"I’m confident this isn’t the end of the story". Everyone's got an opinion about the Xbox studio closures that have taken place this week, and that includes the so-called "father of the Xbox" Seamus Blackley, who was there at the very beginning of the brand's existence. In a nutshell, Blackley feels sorry for everyone that's been caught up in the decisions that were made over the past few days, and that potentially includes Xbox's Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond too. Mainly though, he's sad for the developers. Read the full article on purexbox.com ..read more

Let's get this hype train started! It's time for another free dynamic background on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S! This latest one is for the upcoming release of Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, which arrives via Xbox Game Pass on May 21st, 2024. The background is based around the game's latest cover art, which we think looks pretty awesome: Read the full article on purexbox.com ..read more

"Thanks for your continued feedback and support!". Bethesda has taken to social media today to announce that a new update is on the way for Fallout 4. The team's big next-gen upgrade initially arrived last month, but with numerous issues present at launch, the studio still has work to do getting things up to scratch. For now, Bethesda hasn't provided the patch notes, but has said to expect "new options for graphics and performance settings as well as further fixes and improvements". The update is planned for all platforms on Monday, May 13th. Read the full article on purexbox.com ..read more

Rushing to the review button. If you've been following gaming as closely as we have in recent years you'll have come across a 'review-bombing' campaign or two - where disgruntled fans rush to post negative reviews, usually as a reaction to a publisher decision. Well, in response to Xbox's sudden closure of Tango Gameworks, Hi-Fi RUSH fans have taken to Steam to post positive ratings in support of the team's rhythm-action game. We're gonna call this 'reverse-review bombing' for now, but yeah, if you have a look at Hi-Fi RUSH on PC platform Steam right now, the amount of recent positive reviews ..read more

Shiver me timbers. Rare made its PlayStation debut last month with the arrival of Sea Of Thieves on PS5, and it sounds like its pirate adventure is doing quite well on the platform so far. As revealed by Sony in the company's latest PlayStation Blog sales post, Sea of Thieves was the best-selling game in Europe during the month of April. What's perhaps even more impressive about this feat is that the game released on literally the last day of the month - April 30th. Sea of Thieves was of course up for pre-order for a good while before that date, but it's only been fully released on the platfor ..read more

"We have more demand than supply". There have been a lot of questions surrounding Xbox Cloud Gaming over the past few years and whether it's proving to be a success for Microsoft or not - and now Xbox president Sarah Bond has enlightened us a little further. Bond told Bloomberg this week that xCloud is actually enjoying "tremendous growth" right now and there's more demand than the team can keep up with. Here's a bit of what she had to say in the interview: Read the full article on purexbox.com ..read more

Reading between the lines. After all of the Xbox drama that's unfolded in recent days, today has brought our first official response from Microsoft - with Xbox president Sarah Bond appearing on Bloomberg News to discuss the future of gaming. During the chat, Bond talked about the team's commitment to Game Pass, and even gave a bit of reasoning behind the Bethesda studio closures - but one particular part of the conversation is really sticking with us. In and around the 11-minute mark of the above video, Bond is asked about hardware, and if she can alleviate some of the concerns that core Xbox ..read more

"I 100% believe this is a board-level decision". This week has been chaotic to say the least in the world of Xbox, with four studio closures and various other reports about the situation being shared earlier this week. We don't have all the details on the exact reasons behind the closures just yet, so unsurprisingly we're getting a lot of varied opinions from people around the industry. A few hours ago, IGN included some of these opinions in a new article, speaking to "two former longtime Xbox employees" including one who apparently lamented the state of the business and suggested that "it’s n ..read more

Is this the end for Infinite? We feel a bit like we've woken up in a strange alternate universe this week with everything going on, and this morning, 343 Industries isn't helping us shake that feeling. The team has just dropped what feels like a launch trailer for Halo Infinite - two and a half years after the game's launch. Okay, so, it's not really a launch trailer - more an overview of the game's multiplayer suite in mid-2024. They've labelled it an "extended multiplayer trailer " here, with a rather defiant 'This is Halo' tagline. Check the clip out up above, and we'll drop the team's trai ..read more

"Not enough?". It's no secret that Xbox fans seem most baffled about Tango Gameworks in regards to this week's studio shutdowns, with the community not taking the news particularly well when it dropped on Tuesday. Xbox fans aren't the only ones questioning why the developer has been shuttered though - the team's Game Project Manager has been wondering what would have been enough to keep Tango open. Taking to Twitter mere hours ago, Kazuaki Egashira showcased a row of awards that the team had picked up for Hi-Fi RUSH, adding the simple caption - "Not enough?": Read the full article on purexbox ..read more