We’ve got that Saturday feeling again! And by the feeling, we mean sitting in our dressing gowns playing video games all weekend. There’s a massive amount to choose from, too. We have an array of sports games available on Xbox Game Pass, some fantastic indies on Free Play Days, and a huge Ubisoft sale!
Without further adieu, here's what we’re jumping into over the weekend.
Fraser Gilbert, News Editor
I'm definitely on a little bit of a sports kick at the moment, so you'll likely find me playing some more Football Manager 2021, NBA 2K21 and Madden NFL 21 over the weekend - all of which are now available on Xbox Game Pass! Football Manager is my favourite of the three, but they're all fantastic.
Outside of those, I'd like to spend a little more time with Mafia: Definitive Edition, which is excellent but I just haven't played enough of it. Red Dead Redemption 2 is another game that I've had sitting on the shelf for ages, but I've only really scratched the surface of what it has to offer. Maybe I'll get into that one this weekend as well?
Finally, I've also been playing a little Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and it looks so good on Xbox Series X. The visuals are incredibly crisp for such an old game, so if you've yet to play this classic (or you just fancy revisiting it), I highly recommend checking it out on Xbox Series X if you've got one.
Have a good weekend, folks!
Daniel Hollis, Staff Writer
As with the past few weekends, I’ll be diving back into Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. I’m taking my time with it, but I’m really enjoying its sense of discovery and world building. It’s a slow burn, for sure, but one that has me wanting to dive back in after every play session.
Elsewhere, I’m in the mood to check out some indies and recently download a selection from my back catalogue and Game Pass. Me and my fiancé are really enjoying Phogs, but I’m keen to have a dive into CrossCode. I have a massive Zelda itch and what I’ve played of it so far has satisfied it.
Finally, me and some friends have been REALLY enjoying some online game shows at the moment, most recently Family Feud in the weekly sale. It’s been a great laugh and one that we’re keen to get back into.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
PJ O' Reilly, Freelance Contributor
Hello. This weekend I’ll be jumping properly into Madden NFL 21 and trying to make some sense of its Ultimate Team which, on initial inspection, seems like it’s all a little bit of a muddle of menus and loading screens. I’ll need to spend a bit more time with it, of course, but first impressions have been a little on the ropey side for sure.
Elsewhere I’ll be continuing to shepherd my son through his first ever playthrough of the Halo series with the excellent Halo: Master Chief Collection. He’s having a blast so far, absolutely loving the covenant weapons – especially the good old needler – and there’s even talk of us going toe to toe for some multiplayer action where, rest assured, I will not be taking it easy on him just because he’s six.
Have a nice weekend whatever you’re doing or playing and stay safe out there!
What Xbox games are you playing this weekend? Let us know in the comments below.
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Had to do the yard work simulator. Don’t recommend. I’ll be jumping back into human fall flat and various other games this weekend.
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I'm playing through Assassin's Creed Unity. I also downloaded Zombi for £2.99 in the sale, and I'm having a lot of fun with it so far!
I'll be continuing my return to Red Dead Redemption. 4K and Auto HDR do wonders to this game on Xbox. Also, Forza Motorsport 6 is on the menu as I'm in love with the driving model, car models, replay cams, soundtrack, Top Gear guys' involvement and career mode. It's so much better than FM7 to me. Turn 10 took a wrong turn by going Go Big or Go Home. I hope FM8 is more along the lines of FM6.
Going to finally finish Gears Tactics (not sure why this has never been on any of the weekend polls that I can remember) and then go back to work on my 2nd playthrough of Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
Right now just setting up my new series x.
Had one since day one but my GPU ran out.
So with luck from GAME UK managed to get a series x on Xbox Access, which comes with series x and GPU, Interest free £28.99 a month for two years.
Already sold my other series x, someone offered me £500. So that’s in the bank now.
That does not make me a scalper by the way.
I've got too many games on the go at the moment. Still loving Titanfall 2 multiplayer, Halo MCC is fantastic, dipped into Battlefield 1 and doing the campaign plus I'm like halfway through Jedi Fallen Order! I think i need to focus on Fallen Order before I get lost in the story and forget the controls.
Will be playing Persona 5 Royal on PS4, Titanfall 2 on Xbox One and I might start up Firewatch on PS4 as well.
I'm trying Gears of War 3 for the first time (I just have played 1 and 2 before) and on Series X, it's really awesome.
