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TodayFri, 29th Mar 2024 News Xbox Game Pass Indie Deals Have 'Come Down In Scope', Claim Devs "The Gold Rush is over" Game Pass has proven to be a huge success for Xbox and developers since its inception, but supposedly the "gold rush is over" for indie developers looking to achieve major funding deals from these kinds of services.
Speaking to PC Gamer at this year's Game Developer Conference, the development teams behind Xbox Game Pass... News Xbox Spring Sale 2024 'Sneak Preview' Now Live, 250+ Games Discounted Game Pass members get the deals one week early! It's time to kick-off the Xbox Spring 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 on April 4th.
We have over 250 games discounted here, including some of the biggest and... News Halo Support Studio Certain Affinity Axes 25 Jobs The first major layoff in its "17+ year history" There have already been a bunch of layoffs this year and now Certain Affinity (known for helping out with Halo and Call of Duty) has let go of 25 US-based employees.
In a message on its official website, the company announced it had made the "extremely difficult decision" to eliminate these roles. It... YesterdayThu, 28th Mar 2024 News Three Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (March 28) Our first ActiBlizz game is finally here March is going out with a bang when it comes to Xbox Game Pass! Three games are coming to the service today, including our very first Activision Blizzard game in the form of Diablo 4.
Here's an introduction to all of today's new Xbox Game Pass titles, along with some handy links to our Pure Xbox reviews of... News Two New Games Have Joined The Free-To-Play Lineup On Xbox One through Game Preview, and one for Xbox Insiders There's plenty of great content to check out on Xbox over the weekend including a bunch of Xbox Game Pass additions and some major Free Play Days titles - and now we can add a couple of new free-to-play games to the list!
The first of these is the Paragon-inspi News Xbox 360 Online Store A Hot Mess Ahead Of July 2024 Closure Time Extension Myriad of issues present Microsoft is closing the Xbox 360 online store this July, and this move will have had many people booting up their dusty old consoles in an attempt to grab what they can before the plug is pulled.
However, as this new video from Randomised Gaming shows, even ahead of News Leaked Images Reveal 'First Look' At White, All-Digital Xbox Series X Set to release this summer It was around a month ago that the existence of a white, all-digital Xbox Series X was first reported, and now the same outlet that broke the news has returned with a series of images that appear to prove its legitimacy.
This all comes from Exputer, which highlights the "clear absence of a disc drive on the front" as well... News Sony's PS4 Exclusive 'Predator: Hunting Grounds' Is Finally Coming To Xbox Thanks to a change of publisher It was all the way back in April of 2020 that Predator: Hunting Grounds made its debut on PlayStation 4 (and PC), and now it's finally getting an Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S version - albeit not until later in the year.
The news was announced today by developer IllFonic, along with plans to implement various... News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (March 28-31) Two HUGE games are included this week Xbox Free Play Days is back once again, and this week we have a very interesting lineup to dive into. Four games are featured here — including two huge AAA titles — but both of these appear to have time limits for Xbox players.
Here's the full Xbox Free Play Days lineup for this coming weekend:
Assassin's... Talking Point Would You Be Interested In Microsoft's White Xbox Series X Revision? If today's leak comes to fruition Earlier today, we were treated to a first look at Microsoft's supposedly-planned Xbox Series X console revision thanks to some newly-leaked images. In short, the system appears to be sporting a fresh white coat of paint, while also ditching the disc drive for an all-digital Series X debut.
<related... News Gearbox Entertainment Acquired By 2K As Team Confirms 'Borderlands 4' Changing gears At some point during its mad spending spree, Embracer Group acquired Borderlands developer Gearbox as it sought to strengthen its development portfolio. However, the company has since begun shedding studios, and Gearbox is now heading back to 2K - the team who helped it build the Borderlands series.
This time around though, Gearbox... News Call Of Duty: MW3's Next Update Contains Absolutely Tons Of New Content Six 6v6 maps! The return of Rebirth Island! Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has just unveiled its next batch of seasonal content - and this is one of series' biggest updates for quite some time. Alongside the return of the ever popular Rebirth Island Warzone map, MW3 is getting six core multiplayer maps, four weapons, four game modes and a whole lot... News New Rumours About Toys For Bob's Next Game Surface Online "Spyro 4" is the latest claim Following a report last week about Xbox and the now-indie studio Toys for Bob reaching an agreement on a new game, there's now a new rumour doing the rounds about what this game might be.
This information comes from the Crash and Spyro YouTube channel 'Canadian Guy Eh', which claims the next title is Spyro the Dragon... Poll Skull & Bones Players, What Do You Think Of The Game So Far? It's all gone quiet on the high seas After years of delays, Ubisoft finally delivered Skull & Bones to the world just over a month ago. The game released to somewhat disappointing reviews (a 63 on Metacritic for Xbox), but we also saw plenty of positivity from its playerbase.
And then... nothing. From our perspective at least, it feels like... Rumour Capcom 'Going All Out' With Monster Hunter Wilds In Q1 2025 "By far the biggest game they ever attempted" A new rumour doing the rounds suggests that Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom's next mainline Monster Hunter title, is set for a Q1 2025 launch - and it'll apparently be "the biggest game they ever attempted".
