Gaming

As always, the staff here at Pure Xbox HQ published our prediction list for the Xbox Games Showcase a couple of weeks ago, and as always, we didn’t get them…

Little Nightmares 3 – The Backstage – the DLC expansion announced during last week’s Summer Game Fest festivities – is now available. The first additional content for Supermassive Games’ twist…

I’m afraid to tell you, dear reader, that you’re a parasite. Living on the lifeblood of others, that’s you. Or, you will be if you choose to play Signet City,…

DC Comics has always been about pushing the boundaries of what the superhero comic could be, in a way that Marvel really isn’t. Over the years, the original superhero publisher…

The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series versions of  2D cinematic side-scrolling action adventure game Forgotlings will launch on June 18, publisher Hitcents and developer Throughline Games announced. Forgotlings first launched…

Seldom has the phrase “balance your party” carved deeper clawmarks into my soul than when playing Ascenders: Beyond the Peak, a turn-based cosmic horror RPG in which you guide…

Singapore-based Jin Universe Studios has launched, backed by Arbitrum Gaming Ventures (AGV) and Bitkraft Ventures. The undisclosed investment will fund development of the studio’s debut title, Aether Dawn, an anime-inspired…

Before I explain to you why Scarlet Deer Inn is one of my most anticipated games of this year, I urge you to download the demo on Steam and play…

Microsoft’s Xbox division is preparing for major layoffs next month, with deep cuts to marketing and other budgets expected worldwide after 30 June, according to a leaked internal email. The…

Deconstructeam, of Many Nights a Whisper and The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, say their newest game Virtue and a Sledgehammer is about “feeling like you no longer belong in the place…

Alva in the Dark Vol. 1, written by Aksel Studsgarth, is a moody, dark and atmospheric graphic novel set in an urban fantasy world. Daniel Hansen’s illustrations are sombre and…

As with most suits of this nature, the one Nintendo filed against Palworld developer Pocketpair has been going on for a while now. Almost two years, in fact, specifically…

Crimson Desert, the open-world action RPG from Pearl Abyss, has a new challenge for Greymanes – a community challenge event that invites you all to commemorate your time in Pywel…

The week that ends tomorrow easily ranks at the very top when it comes to the sheer amount of public statements made by Xbox and Microsoft executives in the span…

Sony’s surprise decision to reverse its strategy of porting singleplayer PlayStation games to PC has been scrutinized plenty. Bluepoint Games’ head of technology suggested it was likely because Sony’s more…

Nintendo has implemented purchase restrictions on the Switch 2 multi-language version in Japan. Ahead of planned price increases in the US, Canada, and Europe, Nintendo noticed that scalpers were taking…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said he believes “there’s more monetization of Xbox games happening on YouTube” than at its own company, following Xbox boss Asha Sharma’s recent commitment to “reset”…

Generally when a game gets remade, you’ll assume that it’ll mostly be the same at least narratively, given how not normal can be with works that are considered uncomfortably…

Vanillaware might not be a household name to some of you, but it’s got a library that hangs up there with the best of them. Odin Sphere, Dragon’s Crown,…

The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced in 2018 at E3 (remember that?), and here we are, eight years later, with nothing outside of a title card for it. If you’re…

Every superhero adaptation shares one specific challenge: can an actor actually make a costume look good in live-action? Even as a comic book fan, I don’t think comic book accuracy…

A new report claims Microsoft is considering “spinning out” Xbox into its own company. The fresh claims – reported by The Information and shared by Windows Central – suggest Microsoft…

Owlcat is an insanely busy RPG dev: It’s currently developing Mass Effect killer The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, CRPG Warhammer 40K: Dark Heresy, and new add-ons to 2023’s Rogue Trader as…

Microsoft is preparing to lay off a significant chunk of its Xbox division and is reevaluating the plans for its next-generation Project Helix console. It’s apparently also considering dramatically restructuring…

City builders, kind of by definition, tend to be quite large in form. You’re constructing an entire city here after all, and all the complications that come with that….

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that when you think of penguins and video games, Club Penguin is probably the one that comes to mind…

Harvey Elliott, the CEO of Balatro and Abiotic publisher Playstack, has said the firm’s sale to the owner of Fandom and GameSpot will not impact either, telling GamesIndustry.biz that new…

While it has been apparent for a while now that Xbox is in dire straits, now its actual CEO is laying that out pretty plainly. In a recent blog post,…

While most comic book creators outsource different aspects of the process, Gideon Brimingham is a one-man comic book band. “Without using all the words, I just say I’m a comic…