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News Lost In Random: The Eternal Die Joins Xbox Game Pass Lineup For June 2025
Release date locked in!
First announced to be joining Xbox Game Pass at Gamescom last year, the folks behind Lost in Random: The Eternal Die have revealed the upcoming roguelite's full release date. You can expect to be playing this one on June 17th, 2025, day one on the service. In this Lost in Random sequel, "players will journey as Queen Ale
News Stalker 2 Patch 1.4 Makes Loads Of Changes On Xbox, With A Focus On AI Improvements
Live now on Xbox Game Pass
Stalker 2 developer GSC Game World has today detailed its next big patch, and there's absolutely loads of fixes and improvements tucked into this latest update for the Xbox Game Pass title. The team says that this patch has a strong focus on "big improvements to the combat AI", which is good news, because it's something...
News Xbox Free Play Days: Try These Games For Free (May 15-18)
Included with an Xbox Game Pass subscription
Xbox Free Play Days is back once again - and today we have three titles making up Microsoft's free-to-play program, including the pictured Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin. Without further ado, here's the full list of Xbox Free Play days titles this week: House Flipper 2 Stranger of Paradise...
News DOOM: The Dark Ages Is Now Playable With Xbox Game Pass
Jump into a medieval war against hell
Microsoft is closing out its first half of 2025 release schedule with an absolutely massive effort from Bethesda & id Software - yep, DOOM: The Dark Ages is here and playable with Xbox Game Pass on day one. We're sure you'll have seen and heard plenty about this next entry in the legendary FPS series...
Feature 12 Xbox Game Pass Titles To Get Excited For In The Second Half Of 2025
Gears of War, Hollow Knight and so much more!
What an unbelievable year it's been for Xbox Game Pass in 2025 so far! We've seen one of the best ever months for Game Pass in April, while May and June are both stacked with some awesome-looking additions as well. Now that we've highlighted everything from January to June on Xbox Game Pass here at Pure...
Guide DOOM: The Dark Ages - Does It Have Multiplayer?
Slaying solo tonight, is it mate?
It's finally time (if you've got early access) to jump back into the bloodstained boots of everyone's favourite space murder man, the DOOM Slayer! Yes, friends. DOOM: The Dark Ages, a shooter that this very writer (idiot that he is) called "a slightly different death-dance, but still a gloriously great one" before...
Guide DOOM: The Dark Ages: All Weapons & Weapon Locations
Guns. Anyone?
As expected, DOOM: The Dark Ages is packed to the rafters with awesome weaponry, as well as a whole bunch of cool ways to augment and upgrade any and all death-bringing devices that you're packing. So, and in the interest of making sure you're armed to the teeth for some premium-grade rippin' and/or tearin', let's take a look at all...
News Remedy's FBC: Firebreak Getting Free Tech Test Ahead Of Xbox Game Pass Launch
And it's playable this weekend!
Last month, Control & Alan Wake developer Remedy announced a June release date for its upcoming co-op game FBC: Firebreak - and now the title is getting a closed tech test ahead of its Xbox Game Pass launch.
News Three Games Are Available This Week With Xbox Game Pass (May 13-16)
Including a massive first-party release
Welcome to another Xbox Game Pass update! Today, we're covering all of this week's new XGP additions arriving between now and Friday, including id Software's massive new shooter DOOM: The Dark Ages. Let's take a look at the full Xbox Game Pass lineup for this week (May 13-16): Warhammer: Vermintide 2...
News Four Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In June 2025 So Far
An early look at what's ahead
As we always do around this time of the month, we're taking a look today at what's ahead for June 2025's Xbox Game Pass selection, with four games having been confirmed for Game Pass next month at the time of writing. All of these are brand-new Xbox releases as well, including Remedy Entertainment's FBC: Firebreak and...
Guide DOOM: The Dark Ages Release Date, Release Times & Early Access Details On Xbox
Day one on Xbox Game Pass!
DOOM: The Dark Ages is one of Xbox & Bethesda's biggest releases of 2025 - and the good news is that its Xbox Game Pass launch is right around the corner! The game's review embargo has also lifted, and we've just delivered our full verdict on the new
Roundup Here's What The Critics Think Of Xbox's DOOM: The Dark Ages
Here we go!
The time has finally arrived - DOOM: The Dark Ages reviews are out and floating the depths of hell, prior to Xbox's big Game Pass launch next week. Those reviews include our very own Pure Xbox write-up of course, which we'll sum up for you down below! Here's what we, and a bunch of other game critics, think of DOOM: The Dark Ages:
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Update 1.2.3 Now Live On Xbox, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Here's what's new
Yesterday, the team behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 announced that it was going to make a major balance change in its first patch this week - and now that update is live on Xbox and Game Pass! Yep, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 patch 1.2.3 is available now, and down below are the full patch notes across all pl
News Minecraft's New Graphics Upgrade Is Now Available On Xbox
Vibrant Visuals arrives as an experimental update
Mojang this week rolled out a new update for Minecraft and while it put all the focus on its new "flat world presets" it's also quietly released one rather big and highly anticipated experimental feature. It's tied to the previous 'Vibrant Visuals' graphics upgrade announcement that plans to...
News Call Of Duty: Warzone 'Pack 2' Now Free For Xbox Game Pass Members
A second bit of free DLC
Back in early April, we reported how Call of Duty: Warzone had received a free Game Pass Perk for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members, and now "Game Pass Pack 2" has also been added for free as part of May's selection. Call of Duty: Warzone - Game Pass Pack 2 can be claimed for free by locating it on the Xbox Store and hitting...
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Making Major Balance Change In First Xbox Patch
And it's arriving this week
New Xbox Game Pass RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been enjoying a wildly successful first few weeks on the market - and now developer Sandfall Interactive has turned its attention to the first patch, arriving later this week. While the team hasn't dropped the full patch notes for Clair Obscur's first
News Minecraft's Latest Update Adds Several 'Exciting' World Options
Flat World presets are now available
Minecraft has just rolled out a new update this week for the Bedrock Editions of the game and it's got some members within the community rather excited. It adds "flat world presets" - allowing you to now select between multiple "exciting in-game presets". This ranges from 'Classic Flat' right through to...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (May 8-11)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Free Play Days is BACK, and we have another pair of recently-released Xbox titles to jump into for free this weekend - including The Chinese Room's fantastic horror effort Still Wakes The Deep <related ids="167069"> Here's what you can play with Xbox Free Play Days over the coming weekend: PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (May 8)
Including another day one release!
We have another Xbox Game Pass refresh coming today, folks, with two more titles entering the library on May 8th. We're particularly excited about XGP's next day one launch here - Revenge of the Savage Planet brings some light-hearted co-
Opinion If Xbox Is 'Just' A Game Pass Machine, That's Still Enough For Me
Have you seen how good it's been this year?!
With the likes of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Forza Horizon 5 and now Gears of War: Reloaded jumping over to PS5, there's been some chatter this week about whether Xbox is just a Game Pass machine these days. In other words, now that Xbox is bringing its first-party library to other systems, is...
News Two Fun Simulator Games Are Being Deployed To Xbox Game Pass This Month
Including one that's been very popular!
You may have missed that 11 games were announced for Xbox Game Pass yesterday amidst all the crazy GTA 6 news, and two of those are simulator games - one of which has proved very popular in recent years. The first is Police Simulator: Patrol Officers, which has regularly found its way into the "Top Paid" Xbox...
News Xbox Game Pass Gets Four Additions Today (May 7)
One Ultimate, three Standard
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, we have four games joining various different XGP tiers - with one new title in the main Game Pass Ultimate library and three titles moving over to Xbox Game Pass Standard. Here's some more information on today's Xbox Game Pass re
Talking Point Will Xbox Game Pass Get A Price Increase This Year?
It's anyone's guess
Back at the start of the month, Xbox announced a series of price increases for Xbox consoles, accessories and games in multiple regions, and the big question on many people's minds was whether Xbox Game Pass would follow suit. Fortunately that hasn't happened yet, but there's still concern that an Xbox Game Pass price increase...
News Five Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Early May 2025
Update: Not eight as originally suggested
Microsoft has unveiled the first batch of titles leaving Xbox Game Pass in May 2025 - with eight games in total exiting the service in the middle of the month, including the pictured Jurassic World Evolution 2. Here's the full list of games leaving Xbox Game Pass in early May 2025:
News These 11 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (May 7-20)
Microsoft announces a new batch
Microsoft has announced a new batch of Xbox Game Pass titles today, and it includes some previously confirmed titles such as DOOM: The Dark Ages, as well as some surprises such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 and Police Simulator: Patrol Officers! Don't forget about DREDGE
News Indie Hit DREDGE Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (May 6)
Live now in the XGP library!
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, 2023 indie hit DREDGE has docked into the Game Pass Ultimate library - and we've been waiting ages to see this one arrive on XGP. So, here's a bit more information on new Game Pass title DREDGE - which took the world by storm a few years back (it has over 36k reviews...
Poll What Was Your Favourite Xbox Game Pass Title For April 2025?
It was a pretty incredible month...
Another month of Xbox Game Pass is upon us, with a few of May 2025's additions already live on the service as we speak. However, before we fully press on towards even more XGP updates, we want to take one final look at the April 2025 lineup - by asking you fine folks which of last month's additio
Roundup Revenge Of The Savage Planet Off To A Strong Start Ahead Of Xbox Game Pass Launch
The early reviews are in
Revenge of the Savage Planet is Microsoft's biggest Xbox Game Pass addition of the week right now, and ahead of its arrival on Thursday, a batch of early reviews have just started to hit the web - including our own write-up at Pure Xbox. So, we'll quickly summarise our Pure Xbox review down below, alongside a bunch of other...
Banjo Got High on No Man's Sky
You know, I'd sort of forgotten how much I enjoyed 2020's Journey to the Savage Planet. Typhoon Studios' debut was a fantastically unique and colourful one that challenged you to think at all times, as you made your way across what was - and still is - a great big planet-sized platform-puzzle populated by cute aliens...
Roundup All The Xbox Reveals From May 2025's Future Games Show
Featuring plenty of Xbox Game Pass titles!
Back at the tail-end of last week, we were treated to yet another edition of the Future Games Show - with May 2025's event taking place from gamescom latam. As usual, there were plenty of Xbox reveals included as part of the show, six of which were upcoming Xbox Game Pass titles that are on the way very...
News South Of Midnight Passes 1 Million Players With The Help Of Xbox Game Pass
Less than a month from launch
A couple of weeks ago now, we saw South of Midnight make its way into the top 10 most-played games on Xbox in the US - and now developer Compulsion Games has revealed that the first-party title has attracted more than one million players in its first month. Speaking in a new interview with Game Rant, Compulsi
News Here's What Might Leave Xbox Game Pass In June 2025
Some early predictions!
What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in June 2025? Well, Microsoft hasn't confirmed anything just yet, but based on some games that were added to the service this time last year, we can at least make a few predictions ahead of time. We know that a lot of Xbox users want more advance notice of games leaving Xbox Game Pass, but...
News Two More Xbox Game Pass Indies Confirmed For May & June 2025
Busy months get even busier!
We're always keeping our eyes peeled for new Xbox Game Pass announcements, and we've spotted two of them over the past few days - one that's a bit further out in June, and another that'll be with us very soon in May. The May game is Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo, and this was revealed a very long time ago as an Xbox...
News Xbox #1 Platform For Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, But Worst For Average Playtime
That's the Game Pass influence for you
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 attracted a massive audience on Xbox Game Pass when it launched last week, even despite the shadow drop of Oblivion Remastered a couple of days earlier - making Xbox the #1 platform for the game. As reported by The Game Business, new Ampere d
Video Todd Howard And Bethesda React To Famous Oblivion Documentary
"Who's laughing now?"
Bethesda has been able to take a trip down memory lane after it shadow dropped The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered last month with the help of Virtuos. As part of this journey back in time, it's released a "then and now" video reaction to that famous documentary dating back to 2006. You know, the one featuring Todd...
Guide How To Download The Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign On Xbox Game Pass
Having trouble? Here's how to fix it
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 heads to Xbox Game Pass today - featuring a story campaign, co-op mode and multiplayer. However, MWII is a part of the broader 'Call of Duty' app, and the install process isn't exactly simple. While the Call of Duty base game, MWII co-op and MWII multiplayer installs are readily...
Reaction $80 Game Prices Are Ridiculous, Adding Even More Value To Xbox Game Pass
Maybe subscriptions are the future after all
Well, it happened - Microsoft has announced that a bunch of its Xbox products are going up in price, starting today. These latest price hikes are largely down to recent trade tariffs being sparked by the US government, and include the likes of Xbox Series X and S console prices increasing by up to $100...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (May 1-4)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Our first Free Play Days selection for May 2025 is here, and although it's a small list this week, a big Xbox first-party game is leading the lineup for Microsoft. Here's what you can play with Xbox Free Play Days over the coming weekend: Forza Motorsport The Escapists You'll need a subscription to
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (May 1)
Kicking off the month in style!
