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Modern Warfare 4 Sparks Widespread Debate About Lack Of Reviews For Some Xbox Games
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Modern Warfare 4 Sparks Widespread Debate About Lack Of Reviews For Some Xbox Games

Nearly all the reviews were on PS5 and PC.In recent years, we've occasionally heard people talking now and again about the general lack of reviews for Xbox releases on websites like Metacritic - it's a common trend that PC and PS5 games get the majority of them.This has been amplified more today by the situation regarding Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, as the game currently only has 2 professional reviews for Xbox, whereas it has over 30 of them for PS5 and PC.Read the full article on purexbox.

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Feature: 10 Original Xbox Games We're Hoping Will Get Achievements In 2026
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Feature: 10 Original Xbox Games We're Hoping Will Get Achievements In 2026

Take a look at our top picks!Xbox achievements are a quintessential Xbox feature and have been since their conception on the Xbox 360. This meant the entire first generation of Xbox titles launched without them, but over the years, some of the OG games were lucky enough to be spruced up for modern hardware.Earlier this year, Xbox's backwards compatibility team teased achievements were on their way to "select original XBOX games". Then, just yesterday, signs of this started popping up on social m

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12 Arcade Archives Games Have Released For Xbox In September & October 2026
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12 Arcade Archives Games Have Released For Xbox In September & October 2026

Your latest roundup of retro AA classics.As you've probably seen, we've started a new format in recent months where we highlight each day's new Xbox releases based on the games we already know about, but in some cases, they end up sneaking past the list.That's especially the case when it comes to Arcade Archives titles, as they're often announced at the last minute and essentially shadow dropped onto the Xbox Store. We've rounded them up a couple times this year - once in May and once in August

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The Red Nun Returns In Remothered’s Terrifying Final Chapter

Some family secrets are best left buried, but in Remothered: Red Nun’s Legacy, digging them up is the only hope of finding a missing daughter. The post The Red Nun Returns In Remothered’s Terrifying Final Chapter appeared first on TheXboxHub.

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Xbox Tells Developers To Avoid Exploiting The Achievement System With Identical Releases
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Xbox Tells Developers To Avoid Exploiting The Achievement System With Identical Releases

They'll need to link versions together instead.Over the years, we've seen various games that attempt to tap into the "easy achievements" market and serve as a simple way to inflate your gamerscore, and that's a perfectly legitimate tactic in some cases.Xbox does have rules about this kind of thing though, and in their latest clamp down, they've seemingly targeted "triple-stack" games - a situation where a developer releases multiple versions of their titles on the Xbox Store.Read the full articl

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Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced Gets New Game+ Mode In Final Major Update
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Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced Gets New Game+ Mode In Final Major Update

Take a look at the update notes.Ahoy me hearties! Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced final major update is live now, bringing New Game+, a new nightmare difficulty, and a bunch of other stuff to the open-sea RPG.Black Flag Resynced sailed onto Xbox Series consoles on July 9th, and received a jolly rogering from critics. The remastered pirate-assassin romp ended up with a solid 83 score of on Metacritic.Read the full article on purexbox.com

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Coffee, Crops And Cute Alpacas Arrive In Farming Simulator 25

Farming Simulator 25 is heading somewhere warmer, with the Beans & Alpacas Expansion bringing a South American-inspired setting, new plantation farming and some decidedly fluffy additions to the livestock roster. The post Coffee, Crops And Cute Alpacas Arrive In Farming Simulator 25 appeared first on TheXboxHub.

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Where Player Skill Ends and Randomness Begins

A missed shot can feel like an insult after twenty minutes of careful planning. The post Where Player Skill Ends and Randomness Begins appeared first on TheXboxHub.

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Xbox Racks Up Millions Of Views Teasing GTA 6 On Xbox Series X
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Xbox Racks Up Millions Of Views Teasing GTA 6 On Xbox Series X

You're not playing GTA 6 are you?What are you up to, Xbox? Playing GTA 6 perhaps? Possibly!Xbox posted a picture last night that sent everyone into full detective mode. The picture in question depicts a lovely Halloween setup adorned with a pumpkin, pinecone, and a particularly lovely translucent Xbox Elite controller, BUT the main attraction is the game tile for Grand Theft Auto VI.Read the full article on purexbox.com

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Xbox CEO Celebrates 'Incredible' Milestones For Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
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Xbox CEO Celebrates 'Incredible' Milestones For Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

