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Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (January 27-31)
A big week for Xbox Game Pass
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for January 27-31! We're looking at a particularly great week for Xbox Game Pass over the next few days, with four 'day one' launches confirmed for the service in Sniper Elite: Resistance, Citizen Sleeper 2, Orcs Must Die
Deals Xbox 'Lunar New Year' Sale Now Live, 600+ Games Discounted
The biggest sale of the year so far!
It's time for the Xbox Lunar New Year Sale 2025! Yes, after yesterdays huge Developer Direct showcase, Xbox has only gone and treated us to the biggest Xbox sale of the year so far - with over 600 games reduced until February 6th. There are some massive AAA games in here as well, from the likes of Call of Duty:...
News EA Says Two Of Its Major AAA Titles 'Underperformed' In 2024
Announces lower financial forecast as a result
Publisher and game maker EA has dropped a new financial report as it looks ahead to 2025, and the results aren't exactly rosy for the team's late 2024 releases. CEO Andrew Wilson says that "Dragon Age and EA SPORTS FC 25 underperformed" last year, while the company "expects a return to growth" in its...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (January 23-26)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Xbox Free Play Days is back! After an EA-fueled return last weekend, the program continues into 2025, with four titles making up the lineup this weekend. Here's this week's full Xbox Free Play Days selection: A Little To The Left (two-hour trial) For Honor Train Sim World 5 Way of the Hunter You'll need a...
Talking Point The Dev Who Greenlit Insomniac's Xbox One Classic Is Retiring
We wish we'd have seen more
Today, Insomniac Games has announced that its legendary CEO Ted Price is retiring from the company, after more than 30 years at the helm. While Insomniac has always been closely aligned with PlayStation — Sony now owns the studio outright — the team did produce an Xbox One classic back in 2014 - and Ted Price played a...
News Xbox Is Adding Support For Even Bigger Storage Devices In 2025
Starting with Xbox Insiders
The current limit for external hard drive size on Xbox is already pretty big, but the team is expanding that capability, starting out with Xbox Insiders this month. Microsoft's current limit of 16TB will soon be removed - allowing players to utilise even more storage space on Xbox in 2025. Going off the team's wording on...
News Seven Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (January 22)
Across the Standard & Ultimate libraries
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, we have seven titles coming to Microsoft's Game Pass service - five new additions to the Standard library and two fresh titles for Game Pass Ultimate members. Here's the full list of new games for January 22nd, along wi
Feature These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (January 20-24)
January is getting BUSY now!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for January 20-24! We're really starting to get busy now with these new Xbox releases for 2025, with over 20 of them confirmed for the next few days - including the likes of SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada and
News Sniper Elite: Resistance's Biggest Features Detailed Ahead Of Xbox Game Pass Launch
Coming later this month
While we're seemingly in for a quiet week on Xbox Game Pass, the service starts to ramp up at the end of the month, including the day one launch of Sniper Elite: Resistance. Yep, following the Game Pass release of Sniper Elite 5 a couple of years back, Rebellion returns to the service at the end of the month with a...
News Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered Introduces Spruced Up Bosses Ahead Of Next Month's Xbox Launch
"They're back and ready for round 2"
We're about a month away now from Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered landing on Xbox consoles, and the teams at Aspyr and Crystal Dynamics have just shared a fresh look at the spruced up bosses featured in their new collection. Showcased up above in the game's latest trailer, Cleopatra’s Guard, Brother Obscura, and...
Talking Point 10 Years Ago, Microsoft Delivered An Incredible Lineup Of Exclusives For Xbox One
It wasn't all bad back then!
The Xbox One has always got a bit of a bad rap when it comes to exclusives. Sure, the console did tail off towards the end when Microsoft's games pipeline seemed to clog up, but the first few years were amazing - we'll die on that hill. From 2016 onwards the console no-doubt began slowing down, but 10 years ago in 2015,...
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (January 13-17)
Including two more Game Pass titles!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for January 13-17! We're getting our first major Xbox release of 2025 over the next few days in the form of Dynasty Warriors: Origins, while two Xbox Game Pass titles are also heading to the service very soon - the orig
News Atomfall 'Overview' Introduces Xbox Game Pass Survival Experience Coming March 2025
Welcome to Atomfall
Developer Rebellion has today dropped a gameplay overview of its upcoming survival title Atomfall, which makes its way onto Xbox Game Pass this March. We're getting Fallout, We Happy Few and of course Sniper Elite vibes from this one; the latter being Rebellion's most well-known IP to date.
