Overwatch Nintendo Switch 2 Port Review

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Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 18-19)

Something new on Game Pass?Welcome to another weekend! It's been a busy week in Xbox land with some interesting news reports, a whole new showcase debut and plenty of Game Pass drops to boot - so there's plenty to be playing and getting stuck into over the next few days.Here's what we're playing this weekend:Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Feature: These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (April 20-24)

Including four more Game Pass additions!Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for April 20-24! We've got some really interesting games launching over the next few days, including the single-player adventure Tides of Tomorrow from the Road 96 team, beat-'em-up Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch, popular MMO Albion Online, and new Game Pass titles in Kiln and Vampire Crawlers!Here's what's coming to Xbox next week:Read the full article on purexbox.com


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'Enthusiastic About Eventually Coming To Consoles' - Windrose Developer On Potential

The game has been selling like hotcakes on Steam.Pirate games have always had major potential on Xbox, but in recent years, titles like Skull & Bones haven't really managed to live up to the hype. Windrose might be a different story though — it just launched in early access on Steam this week, and it's already proving to be a massive success.Windrose is a PvE survival adventure that challenges you to explore, build, fight, and ultimately survive amidst an open world with procedurally generated biomes, and it can be played either solo offline or in online co-op for up to eight players. In just 48 hours, this game managed to sell 500,000 copies, and it's only just entering its first ever weekend where it'll likely sell hundreds of thousands more. Talk about an impressive start!Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Talking Point: What Are Your First Impressions Of Replaced On Xbox Game Pass?

We've had to wait a while, but it's finally here.We've had to be patient for Replaced's arrival on Xbox Game Pass, but the time has finally come - and we want to know what you make of the game so far.On release this week, the press seemed to take to Sad Cat Studios' neon-soaked platformer. When you're sitting around the 80 mark in terms of aggregate scores you're not doing half bad; something that Replaced managed to achieve around launch.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Two Long-Awaited Xbox Indies Have Sadly Been Delayed Out Of April

They need a bit longer behind the scenes.We've already mentioned how there are so many great Xbox indie games coming out in April, but sadly we've just lost two of them — those being Outbound and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction.Both of these games have unfortunately been delayed, with Outbound being pushed from April 23rd to May 14th, and He-Man going from April 28th to Summer TBD. Here are a couple of messages from the respective teams:Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Share of the Week: Resident Evil Requiem – Leon

Last week, we asked you to share Leon’s best moments in Resident Evil Requiem using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: mykatsuki shares a portrait of Leon looking over his shoulder Photo_Resume shares Leon framed by broken glass Leon_REBHFun shares Leon posed alongside his motorcycle TakaSanGames shares a portrait of Leon in a suit […]


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Samson Dev Announces Console Release Window For 2026, Likely Including Xbox

"We can confirm that Samson is planned to launch on consoles this fall".There's been a lot of talk about Samson recently - the Steam game that racked up a ton of attention prior to its release, but then struggled to live up to the hype with "Mixed" reviews when it launched a week ago.Nevertheless, the developer hasn't waited around to push out a significant 2026 roadmap, promising lots of improvements over the coming weeks in particular. They've now announced a Fall 2026 release window for the console version as well, which will likely include Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Xbox's Recent Battery Issue Was A Reminder To 'Earn Every Hour' With Players, Says B

Asha Sharma is pleased with how the team handled it.Last week, we published a story about how Xbox had been offering free rechargeable batteries to fans who had been affected by an issue where no AA batteries were included with their new controller, and Xbox boss Asha Sharma was apparently very pleased with how her team dealt with the situation.This comes from the same The Verge report that quoted Asha Sharma's plans for deeper investment in Xbox platform foundations, and it mentions at the end how Sharma highlighted to her employees that the battery issue was handled quickly and efficiently by her team, while ensuring that a suitable apology (the free battery) was part of the deal.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Poll: How Are You Getting On With Hades 2 On Xbox Game Pass?

Has it been anything other than outstanding?One of the biggest Xbox releases of 2026 in general arrived this week in the form of Hades 2, which not only made its Xbox debut on April 14th, but was added to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and PC Game Pass on day one!So, now that we're getting into the weekend, we thought we'd ask the question of whether you've been playing Hades 2 at all this week — and if so, we want to know what you think of it!Read the full article on purexbox.com


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