Welcome to the weekend! This past week has been one of the busiest for Xbox in years, highlighted by the surprise reveal of the Xbox Series S, so you might have forgotten that we've also been treated to six new Xbox Game Pass titles, three more Free Play Days offerings including Madden NFL 21, and of course, the usual set of weekly discounts including a huge Add-On Sale. Lots to take advantage of this weekend!
Here's what we're playing over the next couple of days:
Fraser Gilbert, News Editor
You're going to see a few of us saying this, but I'm really enjoying the new addition of Hotshot Racing on Xbox Game Pass. It's your classic arcade-style racer, and the handling feels great, there's a superb sense of speed, and your AI opponents are sufficiently irritating. I'd love to see a version of this in the actual arcades!
Elsewhere, I'm still really enjoying Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 and I've been playing quite a lot of the online multiplayer, so I expect I'll be dipping into that this weekend. The Marvel's Avengers campaign is also on my to-do list, which again I've been very impressed with so far. The game does struggle a bit with load times on my original 2013 Xbox One though, so it'll be interesting to see how the enhanced version copes on the Xbox Series S/X.
Have a good weekend, folks!
Liam Doolan, News Reporter
A week later and I've now 100% the first game in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2. Just wow - it's gotta be one of the best remasters/remakes I've ever played! If you experienced this series back in the day and haven't got around to this new version just yet, what are you doing? Drop everything else right now and go play it. One other game I'm still chipping away at is Marvel's Avengers. It's a fun game, but I'm not quite hooked yet.
A few other games I'm looking to spend some time with this weekend include Hotshot Racing and the original Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Hotshot Racing has been developed with the assistance of Sumo Digital - known for arcade-style racers like OutRun 2 and in more recent times Team Sonic Racing, and is available now on Xbox Game Pass. As for Prince of Persia, you can probably guess why I'm checking it out (thanks, backward compatibility). Enjoy your weekend, everyone!
PJ O'Reilly, Contributing Writer
Hello. As usual I’m going to spend my entire weekend trying to keep up with all of the great stuff that keeps popping up on the frankly ludicrous Xbox Game Pass. I’ve been getting to grips with Hotshot Racing, which is just a really fun arcade racer with amazing old-school aesthetic, and I’m also going to be jumping into Black Desert, a game I’ve been meaning to try for aeons now.
Elsewhere, I’ve been playing Wasteland 3 pretty intensely for the past week and it’s absolutely living up to my high expectations so far with some witty writing and properly chaotic and gruesome turn-based shooting action. I hope you all have a fun weekend, whatever you’re playing or getting up to, and stay safe out there!
Which Xbox games will you be playing this weekend? Let us know in the comments.
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Will be mostly playing more Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order. I'm loving this game so much that I might end up watching the original and prequel trilogies of movies, lol.
Might also go through other Game Pass titles I've started up already, such as Touhou Luna Nights and Spiritfarer, if I feel like I need to play something other than Fallen Order.
Replaying Dying Light. Played it originally on the PS4 Pro. Really loved playing it so I thought I’d boot up another play through on the one s. IMHO one of the best games & also one of the most underrated game this gen.
Plenty of Hotshot Racing and some Gears 5 going through the campaign again and possibly some multiplayer...
Fallout 3 (Games For Windows) - Finally making my way toward the end.
Flowerz (Windows Phone) - Back on this again.
Secrets and Treasure: The Lost Cities (Windows Phone) - Some of these puzzles are very obtuse...
I just finished Battletoads last night and I'm working my way through Tell me why, still on chapter one and I'm really enjoying the game. Never would have tried it if it wasn't for gamepass so thank you MS. Was thinking of booting up some of the gamepass quest games but I'm sticking with tell me why to see how far I can get. My playtime is limited with work and family so it usually comes at the price of loosing sleep so I can't play too much... was 3am last night when i stopped...oops
Crash Bandicoot 2 on Insane Trilogy! Just glorious.
Ori on my switch!
Giving the Outer Worlds DLC a go! Love a chance to revisit
Edit: Nevermind. I'm locked in the last area, so I can't play the DLC without starting the whole game over
Hotshot Racing is excellent, so I've been playing quite a bit of that! Also downloaded Nier: Automata, which I plan on starting today.
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1&2
Playing the Witcher 3, Great game so far..
I am playing Forza Horizon 4. Such an amazing game!
Playing Wasteland 3. Wow what a fun game so far. Also trying out some Hotshot Racing.
Marvel avengers it got me to the point where I'm hooked
Still hooked on Wreckfest but I've also got plans for Hotshot Racing
I’m on the 12th mission in Halo 2 so I think I’m close to wrapping up the campaign. Seriously enjoying my play time! I think afterwards I’ll start up Tell Me Why.
Also have a murder By Number going on Switch- also a great game!
I've been playing Final Fantasy IX since it's on GP and I'm really liking it so far. Much better than 7 in every way! Story and writing is very interesting and I love the characters and the music! Not a fan of the combat though, so the cheats are my friend
I have been playing A Plague Tale: Innocence, and I just finished it a few minutes ago! A fantastic game with a story I will not be forgetting anytime soon. So glad I played that one. I am thinking of playing Tell Me Why next.
The Halo Reach Remaster that was released as part of the Master Chief Collection. Hadn't fired that game up in a while but Reach has my favorite of all the campaigns so it was fun to go through that again (and get some more achievements). On Switch I've been playing Streets of Rage 4 pretty much nonstop. Love having that game available to me anywhere I go.
I gave Hotshot Racing a go yesterday and it was really good fun. As Fraser says, the AI are sufficiently irritating! (Although the British character I was playing as was arguably even more annoying!)
Otherwise, I'm gradually making my way through Children of Morta. It's a real gem of a game, and way more atmospheric and emotive than I was expecting.
Interested to hear from PJ about how Black Desert is. I've been intrigued to see what it's like for a while now. Guess I could just play it though!
@Dpullam A Plague Tale : Innocence was one of the first games I played when I finally got a Xbox One- it blew me away! I’m glad they brought it to Gamepass so more people can experience it.
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