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Wednesday23rd Aug 2023
News Warhammer 40K: Darktide Finally Arrives On Xbox (Via Game Pass) This October
We've got a date!
It's finally happening! Warhammer 40K: Darktide has received a release date today for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, with the game officially set to arrive as part of Xbox Game Pass on October 4th, 2023. As you may recall, Darktide was originally supposed to arrive on console back in 2021, but was delayed on numerous occasions...
News Stalker 2's Hands-On Gamescom Demo 'Makes Clear The Power Of Unreal Engine 5'
"STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl makes a hell of a first impression"
Developer GSC Game World has arrived at Gamescom 2023 with the first ever playable demo of Stalker 2, and outlets are starting to go hands on with the highly-anticipated Game Pass title this week. One of those is Xbox Wire, where the team has come away suitably impressed by what's...
News Today's Xbox Stream Included Multiple Announcements (Day One At Gamescom)
New Game Pass title confirmed!
Today's Xbox stream from Gamescom 2023 has just finished, and it included the reveal of some brand-new games as well as some new release dates - an even the confirmation of a day one Xbox Game Pass title! <related ids="154445"> So, without further ado, we'll throw all the new reveals down below with more...
News Armored Core 6 Hits Xbox This Week, And The Reviews Are Fantastic
Here's what the critics are saying
FromSoftware's Armored Core 6 officially releases on Xbox this week! The game is coming to Series X and Series S on Friday, August 25th, and ahead of that date, the first reviews have begun dropping today. It comes as no surprise to see that it's reviewing extremely well so far - at the time of writing, it has a...
News Upcoming Lord Of The Rings Game Delayed To 2024, But Only On Xbox
We're gonna have to wait to play
This is a strange one! The publishing team behind The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria has announced the game's delay to 2024... but only on Xbox. Yep, the upcoming co-op survival spin on the LOTR franchise is hitting PC and PS5 on October 24th (December 5th for physical copies), but the Xbox Series X|S version...
News Xbox: Starfield Is The 'Starting Gun For The Next Couple Of Years'
"This is really the start of something"
Xbox's chief marketing officer Jerret West has spoken to outlet GamesIndustry.biz about the future of the company's games lineup, and it sounds like they're expecting things to get pretty serious after Starfield. It's been no secret that Xbox's first-party teams have taken a while to get going this...
News Hyperkin Announces New Xbox Controller With Hall Effect Sticks And Impulse Triggers
"Say goodbye to stick drift and trigger wear"
Back in July, you may recall that GameSir announced the "world's first Xbox controller with Hall Effect Sticks", and now we've got another one coming from Hyperkin in the form of "The Competitor". This controller was actually revealed a little while ago, but the addition of Hall Effect Sticks and Hall...
News 15+ Minutes Of Robocop: Rogue City Gameplay Emerge From Gamescom 2023
Take control in future Detroit
We're going to see lots of gameplay for various titles appear at Gamescom 2023 folks, and here to show its metallic might this afternoon is Robocop: Rogue City ahead of its September launch on Xbox. In the video clip above you can feast your eyes on a solid 16 minutes of Robocop rampaging through the war-torn streets...
Live Watch Xbox At Gamescom 2023 (Day One) Here
Three hours of Xbox content!
Welcome! Today marks the first of three livestreams being hosted by Xbox as part of Gamescom 2023, with day one set to bring us closer looks at the likes of Starfield and Diablo 4, as well as an interview with Xbox boss Phil Spencer! "Airing from 4pm-7pm CEST (7am-10am Pacific) each day, we’ll bring you developer...
News Some Amazing Games Are Discounted By 90% On Xbox This Week (August 22-29)
From Outlast 2 to Sniper Elite
Looking for some cheap Xbox games from August 22nd to August 29th, 2023? Thanks to the new ID@Xbox Indie Hits and Survival Sales, we've got a whole bunch of them this week! There are some amazing titles discounted by 90% over the next few days including Outlast 2, Sniper Elite 4, Thumper, Yooka-Laylee and
News Forza Motorsport Xbox Series X Footage Looks Mighty Impressive
Straight from the Gamescom show floor
Some early footage of the upcoming Forza Motorsport reboot is starting to creep out of the Gamescom 2023 show floor, and we're rather impressed with what we're seeing here. Up above we have a short gameplay clip from a fan racing around the returning Mugello circuit, and it's all seen a massive upgrade on Xbox...
News Two Classic Games Are Making Their Xbox Debuts With New Remasters
From Nightdive Studios
The team behind the amazing Quake and Quake 2 remasters, Nightdive Studios, has announced two more upcoming remasters for us to look forward to on Xbox in the form of Star Wars: Dark Forces and Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion! Both of these will be making their Xbox debuts, with Dark Forces only ever releasing on PC and...
News 'Party Animals' Xbox Insider Betas Coming Next Month Ahead Of Game Pass Launch
Fancy dressing up early?
Update: The first of these betas has sadly been delayed on Xbox, as explained below: Original story: The highly-anticipated Party Animals slides onto Xbox Game Pass next month, and the team has just revealed some more of its launch month plans - which include multiple closed beta tests for Xb
News Xbox Reveals Full Gamescom 2023 Livestream Schedule
Here's the lineup and what to expect
Gamescom Opening Night Live may have just concluded for 2023, but when it comes to Xbox, the show is just getting started. The team is delivering multiple three-hour livestreams this week - starting today right from the Xbox Gamescom booth! We're going to be treated to fresh looks at Stalker 2, Forza Motorsport,...
