Welcome to another weekend in the world of Xbox! There's plenty to discover over the next few days including multiple Xbox Game Pass additions, three Free Play Days titles, a new EA Access game in the form of Rocket Arena, and a Simulator Sale on the Xbox Store. Here's what we're playing over the weekend:
Fraser Gilbert, News Editor
I feel like I'm a bit spoilt for choice this weekend. There are plenty of new Xbox Game Pass games that I'm personally interested in - I just downloaded F1 2019 and The Touryst the other night - and I'm definitely planning to try Obsidian's Grounded, but I'll need to turn on that Arachnophobia Mode when doing so!
Another game I'm really excited to see join the EA Access vault (and included as part of Xbox Free Play Days) is 3v3 multiplayer shooter Rocket Arena. It clearly hasn't had the best of launches, but it's a fun game, and I'd like to get some more practice in so I'm not completely hopeless at blasting other players into oblivion.
Finally, it's not an Xbox game (yet), but I'm playing the Fall Guys Beta on PC. If you haven't heard of it, it's like a battle royale mashup of Takeshi's Castle and Total Wipeout, and it feel like it would have been the perfect game to launch with Xbox Game Pass. Hopefully it makes its way to the service eventually.
Enjoy your weekends, everyone!
Liam Doolan, News Reporter
This weekend it's Halo, Halo, and more Halo. Yep, I'll be filling in the next few days with Halo: The Master Chief Collection as I continue my playthrough of the main game in the lead-up to Halo Infinite. Of course, I'll also be spending some of that time in the multiplayer component.
Another game I've set my sights on is Sea of Thieves. I'm ready to face the all-new firey foes in the new Ashen Winds update.
And last, but definitely not least (well, maybe in size), I'll be returning to Grounded. I played the beta - loved it - and can't wait to dive into the full experience, courtesy of Xbox Game Pass. I will admit the spiders are just a little scary in certain areas of the yard - thankfully, I can flick on the Arachnophobia Mode if it all becomes too much.
What Xbox games will you be playing this weekend? Let us know in the comments.
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I'm finishing the final episode of Curse of the Moon 2. After that I'm very much looking forward to starting Carrion.
Continue with Nba 2k20
Mostly Switch for me this weekend with the Tetris 99 event and also New Super Luckys Tale, but I will need a racing fix also and with F1 2019 just being added to Gamepass I will be playing that too...
Lastly, I might try to play abit more of Carrion on Xbox, I have enjoyed the small amount I've played it so far...
Xbox: Grounded
Switch: Paper Mario
PS4: more Ghosts of Tsushima and a spot of Grid.
Currently Oceanhorn and Yakuza Kiwami 2.
Cross Code. Picked it up to see what the fuss was all about and got rather hooked. Game can be darn hard, ended up accepting I was not good enough and lowering my difficulty. Kinda want to rush through it but keep feeling compelled to explore every corner. Even with meticulous searching I know I’m missing stuff. The game has quite a bit of content, for a small indie game.
Banjo-Kazooie (N64) - Just starting out in Mumbo's Mountain.
Fallout 3 (Games For Windows) - This is going to be in my all time favourite open world games list.
Angry Birds (Windows Phone) - Onto Episode 2 now.
Halo 2 campaign on the Master Cheif Collection..
Playing Disintegration during the free play weekend on Xbox and still playing Ghost on PS4.
I’ve finished the campaign in Halo 1 this past week from the Master Chief Collection and while the levels were kind of similar (I understand it’s old!) I found myself enjoying it. The amount of work they put into it to update it was truly awesome- I liked flipping through original and improved to see the difference. Since I’ve never played the original I can’t say how gameplay was changed but it was good (except the car! I can’t even say how many times I had to go through the last bit driving that car!).
Needless to say I’ll be continuing with Halo 2😁.
I’d like to say I’ll check out the Gamepass games that are leaving soon but I don’t know if I will pull myself away.
I’ve also got Paper Mario Origami King going on the side which is also very good!
Have a great weekend everybody!
I’ll be playing Forza Horizon 3.
Cleaning up the remaining Dead Space achievements, did fancy trying out Battlefield 5 but damn those load times are ridiculous
Switch: Paper Mario: The Origami King
PC: DOOM 3: BFG Edition
Persona 4 Golden on my computer. That game is definitely addicting.
@Medic_Alert yeah it’s super addicting. From the stylized graphics to the soundtrack. I’d hold off on that koolaid as long as you can
I’ve been playing Sea of Theives an unhealthy amount over the summer and will continue to do that. I’ll probably play a bit of CoD Warzone with some friends, and continue my freshly started play through of Forager. I also would like to try Grounded and The Touryst
Trying to lose weight this summer since I gained 25 lbs. I may play some Halo 2, Minecraft, Devil May Cry 5, or SuperHot VR.
Working through Destroy all Humans! and Yakuza Kiwami 2. DAH! is pretty fun, considering an original Xbox game, apart from the protagonists voice, a subpar Jack Nicholson impersonation.
Busy day at work today but I'm off tomorrow so hoping to catch some game time before I catch some sleep. Need to finish Observation and hoping to get a little bit of some Halo campaign in.
@Medic_Alert I played for a few hours recently and quite enjoyed it, but not a classic! Hopefully third time will be the charm.
I didn’t like Yakuza Kiwami that much, but Kiwami 2 so far is quite fun.
I actually live in Kansai, so the game being located in Kansai/Osaka Namba is perfect during the pandemic. It makes me miss walking around in Namba!
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