"One of the most celebrated Call of Duty games in its 24-year history".Xbox has enjoyed multiple successes when it comes to first-party releases in 2026, and one of those is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 - not just because it's a CoD game, but because it's been getting some great reviews as well.Xbox CEO Asha Sharma actually commented on this in a social media post last night, highlighting how Modern Warfare is "one of the most celebrated Call of Duty games in its 24-year history".Read the full

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Nine Xbox Games Are Available Today, Including A Supernatural Detective Mystery On Game Pass (October 27)
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Nine Xbox Games Are Available Today, Including A Supernatural Detective Mystery On Game Pass (October 27)

Elementary, my dear Ward.It's a brand new day, which brings with it a bunch of brand new games. Hooray!Today we've got a newbie for Xbox Game Pass subscribers: The SĂ©ance of Blake Manor. It's a sort of 'whodunit' with a bunch of eccentric mystics. It's apparently quite good, and now available on console for the first time!Read the full article on purexbox.com

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Cozy Radiation Cleaner Turns The Apocalypse Into A Relaxing Road Trip

The world might have gone horribly wrong, but at least someone is finally getting around to tidying it up - at least in the video gaming world. The post Cozy Radiation Cleaner Turns The Apocalypse Into A Relaxing Road Trip appeared first on TheXboxHub.

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Active Matter Surpasses 500,000 Copies Sold, With Xbox Representing The 'Largest Share Of Players'
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Active Matter Surpasses 500,000 Copies Sold, With Xbox Representing The 'Largest Share Of Players'

It is Xbox Play Anywhere supported.Active Matter has now officially sold more than half a million copies across PC, PS5, and Xbox platforms, according to publisher Gaijin Entertainment.In a recent press release, it was shared that the hardcore supernatural shooter, Active Matter, has surpassed the new 500,000 milestone and credits its "largest share" of players to Xbox.Read the full article on purexbox.com

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Xbox Knows Its Games Are Getting Recompiled For PC, And It's Impacting Their Future
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Xbox Knows Its Games Are Getting Recompiled For PC, And It's Impacting Their Future

"We’ve seen games rapidly decompiled and rebuilt".Over the past few months (and particularly the past few weeks), it's become harder and harder to avoid hearing about "recomp" games from the history of Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo and other major game companies.In a nutshell, this is a technique where games are recompiled to run on hardware they were never intended for, and the rapid advancement of AI is the primary reason behind many of these new recomps.Read the full article on purexbox.com

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The Walking Trade: How I Built a Shop Simulator Without Ever Playing One

The Walking Trade is out today on XBOX Series X|S. It’s a store management game set in a zombie apocalypse: you stock the shelves, set your prices, and serve the survivors who come through the door, then pick up a weapon when zombies raid the place. I made it on my own, and I made […] The post The Walking Trade: How I Built a Shop Simulator Without Ever Playing One appeared first on XBOX Wire.

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Talking Point: Xbox Disc To Digital Has Changed How I Buy Games
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Talking Point: Xbox Disc To Digital Has Changed How I Buy Games

I'm buying on Xbox what I'd usually pick up on Steam and other consoles.Since Xbox announced that physical disc-based games could be converted into digital licenses playable on both console and PC, I've been all-in on physical purchases.I've always been an advocate for physical ownership, long before disc to digital, but the ability to buy a physical copy of a game and essentially turn it into a PC license - I'm even more so. Xbox's disc to digital programme has got to be one of this console gen

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Scramble Knights Online: Changing Genres to Save a Game

It’s launch day for Scramble Knights Online, an action RPG “MMO-Lite” from our team here at Funktronic Labs. We built a nostalgic kingdom that captures the feeling of adventuring with your friends in the early, simpler days of online gaming. Scramble Knights Online is a day one XBOX Game Pass title! Scramble Knights Online was […] The post Scramble Knights Online: Changing Genres to Save a Game appeared first on XBOX Wire.

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Xbox Is Officially Up For 'Game Of The Year' At The Golden Joystick Awards 2026
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Xbox Is Officially Up For 'Game Of The Year' At The Golden Joystick Awards 2026

It'll need to beat 11 other amazing titles though.It's almost time for awards season, folks! Before we get there, the final nominations for Ultimate Game of the Year have been announced for the Golden Joystick Awards 2026, and Xbox is officially up for the Game of the Year trophy.Xbox's inclusion is due to the release of Forza Horizon 6 back in May, although there's no place for the likes of Halo: Campaign Evolved and Gears of War: E-Day - the latter was technically eligible, but still didn't ma

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