Tag Archives: Series X

Avowed marks the biggest first-party Xbox game for 2025 so far, with the Obsidian Entertainment-developed RPG arriving on Microsoft’s console (and PC) just under a month ago. Being Microsoft, the company rarely shares sales figures for its games. That being said, according to the game’s director, the higher-ups at Xbox are “happy” with Avowed’s player numbers.

As they do every month, Microsoft has announced the line-up of Game Pass titles which are set to leave the service in a couple weeks’ time.

In a surprise update, Night Dive Studios’ Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Remaster has gotten a native current-gen upgrade alongside a ton of new features.

The ESRB has published more listings for current-gen versions of a bunch of Resident Evil games, with RE: Revelations reportedly coming at some point.

During the 1990s and early 2000s, instead of PlayStation, Nintendo and Xbox, the video games industry’s 3 console giants consisted of the aforementioned PlayStation and Nintendo – but also SEGA. Unfortunately, following the failure of the Dreamcast, the console maker would pivot to becoming a 3rd-party publisher. With Microsoft seemingly set to go a similar route, Xbox Head Phil Spencer has now directly addressed these comparisons.

While details on its performance have been somewhat mixed, the team at Obsidian have now confirmed that Avowed will offer a 60fps mode on Series X at launch.

With us comfortably into 2025 now, Microsoft is looking back to last year, sharing some stats on the best-performing Xbox games across its digital storefront in 2024. From total units sold to Daily Active Users, the top 20 titles from each category have now been revealed.

While the PlayStation 5 is currently outpacing sales of the PS4, the same cannot be said for Microsoft’s Series X|S compared to its own last-gen system.

As promised, Microsoft’s Xbox Developer Direct offered a ton of new details on the upcoming DOOM: The Dark Ages, including its long-awaited release date.

Tomorrow, Microsoft will be going live with its Xbox Developer Direct, in which the console maker is said to be showing off 4 titles in total – including DOOM: The Dark Ages and South of Midnight. According to one insider, Microsoft is keeping its cards close to its chest, with “a few other surprises” said to be announced during the event...

Microsoft is bringing a ton of titles to its Xbox Game Pass Standard and Ultimate line-up throughout the remainder of January.

Microsoft has announced its latest Xbox controller – the translucent red ‘Pulse Cipher’ Special Edition – costing £69.99.

It seems as though Capcom is set to once again re-release a bunch of Resident Evil titles to modern consoles, according to the ESRB.

The GSD have released their annual European game sales report – revealing some troubling stats for Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S console(s).

Following multiple unfortunate delays, Phasmophobia finally came to consoles in late October – selling 1 million copies in its first month.

Cities: Skylines 2 continues to struggle with its console release – thanks to “hardware limitations of consoles” – meaning we still do not have a release date.

While Microsoft's Avowed was previously stated to target 30fps on the Series X, the team at Obsidian have clarified that the framerate is not yet set in stone.

Years on from updating the likes of Assassin’s Creed Origins and Odyssey, AC: Syndicate has finally gotten a current-gen 60fps patch.

In the past year we have seen Xbox begin to open the floodgates when it comes to bringing previous system exclusives to PS5 and Switch. While Microsoft’s CEO has shared some mixed messaging with regards to Xbox exclusives, Phil Spencer has now confirmed that there are no “red lines” when it comes to bringing games to PlayStation/Switch.

Following multiple delays and more than a year after its initial planned release, Phasmophobia is finally coming to consoles later this month.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 has gotten a new update on console, bringing further enhancements to the graphics mode toggle alongside greater clarity.

Following reports that Microsoft would be ending sales of the Xbox in various countries, one insider claims that Saudi Arabia will be the first region affected.

Microsoft has unveiled a highly-limited edition Indiana Jones themed Xbox Series X console – available only to those who can solve the puzzle box.

Back in July, we reported on a leak which claimed that Microsoft was planning to wind down its console sales in EMEA regions, instead wanting to push potential customers towards Game Pass. It seems Microsoft might also take a similar approach with the Middle East. As reported by known Saudi …

Since the release of the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S back in late 2020, we have seen Ubisoft update many of its Assassin’s Creed titles to support 60fps of the now-current-gen consoles. Oddly, one of the primary titles to not get updated was Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – though this appears to be changing soon.

Back with the introduction of the Xbox One, Microsoft removed its previous friend request functionality – replacing it with a social media styled ‘followers’ feed instead. A decade on from this major change, Microsoft has announced that it is reverting back to the old friends system – with some tweaks. …

Back in July, Microsoft made a huge announcement regarding its Xbox Game Pass subscription service, announcing a brand new ‘Standard’ tier which removes one of the service’s core selling points – its day-one Game Pass additions. With the revamped service now officially live, we have gotten more details on exactly …

Forza Motorsport released last year to a positive reception from critics – though much less so from long-term fans of the racing series. That said, the devs at Turn 10 have slowly been improving the final product with each successive patch. Following their 2024 roadmap from last month, the team …

Microsoft has once again responded to claims that technical issues are keeping Black Myth Wukong off of Xbox. In recent weeks, it has come to light that there is an unadvertised exclusivity deal in place for the game on PlayStation, and Microsoft's latest statement on the matter points to that …

Microsoft sold its current-gen console on the idea of delivering "True 4K" and "frame rates we've never seen before". However, when it came time to back up those claims, Xbox has fallen woefully short, with promises being repeatedly broken...