News Persona 3 Reload Hits Xbox Game Pass In February 2024
Meet the S.E.E.S.
During Xbox's summer showcase this year, we got official confirmation of two upcoming Persona titles coming to Xbox Game Pass on day one; Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tact
Tuesday22nd Aug 2023
News Multiple Xbox Game Pass Titles Showed Up At Gamescom ONL 2023
Including a couple of surprises
We expected to see a few Xbox Game Pass reveals as part of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 today, and that's exactly what we got - the highlight of which was a surprise shadow drop for Age of Empires 4 on X
News Xbox Wins 'Green Studio Of The Year' Award At Gamescom 2023
Beating Frontier and Ubisoft
Today's Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 event included a brief appearance from the one and only Phil Spencer! The head of Xbox joined the stage to accept an award for "Green Studio of the Year". Here's what Spencer had to say: "I'm accepting this award on behalf of an incredible team at Xbox that has worked very hard...
News Alan Wake 2 Contains 'Seamless' Live Action Scenes Mixed With Gameplay
Check them out in action
Alan Wake 2 closed out this year's Gamescom Opening Night Live event, and the team at Remedy Entertainment delivered another unique look at this highly-anticipated survival horror sequel. The new trailer is viewable up above, and within the developer has showcased its new 'seamless' integration of live action and gameplay...
Feature Here's Everything That Was Revealed At Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023
Missed the event? Here's a recap
Weren't able to catch the Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 event earlier today? No worries! You can always go back and watch the on-demand version for yourself, which you'll find elsewhere on Pure Xbox. If you don't want to watch it all the way through, we've also detailed all the important reveals in this article...
Poll How Would You Grade Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023?
Give us your verdict
The dust is now beginning to settle on Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023! 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 an extensive recap of everything that happened as part of the show. So, all things considered, what grade would you give...
News The First Descendant Free Open Beta Launches On Xbox This September
Check out the new trailer
We've been waiting on free-to-play shooter The First Descendant for a little while now, and although it had already been confirmed for a 2023 release, we were also supposed to be getting a beta on Xbox at some point in August. Courtesy of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023, we now know that the free o
News CDPR Unveils New Gameplay And Features For Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
"New Ways To Play"
Today's Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 event treated us to some fresh gameplay of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty ahead of its release on September 26th, 2023, including some new features! Those features include new weapons, redesigned cyberware, redesigned perks, a relic skill tree, new vehicles, vehicle combat, and revamped...
News 'Expeditions: A MudRunner Game' Is The Follow Up To Xbox Game Pass's SnowRunner
Back to its muddy roots
SnowRunner seems to have just grown in popularity in recent years, especially since its arrival on Xbox Game Pass, and now publisher Focus Interactive has announced the next game in the series. Developer Saber Interactive is going back to its muddy roots with the announcement of Expeditions: A MudRunner Game, a follow-up to...
News Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Extended Campaign Gameplay Revealed
Operation 627 in action
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is coming in hot, with its Xbox release date planned in just a couple of months. And so, ahead of the game's November launch, we've been treated to an extended look at a very 'Modern Warfare' mission. Yep, expect big shiny military toys and plenty of night vision goggle action in MW3,...
News Tekken 8 Sets New January 2024 Release Date For Xbox Series X|S
Watch the World Premiere trailer
As part of today's Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 event, it was announced that Tekken 8 will launch for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S (along with other platforms) on January 26th, 2024. The game was previously scheduled to release at some point in 2023, so this is a slight delay. You can check out the World...
News Open World Adventure 'Crimson Desert' Gets First Gameplay Trailer
Confirmed for PC and consoles
Today's Gamescom Opening Night Live event treated us to a very first look at gameplay for the upcoming open world action-adventure Crimson Desert, which has been confirmed to be releasing on PC and consoles. It's looking pretty crazy so far, and we've definitely noticed some Witcher and
News Killing Floor 3 Is Bringing More Zombie-Slaying To Xbox Series X And S
We're gonna need more floor cleaner
Killing Floor 3 has just been announced, folks! Yep, this was a major surprise during the Gamescom 2023 Opening Night Live event, marking the follow-up to 2016's Killing Floor 2. This is a super fun zombie slaying series, and we were big fans of the second game - the series' console debut. Here's a bit more info...
News Bandai Namco Unveils Little Nightmares 3, Heading To Xbox In 2024
"Are you ready to return to the Nowhere, little ones?"
Bandai Namco has announced today as part of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 that Little Nightmares 3 will be coming to Xbox in 2024! You can check out the official announcement trailer up above. "For the first time in the franchise, players can face their childhood fears with a friend, as the...
News 'Delta Force: Hawk Ops' Is A Free-To-Play Military Shooter Coming To Xbox
Black hawk down
Last week we caught wind of the upcoming reboot of Delta Force - a military FPS series that debuted in the late '90s. And now, during Gamescom Opening Night Live, the team has fully unveiled Delta
News Surprise! Age Of Empires 4 Is Now Available On Xbox Consoles
Included with Game Pass
We've been waiting for news on Age of Empires 4's Xbox port for a while, and it's arrived today in the form of a surprise shadow drop! The game is now available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S as part of Xbox Game Pass. For those who aren't in the know, this is the most recent entry in the beloved strategy...