The Planet Crafter launches on PS5 July 21

Hello! I’m Amélie from Miju Games. We’re so excited for you to finally get to try our survival game The Planet Crafter when it launches on PS5 next month.  The Planet Crafter is unlike many of the survival games you’ve played in the past. When we were designing it, we sought to make a chill, […]


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Double Fine Reacts To Xbox Closure Rumours With Single Emoji

Racks up 400,000+ views in the process.Last night was crazy, wasn't it?! All sorts of rumours and reports were flying around about potential Xbox studio closures, with some of the affected companies including Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory and Double Fine.Nobody said anything from Compulsion or Ninja Theory last night, but we did hear from Double Fine - literally in the form of a single emoji on social media, posted across X/Twitter and BlueSky.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Forza Horizon 6 Update Now Live On Xbox & PC, Free Car Being Given To All Players

It's the "Series 2" update.In the midst of everything that was going on last night in regards to potential Xbox studio closures, the folks over at Playground Games unveiled the "Series 2" update for Forza Horizon 6, which includes some quite significant tweaks.Looking at the patch notes, arguably the most notable thing here is that they've "improved" the difficulty balancing and adjusted how Driveatars behave at the start of races. A common complaint since launch is that the AI has been too challenging and aggressive, so it'll be interesting to see if these tweaks prove popular with FH6 fans at large.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Full List Of Xbox Achievements Revealed For Halo: Campaign Evolved

"Enjoy the hunt!".We're now just a little over a month away from the release of Halo: Campaign Evolved in late July, so it's no surprise that the Xbox achievements have officially surfaced for it, as shared by the team over at Halo Waypoint.In terms of the most lucrative achievements here, there's one for completing the campaign on each difficulty setting, ramping up in gamerscore the higher you go (10-40G). There's also one for completing an entire Remixed campaign without dying once (40G), one for finding all Skulls and Terminals (50G), one for completing the campaign with LASO enabled (50G), and one for completing every single achievement in the game (50G).Read the full article on purexbox.com


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These Seven Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass, Including A COD Surprise (June 16 -

Microsoft reveals the latest batch.Microsoft has today revealed the second official roundup of Xbox Game Pass titles for June 2026, with seven games joining the service from June 16 - July 6, including a surprise COD addition in the form of Call of Duty: Vanguard.Bizarrely, we already had Shift at Midnight down for June 17th and Age of Empires Mobile: PC Edition for June 23rd on our Game Pass guide, but they weren't mentioned in today's roundup. We'll keep an eye on the situation for those.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Eight Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late June 2026

Here's what's leaving soon.Microsoft has revealed the next eight games leaving Xbox Game Pass in late June 2026, with all of these being highlighted as "leaving soon" on the official Xbox Wire website.There are some big departures in here, including two Tomb Raider games (Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition and Rise of the Tomb Raider), popular shooter Payday 2, and a couple of addictive favourites in Slay The Spire and Unpacking.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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8BitDo Controller Switch and Switch 2 Compatibility Guide

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As someone who has bought too many 8BitDo controllers over the years and uses them daily, I’m still…
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Nintendo Switch 2 System Update 22.5.0 Patch Notes

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Nintendo has released a new Nintendo Switch 2 system update worldwide, with the portable home console’s current firmware version now 22.5.0.…
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Rhythm Paradise Groove Receives Three-Minute Overview Trailer

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Nintendo has shared an overview trailer for Rhythm Paradise Groove – or Rhythm Heaven Groove as it is…
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Report: Multiple Xbox Studios In 'Active Negotiations' With Microsoft To Avoid Closu

Update: Ninja Theory reportedly set to be closed.Today has been absolutely dominated by reports that one or more Xbox studios could be closed soon by Microsoft, and Bloomberg is now reporting that at least three are in active negotiations with Microsoft over their futures.The outlet names Compulsion Games (which was already rumoured to be shutting down), Double Fine (Psychonauts, Keeper, Kiln) and Ninja Theory (Hellblade) as these studios, with several others also "at risk of being shuttered". It was previously rumoured earlier today that Arkane could be in trouble as well.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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