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  6

  News GOTY Contender 'Animal Well' Gets A Surprise Launch On Xbox Today

  Not to be overlooked

  Today's Xbox Partner Preview event featured a few big reveals (which we've covered in full here at Pure Xbox), but one that might have gone under the radar for many was the announcement of Animal Well, which is available now! Believe it or not, this is a genuine Game of the Year contender, rackin

  • Yesterday, 8pm
  • Xbox
  • Animal Well
  • GOTY
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  4

  News Control Spin-Off 'FBC: Firebreak' Brings Its Co-Op Shooter To Xbox In 2025

  Coming to Game Pass on day one!

  Today's Xbox Partner Preview showcase was concluded with a first look at FBC: Firebreak, which is a new three-player co-op shooter from Remedy Entertainment that essentially serves as a spin-off of the Control series. The game is described as easy to pick up and play, featuring "hectic co-op missions sh

  • Yesterday, 7:38pm
  • Xbox
  • FBC: Firebreak
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Remedy Entertainment
  • Co-Op
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  3

  News 'Blindfire' Is A New Arena Shooter Set In Darkness, Out Today On Xbox

  "How would you play an FPS in the dark?"

  We always get a shadow drop or two at the Xbox Partner Preview events, and one of them today was a new FPS called Blindfire, which takes the form of a multiplayer arena shooter where the game is set mostly in darkness. Available for £7.99 / $8.99 on the Xbox Store (with a free trial as well), Blindfi

  • Yesterday, 7:19pm
  • Xbox
  • Blindfire
  • FPS
  • Arena Shooter
  • Xbox Partner Preview
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  12

  News Four Games Announced For Xbox Game Pass At October's Partner Preview Showcase

  All coming to Game Pass on day one!

  The October 2024 edition of the Xbox Partner Preview showcase featured a few Xbox Game Pass announcements, including a new shooter from Remedy called FBC: Firebreak along with the highly-anticipated Subnautica 2! Below, you'll find every

  • Yesterday, 6:55pm
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox Partner Preview
  • Showcase
  • Event
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  4

  News 'Cronos: The New Dawn' Is An Xbox Horror Game From The Team Behind Silent Hill 2

  Bloober Team is cookin'

  One of the biggest surprises at the Xbox Partner Showcase today has been Cronos: A New Dawn - a fresh horror experience from the team that just delivered Silent Hill 2. While Konami's remake isn'

  • Yesterday, 6:54pm
  • Xbox
  • Cronos The New Dawn
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Silent Hill 2
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  2

  News Phasmophobia Finally Has An Xbox Release Date, Arrives Later This Month

  The popular online co-op horror game

  It was all the way back in mid-2023 that the online co-op horror game Phasmophobia was first announced for Xbox, and although it's suffered numerous delays since then, we've finally now got a concrete release date for Series X and S! Yes, as announced at the Xbox Partner Preview showcase today, Phasmophobia will...

  • Yesterday, 6:40pm
  • Xbox
  • Phasmophobia
  • Co-Op
  • Horror
  • Release Date
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  14

  Roundup All The Reveals From October 2024's Xbox Partner Preview Showcase

  Missed the event? Here's a recap

  Missed the Xbox Partner Preview October 2024 showcase earlier today? No worries! You can always go back and watch the on-demand version for yourself, and we've also detailed all the important reveals in this article. The following list is everything that was revealed during the stream: Alan Wake 2: The Lake House...

  • Yesterday, 6:37pm
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Partner Preview
  • Events
  • Showcase
  • Roundup
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  5

  News 'Mouse: P.I. For Hire' Brings Its Classic Art Style To Xbox In 2025

  Who ordered this mouse?

  Remember this 'Mouse' game that looks like Cuphead meets OG DOOM? Well, it's got a brand-new subtitle and a release window - Mouse: P.I. For Hire heads to Xbox Series X|S in 2025. Yep, the Xbox version now joins the PC release in arriving next calendar y

  • Yesterday, 6:35pm
  • Xbox
  • Mouse: P.I. For Hire
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  21

  Poll How Would You Grade Today's Xbox Partner Preview Event?

