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Tuesday22nd Aug 2023
News Starfield Debuts Epic Live Action Trailer & Musical Performance
As part of Gamescom 2023
Today's Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 event was kicked off by none other than Starfield, featuring a live musical performance, an epic new live action trailer, and an appearance by Bethesda's Todd Howard! You can check out the live action trailer above, set to an orchestral version of Elton John's "Rocket Man". Here's...
Live Watch Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 Here
Geoff Keighley returns
Welcome! It's time to kick off Gamescom 2023 with the Gamescom Opening Night Live event, which promises to deliver updates on the likes of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Alan Wake 2 and many more titles, along with hopefully a few exciting surprises as well. "Live from gamescom in Cologne,...
News PC Game Pass Begins Rolling Out On Nvidia GeForce Now This Week
The first Xbox Cloud titles arrived back in May
Microsoft and Nvidia have announced that PC Game Pass titles via the Microsoft Store will soon start rolling out to the GeForce Now streaming service. The rollout begins with Deathloop, Grounded, No Man's Sky and Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord on Thursday, August 24th - with the full library to be...
News SEGA's 'Humankind' Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (August 22)
Out of nowhere!
Well, this is a nice Game Pass surprise! After a last-minute delay back in October 2022, SEGA's turn-based strategy title Humankind has shadow dropped on Xbox Game Pass. Yep, the console version is in the library right now! If you'd like to learn a bit more about your latest Xbox Game Pass addition, we'll drop a trailer and some key
News Cancelled Immortals Fenyx Rising Sequel Was Reportedly An 'Ambitious' Change For Ubisoft
Instead, the team appears to have returned to Assassin's Creed
Last month, we learnt that Ubisoft had reportedly cancelled a sequel to Immortals Fenyx Rising, much to the disappointment of many of us here at Pure Xbox HQ. In the month or so since, outlet Axios has b
We're fast approaching the game's launch
As Forza Motorsport's release draws closer, Xbox and Turn 10 have announced some new details regarding the game's launch day content, as well as what fans can expect to arrive post-release as the game grows over time. First off, the team has confirmed that the German 'Nürburgring GP' circuit will be one of...
News Konami Confirms Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Performance Targets On Xbox
Resolution and frame rate revealed
After multiple MGS previews began doing the rounds yesterday, questions started to arise surrounding the collection's technical details - especially on current generation consoles. In response, Konami has come out and confirmed the resolution and frame rate targets for the upcoming Metal Gear Solid Master...
News Xbox Reveals Prizes For This Week's Free FanFest Trivia Event
"Put your Xbox knowledge to the test"
Xbox FanFest Trivia returns this week for yet another year, giving all Xbox fans a chance to win some amazing prizes if they're knowledgeable enough about the brand! It takes place this Wednesday, August 23rd. While anyone can watch the show, you'll need to register on the Xbox FanFest website and "opt in" for...
Deals 500+ Games Included In This Week's Xbox Sales (August 22-29)
Including a special "Survival Sale"
Welcome to your weekly roundup of new Xbox deals! We've got over 500 of them to take advantage of over the next few days, including the usual Deals with Gold and Spotlight offers alongside new ID@Xbox Indie Hits and Survival Sales. There was also an Indie Hits sale last week, but the offers have been changed this...
News Immortals Of Aveum Launches On Xbox To A Wide Range Of Review Scores
Some great, some not so great
Today's the day for EA's Immortals of Aveum! The new single-player first person magic shooter is available right now on Xbox (with a discount for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members), and some reviews have been going live as well. So far, they're a bit all over the place! We're seeing a lot of great scores from some big...
News Microsoft Announces Plan To Sell Activision Cloud Gaming Rights To Ubisoft
A major shakeup
Microsoft has announced today that in a bid to convince the UK Competition and Markets Authority to approve the attempted takeover of Activision Blizzard, a major new cloud streaming deal has been struck with Ubisoft. Basically, Microsoft is transferring the cloud streaming rights for all current and future Activision Blizzard...
News Two Xbox Game Pass Titles Get New 2023 And 2024 Release Windows
"We want to make every aspect of it the best it can be"
We're expecting a lot of Xbox Game Pass news as part of Gamescom 2023 this week, and we're kicking things off with new release dates / windows for two already-confirmed Game Pass titles - Dungeons 4 and Replaced. Firstly, we now know that Dungeons 4 will release as part of Xbox Game Pas
Monday21st Aug 2023
News Quake 2 Remastered A 'Stunning' Re-Release, Says Digital Foundry
"The id software classic is masterfully updated for the modern era"
As you'd expect from the tech experts and retro fanatics over at Digital Foundry, the outlet has taken a good long look at Xbox's new Quake 2 release over the last week or so, and they've come away mighty impressed with what they've seen. To sum it up, DF has labelled the remaster...
News 'Xbox Console Wraps' Are Launching This Year, Pre-Orders Available Now
Specifically for the Series X
Microsoft has announced today that the Xbox Series X will be getting three new "Console Wraps" later this year in the form of a Starfield design, an Arctic Camo design and Mineral Camo design - and they're available to pre-order now. The Starfield variant is $49.99 and arrives on October 18th, while the others are...
Poll Are You Enjoying 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' On Xbox Game Pass?
How's your experience been on weekend one?
The team behind last week's Xbox Game Pass title The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has announced that over one million players have already experienced the terror of the Sawyer family in video game form. That's a healthy amount of horrors for one 24-hour period, and we want to know if you were one of the players...
News Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Is Getting Massive Praise Ahead Of Its Xbox Release
"It's legit, 100% a sequel to JSRF."
Alright, so you may recall that a few years ago, we learned of a game called Bomb Rush Cyberfunk which appeared to be a Jet Set Radio Future sequel in all but name. That game finally came out on PC and Nintendo Switch last week, and the initial impressions have been extremely impressive. Seriously, we're not...
Video Huge Gameplay Demo For 'Black Myth: Wukong' Unveiled By Development Team
The visual style is stunning
Black Myth: Wukong cropped up again around this time last year with a stunning Nvidia RTX demo, and now the team is back in 2023 with another in-depth looking at the much-anticipated action RPG. Developer Game Science has just hosted a livestream for all things Black Myth: Wukong, and we came away from the event with...
News Xbox's Latest Dynamic Background Is Now Available On Series X|S
Free to all Xbox Series X|S owners
It's time for another Dynamic Background! Xbox's latest version of this feature has been built to celebrate the release of Madden NFL 24, and features a very subtle effect in which light snow appears to drift across the screen. This Dynamic Background is available for free for all Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S...
News Ghostrunner 2 Officially Lands On Xbox Series X And S This October
"Adapt to, and master the gameplay as only a cyber ninja would"
We finally have a date, folks! The highly anticipated sequel to Ghostrunner is coming to Xbox in just a few short months, and we have a brand-new trailer to go along with the announcement - as you can see up above. Ghostrunner 2 slashes and dashes onto Xbox Series X|S on October 26th,...
News Phil Spencer Says He 'Learned A Lot' Working For Former Xbox Boss
"He has a lot of great insight, history and learning to share"
Xbox boss Phil Spencer was pretty active on social media over the weekend, where he took the opportunity to congratulate the Iron Lords Podcast for featuring former Xbox boss Peter Moore as part of their latest episode. In his response, Spencer praised Moore as being someone that he...
News Obsidian Drafts In Devoted Studios To Help With Xbox Exclusive Avowed
Aiming for a 2024 launch
Finally seeing more of Xbox RPG Avowed has been one of our highlights of summer showcase season so far, and we're hoping that news of Devoted Studios jumping aboard to help out means the game might actually arrive in 2024. The LA-based support studio has announced that it is assisting the Xbox first party team by creating...
News Armored Core 6 Tech Specs Detailed, And It's Great News For Xbox Series S
Ray traced mechs inbound
FromSoftware's Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon lands a mech-sized punch on Xbox this week, and ahead of launch, Bandai Namco has laid out all of the technical details across each console version of the game. Xbox Series S users - this one sounds a real treat! Here's how Armored Core 6 will perform on both Xbox Series X and...
News Konami Drops 18 Minutes Of Metal Gear Solid 1 Gameplay Ahead Of Xbox Debut
MGS1 on Xbox for the very first time!
Earlier this summer, Konami finally brought its Metal Gear Solid series back into the limelight with the announcement of multiple projects - and its upcoming 'Master Collection' brings MGS1 to Xbox for the very first time. Ahead of that team green debut, the developer has just unleashed almost 20 minutes of...
News Bethesda Exec Responds To 'Unprofessional' Criticism Of Starfield's Menu Screen
"That’s been our menu for years"
Believe it or not, there are a few lucky people out there who already have access to Starfield ahead of its release in September, and therefore a few leaks have already appeared in the wild - including the game's menu screen. This screen has actually been generating a lot of debate over the weekend on social...
Saturday19th Aug 2023
News Major Nelson Takes A Selfie At Nintendo America's HQ With His Guest Pass
"Just visiting"
Although Major Nelson announced his departure from Xbox and Microsoft last month, he's not entirely done with the industry just yet. He previously mentioned how he would be taking a "step back" to work on the "next chapter" of his career. With this in mind, he's now been spotted taking selfies out of Nintendo's American office. It's...
Pick One Which Franchise Do You Prefer, Red Dead Or GTA?
You can't go wrong with either!
Welcome to another edition of Pick One! For this week's weekend poll, we thought we'd lean into all the coverage that Red Dead Redemption has been getting lately by asking the question - do you prefer Red Dead or GTA more? Obviously you can't really go wrong here. It feels like we've been waiting a decade for GTA 6...
Guide Seven Xbox-Related Events To Watch Over The Next Few Days
As part of Gamescom 2023
It's almost time for Gamescom 2023! The big European event begins next week in Cologne, Germany, and various companies have announced a bunch of streamed showcases to mark the occasion. It's looking pretty busy! Below, we've picked out a handful of events that you might want to keep an eye on during Gamescom 2023, including...
Feature These 10+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (August 21-25)
Including a couple of major releases!
Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for August 21st to 25th! We've got a couple of particularly major releases on the way next week in the form of Immortals of Aveum and Armored Core VI, while other highlights include WrestleQuest, Blasphemous 2,
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 19-20)
Tried the Texas Chain Saw Massacre game yet?
Welcome to another weekend! As usual, there's a lot to enjoy on Xbox over the next few days including new Xbox Game Pass releases, four Free Play Days titles, and a whole bunch of great deals to take advantage of on the Xbox Store! Here's what we're playing this weeken
Friday18th Aug 2023
News Like A Dragon Gaiden To Include Extra 'Special' Content On Xbox This November
A trial version of Infinite Wealth!
SEGA has today pulled back the curtain on a gameplay overview for the upcoming Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, which is set to arrive on Xbox One, Series X and Series S on November 9th, 2023. As you'd expect, it's looking fantastic. RGG Studio looks to have served up another great addition to...