fixes, Pal...
News Three Games Are Available This Week On Xbox Game Pass (February 27-29)
And a bonus fourth title!
As we near the end of February we're coming up on our final Xbox Game Pass additions for the month, and Feb 2024's closers include the likes of returning 'SharkPG' Maneater, sandbox survival game Space Engineers and more. So, ahead of March's Game Pass lineup — which kicks off with
Monday26th Feb 2024
Guide Xbox Adds More Perks For Game Pass Ultimate Members (February 2024)
Update: PUBG, Stumble Guys & Puzzle Quest 3 join the lineup!
It's time for another batch of Xbox Game Pass Perks for February 2024! As we reach the end of the month, there are a lot of great Perks to claim - including free trials for Paramount Plus and Calm Premium, a Drakkar Edition Pack for Assassin's Creed Valhalla on Xbox Game Pass, some Stumble...
Saturday24th Feb 2024
Poll What Do You Think Of Dead Island 2 On Xbox Game Pass?
This week's surprise XGP release
It's been a good week for Xbox Game Pass with five games added to the service, and one of them was a total surprise in the form of Dead Island 2! The game wasn't announced ahead of time, but landed on XGP this past Thursday. So, we know it's early days, but we're interested to hear how you've been getting on with...
Guide Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In March 2024
The full list of confirmed games so far
Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in March 2024? It can be pretty difficult to keep track of all the comings and goings in the world of Xbox Game Pass every week, so we've put together this handy guide to provide an overview of what's coming to Xbox Game Pass in January, as well as...
News Here's Everything Revealed During The Age Of Empires 'New Year, New Age' Livestream
Everything coming in 2024
The Age of Empires team has wrapped up its "New Year, New Age" special presentation outlining everything arriving in 2024. Starting with the main announcement, Age of Mythology: Retold has now been officially confirmed for Xbox Series X|S, and will be a "day one" Game Pass release. Below are all the other announcements and...
News Age Of Mythology: Retold Coming To Xbox, PC And Game Pass In 2024
"From the creators of the award-winning Age of Empires"
Back in 2022, the Age of Empires team World's Edge revealed it would be releasing Age of Mythology: Retold - a "definitive edition" of the 2002 PC title with "upgraded graphics, features and more". Now, in a "sneak peek" announcement, it's been confirmed this new version of the game will be...
Friday23rd Feb 2024
News Xbox Game Pass's SteamWorld Build 'Fell Short Of Expectations' For Publisher Thunderful
"Sales during December fell slightly short"
SteamWorld Build landed on Xbox Game Pass last December, and it seemed to go down quite well with critics around launch - including us here at Pure Xbox. However, the commercial side of things hasn't quite matched up to the game's critical reception according to publisher Thunderful. As revealed in the...
Thursday22nd Feb 2024
News Palworld Hits Ridiculous Player Milestone In Just One Month On Xbox & PC
"Thank you for your continued support!"
Palworld has been a huge hit for developer Pocketpair since its big Xbox and PC launch last month, and the team has revealed some updated figures on how the game has been doing in the month-or-so since release. Across Xbox and PC platforms, Palworld has managed to attract a whopping 25 million players in...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (February 22-25)
Included with Game Pass Core and Game Pass Ultimate
Free Play Days is gearing up for another big weekend on Xbox! We've got three games as part of the program this week, with Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint's Ultimate Edition undoubtedly being the pick of the bunch. Here's all three Free Play Days titles this weekend: Catan - Console...
News Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 22)
Featuring a massive AAA surprise!
Another Xbox Game Pass update day is upon us, and this one is delivering a lovely surprise! Deep Silver's Dead Island 2 has been shadow dropped into the Game Pass library, having not been announced prior to its arrival. This zombie-slaying adventure lands today alongside two other titles. Here's an introduction to...
Wednesday21st Feb 2024
News Xbox Reiterates It's Bringing Activision Blizzard's 'Full Portfolio' To Game Pass
Yes, including Call of Duty
Following the announcement last week that Diablo 4 would be added to Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has now shared a brief update about what this means for the rest of Activision Blizzard's library. In an interview with Game File, Spencer reiterated how the plan was to eventually deliver the "full...
Tuesday20th Feb 2024
News Two Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late February 2024
Including an EA Play title
Microsoft has delivered its latest Xbox Game Pass roundup, this time letting us all know about what's coming and going in the back half of February 2024. We have a great lineup of newcomers, including Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun! <related ids="162427"> However, we do have a couple of titles leaving the library soon,...
