Welcome to the weekend! It's been a very busy few days for Xbox Game Pass with five brand-new releases added to the service this week, including the highly-anticipated Tell Me Why: Chapter One and Wasteland 3. Elsewhere, we've got three more Free Play Days offerings including Star Wars Battlefront II, and the massive Gamescom sale is still ongoing in the UK and Europe!
Here's what we're playing over the next couple of days:
Fraser Gilbert, News Editor
I spent the vast majority of my week playing Tell Me Why for our review here on Pure Xbox, so now I'm ready to check out the rest of the recent Xbox Game Pass releases. I'm intrigued by all of them - I definitely need to give InXile's Wasteland 3 a go, but I also want to dabble in Hypnospace Outlaw, Double Kick Heroes and yesterday's surprise release of Drake Hollow, so it's going to be a busy one!
I've also been downloading some of the Xbox Game Pass titles that I've missed over the past month, so hopefully I'll find some time for those as well. I still haven't managed to check out New Super Lucky's Tale despite all the great things I'm hearing about it, and I'm also eager to finally jump into Trailmakers - the part creative vehicle-building sandbox, and part exploration racing game. It looks great!
Have a good weekend, folks.
Liam Doolan, News Reporter
I played so much Battletoads last weekend my hands actually began to hurt! It's a great game, but I do find it rather challenging to keep pace with the onslaught of enemies on higher settings, so my fingers get quite the workout. I guess this weekend I'll jumping back in to stop the evil alien race once and for all.
One other game I've been enjoying since last week is New Super Lucky's Tale. I've had my eye on this since it was originally announced (for Switch) and let's just say I'm glad I waited. It's an absolute delight to play on the Xbox One X. The new camera really makes it feel like an entirely new experience.
I've not really got much else planned for this weekend, but now that LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has been delayed, I'm actually thinking of going back and replaying a few of the older titles via backwards compatibility. One game I didn't give much of a chance was the LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, so maybe it's about time I go back and give that a proper go? If I get time, just maybe...
Enjoy your weekend, everyone.
Which Xbox games will you be playing this weekend? Let us know in the comments.
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Wreckfest for me, after playing the game on last weeks "Free Weekends" the game impressed me enough to pick it up... Digital price was still to high for me even with the sale discount so I have picked up a physical copy quite cheap...
Amazingly I brought it off of Ebay then realised they lived only 5 minutes away... I sent them a message and went round had a good chat and picked up the game... While I was there I also brought a spare Xbox One controller....
(And yes, they refunded me the postage 😁)......
Banjo-Kazooie (N64) - Finally made it to Click Clock Wood
Fallout 3 (Games For Windows) - Don't really want to finish this at all, such a great game.
Angry Birds (Windows Phone) - Seven more levels to 3 star and I'm all done.
Wreckfest for me. I am so enjoying it
Will be playing more of Tell Me Why chapter 1 and also continue my playthrough of Wasteland 3. Game Pass has seriously been phenomenal this month with games like these as well as Battletoads, New Super Lucky's Tale etc. Not to mention that next week we'll be seeing Tell Me Why chapter 2, another Metroidvania game and Resident Evil 7. This is seriously the future of gaming for me, just look at how many amazing games you get to play for only €14 a month. It's a steal.
Will also be checking out SEGA Mega Drive Classics on Switch. I've already finished Golden Axe, Streets of Rage (and the AGES version of the original Phantasy Star) and now I'm playing through Sonic 1 and Shadow Dancer (the first Shinobi). It's incredible how many great exclusives the Mega Drive had and I haven't played the majority of these games, so this is all new for me. Can't wait to check out more!
Started The Witcher 2 earlier this week, not as good as 3, but still pretty decent. Will probably play some Red Dead online too.
I'm still delving into Hollow Knight. I've played it for over 40 hours and still trying to 100% it
Playing an Xbox 360 game actually, Bolt. Simple but good fun!
Started on gears 4 this morning. Not liking the story, but the implementation of hdr is stunning. Def one of the best uses of hdr this gen
Playing through the Halo 5 campaign, I recently beat all the Halo Campaigns on the Master Cheif Collection so i'm really looking forward to finishing the final game.. Not to mention i'll be fully caught up on the series when Halo Infinite comes out so i'm glad about that. After i finish Halo i'm finally gonna play the Witcher 3..
Assassin's Creed Odyssey, which I still think has one of the greatest games world's that I've ever played. Also, would like to give Wasteland 3 a try at some point.
I just finished Fable III, so now I am moving on to Forza Horizon 4.
I will be continuing to play Spiritfarer, and starting Wasteland 3. Have a great weekend everyone!
Was planning to play Tell Me Why? But after finishing Halo: Reach, and being blown away, I could not help but get started with Halo 4.
Btw, I don't know why anyone complains about the visuals of Halo 4, this game looks incredible! Can't believe this was a 360 game!
@KelticDevil You finally got on to the 4th one! Have to let me know what you think of the lego dlc. I thought it was a right nostalgia trip!
@Jaxx420
I will! I am excited to try it! 👍🏻
Finished up my Walking Dead Telltale Series- pretty awesome story!
Also finished up The Turing Test which had some good puzzles.
Gave Gianna Sisters a try but I wasn’t too into it.
I want to play Tell Me Why but I’m hesitant to start it until I know when the next chapters come out- Nothing worse than getting into a great TV show/ book series and having to wait for the next season/ installment! 😉
I suppose now I can jump back into the Halo Verse with Halo 2 😎
Streets of Rage 4, Forza Horizon 3, and I'm always playing Gears of War Ultimate Edition. Can't say how many times I've played some version of Gears of War 1 since it launched in 2006.
@Gamer83 Same, It's by far my most played game ever.. I have over 189 days in play time on Gears Ultimate Edition.. I'm currently ranked like 48th all time in the team deathmatch leaderboards..
@Bmartin001
Nice. I don't really play the multiplayer, I just love the campaign. Don't know how many times I've played it over the years but it's a lot.
@Mamabear Without spoiling anything for everyone else, were you satisfied with the ending of TWD? I personally thought the final season in general was the best since Season One.
@FraserG I enjoyed the final season immensely. I personally found the story and characters more engaging. I also really liked the addition of collectibles. I liked the surprise at the end but at the same time I have my reservations about the likelihood- especially considering the ending of season 1. I would also say that the final season Is the best, followed closely by the 1st.
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