News Special Edition OG Xbox 'S' Controller Unveiled By Accessory Maker Hyperkin
"A perfect blend of nostalgia & innovation"
Exactly a year ago, accessory maker Hyperkin announced its modernised take on the OG Xbox 'S Controller', and today the company has unveiled a special edition of this Xbox 'DuchesS' remake. Dubbed the Special Edition Greenhaven DuchesS, this new Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S controller harkens back to the...
News Four Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass Standard (January 8)
New titles hitting the library
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, we have a batch of fresh titles heading to the Game Pass Standard library; Microsoft's middle-tier of XGP that was first introduced last year. All of these games are already included in the main Game Pass Ultimate library, so if you're subscribed that that tier, you...
News Indie Dev Questions Whether Xbox One Is Worth Developing For In 2025
It's sparked an interesting discussion
We're now entering the twelfth year of the Xbox One's existence, and Microsoft's last-gen console continues to receive loads of new games on a monthly basis - an incredible feat for what eventually turned out to be an incredible system! But at what point do you stop? That's the question that indie developer...
Feature 10 Free-To-Play Games To Look Forward To On Xbox In 2025
Including some MAJOR new releases!
We've got hundreds and hundreds of new releases coming to Xbox in 2025, and inevitably there will be plenty of free-to-play releases amongst them! In fact, we already know about quite a few, including some major upcoming titles such as EA's Skate reboot and the massively popular action-RPG Path of Exile 2 later in...
News Forza Horizon 3 Features Go Offline As Fans Question Potential Xbox Server Closure In 2025
Update: Playground Games has "rebooted" the servers!
In recent days, we've seen reports from Xbox fans that 2016's Forza Horizon 3 is having server issues - with some folks even claiming that the game is completely unplayable online for them right now. As a result, we had a look at the game to see what's what, and our findings have been mixed when...
Feature These Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (January 6-10)
Including another Game Pass title!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for January 6-10! Once again, things are looking very quiet next week, but we do have a few intriguing new releases - along with the Xbox Game Pass return of our beloved Road 96! Here's what's coming to Xbox next week: New Xbox Releases (January 6-10):
News Friday The 13th Game Now Officially Offline A Year After Xbox Store Delisting
Dancing on its grave
In an era where server closures and storefront shutdowns seem to be all too common, another Xbox multiplayer title has bitten the dust this week. A year to the day since publisher Gun Media pulled the game from all major digital storefronts, Friday the 13th: The Game went offline for good recently ahead of the new year. Yep,...
News 'Carrion' Is Your First Xbox Game Pass Addition Of 2025
Available in the library right now!
Xbox has delivered its first Xbox Game Pass addition of the year in the form of "reverse horror game" Carrion, which is now available in the library. The title returns to Game Pass after previously being available back in 2020, 2021 and the first half of 2022. We have a few more games already confirmed for the...
Feature All New Xbox Games Coming Out In January 2025
Star Wars, Dynasty Warriors, Sniper Elite & much more!
Welcome to our roundup of all new Xbox games coming out in January 2025! Below, we've listed every Xbox game with an January 2025 release date, including all confirmed Xbox Game Pass releases so far. And yes, even though it's a traditionally quiet time of year, we've still got some really...
Feature These Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (December 30 - January 3)
Get ready for a new year of Xbox releases!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for December 30 - January 3! As you can see, we're looking extremely quiet over the next few days, but there are still a handful of new releases - plus a returning Xbox Game Pass addition! Here's what's coming to Xbox next week: New Xbox Releases (December 30 - January...
News Metacritic Reveals The 10 Worst-Rated Video Games Of 2024
Six of which have released on Xbox
Sorry to put things on a downer exactly one day after Christmas (!), but considering we recently highlighted Metacritic's top Xbox games of the year, as well as the Pure Xbox Game of the Year, we're intrigued to look at the worst as well! Things are a bit difficult with Metacritic though, because their "Worst...
Poll How Many Xbox Games Have You Actually Bought In 2024?
A few? A dozen? How about over 50?!
