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Wednesday3rd Jul 2024
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (July 3)
Kicking off the month in a big way!
It's time to get Xbox Game Pass underway for July! We're kicking off with two games this Wednesday in the form of Journey to the Savage Planet (which was previously on Game Pass a few years ago) and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2. Here's a closer look at each of these new July 3rd additions to
News Don't Get Your Hopes Up About Banjo-Kazooie, Suggests New Xbox Rumour
"There is no Banjo game in development"
For years and years now, we've been desperately hoping that Xbox might develop a new game in the Banjo-Kazooie series, but nothing has materialsed as of yet. And supposedly, that might remain the case for a long time to come. Windows Central's Jez Corden mentioned the possibility of a new Banjo game on the...
Tuesday2nd Jul 2024
News Xbox Suffers 'Major Outage' As Servers Go Down For Most Players
"You may not be able to sign-in"
Update: This issue has now been fixed, with the official Xbox status returning to "up and running". Original story: Xbox has been suffering from some technical difficulties today, with lots of players reporting that they've been unable to connect to Xbox Live (or the "Xbox Network") over the past couple of hours...
News 'Transformers: Galactic Trials' Is An Upcoming Xbox Racer Based On The Famous Franchise
And we've not got long to wait for it!
Ready for a new Transformers experience? Well, Outright Games is bringing Transformers: Galactic Trials to Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S this October - and it's described as a "unique racing adventure game" for modern platforms. A racer is certainly a bit of a different take on the Transformers IP, but it...
News These Eight Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (July 3-16)
The first batch of the month!
We've finally been made aware of the first games coming to Xbox Game Pass in July 2024, which include the likes of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, Neon White and Tchia - the majority of which hadn't been revealed until today! Here's the list of titles coming to Xbox Ga
News Xbox Begins The Month By Putting Over 700 Games On Sale (July 2-9)
Take your pick from hundreds of offers!
It's deals time, and what a way to begin a new month! The Xbox Store has over 700 new discounts to kick off July, made up of all kinds of sales including an Open World Sale, ID@Xbox Action-Adventure Sale and Capcom Sale. Some of the discounts that have particularly grabbed our attention include Crysis...
News Six Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass In Early July 2024
The first round of departures for July
Update: Microsoft has now confirmed the new titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in early July as well: <related ids="168406"> Original story: Our first round of Xbox Game Pass leavers for July 2024 has been revealed, with six titles leaving the service in the first half of the month. One of those has...
Monday1st Jul 2024
News Action RPG 'Dungeons Of Hinterberg' Is Ready To Preload On Xbox Game Pass
Coming to the service this month!
We're a few weeks away from the highly-anticipated release of Dungeons of Hinterberg on Xbox Game Pass, and we're here to remind you all that the title is ready to preload for Game Pass subscribers! Right now, Xbox players can pre-download Dungeons of Hinterberg ahead of its July 18 launch, and the stylish action...
News Hexen 2 Spiritual Successor 'GRAVEN' Makes Its Debut On Xbox
"A gritty first-person action-adventure game"
For those who loved the '90s FPS series "Hexen" back in the day, you may be interested to know that a Hexen 2 spiritual successor known as GRAVEN is now available on Xbox, and the first console impressions seem pretty good! If we sound surprised by that, it's because the PC version got off to a lukewarm...
Feature All New Xbox Games Coming Out In July 2024
Nobody Wants To Die, EA Sports College Football & more!
Welcome to our roundup of all new Xbox games coming out in July 2024! Below, we've listed every Xbox game with a July 2024 release date, including all confirmed Xbox Game Pass releases so far. Some of the biggest titles here include Nobody Wants to Die, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn,
News 'Poppy Playtime' Brings Its Creepy $5 Horror Game To Xbox This Month
One for the FNAF crowd!
Five Nights at Freddy's has undoubtedly proved a success on Xbox over the past few years, so it makes sense that Poppy Playtime is now making its debut as well! Better yet, you'll be able to pick it up for just $4.99 on July 12th. Specifically, this is Poppy Playtime Chapter 1: A Tight Squeeze, which first arrived on PC and...
Saturday29th Jun 2024
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (July 1-5)
Including a big free-to-play release!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for July 1-5! The big highlights of next week are the free-to-play release of The First Descendant and Final Fantasy XIV's Dawntrail expansion, but there's plenty of other good stuff as well! Here's what's coming to Xbox next week: New Xbox Releases (July 1-5):
News Xbox Is Giving Away Free Forza Horizon 4 Codes For Eligible Players
"As a token of our appreciation"
It's time to check your Xbox messages! As of this morning, some Forza Horizon 4 players have begun receiving free codes for the game from Microsoft "as a token of appreciation" - providing access to the standard edition of the game. Specifically, these Forza Horizon 4 codes are being given to Xbox players who have...
