TodaySun, 22nd Dec 2024

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  18

  News EA's Next 'Free' Xbox Game Is Now Available To Claim

  Be quick, today only!

  As part of its holiday celebrations this year, Electronic Arts is allowing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate / EA Play users to grab a selection of free content to keep forever - and the promotion's third full Xbox title is now available to claim. Following on from Battlefield 1 and

  • 10:40am
  • Xbox
  • EA
  • Free Games
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X

YesterdaySat, 21st Dec 2024

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  7

  News A New Terminator Game Has Been Rated For Xbox Series X|S And One

  From the team behind Terminator: Resistance

  Pictured: Terminator: Resistance It looks like another Terminator game is on the way following the discovery of a new rating on the Australian Classification Board. It's called Terminator 2D: No Fate and will be coming to the Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. It's developed and published by the UK-based team...

  • Yesterday, 3:25am
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Xbox One
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  14

  News These Are The Top-Selling Games In The Xbox Countdown Sale 2024

  The hottest deals right now

  It's been just over a week now since the biggest Xbox sale of the year went live - the Xbox Countdown Sale 2024! So, we thought we'd take this opportunity to look at which games have been selling the best so far. When we did this for the Black Friday Sale, we focused on the US version of the Xbox Store, so this time...

  • Yesterday, 2:30pm
  • Xbox
  • Deals
  • Xbox Countdown Sale 2024
  • Roundup
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  29

  Poll What Were The Best Xbox Game Pass Additions In 2024?

  There's a lot to choose from!

  Although Xbox Game Pass may have slowed down a little bit in 2024, we've still seen a huge number of incredible games added to the service over the past 12 months, including some extremely notable first-party titles as well! In recent weeks alone, the likes of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Call of Duty: Black Ops...

  • Yesterday, 4pm
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Poll
  • Features
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  5

  Feature These Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (December 23-27)

  Christmas week!

  Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for December 23-27! Naturally, considering it's Christmas week, the new releases are slowing down considerably over the next few days, but we've still got a few fun launches on the way! Here's what's coming to Xbox next week: New Xbox Releases (December 23-27): 8 & 9 Ball Pocket...

  • Yesterday, 1pm
  • Xbox
  • Features
  • Weekly Roundup
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X
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  40

  Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 21-22)

  It's a bit of Baldur's Gate 3 for us

  Welcome to the weekend! Things have calmed down a lot on Xbox over the past week, but don't forget we've seen some great Xbox Game Pass titles throughout December, and the Xbox Countdown Sale 2024 remains live as well! Here's what we're playing this weekend: Fraser Gilbert, Editor: I'm so ready for a Christmas...

  • Yesterday, 12pm
  • Xbox
  • Features
  • Talking Point
  • What Are You Playing

Friday20th Dec 2024

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  18

  News Xbox's 'Top Paid' Backwards Compatible Title Could Be Coming To Game Pass

  Another one for the list

  Over the last week or two, we've seen multiple Call of Duty titles get ported over to the Microsoft Store on PC, which is a good sign that they're likely being prepared for Xbox Game Pass at some stage. While we still don't have any confirmed XGP dates for

  • Fri, 3pm
  • Xbox
  • Microsoft
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
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  2

  News More 'Free' Games Have Launched On Xbox This Month, Along With New Demos & Trials

  There's a lot to check out this Christmas!

  Things might have quietened down when it comes to Xbox Game Pass additions and even just new Xbox releases over the past couple of weeks, but there are a whole bunch of free goodies that are well worth checking out this Christmas! Let's start with the "free" new games. In addition to the EA giveaways that...

  • Fri, 2pm
  • Xbox
  • Free Games
  • Demos
  • Trials
  • Free To Play
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  5

  News Stalker 2 Content Roadmap & Stalker Trilogy Next-Gen Patch To Arrive In 2025

  Stalking your Xbox drive in '25

  It's been a busy few weeks for GSC Game World — having released Stalker 2, and then delivering multiple post-launch patches since — and it doesn't look like the team is slowing down much in 2025. In a holiday message released today, the Ukrainian developer has committed to a Stalker 2 content roadmap and a...

  • Fri, 4pm
  • Xbox
  • Stalker 2
  • Stalker Legends of the Zone Trilogy
  • GSC Game World
  • Xbox Series X
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  36

  News Xbox Series X|S Architect Officially Named 'VP Of Next-Generation' At Microsoft

  We love it when a plan comes together

  2024 has been the year that Microsoft has officially started talking about its next-generation console plans, and we now have some fresh news on who's helping build new hardware for Xbox. Jason Ronald, who was front and centre of designing and introducing Xbox Series X|S, has been named 'VP of Next-Generation'...

  • Fri, 12:30pm
  • Xbox
  • Microsoft
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Next-Gen Xbox
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  38

  News Xbox & PlayStation Face 'Significant Risk' With Their Next Consoles, Predicts Research Firm

  "There isn’t room for more than two major console systems"

  The research and advisory firm DFC Intelligence has published a 2024 market report and forecast this week for the gaming industry, and it highlights a "significant risk" facing Xbox and PlayStation when it comes to next-gen consoles. According to the firm, Nintendo will run away with the...

  • Fri, 11:14am
  • Xbox
  • Console
  • PlayStation
  • Analysis
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  34

  News Xbox Exec Appearing At 'Future Of Gaming Handhelds' Panel Next Month

  Microsoft's 'VP of next gen' Jason Ronald

  In case you missed it, Lenovo appears to be gearing up to announce its first 'Legion Go' SteamOS handheld during a special "future of gaming handhelds" event at CES '25 on January 7th, 2025. While this might not seem all that relevant to Xbox, following ongoing talk of a possible Xbox handheld device,

  • Fri, 7am
  • Xbox
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Jason Ronald
  • Microsoft
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  19

  Poll What Do You Think Of Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled On Xbox Game Pass?

