Xbox Exec Reveals That Blizzard Is Helping Out With Development On Fable

Shiny, shiny cinematics.Fable is certainly one of Xbox's biggest releases of the year, and a new comment from Matt Booty gives us a little bit more insight into its development, and how an unlikely Microsoft team is helping bring the upcoming RPG to life.In a new chat on the Official Xbox Podcast, the exec touches on how some of the teams are working together across games; revealing that Blizzard Entertainment is helping with cinematics work on the Fable reboot.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Nintendo Download: 16 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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Every Game Soundtrack On Nintendo Music

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The Nintendo Music app for smart devices lets you listen to game soundtracks plucked from across nearly 40…
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Xbox Now Has Three Games Scheduled For Game Pass On The Final Day Of April

Another one just got announced.Anyone else finding it hard to keep up with all the Xbox Game Pass announcements this month?! There are now 26 games (!) on our list of all Xbox Game Pass titles coming in April 2026, and some of them have very much gone under the radar in recent weeks — including all three of the games that have been announced for the final day of April.Before we get there, you should know that there's still a lot to come in the weeks ahead, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on Friday, Vampire Crawlers and Kiln next week, Aphelion on the 28th, and various other exciting additions.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Xbox Live 1.0 Continues To Live On, Despite Being Officially Shut Down 16 Years Ago

Exactly 16 years to the day, in fact.Today marks an important anniversary in the history of Xbox — it was exactly 16 years ago (on April 15th, 2010) that Microsoft turned off the original Xbox Live 1.0 servers, making original Xbox games impossible to play online.The original announcement for this no longer exists on the Xbox website, but thanks to its archived version, we can see exactly what was said by former Xbox employee Major Nelson at the time:Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Talking Point: What Have You Bought In The Xbox Spring Sale 2026?

It ends in just a few hours' time!It's finally almost time for the Xbox Spring Sale 2026 to come to a close. The big sale with over 2000 discounts has been live since the start of April, but its end date is today (April 15th), with the deals set to expire in the coming hours.We've tried to provide a variety of guides for the Spring Sale over the past couple of weeks, including all the backwards compatible games, the lowest price ever deals, the 90-95% discounts and various other things.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Eight Xbox Games Are Currently Set To Be Delisted In April & May 2026

Update: New titles added to the list.A couple of days ago, we highlighted three Xbox games that are shutting down their servers in April 2026, but when it comes to games that are being delisted, there are actually a few differences that you might want to be aware of.The two Fortnite games that we mentioned in that article are getting delisted by default when they go offline on April 16th, so no surprises there. However, we've now also got a 2018 action-adventure game called Beast Quest that's disappearing on April 9th, which to be honest received some pretty awful reviews back in the day. Still, if it gets a deep discount before the 9th, it might be worth picking up for your Xbox collection (for what it's worth, it has a 2.9/5 rating based on 77 reviews on the US Xbox Store).Read the full article on purexbox.com


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Gears Of War E-Day Direct Length Detailed As Xbox Games Showcase Reveals Get Locked

Here's how much of Gears we're gonna see.At the end of last month, Microsoft revealed fresh details on its Xbox Games Showcase featuring Gears of War: E-Day Direct, and now exec Matt Booty has revealed just how much of the new Gears game we're going to see in roughly two months' time.While talking about planning for the show, Booty said that "we're going to have a full 30 minutes of stuff to see" for the Gears of War: E-Day Direct - which after how secretive The Coalition has been with this game so far, is music to our ears.Read the full article on purexbox.com


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PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for April: The Crew Motorfest, Horizon Zero Dawn Remas

This month, burn rubber across Hawaii in The Crew Motorfest, step into a far-future world of machines and mystery in Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, lead your club to victory in Football Manager 26 Console or battle through the merciless trials of hell in Warriors: Abyss. All these titles and more are available in April’s PlayStation […]


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Xbox Raises Eyebrows By Mentioning 'Exclusives' On The Series X|S Dashboard

Update: It was spotted last year as well.Earlier today, we reported on a rumour about Xbox apparently having "very big discussions" about how to handle exclusivity going forward, and at the same time, fans have been spotting a reference to "exclusives" on the Xbox Series X|S dashboard that's been raising a few eyebrows over on social media.A few hours ago, someone highlighted on Twitter/X how they'd seen the reference to exclusives as part of a "day one releases" ad for Xbox Game Pass, mentioning how you could play Forza Horizon 6 "as well as Xbox exclusives".Read the full article on purexbox.com


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