Today is clearly the day Atari and Namco have sealed their reunion with pursed lips and probing tongues. Following the announcement of a new Namco-themed expansion for the excellent Atari 50 interactive museum thing, the pair (along with third wheel Plaion) have cuddled up to unveil an extremely yellow Pac-Man edition of the Atari 2600+. The original Atari …
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Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will get third-person mode in free update ahead of new film
Ubisoft’s Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is set to receive a new update on 5th December, adding a third-person mode and New Game+ mode. The free update will arrive on the third anniversary of the game’s launch – and, conveniently, just ahead of the third Avatar film Fire and Ash that’s due on 19th December. The third-person mode will finally allow …
Read More »PS5 makes the most sense at the moment.” Ori dev suggests ‘No Rest for the Wicked’ will skip Xbox (for launch) due to “market conditions.
Celebrated Ori and the Blind Forest developer Moon Studios has offered an update on the status of the Xbox version for their follow up — No Rest for the Wicked. No Rest for the Wicked is a top-down action RPG with gorgeous visuals and tight combat. It takes cues from Diablo and weaves them with a higher skill ceiling, rewarding …
Read More »Xbox Game Pass Is Getting Another ‘Day One’ Shadow Drop Today (July 21)
Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Pure Xbox on YouTube29k A few months ago, we mentioned how Descenders Next had suffered a last-minute delay ahead of its planned Xbox Game Pass release, and now it’s suddenly returned as a shadow drop – meaning it’s officially out today! The publishers say they were inspired by Oblivion Remastered‘s recent shadow drop to make …
Read More »No Rest For The Wicked May Skip Xbox ‘For The Time Being’ Due To ‘Current Market Conditions’
Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Pure Xbox on YouTube29k Update [Mon 21st Jul 2025, 7:23pm]: Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler has been replying to people on social media about this today, confirming that No Rest for the Wicked will be on Xbox eventually, but a PS5 launch “makes most sense at the moment”. You can see a couple of his …
Read More »Galaxy Watch 8 For $99 Seems Crazy
The launch of the Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Classic brought us bigger redesigns than we’re used to. I’d argue that the new Galaxy Watch 8 is the best looking smartwatch on Android by a mile or two, with the Watch 8 Classic and its rotating bezel not far behind it. Samsung really crushed it with this mid-summer …
Read More »Chrome will let you switch between personal and work accounts on iOS
Google is introducing the option to easily switch between personal and work profiles in its Chrome browser on iOS, with data kept separate between the two. The new option is part of Google’s enterprise software package, and doesn’t allow non-enterprise users to switch freely between two Google accounts in the browser. Companies that adopt Chrome Enterprise can let employees sign …
Read More »Google pushes Pixel 4a battery update on remaining holdouts
A few months after it first started rolling out, Google is now pushing the Pixel 4a battery update on users who had previously avoided it. The story of the Pixel 4a’s battery reduction update is a rocky one. Early this year, Google rolled out an unexpected Pixel 4a update and announced that it would offer free battery replacements and other …
Read More »Gender Split & Average Ages Of Japanese Nintendo Players Revealed Via New Survey
Image: Nintendo A brand new survey of 180,000 players aged 15-69 years old in Japan has been conducted by GEM Partners, and there are some interesting stats on gender and age splits across multiple Nintendo franchises. Posted by Nikkei (via Nintendo Patents Watch and MyNintendoNews), the huge survey reveals that, compared to other game IPs, Nintendo’s have more female fans,. …
Read More »iOS 18.6 RC beta and more now available as launch nears
Apple has released new RC (release candidate) betas of iOS 18.6, macOS 15.6, and more to developers and public beta testers alike. Here’s what to expect. RC indicates iOS 18.6 launch is imminent Today Apple released brand new betas to developers and public beta users at the same time. However, those betas are not part of the iOS 26 release …
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