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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Xbox Game Studios Now Has An Official Shop, Featuring Merch For Major First-Party Ga

Forza, Halo, Sea of Thieves and much more!Fancy grabbing some merch for your favourite first-party Xbox games?Well, Microsoft has set up an official Xbox Game Studios Shop today, with the intent of selling merchandise from the likes of Halo, Gears, Fable, Forza, Grounded, Sea Of Thieves and various other popular Xbox IP.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Deathmaster Announced

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'Luna Abyss' Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass, And Here's What The Reviews Are

Another day one release on XGP!Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! Today, single-player 'bullet hell' shooter Luna Abyss joins the library as the latest day one release for the service across Xbox Series X|S, PC and Cloud.Here's a brief description of what to expect from this title:Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (May 21-24)

A Warhammer takeover!Xbox Free Play Days is back again for the next few days, and as always, we've got a few titles that are free to play throughout its duration, with Warhammer being the name of the game this week.Yep, to tie in with the 'Warhammer Skulls' event this month, a batch of grimdark Xbox games are free to play over the coming weekend - a lovely juxtaposition to some red hot sunshine we're supposed to be getting here in the UK over the bank holiday!Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Xbox Reporter Sheds Light On Why Game Pass Family Plan Might Have Been Cancelled

It's suggested EA had something to do with it.It's been multiple years now since Xbox teased us all with multiple tests for an Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family Plan back in 2022 and 2023, but then at the end of 2023, it was suggested that the program was being put on hiatus.In an update from Phil Spencer at the time, he advised that his team needed to find a way to make the Friends & Family offer work for both creators and players, and that there was still a roadmap to try and put it together in the future.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Bethesda Sets Release Date For Massive Fallout 4 'Creations' Update On Xbox Consoles

Series X and S are getting up to 100GB storage!If you're a fan of playing Fallout 4 on Xbox consoles, you're probably aware that the storage limit for Creations — modded content that you can add to your game — has always been extremely low on Xbox One, Series X and Series S.That's all about to change with a massive update on May 27th though, as Bethesda has confirmed that Creations storage will jump from 2GB to a whopping 100GB (!) on Xbox Series X and S on that date, allowing for not only more space to download extra content, but also for "larger, more ambitious creations" on Xbox consoles.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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'We Don't Want It At All' - Playasia Hates The Idea Of An Xbox Disc-To-Digital Progr

Is it in the works? Who knows...If we go back to last week, you may recall that we highlighted a "pinch of salt" rumour that Xbox might be working on some kind of disc-to-digital program to compensate for the next-gen Project Helix console being a "fully digital" system.<related ids="201135">Read the full article on purexbox.com


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