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TodaySat, 27th Jul 2024
News Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns And Kombat Pack 2 Officially Revealed
Out 24th September 2024
NetherRealm Studios has announced Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns - featuring new story chapters, Kombat Pack 2 and Animality. This new DLC will launch on 24th September 2024, with Animality to be a free update for all players. As for Kombat Pack 2, the fighters revealed include Cyrax, Sektor, Noob Saibot, Ghostface, T-1000...
YesterdayFri, 26th Jul 2024
News YouTube Hit 'The Mortuary Assistant' Brings Its Terrifying Horror Game To Xbox Next Week
Seriously scary
You might remember The Mortuary Assistant from a couple of years ago. When it launched on PC in August of 2022, the game ended up going viral on YouTube thanks to playthroughs from the likes of jacksepticeye and Markiplier, leading to tens of millions of people (seriously!) laying eyes on this creepy new horror game. Flash forward a...
News Surprise! VALORANT's Open Beta Is Now Free For Everyone On Xbox Series X|S
The weekend just got better!
Following a limited beta that arrived for Riot Games' hugely popular hero shooter VALORANT back in June, it's been announced today that the game's Open Beta is now available to everyone on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S! We had a chance to try VALORANT on Xbox a few weeks ago, praising it as a version that "plays very...
Feature Last Orders! What Are You Getting Before The Xbox 360 Store Closes?
July 29th is just around the corner
Here we go then, folks! We know we've mentioned this a ton recently, but after Monday, you won't be able to buy anything on the Xbox 360 store again! This weekend marks your last chance to grab whatever you want before it closes. The Xbox 360 store closing date is July 29th, 2024, after which it'll permanently go...
News Double Fine's Incredible 'PsychOdyssey' Documentary Is Getting A Blu-Ray Release
Update: There's also a new 90-minute episode!
Update: Here's another surprise for you! Double Fine has unveiled a secret 33rd episode of the documentary today (which will also be on the Blu-Ray), and it's feature-length at 90 minutes long! You can check it out up above. "Filmed over many years by 2 Player Productions, Psychodyssey documents the...
Feature Best Xbox Call Of Duty Games: All 22 Games Ranked By Your Votes
It's been 19 long years!
We're definitely in a Call of Duty mood at the moment with the arrival of Modern Warfare 3 on Xbox Game Pass and Black Ops 6 heading to the service later this year, so now feels like a good time to look back at the series on Xbox! A few months ago, we asked for your favourite Call of Duty game on Xbox to date, and using...
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! As we approach the end of the month, we're rounding up everything we've seen so far, including Perks for the likes of UFC 4 and The First Descendant! Here's the latest list of available Xbox Game Pass Perks for July 2024: Apex Legends -...
News 7 Days To Die '1.0' Launches To Five-Star Xbox Reviews, Despite Series S Grumbles
"The painfully long wait is over"
It's all been happening pretty fast, but 7 Days To Die 1.0 is now available on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S! This is a brand-new version of the game for consoles that's significantly improved compared to the Xbox One release. As we've mentioned before, the 2016 edition of 7 Days To Die for Xbox was a
News These Are The Top-Selling Games In The Xbox Ultimate Game Sale 2024
The hottest deals in the UK and US right now
The Xbox Ultimate Game Sale 2024 will be reaching its conclusion next week on Wednesday, July 31st, and looking at the "Top Paid" Xbox charts, we're getting a good idea of what the most popular games have been in the sale overall. Our focus here is on the UK and US versions of the chart which are...
News Asus ROG Ally X Reviews Suggest It's The Best Xbox Handheld Yet
"Easily the best Windows 11-based handheld gaming PC"
We're still waiting on Microsoft to reveal some kind of an Xbox handheld device that's been heavily rumoured over the past few months, but until then, you might be interested in a new device from ASUS called the ROG Ally X. This is the follow-up to last year's ROG Ally, which we described at the...
News More Crystal Dynamics Remasters Could Be On The Way
Evidence of Soul Reaver revivals surfaces
It looks like Crystal Dynamics could be reviving the 1999 action-adventure Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and its sequel. At San Diego Comic-Con this week, statues referencing 'Legacy of Kain I & II Remastered' have been spotted on display. This follows Dark Horse Comics announcing the comic book 'Legacy...
Thursday25th Jul 2024
News Sea Of Thieves Season 13 Has Arrived As Rare Continues To Build On PS5 Success
They're not slowing down!
Thought that Sea Of Thieves going multiplatform would slow down Rare, eh? Not a chance! The team has stuck to its regular update cadence with the arrival of Sea of Thieves Season 13, which is now live on Xbox, PS5 and PC. In this first post-launch season for PS5 players (Season 12 was packed into the PlayStation release),...
News It's Time! Fallout: London Is Now Officially Available For Free On PC
"The wait is over."
Listen, it's not very often that we talk about PC mods multiple times in a week, but Fallout: London is an important exception - this DLC-sized mod has been highly anticipated for many years, and it's just launched for free on PC! If you're interested, you can download it right now... although be aware that the PC Game Pass...
Guide How To Install Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 On Xbox Game Pass
It's more complicated than you think!
Lots of you will probably be turning on your Xbox consoles this weekend to download and try out Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which is now live on Xbox Game Pass. However, the last few Call of Duty releases live inside a confusing app simply called 'Call of Duty', so it's worth reading on to make sure you only...
News 3000+ Themes & Gamer Pics Will Be Delisted On Xbox 360 Next Week
If you want any, now's the time!