  Has it lived up to expectations?

  One of the final big additions to Xbox Game Pass in 2024 was Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled back on December 4th, and ultimately it ended up getting overshadowed a little bit by the arrival of Indiana Jones a few days later. This is a game we've been enjoying for years outside of Game Pass though, and some might...

  • Fri, 5:31pm
  • Xbox
  • Poll
  • Features
  • Crash Bandicoot

Thursday19th Dec 2024

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  21

  News EA Unveils Second 'Free' Game For Xbox Members To Claim This Week

  This time it's a Star Wars title!

  Back on Tuesday, Xbox and EA treated us to a surprise in the form of Battlefield 1 Revolution at a 100% discount, meaning anyone with an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (or EA Play) membership could claim the game for free. At the time, we mentioned that more games could follow before the promotion wraps up on December...

  • Thu 19th Dec 2024
  • Xbox
  • EA
  • Free Games
  • Star Wars
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  96

  News Sony's New $320M 'Alliance' Has Left Xbox Fans Breathing A Sigh Of Relief

  No signs of a full acquisition right now

  There was concern amongst the Xbox community recently when it was reported that Sony was considering acquiring the parent company behind the likes of Elden Ring, Dark Souls and Armored Core, but fortunately that hasn't happened. Instead, it's been announced today that Kadakowa (the parent of FromSoftware,...

  • Thu 19th Dec 2024
  • Xbox
  • Sony
  • FromSoftware
  • Elden Ring
  • Kadokawa
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  11

  News Stalker 2 Update 1.1 Now Live On Xbox, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

  An absolutely massive update

  Just a few weeks on from its last big update, developer GSC Game World has today delivered Stalker 2 Patch 1.1, and it's an absolutely monstrous update that contains more than 1,500 fixes in total. GSC says that Stalker 2 Update 1.1 "will take some time" to download, so do bear that in mind here. The team is quick to...

  • Thu 19th Dec 2024
  • Xbox
  • Stalker 2
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Xbox Game Pass
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  32

  News New Elder Scrolls 'Remake' Announcement Rumour Surfaces Online

  Could the Xbox 360 classic 'Oblivion' be returning?

  Xbox's 2025 lineup is starting to take shape and a new rumour today suggests one other title that could potentially be joining the first-party library next year is The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. According to the well-known leaker Extas1s (via Insider Gaming), this remake / remaster is not only...

  • Thu 19th Dec 2024
  • Rumours
  • Xbox
  • The Elder Scrolls
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  4

  News 21 Years After It Was Canned, This SAS Xbox Shooter Is Finally Playable

  Time Extension Team SAS was pulled due to issue with the PS2 version

  Rage Software's Team SAS was shaping up to be quite an exciting prospect back in the early '00s. In development for Xbox and PS2, it was created with the input of grizzled SAS veteran Andy McNab, who even went as far as providing motion capture for the game's animation. Mixing gritty realism...

  • Thu 19th Dec 2024
  • Xbox
  • Game Preservation
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  41

  Talking Point If Developer Direct Returns, Xbox Could Have A Killer 2025 Lineup

  So many awesome-looking games to choose from!

  If the last few years are anything to go by, we could be around a month out from Microsoft dropping another Developer Direct; its now-annual showcase that dives deep into some of the year's biggest Xbox games. Although next year's event is yet to be announced, we see no reason for Xbox not to do another...

  • Thu 19th Dec 2024
  • Xbox
  • Features
  • Talking Point
  • Developer Direct
  • Microsoft
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  16

  News Capcom Unveils Monster Hunter Wilds Performance Details For Xbox Series X And S

  Launching February 2025

  Monster Hunter Wilds is bringing plenty of co-op creature-slaying to Xbox platforms in February 2025, and ahead of launch, Capcom has dropped all of the game's performance details for Series X and S consoles. With the more powerful Xbox Series X, Monster Hunter Wilds will get two gameplay modes - a 'Prioritize Graphics'...

  • Thu 19th Dec 2024
  • Xbox
  • Monster Hunter Wilds
  • Capcom
  • Xbox Series X
  • Xbox Series S
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  5

  Preview Fallout 76's Game-Changing 'Ghoul' Update Is Positively Glowing

  Ghouls just want to have fun

  Before we cross the ticker tape into 2025 and beyond, let’s rewind back to mid-April. That’s when Craig —then a younger, more emotionally stable version of himself — joined millions of ‘kink-shamed’ TV fans binge-watching Amazon Prime’s Fallout adaptation. Why mention kink shaming? Well, it might have...

  • Thu 19th Dec 2024
  • Xbox
  • Previews
  • Hands On
  • Fallout 76
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  15

  News Tango Gameworks 'Wants To Cherish' Hi-Fi RUSH IP After Xbox Closure

  "The characters and the world are beloved by us"

  Following Xbox's surprise closure of Tango Gameworks back in May, the Hi-Fi RUSH developer was saved from the wreckage by PUBG publisher Krafton - and in a new interview, the team has talked about how much it now cherishes its most recent IP. Speaking with

  • Thu 19th Dec 2024
  • Xbox
  • Hi-Fi RUSH
  • Tango Gameworks
  • Microsoft
  • Krafton