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  News Three Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In February 2024 So Far

  And it's still early days!

  2024 has only just begun, but it's already time to look ahead to February! As we always do around this time of the month, we're highlighting some of the Xbox Game Pass titles that have already been confirmed for the next calendar month, and there are three of them so far - all of which we're very excited to try in the...

  • 1 day ago
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  22

  News Starfield Teases Its 'Biggest' Update Yet, Here's What You Can Expect

  Coming soon to all players

  Bethesda previously revealed there would be a lot more updates coming to Starfield in the new year, and now that it's 2024, it's officially teased its next update which is going to be the "biggest" one yet. This particular update will come to Steam Beta next week on January 17th, and will be followed by a update for "all...

  • 2 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Starfield
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  47

  Talking Point 10 Years Later, What Do You Think Of 'The Master Chief Collection' In 2024?

  Are you still playing it to this day?

  As ridiculous as it might seem, 2024 marks ten years since the release of Halo: The Master Chief Collection! That makes us feel very old, although to be honest it's actually more like nine years right now (it released in November 2014). Anyway, the point is that it's been a long time since this first arrived in...

  • 22 hours ago
  • Xbox
  • Halo
  • The Master Chief Collection
  • Talking Point
  • Features
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  4

  Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (January 15-19)

  Including some BIG Game Pass titles!

  Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for January 15-19! We've got some great games to look forward to on Xbox next week, including the superb Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, as well as the Xbox Game Pass releases of Resident Evil 2, Palworld and others! 2024

  • 1 day ago
  • Xbox
  • Features
  • Weekly Roundup
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  43

  Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 13-14)

  Starting Valhalla for the first time?

  It's been a long week (for us at least!), but the weekend is finally here! There's plenty to enjoy on Xbox over the next couple of days including some great new Xbox Game Pass additions, no less than seven Xbox Free Play Days titles, a great sale featuring hundreds of

  • 1 day ago
  • Xbox
  • Features
  • Talking Point
  • What Are You Playing

Friday12th Jan 2024

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  8

  Video Here's A Look At 50+ Games Coming To Xbox Game Pass This Year

  Condensed into a 14-minute video!

  Things have really started to kick into gear for Xbox Game Pass this year already, and there's a whole lot more to come! In fact, even though it's only mid-January, we already know of well over 50 games that have been announced so far. As usual, our full list of everything announced for Xbox Game Pass in 2024 is...

  • 2 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Videos
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  66

  News Limited Run Gets Brutally Honest As Xbox Misses Out On Two New Ports

  "We have no option but to skip Xbox on these titles"

  It's been a couple of years now since Limited Run began working with Microsoft to bring a bunch of physical Xbox releases to market, and we've seen some great examples ever since, such as Quake 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Tetris Effect: Connected and many, many others. Ho

  • 2 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Limited Run
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  31

  News Report Uncovers Three More 'SEGA Classics' That Could Return For Xbox Series X|S

  Alongside the five that have already been confirmed

  Back at The Game Awards in December (which feels like so long ago now!), one of the highlights of the show was SEGA revealing that five of its classic franchises were getting new games, including Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio. As part of that trailer, it was mentioned that "more" titles were also...

  • 2 days ago
  • Xbox
  • SEGA
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  5

  News Forza Motorsport Update 4 Arrives Next Week, New Track & Early Patch Notes Revealed

  Daytona International Speedway and more!

  Turn 10 Studios has announced the next update for Forza Motorsport will be arriving on Xbox Series X|S and PC on 16th January 2024. This time around racers can look forward to the prestigious Daytona International Speedway, 4 new spotlight cars and 4 "fresh" Car Pass delivers including the icons of Italian...

  • 2 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Forza Motorsport
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Xbox Game Pass
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  8

  News Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown 'Simply Beautiful' On All Consoles, Especially Xbox Series X

  A blistering 120FPS

  Ubisoft's new Prince Of Persia title officially arrives next Thursday, with media going hands-on with game this week ahead of launch. As we've already established, it's going down very well with the critics so far - and that extends to tech-focused outlet

  • 2 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Ubisoft
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  15

  Reaction PS5 60FPS Mods Have Us Wishing For More 'FPS Boost' Titles On Xbox

  Red Dead 2 would be amazing!

