XBOX Game Reviews

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Our unbiased and detailed reviews of the latest XBOX games help you decide what to play next. We cover everything from gameplay and graphics to story and replayability.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Zombies Review in ProgressThe hunt for undead Easter eggs begins again.

IGN ArticlesNov 15

Valve 'Excited' By ROG Xbox Ally And Insists It's A 'Sign Of Success' For Steam DeckFriendly words towards Xbox's handheld competitor. It's been a good start for Xbox's new PC handhelds - we gave the ROG Xbox Ally X an "excellent" 9/10 review at Pure Xbox (with many other critics being hot on it), and the X model is said to be generating too much demand right now. But what does Valve think about it? This is the company that sparked the whole handheld gaming PC revolution of the past few years with the Steam Deck , and now there are countless competitors trying to emulate its success. Read the full article on purexbox.com

Pure Xbox | Latest UpdatesNov 14

Feature: Black Ops 7 Campaign Review (Xbox): Black Ops Pedigree Can't Save This Mess Of A COD CampaignCrap Ops. Where do I even start with the Black Ops 7 campaign? Following last year's fantastic effort led by developer Raven Software , Black Ops 7 contains a messy, stitched-together story mode that barely constitutes as a Call of Duty campaign whatsoever. Intrigued? Well, I'll do my best to explain what's going on here, but the long and short of it is that this year's game should have probably skipped a campaign mode altogether. Rather than Black Ops 6 's 90s Gulf War setting, Black Ops 7 flings players into the near future; apparently as a 'direct sequel' to 2012's Black Ops 2 . There's nothing wrong with a futuristic Call of Duty setting in my book — especially when it comes to campaign — but Black Ops 7 is so hastily put together that you wouldn't really know what time period you're in anyway. Read the full article on purexbox.com

Pure Xbox | Latest UpdatesNov 14

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Multiplayer Review in ProgressIt's still early, but BLOPS 7 multiplayer is a lot of fun so far.

IGN ArticlesNov 14

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Campaign ReviewThis ambitious campaign takes big swings that don't always land.

IGN ArticlesNov 14

Square Enix Is Cutting Down Its Western Workforce, Focusing On Japanese DevelopmentMore layoffs afoot. New financials from publisher Square Enix , alongside reported information from outlet IGN , show that the Final Fantasy maker is shrinking down its Western workforce to further focus on Japanese development. Those financial reports include a note that says "review and optimization of overseas studio development organizational structures" is a key aim for Square, while IGN adds that more than 100 employees are at risk across SE's US and UK teams. Read the full article on purexbox.com

Pure Xbox | Latest UpdatesNov 13

Epic Games CEO Comments On ARC Raiders And Its Use Of AI Voice GenerationStemming from a controversial review. Earlier this week, outlet Eurogamer put out a controversial review on ARC Raiders - one where the game's use of AI voice generation massively affected the site's overall score, which ended up being a 2/5 . As you can imagine, this has kicked up a bit of a frenzy online - so much so that Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has waded in on matters via social media. Yes, on the totally level-headed platform that is Twitter , Sweeney called the Eurogamer review "political" - before going on to reply to a bunch of responses relating to AI, Eurogamer's criticism of it, and the technology's use in the gaming industry at large. Read the full article on purexbox.com

Pure Xbox | Latest UpdatesNov 12

Feature: A Month Later, The ROG Xbox Ally X Has Totally Changed My Gaming HabitsAnd it might be where the next Xbox console is headed. In a few days' time, it will have been exactly a month since we published our review of the ROG Xbox Ally X handheld here at Pure Xbox , and it's actually been about six weeks since I first started using it as my main gaming device. And I'll be honest, I've barely turned on my Xbox Series X over the past month. It's not that I think the ROG Xbox Ally X is better than Microsoft's most powerful console, but it's certainly more versatile, and I feel it offers a lot of promise for the future and this supposed console/PC hybrid format that we'll see in the next generation. Read the full article on purexbox.com

Pure Xbox | Latest UpdatesNov 12

Possessor(s) Review – Memoirs’ MaladiesDevolver Digital and Heart Machine are two names I hold in high regard. Despite the latter’s miss in Hyper Light Breaker, their other projects have stood the test of time, and then Devolver needs no introduction. The two have now teamed up for the developer’s latest release, Possessor(s), an ambitiously story-driven 2D action-adventure brimming with [...]

Xbox Series X – Noisy PixelNov 11

Feature: It's A Big Birthday For The Xbox Series X, So Let's Look Back At Our Review From 2020What we said then, and what we think now. Pure Xbox was in an interesting place back in 2020 - we'd just relaunched the website in March of that year after multiple years on hiatus, and then the COVID pandemic arrived around the same time, causing havoc around the world. For the folks at Microsoft, they had an Xbox Series X launch to plan for, and there were many times throughout that year when we thought the console might end up missing 2020 by some distance. It did end up arriving on November 10th though (exactly five years ago), and it was joined by the surprise arrival of the Xbox Series S as well. Read the full article on purexbox.com

Pure Xbox | Latest UpdatesNov 10