The "Auto HDR" fonction does really work, it's a wonderfull option. It already did amaze me on the first Destiny (played it for the first time on Series X last month), and here, on Gears 3, it again does wonderfull things.
Planning to finally discover Gears 4 and 5 after, thanks to the gamepass.
On Xbox 1 Outside Madden and Wreckfest i'm also playing Resident Evil 7 Biohazard before Resident Evil Village hits. Also playing Kona and the Outriders Demo. I was hyped for the Outriders but the Demo kinda cool me off from it.
PlayStation 4: Trying to play through Assassins Creed 2 via The Ezio collection. I'm trying to make it my 11th platinum as the original version was my first platinum on PlayStation 3 also just downloaded Oddworld: New N' Tasty for a play though before Oddworld SoulStorm hits.
Nintendo Switch: The Original Legend Of Zelda via The NES App. As someone who has never played the original i'm not feeling the history behind this game i Dont see why its so popular and fyi im 34 and not some kid playing for the first time. On top of Zelda i'm also playing Pokemon Shield.
I'll be playing more Gears 5 and Destiny 2. I may also dive into all these sports games on GamePass. I'm especially looking forward to 2k21, as it's been a long time since I've played the series. Have a great weekend everyone!
Pokémon Blue Version (GB) - Arrived in Cerulean City and began clearing out the trainers on Nugget Bridge and heading towards Bill's cottage.
Wordament (Android) - Still playing nightly
Fruit Ninja (Windows Phone) - Also still playing during downtime.
@CrazyJF There are so many side missions in Control - you'll be back through those areas for sure. Don't worry about exploration so much at the beginning - you still have so many abilities to gain first anyway. Keep going! It's worth it.
Got my first Xbox with the Series S this week, so have started with the first Halo game as well as trying a slew of other games. Gamepass really is a great service, and the Series S has turned out to be an amazing piece of hardware so far.
I'm playing through Persona 5 Strikers on my Switch. I just got to the third jail and I'm loving every minute of it. I'll also be dabbling in The Division 2 on my Series X with my best friend. We bought the expansion and it's such a blast.
Destiny 2. I've been playing it alot ever since I got my Series X.
I'm playing Pokemon Sword & Shield, Also playing Super Mario 3D World..
Still plugging away at Face of the Franchise on Madden 20. Just started my third season after winning the Super Bowl last season.
Started up crosscode and I must say that I really like it alot! Been playing some Dirt 5, quite good aswell 🙂
Apart from a bit of painting in the real world I am dabbling with Asura's Wrath. Absolutely mental game although not recommended if you don't like QTE.
I finished up Star Wars Fallen Order yesterday.. Good game and would recommend it to someone who likes Star Wars or adventure games. Also at the price of being included in Gamepass it’s hard not to justify trying it out at the very least. I have some chests/ unexplored areas but I really thought that once I beat the game some sort of fast travel would be unlocked which was not the case. I definitely think it’s a missed opportunity since some of the areas are quite large and getting there AND back to the ship is tedious especially since every heal resets all the enemies.
So now I’m going to decide my next game.. I picked up Immortal Fenyx Rising gold edition- traded in my Rewards points and being on sale I spent $25. I may start that, Mafia 3, or maybe Okami.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order and Torchlight III for me.
Rocket League, plus giving My Time at Portia a try.
Picked up The Elder Scrolls Online for 0.99, so I thought I would give it a go on console. Own the PC version, but love having options
Also. Always, Dead by Daylight!!
@Syndrome Both are excellent titles. Enjoying Tor blight 3 myself, just no time for it currently. Game on
Gears of War 4 campaign in co-op. I played some Gears 5 and Hivebusters before that and I would say GoW 4 campaing is way better so far. Other than that I played some Mass Effect 1. Not waiting for remaster, original works fine via backwards compatibility unless they will add it to Game Pass, then I may play second one remastered.
Got me division 2. Gonna put in some hours. Also booted up risk of rain 2. So much fun. I can easily sink an hour into it.
Making my way slowly through Valhalla. About 24 hours of play time so far
I played some of the Batman Telltale games.
On episode 2 of the second season as of this writing. Finally passed 40k GS thanks to finishing the first season.
I started playing Wreckfest over the weekend. Went into the first event... ok, lawnmowers, that's a bit whacky. Did some events in cars, so far, so good. Did an event in a combine harvester, nice. Then we were all racing sofas around a figure eight.
WHAT THE F**K IS THIS GAME?!?
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