  Did you enjoy the show?

  The dust is now beginning to settle on the Xbox Partner Preview showcase for October 2024! If you haven't had a chance to watch it yet, you can catch the full thing over at our live coverage page, and we've also provided a separate recap of everything that happened as part of the show. So, all things considered, what grade...

  • Yesterday, 6:30pm
  • Xbox
  • Poll
  • Features
  • Xbox Partner Preview
  • Event
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  8

  News Alan Wake 2's Lake House Expansion Floats Onto Xbox Series X|S Next Week

  It's not a lake, it's an ocean

  Remedy Entertainment has today unveiled the release date for its Alan Wake 2 Lake House expansion; the second add-on to 2023's Xbox horror hit Alan Wake 2. We're entering the Lake House on October 22nd, where things are bound to get weird and wacky in the world of Alan Wake. As part of

  • Yesterday, 6:10pm
  • Xbox
  • Alan Wake 2
  • Lake House Expansion
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  7

  Guide Call Of Duty Black Ops 6: Release Date, Release Times & Xbox Game Pass Details

  Everything you need to know for BO6

  Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is one of Microsoft's biggest releases of the year, with the game's arrival fast approaching at the end of October. It's safe to say there's been quite a bit of hype behind this one - especially with its inclusion in Xbox Game Pass on day one. So, we're going to round up all of the...

  • Yesterday, 5pm
  • Xbox
  • Call of Duty Black Ops 6
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Microsoft
  • Activision Blizzard
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  Chat

  Live Watch October's 'Xbox Partner Preview' Showcase Here

  Featuring multiple world premieres!

  Welcome to the Xbox Partner Preview event for October 2024! This is the third version of the showcase we've seen so far, with the first debuting back in October of last year, and as the name suggests, it's focused around third-party games. It's set to last around 25 minutes in all, and here's a bit of what you...

  • Yesterday, 4pm
  • Live Chat
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Partner Preview
  • Showcase
  • Event
• 

  3

  News Game Pass Members Are Getting An Exclusive Sale On Xbox This Week (October 15-22)

  Hundreds of new deals are available

  We're still waiting on the big Xbox Shocktober Sale that's expected in the next couple of weeks, but before then, we've still got hundreds of new deals on the Xbox Store right now - with many being exclusive to Xbox Game Pass members. If you look on the "Deals" section of the Microsoft Store app on your console,...

  • Yesterday, 3:25pm
  • Xbox
  • Deals
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Discounts
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  7

  News Dragon's Dogma 2 Performance Patch Adds New FPS Targets On Xbox Series X And S

  Capcom has all the deets

  Dragon's Dogma 2 was a huge hit for Capcom earlier this year, but one common community complaint was the game's performance - it was a bit all over the place at launch on pretty much every platform. Well, after multiple patches attempting to address this, the team has added new performance mode options on Xbox Series X and...

  • Yesterday, 2pm
  • Xbox
  • Dragon's Dogma 2
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Capcom
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  6

  Rumour Call Of Duty X Halo Crossover Apparently Got Axed

  Leak says it was coming to MW3, so how about BO6?

  With Activision now part of the Xbox family, there have been talks about all sorts of game franchises coming together and collaborating. We've already seen this with certain games, but one crossover we're yet to see is Call of Duty X Halo. According to the latest rumour, there was a point in time...

  • Yesterday, 1pm
  • Rumours
  • Xbox
  • Call of Duty
  • Halo
  • Microsoft
• 

  3

  News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (October 17-20)

  As part of your Xbox Game Pass subscription

  Xbox Free Play Days is now live for the coming weekend, and we've got three big titles to get stuck into over the next few days - including two 2024 releases and Techland's zombie-slaying classic, Dying Light. Here's the full Xbox Free Play Days lineup this weekend: Dying Light ExoCross NBA 2K25...

  • Yesterday, 12pm
  • Xbox
  • Free Play Days
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  13

  News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (October 17)

  Including a day one release!

  Welcome to another Xbox Game Pass update for October 2024! Today, we've got two new additions to the service - including a brand-new release in the form of MechWarrior 5: Clans. Here's some more information on that day one drop, alongside today's other Xbox Game Pass addition: Donut Co

  • Yesterday, 11am
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Microsoft
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
• 

  1

  News Age Of Empires 2 New 'Chronicles: Battle For Greece' DLC Announced

  Out next month

  The Age of Empires team has today announced the next DLC for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. It's officially titled Chronicles: Battle for Greece and will be released on November 14, 2024. This first chapter will introduce three new civilizations (Achaemenids, Athenians and Spartans) and also includes a 21-scenario campaign,...

  • Yesterday, 3:55am
  • Xbox
  • Age of Empires
  • Microsoft
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  27

  News Hitman Dev Hopes New James Bond Game Will Become A 'Big Trilogy'

  Project 007 stars a "young Bond for gamers"

  Hitman developer IO Interactive has been working on 'Project 007' for a long time now and in a new interview, company boss Hakan Abrak has already teased the potential future of this new assignment. The hopes are that it can become a "big trilogy" in the long run

  • Yesterday, 1:30am
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • IO Interactive
  • Project 007

Wednesday16th Oct 2024

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  20

  News Stalker 2's Final Previews Are Here, And It Sounds Like An Xbox Game Pass Treat

  Coming to the service next month!

  It's been a very long wait for the arrival of Stalker 2 on Xbox Game Pass, but we're in the final stretch now, which is very exciting indeed. The open world shooter is about a month away from launching, and today, a bunch of early previews have dropped - with the game sounding like a real treat to play. We'll round...

  • Wed, 3:15pm
  • Xbox
  • Impressions
  • Stalker 2
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox Series X
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  10

  Rumour EA Interested In 'Fight Night' Revival Following Success Of Undisputed

  "They know there's a market there"

  One of the biggest Xbox releases of October has undoubtedly been the new boxing game Undisputed, and it sounds like EA has been paying attention to its success. Apparently, that means a new Fight Night game could be on the way! This is according to Insider Gaming journalist Mike Straw, who noted on the MSM podcast...

  • Wed, 11:45am
  • Xbox
  • Fight Night
  • Undisputed
  • Rumours
• 

  10

  Guide Xbox Partner Preview Showcase (October 2024): Date, Start Times, And What To Expect

  A new event to look forward to this week

  As announced a few days ago, Xbox is hosting the third edition of its "Partner Preview" event this week, giving us a closer look at a bunch of third-party games that are either newly-released, or will be coming to Xbox at some point. In this guide, we've got all the details you need for October 2024's...

  • Wed, 6pm
  • Xbox
  • Guides
  • Xbox Partner Preview
  • Date
  • Start Time
• 

  21

  News Xbox Settles Lawsuit With 'Gamers' Who Tried To Sue Over Activision Blizzard Deal

  It had been ongoing for nearly two years

  Right, where to begin with this one?! If you cast your mind all the way back to December of 2022, you may remember a story here at Pure Xbox about a group of random "gamers" who were suing Microsoft over the company's attempt to acquire Activision Blizzard. Basically, the lawsuit claimed that the...

  • Wed, 2pm
  • Xbox
  • Activision Blizzard
  • Lawsuit
  • Microsoft
• 

  14

  News Stalker 2 Dev Confirms Performance Targets For Xbox Series X|S Versions

  We could see both aiming for 60FPS!

  Stalker 2 is one of the most anticipated Xbox console exclusives we've seen in some time, and we've been eagerly awaiting details on how well the game will run on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S when it launches this November. Well, we've finally got some info on this! In a new interview with Windows Central,...