  So, the folks over at Digital Foundry have posted another interesting analysis today exploring some modded titles on PS5 - mods that manage to unlock frame rates in certain PS4 games. To be clear, these mods aren't official and can't be applied on normal PS5 consoles, however the results are interesting nonetheless - and...

  • 2 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • PS5
  • FPS Boost
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  5

  News Epic CEO Makes Outspoken Statement About Microsoft 'Empowering Developers'

  "Congratulations to Microsoft on a well-deserved honor"

  You may have seen in the news recently that Microsoft has overtaken Apple in becoming "the world's most valuable company", and Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has had something to say on the matter. Sweeney has congratulated the Xbox owner for its achievement, while making a not-so-subtle dig at...

  • 2 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Microsoft
  • Epic Games
  • Apple Google
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  7

  News EA Details New Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

  Patch 8 is out now for Xbox Series X|S

  As we get closer to the first anniversary of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, EA and Respawn Entertainment are still rolling out regular patches to improve the overall experience. The latest one, 'Patch 8', has now been rolled out on all platforms including Xbox Series X|S. This patch comes with some new features as...

  • 2 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Star Wars Jedi Survivor
  • Star Wars
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  17

  News Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League NDA Partially Lifted, Players Share Their Early Impressions

  It's certainly a mixed reception

  Following the mixed feedback Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League received from the press earlier this week, WB Games and Rocksteady have now announced they're lifting a portion of the game's non-disclosure agreement. Due to "more news" circulating about the game and so many players asking about the experience,...

  • 2 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Suicide Squad
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  15

  News Phil Spencer Celebrates Another Birthday As Head Of Xbox

  And we're glad to see it!

  Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer celebrates another year on this big spinning rock of ours today - the man himself is now 56 years of age! Happy Birthday Phil, we're glad to see you continue to lead the Xbox team into 2024. Of course, this year also marks a big occasion for Phil in relation to his position at Xbox...

  • 2 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Microsoft
  • Phil Spencer
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  11

  News Halo TV Show Releases New Season 2 Poster, Fans Photoshop Helmet In (Again)

  "Keep it on, Chief"

  Paramount released its official trailer for Season 2 of the Halo TV Show yesterday, and while it's got some fans excited, some others are seemingly frustrated by the new promotional poster. Yes, alongside this official trailer, there's now another promo poster for Season 2 and it also features Master Chief without his helmet on...

  • 2 days ago
  • Halo
  • Halo TV Series
  • Paramount
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  3

  News 'Sand Land' Brings Its Stylish Open World To Xbox Series X|S This April

  Braving the dunes

  2024 on Xbox just keeps on growing! As we roll further into January, Bandai Namco has announced a release date for its upcoming action RPG Sand Land. This new-gen open world adventure — based on the manga of the same name — heads to Xbox Series X and S on April 26th. Accompanying this new announcement is a fresh gameplay...

  • 2 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Sand Land
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Bandai Namco
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  2

  News The Finals Update 1.4.1 Arrives After 'In-Depth Review' Of Aim Assist Mechanics

  Here are the full patch notes

  Less than a month after becoming the "Top Free Game" on Xbox following its surprise launch at The Game Awards, The Finals just got a brand-new update that completely reworks the aim assist on Xbox. According to the team, an "in-depth review" of the game's aiming mechanics has taken place in the last month-or-so to...

  • 2 days ago
  • Xbox
  • The Finals
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S

Thursday11th Jan 2024

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  News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (January 11)

  A happy couple

  Xbox Game Pass is getting two new titles today - with one arriving later as an EA Play addition! That'll be Super Mega Baseball 4, while Compulsion Games' We Happy Few is also being added to the library. We Happy Few was actually part of Game Pass before, but it mysteriously left the library around a year ago. The title has now...

  • 3 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  8

  News Here's A Closer Look At What To Expect From 'Palworld' On Xbox Game Pass

  The game that looks like Pokémon with guns!

  Earlier this week, it was revealed that Palworld would be launching day one on Xbox Game Pass on January 19th, and we've seen a whole lot of excitement surrounding that announcement over the past couple of days. Still, there's also a fair bit of confusion about what exactly we're in store for here. Is it...