Friday28th Jun 2024
News Hypercharge: Unboxed Dev Delighted By 'Incredible' Sales On Xbox
A new milestone has been hit!
Who says Xbox games only thrive on Game Pass, eh? Digital Cybercherries, the team behind hit shooter Hypercharge: Unboxed, has today announced that the title surpassed 100,000 Xbox sales in under a month - a feat the dev describes as "a really big deal" for a team of just six employees. Right at the start of the month,...
Review Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition (Xbox) - Ubisoft's Classic Revitalised
Jade is finally back!
It feels like we've been waiting forever for Beyond Good & Evil 2 to show up, and to tide us over until then, Ubisoft has now released a new remaster of the original outing – this time celebrating the game’s 20th anniversary. Yes, this year marks two decades since the original title debuted on the first Xbox (which was...
News Lots Of Games Are Reduced By 90% On Xbox This Week (June 25 - July 2)
Great Xbox titles for very low prices!
Looking for some cheap Xbox games in this week's Xbox sales (June 25 - July 2)? As usual, we've got a whole bunch of 90% and even 95% discounts on Xbox right now, mainly thanks to last week's Publisher Spotlight Sale as well as this week's "Halloween in June" sale. There's plenty to get stuck into! Highlights...
Thursday27th Jun 2024
News Forza Horizon 4 Explodes In Popularity Ahead Of Big Xbox Sale Next Month
Getting better with age
Forza Horizon 4 might be six years old now, but clearly there's still so much love for it. Earlier this week, it was announced that the Playground Games racer would be getting delisted this December, and this prompted a massive 80%-off sale on Steam which has resulted in a lot of purchases and even a record being broken!...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (June 27-30)
Included with Game Pass Core and Game Pass Ultimate
Your final Xbox Free Play Days lineup for June 2024 is here, with Microsoft bringing two games to the program this weekend - including the mouthful that is PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs. Now that you've finished reading that title, here's your pair of Xbox Free Play Days games this...
Guide Xbox Adds More Perks For Game Pass Ultimate Members (June 2024)
The latest freebies for XGPU subscribers
It's time for another batch of Xbox Game Pass Perks for June 2024! The latter part of the month has brought us more free Perks including a Supercharge Pack for EA Sports FC 24 and an Anniversary Pack for The Elder Scrolls Online! Here's the latest list of available Xbox Game Pass Perks for June 2024: EA...
News Palworld's 'First Major Update' Adds Brand-New Island To Xbox Game Pass Adventure
"A new island has appeared!"
Palworld developer Pocketpair has detailed the game's latest content drop - one that it's calling the "first major update" for the Pokémon-like adventure. Of course, we've had some notable Palworld updates in the past, bu
Wednesday26th Jun 2024
News Halo Infinite Finally Adds 'Multi-Team' Game Modes Into Online Matchmaking
"Multi-Team is now live in Combat Workshop"
Halo Infinite has evolved a lot since it came to Xbox back in 2021, particularly the multiplayer suite which has seen some major updates since launch. Until this point though, the series' mainstay 'Multi-Team' mode was completely absent from the game - a situation that's now been addressed. As part of a...
Soapbox Forza Horizon 4 Hosted The Best Racing In The Series, And I'll Be Sad To See It Go
One more trip to the lakes
Well, Forza Horizon's British racing festival is about to close its doors - with Xbox announcing that Forza Horizon 4 will be delisted from digital storefronts later this year. Of course, the game will remain playable for existing owners after this date, but it's being removed from Xbox Game Pass
News Xbox Unveils Special 'Halloween In June' Sale, Live For The Next Few Days
Scare yourself silly with these new Xbox deals!
It's that time of the week once again! Various new deals are now available on the Xbox Store, and the highlight this time around is a special "Halloween in June" sale that's set to last until next Tuesday, July 2nd. Notably, we've got discounts for Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition and Stalker: Legends of...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (June 26)
Time to get digging
Xbox Game Pass is getting a fresh update as two SteamWorld games enter the library! Both SteamWorld Dig and SteamWorld Dig 2 join the service today, June 26, bringing two well-received metroidvanias to the platform. Without further ado, here's a quick look at both of
Tuesday25th Jun 2024
News Forza Horizon 4 To Be Delisted On Xbox And PC In December 2024
Individual DLC getting delisted today
Playground Games has announced today that Forza Horizon 4 will officially be getting delisted on Xbox consoles and PC on December 15, 2024. After that date, it'll no longer be possible to purchase the game digitally on those platforms. "Due to licensing and agreements with our partners, Forza Horizon 4 will be...
News Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Beyond Good & Evil - 20th Anniversary Edition
"A bona fide classic remastered with love and care"
If you've been looking forward to Ubisoft's Beyond Good & Evil - 20th Anniversary Edition, we're pleased to say it's now available on the Xbox Store! You can grab the game right now at the low price of £17.99 / $19.99. Alongside the release, we've also seen a handful of reviews going live -...
News Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Brings Its 'Vibrant' 3D Platformer To Xbox This September
A remake of the 2010 Wii game
If you like platformers and you like Mickey Mouse, have we got a game for you! THQ Nordic has announced today that Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed will arrive for Xbox One, Series X and Series S on September 24, 2024. This is a remake of the Nintendo Wii game from 2010 that was followed up with a sequel on Xbox 360 in...
News Xbox Fans Confused By 'Weird Temu Spam' Plaguing Direct Messages
"Temu bots have taken over Xbox"
For a while now, our Xbox inboxes have been regularly flooded with some form of spam - and not the chopped pork in a can variety. Xbox does at least categorise 'chat requests' as a completely different thing to conversations with friends, but still, the constant 'offers' to buy our gamertags do grow a little...
News STALKER: Legends Of The Zone Trilogy Gets Official Mod Support On Xbox
Thanks to mod.io!
A few months back, the folks over at GSC Game World dropped the original Stalker games onto Xbox seemingly out of nowhere, and their work on the Legends of the Zone Trilogy isn't over yet. Not only is the team still working away on a full current-gen upgrade for all three games, but it's also added official console mod support...
News 'Let's School' Arrives On Xbox This July, And It's Launching At A Great Price
From the team behind My Time At Sandrock
We've got a new addition to the July lineup on Xbox! Let's School will be making its console debut on July 16th, which includes versions for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and it's launching at the low price of £15.99 / $19.99. Let's School is a construction and management sim from the folks...
News Atari's Anniversary Celebration Returns To Xbox With 39 New Games This October
The Atari 50 "Expanded Edition"
Back at the end of 2022, Atari fans were treated to a fantastic new "Anniversary Celebration" on Xbox which combined a huge list of playable classics with a museum-style walkthrough of the company's storied history. Now, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is getting an "Extended Edition" for Xbox on October 25th,...
News EA Sports FC 24 Shoots Onto Xbox Game Pass Today (June 25)
He shoots, he scores!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, EA Sports FC 24 enters the EA Play / Game Pass Ultimate library - coinciding nicely with the Euro 2024 tournament that's happening right now. <related ids="167109"> You'll largely know what you're getting into with this one already, but this is the first EA football...
Monday24th Jun 2024
Reminder Five Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass This Sunday
One week left to enjoy them
Late June's Xbox Game Pass leavers are now playable for less than a week, with five titles exiting the service this weekend. We have a few notable departures in here, including the pictured F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch, but overall it's an acceptable list - considering the quality we're getting on Game Pass these...
Saturday22nd Jun 2024
News Lots Of Games Are Reduced By 90% On Xbox This Weekend (June 18-25)
Bag yourself a bargain
Looking for some cheap Xbox games in this week's Xbox sales (June 18-25)? As usual, there are lots of games in the 90% (and even 95%) range at the moment, including some big titles such as Mortal Kombat 11, Injustice 2, LEGO DC Super-Villains and multiple Sherlock Holmes adventures! You'll find all the 90% discounts from...
Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (June 24-28)
Including four Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for June 24-28! We've got some interesting titles on the way next week including a return for Beyond Good & Evil along with four Xbox
Friday21st Jun 2024
News Elden Ring's DLC Takes #1 Spot In Highest-Rated Xbox Games Of 2024
We have a new champion
We're just about at the halfway point of 2024, and we've got a strong new contender for Game of the Year on Xbox... or at the very least, expansion of the year. Of course, we're talking about Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree. As things stand, Metacritic places the Elden Ring DLC in first place when it comes to the best Xbox...
Feature 10 Exciting New Indie Games To Play On Xbox In June 2024
Including Game Pass titles!
It's been a busy old month with the Xbox Showcase and all the other Summer Game Fest goodness that's come our way, so we've neglected to provide our usual indie games roundup... until now! We've seen some great indie releases on Xbox in June 2024 already, and we've got a whole bunch more on the way over the next couple of...
News Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Hits 20 Million Sales Globally
Xbox now owns the Crash IP
The Activision, and now Microsoft-owned IP, Crash Bandicoot has just had another sales milestone - announcing his collection Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy has now hit 20 million sales globally after releasing on multiple platforms including Xbox One in 2018. In case you missed it, the N. Sane trilogy is a remaster...
Thursday20th Jun 2024
News Multiple Games Announced For Xbox At Limited Run 2024 Showcase
Rolling back the years
Limited Run Games held its 2024 Summer Games Showcase earlier today, and it included a bunch of upcoming Xbox titles! Just like last year, some of these announcements were for physical versions of games that have already been announced / released, while others were for games that had never been revealed before. Firstly,...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (June 20-23)
Included with Game Pass Core and Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Free Play Days is now live for this week, and we have three Xbox titles playable for free from now through the end of the weekend, including the ever-popular first-person shooter Hell Let Loose. Here's your full Xbox Free Play Days lineup this week: Crusader Kings 3 Hell Let Loose Plants...
Wednesday19th Jun 2024
News Cancelled OG Xbox Game 'Captain Blood' Makes Its Comeback This Fall
Almost a quarter of a century later
Fancying a bit of an early 2000s throwback on your Xbox Series X|S console later this year? Well, publisher SNEG has pulled Captain Blood from the jaws of death for a Fall 2024 release - a game that was first in development for the original Xbox. This is an old school hack-and-slash game with a distinct pirate...
News Capcom's Old Game Engine Seemingly To Blame For Certain Releases Skipping Xbox
"Our sources indicate that this is correct"
Yesterday's Nintendo Direct livestream gave us some great third-party announcements for Xbox, but we did also stumble across a few more titles that are strangely skipping Microsoft's platform. One of those is the
News Two Xbox Properties Cross Over As Fallout Meets Call Of Duty Later This Week
The vault has been opened
Sometimes it's hard to believe yourself when you type a sentence like 'Xbox owns Call of Duty and Fallout' but its darn true, and later this week the two massive Microsoft franchises will be crossing over in Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone. Yep, the COD x Fallout bundle brings a bunch of Fallout-themed gear to Call of Duty...
News Ubisoft Leads The Way In This Week's Selection Of Xbox Deals (June 18-25)
AC, Skull & Bones, Avatar and more!
As usual, we've got another fresh selection of Xbox deals available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on the official Xbox Store right now, primarily made up of "Publisher Spotlight" and "School's Out" sales. We've noted in the headline here that Ubisoft leads the way with the likes of Assassin's...
News My Time At Sandrock Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (June 19)
Welcome to your next life sim!
We have a new Game Pass addition today, June 19th, and this one could be a title worth sinking some time into! My Time at Sandrock delivers a huge life simulation game onto Xbox Game Pass - as the follow-up to 2019's My Time at Portia, which is already in the library. Here's about more information on My Time at...
Tuesday18th Jun 2024
Gallery Here's A First Look At The Thing: Remastered For Xbox One & Series X|S
A remaster of the 2002 OG Xbox game!
Nightdive Studios has been absolutely killing it lately with these remaster efforts, and their next project is tackling 2002's The Thing for a modern remaster in 2024. This upcoming title has been confirmed for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, and now the team has sent over a selection of in-game screenshots our...
News Multiple Games Announced For Xbox Following June 2024's Nintendo Direct
Including some big Dragon Quest reveals!
Today marked the arrival of yet another Nintendo Direct showcase, with the June 2024 edition featuring some exciting first-party reveals, but also plenty of third-party games that are making their way to Xbox consoles! Perhaps the biggest announcement here is not only that we received an Xbox release date...
News These Seven Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (June 18-27)
The second batch of the month
Microsoft has today announced the second batch of Xbox Game Pass titles for June 2024, which includes today's arrival of Still Wakes The Deep, along with the likes of EA Sports FC 24 and My Time At Sandrock! Here's the list of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass from June 18-27: Date Gam
News Forza Horizon 5 'Universal Icons' Car Pack Brings Star-Studded Lineup To Xbox
And it's out today!
Playground Games has unveiled a new premium car pack for Forza Horizon 5, and this one brings five movie star cars to the open world racer. Available today for $10, Horizon's finest drivers can go hands-on with five new rides inspired by the likes of Jurassic Park, Back to the Future and Knight Rider. Up above you can take a...
Monday17th Jun 2024
News Shovel Knight's Original Outing Is Getting A Deluxe Enhanced Edition
As part of the series' 10th anniversary celebrations
The retro-inspired hero Shovel Knight is currently celebrating his 10th anniversary, and as part of this, developer and publisher Yacht Club Games held a special broadcast announcing a bunch of new projects. Perhaps the highlight of the lot (apart from the announcement of a new game which will...