  • Wed, 4:10pm
  • Xbox
  • Stalker 2
  • Performance
  • 60FPS
• 

  15

  News Microsoft Unveils Huge Collection Of Call Of Duty Black Ops 6 Xbox Accessories

  The controllers are available now!

  Xbox is heading into the holiday season with a huge Call of Duty game on the horizon, and to celebrate the upcoming launch of Black Ops 6 on October 25th, the team has designed a bunch of new hardware accessories for fans to sink their teeth into. Within this Call of Duty collection, we've got some Xbox Design Lab...

  • Wed, 3:45pm
  • Xbox
  • Microsoft
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Call of Duty Black Ops 6
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  36

  News Xbox Removes $1 Game Pass Trial As Black Ops 6 Launch Looms

  Are we surprised?!

  Microsoft regularly runs promotions for Xbox Game Pass, especially when trying to bring new subscribers into the fold. One of those promos is often a $1 introductory period for new members, but that option seems to have disappeared for now as Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 nears its Xbox Game Pass launch. Yep, spotted by CharlieIntel...

  • Wed, 12:30pm
  • Xbox
  • Microsoft
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• 

  10

  News Dragon Age: The Veilguard Will Have A Performance Mode On Xbox Series S

  Smooth 60FPS slicing

  The release of EA's Dragon Age: The Veilguard is fast approaching, and we're starting to learn more and more about the title as we approach launch here. We always like to see how the Xbox versions are shaping up if we can, and a brief social media exchange has hinted at some positive signs for Xbox Series S. Developer BioWare's...

  • Wed, 1:15pm
  • Xbox
  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • BioWare
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  15

  News Halo Infinite's Battle Royale Was Supposedly A 'Game Changer' Before It Was Cancelled At Xbox

  "We loved playing it and working on it"

  For months and months and months we heard about a Halo Infinite battle royale game being in development during the game's lifecycle. It was never formally acknowledged by Xbox, but some big sources spoke about it on multiple occasions - and now an official

  • Wed, 5:15pm
  • Xbox
  • Halo Infinite
  • Battle Royale
  • 343 Industries
  • Certain Affinity
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  13

  News South Park: The Fractured But Whole Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (October 16)

  Ouch, that sounds painful

  South Park comes to the Xbox Game Pass library today, folks! Yep, Ubisoft's 2017 adventure The Fractured But Whole heads to the service today across Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming. If you've not played this title before, here's a quick introduction to your new Game Pass addition:

  • Wed, 11am
  • Xbox
  • South Park: The Fractured But Whole
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
• 

  14

  News Ubisoft Insists There Are 'No Plans' To Shut Down F2P Shooter XDefiant

  It previously reassured players the game wasn't dying

  Ubisoft's free-to-play shooter XDefiant looked quite promising when it arrived earlier this year in May, but it's entered into an overcrowded market dominated by heavy-hitters like Call of Duty. Even since then, there have been claims about the game dropping off completely, and now the title's...

  • Wed, 5:05am
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Ubisoft
  • XDefiant

Tuesday15th Oct 2024

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  11

  News Darksiders 2 Remaster Arrives On Xbox Series X|S To Impressive Reviews

  A free upgrade if you own the Xbox One version

  You might find a nice little freebie in your Xbox library today! That'll be the case if you own Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition for Xbox One anyway, as the free Xbox Series X|S upgrade is launching at some point in the next few hours. Ahead of the launch, we've seen a few select outlets sharing...

  • Tue, 1:27pm
  • Xbox
  • Darksiders 2
  • Deathinitive Edition
  • Remaster
  • Free Upgrade
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  22

  News These 10 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (October 16 - November 5)

  The second batch for October

  We've been waiting a while for Microsoft to reveal the Xbox Game Pass lineup for the back-half of October 2024, and now we've finally got some details! Black Ops 6 is obviously in here, along with a few surprise additions. So, let's take a look - here's what's coming to Xbox Game Pass over the next couple of weeks:

  • Tue, 2:15pm
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Xbox One
• 

  41

  News Microsoft's New Xbox Series X And S Consoles Are Available Starting Today

  Choose from three new Xbox systems

  Microsoft's new lineup of Xbox Series X and S consoles, which were announced back in the summer, are available now in select markets - with a second wave to follow on October 29th in other regions around the world. In both the UK and the US, these are all now live to purchase directly from Microsoft and other...

