CaptnTedo

I'll definitely be picking up GTA, I do the story mode. I Haven't gotten into the online aspect of it.

Buy up a ton of studios and then close the doors, Microsoft has gotten pretty good at that. I understand there's reasons behind closing studios but damn, this happens way to often in the industry.

Doom The dark ages looked awful on performance mode on Series X, so I hope this Halo looks as good as Forza 6 on Performance mode. If not I'll just play it on PC only.

This would of probably been better than Hellblade Senua game that there doing. I just couldn't get into the first 2 at all. I did play em and gave a fair shot but just didn't like them and gave up. I guess not my style. I will try this 3rd Hellblade game through cloud gaming just to check it out, you never know but I'm not not optimistic about it. I didn't gel with the first 2, but who knows I won't judge it until I actually try it. It's the fair thing to do, maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.

With that price increase, I wonder how much the Steam Machines gonna be.

I switched over to the authenticator a long while back after getting various sign-in attempts from many different places overseas.

No I didn't think handing over $60 was worth it for me. I took that money and put it towards Crimson Desert instead.

@Old_Man_Harper Yes and those 2 games were not even on my radar but after checking them out I'm juggling those 2 in my lineup as well.

I wanted to check out Mixtape definitely adds more to my games to play now and later. There's another 2 games still coming this month to Gamepass that will be added to the list too.

@16BitHero You are not kidding, I already have a backlog then add Gamepass to the mix and I'm drowning in games to play.

I played about 30 minutes of it the other night and it was a snooze fest for me. I usually like narrative games but the first 30 minutes did not pull me in at ALL. I will give it another try because it may pick up and then I'll know if I'll be completing it.

I tried them both, they were okay. I'll check out the next one.

I don't follow any streamers or influencers.

I don't mind cod being removed but I do think that this may lead to other games not being put on Gamepass on day 1 in the future. Time will tell either way.

I'm playing Death Stranding 2 on PC this weekend.

I was going to play it on my PC when I end up getting it. Good that they made it look better on the Xbox too. There's a couple of games that look awful on Xbox but great on PC. Some devs don't care to take the time to make a game look better on consoles. (Most do tho) Good to see them taking the time to make their product look better, if they can do it and do that's always a win.

Really wish they would put the first 4 Splinter Cell games on their classic plan, Guess there not Quad A Classical enough for Ubisoft to include them.

Gamepass Ultimate and Netflix for only $55 monthly.

Very nostalgic story, I remember getting those demo discs so long ago. Seems like a lifetime ago

I just feel like there had to be many others that were far more deserving to take over P3's role. It was done in a manner that just shows that Microsoft wanted a more immediate change and Phil had to give up his spot sooner rather than later.

Bad to worse, it hasn't been looking good for a long while. Publishing will keep them in the game for now. Spencer has been really quiet for a while now, not surprised by the forced retirement.

Phil didn't retire because he wanted to, he was forced out bc there not meeting the numbers. Definitely not a planned retirement, more of the 'well Microsoft has to make a change now'. Either way it has not been looking good for Xbox for sometime now.

Probably 1 more delay left in the tank, that will push it to 2027.

It is what it is, small team, large A, or Quad A they all delay games for various reasons. Games and delays go hand in hand just like a controller.

I tried it for a bit didn't really get into it. After a couple weeks I wanted to give it a fair chance and picked back up and ended up completing it. I liked Avowed, it's a solid game overall. Glad I gave it another try because I had a good time playing this game.

@FraserG There's literally probably hundreds of indy games that sell 1,800 copies across all 3 major consoles in 2 months. Sorry this is hardly newsworthy., looks like it was a slow news day for you.

It's literally 1,800 copies sold across the 3 consoles. In 2 months. Must be a slow news day or someone is trying to drum up some business for someone. This is bare bones news here.

Yeah sure probably another reason to expand the pice again as well.

I started it and played a bit but couldn't get into it. Went back a few weeks later and tried again and I liked it. It was a good game, nothing ground breaking or anything but a solid playthrough nonetheless.

Anno Mutationem is pretty good so far, a good change in pace and games so far.

@Brigurugi Yes well put, I haven't finished it. Very slow and didn't really do much for me at all. They figured the voice work would of made a great game, but it didn't.

Walking sim, very slow burn. Picked it up for $4 last winter. Played a couple hours haven't played it since 1st week I got it. Do plan on finishing it but hard to get back to it due to slowness.

I haven't play Cod in years minus last year's story. Every year another cod just became too much and overplayed year after year. It became a Meme many years ago.

Picked up Fort Solis last winter for $4 on sale on PC. Played a few hours, slow burn walking sim. It was okay and do plan on finishing it one day.

Free play this soon after release, must of really under met launch expectations.

It's a pretty good game so far. Biggest complaint is that the enemies don't stay down for long at all. Less than 30 seconds. Which isn't much time when you have to read in-game right next to them. Fun besides that so far.

I was not a fan of the 50% increase, but this past year has been a feast for anyone that has Gamepass and enjoys playing a bit of everything. The amount of quality games has been the best this past year. Now they will have to match and possibly surpass that to show cause for the increase.

The 360 didn't even play Blu-ray only regular dvds...remember them going all in on HD DVD....had to buy that drive separately.

@HeavyHoggJP Gamepass isn't for everyone, I play all kinds of games and a bit of everything, so for me it's 100% worth it. This past year has been Absolutely Stacked. It has added a ton to my backlog. I'm enjoying my gaming

I'll definitely be checking this out, cool.

I played it when it dropped, it was buggy and messy but very fun and a solid game that I did finish.

Last week they were done with consoles, this media changes like the weather.

I tried Jusant when it released and ended up playing and completing it. It was a great different kind of game that I was glad to have the opportunity to experience.

Yes I will be checking it out for sure.

A bit to bare bones for me, looks like it could be something good. Just will have to try it again after a few content updates.

With the extra rate increase the Regular Ubisoft plus should be included.

$10 price increase for Ultimate and getting the better handheld for $1,000. Looking like something for sure...

I've gotten $10 2 times from Microsoft but it's been about 3 years since my last free store money.

For me spending almost $1,000 on a handheld is something I wouldn't do. I already have a PC and playing portable isn't my thing right now.

I tried it on cloud gaming, nothing special to me but it's also nothing that interests me. To each their own, sounds like it has a fan base so hope you all enjoy your game. Keep on gaming