Welcome to your first Xbox Game Pass update for May 2025! Today, we have a couple of new additions to the XGP library, including more Call of Duty as Microsoft slowly brings the ActiBlizz back catalogue to the service. Here's what's new to Xbox Game Pass on May 1st: Anno 180
Talking Point Has This Been The Best Month Ever For Xbox Game Pass?
Seriously, what an incredible month for XGP!
With today's final Xbox Game Pass update for April 2025, we're almost done talking about this month's new additions to the library - but not before we can wax lyrical about just how amazing April 2025 has been for Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service. In fact, we think this could be the best month ever for
News Indie Dev Defends Xbox Game Pass As Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sells Most On PS5
"It is very worth having your game on Game Pass"
It's no secret that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been doing very well for itself so far. On top of some incredible review scores, we just found out that the game has already sold one million copies in less than a week - even if the
News Gearbox Announces New, Earlier Release Date For Borderlands 4 On Xbox
Surprise!
Maybe a little earlier than first intended, Gearbox's Randy Pitchford has announced that the team is moving the Borderlands 4 release date up by a few weeks. Yep, the upcoming sequel will now be launching for Xbox Series X|S on September 12th; a few weeks earlier than its previous late-September release date. We say a little earlier than...
News Far Cry 4 Getting Native 60FPS Patch On Xbox Series X|S & Game Pass
FPS Boost option now disabled
As we reminded you fine folks earlier today, Far Cry 4 is coming to Xbox Game Pass this week, and Ubisoft is seemingly preparing a native 60FPS patch for the game on Xbox Series X|S to coincide with its XGP arrival. A new Far Cry 4 patch has cropped up on PS5 that enables native 60FPS gameplay, and the Xbox Series X|S...
News Chinese RPG Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Gets July Release Date For Xbox Game Pass
A big summer release on XGP!
Last month, we learned that Chinese developer Leenzee was planning to bring its action-RPG to Xbox Game Pass this summer - and now we finally have a specific release date for Wuchang: Fallen Feathers on the XGP service. Yep, publisher 505 Games has announced that Wuchang will
News Oblivion's Remastered Team Is Taking Player Suggestions On Board
How would you improve the experience?
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered has already proven to be quite a success with over four million players checking it out at launch, and now the teams at Bethesda and Virtuos are apparently taking suggestions from the fanbase. If there is something you've stumbled across that doesn't seem right, or...
News Two Xbox Game Pass Titles Are Available This Week To Finish Off April 2025
Microsoft's April lineup comes to a close
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update - and the final one for April 2025! We have two more titles coming to the library this month; starting today with a new first-party title from Microsoft launching in Xbox Game Preview. So, let's take a look at today's brand-new addition, alongside our final drop...
News Xbox Studio Obsidian Explains Tweaks & Improvements To Gameplay In The Outer Worlds 2
"We've added a lot to the combat experience"
As part of IGN's ongoing coverage of The Outer Worlds 2 this month, Xbox studio Obsidian has been speaking to the outlet about its FPS gameplay mechanics in the upcoming sequel - and how the team has worked to tweak & improve those mechanics since the first Outer Worlds title. Studio members Rob...
News Subscriptions Like Xbox Game Pass 'Not The Future Of Gaming', Says Analyst
Despite COD giving Game Pass a boost
There's been a long-running debate amongst gaming communities about subscription services and their sustainability within the industry, especially with the likes of Xbox Game Pass flatlining on console in recent years. Despite some growth over on PC and Cloud, the core XGP has definitely slowed down recently, and...
PSA These Six Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass This Week (April 30)
Your last chance to try them out!
We're into a fresh week of gaming goodness today, and with us fast approaching the end of the month here, we have another selection of Xbox Game Pass titles departing the service very soon. In total, six games will exit the library this Wednesday, April 30. Here's your full list of leavers for late April 2025:...
News Two Xbox Game Pass Titles Reach Incredible Player Milestones During Launch Week
Last week was a busy one for the service
Last week, we ended up having a huge few days on Xbox Game Pass when Bethesda decided to join the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 party with Oblivion Remastered - and the pair of brand-new releases have hit some huge player milestones in the time since. At the tail end of the week, we brought news that
