Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 8-9)

How about some Beast of Reincarnation?Welcome to another weekend! This week treated us to the huge release of Beast of Reincarnation on Xbox Game Pass, and don't forget about the Free Play Days offering, not to mention the hundreds of the sales on the Xbox Store too.Here's what we're playing on Xbox this weekend:Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Feature: These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (August 10-14)

Including multiple new Game Pass titles.Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for August 10-14! We've got loads of interesting stuff releasing on Xbox over the next few days, including indie highlights such as No More Room in Hell 2 and Wild Blue Skies, the big release of Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, and a busy few days for new Xbox Game Pass additions across various tiers.Here's what's coming to Xbox next week:Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Here's What Might Leave Xbox Game Pass In September 2026

Some early predictions!What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in September 2026? 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 Microsoft usually gives us around two weeks right now - and don't forget, publishers sometimes secure late deals with Microsoft to keep their games on Game Pass, even after they've been announced to be leaving!Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Talking Point: Xbox Is Getting Its Own Platinum Trophy, But What Will Make It Differ

What would we call them? Diamond Achievements?Cheevos - or Xbox Achievements, as they've been dubbed since debuting on the Xbox 360 - have become a quintessential Xbox feature. These are earnable in-game challenges that reward you with points and tally up to display your overall gamerscore.They became so popular back in the 360 days that Sony had to whip up its own system and call it Trophies. PlayStation had the advantage of rolling out their version after learning what made cheevos so moreish, understanding player motives to go after 'em, and innovating on ways to make it better.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Share of the Week: Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced – Jackdaw

Last week, we asked you to share moments about Edward Kenway’s pirate ship, the Jackdaw, using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: _GenieCrazy_ shares the Jackdaw facing off against a British ship gh_holy_mash shares the Jackdaw sailing into the rising sun WarDragon989 shares a smoky view of the pirate flag waving off the Jackdaw […]


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The Highest-Rated Metacritic Game Of 2026 Is On Xbox, And We've Never Heard Of It

"Like Geometry Wars? You will love this!".So there I was, just casually browsing Metacritic today to see what the latest rankings are for the "Best Games This Year", and it turns out there's a new champion - a little game called Sektori that I'd never heard of before.Imagine my surprise when I discovered that Sektori is already available for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and it was actually released back at the end of the last year. The reason it's one of the "Best Games This Year" is because it just recently released for Nintendo Switch 2, and it has an average review score of 94 (!) for that platform.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Talking Point: Will Xbox's Disc-To-Digital Feature Become Essential For Delisted Gam

Specifically if Helix has no disc drive...We're still yet to hear about this highly-rumoured (and leaked) disc-to-digital program that Xbox is working on, but do we know that it'll offer some kind of method for converting physical discs to digital licenses when it arrives.<related ids="203281">Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Halo 1 Co-Creator Reveals His Verdict On The Campaign Evolved Remake

"Been slowly playing through Campaign Evolved on Heroic".Everyone's been sharing their thoughts on Halo: Campaign Evolved over the past couple of weeks since it first arrived with the Premium Edition, but what does the Halo 1 co-creator, Marcus Lehto, think of the game so far?Lehto played a massive role in bringing Halo to life back at the turn of the millennium, working in major roles on Halo 1, Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo: Reach before departing Bungie in 2011. In regards to Campaign Evolved, he's got mostly great things to say about it, highlighting that he really loves the upgrades and is having a lot of fun.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Take-Two CEO Hails 'Astonishing' GTA 6 Pre-Orders, Explains Lack Of Disc Version

He suggests discs don't make sense for certain releases.We've very much on the path towards GTA 6's release now - Take-Two has reconfirmed today as part of their earnings release that it's still scheduled for November 19th, while also hyping up the "Extended Look" on Netflix in late August.It's yet to have been revealed what kind of sales we're looking at for pre-orders alone, but Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has described them as "unprecedented", "astonishing" and "exceptional".Read the full article on purexbox.com


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A Year Later, Grounded 2 Is Preparing For A Major Week Across Multiple Platforms

What do you think of the Xbox first-party title?It's been a while since we last talked about Grounded 2 here at Pure Xbox, but the Xbox first-party title has been progressing nicely ever since its initial release back in late July of 2025, and now it's preparing for a major week ahead.August 11th marks the "Into The Abyss" update for the game, which focuses on one of the largest areas of Brookhollow Park in the form of the pond, which now allows for deep underwater exploration. We recently had a chance to view some behind-closed-doors footage of Into The Abyss, and it certainly looks a great addition to the game.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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