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Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (December 11-14)
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Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (December 11-14)

Three games to play for free this weekend!As expected, Xbox Free Play Days has returned for the next few days!We've got three games in the mix this week, one of which requires a Game Pass membership (The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos) with the other two being completely free for everyone on Xbox to try.Read the full article on purexbox.com

Xbox Launches New $1 Game Pass Ultimate Offer For The Holidays
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Xbox Launches New $1 Game Pass Ultimate Offer For The Holidays

Perfect if you're not a subscriber already.It's no secret that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is getting more and more expensive as the years roll on, but today we've seen the return of the $1 offer that's proved so popular in the past — an entire month of access for less than a coffee!You can get this by going to the "Join Xbox Game Pass" page on the Xbox website, where if you're eligible, every tier including Game Pass Ultimate will have a "first month for $1" (or your local currency) option.Read the

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Suit Up – Firefighting Simulator: Ignite Expands With Parker’s Story DLC

Firefighting Simulator: Ignite has already proven itself as one of the more surprising sim standouts in recent memory, and now players on Xbox Series X|S, PS5 and PC have a reason to strap on the gear again. The post Suit Up – Firefighting Simulator: Ignite Expands With Parker’s Story DLC appeared first on TheXboxHub.

Multiple Games Are Reduced By 90-95% In The Xbox Game Awards Sale 2025
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Multiple Games Are Reduced By 90-95% In The Xbox Game Awards Sale 2025

HUGE discounts for great games!Looking for some cheap Xbox games during the Xbox Game Awards Sale 2025?This brand-new sale went live on the Xbox Store earlier today, and in addition to a bunch of recent releases that are only slightly discounted, there are so many other great games that are reduced by up to 95%.Read the full article on purexbox.com

The Game Awards Trailer Prices Range From 'Free' To Over '1 Million' USD, Claims Report
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The Game Awards Trailer Prices Range From 'Free' To Over '1 Million' USD, Claims Report

"According to two sources familiar with this year’s show".With The Game Awards taking place later today, an interesting report has come out of Kotaku detailing the inner workings of the event, with a couple of sources even highlighting how much trailers apparently cost for the show.The outlet says that according to "two sources familiar with this year’s show", a three-minute slot could cost over $1 million USD for a developer / publisher, while a one-minute trailer could cost up to $450,000 USD.

Halo 3 Wins 'Game Of The Year' As GameStop Reveals Its Full Set Of Awards For 2025
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Halo 3 Wins 'Game Of The Year' As GameStop Reveals Its Full Set Of Awards For 2025

Yes, this is a thing that happened.Of all the games we expected to see winning a "Game of the Year" award for 2025, Halo 3 wasn't one of them! Nevertheless, the classic 2007 Xbox shooter has just been awarded that title by none other than GameStop.In a six-minute video, it's revealed that Battlefield 6, Donkey Kong Bonanza, Ghost of Yotei and Halo 3 were up for GameStop's "Game of the Year", with Halo 3 crowned as "the best game of the year for the 18th year in a row".Read the full article on pu

The Outer Worlds 2 Gets Huge Xbox Patch, Including New FOV Slider For Third-Person Mode
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The Outer Worlds 2 Gets Huge Xbox Patch, Including New FOV Slider For Third-Person Mode

Here's what's included.Xbox dev Obsidian has just dropped an absolutely gargantuan patch for The Outer Worlds 2, bringing with it brand-new features, quest changes, bug fixes and lots more besides.As noted in our headline here, new field-of-view options for third-person mode are a welcome addition - as are the fixes for quests, combat tweaks, animation improvements and more. We're just going to throw the team's full patch notes down below for you to read over, but we'll re-order them slightly to

Digital Foundry Analysis Showcases 60FPS Versions Of Red Dead Redemption On Xbox
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Digital Foundry Analysis Showcases 60FPS Versions Of Red Dead Redemption On Xbox

Parity, finally!Red Dead Redemption for Xbox Series X|S is finally here, and now that most of you should have gotten your free upgrade if you were eligible, we're sure plenty of Xbox fans have been enjoying this Rockstar classic at 60FPS. Well, the folks at Digital Foundry are here as well to dive deep into this new version, including how the game stacks up against the old 360 code.We've thrown the video version of this up above; DF tackles the Xbox versions last, at roughly 11 minutes 30 in the

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Potions: A Curious Tale Casts Its Spell On Console

After bubbling away on Steam for nearly two years and collecting countless ‘Very Positive’ reviews, Potions: A Curious Tale has finally stepped out of the cauldron and onto console. The post Potions: A Curious Tale Casts Its Spell On Console appeared first on TheXboxHub.

