To say I was conflicted with D-topia is an understatement. The post D-topia Review appeared first on TheXboxHub.
D-topia swaps frantic action for a slower, more reflective experience centred on puzzles, curiosity and the pursuit of an ideal society. The post AI Knows Best… Or Does It? D-topia Invites You Into A Curious Puzzle Adventure appeared first on TheXboxHub.
Stop sacking our favourite developers.Xbox fans appear to be sick to their back teeth over mass layoffs and studio closures, with a shout to "stop the cycle of layoffs" becoming the most trending topic on Microsoft's newly-launched feedback site, Xbox Player Voice.The feeling is all too commonplace at the moment, of doom and gloom skulking around Xbox as its attempts to reset itself for the 'greater good'. Horrid.Read the full article on purexbox.com
The Crimson Maid does a good job of slowly unravelling its mystery, while themes of religion, sin, and murder hang over the entire experience. The post The Crimson Maid Review appeared first on TheXboxHub.
Launching today for Xbox Series X|S, PC (with Xbox Play Anywhere), PlayStation 5 and Steam, The Crimson Maid comes from Wales Interactive alongside developers GrimTalin and Darkania Works. The post Love, Lies And Murder Await In The Crimson Maid On Xbox, PC And PlayStation appeared first on TheXboxHub.
The post How The Coalition and NVIDIA are Building Gears of War: E-Day for PC appeared first on XBOX Wire.
Few series do moral dilemmas quite like Beholder, and now the latest entry - Beholder: Conductor - has arrived on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC, complete with Xbox Play Anywhere support. The post Beholder: Conductor Pulls into Xbox Station – Are You Ready to Serve the State? appeared first on TheXboxHub.
Unreal Engine 6 is to launch for an early release around November 2027. The post Unreal Engine 6 to Launch at the End of 2027 appeared first on TheXboxHub.
South of Midnight dev is back in business.South of Midnight developer Compulsion Games, formally part of Xbox Game Studios before announcing its independence during the latest wave of layoffs, has popped out a call on LinkedIn to let the industry know they're ready to cook by inviting potential partners to "leverage the talent and creativity" of its award-winning team."With Compulsion Games returning to its roots as an independent developer, we are expanding opportunities to collaborate with stu
All systems go(ld) for July 23rd / 28th.Saddle up Marines! It's official, Halo: Campaign Evolved has now gone gold ahead of its July 28, 2026 release on Xbox Series X|S and, for the first time in the franchise's history, PS5. Hoorah!If you've bagged yourself the Premium Edition or Premium Upgrade Edition, Early Access begins on July 23 and comes with a bunch of extra digital goodies, including an art book, weapon and armour skins, and even a digital game manual. Not quite as cool as a physical o
The Outlast Trials is about to become even more disturbing as Season 7: Project Boneyard goes live today, delivering a grim new Prison Farm environment, a fresh Trial, new MK-Challenges and one of the game's most unsettling enemies yet. Better still, the update is completely free for existing players across Xbox, PlayStation and PC. The post The Outlast Trials Gets Even More Twisted With Season 7: Project Boneyard appeared first on TheXboxHub.
The post Space Dragons Builds Transformative Gameplay into Retro Style appeared first on XBOX Wire.
And Xbox takes #1 spot!Every now and again, we like to highlight the best games of the year according to the folks over at Metacritic, and they've actually published their own list over the past few days to cover the top 20 games from the first half of 2026.We've mentioned before how Metacritic is a little weird in how it does this â the idea is they take the platform with the most reviews for each new release, and that's the score they go with. So for example, even though Resident Evil Requiem
Crime dramas have taught us to expect dramatic interrogations, high-speed chases and last-minute confessions. Forensics: Crime Scene Detective takes the opposite approach. The post Forensics: Crime Scene Detective – The Truth Lies In The Evidence appeared first on TheXboxHub.
The post Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Call of Duty: Warzone Season 05 Content Drop: Full Details appeared first on XBOX Wire.
The post The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu – Your Mind Is the Real Enemy appeared first on XBOX Wire.
Kelly Slater, Bee Movie, Ed, Edd n Eddy and others!If you're not a big user of social media these days, we absolutely wouldn't blame you, but it's part of the job here at Pure Xbox - and one of the things we've noticed is a new account called "Xbox Nostalgia" that's been getting attention.There's nothing particularly mind-blowing about this account â it simply posts gameplay footage of Xbox titles from the past â but it's racked up a large number of followers, and therefore a lot of likes over t
"They have to restore my acc with all my games".Here's an interesting story we came across over the weekend! The likes of Eurogamer, Windows Central and Tom's Hardware have all been picking up on a Reddit post in which an Xbox fan claimed to have successfully sued Microsoft.The person in question explained that a few months ago, their Microsoft account got hacked and they were unable to retrieve any of their digital games as a result. After speaking to the Microsoft Support team, they weren't ab
Hopefully the base game gets a discount soon as well.The release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 on PlayStation didn't bring about any changes to the Xbox versions in terms of how they play, but a few changes were evidently made to the how they've been priced on the Microsoft Store.To be honest, we don't tend to track DLC price changes all that often, but lots of people have been reporting over the past few days that over 30 pieces of DLC have suddenly become free for Black Ops 2 specifically
"The plan is still to deliver great content".In the wake of the Xbox layoffs last week, there's been some concern amongst Elder Scrolls Online players that the game could stop adding new content or even be closed entirely, but that doesn't appear to be the case at first glance.The folks over at Eurogamer have been highlighting a few quotes related to this recently, with the most notable one coming from ESO Community Manager "ZOS_Kevin" who told fans that the team is planning a revised roadmap fo
The post Ascend to ZERO: A Time-Bending Roguelike Sharpened to the Last Second appeared first on XBOX Wire.
How to get Microsoft Rewards points fast.We know how amazing Microsoft Rewards is, but did you know that if you live in a certain region and you have access to all the MS Rewards benefits on offer, you can make around 10,000 Microsoft Rewards points per-month?That's the equivalent of almost ÂŁ10 / $10 worth of free Xbox credit every single month! Sure, it's not as much as it used to be (20,000 was very possible up until 2024), but ÂŁ120 / $120 worth of credit in a year isn't bad at all.Read the fu
They've been spotted trending higher than GTA 6.When Activision shadow dropped the new ports of Black Ops 1 and Black Ops 2 on PlayStation consoles last week, it quickly became obvious that people were lapping them up despite the lack of any real improvements to either game.Now that we're a few days on, we're starting to see just popular these ports have become, with both games spotted trending higher than even GTA 6 on the PlayStation Store over the weekend.Read the full article on purexbox.com
Starting off with Ascend to Zero on Monday.Welcome to a new week, and a particularly busy one for Xbox Game Pass! We've got seven games arriving over five days as things stand, so to prevent them getting lost in the shuffle, we thought we'd provide you with a quick roundup.The week is kicking off with Ascend to Zero on Monday, which has been getting some great reviews over the past few days. The time-bending action-roguelike currently has an 83 average rating on Metacritic.Read the full article
