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@Banjo- I agree on a rerelease of 1, 2, and 3. The first two were my favorites and it would be nice to have the third finally on an Xbox console. Do you think with all this Project Zero/Fatal Frame games coming out, that they might be working on a new one?

I cannot wait for this! I read it a couple hours ago on Push Square, very happy it’s coming out to Xbox as well. I never got to play this one as it didn’t come to the states. Super excited for this one!

Very nice! I hope they give this out to those who have the physical copy as well.

This was a confusing article. They are taking control of TR and Legacy of Kain. I didn’t know they were thought to have lost the ability to create new TR games, but why throw in Legacy if Kain, was there a new game of Kain announced?

I really don’t think MS is trying to take away the series from PlayStation. It’s just my interpretation of the situation, I know many on here feel differently, but I’d rather MS acquire Activision Blizzard than somebody like Google or Amazon. As somebody who doesn’t play COD, I see these two companies arguing over the series as pointless. I understand the series is huge and brings in tons of cash, but I’m done with the finger pointing. They need to start acting like adults again. I know they mentioned they predicted the deal to close sometime next year, I don’t think it will but I’m hoping the deal ends sooner. It’s time to move on.

Not surprised they are leaving last gen behind. I know those who haven’t moved onto them he current gen will be disappointed. There’s still many out there who haven’t found the new systems yet, but it’s only a matter of time before other studios start ditching last gen as well. In the end, it’s for the best.

I believe it was the Legend of Zelda on the NES.

Though Playground Games isn’t ready to show Fable off, it must be a great complement that Matt Booty can’t wait for everybody to see it. He obviously thinks it’s far enough along to show. Just tells you how talented and dedicated the team is on making this right.

That looks incredible! What a fun idea. I love the metal sounds as he hits the blocks and runs on the floor. It sticks out but give it some charm.

@SplooshDmg thank you for finding the quote. I can see where some could possibly get confused or misunderstand the quote. The way you explain it totally makes sense.

@Grumblevolcano ah I see. I’m going to have to look up that “legacy” thing because I don’t remember that. I just remembered what SplooshDmg mentioned on here about a “case by case basis.”

I think I remember early on during this acquisition Activision said if the deal doesn’t go through that it would hurt their stocks or something similar to that. Would it be bad enough that they potentially could go under?

@Rmg0731 I’m not following, what lie did they say about Bethesda?

Hoping it’s true but there’s been so many rumors with Konami that go nowhere, not holding my breath on this one.

Never heard of it but I’m going to try it out this weekend.

I’m really excited for most of these games. It was tough to pick just one. I picked Everwild just because of my love for Rare, but I’m equally excited for most of these games.

There’s an error here. It says “confirming the price of both the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series S will remain the same.” One of those should have been “Xbox Series X.”

I didn’t think they would raise the price. It didn’t make sense for them to when looking back at the console war history.

I think these big corporations eventually lose grasp of reality when it comes to consumers and what they want. It takes the consumers to show these companies through their wallets that their company has lost touch. Nintendo, Sega, Microsoft, and Sony have all been through it before in the past. Sony is going through it again. They’ll figure it out when consumers jump ship and go to their competitors. It’s what makes companies and competition better.

Wow a blast from the past. I haven’t seen that movie since I was a kid. I might have to watch it again. The game looks like it might be fun. I’ll keep my eye out when the reviews start.

I don’t think Xbox will raise its price. Both Microsoft and Sony were waiting for the other to announce the price of their system before the consoles were coming out. They both waited pretty much to the bitter end.

Sony raising the price of the PlayStation 5 I personally believe is a gift to Xbox. It doesn’t always happen, but looking back on the different console generations, many of the consoles that were more expensive ended up doing poorly in that generation. Now PlayStation 5 didn’t start off more expensive and they surly have built up hype for their system. I believe they will be fine, but it does give Xbox an edge in the markets where they have the more affordable system.

Looking forward to this! I played a few of these back in the day. Excited to see they are bringing this back. Curious how they’ll be incorporating the first three into one.

I never really thought of COD as “unique,” but it is a major selling game. After the quotes came out on Sony’s response, I don’t know what else Microsoft could have said about it.

I understand Sony’s concerns, but after all the paying for advertisement rights, exclusives and time exclusives on the PlayStation consoles over the years… they don’t have room to talk. Kind of convenient it’s all said after the Bungie acquisition is done now.

I was never a fan of COD but I can see Sony’s concern on this. COD is definitely huge, there’s no denying that. It wouldn’t matter to me which console it ended up on as I never play the games. Having COD as part of the Xbox brand and right into gamepass can be very tempting for gamers that don’t necessarily have a favorite console. This can tip the scale in Xbox’s favor over PlayStation.

Though I can see why PlayStation would worry as they make a lot of their money on third party sales and their big budget games. If players switched over to Xbox, it would take away future game sales from PlayStation’s big budgets. I think PlayStation will be fine but I can’t say I feel sorry for them. They’ve played dirty for years, it’s time to play nice and get along. I know Phil said he wants to keep COD on PlayStation but things can always change. PlayStation needs to behave.

When you’re number one, the only way to go from there is down. That goes for both PlayStation and COD. Either one can fall from the top spot they’ve been in.

Has there been any mention how much the different DLC’s will cost for those who’ve already bought the game? A gold addition is fine and all, but not needed for many of us.