The Game Awards Sale 2025 Now Live On Xbox, 150+ Major Games Discounted
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The Game Awards Sale 2025 Now Live On Xbox, 150+ Major Games Discounted

AAA titles galore!With The Game Awards 2025 officially taking place later today, Xbox has unveiled its special "The Game Awards Sale" on the Xbox Store featuring discounts for over 150 major games, available for the next week.There's some seriously big stuff in here like Split Fiction, Monster Hunter Wilds, EA Sports FC 26 and South of Midnight, along with plenty of classics that often appear in sales like these, but nevertheless have been reduced heavily.Read the full article on purexbox.com

Call Of Duty Is The #1 Franchise On Xbox Game Pass For 'Total Players & Hours' In 2025
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Call Of Duty Is The #1 Franchise On Xbox Game Pass For 'Total Players & Hours' In 2025

Well, duh.Everyone, act surprised! Xbox has announced today that Call of Duty is the #1 franchise on Xbox Game Pass for total players and hours in 2025, in addition to being #1 in November (for the Black Ops 7 launch).It obviously makes sense that one of the world's biggest gaming IPs would command so much attention on Xbox's service, especially considering there are multiple titles under the COD banner across various Game Pass tiers.Read the full article on purexbox.com

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Xbox, Luke Littler And Target Darts Team Up For A Bullseye Collaboration

The worlds of video games, traditional sport and straight-up fandom collide today as Target Darts, Luke Littler and Xbox fire off a brand-new collaboration. The post Xbox, Luke Littler And Target Darts Team Up For A Bullseye Collaboration appeared first on TheXboxHub.

Japan-Exclusive PS1 Game Finally Released In English After 26 Years, And It's On Xbox Too
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Japan-Exclusive PS1 Game Finally Released In English After 26 Years, And It's On Xbox Too

Say hello to Milano’s Odd Job Collection.We're totally expecting this game to go under the radar following its release on Xbox this week, but there's an interesting story behind it! Milano's Odd Job Collection is the English version of a PS1 game that released exclusively in Japan back in 1999, and it just so happens to be making its Xbox debut in the process as well.The fan translators at Hilltop Works have teamed up with publisher XSEED Games to bring Milano's Odd Job Collection to a new audie

Xbox's New Buy One, Get One Free Sale Includes A Selection Of Indie Titles
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Xbox's New Buy One, Get One Free Sale Includes A Selection Of Indie Titles

Live for the next week.Xbox has just set a new edition of its Buy One, Get One Free sales live on the Microsoft Store today - with this particular promotion revolving around a pretty slim selection of indie titles all-told.Yep, as these deals usually go, this isn't the most inspired list from Xbox here, but there are some standouts such as the three Monument Valley titles, TOEM, Beacon Pines, Cat Quest and more.Read the full article on purexbox.com

Xbox Working 'Very Closely' With AMD To Improve Ray Tracing & Other FSR Features In Games
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Xbox Working 'Very Closely' With AMD To Improve Ray Tracing & Other FSR Features In Games

As part of the new AMD Redstone technology.AMD has today unveiled its new "AMD FSR Redstone" technology, which combines the company's upscaling technology with "new machine learning (ML)-powered advancements" in FSR Frame Generation, FSR Ray Regeneration, and FSR Radiance Caching.The video above goes into detail on all of these features, such as how FSR Frame Generation is becoming smoother and more seamless, FSR Radiance Caching is helping to reduce the demand of ray-tracing on a game, and FSR