Cast and Chill on Switch 2 and finishing up Rage 2 DLC now that the game seems to finally run well on Series X and it's pretty dang good. Skipped it when barely playable on Xbone

Oh yeah... MS owns ABK! Funny you'd think that would be something memorable with all the re-releases and licenses put to fantastic use, and they wouldn't churn out gatcha foreign market trash or bad sequels to bad sequels. MS/ABK know consumers like me would avoid products and speak out against mismanagement if they were to mishandle or gatekeep and drop more SnoreCraft while sitting on over 100 different possible IP's that aren't licensed to anyone but gamers. Wait... what?

@FraserG Rock N Roll Racing was already on GP in the Blizzard Collection and always worked without lag and had functional menus and saves, not to mention Quick Resume. The Ant Arcade system in general is hugely flawed and gets worse the more they add.

1 million uninstalls as well.

I waited almost 3 years for this game for it to be dropped unceremoniously out of the blue. I am massively disappointed. I hate all of the UI and menu system to the point I won't build anything, the lack of true camera settings and a performance mode really hamper the experience when I'm not getting dashboarded or clip an invincible light pole. It's like beamNG and Paradise had a baby delivered by a stork that was contracted by Wish. Bears resemblance to a more fun better time like Paradise through an askew mirrored lense. Huge bummer but I won't be helping cause it ain't getting much better even if I do, not on Xbox at least.

So basically 3 games, at likely $40, then discounted to whatever magic price(65% off) Capcom feels appropriate and will always be that discount price in the discount rotation. Which you can count on every 6 weeks. No chance I ever pay full price for a Capcom game ever again, even if Strider showed up in a game with Tron Bonne riding in a car from Auto Modellista shooting down airplanes in 1942... Never pay full price for Capcom, Warner, EA or 2K... 3.5 weeks is average for first discount.

@Blastfemur funny, I didn't see any blight, homeless encampments, streets of only food waste or 15 million cars clogging every street, no smog, no rats, gerbils ferrets, bi-lingual signs and ads or black/brown people. LBC myself, looked too clean and waayyyy too white washed or made by foreigners only seeing LA on the internet.

Need this one to be a lot less linear and contain wilder more varied environments. Never really felt like L.A. or an interpretation, just a cartoon land. Maybe takes place on an actual island this time? Long Island perhaps?

The entire honorable mention list is far ahead of the Top 5 list for me. I played one of those games in the top 5 for more than 5 minutes. On Xbox for my top 5:

Achilles Survivor
Wreckreation
Hell Is Us
Atomfall
Assassin's Creed: Shadows

Does it make vanilla Silksong any fun to play? When a game becomes a chore and no longer a game why do we praise them so much? I had the same issue with Wukong and Khazan. Just felt like a job that I wasn't getting paid for and I actually paid money to do this, for what? Clout? With whom? Not anymore. I refuse to bend or git gud again. I'm tired and my hands hurt. I'll take a million God of War(og) or DMC or Assassin's or Far Cries over another punishing game. I'm to old for this sh..

Performance Performance Performance. A 60fps quality mode. Can they make a full game that is kinda close to the last Senua? But an actual full game with active mechanics not just a walking sim?

R.I.P. Rob Reiner. Not much for gaming today, sad news of a director with a run of films in the 80s that kicked me in the chest as a kid and helped form who I am. Stand By Me, Princess Bride and Misery will forever live in my head. Castle Rock logo always warmed my heart to see. Your influence will be missed. Have fun storming the castle!

@brettvsgodzilla Performance-wise the game is gorgeous especially with the Series update(occasionally something wonky happens but just adds to the charm). I have two separate saves(playthroughs) one at 80 hours another over 100(but you can breeze through the story under 40), there's a New Game+, hard mode and another 35 hours between both DLC. Some may call it bloated but I love ticking off locations and improving my weapons of choice(of which you have many to choose). I find the game easy, even the first time through, probably easiest in the series on normal difficulty.

As far as historically, I've spent hours just taking and composing photos and just exploring. Its a wonderful game world to live in and I revisit often. I for one loved this Ubisoft. This was peak of that era.

Assassin's Creed: Origins, Curse of the Pharoah dlc. I revisit this amazing game yearly or to be reminded why I love gaming or when needed. I still find new stuff in this gem and this dlc is gorgeous, 25 hours and perfect for a weekend.

Never had I physically saw air leave a room so fast as it did after this announcement at TGA. Snuck under the radar because if radar had picked it up, Hegseth would have double tapped it, it looks that bad.

Even $70 for incomplete, feature-less, Game Pass content is too much. Game Awards last night showed us where Xbox future is going. Nowhere but another store front with their hook being no games, just different leveled tiers at wildly varying prices and Black Ops 12.

Ace Combat, Screamer and Star Wars Galactic Racer/ORep and a heck of a lot I will never ever play. Otherwise seemed to count more games without an Xbox tag than those with. At least advertised last night. Not a good look.

Only proves that every nominee knew of their win or loss at the game awards. Awful expensive plane tickets, hotel and accommodation for 90% of the nominees if they all flew in to lose. Paid compensation had deep pockets last night. Felt like an actual award show.

Maybe they can sell it to Netflix or Skydance. COD, GamePass, Phil, the snotty black lady... all of it. If you're going to run your games and company into the ground burn everything on the way there.

This was sub mediocre, budget spent on voice-over and clearly not actual gameplay. A short yet tedious walking sim an awesome cast and not enough game. Would have been better as an animated short for something like Love, Death & Robots.