  • Tue, 3:30pm
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Microsoft
• 

  45

  News Xbox Series X Teardown Shows New 2024 Models Are More Efficient

  Internal tweaking

  So, Microsoft's new Xbox Series X and S models are starting to roll out today (with more regions to follow), and while they look and perform similarly to the existing models, a new teardown video is showing some noticeable differences on the inside. Up above, tech YouTuber Austin Evans has taken a look at the internals of...

  • Tue, 6pm
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Series X
  • Microsoft
  • Teardown
• 

  6

  News Five Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass In Late October 2024

  Your second batch of departures

  Xbox has confirmed the second batch of titles leaving Xbox Game Pass in October 2024, with five games in total set to depart in a couple of weeks' time - including the likes of Headbangers Rhythm Royale and Lonely Mountains: Downhill. Here's what's leaving Xbox Game Pas

  • Tue, 2:45pm
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Microsoft
  • Leaving Soon
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  15

  Review Starship Troopers: Extermination (Xbox) - A Schlocky Good Time That Needs TLC ASAP

  How'd ya like some bugs with your bugs, trooper?

  There's been a lot of interest from console-exclusive gamers in the past 12 months-or-so in seeing Offworld's janky-but-fun Starship Troopers: Extermination make the leap from PC - where it's been in early access since mid-2023. Now, with a full 1.0 release finally in the wild, we've got a chance to...

  • Tue, 12pm
  • Reviews
  • Xbox
  • Starship Troopers: Extermination
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
• 

  10

  News Dragon Age: The Veilguard File Size Revealed As Preloads Go Live On Xbox

  Install now via the app!

  Dragon Age: The Veilguard hits Xbox Series X and S this Halloween, and a couple of weeks out from launch, we have the game's file size revealed as preloading starts to go live. Regardless of whether you've bought the game or not, you can now pre-install The Veilguard on your console

  • Tue, 11:30am
  • Xbox
  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard
  • Download Size
• 

  14

  News More Evidence Of Xbox Cloud Gaming's 'Stream Your Own Games' Feature Surfaces

  "Stream games beyond Game Pass"

  Following reports of Xbox Cloud Gaming allowing users to stream their own games very soon, we've now got more evidence of this rollout surfacing online. As highlighted by The Verge, a developer behind 'Better xCloud script' has seemingly discovered references to "stream your own games" on Microsoft and Xbox pages...

  • Tue, 10:25am
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Cloud Gaming
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Mobile
  • Android
• 

  2

  News 'Neva' Debuts To Fantastic Reviews As Xbox Series X|S Version Arrives

  They're neva this good?!

  We've had our eye on indie gem Neva lately as it fast approaches its Xbox launch - the follow-up to 2018's Gris has looked rather appealing since it was first announced. Well, the game comes out today, and the early reviews are incredibly positive so far. We're looking at an overall score of 86 on Metacritic and an...

  • Tue, 4:30pm
  • Xbox
  • Neva
  • Gris
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
• 

  2

  Review Aaero 2 - A Top-Tier Xbox Console Exclusive For Fans Of Rhythm Games

  Crank your speakers up to 11 for this one

  Back in 2021, Xbox fans were treated to a new Games with Gold addition in the form of Aaero. It had actually been available on the platform since 2017, but its GwG inclusion quickly opened it up to a much larger audience. At the time, we told Pure Xbox readers that Aaero was "well worth a download" via the...

  • Tue, 5:15pm
  • Reviews
  • Xbox
  • Aaero 2
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S