News These Six Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (February 22 - March 5)
Including a recent Warhammer release
Microsoft has today revealed another batch of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in February 2024, as well as an early arrival for March! The highlights here include Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun and the return of Maneater. Don't forget that two titles have arrived on Xbo
News Xbox Game Pass Indie 'Brotato' Proves Popular On Microsoft's Subscription Service
"Enjoy the potato folks"
Xbox Game Pass is becoming quite a good place for smaller indie titles to thrive, especially those that could easily get lost in a sea of AAA shuffle on console platforms. And, this week brings another success story in the form of indie arena shooter-roguelite Brotato. Seaven Studio, who helped bring Blobfish's title to...
News EA Is Bringing Another Year Of Content Updates To Need For Speed Unbound
As the series celebrates a huge anniversary!
EA's latest Need for Speed title launched in late 2022, followed up by a solid year of free and premium content updates throughout last year. Well, as we move into 2024 the team has announced that it has plans for "another year of live service" for Need for Speed Unbound. That live service plan will...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 20)
Including a huge JRPG!
We have a couple of new additions to Xbox Game Pass today, including a major JRPG from the team over at Bandai Namco. That'll be Tales of Arise, which caused some confusion last week, but it's available in the library right now! Here's some more information on that title, along with today's brand-new release in the form of
News Xbox Exclusive Trends Online Ahead Of Nintendo's Partner Showcase
Could a certain game be revealed for "other consoles" this week?
Following Xbox's business update last week, Nintendo has now announced it will be hosting a "partner showcase" on February 21st, where it will reveal games coming to Switch in the first half of 2024 from its publishing and development partners. Unsurprisingly, Hi-Fi RUSH is now...
News Bethesda Releasing New Fallout Anthology Including 7 'Incredible' Games
A special PC bundle celebrating the new Amazon series
To celebrate Amazon's upcoming Fallout television series, Bethesda is launching a "Fallout Special Anthology" for PC containing "seven incredible Fallout games". It will arrive on April 11 and pre-orders are available now. This new anthology once again takes on the form of a
Monday19th Feb 2024
Talking Point Would You Be Interested In A New 'Multi-Subscription' Tier On Xbox?
Ubisoft Plus is becoming more appealing each month
A couple of weeks ago we asked you fine folks about EA Play - more specifically about how important it was for you as an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate perk. The majority of Pure Xbox readers made it known that EA's subscription service was rather important, and that EA Play titles are regularly engaged...
News Sea Of Thieves' New Xbox Update Is Almost 100GB, But There's A Good Reason For It
It also won't be happening again
Good news, Sea Of Thieves fans - there's a brand-new update available for the game across and Xbox and PC today. Bad news, Sea of Thieves fans - it's almost 100GB in size across all Xbox consoles and the PC Game Pass version! The reason for this huge update is because Sea of Thieves is now operating on the latest...
Saturday17th Feb 2024
News Xbox Scoops Up Two D.I.C.E. Awards
Congratulations, Xbox
The 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards took place this week and there were multiple Xbox games nominated for all sorts of awards. As previously mentioned, Starfield and Hi-Fi RUSH were nominated across multiple categories, but in the end, went home empty-handed. Fortunately, for Xbox, it still picked up a few awards on the night. The...
Friday16th Feb 2024
Reaction Xbox's Commitment To Console Gaming Is Pleasing, But Big Questions Linger
Will we see a gradual change from Team Green?
The dust is beginning to settle on Xbox's big business event from yesterday, and in general we're feeling quite relieved that the initial drama is over. Xbox is clearly sticking around, especially when it comes to creating consoles and building towards another healthy generation in gaming. However, major...
News Just One Game Appears To Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late February 2024
Hopefully it stays that way
Microsoft has provided an early look at what's leaving Xbox Game Pass in the second half of February 2024, and at least as things stand, it looks like there's just one game being removed - that being SEGA's Soul Hackers 2. There's a chance more titles could be added to this list next week, so we'll let you know if that's...
News Xbox Reminds Fans 'More Than 10 Major Releases' Are On The Way
The 2024 line up is going to be packed
The Xbox business update not only revealed some news and announcements, but also reminded fans about what else there is to look forward to in 2024. Xbox's 'President of Game Content and Studios' Matt Booty briefly mentioned how Microsoft's gaming studios currently have more than 10 major releases planned, with...
News Grounded Reportedly Fourth Xbox Game Coming To 'Other Consoles'
It seems to match the description...
Xbox's business event revealed a total of four games would be coming to "other consoles" in the future. Two games are smaller titles and the other two are community-driven experiences. Hi-Fi RUSH and Sea Of Thieves along with Pentiment have already been rumoured, so what's the fourth? We've already heard...
