Warner Bros Discovery has taken “another $100+ million impairment” due to the “underperforming” MultiVersus. In its latest financial call, as reported by VGC, CEO David Zaslav told investors its games business was “substantially underperforming its potential” despite “four strong and profitable game franchises with loyal, global fans”: Hogwarts Legacy, Mortal Kombat, Game of Thrones and … Read more
Image: Shadow Warrior Looking for some cheap games on Xbox this week (November 5-11)? Well, the current selection of Xbox sales is very generous if you’re looking for 90% or 95% discounts right now, as we’ve got over 50 games that fall into those categories, including a few standouts that are definitely worth considering. Perhaps … Read more
As Skeleton Crew’s marketing campaign ramps up and promises a return to pure, old-school swashbuckling adventures in live-action Star Wars, we’re starting to learn more about the creatives’ experiences making the show and how they first connected with the long-running franchise. That second trailer, cover of Peter Schilling’s ‘Major Tom’ in Huttese included, sure was … Read more
The London Games Festival has announced its 2025 schedule, including the launch of new consumer games expo New Game Plus. Celebrating its tenth anniversary from April 2 to April 13, 2025, New Game Plus will headline the festival and feature upcoming games from across the globe. It will include more than 30 titles from the … Read more
Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin’ in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he’s not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that’s far too old for him, watching … Read more
Sega is delisting select games and bundles from its Classics collections on digital storefronts starting December 6, 2024. On its support website, the firm announced that these titles will be unavailable for new purchases, but owned games will still be available in players’ libraries. The Sega Genesis Classics bundle will be delisted from Nintendo Switch, … Read more
Image: SEGA Sega has announced it will be delisting multiple retro titles including the SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive Classics collection from the Xbox digital store. These titles will be removed from Xbox’s storefront on 6th December 2024. Sega will also be delisting multiple games from Steam, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation platforms on the same … Read more
For those who aren’t fully caught up with Microsoft’s new Game Pass plan – the ‘Standard’ tier replaced ‘Xbox Game Pass Console’ earlier this year. Instead of forgoing online multiplayer access like the Console tier used to, XGP Standard includes online play, while providing a smaller library of games than the full Ultimate service at … Read more
Around 15% of games industry workers in Europe were laid off and subsequently found a new job in 2023/2024, with 6.2% laid off and still searching for work, according to the latest Big Games Industry Employment Survey. The study is conducted every year by recruitment agency Values Value and career platform InGame Job (more on … Read more
Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin’ in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he’s not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that’s far too old for him, watching … Read more
