Welcome to your weekly Xbox roundup! The big release over the next few days is obviously CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077, but we've also got loads of Game Pass titles on the way as well! It's going to be a busy one...
Here's what's coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One over the next few days:
New Xbox Releases (Dec 1-4)
Optimised for Xbox Series X|S
- Call of the Sea (Dec 8) (Smart Delivery): "Call of the Sea is an otherworldly tale of mystery and love set in the 1930s South Pacific. Explore a lush island paradise, solve puzzles and unlock secrets in the hunt for your husband’s missing expedition."
- Destiny 2 (Dec 8) (Smart Delivery): "The stars have aligned, and the next generation of console gameplay begins. As we continue to improve Destiny 2, we’re taking the opportunity to optimize the experience you’ll have on this new hardware."
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Dec 8) (Smart Delivery): "Japan’s beloved puzzle game series Puyo Puyo and world-renowned Tetris® team up again to deliver even more fun."
- Rocket League (Dec 8): "Soon, you’ll be able to enjoy Rocket League at a blistering 120 frames per second. A new “Video Quality” setting will be added within the Video tab of the Settings menu, allowing users to select Quality vs Performance."
Xbox One
- Call of the Sea (Dec 8): "Call of the Sea is an otherworldly tale of mystery and love set in the 1930s South Pacific. Explore a lush island paradise, solve puzzles and unlock secrets in the hunt for your husband’s missing expedition."
- Monster Sanctuary (Dec 8): "On your quest to become the ultimate Monster Keeper, you’ll unravel the cause of a mystery that threatens the peace between humans and monsters."
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Dec 8): "Japan’s beloved puzzle game series Puyo Puyo and world-renowned Tetris® team up again to deliver even more fun."
- Autumn's Journey (Dec 9): "An aspiring knight from the farming town of Berri, stumbles upon something unexpected during one of her patrols: A man who claims he is an Earth Dragon."
- Do Not Feed The Monkeys (Dec 9): "You are invited to join “The Primate Observation Club”, where you will observe the lives of caged monkeys and carefully analyze the information obtained."
- I, AI (Dec 9): "I, AI is a classic scrolling shooter with modern graphics. You are self-aware AI that was created on a space military station developing weapons."
- Unto The End (Dec 9): "Unto The End is a challenging combat adventure game in the style of a cinematic platformer. The story is simple: get home to your family."
- Cyberpunk 2077 (Dec 10): "Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure story set in Night City, a megalopolis obsessed with power, glamour and body modification."
- Killer Chambers (Dec 11): "Help Brave Lord survive the Killer Chambers and defeat the bosses summoned by Lord Grave! Quick reflexes and good memory are the keys to success in this unforgiving action-platformer."
- My Hidden Things (Dec 11): "A mix of visual novel and hidden object adventure with unusual mechanics in a comic strip format."
- Panzer Dragoon: Remake (Dec 11): "A new, remade version of the Panzer Dragoon game – true to the original, with improved graphics and controls, that suit modern gaming standards!"
- Sinkr 2 (Dec 11): "SiNKR 2 is a minimalist puzzler evolved from the award winning SiNKR. There is just you, hooks, pucks, and various contraptions. Subtle differences within level themes drive different solutions to superficially similar scenarios."
Xbox Game Pass Titles (Currently Announced)
Xbox Series X|S
- Call of the Sea (Dec 8)
- Destiny 2 (Dec 8)
Xbox One
- Call of the Sea (Dec 8)
- Monster Sanctuary (Dec 8)
- Unto The End (Dec 9)
- Assetto Corsa (Dec 10)
- GreedFall (Dec 10)
- Superhot: Mind Control Delete (Dec 10)
- Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (Dec 10)
PC
- Call of the Sea (Dec 8)
- Starbound (Dec 8)
- Unto the End (Dec 9)
- GreedFall (Dec 10)
- Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (Dec 10)
More details and screenshots for most of these titles are available over at Xbox Wire. Is there anything you're particularly looking forward to in this list? Let us know in the comments below.
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SIX. MORE. DAYS.
I feel might be the only person looking at all the games EXCEPT Cyperpunk 2077 as I will be waiting patiently till next year for the proper next gen console versions, and a few obligatory patches no doubt.
So no ones talking about the Panzer Dragoon: Remake. If its the same game from the OG Xbox i'm surprised there aint more hype
@Gaming365247 its a remake of the first game from the Sega Saturn, Orta was the fourth entry and actually looks and plays brilliantly through backwards compatibility
Nice, Bring on Cyberpunk..
@themightyant i had that thought process originally but when i heard there is no date for next gen at all other then 2021 and that i dont believe next gen looks so much better yet...i have a series X and a One X and so far other then the ray tracing effects the games dont look much better....the load times are great though.
@themightyant You are not alone. I expect this game to lauch a broken mess, given how they been trying to hush anyone that got an early copy.
I got plenty of stuff on my backlog, that still includes the Witcher 3, so.... yea I'm not messing with this one until after it seen plenty of patches. Assassins Creed is the only open world buggy game I subject myself to bugs for on launch month.
@Gaming365247 It's not the same game. The OG XBox game was Phanzer Dragoon Orta, technically Phanzer Dragoon 3. Main series is basically:
🐲 Phanzer Dragoon (1995 saturn game, this is its remake)
🐲 Phanzer Dragoon II Zwei (1996, saturn, despite number, its actually a prequel)
🐲 Phanzer Dragoon Orta (2002, OG Xbox, not direct sequel to either the above)
There is also Panzer Dragoon Saga, a JRPG, interesting take on the series with walking 3rd person sections and rails shooter combat/action sequences.
A likely reason there is not much hype right now for the remake is that the game has been out for almost a year on the Nintendo Switch.
@Blessed_Koz Seeing the difference between PC and Xbox One (running on Series X) i'm happy to wait. I believe CDPR are a company that will do the absolute maximum to take advantage of the new hardware. If that takes 6-12 months it doesn't bother me one bit. I don't need to be part of the zeitgeist and would prefer the least buggy version and to roll straight into the DLC.
@Tharsman Exactly!
Lockdown has actually been good for my backlog - though, like the universe, it's ever expanding - I finally got round to some huge epics that were in danger of never being played and weighing heavily on my internal list of shame.
This included Witcher 3, Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3 & Dragon Quest XI S, each 100+ hours and each fabulous.
If you think Witcher 3 might be your jam get involved... or don't... wait for already announced free next-gen upgrade
@themightyant I have not touched due to multiple reasons.
For one, i want to go through the books and (don't spoil this please) the third game has a huge spoiler that ruins the climax for the entire book series.
But also because every time i get the game (bought it too many times) another thing comes up.
First, on sale for PS4
Then they announce the game of the year edition.
Then they announce the switch ed with pc cross save (at the time this sounded like the best way to play)
Now they announce a Series X optimized version that i can also play via console streaming, even better than the switch/PC cross save option!
I expect similar to happen with Cyberpunk.
Still buying it for PS4 since my partner wants it for Christmas, but I personally wont play it until i get the optimized for Series X version.
@Tharsman Ha! I was in a very similar boat. Bought it thrice before playing GOTY version on PS4. Also read the books first. I liked them but they aren't for everyone. (no spoilers)
Re: Cyberpunk. If early reviews are to be believed, embargo just dropped, it launched buggy as hell as expected. Happy to wait.
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