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Take-Two CEO Hails 'Astonishing' GTA 6 Pre-Orders, Explains Lack Of Disc Version

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08-07-2026, 04:07 PM
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Take-Two CEO Hails 'Astonishing' GTA 6 Pre-Orders, Explains Lack Of Disc Version

He suggests discs don't make sense for certain releases.We've very much on the path towards GTA 6's release now - Take-Two has reconfirmed today as part of their earnings release that it's still scheduled for November 19th, while also hyping up the "Extended Look" on Netflix in late August.It's yet to have been revealed what kind of sales we're looking at for pre-orders alone, but Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has described them as "unprecedented", "astonishing" and "exceptional".Read the full article on purexbox.com

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/08/ta...sc-version

A Year Later, Grounded 2 Is Preparing For A Major Week Across Multiple Platforms

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08-07-2026, 04:07 PM
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A Year Later, Grounded 2 Is Preparing For A Major Week Across Multiple Platforms

What do you think of the Xbox first-party title?It's been a while since we last talked about Grounded 2 here at Pure Xbox, but the Xbox first-party title has been progressing nicely ever since its initial release back in late July of 2025, and now it's preparing for a major week ahead.August 11th marks the "Into The Abyss" update for the game, which focuses on one of the largest areas of Brookhollow Park in the form of the pond, which now allows for deep underwater exploration. We recently had a chance to view some behind-closed-doors footage of Into The Abyss, and it certainly looks a great addition to the game.Read the full article on purexbox.com

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/08/a-...-platforms

Gears Of War: E-Day Players Share Their Initial Thoughts On The Multiplayer Beta

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08-07-2026, 10:07 AM
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Gears Of War: E-Day Players Share Their Initial Thoughts On The Multiplayer Beta

Now live in early access.Last night marked the arrival of the Gears of War: E-Day Beta in early access for pre-order customers and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate / PC Game Pass members, so we've started to see a bunch of impressions over the past few hours.We were very intrigued to see how people would react to this one when we went hands-on a few weeks ago, as although we had some great things to say about it, we also had a few concerns as well:Read the full article on purexbox.com

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/08/ge...layer-beta

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

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08-07-2026, 03:55 AM
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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

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/08/ev...s-handheld

Surprise! Quake Adds Free New Episode With 600G Xbox Achievements

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08-07-2026, 03:55 AM
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Surprise! Quake Adds Free New Episode With 600G Xbox Achievements

To celebrate its 30th anniversary.QuakeCon has officially kicked off today in Texas, so we assumed we'd get at least one surprise reveal at some point over the next few days, and one has already arrived in the form of a brand-new episode for Quake!The episode is known as "Dawn of the Machine", and it features "19 all-new maps across a cohesive campaign" along with a new soundtrack and Deathmatch map. Here's how MachineGames describes it:Read the full article on purexbox.com

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/08/su...hievements

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