Xbox Announces Eight 'FanFest Tour' Events Taking Place Across The World In 2026

A massive celebration for Xbox's 25th anniversary.Woah! Following the announcement of Xbox FanFest in LA for the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 earlier this week, it's now also been revealed that the Xbox FanFest Tour will be stopping at no less than eight destinations this year!Specifically, the following countries will all be getting Xbox FanFest events in 2026, and more locations will be apparently be announced in the near future:Read the full article on purexbox.com


https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/04/xb...ld-in-2026

Five Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Early April 2026

Everything that's leaving soon.Microsoft has revealed the next six games leaving Xbox Game Pass in early April 2026, with all of these being highlighted as "leaving soon" on the official Xbox mobile app.The most notable departure here is Grand Theft Auto V, which is disappearing across all platforms including Xbox Series X|S and PC. We've also got the likes of Ashen and Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes in the list, both of which are well worth checking out before they leave the service.Read the full article on purexbox.com


https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/04/fi...april-2026

'Xbox Buys Steam' Racks Up Tons Of Searches In Response To April Fools' TikTok Video

The power of a simple joke!Yesterday, we highlighted an April Fools' joke about something called "Xbox Game Pass Flex" and how we thought it might convince a few people, but there's another joke that had many people questioning whether it was true or not!Going through the daily Google Trends is something that's part of our job here at Pure Xbox — we always want to keep on top of which Xbox-related searches are getting the most attention — and it took us by surprise yesterday when all of the top rising queries for Xbox involved searches like "Xbox buys Steam", "did Xbox buy Steam", "did Xbox purchase Steam" and "Xbox buying Steam".Read the full article on purexbox.com


https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/04/xb...ktok-video

Multiple Assassin's Creed Games Are Free To Play On Xbox This Week (April 2-6)

As part of Xbox Free Play Days.The latest edition of Xbox Free Play Days officially begins today, and it's all geared around Assassin's Creed this week, with five games from Ubisoft's franchise available to play from April 2nd to April 6th.As far as we know, these titles become available from 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm BST, and they don't require Xbox Game Pass in order to access them. It's also worth noting that Assassin's Creed Unity is part of the lineup, which just recently received a free upgrade for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.Read the full article on purexbox.com


https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/04/mu...-april-2-6

Deals: All 140+ Backwards Compatible Games In The Xbox Spring Sale 2026

Original Xbox and Xbox 360 classics.The Xbox Spring Sale 2026 has now officially begun, and as usual for a big sale like this, we've got almost 100 games from the original Xbox and Xbox 360 eras that have been discounted!There's actually a lot of stuff in here that very rarely gets discounted as well, including the likes of the Dead or Alive games, Hexic 2, Shadowrun, Dragon's Lair, Blood Knights, The Maw and a whole lot more!Read the full article on purexbox.com


https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/04/de...-sale-2026

Is It Us, Or Did Xbox Just Get A Major Makeover On The Microsoft Store For Windows?

This looks better than the Xbox app itself.Truth be told, we pretty much never engage with the actual Microsoft Store app for Windows. If we're going to play PC games, it's either through the dedicated Xbox PC app, or another storefront like Steam and the Epic Games Store.However, we came across a post today from MondoXbox that suggested the Microsoft Store app had received a major Xbox overhaul recently, and yeah... we've never seen this before. It's either brand-new, or just relatively new!Read the full article on purexbox.com


https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/04/is...or-windows

Nintendo Download: 2 April 2026 (Europe)

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This week’s Nintendo eShop update for Europe is in, delivering new games for Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch, as well as…
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https://www.nintendo-insider.com/nintend...26-europe/

Nintendo Download: 2 April 2026 (North America)

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Nintendo Insider - Nintendo Insider is your home for news, reviews and guides covering Nintendo Switch and Pokémon.
This week’s Nintendo eShop update for North America is in, delivering new games for Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch, as well…
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Talking Point: How Many Random Peripherals For Xbox Games Do You Still Own?

Any toys-to-life stuff? How about Rock Band or Guitar Hero?You know what? I've been really tempted to play some Disney Infinity 3.0 lately. I own the Xbox One version — not the Xbox 360 version shown in the image above — and it's still great fun to play as a huge Star Wars fan.At the same time, I can't help but glance over to Steam and see the Disney Infinity 3.0 Gold Edition with all the characters and playsets that doesn't require me to hunt down individual models and then dust off the base and hook it up to my Xbox console. Truth be told, I don't think I've used my Disney Infinity base in well over five years now.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Out Of Nowhere, Xbox Just Announced NBA 2K26 For Game Pass

And it's arriving this week!Surprise! Xbox has randomly announced today that NBA 2K26 is coming to Game Pass this week, arriving for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and PC Game Pass members on Friday, April 3rd.The bizarre timing of the reveal has even led people to question whether it's an April Fools' joke, but we don't believe that to be the case - the announcement on social media seems very official at first glance:Read the full article on purexbox.com


https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/04/ou...-game-pass