We're now just days away from the Xbox 360 store closure on July 29th, after which you'll no longer be able to purchase any digital games for the console - including a whole bunch that aren't available on any other platform. It's not just games though... we mentioned recently that hundreds of free demos will also
News 'Hunt: Showdown 1896' Unveiled As Support For Xbox One Ends Next Month
"Players can join a whole new experience"
After first announcing the switch in late 2023, developer Crytek has finalised its plans for Hunt: Showdown to move to current-gen-only platforms this year. Soon to be titled Hunt: Showdown 1896, the popular PvPvE shooter will ditch Xbox One support on August 15th - while taking up its new name on Xbox...
News Two More Games Quietly Announced For Xbox Game Pass In 2024
And one is coming next month!
The upcoming Xbox Game Pass release slate is looking a little quiet prior to our next roundup from Microsoft, but thankfully we have had a couple of Game Pass announcements recently - including an August addition to the service. That'll be the sandbox adventure Core Keeper, while developer Brimstone has also revealed...
News Stalker 2 Officially Delayed, Launching On Xbox Game Pass This November
Another one
Developer GSC Game World has announced another delay for Stalker 2 - this time pushing the game out to November 20th, 2024. This open-world FPS is still hitting Xbox Game Pass on day one, but it's now arriving roughly two and a half months later than scheduled. This latest delay is "giving the team breathing room to address technical...
News Call Of Duty Currency Now Discounted On Xbox Thanks To Game Pass
Another Game Pass W
With Call of Duty now officially on Game Pass thanks to the arrival of Modern Warfare 3 this week, Xbox players now have another COD-related bonus that we didn't even think about prior to it joining the service. Thanks to Microsoft's DLC discounts feature, any add-on content relating to Call of Duty: MW3 is now 10% off -...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (July 25-28)
Included with Game Pass Core and Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Free Play Days is now live for the coming weekend, and we have five games playable this time out - including Ubisoft's ongoing trial for 2023's Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. However, that one was actually a part of last week's lineup too (it's a long trial!), so the real headliner this week...
News 7 Days To Die '1.0' Release Time & Xbox Discounts Confirmed For Today's Launch
"A groundbreaking evolution in the survival horror genre"
Last week, it was mentioned by the 7 Days To Die team that they were targeting a July 25th launch for the 1.0 version of the game on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and now that date (which is today!) is officially set in stone. When it arrives in a few hours' time, 7 Days To Die 1.0 will...
News Halo Infinite's 'Massive' Forge Mode Update Adds Over 1,000 Jeff Steitzer Voice Lines
"Unfrigginbelievable!"
Halo Infinite has been updated over time with all sorts of new content and quality-of-life enhancements. This includes improvements to the game's Forge mode, and the next one on the way is apparently going to be "massive". This update will arrive alongside the new operation on July 30th, 2024, and brings new features like...
Wednesday24th Jul 2024
Feature Four Years Later, People Are Still Getting Confused By Xbox's 'Horrible' Console Names
What are your thoughts on them?
When Phil Spencer announced back in late 2019 that the next Xbox console would be known as the "Series X", it immediately sparked conversations over whether the naming convention had become too confusing. After all, we already had the Xbox One S and Xbox One X, and by late 2020 we also had the Xbox Series X and Xbox...
News Microsoft Flight Simulator Gets Its 'Biggest World Update Ever' On Xbox & PC
UK & Ireland expansion
Microsoft Flight Simulator just keeps on growing, and the game's newest World Update is "the biggest ever" for the 2021 Xbox title. Asobo Studio is returning to the UK and Ireland for a major MSFS upgrade, featuring "high-quality, hand-crafted airports, dozens of POIs, Landing Challenges, Discovery Flights, and Bush Trips"...
PSA Xbox 360 Servers Won't Shut Down Following July's Store Closure
It's only the storefront going offline
Okay, so, man the panic stations - we're literally five days away from the Xbox 360 store closure that's been planned since last year. Yep, the aging console's marketplace is going offline for good on July 29th. However, we're seeing folks panic about things that won't change come the end of the month, so...
News Marvel Rivals Seems To Be Going Down Pretty Well On Xbox So Far
The closed beta is now live
This week marks the arrival of a couple of closed betas on Xbox - one of them is New World: Aeternum which we mentioned yesterday, and the other is the "Super Hero Team-Based PVP Shooter", Marvel Rivals. It's still early days and we haven't played Marvel Rivals for ourselves yet, but we're seeing a decent amount of...
News Report Claims Call Of Duty Has Sold AI Generated Content Through In-Game Store
The controversial technique has apparently been used
Tech outlet WIRED has put out a big report this week on AI in the video game industry - and that very report claims that Call of Duty has previously sold some AI generated content via the Modern Warfare 3 storefront. There's been no confirmation of this from the teams behind the series, but...
News Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Xbox Game Pass Date '100% Confirmed' By Reliable Leaker
It's coming next month!
Formidable Xbox Game Pass leaker eXtas1s has another "confirmed" arrival date for us this week, in the form of Activision's Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. Previously rumoured for an August Game Pass drop, the insider now claims that the re
News Mortal Kombat 1 The Next Victim Of A Ridiculous Update Size On Xbox
What is going on here?!
Yesterday, Fortnite grabbed some attention relating to a recent Xbox update file size - attention that developer Epic Games said it "understands" due to the inconvenience caused. Well, as it turns out, Fortnite isn't alone here - and Mortal Kombat 1 might be taking home the 'biggest Xbox update prize' this week after all. As...
News Fallout: London Dev Wants Bethesda's Help To Create An Xbox Version
"We want to speak to a decision-maker"
Back at the end of last week, we mentioned how the highly ambitious Fallout 4 mod known as "Fallout: London" was still on the way despite a setback earlier this year, but as things stand, it's only ever expected to release on PC. The mod's official FAQ simply states that there's no plan to reach Xbox or any...
