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'I'm Of Two Minds' - Todd Howard Gives His Thoughts On Xbox's Leadership Changes Excited for the future, but sad to see Phil Spencer go. With the https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/starfield-gets-majo… earlier today, https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/11/todd-howard-talks-p… has been sitting down with https://www.ign.com/articles/todd-howard-talks-elder-scro… for a wide-ranging interview, and he's been asked about how he feels regarding the recent Xbox leadership changes. Howard says he's "of two minds" about what's happened at Xbox, pointing to the https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/hello-my-name-is-re… as something he's "sad" about, and that "he's one of the key reasons that we've been a large part of Xbox". Read the https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/im-of-two-minds-tod… https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/im-of-two-minds-tod…

First Reviews & Xbox Gameplay Revealed For Thomas & Friends: Wonders Of Sodor It's out today, and it's also an Xbox Play Anywhere title! Recently we highlighted the upcoming release of the https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/that-viral-thomas-t… known as Thomas & Friends: Wonders of Sodor. That game is actually out today across all platforms including Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and it's been live for a few hours now... but we're not finding many reviews for it yet. Nevertheless, we do have a few that we can share with you, so let's take a look at those first early impressions (although keep in mind that all of these were reviewed on PC or PlayStation): Read the https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/first-reviews-and-x… https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/first-reviews-and-x…

Forza Horizon 6 Brings Back Seasonal Weather Changes, But Playground Has 'Learned From' FH4 Winter will be more forgiving overall. In another look at https://www.purexbox.com/games/xbox-series-x/forza_horizo… the IGN First program has gone into a bit more detail on the seasonal weather changes coming to Playground's new open-world racing title, with a bit more context from members of the dev team as well. In short, seasons are back in a bigger way than ever in FH6; taking more direct inspiration from how they worked in 2018's https://www.purexbox.com/games/xbox-one/forza_horizon_4. Each of the four seasons will provide a drastically different experience in Horizon Japan — just as they would in real life — but this time around, the team has been conscious to keep the Winter season fun for all players. Read the https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/forza-horizon-6-bri… https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/forza-horizon-6-bri…

Guide: Apex Legends x Gundam Event - How To Get The New Skins And Free Rewards Suit up.The Gundam x https://www.purexbox.com/games/xbox-series-x/apex_legends https://www.purexbox.com/guides/apex-legends-x-gundam-eve…

Nintendo 3DS Classic 'Bravely Default' Releases On Xbox Today In Its HD Remaster Form Shadow drop alert!Surprise! Square Enix has announced that after 14 years, the Nintendo 3DS classic Bravely Default is officially coming to Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and Xbox PC today, and we've spotted that you can already buy it on the Xbox Store!For those who aren't aware, Bravely Default was a very popular RPG back in the 3DS days, racking up impressive reviews and serving as the first game in a series that has since received multiple new versions and spin-offs.Read the https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/nintendo-3ds-classi… https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/nintendo-3ds-classi…

Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (March 12-15) Including a big Activision title!Microsoft's latest Free Play Days lineup is starting to roll out now on Xbox - and we've got four games playable as part of the program this week, including Activision Blizzard's https://www.purexbox.com/games/xbox-series-x/diablo_iv https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/free-play-days-try-…

'Every Xbox Game Gets To Use This' - Microsoft Announces Free Cross-Platform Tools For Developers Known as PlayFab Foundation Mode.Yesterday, amidst all the headline-grabbing https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/xbox-reveals-new-de… https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/every-xbox-game-get…

Roundup: Toxic Commando Is Out Today On Xbox, And The First Reviews Have Arrived The game launches later today.We've been keeping a close eye on https://www.purexbox.com/games/xbox-series-x/john_carpent… https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/roundup-toxic-comma…

One Of 2025's Biggest Indie Titles Joins Xbox Game Pass Premium Today (March 12) Silky.Welcome to today's https://www.purexbox.com/guides/xbox-game-pass-in-2026-th… https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/one-of-2025s-bigges…

'Hello, My Name Is Retired' - Xbox's Phil Spencer Embraces The Humour At GDC 2026 He's also referring to himself as Asha Sharma's assistant.The annual https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/02/the-future-of-xbox-… https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/hello-my-name-is-re…

Microsoft Has Explored Allowing AI & Other Xbox Players To Help Control Your Games A Microsoft patent from 2024 calls these "help sessions".You may have seen some rumblings doing the rounds about a patent that was discovered by the folks at https://tech4gamers.com/microsoft-patents-xbox-system-hum… https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/microsoft-has-explo…

Roundup: Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Xbox Brawler Scott Pilgrim EX Out now on Xbox! That's a lot of X...https://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch-2/scot… https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/roundup-heres-what-…

DOOM: The Dark Ages Director Says Upcoming DLC Is 'Like A Sequel' "Just know that it's freaking huge.".Believe it or not, it's been almost a year since https://www.purexbox.com/games/xbox-series-x/doom_the_dar… https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/03/doom-the-dark-ages-…

RoboCop, Test Drive Publisher Nacon In Financial Trouble As Company Files For Insolvency Money woes are "significantly affecting operations".French game publisher and accessory maker Nacon has today announced that at the tail end of last week, the company filed for insolvency after hitting serious financial trouble.Looking at the team's https://corporate.nacongaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2026… https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/02/robocop-test-drive-…

Feature: These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (February 23-27) Including another three Game Pass titles!Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for February 23-27! We've got plenty of exciting games on the way over the next few days, including the big release of https://www.purexbox.com/games/xbox-series-x/resident_evi… https://www.purexbox.com/features/these-30plus-games-are-…

Microsoft Rewards Quietly Increases Its Prices For Xbox Gift Cards Seemingly in multiple regions.Microsoft Rewards has changed quite a bit in recent months, with https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/10/xbox-rewards-is-buf… https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/02/microsoft-rewards-q…

New Report On PS6 Delay Throws Next-Gen Timing Into Doubt Because of, you guessed it, RAM and SSD shortages.It's a bit of a whirlwind right now in terms of next-gen news, isn't it? We've heard https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/02/amd-mentions-next-g… https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/02/new-report-on-ps6-d…

Guide: High On Life 2: Release Date, Release Time & Download Size On Xbox Game Pass Everything you need to know for launch.https://www.purexbox.com/games/xbox-series-x/high_on_life_2 https://www.purexbox.com/guides/high-on-life-2-release-da…