  • 3 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Palworld
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  18

  Review Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - A Fantastically Slick & Surprisingly Accessible Return For Action-Platforming Royalty

  Prince Charming

  It has, quite unbelievably, been 35 whole earth years since Jordan Mechner's original Prince of Persia released for the Apple II back in 1989. It represented one of the first examples of what's become known as the 'cinematic platformer', a genre that combines strong art styles, satisfying narratives and fluidly animated protagonists...

  • 3 days ago
  • Reviews
  • Xbox
  • Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  5

  News Seven EA Games Are Included With Xbox Free Play Days This Week

  Free to play from now until Sunday night!

  It's time for another batch of Xbox Free Play Days titles, and it's a particularly huge selection this week! We've got no less than seven EA Sports games that are free to play over the next few days, all of which are recent Xbox releases. Here's the list of seven games included with Xbox Free Play Days...

  • 3 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Free Play Days
  • EA Sports
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  13

  Guide Xbox Developer Direct 2024: Event Date, Start Times & Where To Watch

  Everything you need to know

  We're exactly one week away from Xbox's 2024 Developer Direct event, where various dev teams will provide closer looks at their upcoming projects. Last year's event was Microsoft's debut effort, and we're expecting big things from its second outing. Here's everything you need to know about the Xbox Developer Direct 2024...

  • 3 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Developer Direct
  • Guides
  • Microsoft
  • Developer Direct
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  21

  News Indiana Jones Trademark Reveals Potential Name For Upcoming Xbox Title

  Liking the sound of this?

  The hype is starting to build for Xbox's Indiana Jones game, folks! Just a few days ago we knew next-to-nothing about this MachineGames title, but we now know that it's set to star at Xbox Developer Direct 2024 - and there's more news starting to leak out ahead of the event. Game researcher 'Kurakasis' has taken to Twitter...

  • 3 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Indiana Jones
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Microsoft
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  40

  Poll How Often Do You Buy DLC Packs & Expansions For Your Games?

  Do you always buy them for your favourite titles?

  If you look back at 2023 and some of the highest-rated games to come out for Xbox consoles, a few of them weren't full games at all - they were expansions. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty even made it into our Pure Xbox Game of the Year list (as voted for by you!), while Resident Evil 4: Separate...

  • 3 days ago
  • Xbox
  • DLC
  • Expansions
  • Polls
  • Features
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  7

  Roundup Here's What The Critics Are Saying About Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown

  Regaining its crown

  The Prince Of Persia series is about to make its grand return with The Lost Crown, and ahead of its upcoming release, critics have gone hands-on with this new Ubisoft adventure - including us here at Pure Xbox! So, here's what reviewers are saying about the title so far: Pure Xbox (9/10): "P

  • 3 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Ubisoft
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  5

  News Taxi Life: A City Simulator Sets New March 2024 Release Date For Xbox

  And it's also now available to pre-order!

  When Taxi Life: A City Simulator was first revealed back in November, we immediately penned it as one of the potential unlikely hits of 2024, especially considering the original trailer racked up over 1 million views on YouTube alone. At the time, it was dated for February 2024, but now it's been pushed...

  • 3 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Taxi Life
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  15

  News Starfield And Hi-Fi RUSH Nominated For Multiple D.I.C.E. Awards

  Activision Blizzard games are also in the running

  Starfield has already picked up some awards, including our own Game of the Year award here at Pure Xbox, and now it's received even more nominations from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. At this year's 27th annual D.I.C.E. Awards, Starfield is in the running for "role-playing game of...

  • 3 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Starfield
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Xbox Game Pass
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  News Persona 3 Reload Prepares For Xbox Release As Pre-Install Goes Live

  Download it now with Xbox Game Pass!

  Ready for another day one Persona launch on Xbox Game Pass? That's exactly what we're getting with Persona 3 Reload on February 2nd, and if you're eager to get started as soon as possible, you can pre-install it as of today. The download size only clocks in at just over 20GB on Xbox Series X and Series S, so...

  • 3 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Persona 3 Reload
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  13

  News Halo TV Show Season 2 Trailer Lands Ahead Of Next Month's Launch

  Prime time

  The official trailer for Halo The Series: Season 2 has landed! Take a look at what's coming in the Paramount show's second season up above - arriving on the Paramount Plus subscription service next month. While the show's first series didn't quite live up to the hype, there's still lots of attention on how Season 2 will fare. Views on...

  • 3 days ago
  • Xbox
  • Halo
  • Paramount+
  • Halo TV Series
  • Microsoft