Ghost Recon Wildlands Goes Stupidly Cheap On Xbox Alongside Free Next-Gen Upgrade

Other Tom Clancy games have been discounted too.We mentioned back in July that a next-gen upgrade had been leaked for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, and that upgrade looks set to go live today - details about it were revealed via the PlayStation Store yesterday.The upgrade will introduce the ability to play at up to 4K, 60FPS on Xbox Series X (no word on Series S yet), along with quality-of-life improvements, new cosmetics and a new mission called "Last Rites" that will be free to access.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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How To Download The Free Madden NFL 27 Trial With EA Play & Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

Today's the day!In addition to all the two new Xbox Game Pass titles going live across Ultimate, Premium and PC today, we've also got a 10-hour free trial for Madden NFL 27 as part of EA Play - which itself is included as part of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass tiers.The official release date for the Madden NFL 27 free trial is Thursday, August 6th. Early access for Madden NFL 27 begins on the 6th at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7pm BST, and this appears to be when the free trial will go live as well.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Halo Studios Suffers Job Losses Shortly After Campaign Evolved Launch

"This is just a tough reality in the gaming industry right now".It's been just nine days since the release of Halo: Campaign Evolved (a remake we loved enough to slap a 10/10 on it) and now a few employees at Halo Studios have indicated they've left the company.The revamped campaign appears to be off to a good start, at least on Xbox, with around 900k sales across console and PC. However, despite that early success, several Halo Studios employees have taken to LinkedIn recently to share that they are no longer employed by the developer.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Evercade Partners With Xbox For Two Major Game Collections & DOOM Nexus Handheld

A retrotastic collaboration.We've spoken before about how much we love Evercade here at Pure Xbox, and they've clearly been working very closely with Microsoft and Team Xbox in recent months to launch a series of Xbox-owned titles on their platform.The latest two have just been properly unveiled after teases earlier in the year, and they're the DOOM Collection and the Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie Collection, both of which are launching on October 30th for £24.99 / $29.99.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (August 6-9)

Your latest set of FPD freebies for the weekend.Is it Thursday already?! That means it's time for a new batch of Xbox Free Play Days titles, and this week's selection is a particularly good one, featuring NBA 2K26 and a couple of Ghost Recon games amongst other things.The highlight here for some people will be Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, which has literally just received a free upgrade for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S this afternoon.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Onimusha: Way of the Sword opens up in the final preview

At the outset of Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Miyamoto Musashi is fixated on freeing himself from the Oni Gauntlet. This mystical artifact, through a strange twist of fate, has become bound to our hero. But the stubborn young samurai doesn’t want the gauntlet’s powers. Musashi’s sole desire is to prove himself by his hands […]


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Ghost Recon Wildlands: Last Rites – Everything you need to know

Ghost Recon Wildlands: Last Rites is a major free update out now on PS4 and PS5. It revitalizes the game with new content, including a thrilling linear story mission, gameplay customization features, 4K and 60 FPS on PS5 and PS5 Pro, and more. To learn more about what you can expect, we spoke with Ubisoft […]


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Celebrate 30 years of Quake with a brand-new episode, available today

In 1996, id Software smashed through to another dimension – in one sense of the word, pioneering first-person shooters in the third dimension with the release of Quake, and in another, hurtling players feet-first into Quake’s otherworldly realm – a place beyond our reality where kinetic combat and a moody eldritch setting took FPS players […]


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Ghost Recon Wildlands Goes Stupidly Cheap On Xbox Alongside Next-Gen Upgrade

Other Tom Clancy games have been discounted too.We mentioned back in July that a next-gen upgrade had been leaked for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, and that upgrade looks set to go live today - details about it were revealed via the PlayStation Store yesterday.The upgrade will introduce the ability to play at up to 4K, 60FPS on Xbox Series X (no word on Series S yet), along with quality-of-life improvements, new cosmetics and a new mission called "Last Rites" that will be free to access.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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New GTA 6 Footage To Be Revealed In Special 'Extended Look' This Month

In partnership with Netflix.Ready for a proper glimpse at what GTA 6 has to offer?! Rockstar Games has announced today that it has partnered with Netflix to unveil an "Extended Look" of the next Grand Theft Auto at the end of the month.Specifically, the reveal will take place on Thursday, August 27th at the following times:Read the full article on purexbox.com


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