Lots Of Xbox Games Have Quietly Received New 1000G Achievements

Just like last year.

This time last year, we brought you a story about how easy 1000G achievements had been suddenly added to 60+ Xbox games, and the exact same thing has happened again this year – but this time it affects over 100 Xbox games.

Credit goes to True Achievements for the discovery on this, and they’ve also got a big list of the 100+ games that have added these achievements – many of which are three versions of the same thing across multiple platforms.

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Halo Studios Confirms Major Reveal To Take Place Later This Year

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“We look forward to continuing the conversation”.

We’ve been waiting a while for Halo Studios to reveal what’s next with the Halo franchise, and now we officially have a month to put in our diaries – the developer says October 2025 is when we’ll be finding out more details.

Specifically, it’ll be at the Halo World Championship 2025 between October 24th and October 26th where Halo Studios will give us “the official scoop on what been working on”, as revealed on the Halo Waypoint website today.

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GTA 5 Has A Ridiculously Good ‘Just For You’ Deal On Xbox Right Now

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But you might need to own the XB1 version already.

GTA 5 is a game that, despite being over a decade old at this point, continues to sell in ridiculous numbers on a monthly basis, and this new “Just for You” Xbox deal may lead to another spike of sales in late June and July.

Over the weekend, a couple of us at Pure Xbox have noticed that the Xbox Series X and Series S version of GTA 5 is showing up with a whopping 87% discount on the Microsoft Store, resulting in a price of just £5.20 here in the UK. That includes both the story mode and GTA Online – with enhanced visuals and better performance for Xbox Series X|S.

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Guide: Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In July 2025

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All the confirmed reveals so far.

Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in July 2025? It can be pretty difficult to keep track of all the comings and goings in the world of Xbox Game Pass every month, so we’ve put together this handy guide to provide an overview of what’s coming to Xbox Game Pass in July 2025.

Here’s a full list of all new games coming soon on Xbox Game Pass in July 2025 (so far):

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Talking Point: What’s Your Xbox Game Of The Year For 2025 So Far?

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Six months into the year.

Well folks, June is almost coming to a close here, which means we’re just about at the half way point for 2025! It’s been a very busy start to the year in gaming – particularly on the Xbox side of things where multiple first-party titles and new Game Pass releases have graced our screens over the last six months.

So, we’re checking in to see what your GOTY nominees are so far for 2025! As we say, there are lots of contenders already – including Avowed, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Monster Hunter Wilds, South of Midnight, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Oblivion Remastered, DOOM: The Dark Ages and more. The majority of these were on Xbox Game Pass too,

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Delta Force Finally Gets Free-To-Play Release Date For Xbox Series X|S

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It comes with a free DLC campaign as well!

We’ve been keeping an eye on the progress of Delta Force for Xbox Series X|S over the past couple of years, and the game’s developer has finally announced today that we’ll be playing it (for free) on Xbox in August.

Delta Force has an official Xbox release date of August 19, 2025. In addition to the main game being free-to-play, the Xbox Series X|S release will also come with free DLC in the form of the Black Hawk Down campaign mode.

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Roundup: All The Xbox Reveals From The June 2025 Capcom Showcase

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Resident Evil, Pragmata, Monster Hunter and more.

Today marked the June 2025 Capcom Spotlight showcase, treating us to closer looks at Resident Evil Requiem, Pragmata and more, but it seems like most people didn’t really have this event on their radar.

As a result, we thought we’d round up all the Xbox-related reveals from the Capcom June 2025 showcase down below. Most of these are just new trailers, with only a couple of fresh announcements made during the event.

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Poll: What Do You Think Of Crash Bandicoot 4 On Xbox Game Pass?

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Platforming bliss? Surprisingly difficult? Tell us!

A few weeks ago, before Crash Bandicoot 4 made its long-awaited debut on Xbox Game Pass, I penned an opinion piece suggesting the game would prove divisive on the service because of its surprising difficulty.

Now, just over a week since it arrived for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC members, I’m keen to hear what you think! I’m personally of the opinion that it’s a fun entry in the series, but one that doesn’t hit the highs of the N. Sane Trilogy.

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Two New Little Nightmares Games Are Coming To Xbox This October

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Release dates announced today.

Exciting news! Bandai Namco has announced today that Little Nightmares 3 will officially be coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on October 10th, 2025 – but it’s not the only new Little Nightmares game we’ll be getting.

On the same day, anyone who’s pre-ordered Little Nightmares 3 will get access to Little Nightmares: Enhanced Edition as well, providing a 4K, 60FPS experience (at least on Xbox Series X) complete with other new features such as ray traced reflections. It seems this Enhanced Edition will be available to buy standalone on Xbox too.

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System Shock 2 Remaster Hits PC This Week, But The Xbox Version Has Been Delayed

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Same goes for the PlayStation and Switch versions.

We mentioned in our big “coming to Xbox next week” roundup for June 23-28 that System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster was set for an Xbox release on Thursday, June 26th – but unfortunately that’s no longer the case.

Nightdive Studios, which is the fantastic developer behind the likes of the DOOM and Quake remasters, has advised that a last-minute issue with the console versions has prevented System Shock 2’s immediate release on those systems.

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