@UnusedBabyWipes I totally agree and was just getting ready to comment that I would much rather have a new Voodoo Vince game. If they made a new Blinx, I’d try it out. I wasn’t a huge fan of it but I think it would bring back some of that OG Xbox feel.

This is moving faster than I thought it would. Sounds like everything is on track and just waiting for all the final approvals. Looking forward to seeing more of these games added to gamepass.

At first glance, yes it would have fooled me. At closer inspection, I can see the lines of the games are not “perfectly” straight but still very impressive and some incredible skill!

From Russia With Love.

On a serious note, I know the game isn’t the best. It’s very dated and kids today will probably not want anything to do with it, but I really want to give the game another go. I’m not expecting anything good, just the chance to play it again.

Loved Psychonauts 2 and probably would have bought this at launch. I’m not so sure I’ll be buying this now. Maybe if it goes down in price.

I would love something new from Viva Piñata. Such a fun game and so different from everything else on the market. Rare has made some incredible games, I’d love to see more of these games continue on.

Congratulations Phil and co on the win.

@Banjo- I replayed Jet Set Radio about a year ago on Xbox. The controls were a bit dated but once I got back in the groove, I really enjoyed the game again. Always loved that series and was so disappointed when they didn’t come out with a third…. All these years later and there’s talks of Sega making a free to play type of Jet Set. Im not sure what to think of that yet. Not a fan of buy this and buy that. I’d rather just buy the game and have everything for it.

Glad to hear Sonic Origins is good so far. Yes I don’t get why CD would have VHS damage. That should have been something they could have fixed, but it is Sega. If they fixed everything and made it 100 percent perfect, then there’s nothing to fix in the future to repackage and resell again in the next 5-10 years.

Yes, if there were PS5’s in stock, they would be selling more than Xbox, but I’m impressed with the numbers Xbox is putting up. The fact that they are selling in Japan at all is impressive. Xbox is turning things around this generation. Very nice job Xbox!

Rarely do I ever buy a game at full price anymore. Love games at a discount, so bring on the Xbox Summer Sale!… though many games are already on sale lol.

@Banjo- yes, I knew you would agree on Project Zero 1&2. Looking back at some of the games that did become backwards compatible, I’m surprised those two did not. As for JSRF, I wasn’t surprised. It had music license that was going to be tricky to get around. That was the game that got me to buy an original Xbox. I was a huge Sega fan and saw how much they were supporting Xbox. So I went with Xbox.

How is Sonic Origins?

@JayJ the older games had gore too, but it was more of a fantasy gore where 7 was over the top realistic gore. I love the older games. I like the slower paced horror of shooting zombies, and the puzzle aspects of the games. With 7, the molded weren’t a terrible enemy. They were creepy especially the first few times you run into one, I just wanted to shoot zombies again.

The Baker family is terrifying. Jack chasing you around reminded me of leather face just gunning for you. He was truly terrifying. Marguerite was really creepy but I’ll never be the same after that boss fight of her, very disturbing. Lucas setting up puzzles to figure out how to survive reminded me a bit of “Saw.” I liked his section as it brought in more of the puzzle aspects that had been missing for some time now.

I agree about the older number games including 0. I liked those games a lot and Code Veronica. I’m glad capcom started remaking them, and I hope they continue to do so while continuing to make new entries into the series.

@JayJ Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a good example to compare to this game. I’ve been saying that as well ever since I played it.

I wasn’t a big fan of 7. I appreciate that they brought back horror to the RE series as it wasn’t there in the past few entrees. 7 came out and was actually creepy and unsettling. It was a little too graphic for me. I love horror, and RE7 isn’t a bad game at all. I might have liked it a bit more if they toned it down a little on the gore. I don’t know if I’ll replay it now that there’s an updated version. I will for 2 and 3, but I would need something else to jump pack into 7 at this moment.

I love older games and thought Xbox did a great job. I wish they were still making more of the older games backwards compatible. Maybe one day they will. I really wanted Jet Set Radio Future and Fatal Frame 1 & 2 added to the list.

Pretty cool, almost as big as the original Xbox.

These reviews are all over the place. I’m looking forward to playing this.

There was a lot of interesting information in that documentary that I never knew. I was glad they did it. Congratulations Xbox on your Emmy award.

Might be good. I’ll try it when it comes to gamepass.

I’m not much of a multi player, but I’m going to try this one when it comes to gamepass. I liked the Friday the 13th game, maybe I’ll like this one.

Played this when it came out on PS. Was a fun game but I eventually fell off of it. I’ll try it again when it comes to Xbox. It was a fun way to kill some time.

I’m in the middle of a couple other games, but when done, I will be playing these again on my Series X!

I’ll have to give this a try when I get home from work. Looking forward to replaying some of these.

@K1LLEGAL that’s my thoughts too. I didn’t dislike the last show, I just wanted to see more of what’s upcoming.

@Banjo- this is crazy, you and I were just talking about how we were hoping the new game would give us options to chose between either 1st or 3rd person. It wasn’t the new one but it’s one we got. This wasn’t my favorite RE, but I’ll be going through it again in 3rd person and I’m looking forward to it!

@G1lbo they have an “extended” Xbox showcase tomorrow June 14th. Personally I think they’ll be going over games already announced, but it’s possible they’ll announce something new. Everything from Sunday was coming out in 12 months, or so they say. Maybe they have more they want to show outside that 12 month window.

There’s still time for this one to come out. I’m wondering if Xbox is holding back on the announcement for this either for Tuesday or closer to the 25th anniversary date.