News Game Pass Hits 34 Million Subs, Service Will Remain Exclusive To Xbox
It's "kind of at a scale" where it's sustainable & profitable
Xbox's business update has concluded and in amongst the key information, the leaders of Microsoft's gaming division have also delivered some other interesting details. One update, in particular, was regarding the subscription count for Xbox Game Pass, with the service now at 34 million...
Thursday15th Feb 2024
News Activision Blizzard's First Game Pass Release Has Been Confirmed By Xbox
Arriving next month!!
Update [Fri 16th Feb, 2024 04:30 GMT]: The Verge's senior editor has reached out to Microsoft and confirmed Diablo 4 "won't" be available to Xbox Game Pass Core subscribers. "Diablo IV is coming to Xbox Game Pass on March 28th, with the exception of the Xbox Game Pass Core catalog,” says Kari Perez, head of communications...
News Tales Of Arise Announced As Xbox Game Pass Title For Next Week
The game's official Twitter account has spoken!
Okay, so, last week Tales of Arise seemed to be included in this month's Xbox Game Pass lineup - only for it to be removed shortly after Microsoft posted its latest roundup. At the time, the team described Tales of Arise as an "incorrect title" for Game Pass, however, it's now been announced once ag
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (February 15-18)
Including a massive 2023 release!
Xbox Free Play Days is back for the coming weekend, and it's a big one! Today, Microsoft has unlocked four Xbox games for everyone to enjoy - including major 2023 titles like Dead Island 2 and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2! Here are your four Xbox Free Play Days titles this week: Code Vein Dead Island 2
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 15)
Served up
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass drop! Today, Microsoft is bringing two titles to the library - including the cooking-flavoured roguelite PlateUp! which was at the centre of a Pure Xbox interview this past weekend. Check that out down below for some juicy Game Pass tidbits: <related ids="160624"> And here's a quick summary o
News Xbox President's Reported Message To Employees: 'Every Screen Is An Xbox'
Striving to be the top "cross-platform gaming company"
During the same supposed Xbox town hall meeting last week, Xbox's new president Sarah Bond reportedly shared the message that "every screen is an Xbox". Inverse journalist Shannon Liao claims to have confirmed this with "multiple Microsoft employees" who attended the virtual town hall on...
News Forza Motorsport Update 5 Out Today, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
A new track and much more has arrived
Following Update 4 for Forza Motorsport in January, Turn 10 Studios has now rolled out Update 5 which includes new content, features, events and various improvements. The highlight is the new track: Nürburgring Nordschleife: Standalone Nordschleife and Full Circuit (GP combined). Apart from this, you can look...
Wednesday14th Feb 2024
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 14)
A Valentine's ritual awaits
Xbox has brought us a lovely Valentine's present today! Okay, it's perhaps not the most romantic gift we've ever received, but nevertheless, you can now go hands-on with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night with an Xbox Game Pass subscription. This Castlevania-inspired adventure is a few years old at this point, but it's...
Tuesday13th Feb 2024
News Xbox Unveils Free 'Dune Expansion' For Microsoft Flight Simulator
Start playing today!
The incredible Microsoft Flight Simulator is being taken to new heights once again today with the arrival of a free Dune Expansion across Xbox and PC! This also marks the first time the game has left Planet Earth since its 2020 debut. In this Dune Expansion, you'll take to the cockpit of the Royal Atreides Ornithopter across...
News Resident Evil 3 Kicks Off A Busy Few Days For Xbox Game Pass
Let the horror commence
Today marks one of the biggest Xbox Game Pass drops for February 2024 in the form of Resident Evil 3, which has already arrived for Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming over the past few hours. We waxed lyrical about this one last week, praising its action-oriented experience despite al
Monday12th Feb 2024
Reminder Xbox Game Pass Is Losing Two Games This Week (February 15)
"Lead your civilization into a golden age"
It's time for another new week in the world of Xbox, and we want to remind you of two Xbox Game Pass titles that are leaving the service in just a few days' time - one for console and PC, and one just for PC. The big departure here is arguably Opus: Echo of Starsong, which is definitely worth downloading...
Sunday11th Feb 2024
Interview PlateUp! Dev Talks About 'The Benefits' Of Being Included In Xbox Game Pass
"Game Pass seemed the natural fit - and thankfully Microsoft agreed"
This week marks PlateUp!'s console release after months of 'Overwhelmingly Positive' feedback on PC platform Steam, and the title is coming to Xbox Game Pass on day one. With those hugely positive ratings in mind, we sat down with the team behind this cooking-sim roguelite to see...
