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Some interesting thoughts from the legendary Peter Moore!We always love hearing from ex-Xbox boss Peter Moore — a legend of the industry and one of the best Xbox leaders of all time — and he's shared some interesting thoughts about the validity of consoles in an interview with Kotaku.Moore explained that "the money" in selling hardware is usually in the software, subscriptions and add-ons that consumers purchase after they've bought it, but if console costs continue to rise as a result of the co

It's almost time for another massive first-party release!We're finally approaching the release of Xbox's next major first-party title for 2026 in the form of Halo: Campaign Evolved, providing us with a remake of the very first Halo game (multiplayer excluded) from all the way back in 2001!Read the full article on purexbox.com

So many fantastic games on offer!Xbox's massive Summer Sale for 2026 has now officially begun, with over 2000 games available at discounted prices for the next couple of weeks. There's an absolute ton of stuff to get through here, and even though we've highlighted some of the biggest deals and all the backwards compatible stuff, it's still hard to know where to start.Read the full article on purexbox.com

Launch is just a few days away!We're getting very close to the next Xbox first-party release now! Halo: Campaign Evolved is officially releasing on July 28th, but like Xbox does with all its new launches these days, there's an early access period thrown in the mix.We'll be breaking down Halo's release dates and access times later this weekend, but simply put, if you pick up either the Premium Edition or Premium Edition Upgrade of Halo: Campaign Evolved, you'll be able to start playing on Thursda

HUGE discounts for great games!Looking for some cheap Xbox games during the Xbox Summer Sale 2026?There are a whopping 2000+ titles discounted as part of this year's sale, and over XX of them have been reduced by 90% or even as much as 95% for the next two weeks.Read the full article on purexbox.com

Including at least three Xbox Game Pass additions!Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for July 20-24! The big release of the next few days is undoubtedly Halo: Campaign Evolved, which goes live for Premium Edition and Premium Upgrade owners on the 23rd, while we're also getting at least three Xbox Game Pass titles including Shift at Midnight and Planet Crafter!Here's what's coming to Xbox next week:Read the full article on purexbox.com

How about some PBA on Xbox Game Pass?Welcome to the weekend! We've had so many Xbox Game Pass additions over the past few days that are worth checking out on Saturday and Sunday, along with some Free Play Days titles and the massive Xbox Ultimate Game Sale!Here's what we're playing on Xbox this weekend:Read the full article on purexbox.com

Here's what's leaving soon.Microsoft has revealed the next eight games leaving Xbox Game Pass in late July 2026, with all of these being highlighted as "leaving soon" on the official Xbox mobile app.Some of the biggest departures in here include Celeste, Mount & Blade 2 and Sniper Elite: Resistance, while it's also interesting that Back to the Dawn, My Friendly Neighborhood and Whiskerwood have all returned to the list - they were first included in the early July leavers before Microsoft removed

It's started rolling out substantially in the US.A few days ago, we updated our big Microsoft Rewards 10,000 points per-month guide based on the new dashboard that had been rolling out across PC and mobile in recent months, but at the time it hadn't reached much of the US yet.Read the full article on purexbox.com

"We're excited to share more of what we're working on".Last week, we highlighted an official statement from DOOM developer id Software about what to expect from the studio following the Xbox layoffs, with the company insisting that it still has "the crew we need to build the games and tech we're known for", and that it's now back down to around the size that it was in the DOOM 2016 days.DOOM director Hugo Martin has elaborated on this in a new livestream this week, explaining that the id Tech en

Could Fallout 5 or Elder Scrolls 6 be exclusive to Xbox?Today's big news is undoubtedly the roadmap of plans announced by Bethesda Game Studios for Fallout, The Elder Scrolls IV and Starfield, which includes multiple new game announcements for the Fallout series specifically.Read the full article on purexbox.com

They've pulled back the curtain on their multi-year plans.Out of nowhere, Bethesda Game Studios has suddenly revealed a roadmap of its plans for the next few years ahead, including multiple Fallout games, continued work on The Elder Scrolls VI, and an intent to keep supporting Starfield.The biggest news here concerns Fallout, with Fallout 3 Remastered and Fallout: New Vegas Remastered both officially confirmed. Dates for both of these games will be revealed at some point in the future.Read the f

"I was super stoked to do a Viking game...".While it might not have been the best game of the Xbox One era, Crytek's Ryse: Son of Rome is surely one of the most memorable - an addictive hack-and-slash adventure with visuals that still rival some of the biggest releases of 2026!We've waxed lyrical about our love for Ryse before here at Pure Xbox, as well as our disappointment that the game never received a sequel. Former Xbox boss Phil Spencer simply stated back in 2018 that there's "never an eas

Pretty memorable, actually.The reviews are trickling in for Moss: The Forgotten Relic, and turns out they are quite positive!For those of you who don't know anything about our wee magical mouse, The Forgotten Relic is a reimagined console port for Moss and Moss: Book II which originally launched as VR experiences.Read the full article on purexbox.com

Could it be a blessing in disguise though?There's obviously a lot of speculation about whether Xbox Project Helix will end up including a disc drive when it ships, and there's suddenly been a lot of discussion on social media about a "rumour" that claims it will.We've seen the likes of Gaming Central, Coinvo and many, many individual Xbox fans posting about this, and it all tracks back to a tweet from G.O.A.T. GAMING that's racked up 1 million views in less than 24 hours.Read the full article on

The final batch of the week.It's been a busy old week for new Xbox Game Pass additions, with games literally arriving on the service across every single day, and we're finishing off on Friday with two "day one" releases across the Xbox and PC Game Pass tiers.Before we get to them though, we also want to bring your attention to MAVRIX - a downhill biking game that joined XGP on Thursday but we didn't get around to highlighting it separately. We've covered that one in more detail in the past:Read

Were you there back in the Halo 1 days?We're getting so close to the release of Halo: Campaign Evolved now — July 23rd for Premium buyers and July 28th for everyone else — so we thought we'd take this opportunity to ask you about your initial experiences with the series.Of course, many of us love Halo because it was either the first thing we played on the original Xbox, or it was the first thing we considered a must-play on that system. That goes for both Halo and Halo 2, with the latter pretty

Insane discounts!The Xbox Summer Sale 2026 is now in full swing with discounts on more than 2,000 games, including some insane deals on two brilliant Final Fantasy titles.Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth are the recipients of these hefty discounts, and considering both iconic JRPGs only arrived on Xbox in January and June of this year respectively, they're still relatively fresh additions for Xbox players.Read the full article on purexbox.com

Along with a massively revamped presentation suite.Another year brings another entry in EA Sports' NHL series, and there are two big highlights with this latest edition that's dropping on September 11th - it includes revamped presentation and the long-awaited return of Connected Franchise.NHL 27 will mark the first time since the Xbox 360 era that the series has incorporated a Connected Franchise mode, which is the term for playing an online season with other people. It was originally removed du

Continue your adventure across PC, PS5, and Xbox.It's a good day for Crimson Desert, as the latest update introduces native cross-save support between consoles and PC. Players on Xbox already had the luxury of picking up their console saves on PC thanks to Xbox Play Anywhere support, but still, it's nice to see Pearl Abyss add it in good and proper.Update 1.14 largely focuses on bringing this feature to the Graymanes, though it also includes a handful of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvement