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We've got another batch of games leaving Xbox Game Pass in late November 2024, and this time there are eight titles in all - including the likes of Remnant: From The Ashes, Conan Exiles and Coral Island. There's The Walking Dead: The Final Season as well, which we think is a fantastic...

Looking for some cheap games in the Xbox Black Friday Sale 2024? As you'd probably expect, we've got absolutely loads of titles that have been discounted by either 90% or even 95% as part of the Black Friday sale, including a ton of favourites such as Injustice 2, Sniper Elite 4, multiple Need...

Ready for an epic breakfast adventure? As Xbox gears up for the highly anticipated release of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on December 9, we're teaming up with IHOP to serve up a breakfast spread fit for a legendary adventurer. Starting November 18, IHOP guests can dive into a special...

Xbox's development teams already deliver some of the best first-person shooters on the market, and now, it seems the talent at Blizzard could be looking to adapt another blockbuster IP to this genre. Following recent rumours about a supposed StarCraft shooter being in development, Blizzard is...

This week, we've heard Microsoft talking about this whole idea of every gaming device being an Xbox, which in some ways marks the end of an era that began with the original Xbox in 2001 - the era of the console being the core focus of Microsoft's gaming division. Realistically it's been that way...

The whole "This is an Xbox" campaign that Microsoft unveiled yesterday really spelled out a key new message - that Microsoft is trying to consider every single gaming device as something that you can play Xbox games on. We knew it'd prove controversial, and it has been. The main source of...

When we published our 10/10 review of Death Stranding for Xbox Series X and Series S recently, we only had one thing to put in the "cons" section - and that was related to a Quick Resume bug that had caused issues for some players. We didn't actually run into a problem with it, but it was...

Now that the Xbox Black Friday Sale 2024 has officially kicked off, we can take a look at the range of backwards compatible discounts from the original Xbox and Xbox 360 eras - and there are well over 60 of them in all! There are some fantastic games in here that are well worth buying, from...

Pokémon may have ventured onto smartphones in recent years, but the core series is very much exclusive to Nintendo consoles – which makes the arrival of Tetris Forever all the more interesting. Digital Eclipse's latest 'Gold Series' collection celebrates the famous Russian puzzler, including...

It's time for the Xbox Black Friday Sale 2024! This year's version of the Black Friday sale features discounts for over 800 titles in all, and you better believe there are some great deals - including for a whole heap of 2024 releases! In the table below, we've picked out just a few major...

The Xbox November 2024 update has been unveiled by Microsoft today, and we've got a whole bunch of features that are either available now, or coming soon to Xbox consoles and/or PC - including a lot for controllers in particular! Here's an overview of the Xbox November 2024 update, with more...

Hello, Today, we revealed a release date for the upcoming exploration and friendship adventure game from BAFTA-nominated developers Polygon Treehouse, Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island. You can find the full details in the press release below, but if you want a quick summary: Mythwrecked...

We've known for a good while now that Microsoft wants Xbox to be more than a console, but up to this point in time, its messaging around that pursuit has been quite vague. It's always felt like the company wants to keep its loyal fans happy, while also adapting and growing Xbox as a business...

Death Stranding is clearly doing the business right now! In addition to getting an "Outstanding" 10/10 review from us here at Pure Xbox, it's also nearly topping the charts in the "Top Paid" section of the Microsoft Store as we speak. We're seeing loads and loads of Xbox players picking the...

We've been hearing for months and months, years even, that any device with Microsoft's games on it is an 'Xbox' of some sort. The company has been pushing PC, Mobile and Xbox Cloud Gaming for ages at this point - but today's absolutely massive new marketing campaign is their biggest move in this...

It's all happening in the world of Xbox, folks! Today, longtime Sniper Elite developer Rebellion has announced the official release date for Atomfall; its brand-new IP coming to Xbox Game Pass. You can go hands on with this new survival-action game on March 27th, 2025 - day one on Microsoft's...

Last week, developer Treyarch began teasing some of the content coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 in Season 01 - and now we have the full rundown of everything included in today's Black Ops 6 update on Xbox. As we went over at the tail end of last week, there's absolutely loads of content...

It's official, folks, we're less than a week away from Stalker 2 hitting Xbox Game Pass - and Microsoft's gaming boss thinks that the open-world shooter could be a real GOTY contender in 2024. Speaking with Game File, Phil Spencer was asked about the upcoming title and its development troubles...

Microsoft's Phil Spencer has confirmed that the firm is looking into potentially producing a handheld device for its Xbox platform. In speaking with Bloomberg (thanks, Pure Xbox), the executive stated that the "expectation is that we would do something" in the handheld space, but was also...

Phil Spencer, Xbox's top dog, has made it clear that it remains interested in acquisitions, with one eye on the Asian games industry. Microsoft made history when it concluded its enormous $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard King. Though this took a long time to close, it followed on...