That's according to 'Dusk Golem' at least, the prominent leaker behind a News Planet Zoo: Console Edition Launches To Decent Reviews On Xbox Series X|S "Another amazing sim from Frontier" In case you'd forgotten, it's been a few days now since the release of Planet Zoo: Console Edition on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and the good news is that it's been getting mostly positive reviews from those who have bought it.
The Xbox Store rating is sitting at 4.1/5 in the UK and 3.8/5 in the US, with... Wednesday27th Mar 2024 News Xbox's New Microsoft Rewards Quest Gives You 1000+ Points Per-Month It's nice and easy as well! Xbox has been busy making various changes to Microsoft Rewards over the past week-or-so, and although the program has suffered as a result in some ways, we've at least got a new method of earning points via a "Weekly Console Bonus".
This has now started to appear for Microsoft Rewards users in multiple regions, offering... Talking Point Has Ray Tracing Been A 'Complete Waste Of Time' For Xbox Series X|S? The Xbox community questions the feature Before the console ever shipped back in 2020, ray tracing was an important part of Microsoft's messaging with Xbox Series X. It was seen as an emerging bit of graphical tech that could transform the way current-gen games look as we moved past the Xbox One era. However, as the generation has gone on it's... News This Week's Xbox Sales Include One Of 2024's Best Games So Far A great chance to pick up Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden This week's batch of Xbox deals is far less noteworthy than some of the others we've been seeing recently, suggesting the big Xbox Spring Sale is just around the corner. That said, there are still a few offers that are tempting at first glance, particularly in terms of a Bandai Namco selection... News No Man's Sky Brings Its 'Orbital' Update To Xbox Game Pass Featuring highly-anticipated ship customization No Man's Sky developer Hello Games has today unveiled and launched its 'Orbital' update - inbound for Xbox Game Pass members as we speak. Orbital brings loads of new features to the team's spacefaring epic, including the highly-anticipated addition of ship customisation.
The 'Ship Fabricator' enables... News Diablo 4 Adds Console Ray Tracing Ahead Of Xbox Game Pass Debut "Patch 1.3.5. introduces Raytracing to all supported platforms" Blizzard has detailed its big ray tracing update for Diablo 4, right on the eve of the title's Xbox Game Pass debut. Patch 1.3.5 "introduces Raytracing to all supported platforms", alongside a host of other graphical tweaks and improvements.
Ray traced shadows and reflections have been... News Phil Spencer On Porting Exclusives: 'Every Decision We Make Is To Make Xbox Stronger' "It doesn't mean everyone's going to agree" The 2024 edition of GDC has just taken place, and Xbox boss Phil Spencer has been present at the conference to talk all-things gaming as usual. His presence has led to an in-depth chat with outlet Polygon - where the boss spoke about the future of Xbox and its exclusive strategy.
As we all now know,... News Xbox Concludes Strong Month Of Perks With Huge YouTube Freebie Now available for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members We'd probably say that March 2024 has been the best month ever for the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks program, and Team Xbox isn't done yet with adding new freebies to it, as we've just received another major one this week!
This is the return of the YouTube Premium Free Trial, which is now available... News 'Marvel Rivals' Dev Hints At Possible Xbox Version Following PC Launch "An extraordinary third-person hero shooter game" Marvel has today revealed a brand-new free-to-play shooter in the form of Marvel Rivals, which is officially launching with a beta in May. The sad news is that it's PC only for now - but there's reason to be hopeful of an Xbox release.
The team behind Marvel Rivals has hinted that an Xbox version is... News Phil Spencer Would Like To See Other Digital Storefronts Appear On Xbox "How can we be part of opening up that model?" During a chat at this year's Game Developers Conference, Xbox boss Phil Spencer spoke about how he would like to break down certain "walled gardens" within the gaming space, so players could potentially buy games from other storefronts on Xbox.
When asked about a future where storefronts like the "Epic... Roundup Here's What The Critics Think Of 'Open Roads' On Xbox Game Pass Reviews are out now Wistful road tripping adventure Open Roads heads to Xbox Game Pass tomorrow as part of a big day for the service, and ahead of launch some early reviews have started to drop for the title.
So, we've gathered up some early impressions of Open Roads down below - including a short snippet of our Pure Xbox Review. News Xbox Game Studios' Ara: History Untold Is Coming To Console, Just Not At Launch "Plans for Xbox consoles will be revealed" Ara: History Untold was one of the major Xbox first-party releases to feature at 2024's Developer Direct event, although the game's reception so far has been somewhat subdued. Part of the reason for that is likely because the game is only launching for PC on day one, but a new comment from developer Oxide... News Xbox Cloud Gaming Adds Mouse And Keyboard Support To 10+ Games Available to Xbox Insiders As part of the latest Xbox Update Preview, Xbox Insiders on PC can now preview mouse and keyboard support while playing cloud games in the Xbox App and supported browsers (Edge and Chrome). At the moment there are 14 games supported. Here's the full rundown:
Currently supported titles and any known issues are below:...