What's In The Box? Kojima Meets Asha Sharma And Receives Mysterious Xbox Gift

It says "Xbox for Kojima" on it.We're all well aware that Hideo Kojima is working on a project for Xbox right now in the form of "OD", and so it's probably no surprise that he's paid a visit to Xbox HQ to visit new boss Asha Sharma and EVP Matt Booty.There's nevertheless been a lot of interest in the photo he's shared though, in which he's pictured holding a mysterious gift that reads "Xbox for Kojima" on the front, which has inevitibly led to a lot of questions about what's in the box!Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Xbox Announces Price Reductions For Game Pass Ultimate & PC Game Pass

Starting now!Woah, woah, woah! Microsoft has announced today that both Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass are officially getting price reductions, and they're literally going into effect over the next few hours.In the US, Xbox Game Pass will now drop from $29.99 to $22.99 per-month, while PC Game Pass will go from $16.49 to $13.49 per-month. Prices for other regions are still rolling out, a few of which we've covered elsewhere on Pure Xbox:Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Call Of Duty Titles Will No Longer Join Xbox Game Pass On Day One

"We’ll continue to support Game Pass through catalog titles".As part of today's announcement regarding the price reduction for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, it's been revealed that Call of Duty games will no longer be launching "day one" into either tier going forward.Instead, the plan is now to wait a year and introduce them the following holiday season, which presumably is the reason for the Game Pass price reduction — they should be able to make the money back on Call of Duty sales instead.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Here's A Breakdown Of The New Prices For Xbox Game Pass As Of April 2026

Specifically the UK, US, Canada, Europe and Australian prices.By now, you've probably heard that Xbox has lowered the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass (while also taking away day one Call of Duty titles), so we thought it was a good idea to bring you a breakdown of the new prices across multiple regions - five of them to be exact.The other two tiers (Essential and Premium) aren't changing at all, so by reducing Ultimate and Premium, Xbox has suddenly made it a lot harder to decide which tier to opt for. Pay a bit less and get a good number of games for just £10.99 / $14.99, or go that little bit further and pick up Ultimate at the new price of £16.99 / $22.99? It's a tough one!Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Helldivers 2: The Exo Experts Warbond drops April 28

The latest Helldivers 2 Warbond, entitled The Exo Experts, launches April 28. Read on for full intel on what to expect.  Machines… Our enemies… But they can also be forces for good, tools at our disposal, and when you need to fight fire with fire it is important to be an Exo Expert.   ​​  The […]


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Palia’s Royal Highlands expansion launches May 12 on PS5

Welcome back, cozy gamers, and welcome home to those of you just joining the Palian community on PlayStation 5. First and foremost, I want to thank each and every one of you for supporting Palia since the game launched on PS5 last year. There’s something special about snuggling in on the couch with a cup […]


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Vampire Crawlers Is Getting Great Reviews Alongside Its Xbox Launch

Here's what the critics are saying.We've got two fully new additions to Xbox Game Pass this week in the form of Kiln and Vampire Crawlers, and the reviews for the latter have just gone live. As expected from the dev behind Vampire Survivors, they're pretty great!This turn-based deckbuilder spin-off has caught our eye for some time, especially since the reviews for the Xbox demo have been so positive, and now we're fully expecting to get hooked by the full version when it arrives today.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Fable Creator Says His New Game Is 'Most Significant Event' In His Entire 40-Year Ca

It launches this week, but only for PC at first.You may hear about a game called Masters of Albion this week — it's launching on April 22nd for just PC at first, but we're expecting an Xbox version in the future, and it's being helmed by none other than Fable creator, Peter Molyneux.The game is described as a "bold reimagining of the God Game genre from the creator who defined it", featuring lots of exploration, combat, town building and management elements, and a "God Hand" with which you can take control of Albion however you like.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Xbox PC Project Might Have Solved How To Fix Hundreds Of 'Broken' Windows Games

They're trying to get the attention of Xbox's leadership team with it.If you've ever tried to play a Windows 8-era game via the Xbox PC app, you might have run into an issue where it simply refuses to connect to any online services, and one particular project is aiming to raise awareness of how to fix it.The Xbox Collection Tracker project on GitHub highlights how Xbox PC games used to utilise "XBL2.0-formatted XSTS tokens" to communicate with the servers when signing in, but this was eventually changed to the modern XBL3.0 format — and therefore older games from around the mid-2010s often receive an error message instead.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Xbox's Starfield Tops The US Gaming Charts For First Time Since 2023

Not much competition, but a win's a win!Last week, we shared how Starfield had reportedly sold around 140,000 copies on PS5 during its first week on Sony's platform, which was described at the time by Alinea Analytics as "a middling start" but still better than other recent Xbox first-party titles such as Ninja Gaiden 4 and The Outer Worlds 2.Now, Mat Piscatella of analysis firm Circana is reporting that Starfield was the best-selling video game for digital and physical purchases in the US during that first week, which marked its first appearance in the top spot since 2023.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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