Xbox's New Chief Strategy Officer Is Planning To 'Revive Storied Franchises'

In addition to strengthening the console side.Earlier this week, we covered the news that Xbox had hired a new executive to "strengthen the console side of the business" in the form of Matthew Ball, who has joined as Chief Strategy Officer.And now, a new interview with Bloomberg has shed more light on Ball's role at Team Xbox, which includes plans to "revive storied franchises" in addition to his work around consoles. The outlet says that these are two of his main focuses, although we don't have any specifics about which exact franchises he's going to be prioritising.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Two More Games Quietly Added To June's Xbox Game Pass Lineup

New XGP titles confirmed for next month.With May's Xbox Game Pass lineup now coming to a close, you may be looking ahead for what's landing on the service in June - and while we covered an early look at next month's lineup just a week or so ago, two more titles are now due to enter the library next month as well.One of those is the delayed RV There Yet?, which has just gotten a fresh update from the developer, who now says that the title is aiming for an early June release date on Xbox. The second game here is STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions from Devolver Digital, which just got a mid-June launch date for its early access release.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Every Game Soundtrack On Nintendo Music

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The sound of the Eclipse: Sam Slater on scoring Saros

The Saros soundtrack blends dark synthesis, drone metal, manipulated voices, and walls of guitars so distorted they seem to summon the Eclipse itself. For composer, producer, and artist Sam Slater, creating the score meant more than writing music to accompany the action. It meant finding the soul of a planet. With the soundtrack launching today, […]


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Call Of Duty 2026 Is A 'Visceral, Immersive' Modern Warfare Game From Xbox

"We are making the definitive Modern Warfare".After odd teases here and there — often from strange third-party sources like Fanta — Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward has officially confirmed that it's making a new Modern Warfare game this year, and it sounds as though it'll be an ambitious title from the long-time COD dev.The news initially came from the revived Call of Duty podcast this week (also known as 'COD POD'), and was quickly followed up by direct confirmation from the team on social media. Here's their teaser for the full podcast, and indeed the next Call of Duty game:Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Destiny 2 Is Reaching End-Of-Life Status, And There's No Sign Of Destiny 3 Yet Either

"Thank you, and we'll see you in the stars".As you may have seen last night, it was officially announced that Bungie is ending active development on Destiny 2 after June 9th, with the game's final live-service content update set to arrive on that date.In a blog post, the team simply stated that they have "reached the time" to move beyond Destiny 2, and that the game will still continue to be playable, but it just won't be getting any major new content after early June.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Watch the world’s top Gran Turismo 7 gamers race live in Milan

Milan, a city defined by style, speed, and motorsport passion, becomes the center of the racing world this weekend. The Gran Turismo World Series 2026 begins inside the historic Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber, just moments from the iconic Duomo. The sold-out event marks Gran Turismo’s first-ever World Series appearance in Italy and opens a new […]


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Epic Games Boss Calls New Xbox Leadership Team 'World Class', Asha Sharma Responds

"Foreshadows serious dedication to the future of gaming".Yesterday, we brought you the news that Xbox had made even more leadership hires to take the team into a new era - and now Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has heaped praise on what Asha Sharma is building within Microsoft's gaming division.Taking to social media shortly after yesterday's news, Sweeney said that Xbox is "assembling a world class team" at Microsoft, and that such moves "foreshadow serious dedication to the future of gaming". That's some compliment from the Epic boss!Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Roundup: All The Biggest Xbox Reveals From The Warhammer Skulls Showcase 2026

New announcements, updates, trailers!The Warhammer Skulls Showcase 2026 has just finished! This annual event always treats us to the latest happenings in the world of Warhammer, and as usual, there were plenty of Xbox-related announcements in this year's show.Some of the biggest highlights here include a Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40k reveal, a new Purgation Update for Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2, and the announcements of both Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Deathmaster and Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Deathwatch.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Two Huge Free Demos Have Just Gone Live On Xbox This Week

Both available to play right now on Xbox Series X, S and PC!We're always tracking the new free demos being added to the Xbox / Microsoft Store, and to be honest there hasn't been that much to talk about recently, but we've now got two huge free demos that have just been added this week.On Tuesday, Square Enix treated us to a brand-new demo for the upcoming action-RPG The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales, which features the opening chapter of the game complete with save data that can transfer to the final release (set to arrive on Xbox in June).Read the full article on purexbox.com


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