As we saw in yesterday's Pure Xbox Game of the Year 2024 roundup, Xbox fans have been treated to a massive range of great games on Xbox over the past 12 months, but naturally we can't afford to buy every single one of them! Of course, Xbox Game Pass is a huge factor here as well, as it's become very evident in...
Feature Pure Xbox's Game Of The Year 2024
The end of another great circle
2024. You piece of trash. Your time has come. Yes, it's the end of another year on this planet we're all involuntarily stuck to, and it's been another fairly atrocious one all round, truth be told. Whether its within the games industry itself, which is currently being eaten alive by straight-up greed, or on the world...
News EA's Next 'Free' Xbox Game Is Now Available To Claim
Be quick, today only!
As part of its holiday celebrations this year, Electronic Arts is allowing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate / EA Play users to grab a selection of free content to keep forever - and the promotion's third full Xbox title is now available to claim. Following on from Battlefield 1 and
Feature These Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (December 23-27)
Christmas week!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for December 23-27! Naturally, considering it's Christmas week, the new releases are slowing down considerably over the next few days, but we've still got a few fun launches on the way! Here's what's coming to Xbox next week: New Xbox Releases (December 23-27): 8 & 9 Ball Pocket...
News A New Terminator Game Has Been Rated For Xbox Series X|S And One
From the team behind Terminator: Resistance
Pictured: Terminator: Resistance It looks like another Terminator game is on the way following the discovery of a new rating on the Australian Classification Board. It's called Terminator 2D: No Fate and will be coming to the Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. It's developed and published by the UK-based team...
Video 30 Must-Play Xbox Games For Under $30 This Holiday Season
Our curated list
Christmas is coming up, and if you're anything like us here at Pure Xbox HQ, this time of year always provides a nice opportunity to sit down and relax with some good old video games over the holiday season. However, despite an ever-growing backlog of Xbox titles (guilty as charged), we can't help but be tempted into picking a few...
News Black Ops 6 Gets Festive With New 'Jingle Hells' Event On Xbox Game Pass
Jingle all the slay
Xbox developer Treyarch has unleased Jingle Hells onto Black Ops 6 players, with a brand-new Zombies event now live in the 2024 Game Pass shooter. The main hook here is that the game's 'Liberty Falls' map is decked out in loads of festive gear - including "wreaths, ribbons, twinkling lights, Christmas trees, garlands of fir tree...
News Lots Of Games Are Reduced By 90-95% In The Xbox Countdown Sale 2024
Incredible some major AAA titles!
Looking for some cheap games in the Xbox Countdown Sale 2024? You've come to the right place, as we've listed all 100+ deals with either a 90% or 95% discount in the Xbox Countdown Sale down below. This includes Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League's Deluxe Edition, along with the likes of the Mass Effect...
News Here Are The Top 10 Xbox Games Of 2024 According To Metacritic
Another fantastic year!
It won't be long now until we publish our Pure Xbox Game of the Year roundup for 2024, but as we've still got around a week to go, we thought we'd take this chance to look at what Metacritic is listing as the top 10 Xbox games of the year. We already know that this list is going to look very different to the Pure Xbox one...
News Xbox Reporter Says That Microsoft 'Won't Have Exclusives Going Forward'
"Everything is timed exclusive at most"
Xbox has changed its approach to game exclusives this year, as the team brings more and more titles to PS5 and Nintendo Switch - and it's starting to sound like the strategy has now completely shifted at Microsoft. We've seen the brand's new ad campaign that calls most things an 'Xbox', and now Windows...
Deals All 60+ Backwards Compatible Games In The Xbox Countdown Sale 2024
Grab some discounted classics!
Xbox's 2024 Countdown Sale is now live and has been since late last week, with over 1000 games discounted in total on the Microsoft Store. As usual, a chunk of the full list is focused on backwards compatible classics - with plenty of OG Xbox and Xbox 360 titles featured. So, down below we've gathered up every...
News Five Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In January 2025 So Far
An early look at what's ahead
A new year is almost upon us! Xbox Game Pass appears to have finished up for 2024 now, but as we look ahead to January 2025, five titles have already been confirmed for the service - and there's probably a lot more to come. The highlights so far are probably Eternal Strands, Sniper Elite: Resistance and Citizen Sleeper...
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (December 16-20)
A quieter few days for new Xbox releases
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for December 16-20! Things are definitely quietening down over the next few days for new releases, but we've still got plenty of indies on the way - including a few which look particularly cool! Here's what's coming to Xbox next week: New Xbox Releases (December 16-20):...
News Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Revives Legendary Series On Xbox In Summer 2025
A new hero must save the day
To kick off The Game Awards this year, Koei Tecmo announced it was teaming up with Dotemu (TMNT: Shredder's Revenge) and The Game Kitchen (Blasphemous) to release a brand-new 2D action side-scroller entry in the legendary Ninja Gaiden series. It's officially titled Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (December 12-15)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Xbox Free Play Days is now live for the coming weekend - and we have quite a substantial offering available this week. Microsoft has added five games in total to the program, including 2024's Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake - which can easily be finished over the weekend! Here's the full Xbox Free Play Days lineup...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (December 12)
Our final update of 2024!
Welcome to what's currently planned to be the final Xbox Game Pass update for 2024! Two games are entering the library today, December 12th, as Microsoft's last additions before 2025 rolls around. In this final update, we've got Crytek's newly-refreshed extraction shooter Hunt: Showdown 1896, alongside 2023's For The King...
News Xbox's 'Stream Your Own Game' Now Available To Insiders On Console
Here's the full list of games supported
Following the "stream your own game" rollout for web browsers and other devices in November, Xbox Insiders in the Alpha Skip-Ahead and Alpha rings can now officially preview this feature on Series X|S and Xbox One consoles. Xbox Insiders (who are also Game Pass Ultimate members) will now be able to stream...
Feature Xbox Winter Demo Event Now Live, 35+ Games Available
Download all the free demos here
The Xbox Winter Demo event has returned! From now until the end of 2024, Microsoft is providing access to over 35 free demos as part of the ID@Xbox program, some of which are very early builds for games that are far from finished. As part of the selection, we've got two titles that are already confirmed for Xbox...
News Xbox Engineer Uses Indiana Jones To Show Off New Gamerpic Feature
Lookin' good!
Back in October, Xbox added a new console feature that allows users to create their own custom gamerpics — including the option to use game captures — which is a pretty neat addition. We haven't tried this out since the update rolled out to everyone, but Xbox's Eden Marie has taken to social media to show us exactly what the...
News Wildfrost Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (December 10)
Making its Xbox debut!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, December 10th, roguelike deckbuilder Wildfrost makes its Xbox debut - landing day one in the Game Pass library for Xbox One and Series X|S. Wildfrost isn't live just yet (day one launches tend to arrive later in the afternoon), so we'll throw a summary of this one down...
Roundup Here's What The Critics Think About Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered
On Xbox for the very first time!
Back in September, Crystal Dynamics announced Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered - with this pair of PlayStation classics now set to make their Xbox debuts on December 10th. Well, ahead of that launch we're seeing some early reviews of this newly remastered collection, so we'll gather these initial...
PSA Xbox's Forza Horizon 4 Will Be Delisted In Less Than One Week
Grab it while you can!
Back in the summer, Microsoft and developer Playground Games announced that 2018's Forza Horizon 4 was set to be delisted on Xbox this December - and roughly six months later, that time is almost here. Yep, unfortunately, this brilliant open-world Xbox racer will disappear from digital storefronts on Sunday, December 15th -...
Feature These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (December 9-13)
Still a few big releases left in 2024
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for December 9-13! We've got some exciting releases on the way over the next few days including Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind, as well as the final two
News Three More Xbox Game Pass Titles Confirmed For Early 2025
Starting next month!
Over the last few days, and in-part thanks to the recent PC Gaming Show event, we've had some fresh Xbox Game Pass release dates for early 2025 - including two new January additions to the catalogue. And, seeing as next year's Game Pass lineup doesn't have many proper dates yet, we thought we'd give you an updated look at these...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (December 5)
Your final additions before Indiana Jones next week
The Xbox Game Pass updates continue this week with another two additions to the service today (December 5th), and this time around they're both exclusive to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass members. EA Sports WRC joins as part of EA Play following its initial release back in late 2023,...
News It's That Time Again! Your Xbox 'Year In Review' 2024 Is Now Available
Check out your personal stats
Yes, we've reached that time of year already! Xbox has today launched its 2024 edition of the popular 'Year in Review' feature, allowing you to access a whole bunch of details about your Xbox activity over the past 12 months. By heading to the official 'Year In Review' page on the Xbox website, you'll get to see stats...