Bloodwake, Quantum Redshift, Brute Force, NFL Fever, Kakuto Chojin and dang skippy better be a DOA:Beach Volleyball in the cards for 2026.

Edit: also Soul Calibur II with all modes and Spawn

@themightyant you want Paramount/Skydance, far more consumer friendly. You're looking at some form of internet reading this, look into why Skydance is better and see the litany of reasons and schooled in the church of business ethics.

Fingers crossed. Ellison will not run WB into the ground and loves video games. Wants in a AAA publisher role really bad. I support Skydance and never a company run by former EA execs in Netsux.

@Runex2121 You loved the Kinect? Imo the Kinect was where everyone turned on MS and started the beginning of eternally being last place or DNQ in the sales wars.

@dskatter my collection value sits at just over $10k and 75% is Xbox. Mostly Xbone generation and up. Can't leave a link here, however, even sold at a low end, it would be a nice DP on a vehicle or jet skis!

@dskatter Price Charting has it steadily climbing since Nov 2023. Current "CIB" value is $423. PS5 $349. Only the Switch 2 worth more "CIB" at $451.

As a collector with hopes of passing on to my kids. XBOX in its entirety is the best bang for your collecting dollar. Almost every new 3rd party release is limited from start. New games will keep their value if truly 3rd party.

Bummer, but this news sends the value of my collection up a percent or so every time an MS failure like this gets reported, especially hardware resale, keep shooting yourselves in the foot Microsoft.

It's a real world RPG, no fantasy hook, a la Kingdom Come(sans setting). A police angle of some kind, agent or avoiding police and agencies. Nothing quite like it, expands on past unsuccessful ideas.

Ugly games, characters seem so unappealing and the sound effects are ear piercing. No thanks, stay on PS.

But did they fix the stealth, targeting, the mechs that one shot you from across the map, the fact this IP is a scam and the box office was made up for the second film, how Disney abandoned the 3rd film and no plans to make more, the clipping through everything, the pacing and how about 4k 60fps on consoles?

The game selection pretty much sums up my feeling on cloud gaming... Mediocre un-optimized outdated choices just like the consumer that chooses cloud gaming. It's why an awful streaming service can buy an ageless entertainment icon and it's just okay with everyone. Passives will be force fed everything and say they like it all. Good luck Ubisoft.

Death knell for DC and Warner Bros. I will never give Netflix my money. Ad free subs will push $50. We should all not want this to happen. Netflix is tailored and successful only in foreign markets, domestically it sits in 2nd or sometimes 3rd and the diversity push will make this far worse than Netflix is now. Collect those physical games now, there will be nothing physical from Netflix. Awful awful news for the industry and fans of WB. That's all folks...

Bought physical and digital to support this fantastic game. Best racer released on an xbox platform this year, last year and likely next. Cannot wait for crossplay!

@Jenkinss those two games in particular do not need the help of gamepass to be seen or played. If anything adding one or two of those Global best sellers that were hits before they hit GP give the service some if any credibility. It's these fantastic AA games that deserve a look, getting it too late. Evil West is another great example.

Physical copies went for next to nothing on Amazon. Bought 3, one to keep, two to gift. Shame this didn't hit, fantastic game, too bad it had to go to Game Pass. Your fate is sealed if you hit GP after release.

The only AI I want in videogames is the rubberband-ish kind that you curse after failing a race or a fight, like in Forza, Virtua Fighter or Mario Kart.

Just sad. Only a simple minded fool would pay for essential.

A physical copy would be a fantastic update otherwise no amount of updates to a digital only game will ever see my money.

What about the battery charge issues and Windows 11 not working with anything? How about all the stuttering and performance issues? is that fun? does that change your habits and make you wish you didn't play bad video game handhelds?

Where is GHOST RECON WILDLANDS Series update or 60fps?

I was able to boot up and play Powerwasher Sim 2. I'm a bit afraid to make progress or play on until service is back up.

Been waiting over a year for Wreckreation, pre-ordered on Amazon last January, better be good. Waiting to see BMX Streets, hoping for ScooterX/Mat Hoffman-like at the worst. Been sorely missing arcade style open world-ish extreme sports games the past few generations, nice to see a comeback lately.

@Link41x just completed Angry Birds Epic(as far as it would let us go) on an older iPad, my daughter and I started it almost 11 years ago and found our ipad with it still installed and working. Why isn't there a decent AB on Switch 2 or play anywhere?

I don't believe any of these comments... Power Washer Simulator 2 is out. 6 hours in yesterday(Saturday) and with the Lions on a bye week, likely 6 more today.

"Library"? Lol. Gonna be interesting to see dev support and DLC being out from under the Square/Enix thumb.

Haven't played this since launch, Did they fix the ridiculously difficult base AI when you break stealth or just stealth in general? Getting hammered by mechs with pinpoint accuracy when trying to dismantle the "mining" rig or whatever the task for just completing said task, checked me out of Pandora real fast and I never went back

I had about 5 minutes with Mixtape. Well deserved.

Microsoft has done nothing but renege on every commitment and promise and it started with XboxOne continuing through the poorly implemented Activision buyout and on to today with incompetent leadership. Gamepass is not a sustainable business model nor are random price hikes in this Orange world, read the frickin' room. Something MS never seems to do. If I were a futures investor(oh hey, I am) MS can take the shades off, the future isn't very bright.

Wow! 5 Games? GamePass should cost like $40 or $50 a month. They're giving it away at $30!!!... not. Insta-buy Ball x Pit for Switch 2. $15 roguelike only available on $30 GP, nice flex MS.

@hisownsidekick if you have a ps5, switch or steam, check out Absolum. Maybe right up your alley.