TodayWed, 10th Jul 2024

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  103

  News Xbox Game Pass Gets Price Increases And New 'Standard' Subscription Tier

  "Game Pass Standard will not include games released on day one"

  There have been multiple reports about Microsoft potentially increasing the price of its Xbox Game Pass subscription service and adding more tiers ahead of the arrival of Activision game releases, and it's now been officially confirmed. In an update on the Xbox support page, Microsoft

  • 9h ago
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • PC Game Pass
  • Microsoft
  • Xbox Series X

YesterdayTue, 9th Jul 2024

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  16

  News Xbox Summer Sale 2024 'Teaser' Now Live, 300+ Games Discounted

  Game Pass members get the deals one week early!

  It's time to kick-off the Xbox Summer Sale 2024! This year's promotion has begun with one week of exclusivity for Game Pass members, before the sale is blown open to all Xbox players in the near future - seemingly around July 17th. Otherwise known as the Xbox "Ultimate Game Sale" 2024, this teaser...

  • 22h ago
  • Xbox
  • Deals
  • Summer Sale
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  17

  Rumour Reliable Leaker Reveals Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Addition

  Coming to the library... soon?

  Microsoft typically keeps its cards close to its chest when revealing Xbox Game Pass titles - most additions are only announced a week or two before they're added to the library. Every now and then though, we get an unofficial tease, and reliable leaker 'eXtas1s' has today revealed a game we can expect to come to the...

  • 21h ago
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Rumours
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  1

  News Forza Motorsport Splits Update 10 Into Two Parts As Team 'Works Through' New Content

  Update 10 is a little different

  Last month's Forza Motorsport update delivered sweeping changes to the game's visuals, and while not all of the content for Update 10 has been revealed yet, the team has explained that things will work a little differently this time around. The game's July update will begin rolling out tomorrow, but that will only be...

  • 19h ago
  • Xbox
  • Forza Motorsport
  • Turn 10 Studios
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  15

  News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (July 9)

  Your latest Game Pass arrivals

  Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! We have two new titles entering the library, including the recent release of Cricket 24 and the well-reviewed Case of the Golden Idol - which makes its Xbox debut today! Here's an introduction to your Game Pass lineup for July 9th: Cricket 24 (Console, PC, Cloud):

  • 23h ago
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  44

  News US Sales Figures Reveal Interesting Stats About Xbox Series X|S & Hellblade 2

  "Getting a lot of questions on this one..."

  The team over at Circana (NPD) has been revealing May 2024's sales data from the United States over the past couple of days, and we've learnt a few interesting things about the Xbox Series X|S and Hellblade 2 in the process. Let's start with the console data. According to the report, "all current...

  • 19h ago
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Hellblade 2
  • Sales
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  24

  Soapbox I Miss The Type Of Pick-Up-And-Play Games We Got On Original Xbox

  Waking up to a new realisation

  This past weekend, I took a couple of days off work for a short break, but as I've recently learnt in life, Xbox soon finds me again in some fashion. This time out, a browse of a retro game shop saw me picking up gunboat warfare title Blood Wake on the original Xbox, and it's making me miss this era so bloody much...

  • 17h ago
  • Xbox
  • Original Xbox
  • Blood Wake
  • Microsoft
  • Features
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  17

  News Xbox's New 'Just For You' Offers Include Super-Cheap Mafia Trilogy Deal

  For some of us anyway!

  As another Tuesday rolls around we have a fresh set of Xbox deals for the coming days - with the focus of this week's discounts being a 'teaser' collection for Xbox's big summer sale. However, we're also seeing a selection of these 'Just For You' offers that Xbox likes to throw around these days, and a deep discount on

  • 18h ago
  • Xbox
  • Microsoft
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  16

  News Xbox Gaming Now Officially Available On Amazon Fire TV Stick

  Accessible Xbox play

  Late last month, Microsoft announced that Xbox Cloud Gaming was about to mount a new offensive - this time taking over select Amazon Fire TV devices. Now, less than two weeks later, the Xbox app is officially available on the Amazon Fire TV S

  • 22h ago
  • Xbox
  • Microsoft
  • Amazon Fire TV
  • Xbox Cloud Gaming
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  22

  Talking Point Have You Ever Bought Any Official Xbox Merchandise?

  If so, was it worth the money?

  On quiet Tuesdays like this, all kinds of conversations come up at Pure Xbox HQ, and today the topic is official Xbox merchandise. Specifically, we're interested in knowing if you personally have ever bought anything like this. Obviously we're not talking about controllers or consoles here. Instead, we're referring to...

  • 16h ago
  • Xbox
  • Talking Point
  • Merchandise
  • Features
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  3

  News BioShock 4 Dev Hiring 'Like Mad' For Next Game In Series

  But when will we see it?

  It feels like ages since we started hearing about work on the next BioShock game, right? The 2K studio now at the helm, Cloud Chamber, was first unveiled to the public back in 2019 - and the team still appears to be heavily staffing up for 'BioShock 4'. As spotted on the developer's website (thanks,

  • 20h ago
  • Xbox
  • BioShock 4
  • Cloud Chamber
  • 2K
  • Xbox Series X

Monday8th Jul 2024

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  14

  Guide Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In July 2024

  The full list of confirmed games so far

  Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in July 2024? It can be pretty difficult to keep track of all the comings and goings in the world of Xbox Game Pass every week, so we've put together this handy guide to provide an overview of what's coming to Xbox Game Pass in July, as well as the...

  • 2d ago
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • July 2024
  • Guides
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  16

  News Here's A Final Look At The Xbox 360's Best-Selling 'Arcade' Games

  They'll all be delisted before the end of the month

  Anyone who owned an Xbox 360 back in the day will likely remember Xbox Live Arcade - the original home for indie releases and other small titles that were traditionally digital-only. It later transitioned into ID@Xbox for the Xbox One era. A lot of time has obviously passed now, but considering...

  • 2d ago
  • Xbox
  • Xbox 360
  • Store Closure
  • Xbox Live Arcade
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  18

  Feature 'Blur' Is An Xbox 360 Classic That Deserves Backwards Compatibility

  Alas, it'll probably never get it

  If you're a fan of racing games and you were playing them back in the Xbox 360 days around 2010, you'll probably remember the so-called battle between Blur and Split/Second. Both of these fantastic racers were released around the same time, and both of them ultimately never got as much appreciation as they deserved...

  • 2d ago
  • Xbox
  • Blur
  • Xbox 360
  • Backwards Compatibility
  • Features
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  6

  News When Will The Xbox Summer Sale 2024 Be Revealed?

  It's almost that time of year again

  Update: Microsoft has kicked off the Xbox Summer Sale 2024 with a "Teaser" event in which over 300 games are discounted for Xbox Game Pass members. That sale ends on July 17th, so we're expecting the full, larger sale to begin for everyone at some point around that date - probably between the 17th and 19th...

  • 2d ago
  • Xbox
  • Deals
  • Xbox Summer Sale
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  1

  News You Can Now Quadruple The Original Xbox's RAM, But We Wouldn't Advise It Just Yet

  Time Extension Prehis2oricman's new mod takes memory to new heights

  The original Xbox shipped with 64MB of RAM – an amount that seems tiny by modern standards but was actually quite a lot for 2001. Now, a modder called Prehis2oricman has quadrupled the amount of available RAM to 256MB. Previously, modders had been able to increase the memory to 128MB by using...

  • 2d ago
  • Xbox
  • Modding
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  9

  Random Xbox Fan Accidentally Misses Out On Custom Prize Worth Over $600

  "Well this sucks"

  Alright, so give us a break on this one - we're almost a year late to this story, but we've only just found it and we're keen to share it! It's all about a custom Barbie Xbox Series S that was being given away back in June of 2023. As usual, this was part of a sweepstakes that anyone could enter, and Redditor spitfyrez was picked...

  • 2d ago
  • Xbox
  • Random
  • Xbox Series S
  • Barbie
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  1

  Guide Xbox Adds More Perks For Game Pass Ultimate Members (July 2024)

  The latest freebies for XGPU subscribers

  It's time for another batch of Xbox Game Pass Perks for July 2024! It's still early days so we don't have much to shout about just yet, but look out for the UFC 4 Premium Starter Bundle - it normally retails for £15.99 / $19.99! Here's the latest list of available Xbox Game Pass Perks for July 2024: Apex...

  • 2d ago
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Perks
  • Guides
  • Xbox One
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  15

  Talking Point Is There A Place For 'Snap Mode' On Xbox In 2024?

  Not gonna lie, we actually miss it

  It's been over 10 years since Xbox introduced a new feature called "Snap Mode" that would allow Xbox One owners to watch TV or access apps at the same time as playing their favourite games, and it's still being talked about to this day. That's despite the fact that Snap Mode hasn't existed for ages now - the...

  • 2d ago
  • Xbox
  • Talking Point
  • Features
  • Snap Mode
  • Xbox One
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  14

  News The Incredible 'ESPN NFL 2K5' Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary This Month

  Considered by many to be the best NFL game ever

  We're based in the UK here at Pure Xbox, so American football might not be our specialty, but we've spent the past two decades hearing about how ESPN NFL 2K5 is the best NFL game ever, so we want to celebrate its 20th anniversary! Yes, July 20th will mark the exact 20-year point for this classic...

  • 2d ago
  • Xbox
  • ESPN NFL 2K5
  • Original Xbox
  • Anniversaries
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  3

  News Starfield's Latest Xbox Mods Include Some Very Famous Star Wars Ships

  Including the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy!

  It feels like Starfield is slowly turning into the ultimate Star Wars sandbox, with various character skins and even usable lightsabers added to the game in recent weeks, and now we've got some very famous ships in the mix! Courtesy of a modder called

  • 2d ago
  • Xbox
  • Starfield
  • Mods
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  13

  News Cities: Skylines 2's Xbox Release Delayed Again, Dev Blames 'Unresolved Issues'

  "We understand this is disappointing"

  We've been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Cities: Skylines 2 on Xbox Game Pass ever since it was announced back in mid-2023, and although it's since joined PC Game Pass, the console version has yet to release. Unfortunately, it's sounding like it'll miss 2024 entirely now, as the developer has confirmed that a

  • 2d ago
  • Xbox
  • Cities Skylines 2
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Xbox Game Pass
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  0

  News Xbox Is Getting A Very Similar Game To 'Trombone Champ' This Week

  And it's set to be ridiculously cheap!

  A couple of years ago, a game called Trombone Champ started going viral following its PC release, taking the form of a Rock Band-like rhythm game where the idea is to stay in tune while playing along to various songs. The unique aspect of Trombone Champ is that it's purposely difficult, and the real joy comes...

  • 2d ago
  • Xbox
  • Disaster Band
  • Trombone Champ
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X